Archive for November, 2008

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Last Thursday, we drove through this tunnel to get us to…

KLCC Petronas Twin Towers – the second tallest twin towers in the world.

Kuching, Sarawak

November 28, 2008
A month after we got married, a friend invited us to Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia. Peter did some teachings and I tagged along and did a bit of teaching too. It was quite a good trip. That time, I didn’t have my digital camera yet… so whatever photo I’m showing here is not mine. Our hots took us to Sarawak Cultural village where we saw a different culture compared to the West Malaysia culture. What interested me the most was when we were on our way to Sarawak Cultural village, we passed by Gunung Santubong and saw that spectacular view of a mountain.

I didn’t know that it carried so much of legendary tales. Actually, when you are there, you can see an image of two women, with long hair, facing down (the image, which I googled, isn’t showing justice to the image of a woman with long hair. next time I go there, I make sure to capture the real image. promise. :D ). Legend has it that there were two princesses that lived in the heavenly kingdom Kayangan. The Crown Prince fell in love with both of them, but they refused to be joint wives. The King of Kayangan banished the princesses to earth, where they became Gunung Santubong and the nearby Gunung Seijinjang. Geographically, Gunung Santubong provides a spectacular backdrop to hotel resorts, local fishing villages, and the Sarawak Cultural Village. Its striking peak is visible from Kuching on most days.

Pancit Palabok

November 26, 2008
One of the Filipino dishes I miss eating is pancit palabok. My classmates and I (during college days) would go to Jet’s Pop Garden to have it.

As we know noodle is introduced to Philippines by the Chinese. Filipinos took it and made dishes with ingredients available locally to them. Pancit Palabok is made of rice noodle with shrimp and pork or chicken sauce topped with what we call chicharon or pork crackling,hard boiled egg, smoke fish, boiled shrimp, spring onions and lemon. I haven’t done pancit palabok yet. But if I can find a recipe for pnacit palabok, that would be great.