tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290212322011-12-31T11:02:33.407-08:00Pemangkat is a small town of Kalimantan Barat a province of Indonesia, it is about 3 hours drive north of Pontianak. Kalimantan is known as Borneo. Of course this blog is not all about the town of Pemangkat. I was born and raised on that town, so I like to use the name beside I can introduce the town of Pemangkat to all over the world.Pemangkatnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29021232.post-1149045348297409142006-05-30T20:15:00.000-07:002006-06-16T15:33:51.006-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0826.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0826.jpg" border="0" /></a>Jalan Moh Hammbal, looking toward "Gunung Gajah" hill. There is a temple on the hill.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0821.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0821.jpg" border="0" /></a>Jalan Moh Hammbal<br />(The main street of Pemangkat)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0825.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0825.jpg" border="0" /></a>Kantor Polisi (Sheriff's office)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0822.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0822.0.jpg" border="0" /></a>Jalan Moh Hammbal (This is the main street of Pemangkat)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0818.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0818.0.jpg" border="0" /></a>Used to be a theater. There were 2 theaters in pemangkat, since satellite dish, pirated VCD, karaoke so affordable, the only two theaters couldn't compete with them. The town seem dying. Pemangkat is losing its golden age era. Every body try hard to get out of the town.<br />First they send their kids out to bigger city such as Jakarta, Kuching, Taiwan, Australia for education, work or anything, then they will follow. I can hardly find my old friends, 9 of 10 of my friends had moved to bigger city.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0824.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0824.jpg" border="0" /></a>Used to be my swimming pool. It is polluted now, black and smelly.<br />Looks like there are no development in Pemangkat since last 17 years. Things are getting worse and worse, in most part there are no running water, the town getting dirty and dirtier.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0829.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0829.jpg" border="0" /></a>Another corner of Jalan Mohhammad Hambal.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0831.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0831.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here another corner of Pemangkat, this picture was taken from in front of Cemara Hotel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0843.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0843.jpg" border="0" /></a>"Jong Kie" Chow Pan (fried rice noodle), is known by most of Chinese community in Pemangkat, used to be his father, I think he is Jong Kie's oldest son. The taste still the same. Local made soya sauce and (pig)pork's fat, home made rice noodle, home made chili sauce, cook with fire from wood and wrap with kind of leaf from "Gunung gajah", it is fit in every pemangkat Chinese's mouth. Was told that their wok was made from the cover of oil barrel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0844.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0844.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Pasar babi (pig market), well, here where you<br />can buy pork. You wont find beef here, you have to go to the other market to find beef.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29021232-114904534829740914?l=pemangkat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pemangkatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29021232.post-1149044982099201762006-05-30T20:08:00.000-07:002006-06-06T19:09:41.360-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_1055.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_1055.jpg" border="0" /></a> "Shin Mu Nyiong" is the temple on the "Gunung Gajah" which believed to guards and watch the town of Pemangkat, especially for those Chinese who believe in "Pai Shin". They believe it guards the fishermen on the sea, guards the town and its citizen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_1051.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_1051.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Steps to the temple on the "Gunung Gajah"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_1045.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_1045.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pemangkat view from the temple on the Hill.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0874.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0874.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A view on Jalan Gereja<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0872.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0872.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Catholic church.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0846.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0846.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The market<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_0820.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/320/IMG_0820.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Other corner of Jalan Moh Hambal.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3965/3082/1600/IMG_"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29021232-114904498209920176?l=pemangkat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pemangkatnoreply@blogger.com1