My Longkang

It took me quite a few hours to reach Kuching. Whenever I reach Kuching, I realize how laid back my own life style is. Every body I see seems to be in a hurry. Perhaps it is because it is office hours. At 4p.m. there are already signs of a traffic jam in the forming.

I had already told a friend to help book for me an economical room. He said he found a great room for RM40.00. I was so pleased.

It looked cool enough from the outside. He had already paid for the room on my behalf. I went to the lobby and I was asked if I would like to buy a towel or soap. I was stunned. For RM40.00 I got a room. Full stop. Towel was available for RM3.50. Toilet paper was available at 50 sen a roll. Blankets too were not provided. The lady smiled and said I could save RM5.00 if the room was without windows but all windowless rooms were fully booked.

It consisted of a small bed, a mirror on a wall and a small bin for rubbish. The room is very small and the bathroom has just enough room for me to turn and wet my back The room itself had peekaboo curtains. If I pulled it to the left, it would leave the right hand side of the window exposed and vice versa. Anybody from the other side can just look into the room and to just change in the presence seems so rude. I had to change in the bathroom. The curtain just wasn’t big enough. I couldn’t open the windows as the aroma from the dustbins downstairs was overwhelming.

But I am excited to be in Kuching. There seems to be so many varieties of food in Kuching. This sitting on the bed and doing everything on the bed ( no chair or desk in room ) makes me realize how much we take our own homes for granted.

Homeless person

I have another four days in Kuching. I really don’t know how I am going to survive. I am not really a shopping guy although Benghui made me promise to buy him something or anything at all. He didn’t mind he said.

He hugged me tight this morning and said he would miss me. He then solemnly swore he would pray for me every night until I came home. I told him thanks but it was not necessary. Again, he affected that look he has when he looks at a younger child and insisted he would do it and he said God would listen to him and protect me. Sometimes this child is too complicated.

It made me uncomfortable a little as it was so early in the morning and being a superstitious person, such talk is believed to bring negative vibes. But so far so good. I am blogging from a cyber cafe which is very slow and it is not convenient to reply comments or visit you all. I will do it when I reach home.

wuching I am not here for my second wife. I am here because I have an assigned task to perform and I will return when I have performed my task.

I will post pics later.

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