"Joey" Bar

This is indeed a young kangaroo bar. Seen at a car park in Bintulu. (Note: joey = a young kangaroo)

"Joey" Bar

This is a 'young kangaroo' bar indeed. Seen at a car park in Bintulu ye( Note: Joey=a young kangaroo)

A "Sea Apple" tree in flower

Today is exceptionally hot in Bintulu. In this steaming weather and many many more dry and sunny days ahead expect a wonderful display of colours as the many trees here begin to show their colourful inflorescence's . Well ,today I was very lucky to have come across this handsome Jambu Laut or Sea Apple tree (Eugenia grandis ) flowering by the corner of Temple Street, Bintulu. This tree must be about 20 meters high. This tree is really a native to Bintulu and many other coastal towns of Malaysia. However in this particular instance, this tree must have been planted more than ten years ago when the local authority decided to create a mini park behind the Chinese Temple. Providing much needed shade against tropical heat, such trees should be grown more around Bintulu town not merely as park trees but also roadside trees.

Roadside tree with flowering orchids

After a slight rain in the early morning and driving towards Jalan Sultan Iskandar Traffic Junction at JKR office from Sungei Sebiew road ,I was taken aback by this showy wild epiphyte orchid species which bore a wonderful spray of flowers. This type of wild orchids does this exuberant show very occasionally and considered myself lucky to have come across its performance.

Bintulu National Front Election Flags

Yesterday, while heading to the Bintulu town center and to cast my Parliamentary Election vote at OKMS( Orang Kaya Mohammad School) voting center, I was attracted to this row of election flags displayed by the National Front Party alongside the Tun Ahmad Zaidi Road.

This morning, as I began to click on NST Online news, the headlines are somewhat historical. Malaysians in the Peninsular (i.e. West Malaysia) have opted for change . In this 12th Parliamnetary Election results, five ( 5) states have fallen like dominoes to the opposition, who now gets the right to form five new state governments. The respective states are Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor and not forgetting, stronghold Kelantan.

For Bintulu, the incumbent Datuk Tiong wins again and therefore will represent Bintulu in all Parliamentary sittings for the next five(5) years.

Bintulu roadside tree- Flame of the Forest