My sweet dad in memory Gawai 2010
Doing what he loves best
Happy Gawai Dayak And Kaamatan to all my Sarawakian and Sabahan friends out there. Have a blessed holiday to all of u.
As for this year, I'm not celebrating but I will be in the longhouse. I welcome guests but I apologize for the preparations this year. This year is very lonely for me... usually we celebrate at the longhouse even though it's just me, him and Brother John. I remember he will to the orchard to get bamboos to make his traditional special menu , the lemang. He also loved to cook 'lulun babi' (pork in bamboo) and 'kasam ikan' (fermented fish). He will sit in the ruai waiting for the countdown and shout 'OOOOHHHAAAA!!' once it's midnite. Then he will go from one 'ruai' (long corridor) to another serving his specially reserved 'tuak' (rice wine). People loved him for his generosity, wisdom, warmth and personality. But this year I'm alone with John. I won't be sitting at the 'ruai' like the rest of the longhouse. I rather be alone.
