My 5S trip to Bintulu

Been extremely busy since june till now....no time to rest..no time for anything that i wish to accomplish....its was all because of the projects im handling now....

Always heard ppl said they got 5 months bonus in the year....but my boss gave me nothing except the 5SSSSS-----Stress, Suffer, Sleepless, Smelly and Scary...

My business trip to bintulu really SUFFER me alot...after been working non-stop almost 24 hours on last 2 weeks, on the day of departure i gotta wake up at 7am lagi and reach airport to catch 9.30am flight. And just when i touch the ground of bintulu airport i've been transfer to the office - Bintulu Port and my SLEEPLESS night began......

my fatty boss carry 1 notebook and 1 desktop

me neither easy ...i carry 2 notebook in my backpack

with trolley...hehe

coastal road along the way to the office

calm river

Nice looking abandon office

my working place in Bintulu

We start working just when we arrived at around 12.30pm.

At 5pm everybody starts going home to buka puasa, since we only had our brunch on the flight, we tot we can get some dinner from the cafeteria. Oh gosh...dun think about food, we dun even get a cup of coffee...the cafeteria was shut down due to hygiene issues. well...no choice than diet plan to take place.

We continue working and hopefully can finish it fast fast then go for dinner. But no matter how and wat we did....the data is still not tally arghhhhh....we have no idea of wat went wrong as there is no error log or errorprompt....then just trial and error keep on debug and debug and re-check and re-check and re-run and re-run to get it right....I was so STRESS tat time and almost got crazy...

Guess its my brain got stuck for no "food input" after long hours, better go toilet and wash my face and hope i'll get refresh abit....uhh walking out of the office ....the surrounding was so dark ....so quiet....no lights (jimat electricity) ....nobody....no security....and the toilet was at second floor only....there were echo of my footstep while walking to the toilet...errr so scary..the whole building left only me and boss ....dare not to waste a single second...i run to the toilet and run back to the office...reli scary oh ...

Continue Work ...work...work...and work....finally all the data is tally...hooray!!! And that night we work in the server room until 1am.... and there goes my night without the support of my favourite -- Kopi O.......zzzZZZZZzzzzzzz.....

After had KFC for me dinner/supper and a quick shower...finally i can sleep. It was abt 2++am d. On next day morning 8am since we know that we cant get any food nor drink within our working place, we shall had our breakfast, lunch and tea in one shot. 2 person 4 dish with my favourite Kopi O to boost the day....good enough!

Seaview Restaurant

Notice the banner we dun used to see it in Peninsular

"Selamat Ari Gawai"

look at the crowd....the food here must be very good

super crowded and luckily we still manage to get a seat

"Wet" Fried Noodles 炒面-湿的

Meat Porridge 肉粥

Kam Pua Noodle 干盘面

Famous Foo Chew Dish

Handmade noodles soaked with onion oil, fish oil, pork meat crumbs and special char siew

Mee Hoon soup with Prawn

Look at that prawn...its the "Big Head Prawn"

if not mistaken..this bowl of soup got at least 2 prawns and it was only selling at RM13 per bowl...worth it!

大头虾米粉汤

On the second day everything was so smooth...the clients are happy with our work and we too happily tot we will be able to catch the flight back to kl at 4.30pm...so eagerly to go back but then suddenly our main contractor told us our flight had changed to 2.30pm the next day....oh my oh my....no choice we just have to stay another day here.

Reaching hotel at 6++, its time for dinner. But ops...almost all the shop beside our hotel is closed, the town is so quiet at just about 7pm. Have to walk quite a distance only found there are few chinese restaurant is still on.

strong along the river @ Esplanade Bintulu

ikan bakar @ buka puasa bazaar

smells so good...we are so tempted to buy it but we dun have any cutlery in the hotel

eat with the hand u think its taste better?

a big temple nearby our hotel

dinner place

my drink - "lemun" juice

as pronounced by the auntie..haha

dunno wat fish..Rm50 per KG..wow wow

thick thick skin with layers of fish oil like the "loong done"

taste ok ok

Seafood Soup 海鲜煲

Looks too normal?? But inside got sea cucumber oh..i dun think we can get it in KL as per the price at Bintulu..anyway its NICE!

After dinner we went back to hotel and finally i can have a good rest. And here comes the smelly stories....the toilet is basically clean and looks new..but there got no shampoo, no conditioner, no showel gel instead only 2 small piece of May soap. OMG...enough to wash my hair...not enough to wash my body ... and then there got no toothpaste....i din bring my toothpaste instead only toothbrush....at the end for the 2 days i brush my teeth with water only....besides these...i dun have any extra clothes to change as i was expected to spend only 2 days 1 night here ...wat to do then just after mandi have to pakai the same clothes again haha...see...SMELLY or not? hehe

The next day morning....took a few pic of the streets from the hotel window.

The restaurant where we had our breakfast..just beside our hotel building

Jetty & Ferry

transport ppl across the river from opposite bank

Strong along the river in front of our hotel while waiting for Ramzi. (Our colleague @ Bintulu Port). We are going to visit the market place (tamu) before departure.

While finding parking to the market we saw these funny scene.....

if you were headache with your old car...just leave it here...somebody will help to take care of it

Recycle Car

I found that the market place here @ Bintulu are so much different from what we can get in KL. There is a lot of unusual things that really thrill me and I was really grateful and thank him so much for this itinerary.

Tongkat Ali @ RM30 Per Stick

Special "mango" smells so strong of mango but its not a mango

very heavy and "hard" ...with the thick thick skin like the coconut

Buah MBang 1 longgok @ RM5

i was thinking to bring this back..but Ramzi advise me better dun do so. He had tried a few times thinking to bring this fruit to his friends at Peninsular too. But it was rejected to be hand carry and even check-in cargo. i think its becoz of the strong smells like the durian did.

Gambir Sarawak

for Man Only

natural herbal product which is powerful rather than VIAGRA

my boss is very happy that he finally found the medicine to recover his 'men's sickness and shame

squirrel for sales...poor little cute thing

wild vege...nice VEGE~!

another type of wild vege

Ubat Kuat Badan

salty fish, belacan and various type of sago

strange fruits...dunno wat its name but heard tat its good to reduce cholesterol

"waterfish" for sale

snake for sale too....

anything?

look closely....

yee..its the sago worm...so much bigger than my thumb ...very geli!!!!

this little creature live and eat the sago tree

it is full of protein where the local ppl like to eat it either fresh raw or deep fried

sorry...i dun have the courage to touch it...dun even think abt to eat it

my boss decided to buy a few of it to show to his children and listen carefully of what did he said in the video

5km jogging path along the river with the platform just besides the market (tamu)

After visit the market...we were back to the hotel and getting ready to check out and transfer to the airport.

my boss is catching worms from the plastic bag to the hard container for easier carriage

he dun even dare to catch the worm with his finger...so just use the container cover to 'shift' the little creature and sambil said scary scary...

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On the flight home...............

Me: "Eh boss...yesterday night u sleep well ar? very noisy hor.."

Boss: "ya noisy ...i tot is u make those sound bing bing bom bom like putting heavy things on the floor and moving chairs here and there?"

Me: "me??? no ah..i heard its from upstairs..."

Boss: "the hotel only got 3 level and we are at the top floor d..."

Me:" har??!!!! then wat is that???"

Boss: "now is "july" on chinese calendar..so u guess wat is it"

oh gosh...luckily there is nothing happen to me while im sleeping alone in the room for 2 nights and yet we had already checked out....SCARY~!!!

"The Hotel"

my room

About this trip at summary, it was never an easy one. Anyhow its a new experience although its not my first time to visit east malaysia. Its nice and interesting either at Bintulu the place, the market or the "haunted" hotel. I just felt a little bit disappointed in this trip where i was working at one of the Malaysia most leading port i dun even have the chance to walk out from the office and enjoy the magnificent sight. Hope there will be another chance to do so but not the tough job there again.