MOOD's joint art exhibtion (CCAF, 2022) in pictures

 Submissions of paintings for display to representatives of Organising Committee

Note: More stories and pictures of the joint art exhibition can be accessed in another blog by folllowing this link...>>>https://moodart3.blogspot.com/

Jawatankuasa Tindakan Tuntutan Tanah EX-SGOS meets the Premier

 On the 10th of April,2023 I joined a delegation from Bintulu to pay a courtesy call to the Premier at his office at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Petra Jaya.  The purpose of the meeting was to brief the Premier on the many problems faced the people of Jepak regarding ownership of their customary land at Jepak.  This is the first time that our Jawatankuasa Tindakan Tuntutan Tanah EX-SGOS.  This committee is composed of the follwing:

1)  Temenggong Haji Rosli Bin Kamarudin - Chairman

2)  Pemanca Hj. Awg Merais Hj. Awang Ismail - Member

3)  Datuk Haji Abdul Kadier Sahib - Member

4)  Datuk Hj. Haidar Khan Bin Asghar Khan - Member

5) Mahmud Yussop - Member

6)  Hj. Othman Bin Mat - Member/ Secretary

The advisor to the committee is YB Datuk Haji Talip Zulpilip.

The above meeting is the climax of many previous meetings with various parties in Bintulu on the land issues at Jepak.  This is the first time the resolutions and declaration by the interested groups reached the Premier's table in Kuching.  The meeting took about an hour and many matters were raised directly to the attention of the Premier. There was a WOW factor felt  as we leave his office mainly due to his committment to solve the issues raised with the Land and Survey Department and many other positive vibes gathered during the discussion.  The Premier is sympathetic with the plight and predicament of the people of Jepak specifically and  masyarakat Vaie generally.

Pinnacle of passions

Away in Kuching on this March Escapade’23, I have a good overall view of what  I have done in Bintulu on the Kambatik Park.   Sometimes we need moments of detachment to figure out all what has been done at the nature park and evaluate it for better understanding and focus, and then what’s next?

As a project that has taken more than ten years of development, I can say that it is the culmination of many strengths.  Firstly, the project has to be sustainable before any further commitment can be poured into its further investment in terms of time, efforts, funds and future planning.  To this end I can safely say that this has been achieved as I have managed to stay on with the project and passionate about it despite having to juggle time, money and efforts on daily basis to care for the place till presently.

One thing that I have done in Kuching on this trip is to create a new blog called “Kambatik Ecopreneurship”.  With some major success being achieved, I can now look back at many aspects of its development.  These include philosophy, vision, planning, economic viability, marketing and aesthetics.  This latest blog will document in pictures and writing the story behind the nature park that can act as a ready source for future reference.

My strengths in photography, writing, planning, dedication towards work, passion for plants, art and life-long learning have contributed tremendously to realise this dream project.  The Kambatik Park is my pinnacle of passions. 

Journal: 17 March,2023.

Kambatik Ecopreneurship

 

I have launched a new blog called "Kambatik Ecopreneurship" on 10th March,2023 while on this Kuching March Escapade'23.  I feel it timely to compile all my thoughts on the subject of ecopreneurship as practised at the Kambatik Park, Bintulu.
This blog will contain related writings and scholarly artticles about entrepereneurship especially ecopreneurship.

In the blog I have added a link list of other "Related Kambatik Blogs" that is a ready source of knowledge on the various aspects related to the world of Kambatik.

The url of the new blog is here...>>>https://ecoprepkambatik.blogspot.com/

The Joy of writing blogs (Pt. 7)

 

I have this peculiar habit of recording my travels in books I bought locally or when I'm overseas. As a record of my travels I would normally buy a book and would write down  the purpose of the travel, place and my signature on it at the front pages of the book.  So far what I have recorded in my blog is only a tip of the iceberg of books I have in my library.  You really need some time to take pictures of the books before posting it in the blog.

Anyway the blog entitled "Books and Places " now have 12,825 pageviews sincei 2010.

In another blog entitled "my ACADEMIA", I share some of my academic work.  Started in 2020 the blog has 458 pageviews as at 30 Dec'21.  My planning is to share more of my articles and write-up in 2022.

Total views of the two blogs above (w.e.f. 30 Dec'21) = 13,283 pageviews.

Checkout the books I bought in Taiwan in 1986 by following this link....>>>>http://booksandplaces.blogspot.com/search/label/Taiwan

The JOY of writing blogs (Pt.6) - Expressions and Cretivity

 The JOY of writing blogs (Pt.6) - Expressions and Creativity.

Ancient men living in caves have discovered the importance of drawing to express their adventures. Moving out of the caves and into schools, civilised men then continued to express their creative urges in many medias e.g. writing, poetry, painting, photography, acting or even in everyday floral arrangement. Needless to say I have had my fair share of men's search for beauty and creativity.

I share here the blogs that account for my involvement in the arts.

The page views of the various blogs indicated below are as at 29 Dec'21.

1) Living the Bintulu story = 14,833 pageviews

2) Come Blog with me = 7,665 pageviews

3) all MY Life = 4,547 pageviews

4) Being MY (3rd Ed.) = 6.891 pageviews

5) Galeri MOOD (1st Ed.) = 7.293 pageviews

6) Galeri MOOD (2nd Ed.) = 3,604 pageviews

7) MOOD 2nd SOLO = 852 pageviews

my e-Poetry Book = 13,569 pageviews

9) MOOD Creative Expressions = 10, 487 pageviews

10) Daily Cut Flowers = 43, 519 pageviews

TOTAL = 112,230 pageviews

To access the various blogs above, please go to another blog of mine which have the links to the various blogs on its right side bar .>>>>https://allmoodlife.blogspot.com/

The JOY of writing blogs (Pt. 5) - Photography clicks

My interest in photography started way back in my teen days. But come the era of internet, I took the opportunity to share my photography online so as to get global mileage. Four blogs were created to showcase images of Bintulu and Kuching (and other places or town in Sarawak) and Peninsular Malaysia, using different sets of camera e.g. Nokia N93i, SONY Cybershot, Nikon D5100, Samsung Note 2, and more recently Redmi 9A handphone.

Total views of the blogs are as follows: (as at 27 Dec'21)

# my Kuching Klikz = 49,894 pageviews

# my BINTULU clicks = 58,296 pageviews

# Siber-klikz Photography = 8,624 pageviews

# PHONTOGRAPHY by N93i = 30,052 Pageviews

TOTAL = 147,366 pageviews.

Checkout the story behind the 'Square Tower' at Kuching waterfront by following this link....>>>https://mykuchingklikz.blogspot.com/.../kuchings...

The JOY of writing blogs (Pt.4) - 4 da Love of Orchids

FB Cover posted on 26 Dec'21.

There are two things that I love about orchids, the need to speak to them and the need to know them better.  Only when you are  able to speak to them can you get good photographs.  To know them by name is to be obsessed by them.  So for those weak at heart, remember not to be unduly obsessed , because once you start to love them there's no ending. It's gonna be a lifetime affair.  Its a fair warning okay.

In this blog dedicated to orchids, I let the orchids and photos speak and I hardly write about them.

As at today, the total pageviews = 126,781 views.

Checkout the beauty of Vanda orchids by following this link...>>>https://4loveoforchids.blogspot.com/search/label/Vanda

The JOY of writing blogs (Pt.3) - Birds and Travelling Cats

Travelling around Sarawak with cats has been my love for many years.  I wrote stories about my cats adventures in a special blog named " Hav Paws Will Travell", which came out in three editions.  The heroine is 'Daisy' which accompanied us in our travels for about 9 years.  By the time she retired from travelling , she recorded a total of 64,200 km which is one and a half turn round the globe.  She was later joined by "Inul" and a few others.

Besides cats, I also blog on birds that I watched and photographed in places we visited or stayed along the way.

As at 25 Dec'21, the pageviews of the blogs are as follows:

# Hav Paws will travell (1st Ed) = 16,148 pageviews

# Hav Paws will travell (2nd Ed) = 7,472 pageviews

# Hav Paws will travell (3rd Ed) = 12,816 pageviews

# my Birding Sarawak = 24,397 pageviews

                  Total Pageviews= 71,833 pageviews

Checkout, Inul's first journey to Bintulu with Mama Daisy  when Inul was  just 5 days old by following this link...>>>http://havpawswilltravell.blogspot.com/.../my-this-is-me...

Also checkout the bird at Bakun dam by following this link..>>http://mybirdingsarawak.blogspot.com/.../a-plaintive...

The JOY of writing blogs (Pt.2) - my Gardening/Landscaping story

I have been writing many stories about gardening and landscaping involving a good period of about 36 years of my life, so far.

The gardening and landscaping stories are captured in two blogs , mainly my Gardening projects and my Landscaping story.  The blogs record the kind of projects I did while I was a government servant and later leaving the service to carry on doing similar projects but in a different capacity viz as a contractor.

As a contractor I did many projects for corporate entities and private homes around Bintulu. In the blogs I write about my gardening/landscaping philosophy which revolves around the making of the Malaysian garden.

As at 24 Dec'21, the pageviews of the the two blogs are indicated below:

# my Gardening projects = 34,923 page views.

# my Landscaping story = 3,986 page views.

             Total pageviews = 38,909 pageviews.

Checkout a bit of the philosophy behind my gardenin/landscaping  by following this link ...>>>https://mygardeningprojects.blogspot.com/2014/11/looking-beyond-kambatik-garden.html

The JOY of writing blogs (Pt.1) - my Sarawak.

FB Cover dated 24 Dec;21.

Spending the end of year in Kuching, I have more time to reflect of the many years ago that passed by as if they were yesterday.

I have been a blogger since 2007 and continue blogging ever since.

I blog on many topics of my interests, things I know.

Today's review of my blogs is about "my Sarawak", a blog about my journey along Sarawak country roads and places I visited.

The blogs is in three editions, the latest being 3rd Edition.

Writing blogs about Sarawak brought me places, meeting ordinary folks, seeing what they do and enjoying the good things they offer anything from food to music, room to stay and stories to tell and many more.  Anything Sarawak goes in here.

Total visits made to my Sarawak blogs as at 24 Dec'21, is indicated below:

my Sarawak (1st ed.) = 129,029 page views.

my Sarawak (2nd Ed) = 97,313 page views.

my Sarawak (3rd Ed) = 183,445 pageviews.

       Total pageviews = 409,787 pageviews.

Checkout the 3rd Ed by following this link ...>>>>>http://mykambatikworld.blogspot.com/2009/07/uniquely-kuching.html

MOOD 2nd SOLO

 

It's only in Kuching that I can get to work undisturbed on my 2nd SOLO exhibition next year. Time is ticking and I'm using google blogger to help organise resources and the marketing of the exhibition. Not forgetting FB, of course. I use google extensively for its many advantages over FB. Firstly, Google's blogger has one very useful function- Labels. This element makes referencing and cross-referencing of my works, a walk in the park.

There is another element called - Pages, which is useful to reach the major themes or subjects of the exhibition while on the main page of the blog.

This December I'm almost finishing the main appearance of the 2nd SOLO blog- which is important for me to move on fast starting January next year.

Today, I focus on the subject of 'Portraits study' which can be break down to theme e.g. Being MY.

I start the blog with portraits because that subject is closest to me, therefore easier and faster to move forward from there on.

My dear friends, to have a peek of the resources I've prepared so far on my works on portraits , pleasse follow this link....>>>>>https://moodsolo2.blogspot.com/.../Subject%20...

Active Reader for 2019

Group photo of the winners of the Tower of Books Challenge and Active reader - 2019..

 

Sunday, 4th October,2020. Time : 2.30 - 4.00 pm.

I'm in Miri attending a simple prize-giving ceremony organised by the Sarawak State Libray - Pustaka Negeri Sarawak.

Outside its a bit rainy and the function was held in these trying COVID- 19 times. Social distancing has to be observed and the wearing of masks mandatory.

The occasion was made merry with a short story telling session.

The function was officiated by the Regional Manager of Pustaka Sarawak in Miri, Salina Hj Zawawi 
Prizes were given to "Tower of Books Reading Challenge" and " Active Reader' for 2019.

I was awarded the Active Reader award under 'Senior Citizen' category.

Receiving the prize from Salina Hj Zawawi.

A young reader receiving her prize.

A short story telling session incorporated in the brief function.