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Heart of a tradition ... Take an old recipe for example. We have this desire to try something authentic and the recipe is too long winded (we think), too unnecessarily complicated (we assume), less interesting than the photo elaborately displayed (we glance) and so we change (our minds?) it along the way to suit our times. Sometimes it works, sometimes it goes straight into the rubbish bin. But in conserving any tradition, trying is already the right start. Our cover feature story brings us into the heart of a tradition second to none. Our Sarawakian Indian culture is well preserved despite the small percentage of Indians in Sarawak. From the past to our present day, Sarawak Indians remain influential in the make-up of our society. (pg21-27) Heritage conservation and restoration of architectural buildings are continual subjects of study all over the world. Fort Alice in Sri Aman has been taken down and raised up intricately, beam by beam to its former glory by architects John Ting and Mike Boon, both experts, passionate and committed to the history of Sarawak's architectural landscape and conservation. (pg. 28-31) Mystic Tales from Kuching take us up a road frequently travelled... (pg. 18) while the Wise Traveller is back with more Do's and Dont's asking us to take the road less so. (pg. 33) With Easter around the corner and Mother's Day in sight, we wish you all new courage to try another of grandmother's recipes with happy cheers!
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Dr. Shajahan Haji Sayed Ahmad's father was Haji Sayed Ahmad, known to most people as Salih Ahmad of 27, India Street. A practising doctor at the Polyclinic Jalan Masjid Kuching in the mornings, Dr. Shajahan, as a filial respect for his father to this day, tends the textile shop every afternoon. I knew 'Salih Ahmad' throughout my youth when tailoring was the norm to have new dresses before tradition gave way to ready-to-wear outfits.
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KINO Mystic Tales
Mysteries of a particular road in Kuching
KINO Sarawak Indian Culture Through History, Tradition and Food
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MARAPRMAY'15WHAT’S UP-IN-OUT & 1 JAN-21 APR Wastra Exhibition Borneo A special exhibit at the Textile Museum featuring textiles from all corners of Borneo – Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Indonesia. Open Monday to Friday 09:00-4:45, weekends 10:00- 4:00. HOW MUCH: Free WHERE: KUCHING – Textile Museum opposite the Old Post Office WHO: Sarawak Museum Department CONTACT: 082-244 232 or 082-240 298 muhdzh@sarawak.gov.my
13-15 MAR Pesta Selangau Selangau Festival, held in Selangau Town about 80km from Sibu. Past years' events included blowpipe, futsal and street soccer, karaoke,
children’s colouring, ngajat and ratu kebaya competitions as well as stage shows. WHERE: SELANGAU TOWN WHO: Sibu Rural District Council CONTACT: 084-336 077 mdlbs@sarawaknet.gov.my
15 Facon Education Fair One of the largest education fairs in Malaysia. WHERE: KUCHING – Riverside Majestic Hotel WHO: Facon Exhibitions Sdn Bhd CONTACT: 03-7981 8766 www.facebook.com/faconeducationfair
21-22 Borneo Post International Education Fair BPIEF is recognised as a platform by both exhibitors and students to meet where quality
information is disseminated on various courses that would determine the future of students. It is set up in a trade show format bolstered by a series of talks by educationists geared towards students and parents. HOW MUCH: Free WHERE: KUCHING – Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) WHO: Borneo Post CONTACT: www.bpief.com
20-22 Muay Thai Championship Bintulu Jointly organised by the Bintulu Development Authority, Bintulu Resident Office and other agencies. Fighters will vie for the challenge trophy, international superfight, Borneo Challenge, Bintulu Challenge and other categories. Muay Thai enthusiasts would not want to miss the opportunity
& AROUND KUCHINGMARAPRMAY'15 to witness the state’s best fighters in action. WHERE: BINTULU – Esplanade Bintulu WHO: Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) CONTACT: 086-332 277 www.bda.gov.my
22 Momentum 2.0 Series 2: 12km & 20km Run HOW MUCH: RM20 Short Distance Category, RM25 Long Distance Category (includes medal) WHERE: KUCHING – MBKS WHO: City Jogger's Club CONTACT: 016-589 2233 (Albert)
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Sarawak Marathon 2015 Bintulu Full marathon, half marathon, 10km and 5km run. HOW MUCH: See www.ata.my/marathon WHERE: BINTULU – Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) HQ WHO: Asia Tourism Alliance CONTACT: 086-334 425 or 086-331 758 www.bintuluro.sarawak.gov.my
27-29 Serian Remote Control Boat Carnival 2015 HOW MUCH: www.seriandc.sarawak.gov.my WHERE: SERIAN – Taman Danu Serian WHO: Serian District Office
28 Operation Semut 1945: Anniversary Seminar This event is in conjunction with the Pustaka Negeri and will feature a sharing by a Special Z Unit survivor Jack Tredrea, historical author Judith Heimann, and other local independent researchers of this WWII covert operation in Borneo. 8.30am - 12.00pm. HOW MUCH: FREE WHERE: KUCHING – Pustaka Negeri Kuching WHO: Friends of Sarawak Museum (FOSM) CONTACT: Louise Macul 012-855 0588 fosmuseum@gmail.com
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28 Let's Share the Road Organised by the Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) and Kooch Cycling Club, the campaign dubbed “Let’s Share the Road” aims to raise awareness of road safety among cyclists and other road users. WHERE: KUCHING – Padang Merdeka WHO: DBKU CONTACT: 082-446 688 or prd@dbku.gov.my
28 Earth Hour Earth Hour, an initiative started in Sydney back in 2007 is a noble effort to educate the public on the importance of saving electricity and to be aware of the issues in relation to energy and environment. WHERE: KUCHING – Godown Amphitheatre, Waterfront WHO: DBKU CONTACT: 082-446 688 or prd@dbku.gov.my
28-29 Pustaka Bookaroo Children's Literature Festival – Bringing children and books together Come and join the fun at the Pustaka Negeri Sarawak (Sarawak State National Library) from 11am to 5pm, meet writers, illustrators and storytellers from near and far who will make books come alive, including Sarawak's newest writer for children, Golda Mowe. WHERE: KUCHING – Pustaka Negeri Sarawak WHO: Bookaroo and Pustaka Negeri Sarawak CONTACT: Jo Williams 019-888 1184 www.bookaroo.in/year/2015/kuching
28-29 MeetUpKch 2.0 Youth Festival Featuring Battle of the Bands, Futsal Tournament and flea market. HOW MUCH: Free entry WHERE: KUCHING – Le' Park, Civic Centre
WHO: Hands Above Crown CONTACT: Hanne 013-565 0651 Cashley 0111-933 37624 www.facebook.com/meetupkch
1 APR-23 MAY 11th Mini Film Festival - Film Screening In conjunction with the ever growing annual film festival, Mini Film Festival, a series of events surrounding the outdoor screenings of diverse local and international films will be organised every fortnightly in the campus of UNIMAS. 10 and 24 April; 8 May - For films screening, subject to change, please check our FB page for updates 19 and 20 May - For nominated films screening. 1 April - 5 May 2015 online films submission for Short Films Competition 23 May - Awards Night HOW MUCH: Free WHERE: KOTA SAMARAHAN – UNIMAS Main Campus WHO: Cinematography Programme, UNIMAS CONTACT: minifilmfestival@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/minifilmfestival 082-581 335 (Yow)
3-5 Baleh-Kapit Raft Safari WHERE: KAPIT TOWN WHO: Kapit Resident Office CONTACT: 084-796 230 www.kapitro.sarawak.gov.my
5 Urban Sketchers Kuching Sketch Crawl (first Sunday of every month) Urban sketchers are a group based in Kuching. We gather at a Kuching location every first Sunday of the month to draw on location. Sketchers of any skill level are welcome – whether you're a total beginner or an expert. HOW MUCH: Free, bring own drawing supplies WHERE: KUCHING – check our fb page for details WHO: Urban Sketchers Kuching
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8-9 Administrative Professionals' Convention 2015 – Energise Synergise Strategise In celebrating the annual International Administrative Professionals Day, bosses and organisations are invited to send their secretaries, personal assistants, and administrative professionals as a sign of their appreciation and respect for yet another year of administrative brilliance as demonstrated by their assistants. It is also the time for them to sharpen their saw to stay abreast in line with the new and additional responsibilities along with higher expectations of performance and to help their bosses manage every day challenges, surprises and opportunities. This convention is also held during 22-23 April at
Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. HOW MUCH: Call 082-454 343 WHERE: KUCHING – Hotel Imperial WHO: MRS Management CONTACT: kristine@mrstraining.com 082-454 343 www.trainingprovider.org www.facebook.com/MRS Training Provider
HOW MUCH: See www. ticketcharge.com.my WHERE: KUCHING – Sarawak Cultural Village and Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) WHO: Asean International Film Festival & Awards CONTACT: 082-414 661 or see website www.aiffa2015.com
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World Wildlife Day WHERE: KUCHING - Semenggoh Wildlife Centre WHO: Sarawak Forestry Corporation CONTACT: 082-610 088 www.sarawakforestry.com
The ASEAN International Film Festival And Awards (AIFFA) 2015 A buzz of movie magic will be showcased in Kuching at the AIFFA 2015. It begins with the Tribal Welcome Nite, the unique ‘Movies In The Rainforest’ – a 12 hour movie marathon screening at the Sarawak Cultural Village and culminates in the glamorous Gala Nite finale where international filmmakers gather to witness the best of the best film productions in the region.
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20-24 Kubah Week WHERE: KUCHING - Kubah National Park WHO: Sarawak Forestry Corporation
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22-27 Mukah Kaul Festival Kaul is a traditional festival celebrated by the Melanau community living along the coast area in Sarawak. During the week-long festival, activities include stalls selling traditional foods, entertainment programs, traditional games. The highlight will be the ‘Serahang’ (a decorated basket made from sago leaf which is raised on a bamboo pole) procession lead by local Melanau community elders. Some of the activities not to be missed include playing the giant swing (Tibow) and enjoying Melanau traditional food served on the log (Keman Baw Bateng also known as ‘Makan Beradat’ in Malay). WHERE: MUKAH – Tapak Pesta Kaul, Taman Kala Dana WHO: Persatuan Melanau Mukah CONTACT: Mr. Pengiran Saifudzin Pengiran Mahtar 085-661 676 or john_jennifer@hotmail.com
23-26 9th Miri City International Deep Sea Fishing Tournament 2015 Miri City International Deep Sea Fishing Tournament held off the shore in Miri waters - Luconia Shoals, has attracted international anglers from China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Brunei Darussalam besides Malaysia. WHERE: MIRI - Miri Marina Bay WHO: Miri Anglers Club CONTACT: Simon Wee 085-661 676 www.mirianglersclub.com/contact or mirianglersclub@gmail.com
25 The Bornean Frog Race 2015 An international amphibian conservation event including talks, exhibitions, photography workshops, night-time frog search and photo contest with prizes. Participants will go up one or more trails at the Serapi foothills within Kubah National Park, for a period of 2
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26-27 Samarahan Motocross 2015 WHERE: KOTA SAMARAHAN – Samarahan Motocross Track WHO: Samarahan District Council CONTACT: 082-671023/24/25 or www.samarahandc.sarawak.gov.my
1 MAY Super Rat Race Working Heroes Run 2015 5km charity fun run in aid of SOS Kids. Register at Brooks @ GreenHeights Mall BDC Cold Storage, GardenCity Pharmacy Stutong next to KPJ Hospital, Level Up Gym Padungan, Asiana Gallery Padungan. HOW MUCH: RM40 registration fee includes Brooks dri-fit t-shirt and finisher's medal WHERE: KUCHING – MBKS WHO: O-Run-Utan Running Club CONTACT: www.facebook.com/ratracekuching
1-31 Miri May Fest 2015 Various entertainment programmes, promotional sales, sport, cultural, recreational and social activities will be organised by various government agencies, NGOs, social clubs and commercial houses in Miri throughout the month of May under the banner of Miri May Fest. WHERE: MIRI WHO: Miri City Council CONTACT: 085-424 111 mirimc@miricouncil.gov.my
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Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
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1-3 World Harvest Festival 2015
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MARAPRMAY'15WHAT’S UP-IN-OUT & AROU The main highlight of the World Harvest Festival (WHF) is the theme play which utilises the lake, ethnic houses and trees as natural props in the Sarawak Cultural Village. Along with sampling of traditional food and crafts of the ethnic communities of Sarawak, there will also be a series of joint workshops by the local and invited cultural troupes. The ethnic beauty pageant lends colour and vibrancy to the event whereas brawn comes in the form of the Ironman World Harvest Festival competition. HOW MUCH: www.whf.com.my/new/ticket.php WHERE: KUCHING – Sarawak Cultural Village WHO: Sarawak Cultural Village CONTACT: Mr. Zaini Hj. Zainuddin 082-846 108 or 846 078 or enquiry@scv.com.my or www.scv.com.my
1-3 Youth Talent Discovery 2015 The purpose of this event is to discover new youth talent and raise funds for various charitable organisations such as Green Ribbon, Lions’ Nursing Home and SSPCA. Youth from ages 12 – 30 years old are qualified to join. Audition - 1st – 3rd of May 2015, Quarter-Finals – 9th & 10th of May 2015, Semi-Finals – 7th of June 2015, Finals – 20th of June 2015 HOW MUCH: RM30 WHERE: Audition – Lions’ Nursing Home Quarter- Finals – CityOne Exhibition Centre Semi-Finals – CityOne Megamall Finals – Thian Court, Crown Square WHO: Leo Club CONTACT: Jess Lee 013-8671255
3 Sarawak Health Marathon An event to upgrade and promote sports, recreation and tourism in Sibu. WHERE: SIBU – Jubilee Park WHO: Kelab Sukan Marathon Extreme (KSME) & Sibu Municipal Council
CONTACT: Tang at 019-818 1129
8-10 Kejohanan Berbasikal Jelajah Bintulu WHERE: BINTULU – Kuala Tatau WHO: Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) CONTACT: 086-332 277 or www.bda.gov.my
8-9 Borneo Jazz Festival 2015 Borneo Jazz is one of the longest running jazz festivals in the region. There will be two nights of four performances each by regionally and internationally recognised jazz musicians. HOW MUCH: See www.jazzborneo.com WHERE: MIRI – Park Everly Hotel WHO: Sarawak Tourism Board CONTACT: 082-423 600
9 Serian Rafting Challenge Batang Sadong/Sungai Kayan, Serian WHERE: SERIAN – Tema Mawang / Tebakang Bazaar WHO: Serian District Council CONTACT: www.seriandc.sarawak.gov.my
15-24 Craft Promotion (Batik) Malaysia 2015 Numerous batik makers from various states will be participating in this annual event in conjunction with Miri May Fest. WHERE: MIRI – Miri Handicraft Centre WHO: Miri City Council and Perbadanan Kemajuan Kraftangan Malaysia, Cawangan Sarawak CONTACT: 085-424 111 or mirimc@miricouncil.gov.my
16-17 Traditional Dance Festival WHERE: KUCHING – Balai Budaya Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Cawangan Sarawak
WHO: DBKU CONTACT: www.dbku.sarawak.gov.my
17-27 Borneo Cake Exploration: A Royal Icing Affair KINO Events is proud to present Borneo Cake Exploration featuring David MacCarfrae (UK) Master Cake Artist, judge on Canadian TV series "CakeWalk", Wilton Method Instructor and figurine artist Chef Jackie Tay from Singapore and fondant master and creator of the Runway Doll, William Tan. The event includes workshops, demonstrations, classes, competitions and a gala dinner. There will also be a cupcake and little cupcake topper workshop for children in collaboration with Kiidz Clubhouse. HOW MUCH: Call for details WHERE: KUCHING – venue to be confirmed WHO: KINO Events CONTACT: 013-813 2995 eventskino@gmail.com
22-23 Birumuh Festival To showcase the food, culture and handicrafts of the community in conjunction with Gawai Dayak Celebration. The event also includes a parade, cultural performance and exhibition. WHERE: SERIAN – Serian Community Hall WHO: Serian District Office CONTACT: www.seriando.sarawak.gov.my
23-25 SBC Biodiversity Day WHERE: KUCHING– Sarawak Biodiversity Centre, Semenggoh WHO: Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) CONTACT: www.sbc.org.my
30-31 6th International Cat Show WHERE: KUCHING – Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) www.kuchinginandout.com KINO 10
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31 MAY-1 JUN Lun Bawang Festival This festival is traditionally a celebration of the rice harvest but now it showcases a variety of Lun Bawang cultural activities and events such as Ruran Ulung (beauty pageant contest) and Nguip Suling (bamboo musical instrument band). WHERE: LIMBANG – Lawas WHO: Lun Bawang Association CONTACT: Mr. Ipoi Datan ipoid@sarawak.gov.my Feast of Borneo 2015 – COMING SOON! (call for dates) Join us for a culinary adventure as 3 chefs prepare a feast from 15 lesser known ingredients from our Borneo jungle. HOW MUCH: Call for details WHERE: KUCHING – venue to be confirmed WHO: KINO Events CONTACT: 013-813 2995 or eventskino@gmail.com Pesta Benak (Tidal Bore Festival) (call for dates) Would you dare to be on a surf board and battle a tidal bore in Sarawak’s Batang Lupar River, famed for its crocodile-infested waters? This natural phenomenon in Sri Aman, 170km from Kuching, where the river tide can go as high as 1.5 metres, has become a hit among tourists who hunger for extreme sports. There will a longboat paddling competition, tidal bore surfing, water sports, food and trade fair and; nightly entertainment. WHERE: SRI AMAN - Batang Lupar River at Sri Aman Town WHO: Pejabat Residen Bahagian Sri Aman CONTACT: 083-323 366 or www.sriamanro.sarawak.gov.my Hong Sam Si Temple Parade (call for dates) Annual parade to celebrate the birthday of Kong Teck Choon Ong, the host deity of the Hong Sam Si Temple
at the junction of Wayang Street and Ewe Hai Street, featuring dragon and lion dances and cultural troupes. HOW MUCH: Free WHERE: KUCHING - Hong Sam Si Temple WHO: Kuching Hokkien Association CONTACT: 082-242 748 Sarawak Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) Adoption Day (call for dates) Through the support of local Kuching malls, the SSPCA organises regular off-site adoption campaigns for its animals to find loving homes. WHERE: KUCHING – various malls in Kuching WHO: SSPCA CONTACT: Brenda Png 019-886 3118 1st Saturday of each month A Walk Through Kuching’s Chinese Heritage Discover the history and culture of the Chinese in Kuching through a guided walk in the Chinese History Museum and Carpenter Street. The museum tour will touch on the origins of the Sarawak Chinese, the various communities with their distinct professions and food, and local Chinese culture briefly covering: education, religion, music and festivals. We will also walk along Ewe Hai and Carpenter Streets, taking a closer look at the typical features of a Hokkien temple as compared to the Hainanese temple, learn what makes the trades and shops typical Chinese, and discover some of the oldest houses in Kuching. The walk will start outside the Chinese History Museum entrance at 10 am sharp and will take about 2 hours. Walk limited to 15 people. Reservations are required. HOW MUCH: Free, registration required WHERE: KUCHING – starts at Chinese History Museum, ends at Upper China Street WHO: Friends of Sarawak Museum (FOSM) CONTACT: fosmuseum@gmail.com or call 014-907 4406
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Chingay Parade The Chingay Parade is a street parade event and part of the celebration of Chinese New Year. The parade of about 145 groups usually lasts from mid afternoon to after midnight with an array of lion dances, acrobatic performances, beating drums, gongs and decorated parade floats. WHERE: JOHOR BAHRU WHO: Persatuan TiongHua Johor Bahru CONTACT: 07-278 8999
13-15 Malaysia International Shoe Festival From glamorous stilettos to stylish sandals, classic pumps and trendy boots, the festival takes visitors on a fascinating journey into the world of designer footwear. Experience shoe shopping with Jimmy Choo, fashion shows, shoe making demonstration and shoe designing competition. WHERE: KL – KL Convention Centre WHO: Malaysian Footwear Manufacturers Association CONTACT: 03-9285 5382 or www.malaysiafootwear.com
14-15 International Drum Festival The international drum festival showcases various drum performances and drum-making workshops to share this art of craft-making to the new generation. This programme does not only help to promote Malaysia’s great culture but is also a
with white text Prix platform to hand down drum-making knowledgeLogo Grand (on coloured background) which is unfamiliar with the younger generation. It A festival poised for extreme pizzazz with is not impossible, and without this effort, Malaysia spectacular and glamorous events as Kuala in general and especially Kelantan may lose the art Lumpur City Hall continues to welcome a wide and know how of this craft that is popular amongst range of visitors to fully enjoy their KL experience tourists. Drums are one of the signature products as the festival revs into full gear. in Malaysia's tourism products. Watch adrenaline-pumping action at one of the most awesome tracks in the world. With its HOW MUCH: www.tic.kelantan.gov.my extreme hot and wet conditions, Sepang WHERE: KELANTAN – Perkarangan Stadium International Circuit is a challenge even for the Muhamad IV finest drivers in the world. Don’t miss this race. Logo in reverse Logo in black and white WHO: Pusatwhite Penerangan Pelancongan Kelantan (TIC) WHERE: KL – Festival at KLCC, race at Sepang CONTACT: 09-748 5534 International Circuit, Selangor WHO: Sepang International Circuit Sdn. Bhd. CONTACT: 03-8778 2200 or LIMA'15 Tourism Carnival & The Langkawi www.sepangcircuit.com International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition Logo with white outline (on coloured background)
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This bi-annual event is organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia and is held in conjunction with LIMA 2015. LIMA (The Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition) is a dedicated maritime and aerospace exhibition for defence, civil and commercial applications. WHERE: Pulau Langkawi – The Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre, Langkaw WHO: Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia (MOTAC)
19-20 Mah Meri Ancestors Day Festival This annual festival of the aboriginal Mah Meri attracts many international visitors. At the festival, visitors can see and experience various unique spiritual and cultural celebration ceremonies. Truly an exciting experience indeed. HOW MUCH: Entry to the cultural village is RM5 WHERE: KUALA LANGAT – Kampung Budaya Mah Meri, Pulau Carey WHO: Mah Meri Cultural Village dan Pejabat MOTAC Selangor CONTACT: www.mmcv.org.my
27-29 Formula 1 Festival & Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia
APR Nasi Ambeng Festival (call for dates) The festival provides an opportunity for visitors to experience Javanese community food icon in Selangor by maintaining the original concept of eating rice ambeng with trays when dining. Tourists are also presented Javanese culture experiences. WHERE: SELANGOR – Homestay Banghuris, Sepang WHO: Jabatan Kebudayaan & Kesenian Negeri Selangor CONTACT: 03 - 5510 2664
5 Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya An Ironman 70.3, also known as a Half Ironman, is one of a series of middle-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). The "70.3" refers to the total distance in miles (113.0 km) covered in the race, consisting of a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) swim, a 56-mile (90 km) bike ride, and a 13.1-mile (21.1 km) run. WHERE: PUTRAJAYA – Monumen Alaf Baru, Presint 2 Putrajaya WHO: IRONMAN Asia – Pacific CONTACT: malaysia@ironman.com or http://ap.ironman.com/#axzz2nbNFvDvE
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Karnival Silat Nusantara Events include performances by various silat centres. In 2015, additional events will include exhibitions, self-defence seminars and martial arts demonstrations. WHERE: KELANTAN – Dewan MPKB-BRI WHO: Pusat Penerangan Pelancongan Kelantan (TIC) Pelancongan Dan Kebudayaan CONTACT: 09-748 5534 or www.tic.kelantan.gov.my
Labuan National Water Festival Labuan National Water Festival 2015 is a festival to celebrate the gift of mother nature as a choice for water sport and tourism destination in Malaysia with several major water activities and events that will be featured. WHERE: WP Labuan WHO: WP Labuan Tourism and Culture Office Labuan International Sea Sports Complex CONTACT: 087-422 622 or dewi@motac.gov.my www.motac.gov.my
10-11 Russell Peters Almost Famous World Tour 2015 World renowned comedian Russell Peters is currently on the road with the 'Almost Famous World Tour’ and Malaysia has been listed as one of his stops! The tour promises ALL NEW MATERIAL featuring his signature observational comedy, highlighting Russell Peter’s opinions on ethnic and cultural stereotypes, jobs, the usage of cell phones and dating. WHERE: Shah Alam – Stadium Malawati, WHO: LOL Events Sdn Bhd CONTACT: 03 6205 5350 or rizal@lolevents.my or www.lolevents.my
11-12 Penang World Music Festival 2015 Celebrating the diversity of world music, Penang World Music Festival features a repertoire of performances ranging from traditional to fusion. Expect the mind blowing performances from Brazil, Ecuador, Bulgaria, South Africa, Poland, Uzbekistan and many more. This outdoor festival takes place at the Penang Botanic Gardens, which also includes music workshops by the features artists. WHERE: PENANG – Quarry Park, Penang Botanic Gardens WHO: Penang State Tourism Development CONTACT: 04-650 5136
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24-26 Regatta Lepa A colorful festival that pays homage to the lepa, a traditional single-mast sailing boat of the Bajaus of Semporna. Witness the crowning of the most beautiful lepa, Lepa Beauty Pageant, cultural performances, fireworks display and much more. WHERE: SABAH – Semporna WHO: Semporna District Office CONTACT: 089-781518/663 or Chacho.Bulah@sabah. gov.my or www.sabahtourism.com
1-3 MAY XTERRA Malaysia Xterra is the world’s premier off-road triathlon. One part swimming, one part mountain biking and one part trail running, it has become the most anticipated event of many athletes. In addition to the triathlon, Xterra also has a stand-alone trail running event, featuring distances of 22km, 11km and 5km. WHERE: LANGKAWI WHO: Radius Exhibits & Interiors Sdn Bhd CONTACT: 03 7968 2002 or melissalim@ radiusworld.com or www.xterramy.com
18-31 Magic Of The Night 2015 (MOTN) Make your evening glow with glittering lights of
decorated floats brought in from every state in Malaysia, featuring Malaysia as one of the world's top tourist destinations. The event showcases the colours and treasures of the participating states that will make your night light up gloriously. WHERE: Marina, Putrajaya WHO: Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MOTAC) CONTACT: www.motac.gov.my
25-30 Kelantan International Wau Festival 2015 Last year's event featured participants from 16 countries including United States of America, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Macau, China and others. Local participants from Malaysia numbered 120 people. WHERE: KELANTAN – Pantai Genting Tumpat WHO: Pusat Penerangan Pelancongan Kelantan CONTACT: 09-748 5534 or www. tic.kelantan.gov.my
30-31 Tadau Ka’amatan – Harvest Festival About 5,000 locals and international tourists are expected to be part of this exciting celebration. Come join in the merriment as local folks sing, dance, eat and play traditional games. This is also the main stage for the final round of Unduk Ngadau. WHERE: KOTA KINABALU – Penampang WHO: Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) CONTACT: Dr. Benedict Topin 088-713 696
31 Penang Flora Festival A popular fair that showcases various flower species and landscaping designs. Where 800 orchids of various species and hybrids will be on display. Among the crowd-pullers is the Paphiopedilum rothschildianum orchid, which won the Best Plant competition. WHERE: PENANG – Taman Botani, Jalan Kebun Bunga WHO: Penang Times Square CONTACT: 04-2264404 or www.botanicalgarden.penang.gov.my
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by Etain Vong
ExCat: Coming home... And so this is it: after 15 years of residing outside of Kuching, my husband and I have finally made the decision to move back home! Within these 15 years, I have lived mostly in KL and a few years in Albury, Australia when I went to further my PhD. I first came to KL in year 2000, a “freshie” in awe of KL and its many malls. After graduating, I was offered a job and a scholarship to further my PhD. And so I took it. In between, I got married to a Kuchingite and had my first child. Reality hit when we moved back to KL to work in 2010. With a young child, and eventually a second one, we struggled daily to meet the needs of cooking (I ended up catering), spending time with the kids, laundry and of course, making money. We left our work during weekends, but weekends were spent fine dining (because we couldn’t bear to bring the kids to not-so-clean kopitiams) and leisure in the malls. My kids were introduced to the world of indoor gyms and fancy art and cooking classes that cost a bomb, but which we nevertheless indulged them in because there was nothing else to entertain them. Being Kuchingites, my husband and I never failed to go back to Kuching at least once a year with the kids. We would always go back on Chinese New Year and the first thing my husband would look for
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Our son, Brighton all excited for the move back home
was kolo mee. And there would begin a week of endless quest for Kuching’s good food: laksa, popiah, lui cha, kueh chap, tomato mee, pork satay….you name it. And we would revel at how slow the time seems to go by and how laidback and carefree people are, how we used to be. We would take the kids to the beach (only half an hour’s drive away) and there was always a family member to entertain the kids or babysit them. There was home-cooked food whenever we wanted (as our mothers are just around the corner). And so we started talking about going back… in fact we talked about it for a few years before we finally dared to take the plunge. When we first told everyone our decision, 99% thought we were crazy. We are leaving our steady jobs behind, a place where people supposedly make a lot of money
and have a supposedly enjoyable life. Life is so fast paced it scares me, because my kids are growing up too fast and before I know it, their childhood will have slipped by me. And so, having made a decision, we went back last year to look for a landed property (Yay! No more living in a fancy box of a condo) and fortunately we found an old house we like, with a sizeable garden the kids can run around and play in. And so here we are, ready to embrace, explore and rediscover Kuching again and bring our kids up as Sarawakians…. KINO
Etain is a speech-language therapist who has lived in KL for 15 years. Her recent move back to Kuching is motivated by a better lifestyle for her family and the need to further develop and enhance speech-language therapy for Sarawakians.
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by Andrea Tan
Fasting is Feasting without the E(ating) The gluttony of Chinese New Year festivity is officially over. Now, we return to our regular routine, perhaps a little sluggish after the recent overeating and lack of exercise. Time to go on a diet? In many diet plans, intermittent fasting is one of the recommended methods. Depending on your fitness objective, it may include not eating processed foods, carbs and sugar, or restrictive food consumption for an allocated time in a day to limit calorie intake and encourage weight loss. Of course, fasting is more than just about losing weight. In fact, fasting is an ancient practice for the body to heal, rejuvenate and detoxify. It gives the digestive system a “vacation” from all the hard work, especially after much glorious feasting. Fasting is basically voluntary abstinence of food. Its purpose is diverse. Throughout history, we have witnessed hunger strikes or protest fasts as a non-violent method of resistance to incite change and action in a country or government (example: Gandhi). In the religious and spirituality context, the purpose is for penance, prayer and altruism, or as a petition to God for a special cause like healing or guidance. Different Christian denominations observe different fasting traditions. Those observing Lent have already fasted since Ash Wednesday last February 18. This reduction of food intake goes for forty days until Easter in April. Other fasting practices include the avoidance of meat, consumption of nothing but water, to fasting every
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spiritual matters and be closer to God.
As one of the five Pillars of Islam, Ramadan is an important month where fasting meant abstinence from food, drink, offensive speech and actions, and vices like smoking and sex. Fasting is mandatory to all Muslims. Exemption only applies to children below the puberty age, and the ill or pregnant. Puasa period is twenty-two hours daily, with only feasting times at dawn (Sahur) and dusk (Iftar or “breaking of fast”).
Then there’s Jainism, the ancient Indian religion that has five forms of fasting depending on purpose. Nothing beats their extreme fast, the Santhara, a fast to the death. It is only allowed for those facing imminent deaths like old age and terminal illness as a preventive measure to “burn” old karmas from carrying forward to the next life.
In Judaism, fasting occurs several times a year to commemorate various religious events. Most notable one is Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement, where food and drink are absolutely forbidden for twenty-five hours. Hinduism has no strict fasting rule. Discretion and purpose is up to the individual. Fasting is common during religious festivals like Durga Puja or Navaratri, a nine-day 24-hour complete abstinence twice a year to purify the body and worship the deity, Durga. Baha’i faith devotees abstain from food and liquids for nineteen days between March 2 and March 22 annually. This fast is a major obligation to focus on
Buddhism considers fasting as the first step of self-discipline to achieve selfcontrol. Monks usually observe fasting, but ordinary devotees may also do so if they observe all the Precepts of Buddha every full moon days. If you opt for fasting, be sure you do it for the right reasons, and without compromising your health. Fasting sends a message to the body to flush out the old and make way for the new. When done right, it is a good way to reinvigorate the body with a physical KINO “restart” of fasting.
Andrea Tan is a Kuching-born writer based in Kuala Lumpur. Aside from playing with words, she is teaching herself to draw so she can tell stories with illustrations too.
18 KINOMystic Tales
by Anthony Sebastian
Thirteen-year-old Wong peddled hard downhill. The more speed he built up, the less of a puffing walk he would have up the next hill. He made it
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almost to the top, hopped off his bicycle, and looked back. The figure was still standing by the roadside, facing away from him. A slim man leaning on his staff, long robes fluttering in the wind. But there was no wind. In the rapidly fading light of dusk, the man appeared to glow faintly. Wong shivered involuntarily, and raced up the last stretch to the top of the hill, pushing his bicycle. He reached the top, and looked back again. The man was gone. He knew he would be gone. He had seen this lonely man every time he cycled through this stretch of the cemetery, and the figure always disappeared once Wong reached the top of the hill. Wong lived in 7th mile, and cycled to school in Kuching every day. He always tried to get home before 6pm, because he dreaded having to cycle through the cemetery, and past this spirit. Yes, the slim man was a spirit. Harmless though he was, frightening it was to have to cycle past him. This is a telling of Kuching’s Spirit road. Wong, 73 now, recalls clearly those old days travelling the Spirit road. It is along this road that generation after generation of Kuching-ites have been placed in the ground, returning to the earth they came from. Some rest beneath simple headstones, some with magnificent tombs, and yet others in unmarked graves, forever lost to time. Spirit road begins at Pangkalan Batu, the jetty opposite the Astana along Kuching’s waterfront. As was the practice in almost all British colonies, the main road leading out of a city was named according to the mile. (continued)
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There are small stretches of the original road surviving. You can still see what the old road used to look like just before 7th mile, curving along the same hill that was so frightening to Wong over 50 years ago.
Wong’s experience as a young boy in the 1950s is not an isolated case. Even today, people still “meet” visual apparitions along this road. Just last year, a taxi driver picked up a mother and child at the bus-stop opposite Saberkas, wanting to go to 7th mile. It was only 10 minutes later that the driver realised there was no one in the back. His shock caused him to swerve and hit the curb, damaging his car. In the mid-90s, numerous people visiting the museum gardens in the late evening tell of seeing a tall overweight woman with a pronounced limp walking
1st mile was St. Joseph’s Cathedral, 2nd mile was just past Kuching’s huge, dark maleficent rock, and 3rd mile was the old bazaar and railway station. And so on… 7th mile was the “end of the road”, beyond which the road stretched into the wilderness, heading south towards Serian. This road is called Rock road, named after the rock at 2nd mile. This is also Kuching’s spirit road. Along its first seven miles lie the old cemeteries dating back over 200 years. The oldest graves lie in the compound of the Anglican cathedral in town, the St Thomas’s school ground, and the Sarawak Museum gardens. As Kuching grew, so did the graveyards, extending to Crookshank road, then at Batu Lintang, and eventually spreading outwards almost the entire distance of Rock road to 7th mile, and beyond. The spirits of those gone before us rest amongst us today. It is a peaceful separation between the present world and the spirit world. Occasionally, for reasons unknown to us, these worlds cross, or merge, and some people get a peek into the other world - they see spirits. And along Spirit road is where this happens most often.
past the old graves, dressed in a white gown with a slash of blood running down her back. She would then vanish behind the old summer house. Older folks often retell of a soldier, dressed in full military uniform, standing in front of the old printing office. His long carbine, complete with bayonet, made people driving past take a second look, and he was gone. Today, Kuching’s Spirit road is a much modified main thoroughfare. It basically still follows its original alignment, past the still present Fraser’s & Neave aerated waters factory. There are small stretches of the original road surviving. You can still see what the old road used to look like just before 7th mile, curving along the same hill that was so frightening to Wong over 50 years ago. Who knows, drive that old road in the late evenings and you just might see that slim man leaning on his staff, a shimmering apparition from the spirit world. Fear him not. Our spirits are also our guardians, and a memory of our past.
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Tony Sebastian was born in Sibu, grew up in Marudi, Limbang and Serian. Nature his profession, history his passion, Kuching his home. A naturalist, traveller and writer, Tony's love for Sarawak is evident in the way he brings its tales to life. www.kuchinginandout.com KINO 20
21 KINOSarawak Indian culture by Anita Majumder
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Mother India
Daughter Sarawak An invitation to our lush Sarawakian Indian Culture through History, Culture and Food Not so long ago, three different individuals made me reflect on my Indian heritage and how others perceive it. They all made reference to Bollywood movies and even said something in Hindi! And they were not even Indian. But when I asked them what they knew about Indian culture or anything about Sarawakian Indians, the answer I got was: “all we know is what we see on TV - Bollywood Movies”. Here is a short potted history about Sarawakian Indians. We have been here for quite a while and have contributed a lot into this big melting pot of wonderful and varied heritages that makes up Sarawak. For many of you it may conjure up nostalgic memories and for others, be a bit of an eye-opener about the Indians here. It is thought that Indians started coming to Borneo at least as early
as the 5th century A.D. as small groups of traders and missionaries. From this time, reaching a height around the 11th century, the whole of South-East Asia was influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism. These two great religions, both born on the Indian Subcontinent, had produced political structures social organisations and a way of life which Borneo Island and our Sarawak of today was an integral part of. There have been relics of Hindu temples and other artefacts found in Santubong area. But the ancestors of the present day Indians in Sarawak come from the pool of Indian immigrants who arrived during the 19th century, during the Rajah’s reign. The Tamil South Indian Muslims came as merchants, the Punjabi Sikhs as the police force and the Tamil South Indian Hindus came as workers to run the Rajah’s Matang tea estate.
There were even some brought in to tend the Rajah’s horses on what is now Green Road. The main area in India where Indian influence came from in the past was called Kalinga – hence the word “Kling” or “Kelenga” for an Indian or Indian goods i.e. “Pisang Kling”. Around 1912 when the tea plantations were closed, the Indian labourers were given the choice to return home or accept other jobs. Most chose to return home, with only around 40 families staying of which the majority of the Indian community in Sarawak are the descendants. Try taking a stroll up Mount Matang to see their legacy. The Hindu Sri Maha Mariamman temple, built most probably around 1905 at the centre of the Rajah’s tea plantation, remains and was recently renovated - well worth a visit. A little closer to home is the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple at the (continued)
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"Today people are more interested in fashion than in quality. They want A lot of us have walked down this passage linking India and Gambier streets without really knowing the history of the place.
cheap and disposable and have no patience to tailor, handwash or drip dry good textiles..." Dr. Shajahan Haji Sayed Ahmad of Syarikat Salih Ahmad on India Street
junction of Batu Lintang and Rock Road in Kuching, built to replace the one in Matang. Next to the 'rock' of Rock Road, it is one of the oldest temples in Sarawak, even though an unimpressive structure architecturally. The deity inside, originally brought in from India in 1890, was transferred from the now abandoned temple in the www.kuchinginandout.com KINO 22
Fabric of quality made for long lasting tailored outfits before it gave way to pret-a-porter trends.
Matang Tea Estate, though once a year the deity makes a trip back to the Matang temple and stays there for a month and then returns to the “plains�. The Indian temple at Ban Hock Road is also believed to have been in existence for more than 100 years. Though Indian Muslims have been coming to Sarawak for a long time, they were more transient in nature. KINO www.kuchinginandout.com 23
It is assumed that the Indian Muslim community in Sarawak began at least 175 years ago. By 1929, there were Indian Muslim merchants in Kuching, Serian, Sibu, Saratok, Betong, Mukah, Bintulu, Lawas, Miri and Limbang. In the early days, they were mostly Tamil Muslims who were bachelors or left their family in India but since 1953 Indian Muslims have
been bringing over their families and making more permanent homes in Sarawak. However, by 1840 there was already a prayer hut for the use of Indian Muslims. On 27th December 1871 Rajah Charles Brooke sold the piece of land on which the surau stood for sixty dollars to the Indian Muslim community for the purpose of building a major mosque for (continued)
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Typical spices to make an Indian dish are easily available in most of our local markets
Tumeric root
Fennel
Rojak, Soup Kambing, Roti Can
Ground Tumeric
Cloves
Nigella
I was fourteen years old when I started the spice business. I hope it will continue with my children as it has been three generations of this tradition. Morgan Mahendran Sockalingam in Stutong Market
Ground Chilli
Cumin
Ground Cumin
Fenugreek
“inhabitants of Sarawak who profess Mohamadean religion not being Malays”. The mosque was reconstructed in 1876 and still stands today, tucked in between Indian Street and Gambier Street at the centre of the passageway linking the two streets. I’m sure lots of us have walked down that passage without really knowing the history of the place. Let’s turn to present day and look at the contributions of the Indians to the cultural landscape of Sarawak, broadly divided into 3 categories – Textiles, Food, Education and Medicine. Textiles – So many of us remember going to India Street – all those Indian Muslim traders setting up shop got a whole street named after
nai, Teh Tarik and Nasi Minyak are Indian Muslim dishes
Ground Fennel
Ground Coriander
Toasted Coconut
Ground Candlenut Pipalli
Coriander
Mustard seeds
Cinnamon sticks
Coconut Kerisik
Star Anise
Cardamom
them - to No 27, Salih Ahmad’s, either to get school uniform material or some fabulous piece to have our Raya, Gawai, Christmas or birthday clothes made. I always remember the excitement of going in and fingering the fabric and choosing something just for me to wear. Ready-made clothes were not so readily available here and the Chinese tailors were kept pretty busy sewing all our clothes from all the materials bought from India Street. Most of it was imported from India, China, Japan and Europe. Interestingly, because of the small Indian population here, very few saris or other Indian costumes were available then – unlike today where Indian dress has crossed cultures and is worn by all in one form or another. The only saris I remember my mother buying in
Kuching were the chiffon or georgette ones that were being manufactured by the Japanese Cloth mills – you bought a sari length of 5.5 meters off a roll and it had been printed in the way a sari should be: border all round and a larger design on the end that is to be hung over the shoulder. The other influence of Indian textiles has always been in the weaving. Sarawak Pua Kumbu has very strong ties in its method of weaving with the Indian Patola weave – so somewhere in the past when the Indians moved over to South East Asia, they may have brought their skills and passed them on. Food – We come to one of the bigger influences that the Indians
have had here. Just walking down Gambier Street today, one can still see all the old spice shops plying their trade – and the customers are not just the Indians living here! Every wet market – Stutong, Petanak, Kubah Ria, MJC, 3rd Mile Market, Kota Sentosa (7th Mile) will have at least one Indian trader selling their spices. Mr Mahalingam used to have a Spice Factory in Pending and delivered spices to our home. That has closed down now but Gambier Street Spice Alley is still going strong. A lot of people are unaware that several common Malaysian dishes - Rojak, Soup Kambing, Roti Canai, Teh Tarik and Nasi Minyak – started life as Indian Muslim dishes. Actually in Sarawak before (continued)
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Mr Puran Singh Sandhu, the police instructor The first batch of Sikhs, recruited by Sir James Brooke of Sarawak, are known to have arrived in Kuching in the mid-1800s to join the Sarawak Police Force. Their roles were crucial in maintaining law and order at that time. From then on, more Sikhs arrived and were employed as prison wardens and security personnel mostly due to their tenacity and dignity, always known to never waver in the face of their enemies. It was during one of these times my grandfather-in-law, Mr Puran Singh Sandhu arrived to join the Sarawak Police Force where he also served as a Police Instructor for many years. Today there are around 250 Sikhs in Kuching working and contributing to the society in many prominent fields. Mukvinder Kaur Sandhu
My father, the Maths teacher Mr U. K. Kumaran was one of many teachers recruited from Kerala, South India to teach in our Sarawak schools. He taught Form 6 mathematics at St Thomas School. Passionate about mathematics, I remember him coming home from school only to continue with tuition classes for a steady stream of students. In the evenings he wrote and published mathematics work-books to help students across Sarawak. He gave a solid maths education to his students who would go on to become leaders in government, senior managers in private industry and successful teachers, contributing to the development of Sarawak. Old Thomians from that period, when I introduce myself, often speak highly of him. Jeevan Kumaran
A NEW KID IN TOWN Being Indian and having lived in London and Amsterdam for the last 15 years, moving to Kuching recently has given me a taste of my childhood in Calcutta. India Street and the spice market has been a delight! Yards of cloth and the pungent smell of dried spices and freshly ground herbs paste makes me think I could be anywhere in India. Even more so when I can ask for spices by their Hindi names. I doubt my mother in India can find such fresh ingredients. Tanu Patodia
the late 1980s there were very few Indian restaurants in Kuching. I remember two in India Street, serving Indian Muslim food, and Bukhari Cafe in Satok, serving curries and great Biriyani. Roti Canai arrived into Kuching in the late 1980s as did Naan and tandoori. Today we can go to any suburb of Kuching and be near an Indian restaurant or cafe and get our dose of curry. Many of the places I go to today serving Roti Canai are not Indian establishments, but Malay. At any Open house during Chinese New Year, Gawai or Raya, Indian titbits like Chakali (murukku) are often part of the festivities.
"My own father - a doctor - came here through the British Colonial Services and stayed, taking on Sarawak/Malaysian nationality as did many others." Education and Health - We all have been taught and treated by Indians in schools and clinics and hospitals. When there was a need for skilled personnel in both Education and Health, these were brought in from India. The same service was available from developed European countries, but the cost was very high. But, for a lot of the educated people in India, jobs were scarce and salaries very low. Indians were ready to go to countries
that were waiting for their services and of course the connection of all being British Colonies was an added bonus. After WW2, contracted services and expatriates in mainly those 2 sectors started to come in large numbers to Sarawak. My own father - a doctor came here through the British Colonial Services and stayed, taking on Sarawak/Malaysian nationality as did many others. For many, medicine and teaching have become something of a family profession, as the next and next generations of now Sarawakian Indians continue in these professions. A Sarawak Indian today is an integration of the Indians with the multiracial background of Sarawak, transforming them into a rather unique group of people. Intermarriage played a very important part but traditions remained and melded with all the other traditions found here. Other customs which have Indian influence abound: decorative leaves of coconut palms, the Lotus motif, the use of enai/henna in colouring hands and fingers, sprinkling of perfumed water, Bersanding ceremony, offering flowers, incense, josssticks, greeting with folded hands, lighting during Hari Raya. We are a rich and significant part of Sarawak’s cultural landscape, and it’s KINO just not all “Bollywood”! Anita Majumder is a Kuching born Indian Sarawakian. Many stints of living and working overseas - including boarding school in India - gave her a greater insight and appreciation of what it means to be a "Global Indian". She loves textiles, ceramics, beads and cooking. For the great outdoor, she chases a wee little white ball around a golf course... www.kuchinginandout.com KINO 26
Recipes from you!
Documenting your «Grannys’» Selected-to-be-Collected recipes, from the less known or forgotten to simply favourites by you the public!
Aunty Ruby's
Bengali Indian Brunch “This is a very typical
breakfast/brunch dish that we love to make at home.” aunty ruby AlooGobi Curry Potato and Cauliflower Curry 1/2 kg potatoes cut in quarters 1 head of cauliflower, cut into florets 4 medium tomatoes, cut in quarters 150 gm onions chopped fine 1 tbsp turmeric powder 1 tsp chilli powder 2 tbsp coriander powder 1 tbsp cumin powder 4 tbsp mustard oil (or any oil available) 2 tblsp ghee 1 –1 1/2 cup water Garam masala (1 inch cinnamon, 2 cardamoms, 2 cloves) 2 bay leaves
Directions for Aloogobi Curry Fry potatoes in hot mustard (or other) oil until light brown, remove from pan and then fry cauliflower until brown. Remove from pan. Add ghee to pan, heat, then add bay leaves and garam masala – fry for 2 mins. Add onions and fry until golden brown. Mix all the powder spices with a bit of water to create a paste and add this paste to the pan, take care not to let the spices stick to the bottom of pan by adding tablespoons of water when necessary. Fry for about 6 mins. Add the fried potatoes, cauliflower and tomatoes to the pan. Mix well to coat all the vegetables with the spice paste. Add the water, mix and then cover pan and cook over medium heat. Remove cover and stir from time to time – cook until most of the water has evaporated and the veggies are cooked and nearly dry. There is not a lot of liquid curry sauce with this dish.
Puris Deep fried Puffed Bread
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If you use white plain flour instead of wholemeal flour, these then are called Luchis – very particular to Bengal region in India. 250gm wholemeal flour (Atta), 1/2 tblsp ghee, pinch of salt, water as required, oil for deep frying
Directions for Puris Sieve flour and salt. Add the ghee and enough water to make a soft pliable dough. Knead well. Divide into small balls (ø 40mm) and then roll them into rounds making them as thin as possible. Heat oil in a kuali. Fry rounds one at a time. Press gently till puri puffs up. Flip to fry the other side till light brown. Remove and pat off excess oil. Makes 32 puris. Note: Heat oil to smoking first and then lower to a medium high heat - it is important for puris to puff up.
28 KINOCONSERVATION
A conversation in conservation with Mike Boon and John Ting by Karen Shepherd
Alice Alice in a sad state
What’s the lifespan of the average building? By the calculation of an accountant, around 30 years, while the average homeowner will move once every 15. The Pantheon in Rome stands as one of the oldest buildings still in use, completed in 537AD by the emperor Hadrian while the honour of the world’s oldest wooden building goes to Horyuji temple in Japan, re-erected after a fire in 700AD. Here in Malaysia, precious few buildings clock in before the mid 19th Century, and in Kuching the TuaPek Kong temple is usually given the accolade with the date of 1843, though so little of the original structure remains that it is difficult to support that claim. Achieving Ruskin’s ideal is, in reality, a tall order. But that is the goal of the
Dismantling Process
in Foreverland “When we build, let us think that we build forever”. John Ruskin The Fort, back for the future
conservationist – preserving a history, a structure, a function as if forever. Fort Alice sits atop a gentle hill at the crest of the town of Sri Aman calmly surveying the life of a sleepy outstation town most famous for its roiling river and annual festival in its honour. She is apparently untouched by time since 1875. But this belies the reality that 2 years ago, this old dame was dilapidated and deserted, mouldering away into an untimely end. The last two years have seen her laid bare, taken apart, put together and built back. There’s life in the old girl yet. Her descent into ruin is all the more poignant given her status, both
historically and architecturally. She marks the start of a powerful narrative of a series of 20 forts built across the state, of which 14 remain today (12 of them from the Brooke era). As John Ting describes, these forts were used to control movement and communication in the area and along the river which was, and in many cases still is, the main route for travel and transport. In most cases, the forts attracted large communities to settle around them, providing opportunities for trade and protection alike. The first of these was the eponymous Fort James, built by James Brooke sometime in the early 1850s at the mouth of the Skrang River, a tributary
The painstaking process of putting her intricate framework back together again
of the Upper Lupar. This was a fighting fort, built by local Malays and local Ibans who were collaborating with Brooke against the Saribas and Skrang Iban. However, once his authority had been established in the area, the site was abandoned because it was prone to flooding and therefore unsuitable for use by any incipient community. But this is where James began to show his unusual style of leadership. Unlike the British Colonial powers in other territories, who might have burned the fort to the ground as they abandoned it, Brooke was open-minded about local styles of leadership and actually tapped into their systems. Brooke, no doubt aware of Iban beliefs that buildings
destroyed by fire were omens of bad spirits and evidence of an erosion of his power, ordered Fort James dismantled and moved to its current site, very much in keeping with the Iban traditions of pindah (migration) where longhouse structures are dismantled and taken to the new settlement. Here in 1864, above the settlement of Simanggang as it was then known, Alice began a new, multi-functional life with a new name, housing the officers and garrisons of troops as well as acting as court, offices, armoury, post office, dispensary, jail and tax collection centre. For herein lies the major difference between Brooke’s administration and that of colonial India, for example. Not
for them extensive servants quarters or the convenience of the fan-wallah. Brooke’s officers were largely expected to do for themselves – acting as their own foremen for local workers on the construction of a building that needed to be sympathetic to the environment. This was no Old England but rather a new Sarawak. Collaboration was inherent in this system – the officers needed to rely on local leaders and their workforce and nowhere is this more evident than in the architecture of the fort itself. In terms of function the fort is very similar to an Iban longhouse – a single defensive structure where most of the functions of daily life took place – bilik, tanju (continued)
reconstruction Process
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Inside Alice, as imagined by John Ting and in reality
and ruai are all in evidence. The posts were square and milled in the English style; the double-pitched roof decidedly Malay; the roof beams joined following the Chinese carpentry traditions in a style used by both the British and the Iban with their tiang pemun (the ritualized central post which represents the spiritual heart of the longhouse). Unlike the British in India, who switched to masonry as soon as they could, this fort used local materials – belian and atap – in a blending of techniques. As John Ting puts it: “It is a building that was designed according to a set of parameters and desires not limited by Colonial British ideas and architecture of the time and the space given to the local is highly unusual in terms of late 19th century colonial architecture.” The result was purportedly Charles Brooke’s favourite fort. This extensive collaboration was reconfirmed by a later entry in the Sarawak gazette. When the new Resident’s building across the road was
built in 1931, the descendants of the people who had erected the first columns of the fort were invited to officiate. Among them were the descendants of the AbangAbang, Pengirans and Iban Chiefs – dignitaries of different cultural groups were represented. So what is the secret to preserving such a piece of posterity, to building for forever? Actually, it is a fine balance of history and modernity, research and design, but most importantly, of authenticity and longevity. It takes an established conservation architect and an architectural historian, drawing together a team of archaeologists, master carpenters and a sympathetic contractor. It begins with painstaking research across several continents, from Australia to Asia and then on to Europe where John Ting, researching his PhD, unearthed the earliest surviving photograph of the fort from 1875, taken by Alexander Hill Gray is kept in Stonyhurst College in the UK. His partnership with Mike Boon, the
RevealIng knowledge to the next generation Master Carpenter Ting Nik Sing shows his techniques to the local school children: recreating joints to attach replacement belian timbers to the original beams in the original style; experiments in lime wash; the carpenter’s toolkit
architect charged with conserving the fort, is the basis of the authenticity in the project. This meant a return to traditional techniques. Modern equipment was kept to a minimum to preserve the integrity of the site. Machine milled timbers would have stood out against the originals so an old approach was needed. Enter Mr. Ting Nik Sing (no relation to John), a master carpenter who Mike coaxed out of retirement onto what may have been the project of his lifetime. As the fort was taken down, each piece was catalogued, each joint studied, each technique logged. While the uprights had all survived intact, many of the secondary structural members and finishing elements had been replaced over the years. In many cases, it was these that had not lasted, riddled with water damage, and needed to be excised from the structure and replaced with new materials, in the same style as the old. Mr Ting recreated tools and techniques; his years of experience
The interior is decorated with 19th Century reproduction furniture and some pieces from the Museum collection.
learning his craft stretched to the limit. This is how the building will last forever. It is the same as it was, in substance in most cases and in spirit everywhere else. The continuity in the construction is clear. When research showed that the original building was limewashed, the limewash had to be made. Once again, the Sarawak Gazette offered a basic recipe, mixing lime with cowhide gelatin. Mike created several versions using several ingredients until the right one was found – the recipe that would ensure the life of the building for as long as possible. So, Alice stands again but will she live forever? Now that is up to the community and the authorities charged with her
care. The team have done their part, conducting an extensive community outreach programme throughout the life of the project in which they introduced local school children to the wonder of their own heritage. After all, if the
children love Alice as the Rajah did before them, then her future is assured. She is back on her feet and all dressed for visitors. Make sure you all take the time to pay court. The Rajah may be dead; KINO but long live Alice.
John Ting and Mike Boon are the dynamic duo in Sarawak’s conservation landscape. John, an architect by trade, is the undisputed world heavyweight champion in the field of research on Sarawak’s architectural history, and the world expert on Sarawak’s forts, having recently submitted his PhD on the subject. Mike is an award-winning architect and the go to guy in conservation in Sarawak. If it is a conservation project, Mike has had a hand in it - courthouse, square tower, Fort Margarita, the lot. A match made in heritage heaven! All the historical and architectural background in this article was taken from: Ting, John. "Fort Alice - Syncretic Architecture in Sarawak under the Brooke Regime." In Contested Terrains: Conference Proceedings, edited by Terence McMinn, John Stephens, Steve Basson, pp. 543 - 49. Perth: SAHANZ, 2006.
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33 KINOTHE WISE TRAVELLER by Alan Lau
Lost & Found
on the long way round
WHy on earth do we go there? AND WHAT IS TRAVEL?
immense limestone bulk marches inexorably northwards, punctuated by crumbling towers. So much of the history of Constantinople, as Istanbul was then known, was written on these walls. My plan was to walk as much of its 5-mile length as practicable.
Curiosity is an integral part of being a traveler, as opposed to being a tourist. Tourists, illustrated guidebooks in hand, go to see what they expect to see. One merely has to go there, verify that it is exactly as described, and emerge unchanged. Many such guidebooks are filled with lavish illustrations. St Peter’s Basilica is sectioned in polychrome anatomical detail like an orange, its burnished, art-encrusted surfaces exposed in lurid detail. It virtually dispenses with the need to visit the real thing at all.
With nary another visitor in sight, I traced the line of the walls on foot, reading the echoes of history in indentations, inscriptions, scars. I found the remnants of the Golden Gate, once the most famous city gate in the world with its glowing doors of beaten gold, long sealed up by later superstitious rulers. Remnants of a slum once occupied by Roma people, cleared by the Turkish authorities as part of a sanitation drive in 2008. The exact spot where the Ottoman besiegers breached the once-impregnable wall in the great siege of 1453, where one great civilisation came crashing down and another rose from its ashes. Why did I attempt this pilgrimage? Not because of anything that came out of a guidebook, but out of simple curiosity.
But to tour, to treat travel as if it were merely some form of visual checklist of places and events described in some guidebook, is to miss the point of travel altogether. I’m standing on an ancient rampart on the periphery of Istanbul’s old city, taking in a sight that few visitors per year to this fabled city ever see. It’s easily Istanbul’s most extensive ancient structure, but few tourists ever catch more than a fleeting glimpse of it from a bus or taxi. I’m speaking of the Byzantine land walls of Constantinople. Built in the 5th century by the Byzantine emperor Theodosius, it’s still a sight to behold after one-and-ahalf millennia. When viewed from the Ottoman Yedidule fortress that anchors the wall’s southern end, the
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What is travel? It’s simply to go and discover for oneself. Not to verify the expected, or to tick off one of those “100 places to see before you die” bucket lists that mushroom on the internet in profusion. They may gush about the Alhambra or the Great Wall of China and give a step-by-step account of how best to approach and appreciate these monuments; but their breathless and ecstatic manner belies the sad fact that these great sights are nothing more than nodes on a checklist, to (continued) be ticked off one by one.
KINOTHE WISE TRAVELLER 34 (continued) For first-time visitors to New York City, especially the budget-conscious (myself included), a ride on the Staten Island Ferry, rendering expansive views of downtown Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, is one of the city’s best free attractions. Most visitors however, on disembarking on Staten Island, simply turn right around and get back on the next ferry to Manhattan. But my internet research had turned up an unusual sight on Staten Island itself that precious few visitors ever see. “For the intrepid only,” cautioned one blogger. I simply couldn’t resist it. An hour-long bus ride brought me through an autumn landscape of cinnamon and scarlet trees, past pretty timbered houses, and a picture-perfect historic village. At the unpromisingly-named Arthur Kills road, there is a unique sight. The unprepossessing road brings you to a small bay edged with scrap metal yards.
Be unafraid of getting lost. If you have the time, losing your way can be a rare pleasure. But the main draw lies in the bay itself, known as the ship graveyard. The water is dotted with dozens of defunct naval vessels, quietly rusting into oblivion. Here amidst the birdcalls and marshes, the steel cadavers rise from their watery graves, as copper-red as the surrounding foliage, their crumbling masts a haunting and perhaps prophetic vision of the end of our time. To me, it was totally worth the long diversion. And so, if I may submit my own small list, here is some advice for the would-be traveler: Leave the guidebooks at home. They’re useful for planning a trip, but never have I packed anything less useful (and more bulky) than a guidebook. If you need a map, they are always plentiful at your destination. And the more lavishly illustrated the guidebook, the more likely you are to follow a well-worn tourist path. And if you seek information while at your destination, you can always talk to the locals. Speaking of locals, making friends with the indigenes is one of the great joys of travel. If you’re interested in different cultures, befriend someone who is immersed in it.
A ride on the Staten Island Ferry, rendering expansive views of downtown Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, is one of the city’s best free attractions
Be unafraid of getting lost. If you have the time, losing your way can be a rare pleasure. You may find new ways of seeing when faced with the unexpected. When visiting Kyoto’s famous (and dismally overcrowded) Kiyomizudera temple, an accidental detour led me to discover the unfrequented back way. My reward? A stunning view of an entire hillside blanketed with identically-shaped grave steles, rising like a miniature granite Manhattan.
In Kyoto, a stunning view of an entire hillside blanketed with identically-shaped grave steles, rising like a miniature granite Manhattan
Embrace the ugly. If tourism is centred solely on pretty monuments to the exclusion of everything else, then travel embraces both the ugly and the beautiful. My detour to Arthur Kills was a case in point. As they say in fashion, the ugly can be beautiful; the pretty, never. So, as countless lyricists and poets have exhorted, in travel as much as in everyday life, throw out the guidebook and take the long way home down the road less travelled. It might just KINO be the journey of a lifetime. Alan is an architect with Kuching-based practice Integrated Design Consultant. He has a morbid fear of getting lost, which is why he tends to overplan his travel itineraries. Things invariably go wrong, and he often ends up often lost and bewildered, which is fine.
PHOTOS BY ALAN LAU
On Staten Island, at the unpromisingly-named Arthur Kills road, there is a unique sight. The unprepossessing road brings you to a small bay edged with scrap metal yards.
37 HEALTH llll
by Lim Eng Hooi
Exercise - Kids HomeWork-Out Obesity is now a Malaysian epidemic. Even worse, it is obesity in children that is rising at a staggering rate. The number of overweight children has risen so much that the government had to take action, making it compulsory education policy for every student in school take part in at least one sport. Our children these days are generally unfit. Lifestyle changes have made sure of that. Our kids may still be playing soccer and tennis, but these days it is sadly more likely to be on the phone than on the field. There is even an app for sprinting… with your fingers! And the smartphone mania is reaching our kids at a younger and younger age. Our children hardly do anything physical these days; they hardly walk anywhere; they don’t play hopscotch in the garden anymore. We are concerned about the weight of their school bags and that the sun is too hot and it’s too dangerous outside. Our kids get their daily resistance training taken away from them when we take all the heavy books out of their school bags. Our kids get their cardiovascular endurance taken away from them because it’s too dangerous to let them walk anywhere. Most of our kids are so unfit that they cannot run away fast enough or jump far enough away from the same perpetrators that we are trying to protect them from. As for sports, who needs them?
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Many Moms and Dads didn’t do any sports and they are none the worse for it! True, I myself didn’t do any sports in school but I walked to school with all my textbooks in primary school and cycled 5 miles to secondary school for years. I had to change my school bags frequently because the strap couldn’t take the weight of the books; today we change our kids’ bags because it’s a new term. Are PE classes in school sufficient? Sadly, they are not. There are two to three 35-40 minute periods a week allocated, shared between health and physical education. The proof? In one local school, 1,900 students between the ages of 13 -18 took part in the long jump and the 100m. Their average 100m speed was 18.5 seconds and their average long jump was 2.00m. A fit 11 year old girl should be jumping 5m and sprinting the hundred in 13 seconds. Our kids may learn about fitness and games, among many other things, but they won’t be doing fitness frequently enough to be life changing.
So should our kids go to the gym? Our kids should definitely exercise. They need endurance for their study schedule alone. They need strength for protecting themselves in emergencies. They need flexibility so that they remain versatile to try new physical adventures in their growing years. Sports are character building, good fun and a great way of socialising. But when sports are deemed too dangerous, it is too unhealthy to play ‘outside’, parents are too busy, school PE insufficient, what alternatives do we have but the gym for our kids? Better the climate-controlled regimen of the gym than nothing at all. In the end, our kids need the KINO exercise.
Lim Eng Hooi is a teacher in a secondary school in Samarahan and a very experienced and highly successful track and field coach. Since taking over again as the head coach of the Sarawak Schools Track and Field Team, the Sarawak Team has returned as national overall champs every year since 2009. Rain or shine, Lim will be at the Kuching Waterfront, every Sunday at 6.00am, helping people to enjoy sweating and being fit!
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39 Goat Story llll
by Billy the Kid
8 reasons to own a goat! When you think Kuching, you probably think cat. But the goat is kicking in, especially this year. More often associated with the Muslim festival of Hari Raya Haji (not so lucky for the goat), goat farms have been springing up all over Sarawak – meat and milk both! Frankly, goats are funny, so why not? Make milk for the lactose-intolerant Asians and milk? Not a common combination outside the Indian subcontinent. But if milk is not your thing, consider getting a goat. Perhaps this will not convince you, but goat’s milk actually has a chemical structure close to human breast milk and, with lower lactose, it may save you running to the restroom! Upgrade your lawnmower – this one runs on bio-fuel Ever considered buying one of those robot vacuum cleaners? Why not get one for your garden? A goat will do the same job and you don’t even need to plug it in! In fact, Google used goats for mowing their Mountain View headquarters and the Congressional cemetery in Washington DC got them to get rid of their nuisance plants. Just watch out for your prize peonies in case they get hoovered up with the lalang. Fertilise for free! Of course, here in Kuching, the chicken is King in the organic fertiliser stakes packing the highest nitrogen punch but the goat is not far behind and is leaps and bounds ahead of cow manure. Between 75 to 90% of the nutrients a herbivore eats are excreted at the other end, making it an excellent source of growth for your garden. So, consider going organic.
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Banish goat odours Goats may not be renowned for the sweetness of their smell, but goat’s milk soap is one luxury lather. It boasts a host of benefits – moisturising fat content; anti-bacterial properties; essential nutrients and the holy grail of delayed signs of skin aging with its high content of alpha-hydroxy acids. And, it doesn’t smell half bad! Take up weaving! Everyone needs a hobby Pashmina, cashmere, mohair – the names scream fashion fabulous. But they are all born on the backs of a humble goat. Of course, here in the tropics there is not much call for cashmere, and pity the poor goat that has to live here with all that hair! But the Bedu, the desert people of the Middle East, have had goat hair tents and rugs since time immemorial. So spin it, felt it, plait it – the goat is in this season. Start a band with your own musical instruments Yes, goats can make sweet, sweet music. We kid you not! Percussion, strings, wind – you can make yourself an orchestra. Goat intestines are the main source of the confusingly named catgut (nothing to do with
kuching at all!), which traditionally formed the strings of a huge range of instruments from guitars to harps. The strings can be plucked, the horns can be blown, and the hide can be beaten. Think West Africa’s Djembe or even the Kompang and the Gendang. From a goat comes Joget! Pack up your belongings – hike with a goat Apparently hiking with a goat is the new trend. The goat is a pack animal that can cope with very treacherous conditions carrying up to 25kgs on their backs. Even better, you can just let them loose to forage for food. Of course, you may get some funny looks from the kampong folk when you arrive with your flock, but we city folk need some beasts for our burdens! If all else fails, eat it! Curry, barbecue – whatever you like – it’s healthy and delicious. Apparently 63% of red meat consumed worldwide is, in fact, goat meat. With lower calories, fat and cholesterol, goat is a good choice. Just don’t make friends with your goat at the beginning of the year or else by next Chinese New Year, there KINO may be some tears!
40 NIGHT SPOTS Kuching’s Cappucino Kopitiam llll
Visitors to Kuching are often bewildered by coffee language. ‘O’, ‘kosong’, ‘C’, ‘susu’, ‘guleng’, ‘peng’, ‘panas’ – it’s like a secret code known only to initiates. However, the no-caf, skinny, soy, low-foam, grande caramel macchiato patter had largely passed this little corner of the world by - until recently. The ubiquitous chain coffee house which homogenised the rest of the world’s shopping streets in the 90s was largely only seen here on TV (thank you, Friends and Frasier) as Kuching residents chose kopitiam over coffee house. But now, Starbucks has landed and with it has come a host of hip new coffee joints where Columbian roast is more likely to feature over the local brew, and very definitely at imported prices. If you are searching for that early evening java jolt or that late night chamomile calmer, the choices suddenly abound. So whatever your wish – cappuccino, frappucino, macchiato, expresso or even a soothing cup of cha – here’s our choice of vendors of those magic beans…
Bing – Jalan Padungan There’s a Bing on every corner it seems – Kuching’s answer to the Seattle chains; the trailblazer of that dark brown and bright orange colour scheme that is now everywhere. Bing is a touch of Bali – enormous Buddhas, tinkling water features, overstuffed sofas and tropical frangipani are the formula that gives each that restful ambience. Try the one on Jalan Padungan, the original (I believe!) and the best (I believe!). It has a charming, secluded garden out the back for lovers and smokers alike! Aside from the coffee, which is the usual range of Italian favourites, Bing serves a truly addictive Panini – I’m sure they put something in the sauce. Just brace yourself for the bill!
The Coffee Factory – Jalan Penrissen, 8th Mile The Coffee Clinic – Song Plaza Location, location, location. That is the watchword of the real estate agent. But out on Jalan Penrissen, across the road from the petrol station and in front of the army camp, sandwiched between a junkyard and a pottery, there is a new, shiny, modern palace of coffee. Strangely, the location is so out of the way that it is intriguing; it seemed worth a special trip. It is in the same block as an equally incongruous music shop, owned by the same owner who also, coincidentally, owns Coffee Clinic in Song Plaza and therein lies the draw. The two outlets are very much in the same vein – a metal mezzanine, reclaimed wood and metal garden chairs. Coffee Factory is considerably more spacious though Coffee Clinic has the benefit of outside seating and of being in town! However, the coffee menu in each is extensive – the chai spiced latte seemed particularly alluring and came with a delightful heart on the top, the pride of any barista. Really two new Kuching coffee classics.
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Craze Earthlings Coffee Workshop – City One Earthlings may be the best reason to visit City One. On the outside, facing the car park, this coffee haven boasts an enormous range of beans from an enormous range of countries – so many that they even have a signpost pointing you as far away as Jamaica (apparently 11,000 km away). They even have the notorious Kopi Luwak – lovingly salvaged from the faeces of the Asian Palm Civet – for a hefty RM56 per cup. Reclaimed wood is again the order of the day; it seems that all coffee houses must look like the inside of a shipping crate and this one has gunny sacks of beans in front of the register to complete the effect. But the coffee is delicious – consider the ‘Warm and Fuzzy’, espresso with cinnamon and caramelized apple sauce! And the name of the place is fabulous too – take us to your leader.
WowAna – Jalan Keretapi Now WowAna – a coffee place with a twist, actually two. In the front section, there are the suddenly trendy palettes as tables. It has a retro, somewhat 80s vibe with its louvered windows and red and black colour scheme. But at the back, it is a den of darting. Yes, darting. A row of five gleaming machines, the all-modern kind with automatic scoring and no pesky needles, line the back wall and dartboard motifs are everywhere. Twist number two is the Japanese coffee. Perhaps not the most famous coffee-producing nation but a nation renowned for its high standards at least. The coffee is tasty and the pastries even better. Try the Shepherd’s Pie – sweeter than traditional for Asian tastes but delicious nonetheless. There is even a Sarawak Laksa pie!
Coff’s – Kai Joo Lane Coff’s is located on Coffin Street, as it is affectionately known (Coff’s/Coffin/Coffee – get it?), on the ground floor of the magical Lane Building, once the law offices of the lawyer and local design leader, Yap Han Boon. On the outside, they benefit from his eye in old-style louvered belian blinds and classic green airbricks. But inside, they pay homage to another design classic: Apple. One wall is a shrine to all things retro techno but, of course, Apple only. Otherwise, the interior is pared down, verging on sparse, but with wifi and the computer vibe, it is an ideal place for a quiet coffee while you catch up on some reading. Unlike the others, this place actually features Sarawak beans, so if you’re an Apple enthusiast, then grab a coffee and drink it all in!
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42 Illustrated MAP llll CAT City Walk - Wayang/MacD
Corner of the OLD QUARTER
(4) MUSEUM GROUNDS / RESERVOIR PARK (5) KENYALANG
(6) ANG CHENG HO/ SEKAMA
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