Another Strange Thing

Remember my post in June about the ants under the title 'Strange!'? Well another one came up at our compound.

One early morning, my hubby went down and found something weird under our guava tree. He called me down and have a look. It was like some animal's stool. We couldn't confirm what it was. So I took pictures and would show it to my father.

Later, my father confirmed that it was an animal's stool. The animal called 'Tonduyutung' (in Inobong Dusun's word). At first, we couldn't figure out what its English or scientific name.

On our last visit to the Zoo (Lok Kawi Wild Park), we found the animal. It is called 'Slow Loris' or 'Kongkang' in Malay. It's scientific name is 'Nycticebus Coucang'.

Its typical nature is, she is very shy. She won't look at you and will try hard to hide it's face :) Hence, the problem of taking pictures. I gave up!

Found this picture near its cage. So this is Slow Loris looks like. She looks cute and harmless. It also means, this animal staying near our house ;) My backyard is a hilly garden so I won't surprise there are many to come to my compound :)

Linda Nanuwil

I am a fan of Linda Nanuwil since her first appearance on a TV reality show entitled Akademi Fantasia 2, to which she won a second place.

'Bambazon' is the first KadazanDusun telefilm ever to be shown on RTM1 next year during Kaamatan Day. The article above which is taken from Daily Express, also mentioned Evelene Mingkong as one of the actors. Evelene is from Kg Inobong Proper. I can't wait to watch her acting :)

In the meantime, Linda Nanuwil will launch her first KadazanDusun album entitled 'Linda' on Saturday, 9 August 2008 at 1Borneo Hyper Mall, 2.00pm.

Please support our local artiste/products!

Obituary

Mr Verus Gumpil is the father of my sister in law. He died of Asthma. The funeral service will be held tomorrow at their residence.

The deceased actually had 6 children. I think they missed out Doris Gumpil who died at a very young age. She was the second child in the family.

May his Soul Rest in Peace

Banjir Lagi...

The abandoned project in Inobong almost tenggelam

PM bilang "change your lifestyle". Menyahut seruan PM, ahad lalu kami sekeluarga tidak ke mana-mana. Meaning, we just stayed at home. 1 cent pun tiada keluar. Save cost :) Come evening, kuat angin. Ada saya rakam video tapi tidak sempat ambil angin yang paling kuat. Then, tiba-tiba hujan. Tidaklah juga lebat tu hujan tapi non-stop lah.

Stuck!

This is Jalan Tanaki

The next morning (Monday), sedang saya jemur kain my daughter came back. I asked her why? She replied, her transport didn't show up. I quickly go and call her transport. Then I was informed Jalan Tanaki & Dungkahang banjir. Lagi??! And this time lebih besar dari yang dulu. Worried sick cause my daughter ada exam hari tu. I called her teacher and told her about the banjir (I was informed later, the exam has been postponed - St Michael School also flooded)

I pity with the owner of this house, everytime banjir, mesti kena

After sending my youngest son to school (his school tidak kena banjir) we went and check the flood.

YB Philip Lasimbang

Big vehicle saja berani limpas


'Handoi' pun tiba-tiba muncul di jalanraja ;)


Where is the drainage?

Since we won't be able to go to work, we decided meronda Kampung Inobong Proper. We found these:

Monitor Lizard - picture taken by my son (not very clear)
found in Inobong River


Pamello


Jambatan rosak :(


Jackfruit


Yellow Bell

Dart Competition

Our Puspanita organized a Dart Competition yesterday. I am not good in sports. In fact I'm that useless in Sports Department :lol: But my colleagues insisted me to join. Well then, I joined for fun. And fun it was. They had a good laugh when I made my throws. I didn't get any point in my first three throws!

Posing for the album
(L-R) Zuri, Eli, Bibe, Jun, Naincy, Yati, Ana

(L-R) Nancy, Winnie, Wong S Y, Juli

Winnie is the champion! She is our Puspanita Chairlady

They lined-up waiting for their turn
(Stella & Sheila sempat posing for the camera)

The busy judges
(Naincy & Jun)

It looked like they were having fun
(R-L) Shima, Aini, Jessy & Mary

Mary doing her throw
I voted her for the best dart-player :)

Aida, the last one who turned up and the most unique dart-player
She didn't get any point from her first throw
until her last throw, she strike bull's eye!

Tag No. 2 - 5 Thingys

I was tagged again but it's different from the first tag. And this time, it was Cay who tagged me. I wanted to this as soon as possible coz I'm afraid I'll totally forget doing it :)

Anyways, here it goes...

Q1. What were you doing 5 years ago?

I'm so forgetful. But I'm sure, there must be good and bad things had happened in my life. But most of all, I thank God that I made through those years!

Q2. What were the 5 things on your to do list today?

1. Attend morning Mass

2. Send my son to school

3. Go to work and clear my in-trays (as I was on leave yesterday due to the flood)

4. Check my e-mails

5. Apply half day leave today coz I'm sending my mom to see somebody

Q3. What are 5 snacks that you enjoy?

1. Crispo (keropok udang)

2. Fries

3. None

4. None

5. Actually, I'm not into snacks ;)

Q4. What are 5 things that you would do if you were a billionaire?

1. Settle all my loans (this is priority) :lol:

2. Tender my resignation (I'm a billionaire, remember)

3. Invest

4. Travel around the globe with my family

5. Last but not the least, donate for charity

Q5. What are 5 jobs you've had?

1. Baby-sitting

2. Clerk at Penampang Mission

3. Clerk at a Legal Firm (my practical training)

4. And now a loyal government servant (how I wish I'm really a billionaire!)

5. Would be a retiree (when I get my billions!)

I think, for now, I'm gonna skip tagging people. Maybe next time lah kio :D

Waterfalls in Lampaki, Inobong Proper

Listen to the sound of the waterfalls. It's a therapy for our mind especially when we are in stress :)

Our Adventure Part 2

We continued our journey. I was always left behind coz as usual, I was busy taking pictures :) See the bushes in front of them, it was my mom's abandon piece of land. I didn't know until my hubby told me it was actually belong to my mom.

I laughed out loud when my youngest son thought that he found green apples! I explained to him that those were actually 'biji getah' yang masih muda. Kalo yang sudah tua, the colour should be brownish.

I just love this one. I've taken many shoots. There were a few buffaloes at the abandon paddy fieled with the birds (Kandavai - Kadazan name for the bird).

Another challenge for us. An old bamboo bridge. Yes, it was really old and we were actually so scared using the bridge. But all of us managed to cross it *clap! clap!*

This is not just an ordinary leaves. My hubby said this is actually a traditional medicine. If you experience itchiness on your body, just use this leaves and it can be cured like magic!

Look at them. So eager. They didn't even want to look back. At this point we can already hear the waterfalls.

The stream. It looked so fresh. We freshened ourselves here.

And finally, the waterfalls! But where are the children? They were already up there. I was the last one to arrive, remember :) I've taken a video of this waterfalls. I'll upload later.

Here they are! Our adventure should stop here. We should turn back and go home. But my hubby told my kids, if we proceed climbing the hill, we will end up at my dad's kebun. What? I was so tired already and I wanted to go home. But my children said they wanted to try. Oh dear!

My sister in law and her children turned back and went home. They didn't want to go. At first I wanted to follow them but my children were already up the hill. I have no choice but to be with them. Just look at the hill. It was steep and slippery. We started climbing at 5.30pm and reached my dad's hut at around 7.00pm and it was already dark. I was so tired to take pictures :)

ps. I'm at home blogging. Why? Because I didn't go to work. The only road we are using is flooded again!

Blogger Award

This is my first Blogger Award

Thank you to Cay for giving this lovely award

It has been done according to the following rules:

1. The winner may put the logo on her blog.

2. Put a link to the person you got the award from.

3. Nominate 5 blogs.

4. Put links to the blogs.

5. Leave a message for your nominees.

So now, I'm forwarding the same award to:

1. Jacq
2. Anderson
3. Joyce
4. Hilda
5. Mogintua

Our Adventure Part 1

My hubby said, he wanted to go to our kebun. My children also wanted to follow. I don't want to be left out so I said, I want to go too :) My hubby called his sisters whether they are interested to go or not. Everybody wanted to go. Then it became a small group.

It was raining heavily so I thought my hubby will cancel our adventure. But after an hour waiting, the rain stops.

Our journey began here. Look how steep the hill is. But that is nothing. We haven't reach our destination yet.

Our first stop. My hubby found the territory ground. He also found out that the owner of a nearby land had taken a few meters of our land.

Then we continued our journey. It was slippery due to the rain earlier and some of them slipped off. We went down deep until we found a small river.

This was the real challenge of our journey. Look at my sis in law's son (in blue rain coat). He couldn't move. He was scared that he might fall down for the second time. It was very steep indeed. He waited until my hubby came to his rescue :) We called this place as 'virgin jungle'

While waiting for our turn to cross the small river, we found this fruit. My sister in law said this fruit is edible. It tasted sour but it should be sweet if it is ripened.

Our second stop. We found the marked stone. We planted flower near the stone so that next time it's easier to locate.

This was our final stop. A tree marked with red colour. I couldn't go nearer so I just zoomed my camera.

We found villager's fish pond.

Tired! and they were resting. Yes, I really mean resting coz our adventure is not over yet. The children were eager for the next journey coz we would be going to a waterfall!

To be continued...