It should be something like this:

Perhaps this is a small matter, but it provides an impression of that organisation nonetheless.

Before our session, we hung around to watch the video shoot for local guitar god James Sami at Signal Hill. I had expected him to create a video for a hard rock / heavy metal song, but instead he played a sumazau song!

The shooting for our video only started around 3pm and lasted some 3 hours.

There were 2 sessions, one at the Menara Tun Mustapha / Wisma Innoprise grounds which lasted about 90 minutes:

It was done in light rain, so there was that “water splash” effect everytime the drums were hit.

The model was the 2008 Tuaran Unduk Ngadau.

A video of the session:

Then we were off to the railway station at Tanjung Aru:

Shooting finished well past 6.30pm.

After that we went straight to Collonades Condos at Harrington Road to help out with Jovita Robert Johnny’s session:

A video of that session in progress:

It was almost 11pm when everything’s done.

The video will appear during episode 13.

More photos.

The appointment for the former student of Kian Kok Middle School was effective 16th June.

Profile:

Name: Dr Oh Ei Sun [sounds like a Korean name, doesn't it?]

Age: 35

Education: trained in law, management, engineering and the languages. Degrees: aeronautical & mechanical engineering & German. Double masters in science & international management. Juris Doctor (law).

Occupation: Academician, international speaker, trainer, motivator, consultant and entrepreneur.

Experience:
- includes serving various international and world bodies under the UN: International Telecommunication Union & Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications.
- worked with various UN partner agencies, including the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, World Food Programme, International Civil Aviation Organisation, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and UN Development Programme.
- consulted for multinational & international companies
- advised diverse SMEs on legal and business start-up issues.
- adjunct professor with Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Language skills: fluent in 5: Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin, German & French.

His first mission, in his own words:

To promote the concept of 1Malaysia and engage in dialogue with more people from various backgrounds and communities. This is important towards understanding the pulse of the people, as well as to obtain feedback from the people. There is one element in 1Malaysia I feel most deeply about. It is about integrity, both in the public sector and the private endeavour. I would like to see more emphasis on this as we continue to promote 1Malaysia.

Congratulations Dr Oh.

Back in 2006, he mentioned that his blog gets 1.25 million hits a month.

He’s has never explicitly revealed his income from blogging, but some people have mentioned USD20,000 a month, and some even said it’s more than USD1 million a year.

So it was an honour to provide a little assistance to him:

Shooting starts 4th July. The program airs every Sunday at 3pm. Papier Mache will appear on the 11th episode. This week episode 1 will be aired.

Had a “discussion” session on Saturday 27th June at Firehouse, with a surprise guest making an appearance.

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I was informed just now that fledgling Tamparuli-based rock band Papier Mache will be featured in Astro’s Channel 180 (Muzik Aktif), the nation’s first TV channel to feature 100% Malaysian content and one of its first digital channels. It was launched in March.

For that purpose, that channel’s videography team will be coming over here end of this month or early next month to shoot a videoclip for their arguably most well-known song “Nung Olingan Oku Dia“.

That song has been played in SabahVfm and SuriaFM since last year, and recently added to PONet and Sabahan.FM’s repertoire.

There was a false alarm in Sabah on 13th May 2009, but just after noon on 15th May 2009, Malaysia confirmed its first case of the A(H1N1) flu: a 21-year-old student who returned from New York in the United States 2 days earlier.

Then, a month later, on 15th June, Sabah confirmed its first case, the 16th case in the country: a 15-year-old (some reports say 14) Sandakan girl who arrived in Kota Kinabalu at 6.10pm on a flight from the United States 2 days earlier.

The girl and her mother departed the US on the 9th and had a stopover in Hong Kong before continuing their journey home.

She is a PR in the US and came back for a holiday.

The thermal cameras installed at the airport detected that her body temperature was above 38 C.

Health ministry staff immediately brought her to the Lingzhi quarantine centre in Kepayan for further tests.

Fortunately, she’s doing well and on the way to a full recovery.

Statistics:

As of 23rd June 2009:
- total of 69 cases in Malaysia
- total of 56,865 cases worldwide, with 272 deaths.
- most cases in US: 22,847
- most deaths in Mexico (115) and the US (113). The country with the 3rd most number of deaths is Canada with 16.

Recommendations from the Health Ministry:
- DO postpone travel to countries with Influenza A (H1N1) outbreaks unless it is really unavoidable, to curb its spread.

- Those exhibiting symptoms of the virus should:
(i) seek treatment immediately
(ii) refrain from social activities and public places

Relevant phone numbers:
The Health Ministry: 03-88810200 / 03-88810300

Source
Daily Express, 16th June 2009

The second is more complex, its components are:
(i) frame constructed from the wood of the “biabas” tree (chosen due to its durability)
(ii) wheels made from “pakuh” tree (some people mentioned papaya tree too)
(iii) nails

There is the 2-wheel variant for beginners and 3-wheel variant for the “pros” [all photos taken in Bundu Tuhan, courtesy of Johnny Ghani]:

One would ride it like so:

Note the “brake”.

Preparing for a race:

A race in progress:

Apparently this was very popular among youngsters in the 1960s in Bundu Tuhan, located along the Kota Kinabalu - Ranau road. Where now every kid wants a PS3, back then possession of a kurutut was mandatory. Sure beats spending long hours in front of televisions!

Warning: players are advised to wear durable pants!

There are so many possibilities from this. Can patent it, promote to tourists, run a clinic on kurutut-making then organise an annual race. For a start, perhaps include as one of the traditional games in the Kiulu 4M!

It’s been pointed out to me that the larger dog is Coca-Cola and the smaller one, its daughter, is Pepsi-Cola.

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It became infamous when it was paraded by its owner at KDCA Hall at the height of the Kaamatan celebrations (end of May 2005) dressed in what looked like Kadazan/Dusun traditional attire. In local culture, that is taboo.

The incident was furiously debated in a top local newspaper for some time.

Someone took a video of it then:

The dog is a regular sight in and around Kota Kinabalu, in invariably different and colourful costume every time.

Rahma saw the dog towards the end of May 2009 at Gaya Street Sunday Market:

The owner:

Dorina took the following photo in January 2006:

Disney took the following photo in January 2009 (?)

Elleycia took the following photo on 30th May 2009 at KDCA Hall:

I took the following photo on 31st May 2009 (the following day) at KDCA Hall:

While we were busy with Kaamatan over here, full-time model JoannaBelle Ng, 20 of Penampang was crowned Miss Malaysia/Universe 2009 in Kuala Lumpur on 30th May. She also won two subsidiary titles: “Audience Favourite” and “Miss Friendship”.

Another Sabahan and full-time model, 5′ 10″ Cassandra Patrick, 24 emerged runnerup. She is also the Miss Malaysia/World 2006 1st Runner-up.

Cassandra, JoannaBelle and 3rd placed Claudia Sibert of KL

The 5′ 8″ lass won RM50,000 and will compete in next month’s Miss Universe pageant in The Bahamas.

She was also 1st runner up in the 2008 Miss Cheong Sam Malaysia competition.

This is quite a long way from her background, which she explains:

I come from a very simple and poor family. My father is a mechanic and my mother (of Chinese and Indian descent), a housewife. She tends a small chicken farm and vegetable patch outside our home. Sometimes, she sells egg and beef rolls and other foodstuff at the market. I am not embarrassed about my family at all. I am really proud of them and where I’m from. Why shouldn’t I be? They are the reason for who I am today. My parents have always encouraged me to fulfill my dreams because they don’t want me to have a hard life and struggle like they did. I love them very much and can’t wait to go back to spend time at home.

The Star’s video of the event, including the moment when the winner was announced

Apologies, lesson costs yet be finalised.

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UPDATE 12th June 2009

Renovation starts 15th June.

Lessons:

Violin / guitars: classical, acoustic, electric / electric bass / keyboards.

Piano / drums / vocals.

Special package: a combined violin, classical guitar and acoustic guitar lessons for 3 persons in a group.

All lessons lasts 45 minutes.

Rental available for karaoke, full band, sound system, recording studio.

They also sell modern and traditional music instruments.

Tutors are all qualified (diploma and degree in music) and experienced musicians.

All registrants automatically become members and will enjoy special discounts and promotions.

For more info, please contact Mr James “Inson” Juanis: 016-8195330

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Fledgling musicians of Tamparuli, Papier Mache is set to embark on another venture, set up a music school / musical instruments shop / recording studio in Tuaran town on the first week of July.

Address: 1st floor, Lot 5, Teo Ee Teh Shopping Complex, Tuaran.

That’s near Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, Tuaran.

More details coming soon.