tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post8637805204597773257..comments2024-02-26T04:58:54.276+08:00Comments on Sarawakiana: What's the Cure for Homesickness?I Am Sarawakianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-80035315962882081102009-05-14T10:46:00.000+08:002009-05-14T10:46:00.000+08:00Sophia T
Thanks for visiting. Yes I totally agree ...Sophia T<br />Thanks for visiting. Yes I totally agree with you!! Technology rocks and by writing a blog (I do become intense and write every day) I bring relatives and friends closer together and closer home too to Sarawak.<br />I wish all my readers happy remininscing!! It is a therapy on its own right.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-7132913053445309442009-05-03T21:12:00.000+08:002009-05-03T21:12:00.000+08:00Reading blogs by Sarawakian(a)s - it was a surreal...Reading blogs by Sarawakian(a)s - it was a surreal experience as I was reading STP's posts about Laksa and Kampua on my cellphone on a train from Boston to New York City two weeks ago. Technology rocks.Sophia Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233104603415621370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-92004580154637521152009-04-23T21:08:00.000+08:002009-04-23T21:08:00.000+08:00You are very right. This was what some of my missi...You are very right. This was what some of my missionary friends and VSO teachers told me.<br /><br />Immerse completely into a new life.<br /><br />There is actually no real cure. It is only mental adjustment as bottom line!! Perhaps homesickness is a luxury we cannot afford. But as the world grows smaller the word homesickness may become obsolete one day!!I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-39477501830075492542009-04-23T19:11:00.000+08:002009-04-23T19:11:00.000+08:00I have been away from my home town and favourite p...I have been away from my home town and favourite place of birth for some many years. I guess after a while you don't get homesick anymore or probably you get sick of thinking about home. My anthropological training tells me that a good cure for this kind of blues is to "go native" i.e. be part of the people around you and join in all the happenings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-64807139648935303382009-04-23T09:52:00.000+08:002009-04-23T09:52:00.000+08:00Well said!!
It is reflective time like this which ...Well said!!<br />It is reflective time like this which makes our ordinary life extraordinary.<br />Hope you drop by again :)I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-71503370096248454312009-04-23T07:46:00.000+08:002009-04-23T07:46:00.000+08:00i remember when i was working in singapore i crave...i remember when i was working in singapore i craved for the sarawak dry noodles... i thought surely no subtitute for that there. i kept thinking about home one time and i walked past a shop in china town and lo i saw jia xiang sarawak kolomee... i sat down and ordered the plain ones very much like the ordinary kolomee... i had my fix... but there were curried ones, with fish, and also with abalone too. not as tasty as the original of course :)... i sat down and ate quietly and imagined that i was eating in my favorite shops in miri... that was my cure for homesicknessThe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17509239951070358013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-4181743270291532892009-04-23T01:53:00.000+08:002009-04-23T01:53:00.000+08:00Catherine - thanks for spotting the typo.Catherine - thanks for spotting the typo.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-75944177554618293322009-04-22T21:10:00.000+08:002009-04-22T21:10:00.000+08:00Yes to a certain extent we older ones must accept ...Yes to a certain extent we older ones must accept our fate. But for the younger ones when homesickness attacks and if they can help it there must be some kinds of help. Little things /activities which ease the grief.<br />Thanks for dropping by.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-6874695614350495832009-04-22T18:35:00.000+08:002009-04-22T18:35:00.000+08:00Dear Chang Yi,
The best cure is to accept life as...Dear Chang Yi,<br /><br />The best cure is to accept life as it is. I tried many ways - listen to some Iban songs, cook food Iban-style and going through old albums but they made it worse!<br />Now I just accept life as fated.Robert Rizal Abdullahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520830733695053151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-13020094739358052812009-04-22T16:25:00.000+08:002009-04-22T16:25:00.000+08:00Typo there Sarawakiana. Golden Churn isn't it?Typo there Sarawakiana. Golden Churn isn't it?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795944997044714361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-64900797955806712112009-04-22T16:23:00.000+08:002009-04-22T16:23:00.000+08:00Homesickness strkes many people fairly often. I wa...Homesickness strkes many people fairly often. I was away 6 years and never once came back because I enjoyed working in the summer and saved for my tuition.<br />Yes I love the long summer days and working long hours too. And then my friend's mother one day cooked satay for me. I cried. I was really homesick. But I could not come back. I had to work very hard and try not to think too much. Then I got use.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795944997044714361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-89391615487994355232009-04-22T14:02:00.000+08:002009-04-22T14:02:00.000+08:00Yan - Not yet homesick? KK is quite a nice place. ...Yan - Not yet homesick? KK is quite a nice place. Some stuff are expensive. They have very nice modern shops. But definitely medical fees are high.<br />I pray that you won't get homesick.<br />Have you found the fish kueh tiaw?<br />God Bless.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-80670980626492757432009-04-22T14:00:00.000+08:002009-04-22T14:00:00.000+08:00Hi Ms Ma!! Nice of you to visit. I love that luxur...Hi Ms Ma!! Nice of you to visit. I love that luxury then. Remember the times when only boys got to eat the good stuff?<br />I was lucky my parents treated us very equally.<br /><br />Yes I can still buy the Golden Church butter in Brunei. I think now that butter is going to be a good gift for some !<br />I love homemade kaya too.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-9031659926378058942009-04-22T13:58:00.000+08:002009-04-22T13:58:00.000+08:00Hi Superman
I got the coffee set from John Wong of...Hi Superman<br />I got the coffee set from John Wong of Teck Huat (same row as Li Hua Hotel). Each time I go back to Sibu I must buy something from him. He is a very honest and cheerful guy who knows his product and explains well. I wanted to buy an enamal basin - but no stock!!The kampua in Moi Soung is definitely "IT". Lardy Lardy Lardy.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-46521076897856561452009-04-22T13:44:00.000+08:002009-04-22T13:44:00.000+08:00In KK, still not very homesick yet! Still not miss...In KK, still not very homesick yet! Still not missing "kampua" yet. Not even the "kongpia". I do miss the cheap medical bill in Sibu. Just paid RM90 for seeing a doctor here! That can cause a heart attack instead of homesickness!Yanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469410555556500811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-27610840659242902852009-04-22T10:18:00.000+08:002009-04-22T10:18:00.000+08:00it brings back my memory of way back in the 60s, e...it brings back my memory of way back in the 60s, eating half-boiled eggs in any coffee shop in Sibu is considered a luxury or nutritious breakfast together with the toast spreaded with imported 'golden brand' butter and local made 'kaya'.Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05638806383889510103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-54845594338142419652009-04-22T09:19:00.000+08:002009-04-22T09:19:00.000+08:00The coffee shop set is just like Moi Soung coffee ...The coffee shop set is just like Moi Soung coffee cup. Where you got it? Miss the coffee in Moi Soung? It still packed as usual after all these years. I like the kampua mee there when I was a kid.Supermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888760024661764495noreply@blogger.com