Kuching life so far is quite good. I won't say nice because I haven't got a chance to explore the city and thus have so far yet to experience or see its uniqueness.
Anyway, right now it's March and Kuching receives awfully lots of rain. It's almost raining every day, and even if not a single drop of water drops down, the sky is still cloudy and the wind is still nice. Unlike my hometown, Penang is ridiculously dry and scorching. Stand in the sun for half an hour without a fan and you'll die of dehydration.
Right now I still manage to observe some discrepancy between Kuching's Mandarin and Penang Mandarin. I have got more Sarawakian friends and Penangites too and the discrepancies become much more obvious. Till now I still don't understand why Sarawakians insist 学书 is a valid word and is grammatical and logical when in fact we say 读书. The term actually could be traced back to decades but Sarawakians insist their's correct. Haha it's indeed interesting.
For bottles, Sarawakians typically and normally say 水瓶 or 水壶 while Penangites say 水罐. Neither is wrong, just the preference is noticeable.
By the way everything in Kuching become much more expensive, and if the price retains then the quantity shrinks. Citing petrol price or Chinese New Year as excuses, I think. What about GST next month? Hmm....
Newspapers here remain interesting. The Star remains preposterously difficult to find or buy. The Borneo Post is nice but lacks articles while New Sarawak Tribune has articles but lack news, and entertainment. But I still prefer New Sarawak Tribune because articles is what I look for in a newspaper. Local and international news could be read online for free, while some articles can't.
Anyway, hopefully life in Kuching gets better and better.
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