Kuching Trip : Day Two

If you find this post boring,

blame Kuching. :P

On the whole, I find Kuching enjoyable not because of the places I went, but because of the company I had there. That's being honest. I was actually in for a pretty dull trip if not for the people I met. So thank God for that.

My travel experience tip would be, if you wanna go Kuching to have fun, don't just stay in Kuching City and expect to have the time of your lives there. Because coming from soneone who spent 5 days in Kuching City, it isn't exactly all fun. :)

Anyway,
Day Two started out with a promise, having Arsenal beating Liverpool 3-6 in Anfield, Liverpool's home that morning. Bwahaha.

Ok seriously,
we woke up reasonably early by MY standards that day, having few of the Kuching people who were also Praveen's college mates picking us up from the hotel. Everything's just so near to each other so we didn't trouble them much, i think.

First thing we did?
Breakfast.
First thing 'uniquely Kuching' we had?
The famous Sarawak Laksa.

Which unfortunately,
I forgot to take a picture of.
Dammit.

When I actually remember, 3-quarter of the Laksa is already gone.

My verdict : Pretty overrated actually. :P Tastes ALMOST EXACTLY the same with the curry laksa we have back here in KL. But that doesn't mean it sucks rite? It's good. Just nothing out of the ordinary. :D

We then went to one of the Kuching gang houses.
Because that is what they pretty much do everyday anyway for fun.
Going to each other houses.
Haha.

I was initially curious how houses would look like there.
To those Kuching people reading the blog, no I did not think of treehouses but more to 'different-styled' houses from the ones we see in KL.
=.=
I just had to be defensive there.

Yeap. Most houses in Kuching, actually looks like this.



NOTHING VERY DIFFERENT RITE?
CAUSE WE"RE ALL LIVING IN THE SAME COUNTRY-LAH THAT"S WHY.

Just because Sarawak and the Peninsular is divided by a reasonably big sea, that doesn't mean their houses will have to look any different rite. :|

We spent some time in the house,
actually... THINKING of what to do. Lol.

Random pics in the house.


Praveen, a friend of his and TK(standing up) looking entertained.


Me, pulling my pants up.

It was pretty funny for the 3 KL dudes because we felt a little bad 'troubling' them, making them think of where should they bring us next.

Conversations made throughout the 5 days went pretty much like this everytime..

"ehh... where to bring them now ah??"

"err.. want to go watch movie??"

"ehh lets go sit the sampan lah"

"dowan lah.. eh where to bring them... let's go eat?"

"what about a movie.."

"let's go eat..."

Tip of the day : When you can't think of anything else to do, bring your guests to someplace where they can munch of food (and actually buy you enough time to think of where to go next).

What the Kuching people told us is that, there's basically NOTHING else to do in Kuching besides eating. So that's wat exactly we did.

We finally all decided to go for a sampan ride on Day Two anyway.
Which was actually a pretty neat experience. :)

One trip to the other side of the river will cost you around RM0.30.
Very long never see such a price for ANYTHING in Malaysia liau.
So was pleasantly surprised lah.

Erm,
There's... actually... nothing... else.... much.. to.. talk.... about.. regarding.. the .. sampan..

So,
these are the photos I took.


A view of the river from the bank where we departed.


The inside of the sampan which a group of us sat in.


Row, row, row your boat..


A view from the 'other' side. Pretty nice huh.

That night,
we went to Sportsplanet Kuching.
To play futsal.
Yes. Sportsplanet have a branch in Kuching.


Futsal.

I didn't play though. Cause I'm 'kaki bangku'.
And I dont want to risk embarassing myself that night infront of my new friends.
So I opted for the wiser option of not playing. =)

What else, what else.
Ah.
That night, after the futsal,
the 3 of us went back to our hotels to change.


3 vain pots.

and,
Diana asked us out for dinner cum supper.
Praveen joined his friends while TK and I joined Diana.
Oh yea, Praveen's college mates are Diana friends too!
So they basically know each other. So hanging out won't be a hard time.

ANYWAY,
Diana brought her younger sister along and we... basically.. ate lah.
I ordered Char Kuey Teow because I wanted to see if they are any different from the KL CKT.
It's pretty much the same.. their portion's a little bigger though. Maybe just that shop lah. I shouldn't really generalise.
Price should be a little cheaper.


Diana(who wants to see her photo on this blog) and her sister, Sandra. Haha.


Kuching CKT.

Shit I don't know what else to say.
Day Three will be a little more interesting, I think.
:/

Sry for wasting your time.
It's Kuching I tell you!
Grr.


Day 3: The eating day, up next!
-alexeO-

Kuching Trip : Day One

It was one sunny afternoon(i think), when Praveen called me up and asked me whether I would want to join him, a few friends, and Teck Kuan on a trip to Kuching.

I didn't give him a direct answer then, but I ultimately refused anyway.
Few days later of doing nothing, I regretted refusing the offer, so I went and tell Praveen I would want to go and if it's possible.

Be it fate or what, Praveen hasn't booked the tickets at that time.
So I could actually still go.
I later also found out his friends couldn't join him for the trip..

So who finally boarded the plane to Kuching?




Us.

I must also mention that it was pretty unfortunate that I didn't take many photos on Day One as we arrived around dinner time and I was also extremely tired. Stupid plane rides.

So this is gonna be a boring Day One post.

blah.

Diana, a kuching resident who studied in the same college with me last year, was on the same plane with us! She came to KL to sell her books and to settle some uni stuff. We flew to Kuching with her. -.-


Diana and TK.

People often get curious how sitting AirAsia is like.


AirAsia. Now everyone can fly.

For me, AirAsia is like any other plane. The only exception is that they do not serve food.
They SELL them. Just like a ride on a plane without any extra services. And when I say extra services, I do not mean EXTRA services thank you.



RM7 Nasi Lemak. Praveen had it on the way home and loved it.

Approximately 1hr and 40mins later,
ears clogged and hurting with the pressure,

I finally got to set my tired feet on East Malaysia.

It was my very first time. On the Kuching International Airport runway.
I wanted to take a pic of the plane which I was on but as I was beginning to slide my camera out from its pouch, a big group of people unknowingly strode by in front of me.
I immediately slid my camera back into its pouch.

It wasn't long before I realised that hey.. this is really happening.

I'm in the famous Catcity.. where residents often joked to each other on how the "KL people" think they still live on trees.. where Teh-C-Peng is the morning drink for the adults and children alike.. where shopping isn't exactly fun and mamak(s) hardely seen,

Omg.




i AM in Kuching!


Day Two up next. :)




-alexeO-

Kuching is 'cat' in Malay with an extra 'h'

I got back from Kuching yesterday with Praveen and Teck Kuan after spending around 4-5 nights there.

In brief, Kuching's a nice little quiet, clean town/city.
Everything's just so near to each other. Friends, over there are generally closer too as they all live in the very same town just minutes away from one another.
It's like having the whole of my classmates staying in Subang Jaya for example.

I realised too I have not been blogging recently because nothing seems to be blogging-material.
Anyhow,
My next few posts shall be on my wonderful Catcity experience featuring of course, the wonderful people and food of course. :)

Kuching-in-brief which I may elaborate futher :-

Sat in a 30cents sampan in Kuching River

Kolo Mee.

Had 3 18-yr olds under one small gay flower-printed umbrella under a heavy rain

Laksa.

Met Kenny Sia

Kampar Mee.

To be honest, the Kuching people were right.
There's nothing else much to do besides eating and hanging out with friends.
But come to think of it, that's basically what anyone will do anyway regardless where he or she is living.

Oh well.
Photos up soon.


-alexeO-