17-20th March Sibu trip

[Hotel]

Our hotel overall is considered below average. D most astonishing part was when we wanted hot water. We couldn't find electric kettle in our room, there's only a flask sittin on d table. We called up room service & a guy holding a pot of hot water knocked our door. He then transfered d hot water into our flask! This is so hilarious!!! I've never ever encountered such thing in my whole life ... haha. Their hotel rooms use split-level air cond units instead of built-in ones.


Very small coffee house which serves very few types of dishes for breakfast.

1st day - Toast bread, baked beans, boiled eggs, sausages, plain rice
2nd day - Half-boiled eggs, sausages (again), fried noodle, long beans
3rd day - Scrambled eggs, sausages (not again?!), porridge, fish (can food) & one more which i cant recall

[Places]
I believe Sanyan is d largest shopping mall in Sibu?

Thier UCS college... very very big compound!!! The pic might not be big enough to show that the colors of their logo actually is d same as Swinburne's. Hmmm...




[Da BIG event]
D main reason we were in Sibu is cos of my mum's award ceremony. She received PPT medal on 19th March 2008 from TYT. Dewan Suarah's d place where d event was held. Award recipients & guests were asked to arrived an hour earlier b4 d event started, which was 930 a.m. The arrival of TYT was greeted with live band playing our national anthem Negaraku & Ibu Pertiwiku.
Guests were not allowed to take photos when recipients received medals from TYT. Only their assigned photographers were allowed to do so. Hence, we took some photos only after d ceremony ended.

Everyone had to be dressed in proper & very formal attire. Dat was also d 1st time i wore a baju kurung.

[Food]
Their food is very very cheap. Normally in Kch, if 3 of us were to order 4 types of dishes, it would definitely cost more than RM30. Furthermore we tend to ask them prepare d dishes for 2-ppl instead of 3.

We headed to dis market for our 1st dinner in Sibu. Its very similar to our Petanak / Kenyalang market.


with 3 starving stomachs, my dad ordered 4 dishes, which are sea cucumber soup, chicken, pork & fried bean sprout.


D dishes were good & i would consider d portions more den jus for 3 ppl. P/s Dis pic was taken minutes after 3 of us "attacked" dem.

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We finished every thing! Haha ...

Happier part would be d bill. As I've mentioned earlier, if u were to eat 4 dishes like this in Kch, d estimated price is surely more than RM30. with each dishes ranging from RM8 to 10, u'll end up paying RM32-RM40 for d dinner.

Ok ... long story cut short. My dad approached d boss to pay for our dinner. He walked back to his seat wif a wide grin cos ...

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dinner costs us RM20 ...

amazingly cheap!!! unbelievable eh?!






My family can be crowned Makan King & Queen when it comes to food. :P And of cos tasting Sibu's famous local delights should not be missed, which include their 'Kam Pua' noodle & kong piah. We brought back around 40-50 pieces of kong piah, 20 for ourselves & d remaining for frens & relatives.

Other den dat ... we carried back few plastic bags full of sweets. D special tin bout dem is d shapes n sizes. In Kch, normally they sell these white candies wif black sesame & maybe red bean filling. Sibu turned dem into Heart shapes and also added in diff flavours like chocolate filling, pandan, 'san cha'...

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My dad used to work in Sibu for a year when he was still wif Inland Revenue. Mum spent around 4 years of her childhood days in Sibu as well. 3 of us visited Sibu 2gether many years ago, I was only 9. returning to a place my parens r familiar with is like rewinding d tape inside their brain.

Sibu, although a small town, has its own interesting part. Most of d places r within walking distance. We did not use d taxi other den going to Airport & Dewan Suarah. structure of d streets more o less can be linked to India Street / Petaling Street / Carpenter Street.

We spent 3 late evenings in our hotel room as there's not many interesting places to go. Watching tv was d activity we did b4 bed time.

We flew back on 2oth March to Kch. D journey took us approximately 35 minutes, which feels like a car ride. hehe ...