Sarikei Home Trip [17-26 Dec 2014] Part 5

Kids favourite spot in Sarikei, feeding the fish in park..and with the most affordable fish food at RM0.50 per pack.









At Sugarbun to use the free wifi and tea break


Spending Xmas Eve dinner at Sugar bun..our first time after so many years, having a full meal there..usually we were too full to have anything at sugar bun even for supper. Both kids had such a sumptious meal which they rated as their best of the trip...fish and chip with raisin rice.


I of cos will pack a lot of sch work there...this make Jared really frustrated to disturb him with the difficult sums from Getmethinking math book..and this yr, their violin is getting so much bigger and 2 piece of violin as handcarry is really no joke....So I finally agreed not to bring ..so kids had a full week of break from violin.

Sarikei Home Trip [17-26 Dec 2014] Part 4

Visits to the Wharf

Jared look really handsome in this trip..cos he has peak his weight at 31kg!..So I took a lot of his pics..heh























Taken at home, balcony

Sarikei Home Trip [17-26 Dec 2014] Part 3

Some activities we did at home..


Marketing




Sunday Market-Kids like to look at the animals on sale




Lego building








Pop pop


Scrabble

Sarikei Home Trip [17-26 Dec 2014] Part 2

Some of the food we had...everyday is food overloading..and Jared had the most...He would wake up at 7am to have osborn/cornflake with milo/milk, then followed by 2nd round of breakfast at 9am when we all woke up..It's either laksa or roti prata for him.

Typical Sarawak Char Mien, Sarawak Laksa, RM30 Prawn noodle (once a year feasting) and Kam Pua


Pang sit (similar to Wantan), Roti tissue, Pien Ding Hu, Fried Kong Pia




Typical breakfast at coffee shop -hot! Daddy was having mee sua with pa tin soup


Kaylen with her egg prata

and my favourite buah labeh..the black olive..

WHAT IS BUAH DABAI?

"Dabai is one of many exotic fruits in Sarawak.

It is commonly known as or-kana - means 'black olive' in Hokkien, but technically it is not an olive.

The dabai tree can grow up to 21 meters high and it's furry leaves are thin and its twigs are covered with golden down. A planting distance of 9 meters is recommended. You need to prune the young trees to produce more bushy growth.

Dabai trees are dioecious (i.e have separate sexes) with male and female trees required for fruiting! Dabai are white in colour when immature and turn black when ripe. They are oblong in shape like an olive and have thin, edible skin. The yellowish white flesh wraps around a three-angled seed. Soak the dabai in hot water until they are soft. The yellowish flesh tastes creamy. Eating the skin is a personal preference. For taste, try either soy sauce or salt. You can also preserve it just by soaking them with black soy sauce or with coarse salt (without the seed). Dabai fried rice is a specialty dish in Sarawak. However this is a seasonal fruit.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF DABAI 
Lipid was the major macronutrient in Dabai fruit, while the predominant minerals were magnesium and calcium. Dabai fruit was a good source of unsaturated fatty acids, with 38-44% oleic acid, 12-14% linoleic acid and trace of linolenic acid. The total anthocyanin content in dabai fruit (2.05-2.49 mg anthocyanin/g dried weight) was comparable to that of blackberry, blueberry and grape. Sixteen types of phenolic compounds from phenolic acids to the various subclasses of flavonoids had been identified in dabai fruit. Dabai fruit is a potential fruit with double set of benefits, which its lipids tend to produce a better blood lipid profile while the high content of phenolic compounds gives antioxidant effects.

Sarikei Home Trip [17-26 Dec 2014] Part 1

A reward trip for the kids...


We went back with Hung..to save $ on transport to JB..

At JB airport

Home trip 19-30 Dec (Sarikei Part 2)

Supper time!











I love to take pictures of my wedding room ...its quite cosily decorated, but we hardly go back..

Getting ready to leave for Sibu..

Our stuff filled up the whole Kelisa's back boot and seats..only 2 of us taking the car





The photoshoot..


Behind the scene at studio



Back to JB airport

Home trip 19-30 Dec (Sarikei Part 1)

It has been 2 years since the last we had hometrip to Sarikei..This year must be the longest ever we went home..12 days..Short summary of how we spent the days

19-Dec     : Arrived at Sibu, Evening Sarikei
20-21 Dec: Sarikei
22-23 Dec: Sibu for pickup Kiwi&gf, dong zhi gathering and Photoshoot
24-26 Dec: Sarikei again with Kiwi&gf
27 Dec    :  Sibu
28 Dec    :  Kapit
29 Dec    :  Back to Sibu, tidy up house, shift beds
30 Dec    :  Back to JB

There wasn't much things to do and we actually survived 6 days without wifi straight! till xmas day where we went to Sugarbun for supper, then we had proper wifi for the first time..

Then at our last days we found a coffeeshop Cafe21 which provide free wifi.

The kids would had their oat at home first thing when woke up, and then 2nd breakfast with us for noodles ..then most times were spent on building Legos, and occasionally violin practise, and math paper practise.












The same spot taken 2 yrs ago 
See how much she grown!


Sarikei market visit


Kids playing pop pop at front porch


Kaylen with her guitar made by Uncle Kiwi


Her chain made by Uncle hung


Kaylen and her robo struggle







Durians!

Breakfast at cafe21




sour vege noodle

Around sarikei





Sarawak Laksa..which is now Jared's favourite food


The RM30 prawn noodle which made my jaw dropped when I heard the price after eating hehe...luckily it was very tasty and shared by 3 of us!


Xmas Eve at Sugarbun for free wifi