Early morning of the 18th of June, 2010, we (LadyJenn) took the AirAsia flight from KIA to Miri to attend a Seminar organized by the newly-formed SDNU Bandaraya Miri Branch headed by Thony Badak AKA Antu Jukat & Co. at the Dynasty Hotel.
( Note: SDNU is a short form for “Sarawak Dayak National Union” formed in the late 50s as 1-Voice representing the Dayak communities those days)
We touched down around 8:45am and I was met at the Airport by Martin Entamin AKA Iban Baru.
We headed straightaway to the Hotel, had our breakfast there and joined the seminar which ended well after 1pm.
The Speakers that day were Dr. Dusit Jaul, who took the floor earlier, then the President for SDNU Mengga Mikui & his deputy Dr.John Brian Anthony.
After (a late) lunch, we started our SDNU Meeting though quite a number of the SEC (Supreme Executive Council) were seen missing* from the Meeting.
We finished after 5:30pm and I headed home, putting up at a friend’s place for the entire duration of our stay in Miri!
That Saturday night, we attended the “Ngiling Tikai” at the Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club and Anthony Jiram AKA Gerama Engkabang & family ferried us to the Club’s Hall.
I was seated with uncle Harold AKA Pipitmanchal & family.
That night the SDNU Bandaraya Miri Branch was officially launched by the Political Secretary to the Chief Minister of Sarawak Paul Igai, who represented Dato Seri William Mawan, who can’t make it due to another commitment elsewhere.
We left the function around 10:45pm as the party got hotter with more and more people trying their singing skills on the karaoke set or “ singing it live” with a solo keyboardist churning beautiful tunes throughout the night.
