Character : Fiona, late twenties, female, and presumably ready to settle down. Vivacious and gregarious.
Bengbeng : Selamat Gawai.
Fiona : Belum lagi. Lama lagi. ( Not yet. A long time to go ) Look at the foremen. He is Iban. He is reading the building plans.All the workers are following his orders. Did you hear that? He said, ” You “. Itu bahasa orang putih. In my longhouse the educated ones also speak ” You and I ”
The Ibans have made a name for themselves even in offshore sites. They are brave, highly skilled and reliable. Now they have been trained to lay bricks, mix cement, carpentry. They can easily find employment. They are also educated. Waitlah for the next state election. There may be some surprises. My cousin bought my auntie a house near the hospital. Can you imagine that? Buying a house for his mother. Ibans are very much in demand for their skills.
The Malays prefer the comfort of air-conditioned offices while the Chinese prefer to stay in the shops. How many can be successful businessmen? giggle giggle giggle. Out here on the construction sites, we, the Ibans are Raja (smile smile smile).
Look at him. He looks so smart, doesn’t he? I think he is also interested in me. He is about my age and I don’t see any children or family with him around when I passed by his quarters. What do you think?
(The guy in question is a 1.6m male, sinewy and muscles from hard labor and not from a gym. Very tanned.) Speaks fluent Iban, Malay and Mandarin which surprised me.
To me it is also a healthy development that women are nowadays no longer content to just wait for the man to make the first move. Personally, I am of the opinion all parties ought to make the first move irrespective of gender if there is genuine interest. Saves a lot of time and heartache. 
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Soooo…did the liberated woman make the first moves on the muscle man? ^_^
so far muscle man not yet get the hint ^_^
OK… show me the man and I make the move. kakaka….
When you coming to Singapore? No need to jeles over Dr Bernard, I can also treat you to Geylang chicken. muahahahaha…..
You long life ah! Dr and I talked about you (behind your back) this morning only!
i was sneezing this morning. this means that someone was talking behind my back this morning..foochow saying hahahah
From my point of view who are iban born in kuching at the late 20′s.a liberated iban woman?.My question “how’s liberal are there? Did any of you heard an iban song so called”bujang runggu ensing;,my funny feeling towards the song is there any liberal iban woman? or our iban man not enough”LIHAIII…”.let’s think…
yes, let’s think
long and hard. the woman in question a a success in her career n has a home, a car etc. she needs a mate for life. she is shopping in a sensible manner, in my opinion.