Thursday, April 9, 2009

Sabah business trip


Belum sempat citer race Nuang & Datuk yet, I was on my way to Sabah already. It was a hectic schedule. 3 days trip covering few places, Sandakan, Tawau, Lahad Datu, Bintulu, KK & Kuching. Like a mad person I was, had the loneliest trip; as this is solely business trip. Went with boss & another matsalleh boss.. Funny to realise that Asians actually look upon matsalleh as if they are GOD. Venture into few refineries.. Never before I had seen the Factory Manager go to site, but this one time.. only because we have matsalleh boss around; mostly all of the managers go to site with us as well. We are into palm oil refinery business.. I wished I had stayed longer to participate Sabah Adventure Challenge this weekend. Tapi, I am practically broke.. it was either IM or SAC.. both are expensive.

Sabah was fun. Our client brought us to this particular restaurant. Apparently we are in luck as we were in time to taste their exotic food. Imagine this, thick-skinned ocean garoupa; fish belly; tofu; roasted duck.. First - clear stir-fried fish & vege & white fungus, only to be topped with a can of chicken essence right before being served.. Then came the fish belly dish immersed in thick blackish sauted sauce (apparently this dish was sold at RM 1k if it was in HongKong).. Next was this delightful herbal soup with pieces of fishes, aroma was sweet.. it was a chinese herbs, unsure if our matsalleh boss liked it.. Then next was the tofu,& some chopped meat slices.. i was taken aback when i was told that it was pork.. i m actually trying to avoid all porky stuff.. but this?? biasenyer seafood restaurant at sabah serves no pork... Tetibe this time plak, bos spooned us each serving of the dishes... we were done with the fish & belly.. kene gak makan to respect them; however, automatically i hide those serving in the soup.. or cover it with the rice.. hoping my boss tak perasan.. but nevertheless i think he sensed something. then, the lunch came to about RM 200..

It was site visit all d time, only once i managed to jog ... there was gym facility @ KK hotel, but with spoiled threadmill... hence i decided to hit the road.. I realised that suddenly i was running in the middle of the town.. org gila mane yg buat cmtu.. i can imagine doing that in KL city would make me official org gila... my only thought was to jog at nearby park, but i couldnt find one while jogging.. tau2 jer, i was in d middle of d city.. passing filipino market...finally found a hill at padang merdeka.. blasah aja. this time while i was jogging, my sis is still sleeping in d hotel. i invited her over to enjoy d hotel.. she took mc just for this, sama malas cam akaknyer...

then it was again refineries visit. flight rushes, transits etc& finally safe at home.

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