Fiona in Borneo: House-Warming and <b>Kuching</b> |
- Fiona in Borneo: House-Warming and <b>Kuching</b>
- Ernest Zacharevic New Pieces - <b>Kuching</b>, Malaysia - Street Art News
- <b>Kuching</b> division defends title at Tadarus Al-Quran and Nasyid Festival
- Zacharevic moves on to five more masterpieces on <b>Kuching</b> walls <b>...</b>
- Streetart: New Pieces by Ernest Zacharevic in <b>Kuching</b> // Malaysia <b>...</b>
- <b>Kuching</b> sweep three titles in MSSS hockey - The Borneo Post Online
| Fiona in Borneo: House-Warming and <b>Kuching</b> Posted: 03 May 2014 06:30 PM PDT
On Wednesday evening, before the Labour Day holiday, I invited my Sabah North mentors to a house-warming party which was very quickly thrown together but despite the lack of planning it was really nice. Everyone brought something to eat and drink and despite my house not really being ready for viewing it was lovely getting everyone together. We had three children, a very pregnant mother and mentors from late 20's to late 50's all enjoying each other's company. In the mentoring job one has lots of contact with the schools and teachers but really seldom do we all get together on a social basis and I think it is really nice to do so. I have a great group of people in Sabah North and I think another social event is being planned in Kudat area in the future. I'm looking forward to it!
I have had another very sociable week so today and yesterday I am trying to catch up with the DIY that has been neglected. I have painted the bathroom blue which is more in the co-ordination spectrum of the tiles than the previous orange walls and I intend to do the little washing machine room with the rest of the paint and then hopefully some sewing. So that's it for this week I think. It is interesting that my blog is being read by new mentors arriving and they know all sorts of things about me before me meet! I'll have to be careful to not to reveal too much about myself!
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| Ernest Zacharevic New Pieces - <b>Kuching</b>, Malaysia - Street Art News Posted: 27 Apr 2014 04:37 AM PDT  While we last heard from him last week for the Memorie Urbane Street Art Festival in Italy (covered), Ernest Zacharevic is now back in Malaysia where he spent his Sunday afternoon working on a new series of pieces around Kuching. The talented Lithuanian painter brought back his interactive street art with this new piece showing a bunch of Orang-utan chilling on a wheelbarrow and waiting for the occasional passer-by to snap a pic. Hit the jump for more images and if you are in the area, you'll be able to find the Orang-utan piece around Electra House in Kuching.            | ||||||||||||
| <b>Kuching</b> division defends title at Tadarus Al-Quran and Nasyid Festival Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:41 PM PDT MIRI: Kuching division has successfully defended their position as overall champion at the state-level 40th Schools Tadarus Al-Quran and Nasyid Festival which ended here yesterday. They were overall champion in both the secondary and primary school categories where they emerged victorious in 11 of the total of 18 categories contested. "I am very happy and this is the best achievement compared to the past years although we also won the overall titles. This year we won 80 per cent of all the categories contested. We prepared our participants well including a one-week centralised training in a hotel in Kuching before coming here. Thank you all including the 33 participants and 14 of our officials," said Kuching contingent head Abang Mostapha Abang Aerdwaini. The Kuching champions in the secondary school categories were Thaqif Anaqi Busri (Tilawah Al Quran – boys), Izz Irfan Zaharuddin and Siti Marhammah Wahbi (Hafazan – boys and girls), Abang Ifham Syafawi Abang Abdul Razak and Zalila Atifah Sahin (syarahan – boys and girls), Muhd Azinudin Annuar and Ayu Nazira Ahadi (Seni Khat – boys and girls) while the primary school champions were Muhammad Alfaiz Daud an Nur Ismah Ismail (Hafazan – boys and girls) and Azfar Haziq Abdullah (Story Telling based on Al-Quran). Khalifah Group from Kuching won the best solo for secondary school category, while Ar-Rayyan Group from Miri is the best solo for primary school category. The other champions included two secondary school students from Miri (Nurul Izzah Mukhali – Tilawah Al-Quran – girls) and Sautul Falihin (Nasyid), and in the Primary School category, two from Samarahan – Mohd Haqquil Aiman Ramani (Tilawah Al-Quran – boys) and Shoutul Najihin (Nasyid), from Bintulu – Aina Yazmin Natasya Abdul Aziz (Tilawah Al-Quran – girls), from Sarikei – Ayuni Hazirah Daniel Liting (story telling). The winners received their prizes in the form of trophies and cash from the director of Education, Datu Abdillah Adam. Among those present were the head of the Islamic Sector of Education Department, Al Fadhil Ustaz Arif Sa'ya, Miri District Education Officer and organising chairman Rosnani Yunus, SNK Agama Miri principal Roslan Abu Hassan and senior government officials. Abdullah said all the champions will represent Sarawak in the national-level competition to be held from the middle of this month. "This year, we expect them to win more categories and I wish them all the best and hope they prepare themselves well for the national level competition. Last year, we won quite a number but not the overall champion and judging from the improved performance today, we expect to improve too at the national level," Abdulah noted. A total of 384 students from all the divisions took part in the three-day festival held simultaneously at two venues – SMK Agama and the Sarawak Teachers' Training from April 28.  | ||||||||||||
| Zacharevic moves on to five more masterpieces on <b>Kuching</b> walls <b>...</b> Posted: 28 Apr 2014 12:23 PM PDT KUCHING: Lithuanian street artist Ernest Zacharevic will be targeting the outskirts of Kuching for his next interactive mural, divulged the sponsor Spago Property Sdn Bhd yesterday. Zacharevic definitely made his mark here as viral images of a runaway wheelbarrow full of eight baby orang utan and another young orang utan hanging onto a gutter pipe in Jalan Power here exploded on social media. The interactive mural is part of a project entitled 'Brothers from the Jungle', which is part of Spago Property Sdn Bhd's initiative to the community by energising the arts and culture scene in Kuching, according to the press statement. "By inviting Zacharevic to Kuching, we hope that this will inspire local talents to think outside the box on ways to bring arts to the masses. Sarawak is full of unique wonders, although they are hidden and unexposed, and it has great potential to be a major art hub with the support of art-loving members of the public," Spago said. They also divulged that numerous property owners had offered their walls, after they launched the 'We Are Looking For The Wall' campaign on their Facebook page. "It was very important to us that the wall must be in a very easily accessible public location, as we want the whole community to be involved," the property developer firm said. Zacharevic is famously responsible for murals such as 'Little Children on a Bicycle' in Penang's Georgetown, as well as the controversial Lego snatch theft setup in Johor which was erased. So to recap on tourism history in the making on a bustling Sunday morning in Jalan Power near Lebuh India, an air of excitement mounted with the presence of the world renowned street artist. With the sun blazing, the young Lithuanian under a huge umbrella facing a shop wall along Jalan Power which formed the canvas for his three dimensional interactive mural. Choosing the easily recognisable and lovable orang utan, which can only be found in the ancient rainforests of Sarawak and Sabah as his subject, Zacharevic, 27, started painting at 11am. The first piece dubbed 'Ape-scape' uses an actual wheelbarrow sliced in half as a prop which people can hold and pose for pictures. He then swung on to a corner of the wall and painted an orang utan swinging from a real gutter fixed to the wall. On of his audience, Zarina Abidin in her 20s, told Bernama that Zacharevic's murals would promote Sarawak to potential tourists. "People will surely take pictures of these murals as remembrance and I feel this will be a new attraction in Sarawak," she waxed. Alfred Lee was excited about Zacharevic latest pieces in Kuching. "I've seen his work in Penang and taken photos of them. I can't wait to add the murals in Kuching to my collection," he said. According to a 'tip' from a Spago Property spokesman, he will create another five masterpieces in various locations in the city. "Apart from the Sarawak River waterfront area, we have scouted five other locations for Zacharevic's murals," he said. Hit the wall, Zacharevic! | ||||||||||||
| Streetart: New Pieces by Ernest Zacharevic in <b>Kuching</b> // Malaysia <b>...</b> Posted: 28 Apr 2014 05:50 AM PDT
Hier haben wir zwei neue Pieces unseres Freundes Ernest Zacharevic (gefeatured), der das vergangene Wochenende nicht untätig war. Der litauische Streetartist hat wieder ein interaktives Artwork erschaffen, ähnlich wie bei Jerry der Maus oder den Kindern auf dem Fahrrad können Passanten sich auch hier interaktiv beteiligen, wie die Bilder 1 und 3 bereits zeigen. Zu finden ist dieses Orang Utan-Mural im "Electra House" in Kuching auf Malaysien.
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| <b>Kuching</b> sweep three titles in MSSS hockey - The Borneo Post Online Posted: 26 Apr 2014 10:19 AM PDT by Ting Tieng Hee. Posted on April 27, 2014, Sunday KUCHING: Kuching made a near clean sweep of the titles at stake, winning three out of the four contested at the MSS Sarawak Hockey Championship at the State Hockey Stadium here yesterday. Their boys U18 team were crowned champions after beating Samarahan 2-0 in their final league match yesterday, thanks to a double from Ferry Filler Freddie. Kuching topped the league with 10 points from three wins and one draw in four matches while Samarahan collected nine points to finish runners-up. Third to fifth were Sibu (5 points), Betong (3) and Bintulu. In the Boys U12 competition, there was a tie for the top three teams as they all collected nine points but it was Kuching who had the best goal difference to clinch the title. Sibu and Samarahan were second and third respectively. Kuching won their third title in the competition when their girls won all their four matches in the Girls U12 league to collect 12 points. Sibu, who collected seven points, finished second while Samarahan came in third with six points. Samarahan won the Girls U18 title for the fifth straight year when they outclassed Kuching 3-0 in the final yesterday. Earlier in the play-off match, Mukah beat Bintulu 3-0 to finish third. Kuching team manager Aris Aras Selutan was very pleased with the splendid performance of his players, saying that they had achieved their target of winning the Boys U18, Boys U12 and Girls U12 titles. According to him, the majority of the Boys U18 team are still young and they will be the core of the team for next year's challenge. "We are happy to have successfully wrested the Boys U12 and Girls U12 titles from Sibu and the Girls U18 team have also done well by finishing second," he said. Aris also noted that other teams especially Mukah and Bintulu are fast improving and catching up with Kuching and Samarahan. He also took the opportunity to thank the Kuching coaches headed by Kangot Awan in the five-day championships. A total of 64 players including 34 girls were selected to represent Sarawak in the four categories at the MSSM Hockey Championship in Pahang in June or July. Kuching District Education Officer Dr Sluhi Lamat @ Narawi closed the event and gave away the prizes. |
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