first week in sarawak

i went to sarawak on the 3rd of august..

i was posted to sk bungin in betong..

the contigent reached kuching at 1325 that day..

travellers guide 101 - look at the map huhu

but from the map it seems like betong is not that far from kuching..

but then, it was a 4 hours journey that i have to go through..

i travelled with muzammil to betong on ppd's land cruiser

and along they way, we had some chit chat with the driver..

he was a bus driver and he shared many experiences with us..

we stopped at serian for some foods and drinks..

guess what, its a mamak restaurant.. huhu

we proceeded to betong and along the way there are chapels and churchs on our sides..

this reminded me of the route that i took, from medan to danau toba..

the only thing that missing is graveyards in front of batak houses in danau toba.

the road that we took is the only way to travel to betong, even to miri.

i reached ppd betong at 1845 that day.. the small town is calm as the night took over..

guess what.. there's also a mamak restaurant here.. huhu

i reached sk bungin at 1915 and ustad zul welcomed me to his house..

sk bungin - wooden school, wooden pathways

this school was established since 1947, and in 1968 it was moved to present location.

there are 20 teachers here and i am the 2nd english option teacher here..

there are around 200 students studied here..

and since kampung bungin is a malay village, most of the students are malays.

there are 6 classes in this school, which means 1 class for each standards.

the students are okay but very active and a bit naughty..

as a new teacher, they tried to test me and my level of patience..

my mood for classroom is still low..

why? many reasons..

new place, homesick, long holidays & etc.

so this week i took things a bit lay back..

but next weeks are going to be difference..

maybe i'm going to be as strict as an army personnel.. huhu who knows..

sibu - they called this place hong kong..

for its large chinese population..

i went here with ustad zul for his car service..

been to masjid an-nur, wisma sanyan, taman harmoni and etc.

in front of wisma sanyan there was a military exhibition, involving kor risik, rangers, wataniah, bomba and 4th armour.

being at 4th armour kiosk reminded me of 3rd armour sg petani..

where soksek military cadets were trained under them..

climbing up sibmas reminded me of my cadet days..

but now where have all the bootbois gone? huhu

talking about boots..

i bought a pair of football boots to get back into actions..

the teachers in bungin enjoyed football, with frequent friendly matches..

will i ever turn on the pippo inzaghi in me back? haha

we'll see in coming weeks..

for now on i stayed with ustad zul, and maybe i'll move to other house after eid..

and i'm planning on getting my own astro set.. so i wont miss football huhu

like tonight i miss community shield.. MU vs chelsea..

hmm.. what else?

i miss my night out for football, family, buttercup, home, penang, gurney, queensbay and the list goes on.. :(