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| Tree Planting at Bintulu Sentral - 16 Sept'17 |
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| Painting the mural |
Today is a special day for Bintuluians as we celebrate
Malaysia Day in a unique way.
I joined the local community, government servants and students in a tree planting program at an open
or green space within the Bintulu Sentral, a new shopping location just opened
for business about two years ago. The
event was spearheaded by Bintulu Development Authority which provided the
plants and place. I planted a Hibiscus mutabilis species.
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| Me planting the Hibiscus mutabilis species |
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| Participants happily planting |
After the planting ceremony, I joined the crowd in a mural
painting activity. The exposed rock
surfaced formed by an outcrop near the traffic lights junction close-by was
chosen as the mural site. Two types of
mural painting were carried out. One set
of murals were painted along a short concrete wall about 320 meters long that
surrounded the base of the outcrop. Here
I tried my hand at painting a tiny section of the mural design which was
already laid using a template on the wall surface. On the outcrop two ‘graffiti artists’ were
busy doing the mural painting using spray cans and standing on scaffolding
pipes laid perpendicular to the sloping rock surface, thereby comes the name of
today’s project – Mural the Rock.
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| Painting a small section in the long mural, about 320 meters long when completed. |
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| "Mural the Rock" project |
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| Aerobic dancing on the sidelines |
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| GM BDA - Rodziah Hj Morshidi |
On the sidelines, an aerobic dance was organised for the
public and students of all ages and denominations to participate. Food and
plenty of drinking water were freely served to the participating
public.
At a tent location, music was
broadcasted and a basking team was in action.
During one of the ‘basking time’ I joined the GM of BDA, Puan Rodziah
Hj. Morshidi in delivering two Bee Gees number – To Love Somebody and Words,
with me on the guitar.
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| Singing with GM BDA, Rodziah Hj. Morshidi. |
Today’s celebration has more meaning to me than the normal
tea parties that are usually held in conjunction with Malaysia Day
celebration.
It has been a unique event
with a difference, memorable and truly unique.
Happy Malaysia Day, Sarawak!
( This is the fourth of a series of articles as my writing contribution on
what Malaysia Day means to me as a Sarawakian 2017)
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