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Currently occupying my time:
Running in Singapore this weekend - we're part of a triple-bill on Friday evening and Sunday matinee. Come if you can. Details on the SDEA (Singapore Drama Educators Association) website, under Celebrate Drama! (that's the name of the event running this weekend) 's programme section. Also on the TOS website.

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Yes, it's physical theatre, and we've got Teresa Chian of Living Arts Dance Studio as one of the performers as well as the choreographer. Which means some really interesting and funky moves, and very achy bodies! We're planning a Malaysian run, but I'll have to keep you posted on that. Come watch if you can!

Baya Rejang Day 9 (more or less)

I'm typing this the night before I post it - I only have 20 minutes of Internet time every day, in the morning just after breakfast. So I prepare my outgoing mails and blog post the night before for quick work once I get connected. And tonight I'm too tired to think, so I'll just post some pictures.Giant tampon on a stick.Yes, another phallic symbol. No, it's not crooked - I think it's my camera angle.Setting up a "river" scene (it's a lake).A Bidayuh bridge (they love bamboo).

Now, when we first arrived here at Permai Rainforest Resort, I went crazy after dumping our bags. Had to explore this fantastic place. I mean, where can you get a resort in a domesticated rainforest right between dense rainforest and a beautiful beach?The first beach, which is shared with Damai Puri Resort. There's another beach at the other end of Permai Rainforest Resort, but I didn't get any good shots of it.The view of the resort (kinda) from the beach. The green hut on the left is the Rainforest Cafe, the only eatery in the resort. The rest of the accommodation's off to the left.A straight-up view from the Rainforest Cafe.

As part of my going crazy, I scrambled over all the rocks to get from the second beach to the first and tried to get sunset shots. It was pretty cloudy, but that made for some really beautiful stuff. Enjoy.

More Sarawak Cultural Village

Our second and last day at Sarawak Cultural Village. When I heard that we weren't coming back again the next day (as originally scheduled), I quickly decided to take a quick tour, but found out that most things were already shut (and it was only 5pm). I also just discovered that the Rainforest Music Festival is held there, and so many people stay at "Home-stays" in the longhouses themselves.Part of the show involves an Iban wedding celebration, which is really a lot of dancing.The "ulu" part of the name actually means "hulu", which means one end of a river (I think it's the upriver end).This longhouse really looks like a fort. It's stood quite high up on stilts.Speaks for itself. In case you don't get that they're Muslim, note the Jawi.These guys are crazy about bamboo.You can just about see it past the trees, and that's where we did most of our shots.
These guys are the nomads of the forest here, apparently, and are the best blowpipe makers.And in case it's not obvious enough, note the red bunting around the door and the Chinese characters.My piddly little phone's camera isn't so bad after all, eh? I'm quite impressed and quite happy.