Our last day of holidays…
We were going to attempt to see the orangutans today but decided against it, as the chances of actually seeing them are extremely slim as there is still abundant fruit in the forests at this time of year, so they prefer to stay tucked away than come to the feeding areas where big scary people leer at them! Also, my sunburn is a little ouchy…
A nice relaxing morning before the chaotic uni year starts again! We start placement three days after our return and I have lots to do in that time! Like move house… :D
We arrived at the Kuching airport, about an hour before our flight was scheduled to leave, only to find out that it had been cancelled. Panic struck! We thought we would miss our connecting flight in KL not get home until Monday morning! I am slightly dubious about any flight involving Kuching now… our flight on the way here was changed due to technical difficulties as well…
We have been placed on the 6:50pm flight to KL… and have been assured that we will make our connecting flight at 9:45pm. People will be waiting with signs for us when we get off this first flight to take us straight to our next gate. That’s nice of them!
We now have plenty of time to waste in the little Kuching airport… so decided to have some dinner. We went to ‘Marrybrown’. Jess and I decided that it was originally meant to be ‘Mary Brown’ but went wrong somewhere and couldn’t be fixed once the signs had been made. The service was equally as comical (yet frustrating) for us. I clearly ordered 2 combo meals… to only receive one combo and then nuggets on their own. We tried to explain this to the man working there – he smiled, walked off and came back with our receipt saying “it passed already.” To which we replied with something along the lines of “Yes, but it is wrong. I asked for 2 combos. We would like our other chips and other drink please.” Again - “it passed already”.
We still insisted it was not our fault they got it wrong, and could we still have our drink and chips, as it would be much more expensive to buy these items separately.
Next, two smiling men appeared at our table, and once again showed us the receipt and said “but it passed already.” We were getting rather frustrated by this time, but they just kept smiling and doing nothing. Eventually I just told them not to worry and left it at that. Gah.
After rushing to our boarding gate when they said over the PA system “last call for flight MH 7148” we were thoroughly confused to find our plane just rolling up full of people waiting to get off, luggage needing unloading and ours needing loading after… apparently it doesn’t board for another 55mins…
So now we wait
Well we have come to end, I am not sad it’s over, I have been quite excited about coming home – back to normal food, non-humid weather, safe tap water etc etc.
This has been an experience I will never forget, I have learned so much and met some wonderful people! The highlights include talking with Awi, Nani and Lin about life as a Muslim woman in Malaysia, learning about the culture of Malaysia from May Ling and Zaidee, petting an elephant, celebrating Chinese New Year in Melaka, hiking through a Borneo rainforest (even though it was painful and resulted in severe sunburn!), meeting fellow hostel-dwellers in KL and of course, some successful communication with the deaf children at the school!
Bye Bye Malaysia…
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