Trip to Kuching ~ 28 August 2011 - 1 September 2011

On 28th August 2011, I bring my wife & mother-in-law to Kuching, using AirAsia flight from Kota Kinabalu to Kuching. It was my wife & mother-in-law first time to Kuching. For me, it just revisit my so-called childhood place, as my paternal grandparent and relatives lived in Kuching. The last time I back to Kuching was like few years back, maybe 6 or 7 years. We stay at Kuching from Sunday till Thursday ~ 5 days and stay at Tune Hotel, bcoz it cheap and it only cost about RM180 plus for 5 days and its double bed. I rent a kancil cost about RM70 per days for two days, and bring them around Kuching and to Damai Beach. All this trip bring back my memories of the youth days.

Inside AK6033, looking outside Firefly takeoff first from KKIA runway. Our flight delay about 30 minute.

When arrive at Kuching, check in at Tune Hotel, take a walk at Kuching Waterfront. Above is the Astana Sarawak. Used to be the Rajah Palace during the Brooke era. Now is the official resident for the Sarawak TYT.

New Dewan Undangan Negeri, opposite the Waterfront.

View of Kuching Waterfront during sunset time.

One of the part of Court House built during Rajah Brooke time.

Waterfront Kuching ~ looking the skyrise building

The cat statue near the end junction to Pandungan (Near Margrita Hotel)

Darling at the entrance of Damai Resort

Me at Damai Resort

Entrance to Sarawak Cultural Village, Damai

Santubong Mount,

Cat Statue at the Entrance of the Pandungan Road, to Kuching City.

Gateway to Kuching City

Pandungan Roundabout, Intersection to City and other location

Selamat Datang to Kuching

Declaration of Kuching City on the 1st August 1988. Near the white cat statue.

Kuching South City Hall

Hokkien Park near Kuching City Hall

Darling with cat Statue

Darling at Chinese Muzium, Near Waterfront.

Singapore Trip 16 Oct 2009

Post some photo I took while I holiday in Singapore with my dear Yen Ling in October 2009. Cannot post to many. Just a feel photo only. The rest photo in my facebook.

The photo I took at Sentosa Island...

The Beginning of October

It been awhile I didn't update my blog. Today start the new month in the year 2009 - October. Well, I am currently working at Bintulu until 14th October. And 15th October I will be flying back to Labuan, where I will drive my car to KK with my fiancee and her mum. And from KK, we will fly to Singapore by Tiger Airway. I will visit Singapore for my holiday and bring my fiancee and her mum for short holiday.

Day In Sibu - Part 2

This is the continue from my early blog entitle - Visit of My Yen Ling and Her Parent to Miri.

-- Behind the Wisma Sanyan, Sibu. The end of the garden is Igan River.

2nd February 2009

Where should I start..... Ok, early morning, the weather was good and sunshine in Sibu town. The so called adventurous tire puncit last night on the way to Sibu, at the middle of the road and with no torchlight and just used hand phone light to see the hole of the tire and to fix my puncit car, we managed drive safety to the Land of Swan. And the first thing early morning, I goes and repair the car tyre and the rim as well. So that I can drive back to Miri with spare tire. So when to the first tire shop in Sibu, and the workshop told me that the rim cannot be knock it back to the round shape anymore, and the tire need to be replace with the new type. I was thinking that to replace the rim and the tire it will cost me about RM500 plus. So I try to get 2nd opinion. Went to the next tire shop and, the workshop told me, the car rim still can be knock and after see the tyre, it still good and need not to replace with new tire. So it just cost me RM5 for labour charge. Luckily I get the 2nd opinion. Otherwise I will kena makan by the stupid workshop. 

After repair we when for breakfast and sight seeing around Sibu Town. After long time didn't visit Sibu, Sibu town surely change alot. From my old college, it move to the new location and better type of campus. Not like last time, when I first study, it was having class in the shoplot. But it also better, coz everything to get there such like eating outlet, bank, shop, and easy to town by bus. Even now more and more shopping complex being built. Not like last time no place to lepak at shopping complete. If want to lepak, kena ikut orang tua lepak at kopi tian drink kopi. During my time between 1998 - 2000, the only place to lepak is Sing Kwang. Then the end of 2000, Wisma Sanyan juz completed. It with suddenly all the Sibu people flocked to the new wisma and student start to lepak there and enjoy the air con. It the first Parkson in town. 

The whole day, we when around the town of Sibu. From Sg. Merah and to town of Sibu and walking along the old shop. The landscape of the town maybe change. But the atmosphere of the old town is still there. From end of the town we walk till the famous pagoda at the another end of town. Well, It the first time my gf been in Sibu, of course have to bring her walking around the town. One time that may not change i.e. flood. Almost every year, there surely will be flood in the town area especially the riverbank area. This year must be worst year. As almost section in Sibu is flooding. 

Day fly very fast. Even whole day of going around Sibu, but it still not covered every part of Sibu. Maybe if another day in Sibu, should be good enough if want to visit every cover of Sibu. In evening, we check-in another hotel near to Terminal bus. name of the hotel is Medan Hotel. It was quite new new with almost everything looking new. The good thing is Flat TV in the room and with wifi. And it cheaper compare with other hotel around the town. So after the diner when back to the hotel and once again I hug yen ling like baby sleeping. Maybe was tired and the next day need to travel back to Miri. This time after the bad adventurous journey to Sibu, plan to drive back in the morning. .... To be continue part 3

What am Yen Ling thinking??

Yen Ling posting picture at Wong Nai Siong Garden @ Sg. Merah

Visit of My Yen Ling and Her Parent to Miri - Part 1

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. 

Busy Date!

Since I back to Labuan for my off duty for about 2 weeks, I been going around the town and must spend every single time with my gf. Guest I will be have very limited time to write in my blog for couple of day. You know la.... busy dating with Yen Ling.
Will try to write something once got any idea and topic.

Haf a break...

How it feel like be your last day working before you take a break off from your duties. Today will be my last day in office for the month of July before I leave to Miri tomorrow and then fly to Labuan on Friday to meet up with my darling. It been since almost 2 weeks I din't met her. Well busy with my travelling to KL and Johor for business trip. Unfortunately she can't follow coz' she need to work in Labuan. But my plan is to finding a job for her in Bintulu. Only I can find a job, then she will want to go Bintulu, so that she can be with me in Bintulu. In this way, we can be together always. But we will plan to get marry soon (very very soon) and stay in Bintulu for time being. It because of my job in Bintulu most of the time.

Once again, it good to have my off day. Can sleep late, and do alot thing. Maybe I should start play golf. Not at golf field with the pro. Just start at golf range first. Still the beginner for me. Just to pass time only. But I need to survey for the golf equipments first.