Moved! Yes...again

My apologies....... after a lot of house-keeping and careful consideration, I have transferred this blog over to Wordpress. All previous posts have been exported over. My (few) loyal followers, please do re-map this blog to the link below:

www.beingliq.wordpress.com

See you there!

The Newbie

As usual, when Hubby is away I will always do or buy something new for the garden. Stumbled upon this chilli plant at the nursery. I think it is kinda cute...

And re-arranged some of the potted planst. I thought it is a good idea to place the two heliconias outside the slim windows... so when we are inside looking out, there is always something green, something blooming :)

All By Myself

Hubby is now in the Netherlands attending a 5-week course, while yours truly is home-sitting again.
June is going to be a very busy month at work, so at least I will have plenty to do for most of the days, and maybe weekends. Meanwhile, I suppose I can fill the quiet weekends reading and doing little bits of home stuff e.g. like throwing out 2-year old goodness-knows-what from the fridge. Sounds like a splendid idea. And the two dogs will always enjoy a few cuddles from time to time :)

Counting down the days till my mom and dad arrive in Miri to keep me company later this month....

On the Road

We started the road trip on a wonderful morning, bright sunshine, blue skies... but then it started to get real hot and no fun anymore after that :( I drove the first part of the journey up till Sipitang - a small seaside town in Sabah, and hubby took over from there. It was 2pm. I started driving at 7am. Overall it was an enjoyable road trip; passing the little towns, driving along the Crocker range, ferry trips across rivers and oh, not forgetting the hour we got lost at Lamunin in Brunei. Well, we decided to take the road less travelled... and I suppose it is less travelled for a good reason. We ended up driving in circles for a while. Oh well, at least we got some view of the Bruneian countryside... not much of it anyway. Very thankful indeed we had a safe and enjoyable journey. Kota Kinabalu was scorching hot and we spent most of the two days there eating, window shopping and watching movies. And I also caught up with an old college friend there, who was visiting KK for the first time with her husband. Here are some pictures, not many but we snapped some for the heck of it.

Yay! We have reached Limbang! Out of Brunei, into Sarawak again.

Limbang old airport - air strip actually. This is the old airport 'building'

Old Limbang air strip...just alongside the trunk road

Ferry service across the river after Limbang. RM8 per vehicle for a 15-seconds ride I think... I gotta buy me some shares in this company. It is making a lot of money
What?? RM8 and we have to fight for life jackets?

Optional : if you drive REALLY fast your car might be able to fly across this river

Hmm at least they didn't increase the price for the past 5 years...

Suspension bridge across Sungai Lawas. What a pretty river

Immigration checkpoint at Lawas/Brunei border. A shoplot...

Pretty green scenary along the road

Tune Hotel 1Borneo Kota Kinabalu - "pay only what you need" bed, aircon and room only. Ok at least the sheets, water and toilet paper were free

What? We have to pay for the bedside bulbs too??

Much awaited seafood dinner in KK. This is Luyang Seafood recommended by a friend's father. Our fish, prawns, seafood noodles, vegetables and drinks for two came up to RM59

Local Barley

Look what I found at the "tamu" (local market) recently.... Barley!!! Grown just outside Miri! Fancy THAT! Well, doesn't look like the usual barley that I get from the grocery store though. But it has a slightly fragrant smell and tastes.... odd, but in a good way. I like that it is not starchy like the normal barley. This is going to go real nice with 'leng chee kang' I think.

A Cool Change

It is finally raining !! OMG it is raining !! At least for today, no more steamy weather or eye-piercing sunlight !

For those not in Miri at the moment, you are probably thinking...

"What the....?"

But mother nature turning the temperature down a wee bit is a blessing indeed !

Selamat Hari Gawai!

Selamat Hari Gawai and Hari Kaamatan to all in Sarawak and Sabah, respectively.

We're back from our road trip and spending Gawai lounging at home. I am going to work occasionally and then catch up on some reading. Too lazy to upload road trip pictures now lah!