wat is tat actually? ya .. some sort of volunteer work .. donno aus thr got or not ler .. hehe .. the programme is ~ weekend rural outreach programme ... yayaya ... oh man !!
if i didn't manage to attend this programme .. i will cry forever ... hehe .. i woke up at 5:50 a.m. on sat .. the bus was depart at 6 a.m. sharp tat day ... so juz rush everything n jogging to the bus stop .. watever ~ the bus actually departed at 6:30 a.m. due to certain technical problem ...
eh .. i was very bad luck tat day ... the bus we took was broken down b'cos of overheatin' ... but nvm la ... then nx bus come loh ... to make a substitution but wat again ... the second bus was broken down too .. eh ... so no choice but to walk to the long hse ... haha .. this wat we call curtin volunteer is it? but half way sure got car to pick us up la .. so not really suffer a lot under the hot sun
finally arrive ... traditional music ... iban people ... r welcoming us ... ye heh i'm a bit lucky for it since the long hse is a brick building ... quite modern ... the other team is the classic type .. timber combine wood .. i think so .. since we r quite far from each other ... but thr isn't any power n water supply here .. oh oh oh ... i gonna experience this ... tell ya wat .. bath in the river .. sleep without fan or air-con .. all they hv is natural air-con ... tat's true ler ... i felt cold laz nite even with the modern facilities ...
yaya ... laz nite wat ? i got drunk .. really .. these ppl r mad for party ... b4 the crazy stuff .. we hv traditional welcoming ceremony .. related to the Gawai celebration ... we dance with them too .. ngajat dance if i'm not mistaken .. but juz hantam saja la .. wow .. these iban people really got lot of tattoo la ... i mean for those oldies ... after tat ... we start the mad party .. the long hse was actually having a disco party la ... those ppl dance thr .. oldies .. youngies ... everyone join together ... wow .. n those iban gal very clever la .. they juz force us to drink their rice wine ... n i really hv many shot for tat .. all r one shot finish ...crazy man ..first time i walk into the classic iban disco ... haha ... one auntie n one uncle don't let me go even though it is really late already ... as we need to work for the nx day ...
tell ya wat .. tat uncle n auntie wan me to do volunteer work with their gal .. i dono sepupu or wat kind of relative r they ... juz push the gal over n dance together ... hehe .. don't think i will do anything la .. i drunk but i still can control myself ... i talk with the gal .. form 4 actually ...stay in the sch hostel since their kampung is very far away from the sch .. then lucky the gal run away .. wakaka ... n then my bapa angkat come over n help me out from the mad disco .. oh yeh .. i manage to escape from thr ...
oh ya ... forget to say .. each participants r divide to different family as anak angkat ... i hv one also ... oh ya .. our main task was painting their main gate .. some kind of art stuff for their culture ...so tired ... arhh ...
food ? oh .. kampung style food ... since the village is far far away from town ... so they got most of the resource by farming ... fishing ... etc ... water to drink ? mineral water ye .. yaya .. something .. i need to mention here .. i bath in the river right ? oh with gals also ... ohoh .. they cover with sarung ... n we bath together thr ... haha ... so .. can imagine la ..
b4 return to the main city .. i manage to got a manik chain from them .. as a souvenir ... red color de chain .. since i lik liverpoolfc ... really great i able to grab the only red chain ...
got lot to say but em .. pics r the great proof ... later i got the pics then i post luurr .. since i didn't hv any cam .. so if they giv me then i post la .. if no then no luuu ...
p/s: i don't think i can really bare with this kampung lifestyle .. but i promise will go back thr again since i hv left a signature on the group ... n i really learn a lot from their culture including those i didn't clarify above ... makai makai ... jalai jalai .. i juz know this iban language only