Our Beloved COO

James joined the university as Chief Operating Officer in 2009.  Last October 2011, he decided to resign and do nothing for a while (that's what he said) and went back to his hometown in KL.

During his tenure with us, he has done a lot of things that needed to be done and have been respected and liked by a lot of staff including me.

I find him to be a very understanding, approachable, generous and kind hearted person. He even supported our weekly Friday prayer meetings by attending and leading the praise and worship. That's why I was so sad to learn of his leaving.  But then life has to go on.

Today, his replacement has reported for duty.  Of course, there will not be another James, but I hope this new person will continue the spirit of being understanding, approachable, generous and kind hearted.

A little souvenir for James & his wife Melissa.

Receiving a souvenir from Curtin.

Farewell dinner by the Friday fellowship group.

James's wife, Melissa.  She is very friendly and down to earth.

James and Melissa, you will be missed dearly.

Nemuai ke menoa Indai Dara

Endu Tupai bisi nemuai ke Nanga Latak 26 - 27/10/11 tu tadi.  Urusan Kerajaan, nya meh enda tau lama.  Inggar ati ku, kok kak lehot enda ulih betemu ngau geng lama and sulu alam cyber Indai Dara.

Maya terengkah ba Nanga Latak, ari ujan, kilat, guntur, datai ba util nyau pukul 8 malam.  Dinner at 9pm.  After that nyau lembau ka bejalai ngabas sida suping komplek laban agi aeroplane lag and takut bejalai kediri malam ari.  Puas ninga cerita urang gila nyimbah asid.

Lepas tembu pengawa ari siti mina bisi masa 3 jam aja pree time munyi ko ribai sebedau mupuk ke airport.  Laban ke diau ba Bukit Bintang, mina ulih engkechit ke pavilion aja.  Nya pun setegal tetenguk ke roti The Loaf.  Bisi ga ngangkut mimit kena mantup ke tenguk.  Ngenang mai pulai nya enda meli mayoh.

Durian enda sempat nyepi laban ari ujan; baka ke enda ngasuh ku makai rian.

Bisi ga singgah ba butik Dorothy Perkin.  Nasib baik tiada yang bekenan di hati, otherwise ratusan usin nyau. Ngabas baju Flow, size bisi tapi jai magang pisin peda mata.  Cerewet amat mata tupai tu.

Puas ati dah nyepi.  Enda berani meli mayoh takut enda nyamai.  So far ke beli ku nya nyamai magang, especially scon raisin ke bisi cream cheese inside.  oo...sodap.  Enti sema bisi nemuai baru ila, sigi sedia 1 container kapal kena mai pulai. hehehee..

Tu utai ke selalu di sebut urang.

Pengawa di Nanga Latak.  At Federal Hotel.

Tekanyit meda butul ai tu.  Asai ke meda butul tuak.

Team EtE.  Ngaga pengawa masing2 to kill the time.

Kisah Main Buling

Endu Tupai sigi ukai teleba bemain buling.  Tang laban udah asoh perintah, nurut aja leboh di asoh bemain ngau bala ari immigrisin ari enam tu tadi. (22/10/11)  Untuk mengeratkan tali silaturahim deh laban ke sigi semampai beurusan ngau sida.
T Shirt, Games, Kasut and lunch di spunsa kompeni (Curtin) magang.  Datai main aja.

Bendar Endu Tupai nyapu parit.  Enti ba rumah, sigi bekilat parit, di sapu belama lama.

Peda gaya Endu Tupai.  Peda tunga bul, baka bisi kuasa ajaib narit ya ke tisi belama.  Pedis ati asai ka belanda ke depan kin alu nyepak semua pin ke dalam kin.  hahaha...tensen ga jamah nya.

Team members; 2 ari curtin, 2 ari Immigrisin.  Tang meh ke siko ari immigrisin nya alu nadai muncul batang idung. Engka sibuk nangkap pendatang haram kini?  hehehe.. Ka pen enda, kami 3 begasak amat.  After 2 games, Endu Tupai surrender laban berang nyau suyak. Seduai ya nembu ke 3rd game.

Ari HR

Yang mengelikan hati, bendar ngiga lubang endor ngacuk ke tunjuk. Cara megai udah salah, bedau gik cara ngayun ke ya.  Perut, pah, berang pedis memagang.  Nasib enda telincir masuk ke bowling alley nya.

Endu Tupai mina bulih 2 strike, alu rusak kempita, nyau madah ke Technician.  Hahaha..kudi ari meda Endu Tupai strike deh.

Udah lelak bemain, alu di beri makai manok KFC kami sebala.

Tu participants ke bisi ngau ngeruh ke ai.

Prugrim Day Out with Immigration tok sigi di adu ke every year.  Nya meh tadi; objective ya untuk mengeratkan tali silaturahim laban kami ke mayoh dealing ngau international students and staff.

Walaupun lelak and nadai bulih prais, we really had fun.

Fire Drill

Nama pengawa tu ko kita?  Fire drill empai lama, about 2 weeks ago.  Maya alarm bemunyi, EtE benong kunyap2 makai karipap.  Alai meh kita, ko EtE madak ke sida kolig, nganti ku nembu ke karipap tu baru nurun.  Chewah!!...lawa munyi.  Sempat nyawil cermin mata chelum sebedau nurun, enggai ke silau.

Apu...enti nya real fire, sigi nyadi spider man EtE, karipap tembu or not sigi terjun ari bangunan. hahaha...

Enggai kena asap tek keno.....

Nama enda pengawa fire warden beketu neh? 



According to Bomba ke merati ari tadi, kami pill!  Laban pansut ari bangunan lebih ari 5 minit.  Assembly point pun salah.    Nye.........enti real fire, engka dah datai di rumah EtE ngelari ke diri :) (rumah nearby)

Shooting...

Kus...semangat!  Ukai shooting gangster.  Shooting pilem 'Dunya gangster". 

waduh!!...campus mama tupai glamer sekejap.  This week, urang shooting scenes ba campus.  Engka watak student pelaba ku.  Manah ga campus endur mama tupai nyadi lokasi, kira one of the marketing strategy meh nya.

Yesterday mama tupai sempat nyenip some scenes urang belakon.  hehe.....(dalam ati madah; how nice enti enggau belakon; chewah.....itu sudah lebih!!)

According to sources, tu pilem iban, tapi dialog ke mansa pending mama tupai yesterday in malay.  Tu bunyi dialog sempat di rakam telinga mama tupai..."kalau apa apa terjadi dengan you, I takkan betanggung jawab" (maya nya seduai 'boy n 'girl' nya benong begagai ba corridor- Mama tupai di buru ke tisi enggai ke betembung ngau urang belakon. hahahaha...).

Aiee..ko aku, engka 'student' nya enda nemu jako iban.  be 'you' be 'I.'

Heroin and Hero (long red shirt).  'Student' yang begagai ba corridor.

Enda ngelala heroin tu but I think she got too much makeup.

The crew members.  Ari semenanjung sida keno.

Ke ngena white shirt nya, our staff ke muru kami ke benong mansa ngai ke ngacau.

Hmm.....mama tupai nganti dini pilem tu ayan ila, adakah pawagam atau channel astro 180?

Belajar undang undang

17 - 18 January 2011

A good start to a new year.  Tupai & colleague di anjung belajar undang undang Labour negeri Sarawak at Eastwood Valley.  Original venue supposed to be at the new Imperial Palace Hotel, tang meh last minit betukar ke Eastwood.  Hasrat hati ka meda util baru enda kesampaian.

Cigu kami tok (Dr Selvanathan) from Melaka.  Rindu amat di ajar ya.  Rangkai gusi laban udu mai ketawa di bai ya.  Laban law is a boring subject, aku sigi ngadang diri tindok throughout the two days, but we all really had fun and gained a lot of knowledge.  Amat bebakat Cigu tok.

ha..ha..bulih sepitikit aja tapi bedau bulih pangkat Luya.

The rest of the students.

This is the best part.  He..He..He

Back to normal

Towards the end of year, ati sigi not in opis anymore.  Semampai looking forward to holidays.  School holidays la, christmas, New year.  Makan-makan and ngabang-ngabang is always on my mind...he..he..

Come January 2011, reality sets in, here we are; Life is back to normal routine.

14.01.11  After much dilly dally, we finally set a day to clean up our workstation (paper clearing and cleaning day - nyadi Pak Tejo and Mama Urti sekejap).  Kala semangat taun baru agi membara.

Sibuk macam mana pun, tugas mesti dilaksanakan juga...

Bekeni ulih live with the mess ngelama tu neh?..I wonder.

26.01.11  After months of hibernating and have accumulated extra layers of insulation, time to go back to the gym.

Apu...pedis amai start baru.  After the session, EtE enda ulih tindok jenak laban pedis isi.  Our gym udah bisi equipment baru.  Stepper kena step aerobics.  Asai ka tanggal pala patung baru mula ngena stepper.

Ya ga di bai instructor on high impact aerobics...ka parai asai..

New addition

Ngetu sekejap mantai ke pose maut khas untuk rumah EtE.



Health is wealth

Sigi amat, I agree with the saying, Health is wealth.  Mayoh bekeni pen duit kitai, if we are too sick to enjoy it, nadai guna.  We end up spending our money to retrieve back our health.

So no matter how busy life demand on us, we must always put health number one. Eewah!!..bunyi pensyarah pula.....ngajar diri empu mega.

Every Monday and Friday bak endor Tupai kerja bisi ngatur kelas cardio.  Leboh angin rajin datai, enggau belama, tang leboh angin malas dah nyerang, pedis amat ka start baru.  (pssst..bukai main nyebut health is wealth tadi..)

Recently we invited an instructor from Kuching to conduct cardio class for us.  Wah...tekanyit EtE when she revealed to me that umur nya dah stengah abad.  She look so much younger than me. (*sigh).  Udah meda ya, alu bekobar kobar semangat ka enggau sesais..he..he..  And she has been conducting classes since morning.  Apu....ari ni stamina ya nya datai?  Tupai enti dah merejok 2 - 3 batang branch, alu breathless.

Sharing information with EtE on how to awet muda.

 

Cardio enthusiatics

Wah...we enjoyed her class.  Unfortunately, she is not living in Miri, enti enda ulih ngudar ya baru.  Enti selalu beketu engka ulih tupai mengecilkan badan..he..he..he..