Five Days at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Ate noodles most of the time

I spend a total of 5 days at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Not for holiday but work, so no sightseeing, no visit to island, no Mount Kinabalu, no hot chicks, just eat, talk to people, eat again, and talk to people again. My friend bring me to this “Foh Chuan Restaurant” here is famous of the roasted meat, and the noodles. I’ve tried the noodles, and I like it. The girls that came to take our order looks same like the others in the restaurant, this might be operate by only one family. And they have really nice looking daughter.









The weather at Kota Kinabalu were warm, I went to a small town called Tuaran. A one hours of car drive from Kota Kinabalu town to Tuaran, most of the resident there are Malays and the natives people. After finish work, my friend introduces me to the famous Tuaran Noodles. “Bak Kut Teh King Restaurant” is one of the places that serve the best Tuaran Noodles. There are two type of flavor I can choose for, one are purely barbeque port meat, and one are mixed with steam chicken and port meat, I op for the mixed one. I don’t know what they put inside the noodles, but it really tasted good :)











Kota Kinabalu waterfront unlike Kuching waterfront where just serve some light food like french fried, teh tarik, or bugger. Here they have a lot tourist, the Kinabalu waterfront are build on top of the seaside, it has breeze constantly blowing, and the sound where the sea water hit the shore. Big screen projector to watch football, very good looking tourist, and locals. Nice cars parked outside the waterfront, some more we had to pay when enter the waterfront.









“Wan Wan Restaurant” is another restaurant which is famous for its unique fish made noodles, fish balls, and their home made chili. The Chili is damn hot and spicy, I can’t take spicy food, but again I don’t know what they put inside the chili, even a person like me would like to take this spicy chili. The main course is this very big bowl of fish soup, in the soup are fish made noodles, fish balls, and fresh fish meat. You can’t take away the chili, if you’ve finish yours, you can request for more.











My last day at Kota Kinabalu, just few hours before I board my plane back Kuching. I went to this “Jia Siang Restaurant”, most of the workers here are Philippines, but they can speck simple Malays. The famous dish here is the meat balls soup serves with soya noodles. And the soup goes well with their homemade chili, here unlike “Wan Wan Restaurant” the chili is for sales. I like the meat balls, it taste great.

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Visitation

After that long hours of bus ride, my back are till aching. My flight to Sabah was at 10.15pm that night, and it will take about 1 hour and 25 minutes to reach there. Got a text from AirAsia saying that my flight will delay, but I still went to the airport earlier. At Kuching International Airport, there are no free wifi, I update my visitation to Mr Pat blogpost while waiting for the departure time. My last visit to Sabah was at the year 2004, that time Sabah was already a flourishing state, now I think she will be busier, and more flourishing than last time. I can’t wait to step my feet at Sabah.
1 1/2 hour later…
I’ve reach Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. After I got my luggage, I saw my friend is waiting for me. He bring me to the “Fook Yuen Coffee Shop” one of the famous spot at KK. Here the special item is the homemade bread; the bread is very thick and soft. Most of the time here will be pack with people coming for this bread. I also tried their nasik lemak, not bad.
I’ll post up some photos and places I’ve visited when I was at KK, good night my dear reader ;)


There’s not free wifi at KIA, but I still update my blog, have a lot of pending post.


yeah, is almost time for me to board. Double check my flight number and time, while doing nothing at the airport, I start to daydreaming on having those delicious seafood at KK, wow, the prawns, the fried squid, the fish. I’m hungry…


after 1 1/2 hour I reach KK, the line that I always get after I touchdown “Sir, you can’t take photo here.” :(


This is Terminal 2, is for the low cost airline AirAsia


Kedai Kopi Fook Yuan,


it was 12.20am, Fook Yuan coffee shop close very late. There is still parent bring their children out at this time for supper.


My supper, hot milo.


and the famous bread, is serve with butter and jam


I like this nasik lemak, the portion is little, perfect for supper.

Back to Kuching at the Same Day

At the same day, that night my brother drove me to the Miri bus terminal again. And I bought a ticket back to Kuching which cost of RM80, I’m using Biaramas Transport Company, and the last bus to depart Miri to Kuching is 10pm. Estimate it would take around 13 to 14 hours for me to reach Kuching.


Bought a ticket to Kuching, RM80. I need to get to Sabah on the 31st, if not I will stay at Miri longer for holiday.


The last bus from Biaramas Transport Company is 10.00pm, I board the bus 15 minutes earlier.


The bus has very comfortable seats, which can let me have a good night sleep. To get to Kuching, it would need around 13 hours. There are two bus drivers, so they can each take turns to drive along the long journey.


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The bus will stop on each station, for us to rest, pay water bill, eat and drink. I’m now at Batu Niah, just 2 hours away from Miri. Here is very hear to the famous Batu Niah cave, I planned to visit this cave for a long time :(


I didn’t came to Batu Niah for 6 years, it had change a lot. Now the food court is clean, and there’s a new one just opposite the old one. Batu Niah, Miri is a very famous national park, is famous for its caves, and birds nest


12.10am, I try to force myself to sleep. I don’t want to stay awake in this long journey. But I fail, so I on my laptop, and watch National Geography. The more I watch the dizzier I get, cause the bus keep on shaking. I hate the Sarawak Highway, er…should I called this bumpy road a highway, or just normal kampong path.


1.15am, this is the Bintulu Bus Terminal. As usual the bus stop again, I went down and pay my water bill. I’m hungry, as I just remember that I had a very early dinner today…er yesterday. But there’s no shop open at this early morning.


3.06am, what the…where am I? I’m half sleep, half awake. And I glad that the bus stop, I went to this coffee shop and had my breakfast, this is an early breakfast.


5.00am, I reach Sibu. But this time the bus drive just had a quick stop, each time when I’m at Sibu I’ll always remember the delicious Sibu Kampua noodles.


6.15am. Now I’m at Sarikei bus terminal, the sun is rising. Beautiful rays shin on the glass and into my camera shutter; I press on the shutter twice, and store this beautiful scene into my camera digital memory. I like photography ;)


I’m now somewhere between Sarikei and Sri Aman, is 8.16am. Though the seats is comfortable, but still miss my bed.


I felt hungry again, I had some buns RM2.20, it doesn’t taste good, but is better than nogthing.


9.55am, is Durian session at Sarawak. The bus driver stop by a bus stop on passenger request, and they went down to asked for the durian price.


There is no toilet around, so this uncle just pay his water bill beside the durian stall, yep… you hear me right, just few steps beside the bus stop where all this ladies aunties sell durians, hehe ~_~”


10.53am, I’m entering the Sri Aman district. This means that I’m almost reach Kuching, I called my friend to tell him my location, so that he knows when to pick me later.


Here this is my last stop at Serian, the Biramas bus ticket station. Still remember the guy with the green shirt, look up two photos.


12.03pm, finally I’ve reach Kuching. My friend is still not here, I have to wait him for a while. My camera’s bat is low, my back hurt, tonight I need a full body massage.
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some of my old post
1.Sibu – Day One
2.Sibu – Day Two
3.Sibu – Day Three
4.Tallest Building at Sibu

Flood at Kuala-Lurah Road, Limbang

There’s a very heavy rain the day before I went to Miri. My brother and I are using bus, and a part of the road had badly hit by flood. The bus start at 8:00am, and it reach the flood part at around 8:50am. The bus driver stops, and went to check on the situation. The bus was full of passenger, and if he pulls back, the company will make a big lost. And some of the passenger needs to get to Miri by today as well.


The Kuala-Lurah road is the only way to Brunei, then to Miri. Due to the heavy rain last night, the lower part of the area had flood.


Normal cars can’t cross the flooded part, as the water level are a few feet high. It will definitely damage the car.


Our bus driver had asked the locals on the high of the water level, and decided to give it a shoot. Here goes our bus…

Here a clips when the bus driver drive cross the flooded road.



Yes, we made it. I’m so happy that we’re able to cross this road, if not it would delay my plan; I have to go to Sabah at the end of October. I have to go back Kuching to get ready.


The time was 12.00pm. After 3 hours of ride, we’ve reach the Brunei immigration office, after we stamp our passport we will be entering Miri, into the soil of Sarawak.


There is a special section for bus passenger to stamp our passport, so we don’t need to queue on the kiosk for normal vehicles.


12:36pm, reach Miri bus terminal. Our friend is at the bus stop waiting for my brother and I, we went for lunch.
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some old post
1. Before Chinese New Year at Limbang

2. Home sweet home

Visitation to Kampung Dunuk/Padawan

I’m inside a van now, and this van belongs to the Sarawak Children Cancer Society. Inside the van we have other two members from the Kuching Life Care Society, one from the Sarawak Children Cancer Society, one retire nurse from Sarawak General Hospital, two doctors from China. There are all 7 of us. Today we will drive Mr Pat to go back home, Mr Pat is a nephrosis patient, he just finish his Renal Therapy from Sarawak General Hopital, and he had bring along two box of renal medicine from Baxter Healthcare company, and this is sponsor by the Sarawak Hospital.

It would take about 1 ½ hours to get from General Hospital to Kampung Dunuk/Padawan, and that’s a long journey. Mr Pat had diagnosed with Renal Disease for 7 years, and her oldest daughter has the same problem, and had been undergo her renal therapy for 5 years, she’s 17 years old this year. At Kampung Dunuk/Padawan, he have 7 kids at home, and one of them who name Arnold Cesser 14 years old had a brain tumor and undergo tumor surgeon when he was 4 years old, he survive, but now he can’t speak, he can walk or stand. All day long he just lies on the floor, waiting for his mom to take him to bath, and go to toilet. The Kuching Life Care Society bad brought some food for them, and they also donate a sum of money for their monthly expenses.

This visitation had teach me to cherish my life, I'm so lucky to be bless with healthy body, god bless Mr Pat and his family.


This is Kampung Padawan, and is a traditional longhouse. They have electric, but don’t have water supply. They drink and use stream water.


This is Mr Pat. He’ve diagnose with nephrosis for 7 years. He has 8 children, one die, now left 7. Oldest daughter is a nephrosis patients as well. The fourth children diagnose with brain cancer, but had under go surgeon when he was 4 years old, now he is 14 years old. He don’t know how to talk, stand, shit, and pee by himself.


This is their cooking stove to cook food, and boil water, they don't have gas.


This is their bathroom, which is cover by this canvas. It has no rooftop, when it rains they can have free shower.


They have no water supply, their water source is from the stream water.


The Kuching Life Care had sponsor some food for Mr Pat, and the medicine is for Mr Pat renal therapy. This two box is only enough for one treatment, so he have to go to General Hospital Kuching either tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow to get his chemical. The chemical was sponsor by the General Hospital.


This is Mr Pat's son. Arnold Cesser, he was diagnose with brain cancer 10 years ago, and had a surgeon back then. After the surgeon, he had recover but the side effect is that now he can't walk, he can't speak, he can't learn normally, he can't go to the toilet himself.


The Sarawak Children's Cancer Society, tel no. 082-245876, the location is at here.


This is Ms Nancy, she is one of the person in charge from the Sarawak Children's Cancer Society. The purpose for her visitation is to get as many details information as possible, and then apply social welfare provision for Arnold Cesser.


This is Mr Pat, and his second youngest son.


This is Arnold Cesser's mother, she told us in tears that "She will accept what given by god, and she will do her very best to love, care, and protect all of her children no mater what sickness they have." She is a brave mother, a love of a mother are powerful, mom willing to do anything even without her power to protect their children.


Mr Hung from the Life Care Society, and the Nurse are checking on Arnold Cesser leg. He give a painful look at the face when holding him up, and ask him to walk.


The legs of Arnold Cesser are starting to atrophy, he need a lot of physical exercise to shape up his legs. Poor little guy :(


L-R: Doctor Ting, Mr Pat and son, Mrs Pat and Son, Wilson Chin (me), Arnold Cesser, Retire Nurse, Mr Hung, Doctor Lee.