Saturday, 15 August 2009

Holidaze in Miri

Mama woke me up early this morning.. I swear, I didn't know we are going to Miri today. But it was a nice surprise really.. I get to see babah, stay in his rented house, sightseeing, window shopping etc. Ma said, my 'school' will be closed for 2 days, so mama took leaves and decided to use our MAS open-tickets she purchased earlier.

When me & mama reached Miri Airport, babah already there waited at the cafe.. mama asked me to run to babah there while she waited for our bags..

it was hazy in Miri the day we arrived, it got worse in the days after.. Kuala Baram area is still burning till now.. I thought someone might have had burnt it on purpose, babah said while driving pass Suai area last night, he had to slow down his car, couldn't see a thing he said..
that night, we went to Bintang Megamall.. Miri's largest shopping mall. But the guys from under-construction Merdeka Mall said they will take over the title by end of this year.. whatever lahh.. coz I'm more interested to go to Toys 'R Us nothing much to see here.. mama won't let me have them anyway..
not to be missed is.. Petroleum Museum, on top of Canada Hill, overlooking Miri City, we could also see oil platform from the hill. The museum building is beautifully designed.. and this is The Grand Old Lady of Miri, the first oil drill in Miri was using this old grandma..

' hello unclee!!!"

and this must be the grand old men of oil rigs.. gotta go, they are not that friendly..

before we return to Bintulu.. babah brought me here.. to take pic with Crocs Farm mascot. Outside! babah said he didn't want to go inside because the crocodiles stinks

Brunei - August 2009

On our second day in Miri, babah brought us to Brunei. I have to tell you, our experience at the border wasn't that pleasant.. their immigration & custom officers were somewhat.. Xsen.. I have to tell you this, I saw one of them threw forms at one guy, babah said that guy didn't fill out the forms properly.. and the immy dude.. he looked away while he should be looking at us..
road leading to Asean Bridge, blanketed by smoke.. i heard babah said 'this is not good..', it was not good, as babah forgot our car's registration card, luckily that Brunei Custom lady officer let us in..
our first stop was this shopping complex.. as we haven't had our breakfast, we went straight to the food court at the 1st floor.. price is surprisingly okay, much cheaper than food price in Indonesia
perfume is cheap.. 50% less, you can't get that price in Malaysia.. Gucci Homme for babah is about RM80!!

Kampung Air from the distance.. I wanted to go there, mama said we didn't have much time..

one of the many majestic masjids you can find all over Brunei.. waiting for mama & babah at the doorstep of the masjid.. they were inside, solat..
at Brunei Airport..
Jollybee.. & lovin' it

we had a stop at Tutong town on the way to Kuala Belait, and back to Miri..