The hotel restaurant ran out of all but two breakfast choices this morning.  But they had exactly what I wanted, the Vietnamese sandwich.  It was light but enough to tide me over till the lounge at the airport. I got to the airport by Ojek this time for a bit less than the ride in […]

Above:  Some of my dental bills. Coronation Day Today was my Coronation 👑 Day.  Sometimes bad things strike at the best times.  During my two stays in Kuching this trip, I learnt that I had a tooth decay that had killed the tooth and needed a root canal and then a crown 👑. I had […]

Above:  Inking is a relatively recent measure to minimise allegations of individuals voting more than once. Having lived outside of Malaysia since attaining adulthood, I’ve never voted here.  Today, I exercise my constitutional rights by voting for the very first time in the Malaysian General Elections. My brother and I arrived at the nearby polling […]

I spent about 1h30 in the Kathmandu airport lounge but ate little since we had eaten just before.  As our flight had a 40 min delay, I headed to the gate around midnight and cleared security to enter the departure hall. We boarded the Malaysia Airlines B737-800 to Kuala Lumpur and pushed back around 0050.  […]

Tomorrow I will attempt to fly from Kuching to Baku in Azerbaijan.  I start with a confirmed 1045 Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur booked a long time ago partially using points that were expiring. All other arrangements were built around this but plans took multiple turns as most options for the remainder of the […]

Unexpected dental work I had eleven nights in hometown Kuching, not all of which was pleasant.  I had fewer catch-up with friends than normal but more family get-togethers because my nephew Julian (and wife) were visiting from Los Angeles.  And there’s also an early birthday dinner with family for my brother’s 60th. The bad part […]

The Borneo Cultures (plural) Museum opened recently, after a long delay due to the pandemic.  I had booked in advance to make a visit along with my brother but in a few days, bookings will no longer be required.  The museum is currently free-of-charge to visit. The museum attempts to showcase the cultural heritage of […]

Above:  The State Legislature in my hometown Kuching. Today we fly from Penang to Kuching, my hometown.  We felt obliged to have one more round of the awesome laksa before we depart.  We took breakfast at 1000 before checking-out after 1100. Text continues after this gallery.     Ordering a vehicle online, we ended up having […]