Day 2 at Sarawak with GROUP 3!

Group 3 reflection day 2

1.Telaga Air Village

After our check out at the Sarawak Cultural Village, we head to the Telaga Air Village. There live all the Malay people in their kampong. When we reached there, we gathered at a cooking area where they are going to demonstrate the way of cooking a kind of kueh. It is called the kueh penyeram. The making of this kueh is so easy. Then we went to see how the boat is made. We learnt the different types of wood that are used to make the boat. We discovered that the boat can cost up to a few thousands ringgit depending on the size and speed of the boat. We realize that even an expert architect would take more than three months to build a boat. This is because they are not expert enough to build a simple and safe boat. The people there are able to build a boat in less than three months. They have many experiences on making the boat. There are also many different types of equipments to make a boat. After a look on how the boat is made, we went on to visit the village, Madam Dara Binte Obeng’s house. It was totally different from what the house is expected, as in, the house is supplied with electricity. I thought kampong doesn’t use electricity. Other than that, Madam Dara Binte Obeng told us about her family background and the most interesting part is that she and her family build her own house! They made the house by themselves with wood planks and stuff. Handmade house. We now know that it’s a basic respect for them to serve drinks and light refreshment for us, to them it’s a must. Our group then head back to the gathering place to head for the well, history well, Telaga Air. But it was a disappointment that it’s been renovated and the well has been removed. Hence, we went on to fishing! Everyone was excited. All of us were very patient waiting for the fishes to get caught, but in the end there were no fishes. Nonetheless, we had fun learning to catch fishes. Then its lunch time, we went back to have our lunch. Aunty Lin told us that we would be having traditional dishes kindly made by the people there. It was delicious even though the environment there was quite bad but we learn to appreciate things.

2.The Cat Museum, Museum Pusak

At the cat museum, we had fun exploring the museum and learnt about cats around the world. One of the cat that I found out was the Singapore cat. I thought it was the lion but it wasn’t. The Singapore Cat was a bit smaller than other cats. Thus that is all I know about Singapore Cats, which is why I would like to know more about it. That is also a lot of souvenir shops that we can buy things for loved ones back home. There were even a grave of a cat there! Anissya and Sakinah (from another group) bought a very super cute shirt as a souvenir. :D

3.Kek Lapis Sarawak

We arrived at Dayang Salha Kek Lapis. The feast of different kek lapis was really amazing. There were many choices to choose from such as Blueberry Kek Lapis, Tembikai Kek Lapis, Chocolate Walnut Kek Lapis and more. There were even ‘cake in a cake’ like swiss roll which is super nice and delicious. What more it’s cheap with an offer of free kek lapis of your choice if your orders reach RM100. We had a hard time choosing which flavor to buy as all looked appetizing and appealing. We would definitely visit again if we have the chance.

We checked in Merdeka Palace hotel which is a 5 star hotel, so WOOHOOO. Everyone was excited when we enter our apartment. It really meets our expectation and we enjoy the whole time there.

4.Dinner & Shopping
We had our seafood dinner at a hawker centre. Eventhough it’s hawker centre, the food was scrumptious and we were full once we finish eating. We had eaten different kinds of seafood such as sweet & sour fish, deep fried prawn and many more. After that we went different ways with the boys. We girls went to grocery shopping whereas they boys went to Sarawak Plaza. We bought tidbits and food to be eaten.

That’s all for Day 2. We are looking forward to day 3. Good Night!