Being in a new place at a certain point of time might open up your mind to other culture and background. I have never been anywhere near this place before and truthfully before I met him, I have never even heard this place called "SARAWAK".. Its weird how beautiful the place is but its rarely mentioned during geography class. Anyway, I had a 2013 early trip to Kuching, a city in Sarawak.. It was a great experienced..
It was afternoon already by the time I arrived at Kuching. It was a small airport with little people. However, I know that there is something amazing waiting for me behind those airport walls. After passing through the immigration, i went outside to see who would pick me up from the unfamiliar airport. And there he was.. My man..
We drove away from the airport to the city.. Stopped by his friend salon to get a hair cut, went to pick up his dad in his workshop and then home.. Took rest for awhile and went out for dinner with his family.
His family was very welcoming and warm. His parents were loving and kind, his brother and wife was kind and friendly as well not forgetting his little niece. She was so cute and chubby.. Awh,, pretty small little cute baby girl.. She likes to be dressed up pretty and gets upset if she does't get enough sleep.. >,< His sister and boyfriend were very welcoming too. I knew his sister and her boyfriend in Melbourne, we often meet and have dinner or lunch together.. I enjoyed my stay there very much.. The feeling of at home was there, it feels like a place where you will want to go again in the future and will miss the place when you left..
A few days later was Chinese New Year, I celebrate CNY in a foreign country with people I just knew and it was Marvellous. We went to his grandmother's (mother's mother) place. She actually looked pretty young and she was still strong. She could still walk on her own without any help. That was actually amazing.. We ate lunch (Misua) there.. Well,, surprisingly, that was the only place we went for 牌年 (visiting relatives during chinese new year).. After that we went home and everyone had their own agenda already.. My day wasn't over yet..
From then on, we went to his friend's house to 牌年.. It was amazing to know what they do in each and every house. It doesn't matter how many guest was there, they will always find a place and gamble. This lasted from a day before chinese new year to the fifteenth day of chinese new year. Every house they go, its either blackjack or majong.. I am just wondering how they would go through the whole year. I mean, no offence guys, but what I heard is that the beginning of a new year, you should be doing something good so that the year ahead will be good. But if you start a new year with gambling, doesn't that just mean that you'll be gambling off the whole year.. I was told that it was a tradition.. So, just go with it..
On the forth day of chinese new year, my boyfriend and a few of his friends normally go to the top of the mountain to pray. There is a huge temple. Why on the forth day? Well, it is believed that on the forth day, that is the time the 伸 (god/goddess）return back to earth. We went there very early in the morning. We start driving at 5 in the morning, because when it gets late, it will be more crowded. People tend to go there as early as possible. After praying for a new year, I ate Misua from the temple, my boyfriend says that it will bring luck if you can get to eat the first batch.. After a fierce fight, my man got two full bowls of Misua for us.. :)
At night we would go karaoke or go for a beer.. Or some other night we would just be sitting in a kopitiam having kopi.. hahaha.. Their karaoke place was pretty different. It was an open area, so there wasn't any special rooms for people. Its just an area, people would sit there, drink and wait for their turn to sing. Everyone else could hear you sing. I couldn't get a picture because the place was pretty dark, so there wasn't any point of it anyway. I celebrated my birthday in one of the karaoke place "Route 42".. With a few of his friends.. I wasn't prepared, coz I didn't think there was going to be any sort of surprise, picture taking or cutting cakes.. :) Thank you guys for the cake and the song and the wishes..
He also brought me to some tourist attraction area.. It was pretty refreshing.. Far away from the hectic world, just me and the scenery..
Here are some memorable pictures when I was at Kuching. It was simple remarkable and enjoying trip.. Can't wait to visit again.. :)
A few days later was Chinese New Year, I celebrate CNY in a foreign country with people I just knew and it was Marvellous. We went to his grandmother's (mother's mother) place. She actually looked pretty young and she was still strong. She could still walk on her own without any help. That was actually amazing.. We ate lunch (Misua) there.. Well,, surprisingly, that was the only place we went for 牌年 (visiting relatives during chinese new year).. After that we went home and everyone had their own agenda already.. My day wasn't over yet..
From then on, we went to his friend's house to 牌年.. It was amazing to know what they do in each and every house. It doesn't matter how many guest was there, they will always find a place and gamble. This lasted from a day before chinese new year to the fifteenth day of chinese new year. Every house they go, its either blackjack or majong.. I am just wondering how they would go through the whole year. I mean, no offence guys, but what I heard is that the beginning of a new year, you should be doing something good so that the year ahead will be good. But if you start a new year with gambling, doesn't that just mean that you'll be gambling off the whole year.. I was told that it was a tradition.. So, just go with it..
On the forth day of chinese new year, my boyfriend and a few of his friends normally go to the top of the mountain to pray. There is a huge temple. Why on the forth day? Well, it is believed that on the forth day, that is the time the 伸 (god/goddess）return back to earth. We went there very early in the morning. We start driving at 5 in the morning, because when it gets late, it will be more crowded. People tend to go there as early as possible. After praying for a new year, I ate Misua from the temple, my boyfriend says that it will bring luck if you can get to eat the first batch.. After a fierce fight, my man got two full bowls of Misua for us.. :)
At night we would go karaoke or go for a beer.. Or some other night we would just be sitting in a kopitiam having kopi.. hahaha.. Their karaoke place was pretty different. It was an open area, so there wasn't any special rooms for people. Its just an area, people would sit there, drink and wait for their turn to sing. Everyone else could hear you sing. I couldn't get a picture because the place was pretty dark, so there wasn't any point of it anyway. I celebrated my birthday in one of the karaoke place "Route 42".. With a few of his friends.. I wasn't prepared, coz I didn't think there was going to be any sort of surprise, picture taking or cutting cakes.. :) Thank you guys for the cake and the song and the wishes..
He also brought me to some tourist attraction area.. It was pretty refreshing.. Far away from the hectic world, just me and the scenery..
Here are some memorable pictures when I was at Kuching. It was simple remarkable and enjoying trip.. Can't wait to visit again.. :)
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