writing it...

wanna have a little taste of shanghai??

in kuching, u can.
















located at Jalan Keretapi. If you happen to know where Tarot Cafe was, this shop is just hiding at one corner near Tarot Cafe.




















they had this big poster inside of their restaurant to make you feel like your in shanghai but it never does.

the specialty of this restaurant is their reputable 'xiao loong pau' which was previously available at King's Centre but suddenly vanished in thin air.

Other dishes such as the roasted duck and noodles was a little disappointment for me.

anyway, if you're craving for 'xiao loong pau', this is the only place to feast your lust.

There's one poster that attract me....













it's kinda blur but it sure is nice to see it yourself...

where can you get the best of local foods out of sarawak??

the answer... COURTYARD
















It's under the same roof with Sarakraf Pavilion(before Westwood) at Jalan Tabuan

In the morning, the place operates just like any other tourist destination displaying local cratfs and selling them too.

In the evening, this place turns into a cafe, bistro and a restaurant.
cafe and bistro operating from 5pm until 1am.
restaurant on the other hand operates from 5pm until 1130pm.



the theme is being local. from the structure to design. from design to food. its local



If you're a food lover, i do recommend this place. it just brings out the best of the local food and you'll just simply love it.
Sarawak is known for its pepper so they often use it in most of their dishes but undeniably fantastic though being spicy.

Once you'd tried it, you start to appreciate being local.
















it's finger licking good















hell yeah...

i support earth hour 2009...



















so i'll be switching off all my lights by 8.30pm-9.30pm (+8GMT)

switch off to support earth.
leaving it on to vote for global warming.

who do you vote for?

i vote for earth. there is only 1 earth. appreciate it.

after feasting their lust for the pool, it's time for corporate games...
what game? as usual, i don't even know what the name was called but i can explain how its being played.
Everyone is being divided into 2 teams of equal number of members. The leader of the each team is selected among themselves. Then the leader will give each members a number including himself starting from 1 acsending by 1 until the number of the last person. The 2 teams are being lined up face to face separated by a distance of approximately 30 metres. An object, either a ball or anything tangible(i mean 'grab-able') is being placed in the centre between the two teams. The judge will stand in the middle and shout out a number. The member from both team with the same number will run towards the object and grab it. They must run beyond their own team or the others to score. The unfortunate one who wasn't able to snatch the object will have to try to tag the other person before he runs beyond the teams.







getting lined up...






the guys n gals played separately though...





my team...












and theirs...








Both teams were neck to neck at the 1st round. We were given a short break in between before the 2nd round.














We decided not to change our numbers and maintain our usual numbers. Who knows... this plan turned out great for us. We outplayed the other team each time we collide.
Its fun to win...*grins*

Playing this game at the beach is the best. Physical fitness can prove you wrong like this guy...







yessshhh... i got it..

















now RUN!!


















uuhhh....


















too bad...TAGGED!!!













kolien...


after the game ended, we all roughly had an hour of free time before our dinner. Some played beach soccer and some continue to feast their lust for the pool.

Buffet dinner at the resort was barely enough for everyone of us(as usual). Fortunately the resort prepared some extra victuals for the cormorant 'higher mammals'.













After dinner, meeting.

































We sang and sang and sang till our voice went hoarse...

loads of information and their eclectism regarding the aquaculture were being displayed in the 'aquarium'. Many of them caught us in curiousity as we spent almost most of our life in land so its no surprise for us to awe at the fishes.





fish preserved using chemicals... not ikan masin method...













fake but real-life looking fish on display... not for consumption....








how to manage the fishes' food not ours...







you can find this in sarawaks' stream... but the can i find it when the water looks like kopi c all the time??















hall of fame...







apart from cam-whoring, we did our part as a human to satisfy our curiousity by randomly reading the articles and information regarding marine life or sufficely to say aquaculture presented by the department. And for those with cameras, we tried our best taking all types of shots from any angle we could.



raja lagu...









'me and myself'







seeing from above...











and below...








after pleasing our curiousness, we headed back to our obstinant nature - cam-whoring...









spoilers...













nice..












eliminating skp..





the tempreture outside was really making my shirt wet with my own sweat(not drool)...
so we headed back into the building to enjoy another type of 'fresh' air...




trying to use the source we had effciently...








then suddenly someone accidently knocked down the model that i took photo with earlier. The place was serene all the while but the sound of the model falling made the atmosphere even serene or suffice to say commotion.





're-model-ing'







curious on who's the culprit?? i won't tell but i'll give a clue...





got the clue??







we spent approximately an hour and a half at the 'aquarium' if i weren't mistaken. Next plan, lunch at lundu...









the food at lundu was just average. Though being an suburb, having lunch could burn a hole in our wallet. If we weren't aware at first place and let our voracious appetite lead, we would be looking down at heel by the end of the day.

we departed to Retreat Resort shortly after our lunch. Shortly after we arrived our destinated place, the brothers' took charge to the the swimming pool. Doing things their own way...

some played 'monkey'...








some were 'bombing'...












some splash water as if they never touched water before...









some 'bancuh air'...









some got their head knocked by the ball...









some went to the baby's pool to look cool...












ACHOO!!!*sneezes*













some cut their body in 2 parts....









some learn to swim...









some kiss their own leg...









some eat their own towel...









some eats the pool...









truly 'hardcore'....

what happens when a bunch of daft punks went for a trip while having a camera along??

here it goes...

day 1.
arrived at the meeting hall around 9am(actually we had to depart by 9am but as usual, kuchingites are being used to be late for almost any occasion). I'm assigned by ah nick to drive a gospel van to Lundu then the brothers from hall 1 jovially claimed that they'll follow the gospel van that i'll be driving as if the devil may care. On the other hand, isaac got the privelege to drive the other gospel van which is fetching the sister. lucky guy~

Along the way, the whole van was filled with eclectic noises of laughter, cheering, screaming, shouting et cetera.





young artist...









...who plays humdrum melodies












~laughs~





ah nick told us to stop by a place which he self-proclaimed 'aquarium'. Han ning recklessly answered him okay that in the actual fact that none of us in the gospel van i'm driving nor i isaacs' knew where exactly is this so-called 'aquarium'. We only had 1 clue - it's at sematan. But which part? Initially isaac was tailing me but out of nowhere he got excited and overtook me. Shortly after awhile, he noticed that he got no idea where to head to as he don't even know where is the 'aquarium'.




me... cluelessly leading the way...









with isaac tailing...






He called us and asked us whether do we know where to head. To our frolicsome nature, we told him that we knew where the so-called 'aquarium' is. So he tried to slow down his car in order to let us overtake him but we just don't want to overtake and stayed tailing him.*chuckles* As we got nearer to sematan, isaac got completely clueless so he balked his car by the roadside so we can properly overtake him. The frisky-ness in us hastn't faded so we balked behind his car too. He got down from his car and tried to ask us for directions but as soon as he approaches us, we just drove off leaving him behind. *LAUGHS & CHEERS* Coming back to our humane thoughts, we balked at the small 'pondok' by the roadside to wait for him. Few minutes later, he joined us and 'lepak' while waiting for ah nick to catch up and lead us. Ah nick showed up few minutes later and led us to the so-called 'aquarium'...




lepak-ing...











listening to stories...





The place was not called aquarium but there are aquariums with sorts of fishes inside. It's actually a place built by the aqua-related department of Malaysia to promote aquaculture among the citizens. It's like the museum we had at Padang Merdeka but it's all about aquaculture. Instead for learning aquaculture, we did erratic things such as...



















CAM-WHORING!!!!!!



this photo...















reminds me of Sajin Komamura from bleach anime...



















he is an anthropomorphic canine...