I was here…

I was here…

…in Kanowit town back in 1978 – my first posting after graduating as a teacher.

I loved the kampua noodles then…

…and I love it now.

Philip and I went on a leisurely drive to Kanowit last Saturday – he grew up there and moved away when he was 10. The first thing we did upon arrival  was to go for the noodles and we also had this bowl of pian sip soup…

This particular noodle stall that I’ve always liked is now at a different place – as far as I know, this is the 4th since I was in Kanowit so very long ago. The present coffee shop where it has relocated has no name except for the old sign board for what that place used to be…

I remember seeing that but I cannot recall exactly what was there.

I rented this little room above the corner shop…

…and stayed there for over two years. It had the morning sun on one side…and the afternoon sun on the side wall so you can imagine how hot it was by nightfall.

This primary school, St Francis Xavier’s, was just a stone’s throw away but I understand it is now used as the boys’ hostel…

The school itself has moved to its new premises…

Wouldn’t it be nice if Melissa could be posted there when she has graduated? It would be like history repeating itself – like father, like daughter. LOL!!!

We did not explore further as we happened to bump into an old friend of mine and she took us on a wonderful guided tour of her longhouse but that would be in the next post.

Upon returning to town from the longhouse it was already midday and we did not want to roam around anymore in the tiring heat so we decided to head back to Sibu. We did stop by Fort Emma – built by Charles Brooke, the second White Rajah of Sarawak…

…on the way and I managed to take a photograph of the mighty Rejang from where the fort is.

I loved the place and I still do – that little town will always have a special place in my heart, that’s for sure.