Irwin Umban (2025)

06/06/2025

Throwback to our last Gawai celebration 🌾

This was actually my first time celebrating Gawai in my parents' new longhouse — and wah, the feeling was something else.

Surrounded by family, laughter, and the familiar sound of gong and sape music in the background… i miss all of it 🥹

This time, I was there with my biu biu, her sister, and her mother-in-law too.

We also sempat dress them up in traditonal iban costume, how did they look? Hehe

We makan non-stop 😋 From traditional dishes like pansuh, kasam babi, and lemang, to endless rounds of snacks and kuih.

And of course, what’s Gawai without a bit of tuak and the harder stuff… but we minum sikit-sikit saja la, health kena jaga juga kan? 🤭🤭

Anyway, I’m really thankful that I'm alive and well to experience Gawai again, this time with my loved ones ❤️
Also sempat main2 with cute newphew 😙

While we're there, sempat also go to Mount Hosanna for a quick tour and prayer 😊

All in all, it was a beautiful Gawai. Truly grateful for the memories 🥹

May our culture, love, and unity continue to live on 🌾✨

P.S. We’re currently editing a video of our Gawai experience — can’t wait to share it with you all soon! 😙🎥

18/05/2025

Finally found the time to post this!😆

Lama juga tak update Instagram sebab I purposely removed the app to protect my mental space — avoiding mindless scrolling and unnecessary distractions.

Anyway… dalam diam-diam, ubi berisi… eh silap, ubi berkahwin!

Yes — we finally got married!🥳🥳

Our wedding was supposed to happen back in 2023, but life had other plans. When my cancer relapsed for the second time, everything had to be postponed. But yesterday, by God's grace, we finally had a simple and intimate ceremony at our local church — and it was beautiful.

Thank you so much to everyone who came and celebrated with us.

To our amazing groomsmen and bridesmaids — thank you for your help, love, and for making the whole day run smoothly.

Our priest, Father Simon, also said the best advice too:
“Marriage is like Nescafe and Milo mixed together. Once it becomes Neslo, it cannot be separated — until death do us part." Funny la our priest! 🤭😆

But above all, we give thanks to God. For His mercy, His grace, and the second chance He gave us both — not just in life, but in love.

Through our journey of fighting cancer together, both my wife and I experienced a deep renewal in our faith.
We’ve gained so more — a stronger bond, a bigger family in Christ, and love beyond what we imagined.

Now that we’re officially husband and wife, we pray for a future filled with love, laughter, and (hopefully) a few kids of our own — God-willing!

Here’s to new beginnings, grounded in faith and overflowing with gratitude.

25/03/2024

CHEERS TO UNLOCKING OUR GREATNESS! 🥂

Yesterday we just wrapped up the incredibly life-altering event in our life: the Millionaire Mindset Intensive 🥹

And let me tell you, it was nothing short of mind-blowing. 🤯Mind blowing as in it blew away all of the deep rooted limiting belief that's holding me back from achieving greatness in life.

I believe everyone else was transformed in their own way too. I believed everyone get to uncover the limiting beliefs and mindset blocks that were keeping them from reaching their full potential.

The trainer, Robert and Alan did such a wonderful job at helping us do just that. And we had so much fun breaking our limiting beliefs and mindset. So thank you Robert, Alan and to all the people who put this event together 😊

To all my brothers and sisters reading this, seriously, if you're stuck in a rut or craving a breakthrough in your life, attending this event is an absolute game-changer.

Don't wait another second gais. Dive headfirst into this experience and watch as your mindset shifts, your confidence soars, and your life transforms before your eyes.

Own your greatness, my friend – it's waiting for you on the other side of fear. 💪✨

20/11/2023

Yeah, so i got baptised last Saturday. Amen to that 😇 Thank you to Fr.Simon, my Godfather, and everyone else who helped make it happen😊

To be honest, i used to have strong Catholic faith when I was a kid, all throughout high school. Then I started to stray away from Christianity during my uni years up until the days I had cancer. That's almost 10 years.

But that doesn't mean that I didn't believe in God. It's just that I tried other ways to connect with God through meditations, teaching of Buddhism, Islam, Confucius, Rumi and even through my own Iban culture of workshipping God. I even do crazy stuff like astral travelling in order to connect with God.

Anyway, being diagnosed with cancer changed all that. I really thought I'm gonna die for real and constantly seek the meaning of life and life after death.

And as I seek answers to these questions, the answer came to me, which I felt throughout all the cells and being of my body, and it was during a moment of greatest pain and suffering while I'm being hospitalized. For almost a full day, i suddenly acquired powerful imagination, where anything I imagined, good or bad, becomes real right in front of my eye.

So of course, i play around with "this gift" as it was fun too :) but one of the most powerful moment for me was when I had the thought of imagining what Jesus and Mary looks like, and they instantly shows up in front of me, wearing white and shining robe. There were no words said, just that Jesus sits down beside me and touches my thigh and then left with Mother Mary.

That's when I felt God's healing and also him giving me the purpose of my life; that as I am healed, I will help other cancer patients heal as well.

Indeed, on 29 Sep, my latest scan doesn't show any cancer cell anymore. Yes, i do a lot of stuff alongside chemo and immunotherapy, but in a way, I choose to also believe that I am healed through the power of God.

So thank God all these. May I live a long life, deepen my faith and help many others who are suffering too 😇🙏

10/11/2023

ME IS IN DILLEMA 🥲

So... my latest scan doesn't show any cancer already, which is awesome, which means my cancer is in remission :) Meaning cancer tidur oredy.

but... doctor says I still need to continue with high dose chemotherapy to ensure that my lymphoma would sleep for as long as it can.

Still there's a risk of it coming back, and risks of me getting a ton of side effects & damages to my body which can be permanent and that is scary gila.

Or I could just continue to follow the advice of this one uncle that I met, a cancer fighter also, where he quit modern treatments and medicine and does holistic living instead like intermittent fasting, prayers, physical activities, taking supplements and anti-cancer herbs, avoid unnecessary sugar intake, and now he's 14 months remission, no treatment whatsover.

Actually I've been doing the same thing he did since Aug when I had my immunotherapy, where in 2 short month, ask you can see in my previous post, my lymphoma is no longer detected.

With the latest scan, it's confirmed that now 💯% of the cancer is in remission.

So macam mana now?
Follow Uncle's advice or Doctor's advice? haha

04/09/2023

She thought she was just gonna visit me as I was having my 2nd immunotherapy at the hospital yesterday.

But little did she know that she's getting a little surprise from me 😋

Happy birthday mi amor 😘 also my nurse, my pharmacist, my doctor, my secretary 😆

Thank you for being there for me through all the ups and downs 😊 Together, we can get through any challenge that life throws at us💪 With God's grace of course 😇

27/08/2023

Today I seek for healing from this place called Mount Hosanna, very famous for healing and miracles, together with my family, uncle and aunties, niece and nephews 😊

Kita percaya saja yang kita sudah sembuh because the Lord says:

"Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours" - Mark 11:24

26/08/2023

Bumped into my high school friend. More than 10 years haven't met. Last time we were single and now we are married 🤣🤣

It's little things like this that brings me joy 😊😊 Can't wait to have a grander reunion with the rest of the gang one day 😇

Also i looked like i gained some weight yo 🤣

23/08/2023

Gifting myself the joy of going back home for my birthday 😊😊 Sama2 balik with my mom, who has been taking care of me when I had my treatment.

Lama betul belum balik rumah since my cancer fighting journey last year.

Also first time trying Myairlines. Very spacious and comfortable. 😊 Got keras abit la the seat. Prefer airasia punya huhu

20/08/2023

Just finished my Sunday evening run earlier. Broke record yet again huhu🫢🫣

Can't help but push myself to be better and better each time I perform a routine/habit.

Old habit die hard 🤣🤭

But don't worry gais. Anang irau hehe.

Since almost a week ago, my energy level and appetite has been increasing, and I eat highly nutritious foods and supplements to support my body recovery & rejuvenation. 😊

Agi idup agi ngelaban 😙😆😆 wuuhhhaaaa!!! Hallelujah

19/08/2023

Just want to share with you all something truly personal to me 😊 and hope it will inspire you guys in some way 🙏

If you read it, it may sounds scary to a lot of people because it brings them close to the thought of death itself.

But hey, honestly, we all are dying anyway, and only God knows when.

So in my case, since battling cancer, I'm forced to be confronted that death is near. In fact, if I was born in a different time without modern medicine, I would probably be dead already.

But hey, it's a good thing guys 😊 I love myself and my life. I feel truly at peace and harmony with myself and God. My life has meaning and purpose now.

So while I'm still alive, I'm gonna create so much impact in this world 😊 Because life is short. Make the best out of it guys💪💪

You can adopt the same mindset and reminder too guys.

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