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13 August 2007

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Sarawak Bird

This is the Rhinoceros Hornbill.

It is the state bird of Sarawak.

We love this bird very much. We love it so much that, we call Sarawak the 'Land of the Hornbills'.

That is why you can see images of this bird everywhere in Kuching.

We are so proud of our bird, we even erected a giant bird right in the middle of the BDC roundabout.

When you come in from the airport to town, the first thing you see is our bird.

You may think that our bird looks normal, but you are wrong.

In the morning, it may look just like any other metal bird.

But at night, our bird transformed into something very different. That's because we zhng our bird with the same neon lights that Ah Bengs use to zhng their car.

I call it... TERMINATOR BIRD!


:: Posted by Kenny at 5:37 PM | Link | Facebook It
:: Categorised as 'Distinctively Kuching'

107 Comments:

nice

Posted by: lan at 13 August 2007 5:44 PM | Link to comment

Hear hear, the bird has spoken.

Our metal bird in BDC looks more like a transformer. As I scrolled down I was expecting another autobot fabrication by KennySia. You may call it Big BDC, short for Big Birds Don't Cry. Neither do they fly.

Posted by: agus at 13 August 2007 5:57 PM | Link to comment

haha..terminator bird..a good 1..pretty tho

Posted by: moku at 13 August 2007 5:59 PM | Link to comment

Why? Coz they're screwed (to the ground) and have metalic nuts, heavy ma....

Posted by: agus at 13 August 2007 6:01 PM | Link to comment

I dont get it...

Posted by: Avi at 13 August 2007 6:01 PM | Link to comment

thats one ulgy bird...

Posted by: ahtiven at 13 August 2007 6:05 PM | Link to comment

dude..seriously..

Posted by: ... at 13 August 2007 6:06 PM | Link to comment

thats one ulgy bird...

Posted by: ahtiven at 13 August 2007 6:06 PM | Link to comment

i dont get it either :SSS

Posted by: ying ling at 13 August 2007 6:06 PM | Link to comment

Thanks to KennySia for reducing the tempature.

Posted by: Your FANS at 13 August 2007 6:10 PM | Link to comment

the bird is damn ugly ....

Posted by: CJ at 13 August 2007 6:14 PM | Link to comment

OMG! Is that new? I didn't see it last time I was in Kuching. That terminator bird is awful! What kind of a first impression is that?! They should leave it unlit or just lit with spotlights at the bottom or something!

Posted by: Bell at 13 August 2007 6:14 PM | Link to comment

EU SUCK! LAME @$$ POST. eu arhx noobx. suckazz.

Posted by: alice at 13 August 2007 6:23 PM | Link to comment

the horn thingie is actually hollow inside.

helps to echo its mating calls apparently.

not working too well eh? it seems to be on the endangered species list.

Posted by: mia at 13 August 2007 6:24 PM | Link to comment

it could have cost the state council rm50 million to erect that Bird-minator, another rm20 million to maintain it over 5 years, with a rm50 option to erect more bird-minators around kuching town.

bird-minator looks nothing less than hideous, scares the shit outta little kids, and pound-for-pound cost more than a ferrari. and most importantly, serves no purpose whatsoever. this is how our council wastes our tax money......

Posted by: sheon at 13 August 2007 6:26 PM | Link to comment

every time if you pass by you bow at the bird it bring you goodluck......try it ok

Posted by: EDS at 13 August 2007 6:28 PM | Link to comment

I probably shouldn't say this coz everyone love that bird so much, but I have eaten that breed of horbill, and to be honest, I actually don't like it's taste, compared to other birds it size, it's not so good, had it in soup but wasn't that great. I like it deep fried with Thai chillie. Kind of reminds me of the times I ate dog, turtle, shark fin, insects and cat, but I don't think I should continue my comment as everyone gona get grossed out one meh.

Posted by: dakota at 13 August 2007 6:40 PM | Link to comment

we don't have hornbills in Miri. only in some signboards. we have seahorses. >.

Posted by: kelly at 13 August 2007 6:45 PM | Link to comment

Now most EPL videos got banned in youtube, luckily still got saikaiball. Btw, at Sportsminimal.com you can check all the daily EPL score, picks and analysis too.

Posted by: Evan at 13 August 2007 6:47 PM | Link to comment

That's a serious bad lighting. Reminds me of the Proton Ah Beng Gen 3 in TV Smith's blog:

http://www.tvsmith.net.my/duasen/010205_beng.html

Posted by: Chang Yang at 13 August 2007 7:11 PM | Link to comment

that's a hornbill with dragonfly wings ok?

Posted by: pilipala at 13 August 2007 7:14 PM | Link to comment

i got d terminator feeling... =P

i heard that its beak is empty in d inside

Posted by: at 13 August 2007 7:37 PM | Link to comment

THAT, is an ugly bird. The last time I was in Sarawak it wasn't there...=.-

Malaysia and their 'art' ain't something I can understand.

Posted by: Cherrie at 13 August 2007 7:44 PM | Link to comment

Wow, they moved back the big bird to the roundabout. Before I left kuching beginning of the year, the bird was at the roadside, somewhere near the RH plaza.

Posted by: ineser at 13 August 2007 7:56 PM | Link to comment

Hey, big bird at ur place? I got 1 & 1/2 big betel nuts back at Penang. Erected at a round-about too. Made from silver metal. Funny how people can be so creative!!

Posted by: Charmaine at 13 August 2007 8:12 PM | Link to comment

Hornbill ? i like it too.

Posted by: freelittlebrain at 13 August 2007 8:21 PM | Link to comment

the wings look so 'out'! those are dragonfly wings! the whole thing is ugly.

Posted by: stargazer at 13 August 2007 8:22 PM | Link to comment

The hornbill sculpture looks a bit like a fly to me coz the wings does not seem right.

Posted by: Ah Dom at 13 August 2007 8:29 PM | Link to comment

well, a terminator bird as an icon is better than a 'mutated lion with a fish tail that just don't seem to stop vomitting'...

Posted by: xoxo at 13 August 2007 8:54 PM | Link to comment

what a shite post and u suck kenny

Posted by: eckolapan' at 13 August 2007 9:04 PM | Link to comment

haha...kenny, you really have a great sense of humour. I salute you haha..sorry can't stop laughing *hee :)There's never a dull post from you

Posted by: Cassiemarie at 13 August 2007 9:22 PM | Link to comment

er... haha?

Posted by: Patricia at 13 August 2007 9:27 PM | Link to comment

and da point is....?

Posted by: kcin at 13 August 2007 9:28 PM | Link to comment

dakota are you a corn man from hongkong so tua pao

Posted by: kit siang at 13 August 2007 9:39 PM | Link to comment

aahahahaha . nice one nice one . (:

Posted by: cher at 13 August 2007 9:46 PM | Link to comment

Nice birdie...jeng jeng jeng!!!

Posted by: Kelvin at 13 August 2007 9:54 PM | Link to comment

WHY LAST PIC NOT CLEAR???

Posted by: Horny Ang Moh at 13 August 2007 10:00 PM | Link to comment

Dakota, I think u r some foochow king of BS

Posted by: polomee at 13 August 2007 10:48 PM | Link to comment

The bird looks like it wants to do the funky dance ... too bad no-one there wants to dance to it.

Posted by: didi at 13 August 2007 10:59 PM | Link to comment

i want blink blink birdie too!

Posted by: birdie at 13 August 2007 11:12 PM | Link to comment

This post is so lame la...

Posted by: You Suck at 13 August 2007 11:12 PM | Link to comment

lol. bird. bad kenny.

Posted by: irene at 13 August 2007 11:21 PM | Link to comment

can fight with the Botero Big Bird near UOB PLaza, on Boat Quay..

Posted by: suertes at 13 August 2007 11:25 PM | Link to comment

ahaha.. kenny make it sound like a kuku bird la..

Posted by: dongs at 13 August 2007 11:44 PM | Link to comment

and this post have no real meaning la? abit lame

Posted by: dongs at 13 August 2007 11:45 PM | Link to comment

gov always like to spend this kind of $$ =.=

Posted by: Just at 13 August 2007 11:52 PM | Link to comment

And is the name Beng Bird?

Posted by: HB at 14 August 2007 12:16 AM | Link to comment

hur hur, so lame

Posted by: not lame at 14 August 2007 1:13 AM | Link to comment

minister: we are running low on funding, any ideas guys?
minister's posse: sir, we need to create a gimmick to attract more funds to come in...
minister: i know, hows aboout a terminator bird? it can be made out of metal!
minister's posse: not strong enough to convince the funding... unless we add some lights...
minister: good idea, lets add some colorful changing lights!
minister's posse: walau eh, chun leh... lets get the job going so our new funding will flow in!!
minister: what are you waiting for then?
(and thus terminator bird is born)

p/s: dun sue me, saya tade duit

Posted by: _daniel_ at 14 August 2007 1:19 AM | Link to comment

Awesome bird.
I can already see people shuffling around the bird.
Screw the Melbourne shuffle, people around the world will come for the Sarawak shuffle.

Do "the bird", do "the bird"!

Posted by: keato at 14 August 2007 2:45 AM | Link to comment

还以为可以变成 Transformer Bird.

Posted by: 思斌 at 14 August 2007 6:56 AM | Link to comment

haha, at least we choose a big bird as a state symbol, not a small bird:P

Posted by: kh at 14 August 2007 8:09 AM | Link to comment

That is one hilarious bird! Thanks for the laughs on an early Tuesday morning.

Posted by: Entrepreneur at 14 August 2007 8:27 AM | Link to comment

I was at an international conference recently and they had a cultural dance show before the dinner. One of the dances was the Iban Ngajat and the emcee was describing Hornbill to us. She had me in stitches when she said this - "Hornbill hunting is now banned because the birds are extinct." LOL!

Posted by: Polly at 14 August 2007 8:44 AM | Link to comment

I love my bird. Twitty

Posted by: elisezzuk at 14 August 2007 9:28 AM | Link to comment

Ugly or not, like all things, we'll grow to love or hate it. Like this lyrics: " ... You'll have me suicidal, suicidal, suicidal..." (pull the plug!)

Posted by: water5699 at 14 August 2007 9:37 AM | Link to comment

They should make the bird higher.. so its like.. looking down on us.. watching us over the fly over.. its inbuilt infra-red camera with super zoom capabilities and speed trap installed CCTV.

Posted by: iB6uB9 at 14 August 2007 10:03 AM | Link to comment

just another obvious way for pek mou to generate income for himself and his koncos.
how else can he charge more money for useless fugly decos ard town using cement and building materials only he has the license to sell?? costs: 10k, charge govt to pay 10k + $XXX consultation fees mah.

who doesnt know?

Posted by: naeboo at 14 August 2007 10:03 AM | Link to comment

??! The authorities should give the metal bird it's dignity back and remove those neons; it looks like the signboard for some sleazy nightclub now.

Posted by: leongsoon at 14 August 2007 10:23 AM | Link to comment

nice way to make the metal bird fly...

Posted by: rawpotato at 14 August 2007 10:25 AM | Link to comment

haha

Posted by: ade5553 [TypeKey Profile Page] at 14 August 2007 11:06 AM | Link to comment

Funny lar u.. Zing the bird pulak

Posted by: Selina at 14 August 2007 11:20 AM | Link to comment

...... oh k....... ROFL. quite weird.

Posted by: Mieulium at 14 August 2007 11:41 AM | Link to comment

Hey dude, I bet the"Zhng' artist is the same guy who designed the neon signs for Blue Sky Bar

Posted by: e at 14 August 2007 11:55 AM | Link to comment

yukss.. i don't like that bird..

Posted by: tajau at 14 August 2007 12:43 PM | Link to comment

Ha ha...My son call it Iron Bird!!

Posted by: Bird at 14 August 2007 12:43 PM | Link to comment

wheii.. that's not my comment.. son??

Posted by: tajau at 14 August 2007 12:45 PM | Link to comment

upsssss..

Posted by: tajau at 14 August 2007 12:48 PM | Link to comment

Hmmm…. I think our govern is into ultramodern and high-tech kind of things, for them this is creativity, I suppose in order to catch up with the era of technologies, looking towards the ultramodern eras the world is pursuing into, we have to feed people’s mind with everything ultramodern and high-tech so their eyes will be open to see further into futuristic-the futurist arts is one accomplishment. Creative! That bird does not at all looks like God’s given Rhinoceros Hornbills. On the other hand, I wonder how will we tell our children one day, hey look, that’s how rhinoceros hornbill looks like? The child will probably scratches his head, looking at the metal bird and believed. Hehehe!!!

Posted by: jane aka kepo at 14 August 2007 12:49 PM | Link to comment

I didnt know that the KUCHING has such a big BIRD...

Posted by: benjamin and yus at 14 August 2007 1:58 PM | Link to comment

kch rocks. i like the previous bird at bdc. more natural it seems...

Posted by: bjk at 14 August 2007 3:08 PM | Link to comment

according to sources, the bird costed the state one million when it first came, and 10k to move it around when the flyover was being built

Posted by: cct at 14 August 2007 4:38 PM | Link to comment

man kenny ur funny posts are like inconsistant.

this is one of your mild-er posts.

tsk tsk im disappointed

Posted by: skim at 14 August 2007 5:25 PM | Link to comment

what does it symbolise?

Posted by: peppersalt at 14 August 2007 5:35 PM | Link to comment

erm.. well i dont get what is he trying to say , the bird have lights so ? hmmh.. kinda boring post..

Posted by: Miyago at 14 August 2007 5:43 PM | Link to comment

the bird must show its colours otherwise the Kuching will wallop the bird ...
*i twot i taw a putty cat*

Posted by: evelyn at 14 August 2007 9:27 PM | Link to comment

kukujiao, more than meets the eye~

Posted by: vic at 14 August 2007 11:21 PM | Link to comment

why are you even blogging about this? DAMN WEIRD LOL? and pointless. waste my time! LOLOLOLOLOL.

Posted by: OLO at 14 August 2007 11:38 PM | Link to comment

yiyfs,djknlc, sabj fFUNNY!!!

Posted by: dsf at 14 August 2007 11:39 PM | Link to comment

I like the hornbill... when the hornbill fly... the flipping of their wing created a very loud noisy... i heard that during my trip @ Danum Valley... a different experience than you seen it in the Bird park... :-p

Posted by: TZ at 15 August 2007 12:24 AM | Link to comment

hornbills are beautiful, don't get them around here in aussie!I miss msia man=)

Posted by: Summerz at 15 August 2007 7:54 AM | Link to comment

I only realised this bird has got colorful neon lights the day before yesterday... haha

Posted by: ahlost at 15 August 2007 8:23 AM | Link to comment

the things people do.. yeah, Visit Malaysia Year '07... yawn.. so what else is new?

Posted by: smoke at 15 August 2007 8:53 AM | Link to comment

Just wait la. When Kuching is invaded by alien robots, that metal hornbill will come to the rescue. It's just a robot in disguise. Hahahaha.

Posted by: Az1 at 15 August 2007 10:34 AM | Link to comment

wat an insult to the rhino hornbill....

Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 15 August 2007 11:37 AM | Link to comment

ey pls la, namewee got lashed for his creativity and we say the government was being biased. Then the government came up with a creative bird, now you wanna lash them up. tsk tsk tsk ... we shud appreciate people's sense of art! We don't want to be like them. we're different! we're civilised!

Posted by: zu at 15 August 2007 5:47 PM | Link to comment

Wow ... metal hornbill ... :)

Posted by: sbanboy at 15 August 2007 11:51 PM | Link to comment

Sohai la......what kinda sohai post is this?

Posted by: Kennysia is sohai at 16 August 2007 12:09 AM | Link to comment

that's horny-bill

Posted by: Arth at 16 August 2007 1:10 AM | Link to comment

The bird doesn't actually look as bad as most of you guys think it is. It's pretty cool in real life. Cut it some slack...

Posted by: Birdman at 16 August 2007 9:26 AM | Link to comment

I am Sibei Tulan with you Kenny, there are so many interesting to talk about in Malaysia instead you go for bird watching and wrestling. How about the lunatic Malaysian politician who try to turn Malaysian into another Taleban state, how about the NEGARAKUKU saga, how about the .......... Never mind, you want to play safe don't you Kenny and in so doing you would find your FANS are leaving you. MOTTO: PLAYING SAFE AND PLEASING EVERYONE MAKE KENNY A DULL BOY AND A BORING BLOG.

Posted by: TULAN at 16 August 2007 11:30 AM | Link to comment

Interesting bird!

Posted by: Leong Him Woh at 16 August 2007 12:26 PM | Link to comment

aiya that bird, its nothing, u got waterfront somewhere near the bristo opposite the tokong, can see 1 more bird, silver metal bird, duno wat bird lai de

Posted by: gaporian at 16 August 2007 2:51 PM | Link to comment

nice, zhng until so chio, so colorful :D

Posted by: xinyun at 16 August 2007 5:06 PM | Link to comment

TULAN, YOU THINK YOU VERY BIG IS IT?! COME OUT AND FIGHT WITH ME LAH KNN!!!

Posted by: kennysia [TypeKey Profile Page] at 16 August 2007 6:10 PM | Link to comment

wow.. 2 months din go back to kuching.. now the bird can flash lol...

Posted by: Nicole at 16 August 2007 9:45 PM | Link to comment

throw coins at the bird and it'll bring you luck. Buy 4D Toto afterwards. Try it ok.

Posted by: alexallied at 17 August 2007 9:54 AM | Link to comment

haha.. i love ur use of e word "zhng", had mi lol! :) way to go! a "zhng" of humour here n there make ur blog soo good~

Posted by: skyfarer at 18 August 2007 1:16 AM | Link to comment

Kenny, the neon light on the bird was real or you photoshoped it on? It would look even more cool if, if the birdy can run and drift around Kuching...

Posted by: learnyee at 18 August 2007 11:14 PM | Link to comment

Can I call it Steel-Bird,sound like "stupid"
lol...

Posted by: TForce at 21 August 2007 9:42 AM | Link to comment

This is a great post. I love the ending. Sure made me laugh. Had to control otherwise the Mat Sallehs here think I'm crazy.

Posted by: Suzanne at 21 August 2007 7:54 PM | Link to comment

Sarawak is known as the Land of the Hornbills not because Sarawakians love the bird very much. But it has got to do with the legends surrounding the bird among the Iban people. Both Kenyalang and Singalang (a Brahmin Kite) Burung are two of sacred birds among the Ibans and there is even festival called Gawai Kenyalang. kenyalang is derived from an iban word and not a Malay words. Sadly, due to deforestation and hunting pressure, oth birds are very rare already and will become just mentioned instories for future generation!!!

Posted by: Pete at 27 September 2007 11:26 AM | Link to comment

This pilfering of the state fund got to stop!

Posted by: Muti da Great at 28 September 2007 7:16 PM | Link to comment

Helo,

i m new here, i m from Penang,
just back from Sarawak a few day, i saw this bird...hahahhaha...

the food is ok ok nia la...

the worst thing is tat stupid damai puri hotel, 1st time in history i been halau twice by the security there....not allowing me to enter the hotel premise.....aiyo...wat so "ho liao" insite.....reali disapoited...

Posted by: Ong GS at 11 January 2008 8:30 AM | Link to comment

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Posted by: David Chew at 11 January 2008 10:35 AM | Link to comment

why the sarawak bird is hornbill??

Posted by: xiaogui at 23 June 2008 8:17 PM | Link to comment

good one. Very funny. I like it.

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