tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19407205751436224512024-03-14T03:03:05.466+08:00Salako BatoKasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-12781462322321385572016-05-18T20:14:00.000+08:002016-05-18T20:14:02.039+08:00I Am Still Here, 2016!Hello 2016, I am still here...Just that, though.Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-38077449316015816002015-09-15T20:54:00.000+08:002015-09-15T20:54:27.088+08:00Refresher...Hi world,
This is just a refresher.
Nothing special...
Just so to tell that I still remember my password after a long spell.
Adios amigos!Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-88785517568877182732014-11-15T10:53:00.000+08:002014-11-15T11:07:03.578+08:00Revisiting Without ThingsHi World,
It has been slightly more than four years that I have not posted anything. I am just writing albeit with noting to see if this blog is still "working". May be in a while I might post something which might be of some meaning. A picture or two maybe, with a landscape view of an early morning or a sunset in the evening; or even a picture of a bird flying.
That, my dear friends, is my Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-54988169355646579372010-09-25T16:22:00.001+08:002014-11-15T10:33:10.139+08:00Of Many Months And The Moon In 18 MinutesHello World,
It has been more than just quite sometime that I have not made any new entry in this blog. There are a couple of reasons why but of course, as they say, we are not quite interested in reading reasons. Since my last post was quite a few months back, may be it would be quite decently appropriate if we are to just read quite a bit about the moon. Yes, the moon, as it slides down and Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-35239120306922292022010-06-07T12:29:00.004+08:002010-06-07T12:53:00.639+08:00Welcoming Myself Home Wildly
Welcome home, myself!
It has been months that this blog have not been updated. The reasons are many, ranging from this to that, to all and sundry. Not that my ideas are gone or there isn't much stuff to blog about but simply, as they say, "take a break", though I personally feel that the break is far too long. Sabbatical leave? None of that because I am not at all in the business of post Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-77640519712503962192010-01-10T15:57:00.005+08:002010-01-11T06:00:32.242+08:00New Year, New Resolutions, Old Habits.Well, New Year for most of us starts from 01 January. Mine is ten days later, 10 January. And please ignore the slightly erratic date format for 01 and 10 have the same numerals except that they have mirror image. This year though I consider myself to be quite fortunate because my (camera) resolutions are getting bigger from 8+ mega-pixels to 15+ mega-pixels and I think I am very satisfied with Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-41987554754943617472009-11-27T15:51:00.004+08:002009-12-09T03:41:11.864+08:00The (Dying) Art And Pleasure of Pipe SmokingI beg your pardon, I am not in the business of promoting pipe smoking or any brand of pipe tobacco for that matter but I remember back in the days of old pipe tobacco smoking was as trendy as having the latest model cellular phones as it is now. Back then, those pipe tobacco smokers were considered to be in a different league of the society, or at least those smokers thought so.
Now all those Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-6124671618631233762009-10-01T18:13:00.074+08:002009-10-07T19:01:39.352+08:00Travel Guide: Lundu-Biawak Road, A Signboard At Last (After A Long 37 Years Of Waiting)
Waiting for thirty seven years within a person's life span is a very long period of time indeed. Judging from past experiences, nobody would have expected it to come "so soon". The signboard is there nevertheless, barely twenty four hours ago to be exact. May be the fact that it has been so long overdue could now be forgiven. Or may be it is too soon to be too euphoric about it until the Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-12153750673507067652009-09-24T09:20:00.006+08:002009-09-25T11:57:43.868+08:00Narakng, The Salako Version Of The Festival Of Light, Sort Of: Part 1
Narakng is another peculiar ritual tradition of the Salako community. If this traditional culture is not properly preserved, it will soon see the verge of extinction due to the fierce onslaught of contemporary "modern" fast ever changing way of life. The verb Narakng is derived from the root word tarakng, which loosely means "bright or light or free from darkness". As in many cultures, darkness Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-34964342046145346722009-09-15T17:15:00.004+08:002009-09-15T18:49:24.940+08:00While Waiting, Again! This Time In Total Darkness With Little Pride And Much Disgust
I repeat, many folks despise waiting. This time I know very well why; not that previously I did not understand, but just that I pretended to have a little sampling of patience. Not that I have no tolerance or love for all kinds of waiting though, but on this particular kind of waiting I must tell the world that I like it not a bit. You see, how long can I wait to have nights that have no Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-89714923718679753022009-09-06T22:06:00.007+08:002009-09-09T18:50:13.764+08:00"Remarrying" The Same Spouse While Still Married
Marriage they say, after a decade or so, can turn for the better or worse. Generally it is the former that prevails but the later, if taken for granted, can overshadow and mar everything positive that a marriage institution can offer. The reasons can be anything from A to Z (or a combination of some or all) but all that can be summed up using a single word, UNFAITHFULNESS. You see, I am not a "Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-91507663413650680372009-08-26T13:48:00.024+08:002009-08-30T09:18:33.748+08:00While Waiting | Sementara Menanti | Samintara Nganti'atn
Many folks despise waiting. They demand that everything that they wanted to happen on the dot. The good thing about waiting is that while at it, we have the options to do something else. If you ask me what I do while waiting, I say I am doing nothing but something. The difference between "something and nothing" is very subjective, depending on "who is questioning and who is answering". Never Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-24618427183978224652009-08-14T13:47:00.001+08:002014-11-15T10:33:58.190+08:00Kasia Kanaun is my pseudonym, which means "over here, over there". Salako Bato means Beautiful Salako. Beautiful because Salako is an "endangered" species of some sort. By ethnic, Salako comes under the Dayak Bidayuh category. I am just one of the not more then twenty thousands Salako in Malaysia. My posts here are but about anything I feel and see which I feel like sharing. Nothing specific, forKasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-89048687222623666792009-08-12T20:48:00.000+08:002009-08-18T22:01:20.509+08:00Often Heard, Seldom Seen: Lundu Fire Department In ActionYes, those living in and around Lundu Town do almost regularly hear the siren sound of those fire engines especially during dry season such as now. What they seldom see however are how and where these brave firemen are in action. It is not unusual for these brave young men to see action almost every other afternoon, sometimes almost everyday. Luckily though the drought season is not a whole year Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-44890890366066007732009-08-09T19:50:00.000+08:002014-11-15T10:33:58.240+08:00Au' oooooo... kabatn kita' am marati, nahui', nabanan, ngiringan, nintingan, nuturatn Bahasa Salako/Badamea, Kanayatn, Banana', Baahe, Bakati'; ato Dayak damea meah pun baik; ampat di mae meah asal-usul kita'. Nyian ku nyaru' kita' ang ampat di tanah ai' Biawak kita' baik, au' Poe kita' baik; Sidamak kita baik; au' uga' ampat di kampokng ngan bandar kita' baik; ampat di Bantanan kita' baik, au' Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-2316580123499078392009-08-07T18:23:00.001+08:002011-01-06T20:22:58.458+08:00Traditional Medical Specialists of the Salako CommunityLike any other cultures the world over, the minute Salako community of Sarawak, Malaysia, once upon a time has their own “medical specialists”. These “medical fraternity” were usually from the male gender but on rare instances, there do exist their female counterparts which are very far and between. They were supposed and believed to have the capabilities of curing all sorts of aliments ranging Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-37021954876708028132009-07-06T21:05:00.001+08:002011-01-12T08:46:51.278+08:00Lundu My Hometown Has An "Amused-man Parked"Amusement parks can be found anywhere, anytime, and they need not belong to Walt Disney. Many amusement parks provide entertainment continuously but one must pay to enjoy. Other "amused-man parked" are however far and between, in fact very rare. But they do happened anyway whether by chance or by design. Anyone who have encountered this experience must consider themself very lucky, and for that IKasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-44576005741537347492009-06-13T14:32:00.001+08:002011-01-12T09:14:52.946+08:00We Celebrate Differently, A Very Different Feast Inded!Everyone dreams of celebrating an occasion quite differently than that of others. That's human nature and there's nothing wrong with that. Others may dream but we the citizens of Malaysia living along Lundu-Biawak Road always celebrate differently. We don't just celebrate, we feast. This "tradition" started since I was a primary school boy and continues till this day. In fact, we "celebrate and Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-79376132272466364492009-05-25T18:23:00.000+08:002009-08-14T13:18:19.099+08:00SALAMAT GAWE DAYAK 2009Wishing all Salako Bato readers, especially to all Dayaks who celebrate Gawai, a Happy & Blessed Gawai 2009. To some (just a minuscule, irrelevant some) Dayaks who have contemplated of disowning their Dayakness, Salako Bato wishes you all the same.SALAMAT ARI GAWE DAYAK 2009SRAMAT ANDU GAWAI DAYAK 2009SELAMAT ARI GAWAI DAYAK 2009~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Due to some little chores here and there Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-6327215462702603292009-04-28T22:34:00.000+08:002009-08-14T13:18:19.099+08:00To My Eyes They Are BeautifulMost of us go far and yonder to search for and enjoy something beautiful, especially that of nature. In effect, beauty can be found almost anytime and anywhere, more often than not during "ordinary" time and at "common" places. If we care to be observant enough, beauty as they say, "lies on the eyes of the beholder". But of course not all sets of eyes are "beholden to beauty" until someone or Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-5661886382239665612009-04-21T19:20:00.000+08:002009-08-14T13:18:19.099+08:00The Most Beautiful Sunset I Have Ever SeenEvening of April 20th 2009 gave me a very memorable and exceptionally breathtaking sunset I have ever seen in my life. It was a really an extraordinary amazing manifestation of the beauty of nature.While my son and daughter were washing our cars, they instinctively demanded that I came out to see for myself almost immediately after they looked up the sky. My automatic reaction was to grab hold ofKasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-1623416369960264252009-04-07T22:34:00.000+08:002009-08-14T13:18:19.099+08:00Westerners From Gunung Gading Flying To The Land Below The Wind: 3rd And Final PartAfter a very hectic first two days, the third started in a quite easy mode. Our 'hotel', Lampe Square of Stella Marris Church, only went quiet for the rest of the day after 9.00 AM after which we had left to tour the famed Monsopiad Cultural Village, Panampang. On our way, the tour bus again had a brief stop at Donggongon, the outskirt of Kota Kinabalu where we had our breakfast.After every Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-87164747110751713252009-03-29T15:22:00.001+08:002010-10-06T22:13:12.635+08:00Westerners From Gunung Gading Flying To The Land Below The Wind: Part 217th March, 2009, we were ready for the go very early in the morning on the second day. Though the tour on the first day was quite taxing (at least on me), most of us were up even before the cock crows at dawn, very much eager for the day's destinations. By 6.30 am, all were geared and psyched up and we recited our prayer together beseeching Divine intervention that we may be protected all Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-19677733427729838252009-03-23T16:16:00.000+08:002009-08-14T13:18:19.099+08:00Westerners From Gunung Gading Flying To The Land Below The Wind: Part 1Westerners from Gunung Gading? Who are these people? Are they Caucasians? Do they have (natural) blond hairs and blue eyes?Well, Gunung Gading is in Lundu District, situated at almost the western tip of the State of Sarawak (Land Of The Hornbills), Malaysia. Relative to the State of Sabah (Land Below The Wind), we, the people of their neighboring state consider ourselves as their westerners, Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940720575143622451.post-16085363233200805992009-03-05T14:56:00.001+08:002010-09-29T14:55:28.194+08:00Ngoncong: A Fast Dying Cultural Heritage Of The Salako Ethnic CommunityLike almost all ethnic cultural traditions, Ngoncong, the cultural heritage of the Salako ethnic community, is fast dying, immersed almost suddenly by the advent of modern forms of entertainment. Back in the 1980's and before, Ngoncong was among the most preferred cultural form of entertainments held during gawe (joyous festivals) of all sorts.
Among those are the Ngarantika, festival marking Kasia Kanaun @ Raya Ramohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823036564918428985noreply@blogger.com12