Monday, June 22, 2009

Go Skateboarding Day!

Go Skateboarding Day (GSD) is an unofficial annual holiday declared by the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) to promote skateboarding. It is usually marked on June 21.

This year GSD was held at Pustaka Negeri Sarawak (PNS) in conjunction with Health Walk 2009 organised by Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU).

On that sunny Sunday, skateboarding demos were performed by some of the best skateboarders around Kuching including Mc Jagger, Feroz Khan, Alvin Gamar, Donald Gani, Giacharie Tipik, Asyraf Hardy, Alexander Sumbang, Brandon Joel, Bonny Girin, Jerry Ho and Jc Adrian.

“Skateboarding is not just a game but a healthy sport that challenge a person physically and mentally which really suits the theme today, Health Walk 2009," said Nizam, a PNS officer.

“I wanted to expose skateboarding to public because this sport has a big potential yet not much people knows about it," he also said.

Also held on that day was fishing competition, karaoke competition, art competition, car boot sales, paintball promotion booth by PGX and more.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

RWMF'09 Volunteers’ Briefing


Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) 2009 volunteers’ briefing was held by Sarawak Tourism Board at Mango Tree Restaurant recently.

RWMF is a unique annual festival that brings musicians around the world and native musicians from the interiors of Borneo Island together on the same stage.

This year the festival falls on July 10 to 12 and will features performers from Chile, Canada, China, Malaysia, France, Tanzania, Korea, New Zealand, Finland, Hungary, America, Portugal, Morocco, Indonesia and Poland.

This is the not-to-be-missed festival, guarantees a smashing time in the heart of the Borneo jungle!