Sunday, May 21, 2006
Palan Pendiau II..Udah Nasit.
"Alang-alang, tembu ka pelajar peraimeri nuan di ulu din. Ka pan enda numpang bas tumu pagi enggau apai yak nuan sanu ari tu," ko tudah indai mega. Dani tumu pagi nyendiaka diri nepan bas nurun sekula wasn't new to me tang sekali tu penyauh stisin bas STC ari Flat. Kadang kadang enda berasai tak nyeregu bulu mansa pendam China tumu pagi. Sepiak pendam lalu sepiak sekula enggau gerija Munggu Sabun dipansa. Enggau merindang ati ngambika muai penakut mansa kubur, nyau mega bekiraka enti udah chukup umur tu ila begulai begagai enggau tawing kaling baru ba Munggu Sabun dia laban urat pengangkat pelajar udah tumbuh ba Munggu sabun. Thanks deriba bas ti benama Jenang enggau apai tuai aku Kalom, apai yak aku Ganya enggau Garan. You guys were wonderful. Bala sida ti bekedai di Batu Lintang pan naka pemanah. Ahh kadang kadang niki ba rumahpanjai Batu Lintang..kadang kadang ngusung bala niki ba Entebar ga..hmmm Every now and then meh urang nanya pengala enggau penyuah betemu tauka bejaku enggau apai. Laban mulut ti lanchar lanchat nyaut, enda berasai nyimpul madah nadai ngemandakka serta nguingka tanya orang. Sekali sekala bisi ga saum kunsi sama bas enggau tudah apai tang laban orang tuai enda ibuhka kitai agi mit tu..nadai ko enggau meh. Pama mega tuai tak enda ngelala or enggai ngelala tajapan enda berimbai duduk saum bas. Whatever it was really didn't make any difference....udah nasit udah selatan pengidup kitai. bedau maya kitai malikka belakang ngenang utai bakanya!Old folks knew me by 'anak endu sanu'. Sida ti biak biak tauka serambau knew by so many darn nicks..this, that, and the other...ahhh what the hell..they were just names! The fact remains, penyayau, pengasih, enggau penyinu orang ke kitai meruan dikenang dalam ati belama. Kadang kadang enda berasai tak ditinggalka bas ga. Tu meh maya, kadang kadang bejalai kaki bedarat kili, ngetu belelak din ditu nganti jam bas datai baru mai pulaika Simanggang lemai hari. Kadang kadang aku enggau bala anak apaituai Thomas Laman ngetu ba Sengkuang..enti bisi utai diambi meh..kadang kadang semina ngetu aja. Ahhh kai daiii enti bisi pengerami endang sengaja minta tinggalka bas. Now, enti bisi orang bemain ball di Simanggang..enggai ngenudika diri kaban..sigi datai nyadi penuntun belama lebih agi enti bala Polis ngelaban bala Melayu Simanggang or enti bala raban Serakup bemain. Later, I realized I learned a lot from these older folks!Udah setaun enggai enda berasai berundang kasang bakanya abis ga taun. Simanggang meh nyadi palan pendiau baru aku deh. Pemesai menua lalu bedau temu laban agi takut agi nangi ngerenchah menua. Ila meh aku nyukat pemesai iya! Ngiga pangan baru enggau bekaling meh tu. Ngiga asai meh tu laban pengidup udah nyelai mimit ari ti diau di menua ulu...nasit aku pendiau aku.
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Hi groovy tuai,
came across your comments on desmond's blog, by chance. I was led to your posting because of your reference to your uncle Peli Aron's candidacy in the sarawak elections. A group of friends and I have been trying to locate Peter,(we believe he's in the US) Peli's brother. He's an old friend we've been searching ages for to no avail. Any help you can render us in our search will be much appreciated. I'm sorry for not being able to post in iban...
Hi podgykat, have you asked his family in Sri Aman? I believed uncle Peli visited him few years back..so I was informed. Yes, Peter is in Virginia. The last address he gave me was Lynchburg, VA. He was in Ontario, Canada for a while too.
Hi groovytuai
Thank you many times over for your prompt reply-you've made a few of his old friends very happy-might be able to find him too! I've got a sister living in Richmond, Virginia. Yahoo, might be up for a reunion one day! Thanks for your help. If you had an email on him that would be extremely helpful! We used to keep in touch up until he left for Ontario-do you get any recent news from him? Sorry for all the questions-I'm not familiar with the rest of his family, hence the badger! Many, many thanks.....
Hai Aki,
Komin tok lari ari topik...:)
Kami ditu nyau berasai endar mood gawai. Enda pulai ke menua? Gawai ba menua ribai pia? Selamat Ari Gawai aki...
Enchalergeith, nadai ngawa lari ari batang runding laban enda ditagaka bisi melelat ngelarika diri sekali dua..all good. Happy Gawai Dayak nuju kita sebilik. Gawai di menua ribai meh tu deh.
Podgykat, welcome. Sure you can locate him nowadays. I would give more but it's very much in violation of privacy act over here to disclose his exact whereabout without his consent. No, I didn't and yes I did. A big plus since you have a sister in Richmond, VA. Good Luck in your quest, kaban.
It's alright groovy tuai,I understand. Another friend has spoken to Peli recently and from there possibly find this long-lost kaban of ours. So near yet so far. Especially with my sis living in Richmond! Hope it'll be a pleasant surprise to Peter that even after all these years, some friends have never forgottten him. Therein lies, I guess the value and beauty of friendship!
Thanks groovy tuai, and if I was conversant in Iban, I'm sure the writings on your blog would make pleasurable reading indeed! All the best..
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