May
24
People in Kuching love to makan (eat in Malay) and you could be forgiven for thinking about food all the time. Malaysians enjoy eating out and embrace food from different cultures.
There’s at least one cafe on every block. The cafes here are called kopitiam (coffee shop) in Hokkien. Every kopitiam carries not only drinks, it usually has stalls selling noodles, roti canai, chicken rice, etc. The prices are very reasonable. A bowl of noodle can be as cheap as RM2.50 (USD0.80). I am in noodle heaven!
2pm at Boulevard and it was still full house
My Sunday breakfast: seafood noodle soup & roti canai. It's totally fine to have noodles and curry in the morning.
steamy hot clay pot noodle soup for lunch
Organic food products are available in Kuching
Posted in Hungry Girl, Kuching food Kuching
May
24
Went to market with mom today.
Took her forever to do the shopping because she likes to chit-chat, and so do all the shop owners. ;-(
chatting away
this shop owner still uses abacus. :)
Posted in Kuching abacus Kuching market
May
24
In order to be independent and go places in Kuching on my own, I braved myself to start driving in the city yesterday. My Malaysian driver’s license has expired, so I am using my international driver’s license.
Malaysia drives on the left side of the road. Surprisingly it took me no time to get used to it.
I drive my parents’ 15 year old car. So, I have less pressure on the road among the aggressive Malaysian drivers.
Coming from Fairfield where I consider three cars at the traffic light frustrating, driving in Kuching definitely needs a bit of patience. Try to avoid rush hours is key. My legs almost went kaput working the manual transmission during rush hours…. >*<
Most Chinese people prefer fair skin. This auntie wears long sleeves and long pants, and carry an umbrealla when cycling. It takes guts to bike on the road with heavy traffic though. And of course she has to use a fuchsia umbrella. :)
Posted in Kuching Kuching
May
19
The second day I reached Kuching, I went to Richard’s salon at Tun Jugah Plaza.
I have been waiting for this day for so long!
I ordered hair coloring, digital perm, cut and hair mask.
My heart was filled with joy when the split ends got cut away and fell to the floor. Hohoho! Total satisfaction.
Hair coloring in process. My hair was dyed back to its natural color - black. :)
Sorry, the after photo is not available. I had to rush after the hair cut because my ride had arrived.
Posted in Kuching, OuOuscellaneous Kuching richard's salon
May
18
After 41 hours of traveling, I finally reached Kuching. This has been by far the worst international traveling ever for me. Four out of five flights were delayed.
But, now that I am home, it was all worth it. Home, sweet home. 
It’s like I’ve never left.
I took a couple sleeping pills last night, and got up at 6am this morning. I’ll get to know if I’ve gotten over jet lag later today.
Where’s Kuching, you may ask?
Kuching is a ciy, located in Sarawak (state), East Malaysia. The neighboring coutries are Thailand, Singapore, Bruinei, Indonesia and Philipines.
Kuching
In Malay, Kuching sounds like the word “kucing”, which means cat. So, Kuching is also known as the Cat City. You’ll find quite a few of cat statutes throughout Kuching city.
Today, I am just going to chill with my parents in the morning. Then, I can’t wait to go for my haircut in the afternoon! ~my twice a year haircut. LOL. Asian hairdressers know how to take care of asian hair better, at a cheaper $ due to currency exchange. Hair mask, coloring, cut and style… would come to same price as one hair cut in Iowa City. Bye bye splitends. Muahahaha I am so excited.
Posted in Kuching, OuOuscellaneous
