justine goes to Marudi

went to marudi few months back. its a small town off miri neglected by development cause there isnt any oil there (until recent discovery). you can travel there by air, which i did, in this small ass plane that suprisingly could take off even with me on board. the interior of the plane was so small and claustrophobic that it reminded me of those 'bus mini' that used to ply the roads of kl. forget air stewardess. they will just take up to much space. did i mention that you have to weigh yourself before boarding.... (yeah yeah im suprised i could board the flight to)

there is no proper road connecting miri and marudi. just a logging route which requires a 4wheel drive to tackle the rough terrain. even so, you still will need to cross the river 3 times using those small ferries.

like most small towns around sarawak, river transport is the main route of travel.

so in other words, the town is quite isolated la. the following incident just prove how terpencil it is...

as usual, i need my daily newspaper. so i went to the nearest newspaper vendor and got the NST. i was like whoahhh..... they got NST here man. paid for it and went back to the restaurant where i was having my breakfast. as i started reading i realised that it was yesterday's paper.

so i went back to the shop and told the boss that he gave me yesterday's paper.

Me: sorry boss, ini suratkhabar semalam punya.

boss: ah ya...so apa hal?

Me: so saya mau hari ini punya paper la...

boss: oh...hari ini punya paper masih kat semenanjung....

KNN!!