Promoting Sibu for the Semester Break

The other day one of my buds was eating lunch with his spouse and he expressed his interest in going to Kampua Town for the semester break in July. So automatically I told him everything about Sibu from my 19 years of experience there;

1. In Sibu, food is abundant; try the town's specialty; kampua & kompia

2. In Sibu, the industry thrived on timber; used to anyways decades ago but no worries we still have trees around. The closest shore is 200KM++ away, so no beach FYI.

3. In Sibu, we have a lot of gardens in town; but they eat up the parking space so expect to pak to on a garden bench between a parked Ninja King and a Kancil in front of the 4D Magnum

4. In Sibu, we have our very own national reserve park, Junaco Park; apart from the sheeps, crocodiles, rare birds etc. you will find NS trainees as well in the nature reserve

5. In Sibu, we have the highest point in Sarawak's central region, the Bukit Aup; nice place to jog, feed the fish (I think there's still fish in the lake) and you might be rewarded with photos of otherworldly 'fauna' if you snap pictures randomly around the place

6. In Sibu, we have the tallest building in Sarawak, Wisma Sanyan; inside got places for you guys to eat, shop, pak to etc. plus the open Sibu Town Square in front of the building is where the Borneo Cultural Festival is held every mid-year (this years it's 27th June to 5th July). Like the name says, BCF is an uber Malaysian cultural fest, you can get an authentic tribal tattoo from authentic native tattooer. And then there's the Borneo Food Fair across the BCF (same time)... mmm food....

7. In Sibu, you can't believe how ridiculously cheap the food are; used to anyways. The latest oil price hike has pushed the normal kampua to RM3.00 (RM1.70 5 years ago). But still the cheapest price in these parts of Sarawak nonetheless. Oh and yeah Sibu is the town with the most coffee shops in Malaysia, so no worries it's hard for you to starve to death here

8. In Sibu, people of various walks of life can be found here; yeah, being the center point in the region, the town has somewhat become a melting pot for various people, various ethnicities and various subcultures. We have Foochows, Ibans, S'wkianized Indians, Melanaus, Ang Moes (yeah, we do have few ang moes living here), Western & S'wkian Malay, Africans (walking around selling watches, wonder what happened to him), ah bengs, punks, emos, skinheads, pencuri besi buruk et. al.

9. In Sibu, we wake up early and sleep early; it's a simple life here. Everyone wakes up at 6am and sleeps at 10pm. Good news for those looking for authentic early Sibu breakfast (unlike in KCH or KL where they open at 10am++). With the town folks sleeping early, you guys can go to the Rejang Esplanade to pak to, talk shit and what not in a unique peace and serenity environment

10. In Sibu, we do have deConnexion; and no don't worry. Like the rest of the Sarawakians in the state we don't live on trees, we chop 'em down and use our money magic to turn them into stone dwellings. We don't wear togas or leaves, but do expect some super low cuts, mini skirts, zhnged cars and colorful hairs. We're fully covered by Celcom, Maxis and DiGi, ASTRO and yeah, we have Internet.

Well, that's all I can boast about Sibu. Not much of an attraction, it would be a nice place to spend for 1 day 1 night. Just have to go here and there tasting all the food and checking out the typical Sarawakian town. I'll tell our mayor Mr. Robert Lau to build Disney Land here later, then maybe a Sibu Sydney Harbor or two.