Mini and music

Semester has already being started about two weeks ago and yet some students; including me; are still in the hang-over holiday mood.

Just last week Mohamad and I went for the Rainforest World Music Festival 2010 which as always being held at Sarawak Cultural Village.

I will not tell you the whole scene of the event until I get my hands on the pictures which is still with Mohamad. Overall, it was awesome except for the fact that I can’t dance so much. There’s a reason for it.

As soon we entered in, the music of the official FIFA World Cup 2010 being played with having the percussion to raise up the beat.

In the crowd, I was at the most front and the most centred. Hence, you know that I got the best place to take pictures. Even you would say that is quite good but the reality is I can’t dance so much because at my both sides, there were photographer taking pictures with their DSLR and long mounted lens. 

Plus, what if I dance and I accidentally knock down the thousands-of-ringgit worth of lens? Scary. I even wouldn’t want to think about that.

Other story, finally my mum already got her hand on that netbook that she wanted for months. It’s a HP Mini netbook. Even though she already have it, yet she don’t bring it to school since she wants to improve upon her typing.

See how small it is compared to my 12.1” laptop? If she already get the hang of it, she will bring it to school since that’s her reason of wanting it at the very first place.

The last thing that she want is that all my brother’s would play with it since it is the only non-password netbook in the house.

Luckily I got a 3 years warranty for that darn thing. *laugh*

The student’s imaginative story of UiTM Sarawak

Since UiTM Shah Alam kalo compare dengan UiTM Sarawak, banyak giler perbezaan. This due to the different environment that both of the campuses had, has and have.

As for a student, hidup kat sini much more towards Green Eviroment yang menyebabkan mostly suma student kat Semenanjung rasa rindu bila return tempat diorang balik.

Early in the morning kat Shah Alam, student yang ada bilik kat kolej Perindu, buka jer langsir yang diorang nampak sinaran mentari silau gila and pak cik gardener tengah potong rumput guna lawn-mover. Tak pun bunyi bush-cutter yang memang memedihkan telinga and for surely giler annoying.

Tapi kat Sarawak, early in the morning memang sejuk giler; especially kalo bukak kipas laju tahap maksima. Diri dalam bilik masih berkelubung lagi but since ari Isnin, they have to get up. So macam biasa kitorang bukak la langsir and mak aiii…masih berkabus lagi luar tu. Cahaya mentari macam efek cahaya ko dapat hidayah gitu. Instead korang kat Shah Alam just dengar burung chirping pagi-pagi, kitorang kat sini memang ada burung chirping gak but diorang chirping dengan siap ada irama lagi. Bertambah masyuk lagi for the morning scenery bila ko lihat burung kenyalang terbang freely depan mata ko and kitorang punya gardener is in his cawat chasing off the pest, Phrobosis monkey guna sumpit. FYI, kat sini banyak pokok tinggi-tinggi and blue berry bushes take over the grasses. Those monkeys salu curi blueberries and sebab tu la gardener have to chase ‘em away. Korang jangan ah risau cause those monkeys tu masih idup gi. Hujung anak sumpit tu pak cik gardener dah celup ngan bisa katak merah yang dah dicair so it wouldn’t kill. Just pengsankan monyet tu and then letakkan diorang out of the campus ground.

Pas dah mandi kat perigi yang memang sejuk giler and kitorang pun get ready for class. Instead of tunggu bas kalo kelas kitorang jauh, instead we guna perahu and we kayuh sendiri tau. No driver no aper. Sebab tu muscle kitorang boleh tahan jugak muscular nyer.

Kelas kitorang bukan dalam building instead we use mother nature as our class. It is open out of the field dengan beralaskan prairie grass as our floor. We sit down and listen the lectures for the day. Owh, kitorang tak rasa panas pun because pokok-pokok tinggi giler and the canopy actually covered the ground. Sebab tu sejuk jer….tambahan pula kat sini memang windy gak.

Fresh air is good for our brain and that is why we no need note pun. Suma masuk dalam otak…kira nyer photographic memory ah. Lagi pun, we urge to save the trees. Kalo kitorang guna kertas, it will endangered the forest.

As for electricity, we have no problem for that since hydroelectric damp just sebelah kitorang jer. Soket plug memang everywhere even kat banir pokok pun ada. Sebab tu kitorang kuat main Facebook, Twitter and online sebagai nyer sampai ke lewat malam dinihari. Plus, wifi kitorang memang available 24/7 since the router is being put at every tall tress. Tambahan pulak ada WIMAX, hence the coverage is not a problem for us.

If the students nak chill out, pondok rehat kitorang actually is a tree house. Memang convinient because some student may have their short nap dulu before sambung balik kelas petang.

If students rasa haus or lapar, we just petik jer buah yang banyak giler kat pokok in our campus ground. Patahkan anak pucuk buluh and cucuk ke dalam buah jadikan macam straw. Very freshening indeed. If ada student bawak penknife, kitorang belah jer buah on the spot. Memang best arh…especially kalo potong and have buah tembikai tyme ari panas-panas camni.

Pak guard kitorang bukan nya macam pak guard kat Shah Alam. Kalo kat sana pa guards akan kejar pelajar sampai ke kelas kalo coba nak lari dari pakai kad matrix, sini lagi dahsyat. UiTM Sarawak pak guard kejar kitorang gak tapi bukan guna motorsikal or lari kejar student. Instead diorang naik kuda kejar cause ground level kitorang bertanah and kuda lari pun dapat selit-selit celah pokok tu. Memang salu ah kitorang kena tangkap. Kuda tu beb…..

At Shah Alam, students and the staffs memang salu ada risk kena kejar ngan anjing. Tapi sini, kuss semangat. Bukan anjing yang kejar kitorang tapi babi hutan. Mana tak banyak student kat sini kuat lumba lari. Sapa yang tengok citer Avatar yang tang part Jack Sully kena kejar ngan predator tuh, macam tu ah keadaan time kena kejar ngan babi hutan tu. Lagi pun, aku sendiri malas nak main samak-samak ni. Jadi, lari dari babi hutan lebih bagus gih. Memang salu ah kitorang panjat pokok yang tinggi dan besar amat untuk mengelakkan diri. Sebab tu ah dari mula lagi aku tekan kan penggunaan pokok-pokok nih. Memang berguna for kitorang kat sini. Kan prevention is better than cure….

Disebabkan suma UiTM Sarawak students and staff loves the environment, misalan nyer for urgent notice, kitorang tak guna kertas untuk sebarkan maklumat tu. Kitorang lebih suker gunakan khidmat messenger. Dah lah messenger tu memang kuat ah dia punya memory..memang tak dapat lawan. Pas kitorang bagi mesej, the messenger akan pergi untuk kasitau orang yang ingin disampaikan pesan tuh. Untuk penyampaian maklumat yang cepat, no walking or running atau pun naik kuda cause we have a lot of rivers here and the soil agak tenggelam gak kat sini. Instead, diorang bergayut dari satu pokok ke satu pokok…ala-ala tarzan gamak nya so that the information can be send within 20 minutes!

Budak-budak perempuan kat sini diorang tak suka sangat guna emas tu because it will attract the monkeys and the wild boar to chase ‘em because of its shining reflection physical characteristic. Instead daripada pakai rantai, diorang pakai rantai yang ada skull keliling tu untuk takutkan menatang tu suma. They all dapat menda tu from their kampung la.

Talking about skulls, kitorang punya college lobby chandelier bukan macam ala-ala love or christal glass shape tau. We use those skulls as our chandelier so the lighting effect come out from the hollow part; both eyes and mouth; does really make a good light effect.

FYI, kitorang tak bayar guna duit untuk dapatkan menda alah tu. Instead, we bought ‘em using oil trade. For a barrel of oil, kitorang boleh dapat 52 chandeliers. Memang bargain bebetol.

As for our campus chief, since we do love the culture here, he don’t wear suits or tux in the campus within his office. Instead dia pakai pakaian yang orang Iban  selalu pakai untuk tarian ngajat tu along with the parang and the terabai (shield) as a symbolism to show his superiority and power. Kalo nak ditanya kat aku, memang aku tak berani nak masuk office dia….

Tu ah sedikit sebanyak info tentang bagaimana life kat UiTM Sarawak nih. Kalo ada apa-apa soalan, datang ah sini and experince sendiri eyh!

P/s: Thank you for Nabella Naha for the great inspiration for the story.

Rainforest World Music Festival 2009: The Late Review

It had been a  month since the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) were being held at Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV) from the 10th until 12th July 2009 and Muhammad were being eager about the review since I said “I will make one in my blog” and since then kept on checking my blog updates everyday to seek the review.

After all those pushing for me to make it, here it is Muhammad and I only left the Transformers : The Revenge of The Fallen review that I also owe you.

It is a world class event where all the people around the globe gathered around and enjoyed the native music which are really SUPERB indeed.

I’ve been eager to attend it since I was in Lower Six but it is always being postponed year after year until finally; THANKS TO MUHAMMAD; who bought me the ticket and also transportation via his car, has made my dream a true reality and also a very great success in my lust-for-music life.

We decided to opt for the event on Saturday, 11th July 2009. Muhammad and I departed from Kuching around 2 p.m and on the way to SCV, we made a stop at the Petronas Station and bought some tit bits and mineral water.

Since it is our first time going on such event, we didn’t know that we actually have to parked our car quite far away from the venue. Instead, we have to use shuttle bus which are being charged RM10 per ticket and it is only like 2 minutes of journey. Somehow my mind told me to keep the ticket remainder rather to toss it away.

The main event actually will start at 7 p.m, so Muhammad and I were browsing around to find some activities were being held. For example, there was a music clinic located at the amphitheatre, sales of artistic material etc.

Muhammad brought his camera along with him for that day and frustratingly, the camera has drained out of battery just after 15 minutes of usage.

 

Here, the food were available for sale and thus, makes the rule of “NO OUTSIDE FOOD”. Hence, the tit bits that I bought had to been return to the car just right before we departed to SCV using the shuttle bus. Thank to the lady who were with the same trip as we are to SCV whom giving the reminder.

 

Since I'm using a bag pack, I manage to sneak in 6 bars of chocolate waffle. Plus, it is practical to use one whilst on the event, you will be going from one spot to another spot. If you’re using a conventional bag like Muhammad, you will found yourself in the situation of having the worries that the bag will be kick while you’re dancing.

 

Here is Muhammad which always feel hot throughout the day. That is why he bought that little swift fan on his right hand.

The event is actually having Celcom as one of the official sponsor and that is why there is loads of Celcom X-Pax logo everywhere. Even you couldn’t hardly miss one especially with the giant floating logo on the lake.

 

Since the H1N1 pandemic just begun, so there were health checking at the entrance of SCV and free mask were being distributed among attendees. Muhammad has all the way using that mask whilst I’m not since I believe my immunity system is strong enough to survive the one whole day event.

 

Browsing around the SCV is really a great moment indeed because from there you will know and learn each different cultures from around the world and not just Sarawak.

There is lots of booths dedicated to the cultural purposes and even from a single bead from  a bracelet does teach you the meaning of every cultural story which are being implemented in the art.

I’ve been doing my research before I attend the event and somehow I missed out the part which stated the “NO OUSIDE’ food rule. Besides that, I took the advice of people whom attended this event last year to come early and enjoy the tentative which are being planned for the event itself by the organizers so that you could full utilize your ticket which are being put on a price of RM90. Hence, it would make it worth to the value itself. I mean, you wouldn’t go to an event which price is RM90 and you go to the night event which only takes 4 hours of performance.

   

I visit some of the traditional houses and some of them, I do admit, I didn’t know their existence until I came here. Talk about being a pure Sarawakian, huh?

  That object, ladies and gentlemen, is the place for the native Sarawakians to make and keep their own liquor called “tuak” which is the liquid from the fermentation of rice water.

Here is…..actually I do not know the name and its purposes. Sorry people.

  

Some sells of various products such as fabric, clothes. craft and accessories even musical instruments were being sold throughout the 3-days event.

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The picture on the left is the last picture that I took before the battery went dead. Hence, I have to use my Sony Ericsson W810i camera phone to take the pictures. That is why the result of no-so-quality image are taken place.

Since the place is unoccupied, so I decided to have my pose being taken. Hey, it is a once is a year event right?

I was at the Melanau house before I bumped into a plug. So I decided to charge the battery but it is only for 15 minutes before the arrival of the guardian of the house which need us to get out from there since it is already closing time. And she didn’t seem happy with the thing that I commit.

This is a must to every Malay house. A replica of moose or deer head statue. I actually do not know the main purpose of it but that is the place where we use to hang-up our songkok.

   From both pictures, it was being took on the Malay house attic. I do not know that a traditional Malay house do have such a spacey attic.

Since both of us already browsing around, we decided to make a go towards the amphitheatre where they organized the music clinic and it is the slot for the musician from New Zealand.

   

The musical clinic was a blast and let me tell you, I enjoyed myself and Muhammad were being enthusiastic since Cheryl Samad were there and she just sat beside him. lucky you. After they already finish with their clinic, there is no what-so-ever of hesitation to approach them and give any comments or even question and they were gladly to be there to assist you. Great job guys!!!! Ten stars to them.

From the edge of the mountain, you already notice the ambience of the dusk has finally come and everyone started to pack and make their way to the main stage.

 

Before you dance like crazy, it is better for you to grab yourself a large portion of food to keep that energy to keep on coming. FOOD!!!!!

That is the main stage where the power ambience music and groups were performed that night. I do quite hesitate to go to the centre of the field since there are barely any people there. Yet, the number of the crowd that gathered to that place were increasing from every seconds.

The second stage on my right is the jungle stage where the non-powerful ambience music are being performed.  As you can see, the number of crowd are increasing and the gap between the main and the jungle stage pictures is only for 5 seconds. Maybe this is because to let the crowds to get on hold with their energy before the other music are being play at the main stage. And yeah, the stage are switch one after another of each performance but people tend to stand up in front of the main stage and that include Muhammad and I.

 

Patience are the key until they start the performance. Along the waiting, I met Zal, Henna, Henna’s boyfriend and a some of their friends.

This is the ring for the entrance pass if you are already in the event. It is to make sure that there is no one who crash into the festival themselves. Tight security they are. You should see the K9 dogs. It’s huge and well-trained.

 

At 7 p.m sharp, the performance started and the music was quite dull at first because they perform the traditional minang music. But after a while, the ambience of the music were started to catch up and everybody started to flooded the field.

 

And this is my last picture before I myself zooming of to the crowd and I dance like there is no tomorrow. There is no need of the review of the performance since the camera battery already drained out and there is a lot of bloggers out there who went to the event make the review of it. Google it if you’re up to it and quite rajin to search for it.

Finally, Muhammad and I went home around midnight before the last performance were shown because we want to avoid the competition between attendees to use the shuttle bus back to the car park. Luckily, I didn’t throw my ticket remainder away because it is the type of a way to confirm that you use the shuttle bus earlier to the SCV and for you to go back without being implied another RM10 per ticket. And I snapped my slipper in the mud making me heading home by barefoot.

Overall,

RWMF 2009     

rocks!!!!!!