I'd been looking forward to attend this party, first of all because it was to celebrate the cancellation of the build of an unwanted coal plant in Sabah. The people of Sabah had been fighting for over two years to get this project scrapped, and with much hard work and struggle, the people won the fight and the Chief Minister issued a statement saying that they would pursue alternative sources of power.
I think it was Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) who organised this party on the beach, and what a turn out! There were lots of booths manned by various organisations championing their cause: the Atkinson Clock Tower campaign, the SPCA, the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, Sabah Women's Action-Resource Group, the KK International Film Fest, and a few more. A couple of DJs made sure the atmosphere was pumping with party tunes. To add to the buzz there were a few high-energy activities held on stage and on the beach, like capoeira, ultimate frisbee, zumba and shallow water surfing. A few food and drink stalls available, a couple of second hand-goods stalls gave people more to browse through and spend some dosh as well. According to LEAP, about a thousand people came to celebrate. Now THAT'S a party.
Capoeira
Food stall
An exhibit on organic fertilisation
Traditional booze served in bamboo cups
Traditional woven products from the Kadazan tribe.
The SPCA
Cupcakes
Richard and the Atkinson Clock Tower
As I don't have a camera myself, these have been taken from Sue's facebook album (one of the organising committee members).
I did take a few photos on my 3 mega pixel camera:
The sunset. Can't get enough of these.
Ian. Caught on camera by surprise. He said to take another one 'cause he probably looked camp in this one so I took another one:
Much better
Zumba.
The party was enough to be the highlight of the week for me and then it got better. I'd only been there for about 10 minutes when in the distance I saw a familiar face, and nearly burst in excitement when I realised who she was. Emma Thompson was walking through the crowd in my direction. The people I was with seemed to know her like they were buddies (she'd been in town for a few days holidaying with her family), so when she came over she was introduced to me quickly. It happened so fast I didn't have time to pee in my pants. I was so star-struck and even when she stopped talking to me I was just hanging around her, absorbing her presence while she talked to Wong about sun bears. I also texted a few people saying that I'm with Emma Thompson at the moment but received few excited replies. It was the1st April so I don't blame them. I then went to get Sel and Mel (had to convince them I wasn't joking first) and after gawking and getting over our luck and disbelief, we finally took a photo with her.
Sel, me, Emma and Mel
She was so nice! Meeting Emma Thompson definitely made our day, our week, our year, and possibly for Sel, her life!
Wheeee!
1 comments:
why is it that it seems kk is getting more happening? i jeleslah hahaha
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