Sarawak - Bro. David Tiong's House, Sibu

Went for a visit and dinner at Bro David Tiong's (boss of Sin Chew Jit Poh, which belongs to RH Group) house in Sibu. It is quite common knowledge among the brothers and sisters that his house is really extraordinary in size, literally. So naturally I was quite excited to visit his third house so far. Turns out his house is like a resort. Forgive the poor lighting conditions... I hope I might convey an idea of how the house is like:

front right of the house

front center


front left


from the driveway


stairs on right to lower ground


front door (cameo by Bro. David himself)


inside of front door (view of grand piano)


entering into the house (left view)


sitting room that is seen from above


inside of sitting room (3 pianos/keyboard)


passage outside of sitting room


entering the house (center) leading to dining area and river view


stairs leading to basement inside of dining area


into the basement


basement courtyard


view from basement stairs to upper floor


meeting room (beside indoor dining area)


back of house looking to outdoor dining area


connecting path from sitting room to study room


outdoor dining area (back of house, facing river)


other end of the outdoor dining area


external view of meeting room


patio between meeting room and indoor dining area


continuation from above


(lower ground) parking and... plants?


basketball court (son says this time they don't have a swimming pool due to high maintenance)


garden with swings and slide, pavilion to relax beside the river, and hush puppies' kennel behind it

Sarawak - Civic Tower, Kuching

After visiting UNIMAS, we went to the Civic Tower to have a whole view of the city of Kuching. Well... the pictures here are of the tower only though.

the tower from the back


at the bottom of the tower


on the viewing platform


beneath the roof

Sarawak - UNIMAS

As some of you might have heard, I was in Sarawak from 11-23 December. So I'll be posting pictures according to the dates I visited... I'm lazy to write so as they say, "a picture speaks a thousand words"... This is Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) in Kota Samarahan, Kuching.

looking towards the library

Me and 19

Was so excited 'cos first time celebrating my birthday with dear sisters in Christ - Priscilla, Phoebe, Joanna and my sis. We went for a meal in Kim Gary and took some pictures, not of the food but us! And the presents too... Keke...

me and Pris

sis and me


Joanna and Phoebe


presents from Phoebe and Priscilla


sleepy doggie up close

After the meal, we went for a movie - Enchanted! We were all really excited, (especially Phoebe cos I later found out that it was her first time) as we were really interested in the movie. I loved the movie - it was fun and engaging till the end. Not to mention an addicting soundtrack...

We went browsing around the shops... doing some random shopping. Then, we heard some melodious music coming from the Center Court. And there, was a string quartet performing "You Raise Me Up". They followed that with "Colours of the Wind". Made me feel like dashing off to a violin class...

4 musicians captivating the audience

Then walked around a bit more... looking at cute stuff:

A family of penguins!!

And then I went back and had a slice of Chocolate Banana cake from Secret Recipe (courtesy of Mum). Had more presents from bro and sis =D

me and cake

I'm a happy girl that day.