SK. Malangang Kiulu

After eleven years, I finally have a chance to step in at my former primary school. In the sense of facilities, the school is developing much better in times. On 18 November 2010, Majlis Anugerah Cemerlang take it place at the school building. Majlis Anugerah Cemerlang is done every year as a token of appreciation for their students best performance.

( The students of SK Malangang Kiulu)

An ordinary school, yah absolutely correct. But this ordinary school is a place which give the primary education to many professional workers such as doctors, teachers, engineer and so on. Without education, we should not be able to achieve a 'life' as we had today.

(Front view of Sk Malangang Kiulu)

(Some of pictures taken inside the school area)

Current Info about SK Malangang Kiulu
Headmaster : Mr Jowinis
PK1 : Mrs Muhinie
Total of teachers : +/- 18

The school for the children which mostly from
1.Kg Malangang Baru,
2.Kg Namadan,
3.Kg Ponohuan,
4. Kg. Tompinahaton.


Take a walk to Pusat Kokurikulum Negeri, separated by a small road

(some of the facilities in Pusat Kokurikulum Negeri~the view from outside)

Musical Instrument in Sabah

The following traditional musical instruments of the various Sabahan ethnic groups are divided according to the way in which they work:

IDIOPHONES: Instruments made with materials which produce sounds when scraped, rubbed, hit and without further intervention of other materials.

Example :

1. Gong

2. Kulintangan (smaller than gong)

MEMBRANOPHONES: Instruments where a membrane is stretched across a hallow body (the ‘resonator’) and then made to vibrate by rubbing/hitting.

Example : 1. Drum
CHORDOPHONES: Consist of Chord and Resonator. Vibrations are produced when the chord is scraped by a bow or plucked with fingers and amplified by a resonator (unsually a hollow compartment).

Example: 1. Tongkungan

2.Sundatang

AEROPHONES: Instruments with a column of air within a cylinder or cone. The sound is produced when this air is vibrate by the player’s lips or nose or a single/double reed or by air passing across the top of the tube. Sabah’s aerophones are mainly played solo and for personal pleasure.

Example :
1. Sompoton
2. Bungkau


3.Turali Bamboo Nose Flute
4. Suling


Source:
http://www.sabahtravelguide.com/culture/default.ASP?page=musical_instruments

Kota Kinabalu Waterfront

Located at in the heart of Kota Kinabalu, The Kota Kinabalu Waterfront provide a nice scenery of South China Sea. Pubs, restaurants, karaoke bars and a dance club with lively music set the mood for a memorable evening in the city.
Taste the delicious seafood at Sabah's Best Live Seafood Restaurant...A gift to all seafood lovers, The Port View Seafood Village..They have fresh supply of seafood as fish, prawn and lobster.

A good place to remember..a view at Waterfront.

p/s Nice place for couples..in the evening..coz I think it will be hot in the afternoon for sure..lolx

The Corpse Flower

Rafflesia is a genus of flowering plants that is made up of of 16 known species. It was discovered in the Indonesian rain forest by an Indonesian guide working for Dr. Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition.

In Sabah, the flower and host vine Tetrastigma are protected under the state's Wildlife Conservation Enactment of 1997. Rafflesia species are protected in a number of reserves within their range such as Kinabalu Park in Sabah on the island of Borneo. R. keithii, R. pricei and R. tengku-adlinii are found only in Sabah (Malaysian Borneo). Most flowers in the genus give off and smell of rotting flesh, hence its local name of “corpse flower.”

Take over a year to flower, the rarest and largest flowers can be seen at Poring (Kinabalu National Park) and the Rafflesia Centre (Crocker Range National Park). The plant has no stems, leaves or true roots. The only part of the plant that can be seen outside the host vine is the five-petaled flower. The flowers, which sit directly on the forest floor is an endoparasite of vines in the genus Tetrastigma (Vitaceae), spreading its root-like haustoria inside the tissue of the vine. This smell attracts flies, which pollinate the plant. The center of the flowers contain numerous spikes whose function are unknown, and it also holds several gallons of nectar. The fruit produced is round and about 15 cm in diameter, with thousands of tiny seeds.

Usage and potential
1. Food:
In Thailand, young buds of the flower are eaten as a delicacy.

2. Medicine:
In Peninsular Malaysia, Rafflesia buds are used by women to stop internal bleeding and shrink the womb after childbirth. Men use it as an energy drink or an aphrodisiac. Thai monks use the buds to make different concoctions for different purposes. In spite of its usage for various purposes, the chemical composition of Rafflesia flowers has not been extensively analysed yet. Preliminary phytochemical screening, however showed no evidence of the flowers' medicinal properties. On the contrary, the buds and flowers have a high content of tannin and phenols which can be toxic when taken in large quantities.

3. Other uses
In Sabah, Malaysia, it was considered a flower of spirits or a taboo flower because of its foul smell and gigantic appearance. In Thailand, the flowers are believed to have mystical powers helping one attain nirvana.

Sources

1. http://www.earlham.edu/~givenbe/Rafflesia/rafflesia/biodiv2.htm
2. http://rafflesiainformationcentre.wikidot.com/about-rafflesia
3. http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_38_2005-01-22.html
4. http://www.eglinpix.com/borneo_01.htm
5. http://www.arkive.org/rafflesia/rafflesia-spp/info.html
6. http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Rafflesiaceae/Raff.pricei.page.html



p/s More info at Rafflesia Information Centre, Tambunan

Kundasang War Memorial

10 minutes from Kinabalu Park.. There is a war memorial building. Kundasang War Memorial building, Sabah was initiated in 1962 together with the Kinabalu Park by a New Zealander working with Shell Oil Company. The Memorial was erected with a competition winning entry design by resident architect J.C. Robinson.

Kundasang Memorial Park was built as a tribute to 1787 Australians and 641 British prisoners died at, or between, Sandakan and Ranau. This building is also a tribute to many brave locals who had risked their lives while releasing the prisoners at war.

The Australian Garden, the English Garden, the Borneo Garden and the Contemplation Garden and Pool inside the Memorial Park is representing the different nationalities. Pine trees and blooming rose can be seen in this Memorial Park. Kundasang War Memorial is an ideal place to remember the heroes of World War II.

p/s Honor the past,treasure this moment. It is possible to live in peace..Peace No War.. (If u want to see the four gardens..take a rest from your busy life~ spend time with your loved one. hehehe..Visit Kundasang War Memorial, experience the feeling of peace, and remember the heroes of wars)

The Bridges of Tamparuli

What can u best describe Tamparuli? I asked myself. Tamparuli is a small town and a sub-district of Tuaran in the west coast of Sabah. Tamparuli is located 42 km from Kota Kinabalu.

How many major bridges in Tamparuli? I asked myself again. Read through some articles, asking through some source and here is my conclusion. There are three major bridges. Yeaa..I have seen them. The oldest bridge is actually the low bridge that you can see below the new hanging bridge. It is built by the British colonies in early 1930s. It is one of concrete bridge that was able to survive even there is a big flood back in 1999. When you leave Tamparuli town, there will be two separate ways and on the left side is the way to Kiulu-Pukak and the right side is the way to Tuaran-Kota Kinabalu.

The second bridge is the new suspension bridge which built in early 1980s. You can see it if you are traveling to Kundasang from Tamparuli. This bridge is built after the low bridge is flooded The new suspension bridge is a solution to make vehicles and pedestrians' life easier. At that time Datuk Harris Salleh is the Chief Minister of Sabah. It is the second way for a vehicle to enter this small town apart from the low bridge.

The 3rd bridge is the new hanging bridge which quit near to the low concrete bridge. When you are leaving Tamparuli town, you will see the low bridge at the left side.

Back in 1970s, a Kadazandusun song is describing about a hanging bridge and a young girl who accidentally lost her shoe while crossing it. "Jambatan Tamparuli" by Justin Lusah well known by Malaysian especially Sabahan. So,which of this three major bridges is the real "Jambatan Tamparuli" that mention in the lyric of Justin Lusah's song? Sometimes people mistakenly the new hanging bridge as the bridge. But the real bridge is washed away by the hurricane flood in 1999. It still exist until the big flood damage it and until now the bridge is never been rebuilt.


p/s May be Tamparuli is a small town but it is full of stories hidden inside it. (^_^)V

Sabah, My Homeland

This is the meaning of a flag to the people of Sabah;

• The mountain on the flag symbolizes Mount Kinabalu, the well known and highest mountain in South East Asia in the State of Sabah, Malaysia Borneo
• The three different shades of blue color on the flag of Sabah symbolize peace and tranquility, unity and prosperity and strength and co-operation.
• The White colour symbolizes purity and justice.
• The Chili Red symbolizes courage and conviction.

This is the lyric of Sabahan State Anthem;

Sabah tanahairku,
Negeri kita yang tercinta,
Pemuda-pemudi semua marilah,
Bangunlah bersatu semua.

Marilah bersama serta maju jaya,
Merdeka sepanjang masa,
Bersatu segala bangsa sentosa,
Sabah negeri merdeka


p/s Once you are sabahan, you will be forever sabahan. (^_^)V

This is Sabah

Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. Sabah is the second largest state after Sarawak.

















It is divided to 5 divisions.

1. Interior Division (Beaufort, Nabawan, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Sipitang, Tambunan, Tenom)

2. West Coast Division (Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar,Penampang, Putatan, Ranau, Tuaran)

3. Kudat Division (Kota Marudu, Kudat, Pitas)

4. Sandakan Division ( Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Beluran,Tongod)

5. Tawau Division (Kunak, Lahad Datu, Semporna, Tawau)

Sabah is a unique land with the various diversity of flora and fauna. Known as the "Land Below The Wind" because of her location that lies below the typhoon belt. Sabah is color by the mix of 32 ethnic groups and other non-indigenous people. All these diverse ethic groups live together while at the same time preserving their own culture, traditions, festivals and customs.

The indigenous group in Sabah include the Kadazandusun, Bajau, Murut, Brunei, Sungai, Bisaya. Lotud, Rungus, Kimarangans and many others sub-groups. It is believe that there is not less than 80 dialects from this diverse ethnic groups.

Kadazandusun is the largest population in Sabah. Kadazandusun ethnics are found mainly on the West coast divisions. They can be found in interior areas of Ranau, Tambunan and Keningau. The ethnic group uses the Kadazandusun language as their mother tongue