THE LAND OF HORNBILLS

The Waterfront

I came home last night, after spending 3 days and 2 nights in the very hot and humid Kuching, Sarawak.

It was an idyllic holiday.

Reflection of the Square Tower

The four of us, Ms Lactose, CK, Sekinchan Boy and myself, loitered practically everywhere around Kuching to take photographs (main agenda), sample the food (second agenda – since most of us are suddenly health conscious), sight-seeing, and enjoying each others’ company (the ultimate agenda).

Wait a minute.. what happened to the Mangkok clan?

Well, we did joined them.. but only for dinner on the first night, at the famous Topspot, an open air concept food court. Out of the six of the Mangkok clan, only 3 of them are pleasant enough to be human… err.. I mean, friends. Ms Mangkok herself is not bad at all as a person. She is just lack of common sense in organizing. Well, I guess there is a price to pay to be beautiful.

The other three – the two Korean sisters, (they have Korean like features, alright, unfortunately hampered by lack of basic grooming skills – and I thought I was terrible in grooming, and lack of social ethics – probably they are mute) and one Mr Constipated, who seemed to be frustrated all the time. I think that his shit cannot come out from his ass (due to a stick perpetually stuck up his ass – that explains the frustration), that it had to come out from his mouth.

We decided not to let these morons dampen our holiday spirit, so we parted amicably after the dinner and tried to avoid their paths at all costs.

Waterfront II

We went to the Waterfront, Sarawak Cultural Village, two newly open makan place: Red Ruby Garden in Jalan Petanak (belongs to a friend of our host - if you don’t want to check out the food, just go there to check out the gorgeous lady boss) and Jambu; a high end restaurant, Damai Beach, clubbing at Soho and Grappa. Soho is a laid back place, if you would like to enjoy nice music, watching football matches and it is a less stuffy and smokey environment; whereas Grappa is a gas chamber, and the place to go if you want to grope people or be gropped.

Teh C Special


Salmon with Honey Mustard

Since CK and Ms Lactose were leaving earlier than us (yes – no thanks to the person who made the booking), SB and I tried to maximize our time there to the verge of breaking our legs, to explore Kuching.

We went to two museums; the Sarawak Museum and the Islamic Museum (The Cat Museum is closed on Sundays and public holidays – how stupid), four temples, Fort Margherita and the Palace.

Fort Margherita.. not the drink..


The Palace

At the Lim Fah San’s temple, SB insisted that we burn some joss sticks to this Goddess of Mercy as whatever we wished for would be definitely granted as she is always giving fellow worshippers the “OK” sign.

Sure OK One!

Things to learn from this trip

Never ever go trips with people you don’t know.

Never wear stilettos to Sarawak Cultural Village (“SCV”).

Never order Chinese tea. It is RM1 per glass.

Don’t go in antique shops if your nose is super sensitive to dusts.

The fridge magnets in SCV are far cheaper than the ones sold in the Waterfront bazaar.

Drink plenty of water.

The sampan tambang (boat for hire to cross the river) only costs a few cents ranging from 30 sen to RM1. We got bullied by a very old sampan man, because we were tourists.

View from the Other Side

Sarawakians’ taste bud is a bit bland. I think our KL Sarawak laksa tastes better. (We sampled three different shops’ Sarawak laksa to make this inference). The Ko Lo mee is nice though.

Sarawak Laksa


Ko Lo Mee

Always hold your own boarding pass. The custom officer mistook SB as my husband. *UGH*