My Kuching Trip

Yuhuuuu... I'm back. hee..hee..hee..

Ialah, aku jarang dah update blog aku ni sebab aku selalu menghilang.

Oh ya! I'm going to Kuching on 10th July until 13th July 2009 aritu. Suppose to attend Rainforest World Music Festival. But then due to H1N1, we decided not to attend. Walaupun takde apa2 tapi prevention is better than cure. Betul tak? So, pendamkanlah saja niat nak tengok orang main sape. huhuhu No worries, next time masih ada lagi.

However, since we bought our flight ticket & hotel, both myself & my friend, Suhana decided to ronda-ronda at Kuching. Lucky us because her friend dengan murah hatinya meminjamkan kereta kancilnya for us. Yeehaaa... so apa lagi, pengembaraan bermulalah.

We landed at Kuching International Aiport around 9:00pm. Then terus pergi rumah her friend at Matang Avenue nak ambik kereta. And thanks again to her other friend yang sudi ambik kita orang kat airport. When we reached at her friend's house at Matang, huhahuha here and there we reached hotel almost midnight. hee..heee..

On our first day in Kuching, of course must try their kolok mee at Satok. Then we pergi Serikin. Wah!!! bermacam-macam ada. Tak tahu nak beli apa. So, saya beli bekas crystal brand Soga, kain baju kurung, souveniers for friends, kain batik lepas. Memang murah giler lah barang kat situ. Ramai jugak pelancong dari Semenanjung on that day. Ha! dia orang pun borong sakan.

Then, balik dari Serikin we decided to jalan2 kat Waterfront Kuching. Chewah ! teringat dulu2 selalu lepak dengan kawan-kawan masa still study kat ITM. Banyak kenangan tu, salah satunya, aku terserempak ngan my bf with another girl. cis cis cis! tapi aku buat slumber jer, dia yang mengelabah. haa..haa.. eh! melalutlah pulak.

Bestlah jalan-jalan kat Waterfront ni. Tapi sedih jugak ada bangunan bersejarah kat tepi tebingan sungai Kuching dah dirobohkan. Anyway, memandangkan kita orang jalan punya jalan sekali tengok dah sampai kat Indian Street. Teruslah aku pergi cari kain batik motif orang ulu. Nasib baik ada yang berkenan. So, belilah untuk Mr. Hubby. Bolehlah nanti Mr. Hubby buat jadi baju kemeja batik sure cantik punyalah sebab design Sarawak. Everytime ada function asyik2 pakai motif baju batik biasa aku pun bosan tengok. haa..haa..haaa...

Lepas tu, kita orang pergilah pasar minggu kat Satok. Wah! kat sini pun best jugak. Souveniers pun murah-murah.

Hari kedua di Kuching, we all breakfast at Madam Tang's. Kalau tak silap somewhere di Padungan. We ordered laksa Sarawak. Then, Suhana ajak pergi kilang pasu. Katanya nak membeli perhiasan untuk rumah kat Labuan. I'm not decided to buy tapi, when I reached there? wah!!!! murahnya! so, dengan aku sekalilah beli pasu sarawak jugak. Way to cheap compare kat Bintulu. Ialah kat Bintulu mana ada kilang aku rasa semua ambik kat Kuching.

Aku belilah pasu perhiasan for our house in KL dan pasu yang kecik-kecik boleh buat souvenier untuk kawan-kawan kat KL nanti. Aktiviti selepas itu, free and easy. Anyway, sempat jugaklah kita ke seberang. Ingatkan nak naik perahu tambang.h ee..hee.. Tapi Suhana cakap driving jer lagi bagus. Sempat jugaklah pegi tengok DUN baru ngan lebih dekat. Ialah, the day before tengok dari seberang jer. haa..haa..haaa Balik dari seberang we went back to hotel and park our car. Then, terus jalan kaki pergi Top Spot. Katanya nak having our dinner kat situ. Wah! ni lagi satu tempat makan yang sedap dan murah. Bila aku kata murah, memang betul-betul murahlah tu.

While having dinner sempat lagi kita orang fikir, why don't we watch movie? Tengok Transformer ke? tak kisahlah lambat asal jer dah tengok betul tak? So, we jalan kaki pegi tengok wayang. By the way, Top Spot to our hotel only 5 minutes walk. And cinema pun 5 minutes walk from our hotel. Convenient kan?

Nasib baiklah ada cerita Transformer at 10:30pm (kita orang reach cineplex at 9:45 macam tu). Sempat jugaklah snap here snap there. hee..hee.. The next day kita orang having breakfast kat Satok. Sepatutnya meet my friend over there, rupanya kawan aku ni salah dengarlah pulak. Dia pergi tunggu tempat lain, kita orang kat tempat lain. lawak sungguh. Nasib baik akhirnya dapat jumpa. Yes, she's my coursemate di ITM dulu. I think more than 10 years tak jumpa after graduate. So, bila jumpa dunia kami yang punya. Lama giler we all borak sekali tengok dah 11:30am. Imagine my friend masuk office kejap jer pagi tu. kuang kuang kuang.

After we say good bye, kita orang pergilah memborong ikan terubuk masin for our colleagues. Then pergi window shopping kat tHe Spring. Balik dari tHe Spring singgah lagi kat Saujana nak minum White Lady. Sepanjang tiga hari kat Kuching, hari-hari kita orang bedal White Lady. Nak tahu White Lady tu apa? tengoklah kat my facebook yer.

Lepas tu hantar kereta yang telah dipinjamkan. Takkan nak bawak balit kot, mana muat. haa..haa.. Memang seronoklah trip ke Kuching ni, walaupun penat tapi best. Oh ya! both of our husband izinkan kita berdua pergi bercuti. Jangan fikir Mr. Hubby kat KL, aku sesuka hati jer jalan here and there kat sini. No way! Before I bought my flight ticket (few months ago) I asked permission from Mr. Hubby. Lagipun Mr. Hubby kenal my friend, Suhana. Husband Suhana pun kenal both of us. And lagi satu, jangan musnahkan kepercayaan yang suami kita dah beri kat kita. Am I right?

Anyway, here's some pictures masa kat Kuching aritu. More pictures kat FB. Malas nak edit kat sini sebenarnya. (",)

Kuching - Day 3

It's Monday and maksudnya hari ke-3 saya di Kuching. That morning we round-round looking for a place for breakfast. And I ordered ayam penyek. Not very yummy. I only eat half of it.

After isi perut, our group split to 2. Maya and Maureen went to Anggun at Satok. Bershopping sakan dia orang di Anggun, apa tidak all those kebaya yang berlabuci bagai, harga rm400++ dia orang bagi discount sampai harga rm40 - rm80 sepasang. Harus dia orang tak membeli. Like they said, rambang mata, Maureen cekup 6 pasang baju & Maya get only 4. And 4 of us going to Crown Tower & tHe Spring.

Crown Tower, I like the design.

Di sini, saya cuma membeli mainan for my buah hati, Damian.

And, then tHe Spring. I went to Charles & Keith Satu pujian untuk diriku sebab tahan iman dari membeli. =) Or sebenarnya saya sudah target di Pavilion, KL?

tHe Spring

Tapi sayang, baru je kita orang melepak kat sini, blackout pulak. Boleh? Geram pun ada. So, we all lepak at Kluang Cafe. And harus ada Big Apple tau. hee.eee..heee.. My friend pun tergoda jugak, I asked them to try the Durian Flavour. Semua said yummy. Went back to the hotel at 12:30pm nak check out.

After check out, still have time, we went crazy and pergi Anggun sebabnya some of them interested with the baju kebaya & shawl yang Maureen beli. Kak Zana bought 2 kebaya for her daughter. Cantik shawl yang dijual tapi sayang no red colour, the owner said red colour sudah habis diborong oleh Dr. Fadzley (yg penyanyi tu). Biarlah aku promote sikit pasal this kedai, the owner win 3rd place during Piala Datin Seri Endon 2007 (ala, yang pasal pertandingan batik tu). How do I know? Because, the daughter of this kedai sent us back to the hotel. Harus dia bermurah hati nak hantar, my friends spents almost 1K over there. For those in Kuching singahlah ke Anggun, tengah sales stock clearance. But I do really like the owner and her daughter very friendly person.

OK, time to go to the airport. And it's raining. And lepas tu flight delayed for 45 minutes. =( Reached Bintulu at 8:30pm. I'm tired.

Kuching - Day 2 (Part 2)

On our second day in Kuching, went to Satok. Bought souveniers (pua kumbu & key chain). After puas pusing-pusing Pasar Minggu Satok then we went to Parkson @ Riverside Majestic because my friends looking for their baju, heels, tudung for our event that night.

At Satok.

I brought my make up kit tapi sebab malas nak make up then we asked the promoter at Clarins Counter if she provide those service and we found out it cheap. So, 6 of us make an appointment. Maureen and I went to Hair Do at SP, Maureen set rambut and myself said wash only tapi tengoklah hasilnya. Then with that 'vogue hair style' we cross the road and went to Parkson for make up. Malu pun ada tau nasib baiklah kat Kuching orang tak kenalkan.

And this is the result. Thanks to Clarins yang telah 'mencantikkan' kita orang. =)

While waiting for others friend, so kita org pun posing sakanlah.

Oh! This is the dress that I bought at Blook but not the Cardigan.
Itu Cardigan lama from Yin & Yang kebetulan matching with my dress.

With Huzaimah & Maureen. We're ready!

With Rosita.

Officemate yang attend the event except Bron (not in the picture).


OK, this is the event. Nampak tak pelamin tu, cantikkan? Well, we all went to Kuching sebab nak attend our colleague punya wedding.

Inilah Pengantin Perempuan. Smile all the way! She's very pretty that night.

And we loves her dress, simple but look nice.

'Pengantin Baru' are smiling.

Feels like only yesterday I get married. heeee...heeee.heee...

OK, enough! Yours truly diapit Bron & Kak Zana.

Ada gamelan tau, but too lazy nak ambik gambar at the front.

Kuching - Day 2

Opps! Kenapa saya jadi cantik begini di Kuching? heee...heee...heee.... Perasan eh!

This is the original picture.

The same picture as above tapi telah diedit.

And this, charcoal version.

Kenapa saya jadi begini? Sebenarnya, saya ada event di Kuching on Sunday evening. Itulah sebabnya kita orang ramai-ramai terbang ke Kuching bersama-sama. What is the event? I will mentioned later.

Kuching - Day 1

We landed KIA at 8:30pm and went direct to Holiday Inn Kuching.

Our room number.

After check in, then headed to Top Spot, walk distance, about few minutes walk from the holiday. Looking for food, we're hungry. And I heard the seafood are cheap over there.

With Maureen while waiting for our dinner.

With Maya, beautiful lady from Ranau.

My collegue, Hayati recommend us to try Oyster Egg and i'm wondering how it look like. She said it's yummy and after we taste it,we feel the same way too. Crunchy! However, a little bit oily. Some of my friends said, the other stall have a better taste.

Oyster Egg

I think Butter Prawn at Bintulu Golf Club is the best. I don't like this one.

Prawn cooked inside the bamboo. My friend ordered it for us and it costs RM70++ only for this dish. Too expensive!

I guess, the food at Top Spot considered cheap (we ordered 2 veges, sotong goreng with tepung, ikan bakar, buttered prawn + drinks costs us around rm130, except for the prawn.

Muka yang kekenyangan.

Tired

I'm tired, that all I can say! Our flight yesterday delayed for 45 minutes. Gosh!!! The KIA 'tidak mesra penumpan langsung' (ada ke ayat macam tu? hee. heeee...heee..). Not much seat for waiting and the arrival & departure are in the same place. huh!! Pening kepala tengok manusia yang arrive semalam. I don't believe it. Even Bintulu have a better and organize airportlah. I mean the arrival & departure hall are not in the same place. If you depart you will not meet up with those who arrive. But in KIA, you will meet up with those who arrive. No wonder I heard so many complaints about KIA before. Last time when I went to Kuching, the airport are still under construction.

Anyway, i'm enjoying myself while in Kuching. Will updates with pictures later.

Kuching, here I come!!!

Yahooooo!!!!
I'm flying to Kuching this evening. Will be back on Monday evening.

I guess the last time I went to Kuching in year 2005. During my final semester (MassComm), one of the project is, we need to organize Family Day for MassComm Students and we decided to do it in Damai Beach Resort. Cool!!! We have lots of fun. And that's it! Since then, no more Kuching trip.

And today, I will be landed in Kuching after so many years!!!