Pasar Tamu/Sunday Market in Bt 7 Town and Bt 10 Town

Pasar Tamu Pekan Bt 7 and Pekan Batu 10.

Good day to all. First of all I would like to thanks all visitors to my blog who had visited my blog despite the fact that it has not being updated for almost 4 months. There are still more tourist attractions in Sri Aman and I will cover them in my next posting.

Today posting I am going to cover some interesting places in a place where I am staying. In Kuching especially when you are new to Kuching, sometimes one find it difficult to find a place where you can buy jungle products and vegetables in one place. In Kuching other than in Satok Sunday market, one can buy jungle products and variety of vegetables in Sunday Market located at Mile 7 town (Kota Sentosa Town) and Mile 10th town (Kota Padawan). Although both of the tamus are smaller in size compare to Satok Market but one still can find variety of jungle products and vegetables. And the best things about these two tamus compare to Satok market, the crowd is smaller........

Where are Mile 7 and Mile 10 Towns

For those of you who still do know a way or location of both of the towns (Kota Sentosa and Kota Padawan), Please refer to the map below.

                      

Pasar Tamu/Sunday Market Kota Sentosa/Pasar Bt 7

You can buy a vege at RM 1.00.

Pasar Tamu/Sunday Market Kota Padawan/Pasar Bt 10

For those of you who wish to buy jungle products in Kuching, the best place for you to visit is either Kota Sentosa or Kota Padawan. Happy shopping!

Thanks

Marvin's Birthday Dinner at Chicken Hartz Kuching

Tonight, 23rd May 2009 the whole family inclusive my baby sitter who is also my husband cousin Icha , having our dinner at Chicken Hertz Satok branch.

It was a birthday dinner to celebrate my second son Marvin 16th birthday. Actually Marvin birthday falls on 24th May that is tomorrow. But Sunday is always a busy day for us therefore my hubby and I had decided to celebrate it tonight instead.

Chicken Hertz has two branches in Kuching. One is located at Sarawak Plaza and another branch at Satok. Because Sarawak plaza area is always very busy on Saturday night so we chosed to have Marvin's birthday dinner at Satok branch.

The dinner started before 7.00pm. At first everyone was very excited to take their share but after few drumsticks of chicken, Nicole Helena my only daughter started to complain about the chicken...as for the rest of us, after 4-5 pieces of chicken we started to compare the taste of the chicken wing served here with the one serves by KFC ....Human being will never satisfy..

As for the birthday boy Marvin Ningkan, the thing that he hate most is eating. But tonight he eat 4 pieces of chicken. As for Leonnard he really love the food especially chicken. Tonight he only ate 5 pieces of chicken...below my expectation but I still Congratulate him as 5 pieces of chicken is considered a good performance....

Olivero Manding started-off with Spaghetti but halfway through he complained about the taste and went to get the ice-cream. As for the chicken, he only managed to finish 2 pieces ....A dismayed performance.
As For Kenneth, my eldest , he was still the champion. He ate more than 6 pieces of Chicken. Eventhough still champion but his score was lower compared to the first time that we ate here about two years back. Last time he managed to eat 7 pieces of chicken.
After everyone could not continued with their food (remember Chicken Hertz is a Eat as Much as You Could family restaurant) so left the restaurant at quarter to nine. Eventhough the taste of the chicken served was no matched with KFC chicken but everyone seemed to enjoy the dinner so much especially my hubby who had to readjust his belt in order to eat few more chickens.
To my son Marvin, the whole family would like to wish you a Happy Birthday and study hard. And to my long serving baby sitter and my husband cousin.."happy retirement" and thank you so much for being with this family for the past 10 years..

Thank You...

Visit Sri Aman Sarawak - The Town of Bujang Senang and Tidal Wave

The Sri Aman Division is one of the eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Formerly part of the second Division, Sri Aman Division has a total area of 5,466.7 square kilometers.

It was formerly known as Simanggang District but was later name as Sri Aman as this is the place where PARAKU(Parti Rakyat Kalimantan Utara) a communist party operated in Borneo particularly Sarawak signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Sarawak government in year 1973. PARAKU was represented by its Commander BONG KEE CHOK whereas Sarawak government by its Chief Minister at that time Abdul Rahman Yaakob (different from Tunku Abdul Rahman). Sri Aman was chosen where "Aman" means peacefulness. Sri Aman brings the meaning of "Town of peace" and therefore pigeons became the symbol of Sri Aman as pigeons symbolized peacefulness.

Sri Aman town is one of the most crime free town in Malaysia. Its crime rate is among the lowest in Malaysia. For those who wants to visit Sri Aman, the population of Sri Aman who is culturally mixed, with mostly Iban, Malay and Chinese predominating would be very happy to welcome you all to their peaceful and beautiful town.

There are plenty of interesting place and event to name a few Pesta Benak celebrates in May, the Mount Hosanna Chapel , Wong Tapang Rumput , Batang Ai National Park, the Maludam National Park and some other tourism activities such as eco-tourism and cultural tourism to the Iban longhouses. Some of the landdmarks and important features in Sri Aman are :-

Aerial View of Sri Aman Town

Aerial View of Sri Aman Town

For those who really cannot avoid from going to KFC, dont worry you still can eat your favourite recipe while in Sri Aman as KFC is also available here.

Row of new building in Sri Aman.


The only temple around eventhough it was built not in a suitable place (as it occupies most of the Batang Lupar river bank) but with it new look, its becomes part of tourists attraction especially during Tidal Wave Festival or locally known as Pesta Benak .


The newest building in Sri Aman town.....



Down memory lane - The only theatre in Sri Aman. In early 70's when Hindustan movie was very popular among local the theatre was at it peaks and alway full of hindustani movie goers. But in early 90's due to tough competition with mini theatre and the LCD player, the theatre was closed and since then it was converted to commercial centre.

Row of Shops in Sri Aman town -Combination of new and old building

New Building own by Sarawak Electricity Supply Company (SESCO)

Majlis Perbandaran Sri Aman (MPSA) Building

MARA Building - For our muslim friends you can find your halal food at this building

Hoover Hotel and Everise Shopping Complex

Benak Of Batang Lupar

One of the main tourist main attraction to Sri Aman or Batang Lupar great river is a Tidal Bore or known as Benak by local Iban or Malay.

The benak of the Batang Lupar first becomes visible in the estuary region of Pulau Seduku. It reaches its peak as it passes the town of Sri Aman, 90km from the estuary. Along the banks of the town a tidal watching festival was inaugurated on the King Tide of 5th May 2001 - the Pesta Benak. This gave the local boatmen an opportunity to show their skills to tourists, surfing the bore in longboats. Prior to the event, several days were spent flushing crocodiles out of the river for the safety of tourists!

The benak continues its journey another 30km inland, ending near the small village of Engkilili.

For those who would like to see Batang Lupar Tidar Bore or Benak the best time for you to see benak is in month of May.

Welcome to Sri Aman the city of Bujang Senang and Benak...