Perak Royalty Graced A Golf Event

Raja Muda Perak Raja Jaafar and Raja Di-Hilir Perak Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain. 

At the ‘Hari Raya Golf Aidilfitri 2017’golf game held at the Royal Perak Golf Club last Sunday 16^th July was a right royal affair.

The event was graced by Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Raja Muda Perak Raja Jaafar and Duli Yang Amat Mulia Raja Di-Hilir Perak Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain who duly presented the prizes to the winners of the match.

Raja Muda Raja Jaafar presented to the Overall winners.

Raja DiHilir Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain presented the winners of the A Medal

The A and B Medal Winners

The RPGC Organising Committee.

My memory might have failed me but I don’t recall ever seeing two families of our Perak Royalty grace a non-state event, wonderful.

JAG

I Met ‘Jack Sparrow’ At The Honda CR-V Launch

"Introducing the Honda CR-V'  by Jack Sparrow

Jack Sparrow was the most unlikely person I could have met at of-all-places the launch of the new Honda CR-V at Ban Hoe Seng Auto showroom last Saturday.

Potential customer Raymond Tan and family 

Shanghaied by Jack Sparrow....Christine Digiovanna

 The Honda CR-V was the main attraction but it had competition from Jack Sparrow impersonator aka Jamie Chang who regularly appears at these Honda launches.

Sales personnel and children were not spared

Both the young and old were taken aback at the impersonator of the Jack Sparrow calling out to him to take a photograph to show to their family and friends.

The shout outs carried over to the lunch which was provided for the guests who came for the launch.

Lunchtime guests were not spared the antics of  Jack Sparrow

An unlikely encounter but it was so fulfilling and fun it was for a change.

'I'm looking for this man', Jack Sparrow

JAG

Over-Commercialized Concubine Lane, A Lost Heritage.

Rene Enriquez's earlier sketch of Concubine Lane and......

Concubine Lane which has been around well over century has sadly given up its image to over-commercialization.

....a few months later, an old building with new paint.

“It has been destroyed by over – commercialization” said Khor Seow Hooi an avid artist who has done thirty paintings of Concubine Lane from earlier times until recently.

“I used to come in the mornings and watch the residents hang their birds for an airing for a few hours.

 

Concubine Lane by Khor Seow Hooi

“Now they place umbrellas and stalls on the lane. It covers the building and hides the structures that gave concubine lane its character. It has destroyed the image of Concubine Lane” said Khor.

 

Umbrella's and stalls hide the image of Concubine Lane

Officially known as Panglima Lane, it earned its reputation due to the rich tin miners who reputedly kept their second wives here. 

It had in recent years been a focal point of visitors who never failed to scout it out due to its notorious reputation.

Its narrow lane and old time structure evoked an image of Old town making a walk down its short lane a nostalgic experience.

But that feeling is now become a memory as heritage has given way to commercialization.

Another artist, Rene Enriquez who regularly sketched buildings around Ipoh had done a sketch on the eastern entrance to Concubine Lane. 

“I sketched it a year before. The building with the “Big John’ sign still evoked that Old Town feel of nostalgia.

“I was taken aback just a few months later. Now it’s an old building trying to look good with new paint. Somehow it doesn’t blend in with the theme Heritage”

Another artist from the Urban Sketcher Ipoh group, Steven  (not his real name) said all the original structures are gone. 


“It’s pointless now as it doesn’t look like Ipoh in the past,  it’s all like ‘rojak’ now.  It can only be similar but it won’t be the same”.

All agreed that the lane was congested with stalls that sell common items, which can be available at any night market, and hoped the relevant local authority would look into the situation.

JAG

Marian Exhibition: 'Shrine's of Our Lady" Winners

Attached are 'Marian Exhibition' winners showcasing the 'Shrines of Our Lady' held in conjunction with OMPH Feastday 2017.

1. Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico.

2. Our Lady of Garabandal, Spain.

3. Our Lady of Knock. Ireland.

Our Lady of Fatima, Portugal.

Our Lady of Tinos, Greece.

Our Lady of Lebanon

Our Lady of La Salette, France.

Our Lady of Walsingham, England.

Our Lady of Lourdes, France.

Our Lady of Czestochowa, Poland

Our Lady of Pillar, Spain.

JAG

The Orchid Festival - Good Show

I visited the Orchid exhibition and it was very good indeed. Held in the car-park grounds of Tesco Extra at Bercham it will be on exhibit till the 9th July.

The Orchid especially are colorful and looked so healthy and vibrant.

But if that not your thing then view a fruit tree or maybe Bonsai plant, its on sale too.

JAG

Kohijau-iCycle’s 39th Bin Installed At Tasek Nova Gated Community.

Prof Richard Ng (2nd from left) followed by Tan Yue Hong and Councilor Aldrich Low.

Tasek Nova, Tasek, Ipoh has become the first gated and guarded community to use Kohijau – iCycle reward point system and the 39^th station to launch their Collection Bin.

Present for the launch were Councilor Aldrich Low, Kohijau – iCycle Chairman Associate Prof Dr Richard Ng and Mr Tang Yue Hong of Tasek Nova.

According to Prof Ng since its inception a year ago the NGO has collected 27 tons or recyclable waste which otherwise would have gone to the Papan Landfill.

“To date we have 20000 member. Of that number only 10% are active users of our recycle program. 

Imagine the volume of waste we can recycle and prevent from going into to the landfill if all the members participate” said Prof Ng.

To participate in the program residents have to register with Kohijau - iCycle to receive an account number and bar-code stickers. Residents will pack their recyclables in plastic bags, place their bar-code sticker on the bag and dispose the bag at the iCycle recycle bin.

iCycle will collect the recyclables and credit the points to their personal account which can then be converted to cash or exchanged for Tesco coupons or donated to charity.

KOHIJAU - iCycle is a cooperative society set up by members of Ipoh City Watch (ICW), an established NGO whose vision is to help make Ipoh the most livable city in Malaysia. It aims to promote recycling as part of our culture to create a sustainable environment through social enterprise.

JAG