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2 February 2023
Above: Orang Ulu mural at the Sarawak Cultural Village. Today, I took my guest to Sarawak Cultural Village for a taste of Borneo culture. It’s a place I always try to take my overseas visitors. Ivan, with peninsular Malaysian origins, would be quite new to most things Borneo as well. We started with a walk […]
1 February 2023
A friend Ivan arrived last night. Due to my upcoming departure to Singkawang, he stayed at a hotel rather than with me. I picked him up for a breakfast of Sarawak Laksa at Lauya Keng, a Teochew temple in old town. He was unsure if his empty stomach would handle the spice, so we tried […]
31 January 2023
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 […]
30 January 2023
I woke at 0130 after 7h of sleep and continued to doze and sleep till 0600. That’s nearly 12h in bed. I must have needed it after the stress of the last few days. The included hotel breakfast at 0730 was awesome. I chose the Vietnamese style kwayteow with pork steak. I went for a […]
24 November 2022
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 […]
19 November 2022
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 […]
15 November 2022
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. […]
3 November 2022
Above: Penang is connected to the mainland by two bridges, one of which is seen from my flight. Flying to my nightstop at KLIA I ordered a car at 0800 by the Maxim app and had trouble finding a driver that would accept. I switched to Grab and had an instant acceptance. I then realised […]
2 November 2022
Above: My favourite laksa shop was closed today and I had to make do from another place that wasn’t as good. I moved from the beach to George Town today for several reasons. To save on an early wake-up at Batu Ferringhi, for more local food and for a cheaper hotel. To make the most […]
1 November 2022
It was an achievement coming back from Europe to wake to the alarm at 0700. I was sluggish but I forced myself to do my first bit of exercise in nearly two months. I was keen to make use of the pool in the fine weather but procrastination and rest delayed my exercise and it […]