Mermaid seen in Semporna?

Semporna Holiday Resort.. The view reminds me of Kg. Karamunting Lama, Sandakan.

The resort at Tampi-tampi, Semporna.

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It was seldom for me to stay until at the very end of a movie to watch the scrolling credits of the film. But I did on Duyung the Movie by KRUstudios, as I did on movies like Transformers (to enjoy the OST by Linkin’ Park), Cicak Man and a few other Jacky Chan movies.

The reason for me to stay was simply to satisfy my curiosity over the setting (screenplay) of the movie. Clear blue water with eye-catching coral reef and rich exotic marine life sprawling and dancing around the beautiful Duyung (mermaid) acted by Maya Karin. And guess what.. some of the original set was quite familiar to my senses.

My instinct kept convincing me that it was the place where I spent my last year’s (2007) Eid ul- Fitr holiday with my family in-law in Semporna (Sabah, Malaysian Borneo). To be exact, The Semporna Holiday Resort at Tampi-tampi, Semporna. And yes, the movie was filmed there besides some other internationally known dive sites and resorts such as Sipadan Island, Mataking Island and as well as Mabul Island.

The newly elected Member of Parliament of Semporna, Datuk Mohd Shafie Haji Apdal who was recently appointed as the Minister of Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage should work hand in hand with Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment for the protection of the precious fragile environment and Ministry of Tourism for the worldwide promotion and marketing. And of cause pledge and assurance of safety by our maritime security agency and Malaysian Royal Navy forces on the sovereignity of our islands (thanks to m&m for the comment). An opportunity for him (the minister) to prove his worth to the people who extended his service for another term. A heritage worth fighting for our future generation inheritance.

My only hope that the beautiful scenery setting was not generated by CGI (Computer Generated Image) scenes. KRUstudios was reported to have created around 200 CGI effects to support the movie. One of the awesome CGI scene in the movie was the treasure cavern where Putri (the mermaid) brought Jimmy (Apek) for a sightseeing. Congrats KRUstudios.

Campukak: Semporna will be hosting the 15th Regatta Lepa Semporna-Water Festival from April 18th until April 20th 2008.

Adik Sharlinie Di Sabah?

Kenyataan Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah, Polis Diraja Malaysia, Datuk Bakri Zinin bahawa salah seorang penghantar maklumat palsu telah di tahan untuk membantu siasatan, seorang warga Pakistan yang menuntut tebusan sebanyak RM25,000 mengatakan bahawa adik Sharlinie kini mungkin berada di Sabah. Sumber, sini.

Mohon kiranya ternampak adik Syarlinie berpersiaran di persekitaran tetangga anda, buat panggilan ke 999 atau Rakan Cop untuk laporan. Maklumat anda mungkin membantu.

Campukak: Sekadar membantu kempen khidmat masyarakat di mana termampu.

Malaysian Political Scene.. Dusk Or Dawn?

A new era on Malaysian politics. Whether it is the scenery of dusk or dawn of an era.. well we're lucky enough to witness it on our very own eyes. Recent outcomes showed the active involvement of Malay Sultanate on the choice of Menteri Besars and how the politician react on bringing the Rakyat into the political scuffle.

'Rumah siap, pahat masih berbunyi' means unfinish business on a completed project in malay saying, goes to Pak Lah's administrative especially when looking on the minor details of the choice of his cabinet ministers. Screenshots has the insights on the scenario, here.

The reaction from Sabah Member of Parliments on the choice of Pak Lah's cabinet turning on a new page when another Deputy Minister resigned from the post, here.

While another newly elected minister from Sabah declined to comment on that issue, here.

A new speculation on "vote for no confidence" is being rumoured, but the justification on the reasoning still lingers.

Campukak: Screenshots is mentioning on to mark April 15th for another political twist! Hmm I wonder what.. Persidangan Majlis Raja-raja.. who knows.

My Biggest Mistake

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said this week that his "biggest mistake" was to ignore cyber-campaigning, and the new information minister has said he will reach out to bloggers.

Alternate news was read avidly ahead of the recently held elections that handed the ruling coalition its worst ever results in its half-century reign over Malaysia.

Malaysia's blogs and alternative news websites have become popular because some people believe the mainstream press, which is mostly linked to the government, is biased.

However, The Malaysian High Court made a decision on Wednesday (26/3) after Raja Petra Kamaruddin (who runs Malaysia Today website) and the opposition party Keadilan's newspaper, which also published the alleged story, failed to file a defence, the official Bernama news agency said.

It ordered Raja Petra to pay 4.0 million ringgit (1.25 million dollars) to Vice-Chansellor of University Utara Malaysia, Nordin Kardi and University Utara Malaysia itself, while two editors of "Suara Keadilan" had to pay 3.0 million ringgit.

University Utara Malaysia and its vice-chancellor filed a lawsuit against Raja Petra , over an item that alleged Nordin had plagiarised an article.

Nordin said his victory would inspire others, including politicians, to take legal action against people who abuse blogs.

Source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9XLi02O6YnAugfj9uWWW1Bt5qVA

Campukak: ..learning to be a decent blogger.. Etiquette comes first!

Sabah Agriculture Park

Have you ever dreamt of being in nature’s paradise? Taman Pertanian Sabah is a visitor friendly park which offers you more than just any other parks. With its affinity to nature, the park is set against a background of truly natural landscape with lush greenery of the Crocker Range (the longest range in the country) which creates a picture of a beautiful natural park all around.
This park is knowledge oriented and recreational perfect for an ideal environment for nature-based activities that makes this park a worthy holiday destination.
Taman Pertanian Sabah is part of the 1,500 acres of the Agriculture Research Station, Lagud Sebrang Tenom. It is a complex consisting of the Agriculture Research Station, seed Production Centre for Cash Crop, Farmers Training Centre and Taman Pertanian Sabah itself. The Park sprawled over an area of 500 acres.
The park was first opened to visitors in October 2000, and was officially launched by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on the 25 March, 2001.

http://www.sabah.net.my/agripark/home.htm


Campukak: It is Malaysia's biggest Agriculture Park. A great place for Wild Orchid Enthusiast.

Picture: My Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) collegue on their way to encounter the Borneo Tropical Wilderness.

Campukak-Terung Pipit (Solanum Tarvum), Turkeyberry (U.S.)

Turkeyberry is also known by devil’s fig, wild egg plant, terongan, pea eggplant, makhua phuang (Thai: มะเขือพวง), Shui qie (Chinese) and many other names. Turkeyberry apparently is native from Florida and southern Alabama through the West Indies (Little and others 1974). Turkey berry has been introduced and naturalized throughout tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands including Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa (Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk 2001).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_torvum

Pokok Terung Pipit atau juga dikenali sebagai Terung Rembang, Terung Manggul, adalah sejenis pokok ulam yang terdapat di hutan Malaysia. Nama botaninya Solanum tarvum. Terung pipit biasanya dimakan mentah atau dicelur untuk dibuat ulam selain dimasak sambal atau tumis taucu udang kering. Turut digunakan untuk mengubati retak kulit pada kaki, mencuci darah dengan meminum air rebusannya, melegakan kesakitan, penawar racun ular dan serangga serta menjadi ubat yang berkesan untuk meredakan sakit perut.

Sumber: http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/~ahmad/tugasan/s3_99/juliana.html

Campukak: Terung Pipit di kenali dengan nama Campukak di daerah Sandakan, terutama bagi kaum Brunei yang menetap di Kampung Karamunting, 6 kM dari bandar sandakan. Nama Campukak begitu signifikan dengan Sandakan kerana nama berkenaan hanya digunakan di daerah ini berbanding daerah lain yang menggunakan nama Terung Pipit.

Emm.. teringat nostalgia semasa menikmati masakan arwah bonda.. Al Fatihah

Hong Kong Disneyland

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Hong Kong Disneyland is the first theme park inside the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and is owned and managed by the Hong Kong International Theme Parks, an incorporated company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and the Government of Hong Kong.
The fifth Disneyland style park, the park is located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island. After years of negotiations and construction, the park opened to visitors on September 12, 2005.
The park consists of four themed lands similar to other Disneyland parks: Main Street, U.S.A., Fantasyland, Adventureland and Tomorrowland.
The capacity of the park is 34,000 visitors per day, and is the smallest Disneyland park. The park attracted 5.2 million visitors in its first year. (Source: Wikipedia, Edited: Campukak)

Campukak: I wuz 'ere.., been there for Haunted Halloween 2007 , Nice Place.. You should visit the place. The opportunity to express your inner child.

Che'Nelle - Salam untuk pelawat Campukak

Campukak: Malaysia Boleh Bah.. If Indonesia has Anggun, Thailand got Tiger Woods, Phlilipines has Manny Pacquiao (The World featherweight Boxing Champion), Singapore still got Phua Chua Kang and Singapore Chicken Rice. Well.. Fellow Malaysian, We have her.. Che'Nelle..

Che'Nelle - KK Born Artist To The Limelight Of the World

Born in a quaint and little known town of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah state of Malaysia.

At the age of ten, Che'Nelle and her parents moved to the relatively vibrant city of Perth, Western Australia.

It was nothing like she was used to, especially since it was faster, and most of the people did not look like her.

At 14 she joined a Top 40 cover band and did it for 5 years. Going to college to learn how to produce—with Logic Pro and Pro Tools—was Che’Nelle’s next big step toward stardom. Che'nelle studied music at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

While still working on her self-produced demo in her excruciatingly modest bedroom studio, Che'Nelle uploaded her recordings on to her now renowned myspace page.

Amidst the countless hits of her page, her now manager - radio veteran and club DJ of 17 years - Sir Charles Dixon, stumbled on what was too good to be true.

Dixon took her material to Virgin Records and flew Che'nelle to Los Angeles at the end of 2005 to meet with the label. The chairman of the label and longtime music business baron, Jason Flom, refrained from much a rhetoric dance and committed to signing her immediately. Within two days, she had signed the deal and was marketed as a world artist.

http://www.myspace.com/chenelleworld
http://www.chenelle-world.com/
http://www.emimusic.jp/intl/chenelle/

Campukak: Promised to upload the video file once converted to flash.. Go Che'Nelle Go..

STACY- (The Only) Pelajar Akademi Fantasia 6 dari Sabah

Nama Penuh : Stracie Angie Anam

Bangsa : Kadazan

Status : Bujang

Umur : 18 tahun

Asal : Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Tarikh Lahir: 18 Ogos 1990

Tinggi : 155cm Berat : 51kg

Hobi : Menyanyi, menari

Deskripsi : Kecil-kecil cili api, namun kemampuan vokalnya tak perlu dipertikaikan lagi. Ingin membuktikan kepada masyarakat beliau mampu menjadi penyanyi dihormati.

Perkara paling memalukan yang pernah anda alami dalam hidup anda?

Berpindah meja makan kerana restoran itu ada kucing..

Campukak: Ada Bakat.. anda juri.. anda undi..

Camilla Belle (10,000 B.C.)

Belle was born Camilla Belle Routh in Los Angeles California, the daughter of Christina Routh and Jack Routh. Belle is named after actress Renata Sorrah's character, Camila, in the Brazilian soap opera Cavalo de Aço . Belle was raised Catholic and attended St. Paul the Apostle Catholic school in West Los Angeles and later, the Marlborough School. She currently lives with her parents and grandmother, a common tradition among many latin americans.
Belle began appearing in print ads at the age of nine months. She progressed into commercials and began working in movies for network and cable television. Throughout the 1990s, she appeared in several made for television and direct to video movies, including Trapped Beneath the Earth, Annie: A Royal Adventure!, Poison Ivy II: Lily and Marshal Law. She had minor roles in several widely-released films, including A Little Princess, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Practical Magic, as well as the lead role as Lizzie in Back to the Secret Garden. She was also in a commercial for America's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) during the late 1990s.

Campukak: She's a beauty.. fell in love with the actress..