There's an old song by Ralph McTell that I like called "Streets of London". Part of the lyrics goes something like "Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London, I'll show you something to make you change your mind ...". Well, today's posting focuses not on London, but rather our beloved home, Puss Town in this case.
It's been a while since I put in a collection of random shots of Kuching. I've been told such postings are especially appreciated by those homesick chaps living far away from Sarawak, and also I'm sure the boys actually in Kuching would find some of the pictures of interest too. Some of the locations are quite obvious, others may require a bit closer examination.
Anyway let me know what if anything you see will "change your mind about anything", as the song goes ...
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Anyone can tell where this lion is from?
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i like the use of the street signs. very artistic. maybe we can take photo of other prominent KCH street signs and we can make a more complete collection.
ReplyDeleteLion statue is from Padungan?
ReplyDeleteI liked photo 2. It makes Padungan look beautiful. I will look more closely whenever I drive over there.
ReplyDeleteI understand that Kuching was voted/awarded the garden city of Malaysia on several occasions. Keep it up Kuching! Miao miao boleh!
ReplyDeleteyea, the landscaping in Kuching is not bad these days
ReplyDeletelots of diff btw Kuching North and Kuching South, i think?
ReplyDeleteThe Lion is at the entrance of Carpenter Street
ReplyDeleteYup, you're the observant one, Ronald.
ReplyDeletewhich lorong is it that leads to the DUN view?
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that Kuching has retained its character, as in these photos. I hope a lot more is retained.
ReplyDeleteHey, WJ, the hits counter shows 211K hits??
ReplyDeleteLorong that leads to DUN view would be Ewe Yu Hai Street?.
ReplyDeleteBishopgate's lorong is smaller, and somewhere at the corner would be the famous kolok mee, a bowl of mee kosong AND a bowl of 'ho liaw' soup with intestine, pork belly, salted vege, etc, etc.
Huh George? Something wrong with the counter? I must admit I'm not watching the counter as closely these days.
ReplyDeleteWell, we broke 100,000 in January, right? Took a year to do it. Now my counter shows 211,411. Is that right? Or is my counter off? Can't have broken the 200,000 milestone in 2 months, surely?
ReplyDeleteHmmm, you're right George. I wonder what went wrong. Were we hacked or is this just a software error? Ha ha. My other system counter shows about 134k, so let's see if I can set it to that ...
ReplyDeleteset your other counter to 211k.
ReplyDeletemaybe someone pressed f5 (refresh) about 70,000 times recently. LOL
ReplyDeleteThat Lorong is Upper China Street, Norbert...
ReplyDeleteNaaaaaaah, leave the counter WJ . See if it jump to 300,000 tomorrow or not. hehehehe
ReplyDeleteWrong Ronald, it's Jalan China, checked this morning already, you can see the road sign up the wall of the shophouse as you enter from Main Bazaar. Hehe.
ReplyDeleteWhen DBKU took over from MBKS(KMC), China Street was changed to Jalan China, Upper China Street is the other upper part of the road where there's a small 4d shop and shops selling charcoal?
ReplyDeleteThe name 'Upper China Street' still there? Or have they changed the name to Atas Jalan china? Will check it out soon.
How many of u guys realise that India Street is perfectly aligned with Carpenter Street? In the past, they were one long street, before th old courthouse was built seperating them.
ReplyDeletecan someone explain the meaning n adsvantage of "FOLLOWING" a blogsite?
ReplyDeletewhen u "follow" a blogsite or website, you can tell what the new updates are more easily.
ReplyDeleteIT geek,
ReplyDeleteblogsite - a new terminology?
blogspot & website -> blogsite & webspot.
Yes, I know Historian, India St. and Carpenter St. were joint together but were there any buildings there before the Court House was build?
ReplyDeleteAlso knew that the Court House was used by the Japanese as their HQ back in 1945. Won't be surprised to find human bones if we dig around the Court House compound huh?
Dear Gerard,
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally I have a friend by the name Gerard as well, working with the Port Authority in Sibu. I have since lost his email address and mobile #. Just curious, whether you are the same Gerard. Both of us were once under the guidance-ship of Dr Evan Lau. Currently, am attached with Sarawak Energy, Kuching. Pls confirm.
Francis Lee
May surprise you guys but "You well meaning brought me here" [another Mctell song! Mctell fan
ReplyDeletehello McTell fan ... where are you logging in from?
ReplyDeleteFrancis Lee, yes, I am the same Gerard, but no longer with Rajang Port, Sibu. I have retired from the govt in Jan 2009 and is with a private company ie Tg. Manis Integrated Port Sdn Bhd (TMP), Mukah since May 2009. TMP is wholly owned by STIDC.
ReplyDeleteI am in the Corporate dept of TMP and is responsible for drafting the Terms and Conditions for both the Executive and Non Execs., preparing the scheme of service and also the salary scale, structure and movement. All will be tabled next week in TMP's first board meeting. Fingers crossed.
Nice meeting you here, brother. Cheers
Nice posting. Put in more roads and streets.
ReplyDeleteHas the Kuching waterfront been completed yet? the one where the wet markets used to be.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting site and I'm really enjoying myself browsing through the many stories. Just added this site to my blogrolls ;)
ReplyDeleteBTW,
Historian, India Street and Carpenter Street is not perfectly aligned (it's slightly staggered) and actually, not separated by the Old Courthouse. Thus the 2 'turrets' at the Round Tower, which was speculated to be watchpoints for each street, since it was build after the great fire of 1884.
Anyway, both streets were linked by a thoroughfare BEHIND the Old Courthouse Complex. This thoroughfare separated the Old Courthouse Complex and the Old Treasury Building situated on the same side of the thoroughfare with the Round Tower. UNTIL WWII, the Japanese used POWs to build that block that blocks the thoroughfare, so to control both main streets (ie. Carpenter St & India St)
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Norbert, hihihi, sorry to disappoint, but during the conservation and restoration works on the Old Courthouse, no skeletons, just another type of interesting structural 'skeleton' ... foundations of each block that shows the type of constructions used back then. still interesting however ;)
For info. of Ozzie and others, yes, the new waterfront from old vege market right up to former STC bus station, next to Brook Dockyard, already completed. Recent photos from WJ shows.
ReplyDeleteAiya Pegs, never mind la no skeletons found, maybe can put some there and later get the press to come and photograph with headlines like 'Human skeletons found at Old Courthouse' LOL.
Ozzie, er , go to June, 2010 for photos of new Waterfront.
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