16 October 2006 (Monday)
Kuching: Riverside

Hubby’s friend, the bridegroom, came to pick us up. He’s been picking up friends from West M’sia for the past days, and I think he must be wondering why can’t we all take the same flight? And we’re staying in different hotels some more …

We joined the rest of the gang for lunch. It’s a reataurant with a swimming pool, but I didn’t notice its name.

After that, we went checking in at Holiday Inn Kuching. The room was great, Justin could see the river and boats! The first thing we did after checking in was sending the dirty clothes and carseat cover to the laundry! I dare not open the plastic bag, and hubby had to do the dirty job by sending it to the laundry! Ha! I really ta pao the mess and “imported” it to Kuching because I didn’t want to have it soaked up in the car and wash by myself later when we’re back to KL.

Both Justin and Isabelle didn’t want to take nap, so we went jalan-jalan at Plaza Kuching and the river bank. The haze was not as bad as I’ve expected, and we walked by the river for the evening until Justin fell asleep on his stroller and Isabelle sleeping in her sling, carried by hubby. Hubby’s friends who’s staying at Hilton joining in the walk as well. We managed to catch up with each others while waiting for hubby’s friend to pick us all up for dinner.

At night falls, we went to Hui Sing hawker centre for some local delicacies. I took kolok mee, and I like it really much. The pork satays were really tasty too and Justin ate lots of it.

We went for some coffee at Bing!. The environment was great, and Justin was having a good time sosialing with hubby’s friends. Isabelle was sleepy, and she just wanted to be with me. Hubby’s phone was ringing all day long, and he’s still talking over the phone even if it’s already after office hour. He’s more like working far away than on a vacation though. Next time, maybe we should go somewhere where there’s no coverage so he can be more relax.

By the time we reach the room, both Isabelle and Justin were very tired. They were sound asleep after we changed them into pyjamas. Hubby went drinking with his friends again while I stayed in the room with the kids.

17 October 2006 (Tuesday)
Sarawak Cultural Village & Holiday Inn Beach Resort

Since the bridegroom needed the “heng tai” to be at his place before 7am, we decided not to join the gang as the kids were still in dreamland by that time. We went for a day trip to Sarawak Cultural Village with the shuttle bus service provided by the hotel. It’s RM60 for each adult, and free for Justin and Isabelle.

We walked from house to house of different races in Sarawak, and I personally like Rumah Orang Ulu the best. It’s not sunny that morning, but there’re lots of mosquitoes as it’s been raining the night before. We’re running away from swam of mosquitoes in front of Rumah Orang Cina and Melayu!

We spent some time watching an Iban lady knitting in the tradisional way. Justin saw the Iban’s tradisional costume hanged on the wall, and he said it’s “ball ball shirt”. The end products were selling at RM180, it’s rather expensive to us, so we didn’t get any.

I was wearing high heels, as I didn’t bring my sport shoes with me. I didn’t expect us to come here as I thought we’re suppose to join the wedding only. So, here I was walking with my heels stucked in between the planks of wood at long houses and wooden platform. But that didn’t bother me much!

After the sight-seeing, we went to the teater to watch some cultural show. We enjoyed the show very much (except hubby who’s still talking over the phone outside the teater). By the end of the show, the dancers came down from the stage to invite us for some joget dance together. One of the dancers carried Isabelle on stage and Justin was crying for his mei mei as he thought she’s being taken away. I had to comfort him, thus I didn’t get to take her photo of her first “presentation” on stage, but only on viewcam.

Then, we took the shuttle bus to Holiday Inn Beach Resort. We went for lunch first as we’re really starving already. Justin couldn’t wait for the food to be served!

After filling up our tummies, we went for a swim at the pool. It’s great to dip in the water on a hot sunny day!

So, what’s the best thing to do under in the sun with breeze blowing on our faces?
1. Afternoon nap

2. An icy-creamy ice-cream!

We went back to the hotel after 3pm. At first, hubby planned to put the kids for a nap, but they had already slept on the way back, so they’re fully alert. We got prepared early for the wedding dinner, and waited to be picked up to the “restaurant”.

When I reached there, I immediately knew that I was under-dressed for the dinner. It’s not a restaurant, but a “ballroom” of a restaurant. But never mind, I couldn’t wear anything fancy anyway by carrying Isabelle who likes to put my dress!

Before the dinner was ended, both my kids were fussy already as they’re tired. They slept in the car on the way back to the hotel.

18 October 2006 (Wednesday)
Rushing back to KL

We didn’t do anything special today as we’re going home on 3.45pm flight. We took kolok mee and Sarawak laksa as breakfast, and they’re really delicious. I like the laksa, even if it’s totally different from Penang laksa.

Then, we went back to the hotel to pack up our luggage and check out our room. We went for lunch before heading to the airport. This time, hubby tried not to miss our flight!

So, it’s bye-bye to Kuching till we go there again…

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