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Sarawak Film Society & Pustaka Miri Holding a Documentary Film Screening in conjunction with 'Peace Day" Oct 11, 2009

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:18:36 +0800

Knowledge Greetings & Salam Ilmu from Pustaka Miri!

Dear Friends of Pustaka,

We are pleased to inform that the Sarawak Film Society, in collaboration
with Pustaka Miri, will be holding a documentary film screening in
conjunction with 'Peace Day'.

The film entitled 'The Day After Peace' charts the remarkable 10-year
journey of award-winning filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish the annual
Peace Day on 21st September. It features Kofi Annan, the Dalai Lama,
Angelina Jolie and Jude Law amongst others. The documentary is a moving
testament to the power of an individual and the perseverance of the
human spirit.

For further information, contact Sarawak Film Society's Vice President
Kenny William Nyallau @ 014 3930018 / kennyallau@sarawakfilmsociety.org.

Date: Sunday, 11 October 2009
Time: 2:00pm
Venue: AV Room, Pustaka Miri

Admission is free.

Flash Floods in Miri

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:18:22 +0800

Sudden downpour of torrential rain for just over an hour causes flash floods around Miri town today at noon 3rd of February, 2009.

The higher-than-usual amount of precipitation over the past month also caused many landslides, potholes and road breakages, flooding and bridge collapses around Miri, taxing rescue workers and engineers and endangering lives.

Lambir Hills National Park

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:18:36 +0800

I went to Lambir the on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year and visited the Latak Waterfalls for half a day. Compiled a little video on the trek to Lambir just to show what to expect on the trek there.

Things to note: The first bridge towards Latak had broken into two by a fallen tree and they used a makeshift bridge to get across the creek. It was a pretty sad sight and we're all wondering why didn't they fix the whole bridge immediately instead of just making a makeshift bridge. Lack of budget?

The other thing; the entrance fee. It's now RM10 per person, with some group discount. I remember a time when it was free.

Otherwise, it's a pretty fun outing to be out and about with nature; it is pretty uneventful and not even a leech or mosquito bite, surprisingly! And while it was raining heavily in town, Lambir was spared with only very light rain that stopped just as soon as it started.

More information on Lambir National Park can be found here.

New Year's Fire on top of Bintang Plaza Extension on 1st January 2009.

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:43:13 +0800

Special thanks to the Youtube uploaders for the videos respectively. (In the third video, you can probably just spot the guy who took the second video.)

As Miri grows into a City and there are more & more high rise buildings, would the fire department be able to handle such a fire? I don't ever recall the fire department having ladders that extend to more than 3 stories tall. They already have trouble with second floor fires as it is, what about fires like these? Thankfully, the building is under construction and isn't occupied yet. No word on whether there are any injuries or casualties.

Videos : Miri

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:28:25 +0800

Blind Street Musician

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:30:11 +0800

Blind street musician earning a few cents playing music for passersby. Highly talented. Now in 16:9 widescreen!

Tua Pek Kong God Festival Parade (2008) Video

Sat, 10 May 2008 03:30:09 +0800

You've seen the photos of the Tua Pek Kong Parade, here is the video.

Please pardon the bad videography, image quality and the 5-minute editing, but hey - at least I got video from what was supposed to be a digital still camera. (My Olympus SP 550uz - now you know why I didn't go for an SLR, especially shooting for low resolution web). Utility is more important to me.

Gong Xi Bazaar 2008 : Video Highlights

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:53:57 +0800

Video highlights of the 2008 Gong Xi Bazaar so you will know what to expect! If you haven't been there, I'd suggest for you to go check it out. There will a Dragon Dance performance and some other performances every single night until Chinese New Year's Eve.

Emergency! - Video

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:24:20 +0800

Here's a video (refer to the other post)

Video : Taman Selera - Kites

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:40:17 +0800

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I made this video from a collection of all my photos and videos that I took at the popular recreation beach, Taman Selera beach at Tanjung Lobang, Miri.

All this while you're just looking at the beach through pictures on the site, I thought I might make it more lively to view through.

A popular hobby people do is flying kites there.

My first major attempt at video editing. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.

Miri's first flyover.

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 00:57:29 +0800

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I took a video while driving over Miri's first flyover - opened just a few days ago.

My camera is attached to a tripod mounted on my car - so rest assured I wasn't holding onto thre camera while driving.

>My observations:

1. There's absolutely no margin for error. You skid, you fly. A car breaks down, half of the flyover is blocked. A bad accident occurs the bridge is pretty much out. There's no emergency lanes and sufficient space to swerve. That's pretty much it. You can see all this in the video.

2. Headed toward Pujut, there was a rather unsettling bump coming down on the turn. Coincidentially (or maybe not) it was at a high speed turn coming off. You can also notice this in the video I uploaded.

3. Traffic joining after coming down from the flyover is excruciatingly slow due to the nature of that corner. When going down, it is advisable to keep right unless you also go slow, otherwise you might rear-end some car that decides to swerve into your lane from there.

4. People drive fast on it! Notice the car ahead of me accelerating ahead. It may not look like it, but I was going near the limit - 80kph. The car ahead me must've gone much faster - 120kph at least.

This is the video I took this (since it's past midnight, yesterday) evening. Notice that right from the start you can already see a car swerve onto the flyover at the last minute probably the driver wasn't aware of it. To use the flyover, keep to the right 2 lanes as you head straight down to Pujut. The two left lanes are to go to do your shopping at Boulevard.

Otherwise, it's a pretty good feeling because there will no longer be any jams along that area. Until you reach the other roundabout, that is.