Creative Students

While shopping for books at the Spring shopping complex I bumped into a group of students from Limkokwing Institute of Creative Technology. The students were busy clicking cameras as part of their 'Model Search' project. Anyone willing to be photographed and be in the limelight was welcomed. The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology is a global university with campuses in Malaysia ( Sarawak,Borneo included) , UK, China,Cambodia,Botswana and Lesotho. What's interesting is that a student of Limkokwing Borneo has the opportunity to conduct part of his/her studies in any of its campuses worldwide. A point worth noting in times of globalisation and a much flatter world where human resources should be exposed to a world of diversities and cultural exchanges early in their career training. At another corner I saw one student adept at sketching doing portraits and caricatures of willing shoppers, albeit at a small price.

Santa Fying Low in Kuching

The Boulevard is one of the latest shopping malls that joined the Kuching skyline this year. I find that their interior decoration for the Xmas season shopping to be the best I have seen in Kuching this time around. With his sleigh of reindeers, Santa Claus reaches to greet shoppers and visitors alike and never fail to excite children and others to their shopping experience.

Traditional shadow play figures

Went shopping at the Boulevard Shopping Mall today. Located at Mile 4, Kuching -Serian Road this shopping mall is the latest addition in town. The mall has I think the biggest hypermarket in Kuching city.
What interests me today is the decorations put up in the atrium's space. The unconventional use of shadow play figures on the lanterns gives the traditional puppets images a modern appeal.

Weekend shopping at Kuching

I went again to the flower market at Satok ,Kuching yesterday(24/8) purposely to buy more varieties of heliconia to bring back to Bintulu for additions to the Heliconia Valley Project. collection. In the foreground of the picture below are bougainvilleas.

The prices at the flower market here are reasonable and bargainable. You can purchase fertilisers( in small packings), prepared soil mixes, flowering plants of all varieties and species like the orchids, roses,hibiscus,bougainvilleas,fruit trees,palm trees,grasses, aquatic plants etc,etc,.The plants are sold here by small nursery owners, part-time gardeners, garden enthusiasts and freelancers. They need only to pay a token fee to put up their goods at the alloted places on a daily basis.

An interesting array of plants sold on temporary lots allocated by the Kuching City Municipality for a token fee. The Flower Market opens from Saturday afternoon till Sunday afternoon, every weekend.

Later on the way back home, I stopped at this uptrend shopping mall called 'The Spring'. For more pictures please find them here.

Food Shopping in Kuching City

Yesterday I had a field day shopping for food in Kuching City.

First pit stop: The Spring, a newly opened  uptrend mega shopping mall in uptown Kuching, approximately 5 kilometers from down town Kuching. The food court was excitingly decorated and the range of food excellent from local to foreign menus. Here I tried the pasta.

2 nd pit stop: Top Spot, A sea food food court at down town Kuching, within walking distance from all the  major tourist hotels and accomodation. Something special on the menu was a plate of 'midin' which means jungle ferns in the local lingo. Fried with 'belacan'( local prawn paste) it is a culinary delight eaten by the lowly and the high nosed.

3 rd pit stop: Ikan Terubuk market at Satok Road , where the famous ikan terubuk is salted and sold as a must souvenier for tourists from Semenanjung Malaysia.

Below is a cu of the ikan terubuk fish.

When fried, these the terubuk fishes are great appetisers and therefore should only be taken in small portion.

New Shopping Experience in Kuching

On this trip we returned again and again to 'Boulevard' shopping center,located at Mile 4 , Kuching-Serian Road. More shops have now opened in the center. I paid a visit to the Popular Bookshop and bought a book on Monet.