Back to work again yesterday after more than 2 weeks off from my duties.
31st January 2009
End of last month, January 09, I took my off early 4 days ahead of my usual sign off day. Why? because my girlfriend and her parent was in Miri. Since 1st Feb is public holiday in Labuan. Immediately I sign off from my duties on the 31st January, I rush to Miri by bus. I arrived Miri about 4.00 p.m. My gf was already arrive Miri at noon time because she took the 1200 flight from Labuan. So she when to shopping first at Boulevard. Upon reaching Miri, I rush back to take my car so that I can meet with my gf and her parent. The first day of they visit to Miri, I brought them to my house to meet my parent. It like in the movie - Meet the Parent or Meet the Focker movie. It was the first time my gf and my mum see each other since the first time she when to my house was 3 years back. And also for my gf parent which is their first time to meet with my parent. It was kind of introduction and also the next step for me to declared of my intention to take my beautiful Yen Ling as my wife. After the 'Meet the parent' session finish, I took my gf and her parent to dinner.
So I start to think where is the better place to have dinner. And actually I plan for open air style since it was raining, then I have to think of other place. So it end up at one of the restaurant in Miri located at Tg Lubang, near to the giant seahorse at Marina Bay. It look luxury type of restaurant with all kind of fresh sea food where you can just scoop out from the aquarium of pool. Upon arriving at the restaurant, the waitress show us where do we want to seat. So I pick near the window. But it was dark and no lamp post, so it kind of see noting at the sea. Even to take photo also dark. Then came the menu. The look of the menu is not that interesting compared to the restaurant like Grand Dorsset Labuan, so maybe the price is bit cheaper. At it show us the Chinese New Year menu. (it still in Chinese New Year period) So the choice is not as much as it can be. To my very shocking is the price of each dish. So I ordered 4 dishes. 1 vegetable. 1 tauhu with meat, 1 steam fish, and 1 fried tanhoon. The fish is freshly scoop from the pool where I choose from. After makan, and ask for the bill. it cost RM140 plus. And it just only 4 dishes only. And the fish is almost RM100 just less then 500 g. Maybe just 400 g only. But what to do. Already eat and enter into our belly. It was one of the expensive meal and restaurant I ever go to. Even the restaurant was not that pack with customer.
The fresh fish scoop out from the pond
The Most Expensive Dinner at marina bay restaurant
1st February 2009
The next day, Sunday, 1st Feb 09, I drive my gf to Sibu, my birthplace and hometown. Since my gf never goes to Sibu and really wanted to see Sibu, so I bring her and her parent to Sibu. Our journey to Sibu started at 12.30 pm after breakfast. I was driving my blue Proton Iswara. I drive to Bintulu using the costal highway, which is faster and cut short the journey by 1 hr compared using the old road. As I was driving alone the way, I was vesy courious to see most of the car front plate number was missing. As I reach Bt. Niah bridge, I saw alot of car at the bridge, and I was thinking what happen. It was flooding at the end of the bridge. It was about 2 or 3 feets high. But I was not dare to drive across. So decided to turn back to Bekenu and by-pass Bekenu to used the old road. It wasted me about 1 hour. By the time we reach Bintulu-Sibu junction it already 5p.m. Just have the quick coffee to refresh myself before continue the journey to Sibu. I prefer to drive during the daylight since the road is not that good and alot pothole need to avoide.
Alone the journey to Sibu, we pass 3 or 4 landslide. And 1 part near Tatau town was very bad. And all the river we pass by is all flooded with high level of water. But after pass Selangau town, bad luck happen to my car. And it was dark about 7.30 p.m. and I cannot see clearly on the road, My car tyre hit the pot hole. Maybe it was about 10 inches deep. And my front tyre was dented and flat my tyre. But I was pray that my back tyre will not happen anything since I only have 1 spare tyre. And I take a look and only the front tyre was badly dented. And during the incident, another car - Proton Saga new model also run over the pothole and got his front tyre flat also. But the tyre was torn, as for my tire was still ok. So after the tyre change, both of us convoy to Sibu together. In case anything happen again. So we reach Sibu almost 9p.m. which I was hungry and tired after the bad incident. Thank God that Yen Ling was with me. I search for hotel in Sibu area and I don't want to stay near the river bank of Rejang River because it was high tide and flooding. So I decided to search near the not that bad effected area. And found out Hotel Bahgia. Next to Hotel Bahagia also there another hotel. But don't want to stay coz the receptionist is a 'lady'. Once when he/she speak to me, that all my bulu even until my private part hair also naik. So after the check in at Hotel Bahagia (English is Happy Hotel, if you stay you will be happy and laughing like Joker, hahaha) we when for dinner. I took my gf to my old college for dinner, and to my surprise it change. During the dinner, I happen to meet with my old long lost college friends. Since all this years I been try to locate them, and during that night, we meet up again and we exchange contact number. Maybe my luck turn from bad to good luck. After the dinner, we when back to hotel and sleep. Well, at night me and my Yen Ling sleep together and hugging each other like husband and wife.
To be continue part 2...
Photo to upload later.
This year Valentine day, me and my gf went to some place different. We having our candle light dinner at the Labuan Golf Club. It's kind of open air and next to the golf course. But not that satisfy my taste. But it was enjoyable. I have Lamb Chop while my gf having Grill Fish. Taste ok la. Lupa take photo of the food.
This morning about 7.30 a.m. while I was attending the crew boat, the master told me that there is 1 of our oil company hired boat is on fire. The engine room on fire. The boat (Sea Searcher) was caring about 40 passengers to oil platform early morning and about 30 minutes later while on the way the thick smoke coming out from engine room. Upon knowing that the boat was on fire, immediately all the passenger abandon the ship to the next ship that was also hired by the oil company to the same location.
