Treasure in Penampang: 2009

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Donggongon Town

I am basically grew up in this town and I know Donggongon town can offer you a lot of exciting stuff. Some who never or rarely go down to this town will have confusion of pronouncing 'Donggongon'. May be its because of the letters in that word are all the same, n,g and o. Anyways we Penampang folks are used to it. Facilities such as library, sports complex, government offices and coming up is the longest shopping mall in Sabah, Mega Long will be on operation can be found around the town area. Although fast development going on, we never forget and will continue to have our extra ordinary tamu ground all the time :).

You can find numerous sundries around such as Soon Seng and Chin Guan mini market. Old brand and old style products such as the "adidas kampung" (local people use this shoe to go hiking or to their farm) still sell these type of things. Well at the moment the only super market around is Chua Kah Seng (CKS) super market.

Restaurants offering the best of Penampang such as the Sangavian, Hinompuka cafe (offers traditional food and beverages) and the best ngui cap you can find around, the Loi Hin Ngiu Cap. sslluurrpp!! just thinking about it make me hungry (caution: too much meat can make your blood preasure go up, so be moderate on eating ngiu cap :) ). One more restaurant wich has been doing business for more than a decade is the Penampang Chicken Rice restaurant, their chicken rice is still as good as before. Ahh..not forgetting the malay restaurant around such as senario cafe.

Aramai ti! (local phrase on telling others to have fun). There are also numerous pubs and karaokes in this town such as RAWK !!, CHEERS, FRIENDS, EGYPT and a lot more, offering locals for a place to have a good time with friends or families. If you just want to drink+ good pusas (food you take while drinking)-entertainment, kedai kopi such as TOP 10 and Raja Wang serve various types of beers and beverages :).

Last but not least, Donggongon is a very important town because daily necessities can be found and this town also provide job employments for the locals.

L: Donggongon Library
m: CKS & Library
r: Mega Long under construction

L: CKS supermarket
m: Donggong town center
r: Donggongon Square

l: Police station
m: Futsall center
r: Majlis daerah old building

l: tamu ground
m: sports complex
r: adidas tambunan :-)

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Tamu Donggongon

Hey..its been a while since my last write up. Just deliver a beautiful baby girl and here I am again trying to share anything under the sky about Penampang :).

You will definitely not missed this spot if you ever go down to Donggongon. Tamu or Tomu as pronounced by the local people is an interesting place to visit actually. I don't know how many more youngsters will go to tamu now a days. hhmm..must teach my children to go to this place when they are big enough. For me, I'm looking forward to visit the tamu ground every week. By the way my grandma sell local vegetable there :). I just don't know why I really like the atmosphere. Ahh..the sound of the gong beating...the smell of the fresh fruits and kuih...who can resist not to look around? The tamu will start operating on Wednesday evening and end on Friday evening.

You can find almost everything in the tamu ground from vegetable to fish to fruits to local cakes and so on. I will never miss to pass by one of the corner which is the traditional handicrafts and accessories corner (some where in the middle of the tamu ground). Other than that you can also see some traditional medicine or herbs being sell around this corner.

Now a days not only the local people do business in the tamu ground but established company such as Digi, Celcom, Nestle and many more are trying to penetrate the purchasing power of tamu folks.

Here are some shoots I took some time ago in tamu ground. Enjoy it!