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1 February 2011
It was another early morning start for me, to catch the 0810 AirAsia flight from Chennai to Kuala Lumpur. Less than four hours later, I was in KL, landing at 1430. It was a much nicer time to fly the route compared to the traditional schedule of the full service airlines, leaving at night and […]
30 December 2010
I got invited by a friend Rashidah to join her extended family for a little hike on Gunung Serapi which locals also refer to as the Matang mountain. It was news to me that the short sweaty hike would take us to Sarawak’s oldest Hindu temple. A temple was supposed to have been built here […]
29 December 2010
Today I paid a visit to a farm owned and operated by my old school friend Patrick. It’s possibly the only farm in Sarawak that employs considerable mechanisation. To make it more special, it is at the base of the karst mountain that hosts the Fairy Cave … a beautiful setting indeed. It’s about a […]
22 December 2010
I had to go renew my passport today. 5 years ago, it was a 1-day service. Now it is a 1 hour service … the fine print is that it is 1 hour from payment. The reality is that there is a bit of waiting before you get to make your payment. I had to […]
21 December 2010
Today I flew with Malaysia Airlines, departing Kota Kinabalu at 1000 to my hometown of Kuching. Malaysia Airlines surprised me with a gorgeous prawn sambal nasi lemak on the 1h20min flight. They’ve changed their catering spec, finally. It used to be a (singular) mini filled roll or croissant … with next to no filling. That […]
20 December 2010
I took an excursion out to Klias River today, near Beaufort (2 hours each way) to see the fireflies at night. It was a pricey excursion but there wasn’t much of a choice apart from not doing it! The programme included more than just the fireflies … there was afternoon tea, boat-safari to view the […]
19 December 2010
I woke early to take the public transport (shared minivan taxi) to Kota Belud for its famous Sunday market. It’s the stuff that childhood dreams are made of, influenced by those tourism posters eg. Bajau horsemen, markets selling jungle produce, water buffaloes being traded … all against the backdrop of SE Asia’s highest peak, Mount […]
8 October 2009
It is 3am. Kim is rather sick from both ends … it is like Revenge of the Pharoah meets Linda Blair from Exorcist, the movie. We went to the doctor just to satisfy ourselves that the dehydration isn’t too severe that it would affect his kidneys (which were recently impacted by another event). We don’t […]
14 May 2009
Above: Do you think this newspaper has had a few Obituary pranks? We left Semporna for KL this evening via Tawau airport. It is sad this marks the end of our adventure and the reality of work awaits. We’ll miss Semporna somewhat but it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. We like: the fact that it […]
13 May 2009
Kim and I didn’t want to get going today. After witnessing the best yesterday, it was hard to get motivated. Today we were bound for Kapalai and Mabul Islands. We didn’t know much about these sites. We soon realised on our first dive at Sunken City (Kapalai) that the cloudy skies didn’t illuminate the water […]