Images of Kuching Today

At the MBO Cineplex, the SPRING, Kuching.

Ok, Poem's Ready!

I started to pen this poem a few weeks ago in Bintulu. By today I finally conceived it in its entirety. And like the good cook I must say " Ok, poem's ready!!"
Upon reading it to Inul (inset) and reworking the lines and nuances, I got the best response from her, " AARRRGGGHHH.....it's the most boring poem I've heard *?#1%//".
Anyway, here's the poem below :

Adventure in life

I

I've often wondered

what wonder is

of falling faith

in a disheartened soul

I've not been a Shakespearean man

to be or not to be

choice may be one too many

spoilt kids of yester years

time is residing short in mortal me

and life continues to dare

my eagerness to know

have hastened to soar

this quest of maturing life

II

We're born to love

hope our burning desire

changing motivations through time

with unfaltering mind

must we move our being

in concert with nature

dancing its spirit

in awakening intelligence

to embrace dear life

that the veil of existence

tricks one to disbelieve

III

I'm much at peace

with a new-found me

much distanced before by design

but left alone

the nativity of living happiness

is a leap of faith I clung to

the everest of life

IV

I treasure this mountain of faith

sipping its fountain of glorious giving

thirsed by a life-long adventure

the search of majesty

the meaning of life

and truth it rewards

the skies sometimes smiled on me

after my lapses and setbacks

once clouded by weak faith

and fallen petals of disharmony

I pick to gather

the richness of humanity

and prolific prosperity

to share as a child of the universe.

MOOD

28 April 2010.

Kuching.

On any Sunday

Imported fruits - many types are available at Satok Sunday market.

The Satok Sunday market remains a lure for many tourists both local and foreign, as well as the residents of Kuching - a city of two mayors. It is my favourite haunt for groceries to stock for the whole week because prices here are reasonable. Be it vegetables (imported from China or local) , fruits - too many to mention, anchovies from Pulau Langkawi or from some dream islands in Sabah, fresh chicken meat, biscuits and local delicacies of a hundred kind, magazines and souvenirs, there are all available here. The Satok Sunday market is one huge weekend market that starts on Saturday afternoon about 12 noon and ends around 1 pm on Sunday to make way for cleaning the parking lots and road where the market is temporarily set up. I visited it yesterday and saw the place thriving and compact with people. I bought some food items to last for a week and had a good time at the orchids and plants center where I took the above picture of a beautiful orchid bloom ( inset).

On any Sunday you are bound to meet friends and peoples from all over the globe at Satok. This is the sort of city convenience that is absent in other small towns throughout Sarawak. It reinforces my belief that Kuching is indeed an excellent place to retire and enjoy convenience in a moderately-paced city with sufficient activities organised on daily basis to keep one's mind and spirit engaged for quality living.