Remembering ODEON and CAPITOL cinemas

Continuing our theme of old cinemas of Kuching, here's a nice photo that Gerard found, which clearly shows the two grand old ladies of Padungan - ODEAN and CAPITOL cinemas. Sadly, both buildings no longer around ... victims to development and progress.

Remembering REX Cinema

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How many of you still remember Rex cinema, formerly located on Wayang Street? It doesn't exist any more, having been replaced by that colourful cineplex and carpark building.

As a kid and teenager growing up in Kuching, I remember watching some great movies in Rex. One that comes to mind is the musical "My Fair Lady" starring Audrey Hepburn. There were also gun-slinging westerns like "For a Few Dollars More" with a very youthful Clint Eastwood. Then there were a number of James Bond 007 movies, like "Goldfinger" and "Thunderbolt", starring Sean Connery.

For some of the more high-profile movies, there used to be extra picture boards with lighting put up above the frontage of the cinema, depicting images from the movie. I distinctly remember the board for "Thunderbolt" as well as the first "Airport" movie some years later.

The old Rex had no escalators and those who bought tickets to Circle seats had to walk up the stairs. I recall it was a rather narrow and winding staircase.

I'm looking for more photographs of Rex cinema (and for that matter of all other cinemas of old Kuching). The one you see below was kindly sent to me by Nick Chin and Philip Chin. It shows Rex in very early days, 1952 according to the caption.

(Gambar) Bermain Dengan Ilusi Mata…Mari Cuba..

Ilusi mata adakah mata kita yang salah atau pun gambar yang tertera itu salah ??Ilusi mata atau ilusi optis adalah ilusi yang terjadi kerana kesalahan penangkapan mata manusia. Ilusi ini dalam keilmuan terbahagi lagi menjadi ilusi fisiologi dan ilusi kognitif.

Ilusi fisiologi adalah kesan gambar yang terjadi setelah melihat cahaya yang sangat terang atau melihat pola gambar tertentu dalam masa yang lama. Ini diduga merupakan kesan yang terjadi pada mata atau otak setelah mendapat rangsangan tertentu secara berlebihan.

Sementara ilusi kognitif terjadi terjadi kerana anggapan fikiran terhadap sesuatu di luar gambar itu sendiri.

Gambar tiang atau barisan kapal laut?

 Gambar penonton atau kumpulan rumah?

 Berapa banyak kuda yang kamu dapati? Jika mata kamu cukup tajam, seharusnya ada 7 ekor kuda.

Berapa banyak orang dalam gambar ini?

 Air terjun atau manusia terjun?

 Ada lima ekor rusa yang bersembunyi di hutan … Boleh anda jumpa???

Berapa tiang yang ada, tiga atau dua?

 Bolehkah mencari empat orang dalam gambar?

Sarawak Borneo Tour

If you want to learn and experience the different cultures existing in Sarawak, the best way is to live or stay with the local people. There are 19 kampongs and longhouses of various ethnic groups in Sarawak, and Kampung Benuk is one of them. Be prepared to be fascinated and enchanted by their culture, festivals and traditions. Kampung Benuk is located 34km from Kuching City and is the nearest homestay for visitors or tourists who wish to experience life in a native longhouses. The homestay is an ideal transit for those who are going to and from the Borneo Highlands (Annah Rais) and the city. The Bidayuh culture is sacredly preserved amid rapid development taking place in the village, and their daily activities are mainly traditional farming (planting paddy, rubber, pepper and vegetables). It has a population of 3000 with some living in traditional longhouses while the rest lives in a typical modern Bidayuh Village. Kampung Benuk Homestay programme offers visitors with an excellent exotic culture, warmth and friendly hospitality along with nature at its finest. Benuk Homestay is one of the very few surviving Bidayuh Longhouse in Borneo, Sarawak. Benuk Homestay is one of the best opportunities to truly enjoy the experience of living among rich traditional lifestyle of a Bidayuh community. Among the attractions available at Kampung Benuk Homestay is a mini museum which houses various historic Bidayuh relics, Panggah (where skulls are kept), river crossing on bamboo bridge, the Skuh Gung mini cave, the Legendary Batuh Junk (Junk Stone) and not forgetting the Bidayuh traditional longhouse. Various activities are also offered here and among them are; jungle/ mountain tracking: paddy farm cultivation (traditional farm), rubber garden (rubber tapping demonstration), and pepper gardening (briefing on pepper). For nature lovers, Kampung Benuk homestay offers unique flora and fauna with the village surrounded by dense jungle plus the Semenggoh Nature Reserve (Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre) being only a few kilometers away from the village. You can check out Kampung Benuk Homestay packages only at www.SarawakBorneoTour.com for the best deals, or you can send us your inquiries at Ask@SarawakBorneoTour.com.

Bujang Senang Misteri, Dongeng Atau Pun Benar??? Mari Bongkarkan!!!….. Sang Bedal atau pun buaya adalah seekor mamalia yang amat digeruni oleh manusia.. Ianya mampu membunuh manusia dengan hanya menggunakan mulutnya yang amat kuat..Bujang Senang adalah sinonim di bumi sarawak..Ianya dikatakan pemangsa yang bersifat pendendam sehingga ke hari ini.. Ada yang mengatakan Bujang Senang dikatakan adalah binatang jelmaan, kononya jelmaan seorang pahlawan Iban bernama Simalungun.dia dibunuh dan disumpah menjadi buaya lalu dia bersumpah akan membunuh semua keturunan yang membunuh dia… Bujang Senang Mendiami Sungai Batang Lupar di Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia. Dari spesies Crocodylus porosus Berukuran 20 kaki panjang dan mempunyai jalur putih di belakang badannya Bujang Senang dikatakan berumur 50 tahun. Bermaharajalela di sungai ini sejak tahun 1941. Ada juga yang mengatakan haiwan ini bersifat pendendam kerana hanya akan membunuh individu yang didendami sahaja.. Bujang Senang tidak mengganggu sebarangan mangsa, melainkan hanya mencari keturunan yang didendami oleh nya sehingga kini..kerana keturunan yang didendami oleh nya telah melakukan kesalahan yang tidak dapat dimaafkan oleh nya..dan harus diingat, Bujang Senang sebenarnya tidak mati seperti yang diuar-uarkan selama ini..ianya masih wujud..pernah suatu ketika dahulu apabila seorang individu secara tidak sengaja terserempak dengan “beliau”..dilihatnya, kepala Bujang Senang timbul sambil melihat individu tersebut..kepala Bujang Senang tersebut sanat besar boleh dikatakan sebesar sebuah bas..oleh kerana individu tersebut sememangnya tidak berniat jahat, dan hanya mencari rezeki, kus semangat, Bujang Senang tersebut perlahan-lahan tenggelam semula ke dalam sungai tanpa mengganggu…sememangnya Bujang Senang pada masa dahulu asalnya adalah manusia..sehingalah ianya telah menjadi jelmaan Bujang Senang digeruni sehinga kini.. Adapun itu kesasiahanya masih tidak diketahui…Tetapi adakah sang bedal yang kini berada sungai sarawak juga dari keturunan Bujang Senang kerana juga mempunyai jalur putih di belakang dan mempunyai rangka yang besar?? Pada 20 tahun dulu ada juga yang melaporkan tentang kematian disebabkan keganasan haiwan ini tetapi ada juga antara mereka mengatakan haiwan yang berjaya di tangkap itu bukanlah Bujang Senang tetapi buaya yang meragut nyawa Dayang ak Bayang ialah buaya puaka betina dan berwarna putih di belakang dan telah mati dibunuh oleh polis sebanyak 100 das tembakan m16. Adakah ianya benar-benar wujud??? ataupun sekadar cerita dongeng semata-mata??

Laser Show Dazzles London Di Buka Secara Rasmi £ 25 menaikinya

Bangunan tertinggi di Eropah, Shard di bank selatan London, dibuka malam tadi dengan cahaya yang hebat dan pertunjukan laser. London berbondong-bondong untuk bumbung, balkoni dan ruang awam sebagai menara, yang meningkat kepada 1.016 kaki di atas kota, telah dinyalakan di biru, hijau, ungu dan emas dan laser menyiasat merentasi langit malam yang jelas di ibu negara. Dari lantai paling atas pada hari yang jernih, ia didakwa anda boleh melihat Perancis.

London Bridge stesen menyerupai satu set mainan kereta api pada asas bangunan dan setiap mercu tanda lain dalam modal yang tiba-tiba kelihatan agak kekar. Shard adalah lebih daripada hanya lagu yang menakjubkan kejuruteraan – ia adalah satu contoh yang menjulang penentuan untuk menewaskan kemelesetan ekonomi dan merangsang pertumbuhan ekonomi di London.’

Beliau yakin berjanji ia akan bertindak sebagai ‘magnet komersial yang besar, mewujudkan peluang pekerjaan baru yang penting dan menarik dalam skor perniagaan’

Shard dibuka dengan cahaya yang hebat dan pertunjukan laser yang menerangi langit malam London Menara 1016ft tinggi, dengan 11,000 panel kaca meliputi kawasan lapan padang bola sepak Terdapat 44 lif, termasuk lif dua tingkat dan 306 penerbangan tangga Tiket untuk pergi dan melihat pandangan dari 800ft atas London akan

(Gambar) Harimau Dan Manusia Dalam Tarik Tali !! Mana Yang Menang ??? Kredit : Ohduniaku Harimau Melawan Manusia Di Zoo Pernahkah anda terfikir untuk berbuat demikian?? Seekor harimau berapa pula manusia yang diperlukan untuk menewaskan haiwan itu?? Bagaimana pula jika seekor harimau lawan seorang manusia ?? Mana yang menang ?? Pelawat ke Busch Gardens di Tampa Bay, Florida, telah diberi peluang untuk bermain dengan beberapa binatang dunia yang paling menakutkan. Setiap dalam pertandingan, sukarelawan mengambil tali di tangan mereka dan harimau cuba tarik dari mereka dengan mulut.Ada juga kanak-kanak telah mengambil bahagian dalam pertandingan menakutkan, yang melibatkan penarikan pada tali melalui lubang di dalam sangkar harimau. Awal ini kakitangan minggu di Busch Gardens meletakkan jemputan pada halaman Facebook zoo, di mana lebih daripada 1,500 pengguna telah diklik untuk mengatakan yang mereka suka. Untitled (Gambar) Harimau Dan Manusia Dalam Tarik Tali !! Mana Yang Menang ??? Tunda harimau adalah salah satu acara utama yang diadakan di kawasan Jungala zoo, di mana harimau 7 Bengal disimpan.

the last days of gawai sowa rituals

For three days and nights,the people of kampung Duyoh beat the tradition gongs and drums in the boli gawai,a special house built to celebrate Gawai Sowa(harvesting festival).

The festival takes place once a year to thank the padi spirit,which the bidayuh community call eiang podi,for a bountiful harvest,

It also doubles as a ceremony to ask blessing and better cropping in the year.The bidayuhs believes ice is important because each grain has a spirit.

During Gawai Sowa,the spirit of the spirits of the villagers-both dead and livig-and their ancestors'are invited to dine in celebration of a good harvest.

The ritual is still practised by the remaining traditional priests(penyigar)and priestesses(dayung borih)from the community in bau and lundu districts.

The priests are disguished from the others by turban-style head gears and long white cotton overcoats trimmed with red.

The priestesses will dressin black,donning sipiah,a cap with a long,wide piece of cloth hanging down the back;silapai,a red sash ending at the hips;pangieh and sombon(necklaces)and porik(a silver belt)

This year,a total of a 16 priests and priestesses from kampong stass,serasot,duyoh,krokong and tugag gathered to perform the ritual.

On the first day,the priestesses made offering,danced and chanted prayers to invoke eiang podi and ask the spirit to return to the village.

The most-keenly awaited ritual for the kampung folks took place on the last day of Nyigal Nguguoh where the prietesses went into trance to call fourth eiang podi.According to belivers,if the padi spirit is happy with the offering,it will send a sign in which the cloth hanging from the altar will start vibrate and the padi grains(placed at the altar)will fall on it.

 these days,only elderly penyigar and dayung borih perform this ritual,with their declining number,the age old religious ceremony could one day disappear as the younger generation have no knowledge of it.Moreover,according to a villagers,not everyone can become a penyigar or dayung borih as they are chosen by the padi spirit through a dream.

He said some people who had a such dream would get sick from unknown illness and they would only recover after the right ceremony was held.''so not many can become a priest or priestess"'the villagers noted.One of the oldest dayung borih is johei from kampung stass who been part of the ritual for 15 years.And tuak kandah,and elderly penyigar,is among the few left from original group chosen by the spirit many years ago.According to kandah becoming a dayung borih is not easy.During the intiation ceremony,as many as four pigs have to be slaughtered on the top of others ritualistic requirements."Those chosen must abstain from a lot of things before they can become a true dayung borih,"he said,

Salei,from kampung duyoh is into her first year as pinginang(helper)to the dayung borih,

The 49-year-old explained in order to quality as a dayung borih,she must not take certain foods or visit graveyard or attend funeral.Hern one-year absention period has ended but before she can take her place as full-fledged dayung borih,there are still some rules to follow but not as strict as the first years,s.

Festival committee Duking said gawai was held annually to celebrate a bountiful padi harvest.no matter what their belief,the villagers still come and witness the ritual and everyone hosts an open house on the last day of gawea sowa

HISTORY OF SARAWAK

Owing to the lack of sufficient archaeological investigation in the past,the early history of Sarawak is almost unknown.However,since 1948 extensive and systematic archaeological work has been carried out in Sarawak by the Sarawak museum.as results hindu and Buddha figures and gold ornament have been found predominantly in the Sarawak in the Sarawak river basin.The pagan bidayuh (land bidayuh) in Kuching and samarahan division,by the name of their god jewata(hindu deva )show that at one time they were likely brought into intimate contact with the hindus from india (hence,the above evidence suggested that sarawak might have been visited and probably settled down by the indians or by the javanese HIndus .Gold had been long worked in the area extending  from upper sarawak(bau)south westward to sambas and montrado in west borneo (kalimantan barat indonesia).Its seemed that borneo gold was known  in the days of the great indian trading expedition and,therefore its had been considered be an important metal in the ancient world.althought the history of sarawak goes as far back as 40,000 years ago to the stone age with the earliest sign of man in the famous Niah Cave in miri division,very little is being wrriten on sarawak before the arrival of sir james brooke in 1839.Archaeological and other related works indicated that a small scale of barter trading prior to the 6thcentury A.D.in Borneo grew together to a large scale  traffic with both china and siam(thailand)by the 12thy and 13th century and ,in sarawak,at the area around santubong  as early as the 11 century .there is sufficient evidence to indicate that sarawak river delta was an important trading centre that was established as early as in 7th century A.D

Jolokan bumi kenyalang yang keluasan 48,050 milimeter persegi mempunyai pelbagai tarikan yang menobatkan antara lokasi pelancongan popular.sarawak mempunyai lebih 40 kumpulan etnik yang berlainan budaya,bahasa dan gaya hidup,namun hanya tujuh etnik utama iaitu bidayuh,iban,melanau,orang ulu,penan,melayu,dan cina.antara tarikan pelancongan popular di bandar kuching ialah taman negara mulu dan rain forest world music festival yang menarik lebih 20,000 pencipta musik dari seluruh dunia.
KAMPUNG BUDAYA SARAWAK      
dikenali muzium hidup,kampung budaya sarawak dibina untuk memelihara dan mepamer warisan kebudayaan negeri sarawak.Terletak di pantai Damai Santubong sejauh 32 kilometer dari bandar kuching,seramai 150 penduduk tinggal di perkampungan  itu dengan mengekalkan budaya dan gaya hidup tempatan.pelbagai aktiviti diadakan seperti memproses sagu,tebaloi,menenun pakaian,dan  dan membuat kraftangan.

1 june every year,our dayak comunnity will celebrate gawai,all friend welcome visit ,bidayuh and iban house,this tradition blief was very happening happiness,that time in gawai,tuak will be served till end of gawai season,tuak made by rice,other also made by sugar cane.Every friend will served by tuak(sadong time) and food will served.also to let friend overnight 1 or 2 day early opening gawai day.Gawai dayak such a wonderful time together meet family

dunia touch screen memang popular masa kini,sudah menjadi trend masyarakat dunia kini..handphone jenis keypad makin kurang gemari oleh kerana rupa tak menarik,dan keypad jugak mudah rusak kerana tekanan jari setiap hari,,,,,touch screen jugak menarik tetapi ada jugak kelemahan ,kebanyakan produk handphone tidak lah dikatakan sempurna 100 peratus.....,sila beri komen

ekonomi sara diri dan perniagaan

ekonomi sara diri dan perniagaan adalah cara untuk menambahkan pendapatan,seorang dapat belajar mempercepat,memperkuat perniagaan.perniagaan memang bermula modal pusingan dan simpanan niagaan .
persaingan tetap ada setiap perniagaan,rugi tap ada,dan untung memang ada.Ini terpulang idea minda kita untuk
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