I went back to Kuching the 2 weekends ago to celebrate my grandma's birthday as she is 76 this year.
It was nice to be away from the hectic lifestyle of West Malaysia.
Kuching has changed so much in the past 5-6 years since DAP took over the Kuching seat.
New universities like Swinburne were built and its reputation is growing strong.
Shopping malls such as Spring and Boulevard are giving a small taste of KL life without the overinflated prices.
Starbucks and CoffeeBean are sprouting up like mushrooms after the rain. : D
KPJ decided to build a new private hospital in Kuching alongside Normah and Timberland giving her 3 private hospitals that would surely increase the revenue of our state from medical tourism.
New flyovers and underground tunnels to ease the jam.
Yes, Kuching has matured and hopefully will grow to be a very important city in the near future.
Yet, despite the rapid growth she has not forgotten her roots.
Its nice to go to a coffee shop and order the food that gave Kuching its reputation as being one of the 5 food havens in Malaysia. (In my opinion)
She has not forgotten her culture that defines Sarawak as the Bornean Paradise that made us infamous to the world.
She is famous not only for her cultural heritage but also for her natural beauty.
Kuching, or Sarawak for that matter is a place where racial polarity is not a problem as it is here in West Malaysia. ACTIVITIES & TOYS TOYS TOYS~LEARNING ACTIVITY from giggle I never knew such discrimination based on the race of a person till I got here. I am thankful for the fact that the people in Sarawak still are willing to mix and have a good time because of friendship and camaraderie and not due to the fact they speak the same mother tongue.
You can say we're backwards because we're unwilling to let the other component parties in West Malaysia to come over here, but trust me, we're much better off without them.
When I'm away from it I love Kuching as an abstract. Ask any Sarawakian for that matter, studying or working abroad. If they are true Sarawakians, they carry the purest, distilled form of Sarawak in their hearts and would not let you forget it.
3 comments:
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