Rainforest World Music Festival 2012(RWMF)- Day 1

I apologised for the really slow update as i am still having fever coughing and all the viral infection after the event.

Opening Ceremony(12/7/2012):

Even though this is a late post but everything still vividly in my mind like it was just yesterday!!! I really hope there is a time travel machine that i could take and bring me back to the 4 days events which i had the best time of my life. 

I attended the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) 2012 which was held in Sarawak Cultural Village(SCV) two weeks ago as a media. Shame to say, i was brought up in this small town-Kuching for 22 years and i never ever attended the RWMF. I just missed out all the fun i could have when i was a teenager.I would like to thank Sarawak Tourism Board for giving me this once in  a lifetime 22 years time opportunity to attend RWMF as a media and what is even best is i got the chance to take picture at the press pit which is right in front the stage instead of standing in the crowd. 

As a media, i have a chance to attend the press conference with all the performers every morning at 11am. As i am a local and dad was away for business trip plus i have my own budget, so i drove 40 minutes one way everyday from my house to one santubong hotel where the pick up point is. I am pleased to be able to get free shuttles transfer from the resort with the rest of the media and performers to the back gate of SCV where i skipped all the hassle of going through all the securities bag check and stuff. YAY!!! =) 

Everyone seems to be like strangers to me on the first day ( the tree planting ceremony) till i met a few friends. Anne who travel in her yachts all the way from australia( she stopped me half at Damai central after the tree planting and followed me to OSR), then i met Andy kho- the official photographer of RWMF 2012. It was a total awkwardness to me during the opening ceremony dinner as i know NOBODY besides myself and still myself. After standing for like 10 minutes waiting to find familiar faces but i failed cause they were all reporters and writers from newspapers. So i sat down randomly in the table next to a spanish guy who reside in the states and an australian lady- Christine. Here comes the Diplomats of Drums members and we shared the same table. The only name i could remember when we introduced ourselves was Mark lee out of the other 4. I have been talking to Charles( who is next to me) the whole night but i don't know his name. I THINK I NEED BETTER EARS =.=''' 

Opening ceremony ended and we get to see two bands performs. I was really tired so i left earlier while wandering around hoping to meet Gustino to ask if i could bring another friend with me the next day( yay, driver and bag carrier =) but nah, i can't find him.

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Day 2 ( 13/7/2012):

I was really early and i got Alan to reserve me two packs of drumstick rice from GRSS before i head up to Santubong for the press conference. Okay, mind my stupidity. I got  how Zee Avi looks like till that morning even after seeing her for the like the whole day the day before. She stood like next to me the day before with her bandmates and i just totally ignored cause i never see her. I just knew the name Zee Avi is very hot recently. In person, she was really really short. let the pictures do the descriptions then. 

Zee Avi with her sapelele

Zee Avi's Manager

i headed t SCV right after the press conference to attend some workshop that start at 2pm. I didnt manage to attend all the workshop cause i being a little paranoid of sweating so i always left SCV back to OSR to get myself a cold shower before the night event.

One of the member from string sisters.

They saw me and gave me a smile pose yay!

while having mine done, i took a picture of her! =) some west malaysia girl who just came for the first day show.

Really hot stuff during the 3 days event, air brush tattoos stall!

The alone sunset moments 

I guess they are mother-daughter . totally random.

I just knew the colourful hair guy called VJ SG. After this picture, i was walking around the ground and  one woman girl take out her camera and ran towards me like You! you!!...I totally ignored till she came to me and said. you are the one that took our picture at the gate right. oK, I just can't rmb her till she told me haha! 

sometimes i think i am a big stalker

i wonder if this is real

During Zee Avi's workshop

I love how he pose for the camera

This was taken far away from them but i guess he spotted me being a little creepy

shisha on a hot day!

Iban house

too many heineken booth but i just don't drink much as i know i need to drive home alone.

During one of the workshop at the iban longhouse

hmmm. even the little boy enjoyed himself much

those were the performers from HATA

Here comes the start of the RWMF 2012 night performances.

The sape and warrior dance( sarawak)

he is always doing the same thing, ever since i visited cultural village during my primary school trip

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Followed by the Nading Rhapsody( Sarawak)- The winner from the talent search for RWMF 2012. It was formed up by 8 young musicians from kuching, sarawak who play the traditional Iban, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu and Malay rhythms, fused together to a modern version.

the only female in the group

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

wow wow look! aiya, the mic is blocking!!

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

Nading Rhapsody

even westerners enjoyed the local music

Nading Rhapsody

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Second group for the night: the 3 brothers from Palestine ( LE TRIO JOUBRAN)

tuning and tuning!

i love how i focused on the instrument instead =)

LE TRIO JOUBRAN

LE TRIO JOUBRAN

LE TRIO JOUBRAN

the best facial expression! =)

LE TRIO JOUBRAN on stage

LE TRIO JOUBRAN

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The 3rd and most amazing group of the night: THE STRING SISTERS( scotland, norway, ireland,sweden, and usa)

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

the string brother perhaps! haha!

love his facial expression

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

my best picture of the group =)

 the String sisters

 the String sisters

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GROUP 4: RHYTHM OF BORNEO(MALAYSIA)

He always have a funny face expression 

i like how crazy he bang the drum

to the left to the left!

azaaaaa!!! 

i don't know why, every picture i got of him. he must be smiling.

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Group 5: LA ZIKABILO( FRANCE)

She got a bit tipsy and dancing in the between the crowd

Some get high and some get low =P

i always meet him in town. haha!

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The hi-light of the night: Zee Avi( Malaysia)
She performed a few songs and i like Kantoi and mee kolok sigek the most =)

Best laughter!

okay, i get emo in times too =P

she was waiting to get sign on her ukulele but arrgh too badd...

everyone get high and started dancing

she really high that she shouted ZEEEEEE AVVVVVVIIII I LOVEEE YOU and every eyes look at her...




There goes the first night. Ended in an amazing way.
I drove back home around 1 and when everything done. I only managed to get to bed at 3am.



TO BE HONEST, TILL TODAY I AM STILL STUCKED in RWMF...
i left my soul there!