As usual, every year around this time of the year, there will be a bridal fair. The previous 2 bridal fairs were held at Crowne Square, Pending. This year, they switched to Old Court House. The setting is odd. It’s not a very good location at least for me. It’s not easy to find parking. Today 3pm was the opening ceremony but I didn’t stay for it. They talked too much for the speech. Boring~~ Raining summore so left after simply took some photos.
There you go…. Our very own Sarawak Bridal Fair. It’s from 23rd-25th March, 10am-10pm.
Category: Uniquely Kuching
No other place like Kuching.
BTS 2007
BTS(Building Trade Show) is here, 22nd March-25the March, 5th Floor, Permata Carpark. Thought of going there for a visit to cover the event but who knows the environment was so unwelcoming.
See the photo, you will know what I mean. The 2 security guards sitting there and on the right(not in the photo) is the registration counter. There’s a sign put up asking visitor to register for lucky draw before going in. I don’t think it’s that simple. So unwelcoming! Why must register for lucky draw? Not everyone wants to participate in it. Why force people to register, not everyone wants to give you their details! What is there so important in there that everyone must give their details before entering? What do you have in there? People want to rob you off your building materials? Or to avoid petty crimes like pick pockets?
I know BTS always have lucky draw for visitors and all these while it’s optional. I took part in it everytime and never win anything. Now it’s compulsary for those that go in. Summore placing 2 security guards there is making the atmosphere so tense! Not only that, the registration counter felt too formal. It’s deterring people from going in for a visit. We were so turn off by it and left without going in.
Borneo Highlands – Videos
I still can’t find the luxury of time to really blog. So a quick one here. These are all the videos that were shot and editted by Nien. It’s up now. There are 4 episodes all together. Hahaha… I haven’t really watch it yet. Here you go… Enjoy…
Borneo Highlands – Lunch & Goodbye
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Lunch time! We checked out before we went for lunch at Annah Rais Cafe.
Left: Satay, vegetarian version of course. The satay tasted good. Also salads.
Right: Corn and egg soup. Very thick, love it!
Rice, beehoon, mixed veggies, and pineapple beef(not real meat, don’t dream!)
Mixed veggies again… And “you cha kueh” cooked with sweet sauce(this should be the morning leftover and they turned it into another type of dish), and fruits.
left: Red rice porridge, at first we thought it’s red bean porridge. π So thick! It’s cooked with sugar, coconut milk and sago.
Right: Coffee or tea?
While we were dining, the fog(it’s called fog right?) kept coming on and off. One moment things became invisible, another moment it’s visibile again. As if you’re in the fairy land or something. The weather was very cooling that day compare to the day before. We were expecting it to turn hotter around 1pm but still the same. See the photos below… WOW!
Must take photo as memory before going down. See the view behind us? Couldn’t even see the field at the back. The visibility was so low.
That’s the end of my Borneo Highlands trip report. My conclusion, it’s a nice place to escape. The resort is small and this makes the staffs able to give you more personal attention, make you feel comfortable, and they treat you just like their friends instead of a customer. They are very helpful too. Food tastes good. Compare with those vegetarian food out there, out there sucks. The environment is great except hahaha… Maybe the washing closet and no attached shower but I don’t really mind. Price wise, on the normal days without promotion are a wee bit too high for many people. Other than that, I’m quite happy with it.
Oh, we didn’t have enough time to get a massage/facial. They start from RM80 and above and the shortest duration is 30 minutes depending on which massage/facial you are getting. It will be charged into your room.
By the way, the videos are up in You Tube. I will post them here when I’m free. I think you are overloaded with the trip report already hahahah…
I still have a lot of photos unrelease ;P I will blog again about it when I have nothing to blog. It’s too pretty that’s why must share them with you. Not to forget our camwhore photos too;p
Mind you, this trip is fully beared by ourselves, Borneo Highlands isn’t paying us anything for this review. As for the offer, I had finalised with them. Too bad it’s only applicable for a group of 10 people or more and I must go too else you won’t be able to get that offer. I don’t think I can go again this year since I have other things lining up. I have to let the offer go and sorry to all of you that looking forward to the offer. Too bad… Don’t worry, there will be another offer in August. I will update you on it by then.
Borneo Highlands – Swan Lake
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Bye bye pretty flowers and hello to the swans! This is my first time see real swans. Very excited π Up… Up… Up we went. Have to walk up the hill to reach the lake. There’s a Chinese Temple up there somewhere. It’s in charge by the Taiwanese however only those that want to pray and worship are welcome. If you just want to visit it without the heart, then they do not welcome you. It’s not recommeded to go according to our guide unless you really have the heart to pray and worship there.
Views from the top.
Up we went to the lake. You can opt for this way or the concrete road. The view of the hut makes you feel like you’re in fairy tale land.
The swans!!! YES! YES!! Finally!! Don’t feed them if you don’t want them to chase you hahaha… Someone got chased, you know who you are π Of course, there are ducks too. They are so ADORABLE!!!
A small hut where to can rest and get nice view the lake and the surrounding. Here’s where the 18-hole situated. Further up, you will reach the swan sanctuary but we didn’t have time to walk up.
This is our last destination. There are still a lot to discover, 2 days 1 night is not enough. By the way, I forgot to mention that there isn’t any mobile phone signal deep into Padawan until Borneo Highlands. You will not be living with mobile phone for as long that you are there, so no one can contact you, a great place to escape hahaha… There isn’t any phone in the room too. The only place with phone is the reception counter hahaha… If you can’t live without your mobile phone, then you need to get a satelite phone hahaha π
We went back to the resort via air-conditioned Land Cruiser instead of “Tut-tut”. It took us quite a while to wait for our transport becuase according to them, there will be an opening ceremony by some politicians that’s why the “Tut-tut” was delayed. Since there are children waiting with us and they are getting restless, the guide got a Land Cruiser to send the children and parents back but when the Land Cruiser reached the Flower Garden, the children didn’t want to go up because they wanted to sit on the “Tut-tut” hahahha… So the 4 of us took that ride and left behind another 2 friends of us with “Tut-tut”. Besides, the “Tut-tut” was on the way to the Flower Garden too, it reached there not long after the Land Cruiser.
Back to the resort, we went to our room to pack up and waited for lunch. Will be blogging about our lunch after this. By the way, there will be an offer awaiting you so that you can pay a visit to Borneo Highlands too. Watch this blog!