Pejalai: Sarikei

Fear factor. Hahahaha

Just got nothing to do. Went to my grandpa longhouse. See what I do there.(To lazy to narrated the even) See for yourself.

We are looking for this

EEeee!!!! Worms... This is sago worm or genus of Rhinchophorus beetle. And It is not a worm. It’s a grub. This Rhinchophorus beetle will lay their eggs inside the rotten Sago tree( Metroxylon sagu or Metroxylon rumphii ) . Their young one is the cute little thing above. Eee....


Closer view.

Cute? Some people eat this stuff raw. OO... they can join Fear Factor. Yummy....


Where they grow up and eat.

Then

After a period of time they will make their cocoon from the fiber of the Sago tree. The cocoon is tight. You can hear the grub doing their stuff inside, the sound is like ‘grek..grek..grek..’ Maybe it’s saying “ I’m going to be a beautiful beetle”.

The processes of extracting the grubs.


You’ll need this machine to make the process faster. It’s a chainsaw. I am the one that doing all the chainsawing(bad English).


After you cut open the Sago tree trunk. Use your hand to search through the soft pith that is already rotten and eaten by the grubs. A sharp machete is helpful here. That is my grandpa doing the work.


“You keep snapping and I will put this grub in your mouth”

More pic!
Black and white. Just testing the camera function.







My cousin Gerald come to help.


"Kill you freaking grubs"


" 1, 2, 3, 4.. hey Gerald stop eating the grub raw. I want also"


I’ve never sweat like this before. Handling the chainsaw is making me sweat a lot. I think that is the result when you never do any exercise.



Cooking it. Clean them first. Then fried it, bake it, BBQ it, soup it. The best choice is to fried or BBQ it.

Did I eat it?

Today the New Strait Time report that a solution might be on the way for the diesel crisis in Malaysia. yeah....!!!

But the solution do come at a price. I think it is a win win situation. You lose something and you get something.

The diesel price maybe equalize for industry sector and consumer(Price hike is definitely going to happen) but the road tax is reduced for diesel engine car. Maybe it's time to buy a diesel car/truck? The G even considering selling diesel directly to the fisherman.

Hope the crisis will end fast. Because we don't want to attract attention from outside. It already happen by the way: check out Malaysia's Diesel Crisis . Now the world will jeopardize our country management. How come a Oil rich nation suffer from diesel crisis? Hopefully they will don't think the worst of it.

What do you think?



Cheers.

Diesel crisis is the latest event to strike all over Sarawak. Kudos to our Minister in the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affair for giving us such an event to tackle. Since there is no deadly virus, no cocksackie, no more J.E lying around. So why not we create an event so we can have the news coverage and cheap publicity. What a good idea Ministers.

Everywhere you would see cars, truck, Lorries, 4wd and van waiting in queue just to fill their tanks. People are wasting their time just to fill their vehicles. The quota for diesel is down 1/3 from before in Sarawak. Surprisingly Sarawak is one of the sources of oil in Malaysia and we still suffer from shortage while the other state is not facing the same problem. Why must we suffer, we help to form Malaysia before (yes we help to form Malaysia, not Tanah Melayu help Sarawak. Read the real history of Malaysia for more) and still we a let to suffer from lack of development since our take from the 9th Malaysian Plan is so low for a big state. And now we suffer another problem.

They say diesel trafficking is high in Sarawak, why before they never enforce such a plan to battle it. Why couldn’t they try another strategy? The latest idea from the Minister is so childish, do you think so? Well it depend how you think. I will not state anything here.

The crisis will affect other industry eventually. The longhouse, the rural schools, rural clinics this entire establishment is using diesel powered generator. Without diesel, student will study in the dark using only candle for lighting. Patient will suffer from lack of equipment because there is no electricity from the generator. Imagine this, a very sick person is needed to be sent to the hospital which is a 3 hour boat ride and you don’t have any diesel. What a coincidences.

Waiting in line just to buy diesel is so much fun. You get to know the queue jumper, the bullies, you can even get to know your Gas Station really close since you are going to spend a lot of time in line, ohh.. and maybe you can injured yourself from a fight with the queue jumper. Maybe next time you go out fill your tank bring along your family and have a picnic beside the Gas Station. Sure you will enjoy the sight.

Until when will this crisis last? Some people even ask the Minister to step down. HAhahahahahaha... go down boy. They say he cannot handle the crisis in a very good manner. Maybe he just doesn’t know what to do. Well I cannot say much about this. Just let the politician handle this, I'm just an observer.

What ever happen to our beloved state, we still stand together: Chinese, Iban, Sarawak Malay, Melanau, Bidayuh, Kayan, Kenyah and other tribes. We shall prevail this crisis like before. Long Live Sarawak!!!

Cheers.

Some changes have been done to my blog. As you can see, the size of the blog is a bit wider that original. That is the changes I have done. No major code rewriting. Just a small change for my sastifactions.

Edited:
I have also added a few codes. The Archive is now listed by title when you open it for easy navigation.


Regard
Fredy

Sometime life can be that challenging . Before, for months I have been strugling with my relationship with some one. Then I finally decided to end it, she don't know yet. I cannot take it anymore because of some reasons (no I'm not going to state it here).

For the first time, I feel free and single on 17 March.

Since then I've been in contact with someone else. Which I knew before, I have a share of joy, pain and laughter with her. Back then we are not so close, since I have my ex and she also have someone else.

When I asked her if she belong to someone, she deny it. So I guess I can spur a realtionship between the two of us. Been in contact with her since then. I thought everything is going fine, since she say she doesn't have someone. I'm also thinking of doing some sacrifice for her( e.g time, income)

Hmmm.... Life is complex. When I try to confess to her, she say she belongs to someone (Chances that her someone is my best friends is high). I cannot take my best friend girl. Cannot blame her also. I should have confess to her half a year ago (2004) when I thought that her existing someone is not suitable for her(Well, she break with that one eventually).

Now, since she say like that. I'm back to square one. Single and available( Like cheap publicity la).

To her:
If you are reading this. Please do not hate me for doing this. This is the only way I can release my preasure.

Since you already belong to someone, I cannot do anything, sadly. But I will wait for you. January 2006 that is your dateline, if you change your mind, please contact me. My heart is still open for you.

Weeks gone by. and I'm still jobless, some of my friends is working already. Me still sitting here typing this blog. Maybe no job for me.

And not to forget, my blog is still empty. No one visit my page. only some close friends. what a beginning.

Today. I went to my sister "apartment" in Pakan. I need to accompany her.

To make things short. I stay in her "apartment" alone from morning until noon. Ate everything eatable for my lunch. Not a big problem since i'm not that hungry. Even though I'm great cook, without any raw material I cannot cook anything great. So I just cook a chicken soup and egg omelet.

For dinner is the same also. Only the different is that i eat fried rice. I can live with that. Hmm...

Pic.

What you might find in a fridge belongs to single working young woman.


Fried Rice DIY. With everything


Soup for life. chicken soup with lots of pepper. Nice.

The Journey

We left Sarikei around 8am, 19 April (yesterday). We took our lunch in a small town call Lachau (in Chinese that mean something about men's apparatus). Sorry no picture available for Lachau. You should know Lachau when you travel from Kuching to Sarikei or vice versa because it's a common stop over. I started driving from Lachau.


Me and my cousin. Naughty Little Brats.

Thank God the road to Kuching is a bit ok now. Last time there is pot holes every where. We reached Kuching around 2pm. Yeahhh.... so tired. I drove from Lachau to Kuching to Matang Baru (yeah!!)

I take a little nap, but my cousins is freaking noisy. Children is supernaturally hyperactive. I have an appointment with my friends in Wisma Saberkas(WS). I borrowed my aunt's car. I drove to Wisma Saberkas from Matang Baru (Once again, it's my first time driving alone in Kuching, yeah!!). Reached WS around 4pm. My slipper putus argh....buy a new one in Bata, just inside WS.


My Kuching's Cousins. Naughty-naughty... Going to school. In the background is my uncle.


The Friends

The first person I met is Olivia, she is a Sabahan residing here. Her friends come along to meet me. We talk about our memories in Kolej Matrikulasi Labuan (KML). Since two of my friends isn't coming after before 7 pm, we decided to have a drink. This where I tasted the sweetest Iced Red Kacang. Not even finished mine.

7pm, our beloved Karen arrived, followed by Rashid. Everyone changed, not seen them for a year. We talk and talk........

Decided to go eat dinner. We went to Sarawak Plaza, eat chicken rice. Not a very tasty one. So wonderful, meeting everyone. Thank You guys and girl for meeting me on a short notice.

Picture
NOTES: All pictures is compressed. So blur a bit


Me and Oli in front of the cat statue. Meow....... Meow.....


Me and Karen inside her house. Taking a leak in her house toilet. Nice house Karen.


A shot of caffeine before I drove from Kuching straight to Sarikei. Nonstop... freaking tired.


Arive in Sarikei 4pm today.

Today I'm of to Kuching The cat city. Wait for my full report of the trip.
Enjoy

What is a bamboo shoot?

This is a bamboo shoot.

Take it when it's about that age. Cut it down.


The bamboo shoot after you kill it.


Peel of the outer layer. That brown thing is so sharp. Tiny2 needle that can penetrate your skin, so itchy.


Chop. That is my aunty doing the peeling.


Now the skin is peeled. Now you can safely touch that thing.

Yummy. How to cook? wait for my mum to demo.

Ahh.... It's that time. My cat give birth to 5 kitten today. So Happy and sad. They surely eat more Friskies and i don't have anything to eat. Sad

Here are some of the pic. Lucky kitten, they are newly born and photograph just after birth and now their pic in the net.


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Still wet


More..

Woke up at 6.30 am. WArggggggggggghhhhh!!! So early...

Being online since then. Start the day with my new camera. Testing the Dawn/Dusk mode photography. After this, I'm of to Sarikei. Pay my mum Kancil car loan.

Need to take bath.

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Originally uploaded by fredy85.

I was browsing around a local bookstore in Sarikei. Found this model plane powered by rubber. Interesting, hm... buy or not. Then I check the price, WTF!!!! RM4.70 wah so cheap. Take it and pay.

The box is nice.Printed on the box is 'Made In China' and 'Age 3 years and above'(ooo.. I'm still in the age range). Upon reaching home, open the box and start assembling the plane. The assembling proces is a little bit hard because the instructions given on the box is not so user-friendly.

closer view

After 15 minutes, done assemblying the plane. Go outside and start to wind the propeller clockwise. 1st flight is a disaster, it fall directly after launch.(tweak the wing) 2nd flight is also a disaster, but it fly about 3 metre. 3rd flight is okok la. The 4th flight is a success, it fly about 21 steps(imagine yourself stepping 21 time).

Fun, fun, fun... my childhood dream toy become a reality. Sometime something small like this is just what you really need to free up your mind. For me it help a lot.

The Nikon E5900

Collect some money then support by mum and dad. Finally I bought this camera. It's a Nikon Coolpix E5900. 5.1 megapixel CCD. With tons of preset-settings. 3x optical zoom. Very big TFT LCD, lithium ion battery(Dont really like it, prefer normal rechargeable AA bat).Tripod as a gift.

Money taken :(

How much does it cost? Well RM1550. I think RM 50 is the tripod price. Is it a bargain or not?? Well for a camera in it's class, the E5900 is among the cheapest. My fren Koh recommended it to me. I'm a fan of Sony Cybershot, but the Sony is just to exspensive. So Nikon is the next choice.

I will review the E5900 after i use it for a week. Wait and see..
From now own, watch out.

The drain is dirty, go clean it later. My mum telling me to clean the drain 6.30 in the morning. Woke up 8.40 am, brush my teeth and directly go clean the drain.

The drain is full of dirt, leaves, algae, dog hair and lot more. Use you imagination. Take me 15 minute to clean the drain. Now it's clean, so I can check out my blog.

With my roomate. He is a Sabahan guy. Nice guy. using his camera phone to take that pic in Centre Point Kota Kinabalu. Fun fun...

remember this number and miscall it as you like
freaking pervet number, making prank call.
if you have any virus, give it a try.

0168723170

calling ppl in the midlle of the night. they think calling my house number I would'nt know their no. Dumb ass, i have caller ID. idiots. they should have stay in school and study more about life.

Freaking hot. Don't know what is the exact temp. Cleaning and mopping the house today. Darn tired.

This evening I'm suppose to go out with my mum but she canceled her plan. Good. so i can rest my ass.

Nothing much today.

who am I??

I am Fredy Jelema from Sarikei.

I exist from the mixture of a Chinese mum and an Iban father. Both my parent are in the education sector. My sister is also in the education sector, must be in the blood thingy. Well my life is dull and fun in this small town in Sarawak. I've been living in this small town for 20 years and it's never get boring. Been a kampung boy who have been reading, seeing, imagining and experiencing the real world I have been more matured. Thanks to the internet I learn a lot. Since my town library is a disaster for science lover like me, I spent most of my time on the net to search for information that is why I make myself a stupid blog.

Been an undergraduate make my life more fun. NOT!! Life is full of tension when I'm in my campus way up in Sabah below the wind. Taking Mechanical Engineering is a hell if you are not born genius. The tag "engineering" already making my life hard. Why I must study? To feed my brain with information, that is why. But it's too much.

This blog will record almost every major event happen to me in hometown Sarikei and other place for the next 3 month. It will include pic, if have la. So please check regularly.

Sarikei is situated about 600KM from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak and about 120km from Sibu. Most of the people in Sarikei is Iban, Chinese(majority is FooChow), Malay and other races. In a small town like Sarikei, you get to know almost everyone. Not personally but you'll know their face.

Sarikei is the center for Sarawak Pepper Production. Pepper is the booming business in Sarikei. Most of the Chinese and Iban here plan pepper(lada) for their living. They do live a wealthy life planting pepper, my uncle and aunty both from Chinese and Iban family plants pepper.
Apart from pepper, Sarikei is well known for it's Pineapple (Nenas). Where do you get the best and fattest pineapple, well in Sarikei you can find it. Pineapple is planted by the Malays and Melanau on the Rajang river bank rich soil. Here in Sarikei we even have a giant Pineapple beside the Rejang river.

Even though Sarikei is not a major tourist attraction in Sarawak. We'll live with that. But for those who want adventure, well you can go and visit the Sebangkoi park. Do some jungle trekking and swim in the river, get bitten by mosquito.

For me, adventure is everywhere in Sarikei. You just need to know the right place and the right person to ask. Before you know it, you'll have an unexpected adventure. Even my at the back of my house is full of suprise.

More about Sarikei

that is all for today i guess.

Cheers.

my cat. this is only me testing this new blog for picture handling.

me!!!!

kinda like this blog.

I have been looking for a blog host that is reliable. First I use the friendster blog, but it is so slow. Later I found blogger, realizing that blogger is from google I never hesistate to register.

Thus my first blog is created. The name given for my blog is Sarikei and using http://fredy85.blogspot.com. After a while i thought the url is so lame. Decided to change it to http://pejalai.blogspot.com and later my blog name is changed to Pejalai: Sarikei.

Why I use pejalai? Pejalai meant journey/direction in Bahasa Iban. Since my blog is all about my journey through life so why not I use it?

Enjoy