kanowit thru my eyes...

we'd moved to this small place about 3 yrs ago..a remote place..small town about 1 hr drive from sibu division in sarawak region. honestly, i'd never been in this place before my husband was posted here. but here i am now, a kanowit resident for 3 yrs. but i would like to share my feeling and view towards this small little town so that i can bring the memories with me anywhere in the future..

well, to tell the truth i do not fell in love in every aspects of living here. i am a fast person..slow town is not for me. i like energy every time i woke up in the morning but the humbleness of this place did teach me a lot..especially those related to family value & community.

i learn to slow down a little bit (for i became a fultime housewife since this place offer me no job whatsoever)more focused to my family welfare especially my children. i do feel grateful, in a way this place offer me a space to learn more about my ability to be a stay at home mom and wife. and of course i am not in the top list for the job.

but what i really appreciate is a chance to know the reality of life of my own people (majority here are iban, and me myself is one of a kind) that is still in need more than we used to think of. in need of more facilities..especially for their transportation @ traveling method. in need of other basic utilities such as tap water and electricity. in need of more chance for the youngsters that is just finished their high school, in need of more medical facilities for we only have 3 doctors working in the district hospital and one have to have a very long que to get a medical attention here. i will discuss more about this in the future.

other than that..i like to say that i kind of like it about the community here. may be because we are living at a government quarters area, so most of us staying here because of our duty and we have one similarity..that is we are all outsider. we used to walk around in the town after working hour, having a nice walk at the waterfront, taking our children to have evening tea at neighbors lawn (though i rarely did this)and i am glad that i have few mothers to share with.

and the difficult part for me is the privacy. where i lived before this, we used to stay out of others business, rarely went out from our house and tried very hard not to poked our nose into others affairs. but here, even a person like me that is a bit hard to be popular can be popular..one mistaken step..everyone will know about it in the very next morning. so the lesson is, keep on stay out of others business..;) that is for me and it works so far.

what i hate most about this place is..too small..every day, when we were so bored tug in our small little home all the time, and we think we want to have some fresh air..well what we can do just drove around and around the 'pasar' area.

and too far from a city..1 hr drive to sibu consumed about rm30 in mileage for return trip. if u need to cater for your bills or insurance or shopping, u might need to have a day off. the food here? not bad indeed but i really appreciate it if we can have more fresh seafood in the morning market. the household? hmm..we get used to it..paying extra 2 or 3 RM for most of the things..well..who are we to complaint?

i think i will let it go here..despite all the contras i do like some of the pro. the people are nice and friendly..i did make some contact for my business here and what i really hope is that this place will open up more doors to the youngsters originated form here. and i wish this place can be more than it is today because i do can see some potential especially in agriculture area ..as many can see more and more oil palm plantation was set up in this district. hopefully in the future this industry will bring prosperity to the people here and the town itself..

may God bless kanowit and the people in it..