LA RIVIERE EN COULEURS
CLICK HERE FOR THE ENGLISH TEXT Je me suis rendue en invitée à Rumah Udam, longhouse Iban près de Sibu, pour participer à une fête qui devait conclure l’effort d’équipe des longhouses riveraines de la...
View ArticlePORTRAITS OF IBAN GIRLS
Lining up with the mums. They are all wearing baju kebaya. CLICKEZ POUR LA VERSION FRANCAISE It is sometimes easy to forget that longhouses in Sarawak are actual villages that stretch their length...
View ArticlePORTRAITS CANDIDES
Photo de groupe avec les mamans. Elles portent toutes un Baju Kebaya, tenue habillee traditionnelle en Malaisie et Indonesie. CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH TEXT On oublie parfois que les longhouses du Sarawak...
View ArticleMALAYSIA DAY
Almost Ready for Malaysia Day BILINGUAL POST – BILLET BILINGUE Kuching is getting ready to celebrate Malaysia Day on the 16th of September and commemorate the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo...
View ArticleLOOKING BACK ON WAGGING THE NIGHT AWAY
That’s me with big bro Sherlock Story by Caramel SHE went out without me last night. SHE had taken the time to explain that it was for a good cause, a WAG music festival to benefit the SSPCA and...
View ArticleDURIANS FOR CHRISTMAS
Durian December’s back and here I am, on a regular thirty something degrees Celsius pre-Christmas day, standing in my neighbor’s chilli-peppers field. I came specifically to shoot a Durio zibethinus (a...
View ArticleA RECYCLED ART SNAKE – RECYCLAGE D’ART POUR LE SERPENT
Robert Jackius Heidi and I discovered it in the Mayor’s office building! Made by Robert Jackius and one of his colleagues, officers at the Kuching South City Council,, out of about one thousand plastic...
View ArticleCLOWNS OF THE WORLD IN KUCHING!
I had to catch the clowns. From all over the world, they were gathering for their conference in Kuching where, I would wager, most children have never seen a clown. Of course there’s television; but it...
View ArticleWHY I HELPED KNIT A HAT FOR OUR GIANT KUCHING/CAT
It was my friend and Kuching Crafthub Director Heidi Munan’s brain child: “Let’s all get together to knit a hat for the Padungan cat”. Now I have to explain that the said Padungan cat is about 3 m...
View ArticleFOOD HERITAGE OF SARAWAK
Congratulations Heidi Munan, on the occasion of the launching of your latest book FOOD HERITAGE OF SARAWAK A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE By Deputy Chief Minister YB Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Anak...
View ArticleBORNEO HERITAGE: HEIDI MUNAN – One Bead at a Time
Heidi Munan BEADS of BORNEO, written by Heidi Munan (Editions Didier Millet) is by far my favourite coffee table book. It is also the most beautiful and informative gift I feel I can give visitors...
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