A City of Cats

Love cats?

So I had a little getaway to Kuching, Sarawak. Stayed at Margarita Hotel. It was ok. I forgot how much it cost to/from the airport. It's a fix fee for taxi. 

It's quite spacious. I just love king size bed. So much room to throw your bag on.

The bathroom was ok. The bathtub is just way to tiny. Taking a shower was not fun. I rather they have just a proper shower. Water will get out and wet the bathroom floor and I hate wet floor.

The hotel view. There's a mountain, remind me of HK. The weather was ok. Quite hot, but not as crazy as Sg. 

This is the many choice of breakfast food. It has a pretty ok selection. I love the black olive and the toasted bread with olive oil. I like putting walnut in yogurt too. There's cute mini pancakes and waffles but I never take that. 

You have to eat midin, their traditional veggie. Its really good and I don't know where else you can find it. We ate ours at Top Spot. Basically it's like a food center like Newton, but it's just seafood stalls. 

Our stingray is huge. It's 1.2kg. It's overcook and doesn't taste like the normal stingray. We tabao it in the end. Like 700g of it and ate it for supper with cup noodles. The curry bamboo clam is unique and it's quite nice especially if you dip the fried sotong in. 

You have to eat the lobster there as its pretty cheap. Wanted to get the one huge lobster, but it was sold out. We were a tad too slow. 

Another food you have to eat is their noodle(kolok mee) and the 3 layers coffee(teh c peng). It's hard to see the layers from this photo but it's there. I do prefer the hot one. 

Our last dinner was spent in Koka. It was normal, slightly cheaper than Sg. But I feel the one in Sg is nicer. And they have their regular there, so we wasn't treated as what I had expected. My standard is quite high. I can say my partner was not complaining. But I miss Koka fried rice. It's one of the nicest fried rice I've tasted. Oh I finally tried fried ice cream, it's quite nice, from the food vendors along the Sarawak river (Waterfront), but it's way too oily. 

Lastly we eat the kueh lapis. Tried ours from Dayang Salhah as it was recommended as the best. I don't know cause I never tried the rest. But we had to cross the river to get there. It was nice in the shop, you can try as much as you want, but when we bring it home it was just so-so. So go there, experience the RM0.5 per person per sampan ride, and taste the kueh. Maybe buy one if you feel bad, but it really wasn't nice when eaten at home. 

So ya, we stroll a lot. Got hot and feel sian. It was relaxing, but I just wish there were more food around. A pointless relaxing 4 days if you ask me. 

If you also ask why I didn't go to their museum or visit the long houses? I will say I find it pointless. From travel bloggers and pictures, I feel that I've seen it that I've experienced it. So the money spend going there is not worth. Rather just chill in the hotel with air con and HBO. Yes lame, but it's good lazy days. Doing nothing is my favorite thing to do. Especially since when you go back to Sg, you have to do everything. So I rather like my nothingness. But if I were to choose all over again, I think I would have book a place near the sea. Their beach(es) looks nice. And maybe go for trekking or something. This is the first trip that we go and we know nothing about. So it's pretty scary and confusing. But the main reason to go there is just for chilling and enjoyment. 

So ya. Oh, we did went to the mall, empty inside. Tua Pek Kong Temple, the oldest temple, to offer some incense. Walk through the Chinatown, really old feel and not enough snacks/food store. The wet market was pointless too. It will be great if you have a kitchen to cook at, but nah. 

I feel Kuching is like an empty Bali. There are many pubs around. A few clubs and stuff, but it's just too empty. There is a potential if tourist would just visit. Like a party island, but I doubt they want that as their tourism strategy. But yes, potential. All I could think of when I see the vacant shops or the empty store was how do these people survive?

As a cat city, there wasn't much cats too. I only saw maybe 3/4 in total. So all in all I feel you really need to be a city kid to visit Kuching as only then you'll get to enjoy doing the touristy stuff. It's a nice town with a flair of all religion living in harmony. Everywhere you look, you'll see a temple, a mosque and a church building. It's really cool. Hindus temple too I guess. Red, white and green living in harmony. I really like that. But yes, if you want to get off the busy life and want travel by plane, Kuching may be a place you can hide. If not, a boat ride sanctuary to Batam is ideal.

Oh there's nothing much at the airport. So don't reach the airport too early. The duty free is cheaper in Sg. For more info, just search "what to do in Kuching" on Google. 

Genting Trip

Genting was fun. <3

It was tiring to wake up so early in the morning, but managed to sleep in the bus all the way. I sleep a lot on trips. Go Portdickson also slept the whole way. When small, can't/don't even sleep on journey at all. Now, sleep all the way. Anyway, the journey was a short one. The bus driver is awesome.

Leave at 630am, 1130am reached, then went to eat. Hotel check in only after 2pm. So had to wait. Went to casino, spent 20RM trying out how to use the slot machine. Walked and eat, then at 9pm went to watch movie, What women want. It was just like the English version, but a bit different.
“While the plot structure has been kept close to the original, the new film will take a look at social dynamics and workplace relations between men and women in China in a humorous way that has rarely been seen in Chinese movies,” said producer Dede Nickerson. She is a Beijing-based former Weinstein Company executive who has been a long time consultant at Paramount, the studio which released the original Women.

Monday went to KL. Walked walked walked. Speaking of walking, i need flats. Anyway, tried to find fy, and finally found jco. No mochi though. Sad, but at least have yogurt. Yogurt is love.

Then try out this non-alcoholic beer. Hehe, taste weird.






It seems all i did was walk and eat. But yup, walk eat walk eat walk eat, sian but also not sian. Haha. It is a fun trip. If only time could stop.


Tuesday, went to casino again. This time i played. Insert 10RM, play a machine, won some money. Then went another machine, and won 60. Then lose again, until the last won the free games and managed to win 2000 over credits. So total balance was 167RM. I won 157RM. Shiok right? But the person beside me lost 30 that day. So total lost 50. Hahaha. :p

Oh well. The fun about this trip was everything. Especially 21.02.11 midnight. The weather was awesome. The company was great. Everything is just so relaxing. The perfect getaway. Thank you <3

Port Dickson

Thistle hotel

So we drove all the way and we overshot the hotel. Nan de coz the sign is basically in the other direction. Only when we u-turn that we saw it.

Hannes Jiayu Kolia Hendri and I are in one car. Tzuhao William Boonchiat Chermin and Yogi in another. Anyway after reaching the hotel, it sort of took forever to get our rooms. We reached at 9+. Leave SG at 4. The hotel is only open for 543 days.
And we all are separated into 5 rooms. 3 rooms on 5th floor. 2 rooms on 3rd. There is a total of 6 floors. Then, since Yogi and my room in the center of the guys room, our room sort of become the meeting point.

After unpacking, we went for a drive finding a place to eat. It was already 10 and the places were close. Kept driving around, finally found this restaurant that serve seafood. Joined 2 tables together, ordered 2 portions of everything. Yogi say the thing bout Bc is that he will just order both if unsure between A and B. The guys kept ordering rice. The last order of rice, the aunty was like 没有饭了 to the waitress. And she said so loud we all heard it. She started to ask one of the staff to buy rice and we told her no need. In the end dinner cost 10bucks per person. RM236. After dinner went to 7-11 to buy snacks and water.

Then back at the hotel. Kolia, Hen, Han and Jiayu went back to their own floor. I was the only one from the 5th floor in the same car as them. So i went up to my room first. Then when the guys came back, all go their own room cept Tzuhao. He wanted to steal my chips. In the end Yogi went to next door. William went for a walk. Tzuhao stayed in my room. On the tv watched some soccer match, lying down on the bed and we started to have h2h. It's more of him talking and telling bout his life and his broke up with his 6 mths gf. Poor guy. When Wil came in, he stop talking. Hahaha. Then start when Wil went out.
It has been forever since I have a h2h on the bed. It used to be one of my favorite pastime. Just sit there or lie there and talk and listen and laugh.
I was thinking it will be W who will talk to me but he hardly say anything meaningful at all. Usually he is the one with many psychological stories to tell us.
Anyway, Th so bad. He was like "eh I thought all the people in poly will be at least dating or have a bf. When is it going to be your turn. You are like the only one who got no one to bring into the group." He say if I got bring someone it will be a super miracle. Like ha ha ha.

Oh well, basically the attached guys get a sim card so they can call their precious girls. They all like so stress. Always on the phone. At one hand, I was wondering if I will be like that. Constantly in need to contact him. On the other I want to see if he is like that.

So the night gone by. Yogi came in at around 4. At 8 plus I go get ready. We were suppose to meet up at 9 for breakfast. In the end 9+ then we all meet up. Then find breakfast. After that drive around looking at the beaches. Drive to a few places and we decided to check the hotel beach.
So we got ready. We wanted to go for banana-boat. But in the end we went snorkeling. The best part was in order to go to the snorkeling place we had to take the banana-boat which seat 7 people. The rest 3 had to sit in the speedboat. It was so relaxing. With the wind in your hair, the sun shining down your face, if only the ride don't end.

Snorkeling: poor Chermin got cut on his left feet. Remind me of the finding nemo that angelfish. The cuts just look like that. Kolia, Wil, Bc all got cut too. I was like why I never got cut. Then during lunch, I realized I got one on my finger. Seriously, something wrong with my this left pointy finger. In HK, the nail broke. Now I got cut. It wasn't what, but it's painful when it's in contact with water.
There is no fish, well there is, but nothing we can see. The corals are black, that's what they say. So we went back to the hotel. This time the guy driving the boat purposely make us fall off the boat. Well all of us are ready and purposely tilt to the left except for Jiayu who suffered. Poor girl.
Then we jump into the pool. Swim for a bit. The guys play slides, and got told off. Haha. Then we went into the Jacuzzi. As usual the guys make the whirlwind or whatever it is call. Basically we walk around in circle in the jacuzzi then after we feel the current, we all turn back and just fall in, let the current take us around. It is fun.

For lunch, went to eat KFC. I have no idea why, but kfc it is. Had to drive super long to get there. We occupy the whole of 2nd floor. Our own lil party.
Then went to the giant Giant. Bought lots of snacks as usual.

Back in the hotel, we just chill and talk. Then they play dai di. Loser drink. Somehow it lead to me teaching them more than 30. Play play play. I lose 6 times. Bc 7 Th 5 Yog 2 W 1. How unfair is that?
Then wanted to go for Mexican dinner. In the end W, Bc, Chermin and Yog went to dabao the food for us. The rest of us back into my room again and play. This time we play md. So remind me of school. But I never win.
Th kept telling people if they want to go on the bed make sure their legs are clean. Like as if he gonna sleep in it. But ya he did. After so long, the guys finally came back with our food. Then, after eating and snacking, they went back to their room one by one. Yog went to find his friends and only Th stayed to watch soccer. So I watched with him. And we end up falling asleep. He is so big and took up most of the bed. So unfair. The telephone ring, he also never answer. Made me go all the way there to pick it up, but the person on the line hang up liao. He only woke up to off my alarm the next day. Then I took my own sweet time getting ready for check out. Yog end up sleping with his friends.
So we drove all the way to Malacca for lunch. Then walk around. Then went to Jusco so the guys can get their sours to bring back SG.

That's about it.
It does not seems like much. But it was lots of fun. Way better than HK. I guess cause you are with friends. Then like you know it's only for such a short period of time. So we make use of our time.
Oh and total spend including the many chips that can last a normal human for 2 mths is less than 350sg.

And my favorite chips.

See the Kaka' on the cover? <3