Let's go Kuching again!! :p

On our last day, my father was feeling a lot better ( got his appetite balik ). We took the family out for a steamboat dinner at a nearby eatery in Batu Tiga, Kuching. The eatery compound, currently co-owned by a chinese and malay restauranteur, consisted of three Halal restaurants.

The Banquet which serves dim-sum and other various chinese dishes, Mus Grill and Lounge served, grilled food ( quite similar to Charcoal in Brunei ) and lastly, After Five, which served barbecued seafood dishes. The great theme is that you can order any of the dishes from all of the three restaurants, at which ever restaurant you choose to dine in.

Since it was a clear night, we chose to dine outside and ordered dishes from Mus Grill and After Five Restaurant. The yummy Steamboat was priced at RM 100 for 4 person, there were eight of us, so we ordered two portions of Steamboat, but when the dish actually came, wow such BIG portion mah, we should have ordered one only. Hahaha. 

Mus's Lamb Chops and Cheese Fries portion were big and generous as well. Tapaw balik lah some of the remaining food. :p At least the journey back to Brunei, we won't be so lapar. ( note to self - must try the Dim-Sum next time! ) :p

Dim-Sum anyone??

Seafood Goodness.. :p

Grill-out time!! :p

Look at the food!!! banyak sekali!! :p

Muka kanyang :p

Mum (Nancy) and Dad (Mohd. Dani)

Sis ( Ana ), Brother in-law ( Lan ) and Shapul :p

One stop Seafood Paradise.. :p

The Spring and Four Points Hotel, Kuching

From Hot Spring to the Spring (hehe!!) the newly opened shopping mall is enormous, the shops are great!!! comprising of outlets from Esprit, MNG, Levi's, M.A.C there's also an Apple Store!! It's all here people..You don't have to travel to KL to enjoy this shopping experience..Just drop by to Kuching lah.. :p The Food Bazaar Area is also filled with restaurants like Secret Recipe, Starbucks, Big Apple Donuts etc..I'm hungry for more!!! :p

It is what it says it is.. :p

Love the Spring! :p

Have Korean Food, will eat!!!! :p

Senor Sariff celebrated his birthday ( tak tau le yang ke berapa..pasalnya rahsia!! yea right!! :p ) on Saturday, we all surprised him by spending the night at the Four Points, Sheraton Hotel. My wife had arranged with the Hotel Staff earlier for a complimentary surprise birthday cupcake and fruit ensemble to be put inside their room ( as usual she got her way!! ) . Thanks again Four Points Staff!!! 

Hope you had a great birthday Sariff!!! :p

The Hotel also had its grand opening recently, so the stay was very very good. The Deluxe room cost about Rm 235 ++ ( not bad eh, worth every penny ). Guess which hotel in Kuching is our favourite now??? :p

Cute :p

Points out of ten...BIG TEN!!! :p

Thumbs up for the service!! :p

Ronda-ronda..

Friday afternoon we went to the Hot Spring, situated in a secluded area in Annah Rais Village, the journey to the Hot Spring area took about 45 minutes by car. On the way, we also passed by Borneo Heights Resort, we didn't have enough time to go there so next time saja lah..:p

The place, to our surprise was well kept and clean. The unpolluted mountain air felt so refreshing, the stream water beside the hot spring was really cool, calm and welcoming. Ahh..so siuk lah..:p

On our next trip to Kuching, we made plans to go to the Hot Spring again, the lady who is in charge of maintaining the place, said that there is a barbeque area near the Hot Spring as well. ( Yay!! I'm so looking foward to our next trip!! :p ) . But, before we headed back home, we stopped by the Bidayuh Longhouse of Annah Rais ( there are no Iban Longhouses in Kuching area, in case you guys were wondering! :p ) and bought some souvenirs from one of the villagers. 

3 minutes short walk to the Hot Spring.. :p

Sampai dah..mamam lah keropok!! :p

One with nature.. :p

A view of the Hot Spring.. Look at the clear water!!!

Annah Rais Bidayuh Longhouse

We were welcomed by some villagers who offered us rice wine a.k.a Tuak. "You know who" drank three shots of it, and fell asleep in the car on our way back home..( kuat kali ah Buleeh!! ) :p

World famous Sarawak Pepper. :p

Old sewing machine.

Mcm banar ja beh :p

The Longhouse was quiet because most of the villagers work in Kuching..kalau weekend baru ia.. party time!!! :p

Some of the elders still sell souvenirs for tourists.

Weaving away.. :p

You can only guess what is in her hands.. :p

At Home in Quap, Kuching.

I was born and raised in Brunei and my family had just moved back to Kuching about 6 years ago. I do miss being with them but then, the whole family would usually come to Brunei to celebrate Hari Raya, during Sultan's Birthday celebration and sometimes during New Years..

That is the reason why we seldom go back to Kuching, so when we actually do go back, I love riding on my Dad's bike hehe.. as well as admiring my mother's flowers..

Early morning Gecko :p

Mari minum Teh Bunga..

Well Done Mama!!

Morning Dew :p

Miaw!! :p

We are in Miaw!! :p

On the next day we strolled around Kuching town's Waterfront, the girls shopped a bit at first, then we went on one of the boats and paid the kind man RM 20 for a half hour sightseeing tour. Interesting and saddening facts that I heard from the boatman is that the government has made plans to demolish the old dockyard and wet market area to make way for the new Waterfront Hotel to accommodate the ever growing tourists in Kuching. Out with the old and in with the new eh.. No wonder it was so quiet in Kuching town that day, there were not as many boats near the docks like before, things do change fast around here.. oh well :p 

Peace from Kuching!!! :p

Kg. Melayu Mosque.

Brooke Dockyard soon to be demolished, the plot will be replaced by the new Waterfront Hotel ...sigh :p

Bringing tourist :p

Some of them ( boatmen ) live quite far away, so they do actually sleep in the boats... :p

My brother in-law mentioned the river is filled with Crocodilles..eh paji inda kita tungkal kah? :p

Gunung Santubong shaped like a woman lying down. Legend says that the two quarreling princesses  

( Santubong and Sejinjang ) were turned into mountains by the King of Heaven. :p

The girls with their antics :p

Tribal Mask at Khatulistiwa cafe.

Gambir Asli....View with caution!!

On The Road Again...

Somewhere in Bintulu another 144 km to Sibu!! :p

My wife suggested that we make an emergency road trip to Kuching, after my mother called me up and told me that my father was ill. Jaan and Sariff tagged along since they've never been to Kuching before. Packed a lot of food ( Pop Mie, Keropok and cans of Red Bull ) for the road trip. It took 11 solid hours for 800 km trip  to Kuching..( panat J**** ni!!!  haha :p , good thing jua Sariff jadi second driver tu, mun inda haha lagi panat!!! :p). Our journey starts in Miri at 8:30 am, and Alhamdullilah sampai at my place at 9:30pm. When we got there I was relieved that father got a little better..Phew!! 

We went on Wednesday and stayed till Sunday. We managed to go to a few places of interest. Kuching has been prospering nicely since our last visit there. Pictures of that will be up loaded soon. :p

Sunday morning at 4:30am we made the Journey back to Brunei ( packed with rempeyek, tempoyak and more Pop Mie!! hehe ).

Along the way, there were acres and acres of Sawit Plantation.

Pit stop..Mamam Time!! :p

We love Pop Mie!!!

Ciggy Break!! :p

Jauh lagi Nie!! Just look at the view..:p

sRGB Success?? !!! YaY !!!

The hardest thing that i've been trying to achieve is my colour scheme for my photo uploads from my Mac to my blogs. I've been having this dilemma for quite sometime now, but I think I found a way around this issue FINALLY!!! Just wanna let off some steam and show off that I've done it right some how..Hmmm Kaluk maybe or am I just HEBATZ so there!!! hahaha :p 

Before : UGHHHH ugly ugly colour scheme!!!

After: ..TADA!!! Success!! I am now MAster of the Universe Haha :P

Louis Mini Zoo

Never smile at a Crocodille..:p

Before we headed out to Kuching, sempat jua kami ke Louis Mini Zoo in Tutong...First time there..siuk ada jua mainly because of the big, big Crocs ( not the shoe brand!! haha ) it was fun seeing them eating up a whole chicken..kesiannn ayam atu eh..jadi korban keganasan ish ish ish.. :P

Yang membari kesiannya are the Orang Utans, the mini zookeeper warned us not to get too close to the Orang Utans because they're grumpy and over sensitive..mostly because when visitors came to see them, some of the irresponsible ones kept throwing stuff at them like rocks and other things..We were scared at first because they kept on banging on the steel cages and huffing at us, but when we actually heard the story from the zookeeper, we kinda felt sad for them instead. What trauma must they've endured over the years?? Think about this when you guys look at these photos of them..:P

Originally downloaded by, Jabing Aura.