SELAMAT HARI GAWAI 2009!

Meri Selamat Hari Gawai 2009
ngagai semua Bansa Dayak enggau kaban Kadazan di Sabah.
Ngarap ka Gawai/Taadau Kaamatan taun tu,
tau ngasoh kitai lantang senang ari taun-taun ka udah.

Ari aku ti bendar,

Donovan Mujah Anak Bernard Lium

DITEMU BUAH ARI LANGGU, DIKELALA BANSA ARI JAKU

Tu karang aku ti keterubah dalam Jaku Iban dalam blog tu. Nya alai, enggau awak ka bisi, aku ngelalu ka semua bala kita ka mansa ruai aku tu ngena leka biau baku ka di baruh tu.

Oohhaa..

Sa, dua, tiga, empat, lima, enam, tuujuuhhh...

Enda ku busung ngelangkah gunung,

Enda ku tulah ngelangkah tanah,

Enda ku mati nyenggai ari,

Enda ku parai nyenggai lemai,

Laban aku tu ukai mungkal ukai nanjal,

Ukai nerantang, ukai nengkebang,
Aku tu endang niti endang nali,
Baka ijok tampung penduk,
Baka rutan tampung danan,
Baka ira tampung lemba,
Baka wi tampung tali..
Pecah periuk tanah ganti periuk tani,
Parai orang ka tuai, ganti tubuh kami,
Pambu orang ka dulu, ganti kami ka dudi.

Nya alai tak baka ka luba-luba meh tudah aku tu tadi,

Ngerintai ka jaku, ngelulu ka diri,

Ka aku enda nya tadi,

Endang sigi pendiau kitai ka bebuti,

Berambu kaban belayan, beripar diri menyadi.

Nya alai enti nyema leka enggi aku tu,

Lesi bebadi nadai menuku enda meruan,

Anang guai ga bala kita

Beguai angkat berambi ka penyuran,

Enti nyema penemu tudah aku tu

Bisi pabu enda dalam,

Anang guai ga bala kita tak lalu begaut

Angkat jari bekedar ke lengan.

Ooohhaaa...

Kinda-kinda jari kiba tunjuk antu,
Kena ku miau enggau selanjau ijau manuk Sidu,
Miau kita ti bekadunga duduk nunggu,
Meda mua kita tak semuka bulu seribu,

Dikena aku ngelalu ka kita pengabang lumur satu,

Kelebih agi sida ke tuai dulu nemu,
Kita ka udu badas cukup beradu,
Meda pakaian kita tak melan-melan cukup lagu,
Meda tancut manah cerut umba baju cura biru,
Meda pisin nyau licin manah sugu,
Jengkuan tak melan-melan

Tangan jam ka segenda pukul satu.

Lalu udah kita tu lalu lagi,

Duduk nunga sejam dua,

Nyerumba ari ka abis ibun cukup maya,

Nya baru terinting puting dabong panjai,

Enggi kita nya lagi unggal wai,

Nyau taing-taing munyi pusin enjin bilun terebai,

Enggi Sultan Raja Brunei,

Kena ia nemuai jampat pulai mali dudi.

Agi ga aku miau kita

Enggau selanjau ijau manuk pungga laki,
Maya kita ka diau jenuh

Nunga komputer jenama Sony,
Datas meja belakang TV,
Meda pakaian kita tak melan-melan manah pegari,
Meda setail baru manah gaya diimport ari nengeri,
Meda jangkuan tanggam jam tali luji.

Nya alai, manuk tu dikena aku miau

Semua bala sida lelaki,
Ngambi ka sida pagila lusa, ka dudi ari,
Bulih reta maioh degree,
Dikelandik ka orang jelai rita bisi pemisi,

Nadai agi merinsa nguan dunya dudi ari.

Nyau enggai kenu aku

Ngelengka ka manuk burik kelabu,
Miau kita enggau selanjau ijau manuk rintu,
Maya ke belelak ambis nyumai duduk empuru,

Merindang ati endang sama bekelulu,

Meda pakaian kita

Tak melan-melan cukup ngaku,
Meda buk panjai kita

Tak lepai-lepai mulai ka dagu,
Mua tampak kita nyau radak-radak

Udu burak baka telu,
Dia tadi manuk tu kena aku miau,

Sida ka dara enggau semua bala kaban indu,

Ngambi ka kita udah ka lalu kitu,

Enda puntan pendiau, bulih penemu landik bejaku,

Laban sida ka indu endang disema ka kitai,

Baka Dayang Kumang Endu,

Dara Tambun Puji pegari nama jari tau.

Lebuh kaki aku ke bediri kasak-kasak,
Miau ka selanjau ijau manuk Bejalak,
Nunga kita ka kemumuk duduk betapak,
Nasib manuk tu manah mimit,
Bedungul silai tiga beserak,
Meda pakaian kita tak melan-melan nyau kecirak,
Betancut redam bebaju burak.

Nya alai, tu kena aku miau kita ka nembiak,
Diatu amat kita nya mit lacit agi biak,
Tang ka pagila lusa ka dudi hari kitai sama enda nemu,
Nyangka kitai bisi di imbai Bunsu Sempandai,
Datai ari Tatai Punggang Lebak,
Bisi di embing Keling seduai Pandak Segatak,
Berani ati di mua biak,

Ngica ka kita nya ila,

Manah pendiau ngemansang ke Sarawak,
Nya baru kenu ka orang jelan rita Bansa Dayak,

Tan berujan berani mati kena timbak,

Peda bulih ga midul pengingat Bintang Sarawak,

Tanda Iban udu maju bisi serakup ngempung nembiak.

GLEANINGS

Morning Malaysia! What a beautiful day today is - of course, tomorrow I'm going HOME! Can't help to wait for the day. And to double up the pleasure, the so-called hot topic of the previous week i.e. the hiccup in desasiswa application among students known only to USM undergrads has now settled with the latter had securely got the places - which supposed to be theirs in the first place! Bravo USM! We Lead!! Ha2. *Isn't that too much..

Sarawak here I come!

Anyway, since this is supposed to be my random posting, I'll make it brief and FYI, I'm going to undergo my internship during this semester holiday. Guess where? Proudly present to you the esteemed multi-disciplines engineering consultant firm: KTA (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd.

KTA (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd.

So, here I'm will be for the rest of the remaining 10 weeks acclimatizing myself into the second oldest profession in the world i.e. Civil Engineering.

Till the next posting. Happy Hols to everyone!

WHO'S SMARTER?

These are some things I got while surfing the net this morning.

Firstly, of our so-called YB's attitude. Before that, allow me to ask, do you think that someone who acknowledged somebody else as less smart can be seen as truly smarter? Do you regard someone's degree of smartness as in proportion to his/her absolute achievements? Worse still, do you think a YB - someone who by fate being elected by his people to speak up their minds - has the prerogative to simply imply that his people is a prat just because they don't have a doctorate degree like him?

This is not a daydream accusation made by somebody who's dying in his place doing nothing but this is how The Borneo Post described the report. Here.

He even mentioned that "Politics within the community (Dayak), particularly in rural areas, is fluid until now because there is lack of the smart factor. And because of that they will listen to instigation and get manipulated by certain individuals."

Excuse me minister, isn't that your duty as to be the representative of the people at the very first place? Now, let me get it straight, NOT ALL of the rural people can be instigated and manipulated by certain quarters. I can assure you that. Why? Let me tell you this.

1. Are you not aware that most of the crops i.e. pepper, rubber, palm oil etc are being planted by the rural folks and these involve some transactions with the vendors that require a degree of meticulousness to a certain extend, still, they survived and are able to make money double fold. So, who's smarter?

2. Then, during the current election in Batang Ai, I personally think that the voters are smart enough to remind the BN of how they truly feel by conveying their "slow talk message" gracefully through the result. BN 3907 votes while PKR 2053 votes. Cheers voters! You surely are smart, failure is nothing compared to the now that BN knew what the rakyat truly feel. Hopefully with this message, more attention will be given to the rotten Lubok Antu Dam, yet, they are planning to build another 12 dams! Damn!! Again, when was the last time you spared time at Batang Ai YB? So, who's smarter?


He also said that "It is sad to see that many educated and intellectuals from the community (Dayak) are inciting the people and this has caused the Dayak to be further fragmented in politics."

3. Again politics. Even this education matter can be politicized? Let me be frank, in my opinion, no matter how many good minds we may produce in the near future, until an exact measure of difference is to be underlined between politics and education, we'll forever in vain. To me, education system should be institutionalized without any interference from any kind of oppressions. By the way, rather than politicizing the educational issues, why not doing something about it if you are indeed smart? Thanks to D.A. Leo Moggie who initiated the Sarawak Dayak Graduate Association (SDGA). That's what we called S.M.A.R.T.

Sometimes I wonder, what's really in the mind of our ministers? Are they sincere enough in their job? I never acknowledged a minister's achievements @ contributions just because they won their constituency unopposed, or just because he/she did something grand etc. - called me a maverick if you wanted to - but, I'll stay on my belief that, those are his/her DUTY as entrusted to him/her by people like me, the voters.

If you can't continue on the duty, finger-pointing for scapegoat of your own incapability, tarnishing the image of your people claiming that they are less s***t (I can't say it because I believe, my people is far smarter than this) let alone championing their hearts, then, just quit!

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Again this USM desasiswa issue. As predicted, the result of the rayuan desasiswa which supposed to be announced today is being postponed to 23rd April. Good move USM. Now that many students are looking for houses outside campus & are required to pay up quite high deposits for the houses.

Thanks to USM APEX Univ. management style who encourage gross spending among students, lack of efficiency in management, improper selection methods for student eligibility in desasiswa etc. Truly amazing how an APEX Univ. work. Can I join? * I forgot, I'm part of it.

To me, there's nothing to prove anymore. Yes, the univ. can expect so many changes in order to rocket sky high climbing the success ladder but in the end, is it ok if the students are to suffer? Well, I guess that's the price to pay on behalf of the status. Should I duck?

Till the next posting.