We were greeted and given souvenirs to keep thanks to Firefly. They’ve made us feel at home throughout the journey, and hopefully this will be maintained from now till forever more

Straight after we landed, we were given a special lane in order to make it straight for the Press Conference. The Managing Director of Malaysia Airports Ybhg Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak, YB Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan and other local media and media personal from KL were all there! This was also when I met Pierce aka @comeez for the first time, who was the best host ever throughout my stay in Kuching

After that we were taken by bus to a location far, far away from the city. This was where I digested certain facts like knowing that Firefly recently won the ‘2010 Frost and Sullivan Value Airline of the Year” award and “Green Initiative of the year 2010” awards by Leaders in Aviation Award in conjunction with the Doha Aviation Summit 2010. As Rose explained to us, I begin to understand that these guys are also just coming up like a startup. The difference with their competitor is just that they have a little more help from MAS who owns them. Well, maintain the service standards and I say you’re on your way to success!

In any case, we stopped halfway around to get some grub. The rest of us took our leave and looked for food… and as we all know Rebecca Saw aka @wackybecky the food blogger can never get enough of food!

This was the first dish we ate here, the supposedly delicious Beef Noodles aka Kampua Mee? However we were disappointed. @comeez later told us that he’ll bring us to a better

place, we can’t help but feel excited!

Then there was this delicious looking fried chicken. However we were disappointed too. I guess we just didn’t know what to order!

Then came the saving grace – Kolo Mee with Red Sauce! Well, that’s pretty much full lard in there, as non-halal as can be. It wasn’t the best, but hey, I loved it so much (and I love this pic of it too- it’s now the current wallpaper for my iPad :P)

Oh but before we go on, let’s introduce ourselves shall we? This here is Joshua Wong and Rebecca Saw. They are both popular bloggers and they’ve blogged so much about Sarawak already so just visit their website at http://tallboyz.blogspot.com/ and http://rebeccasaw.com!

And on the other end of the table, yours truly aka @spinzer and Shannon Chow of @shannonchowz! Nothing much to say about me but hey, Shannon Chow is respectable yo! She does so many things at one time I wonder how she keeps up with the workload Visit her website at http://www.shannonchow.com/

After makaning we went walking before getting on the bus to go to our mysterious location. The first thing we noticed is that there’s PLENTY OF BANANAS and this exists in every wet market there is in Sarawak!! Gosh, and there are so many sizes too… I wonder if it reflects a certain something of the Kuchingites keh keh keh…

Then of course there were many selling the infamous Kuih Lapis… and boy, look at the kind of variety they have! It’s cheap too, selling at RM10.00 per packet. But hey, we just arrived and won’t want to have everything spoilt by the time we get home and give it to our loves ones, so we decided to give it a skip.

And up we go into the bus and meet the rest of the crew who we now know are the Wake The Baby team and their famous artists! Soon after an hour or so…

… we arrived at the venue of the infamous Rainforest World Music Festival. Oh the hot babes <3

To be continued

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So let’s cut to the chase shall we?

The lot of us were invited to travel to Kuching, Sarawak on a Media Tour in conjunction with Fireflyz‘s first inaugural flight from KLIA to Kuching on the 15th of January of 2011!

I didn’t know a lot of the people on this entourage, but I DO know these young peeps Tallboyz and ShannonChowz! They’ve all blogged about about this trip already, so I will link them at the bottom just so to force you to read the post

FY 0602 – That was our flight! Excited we are, along with the rest of the entourage. There was even some VIPs with us, but that’s a story for another post…

Okay la, at least show ONE VVIP – Shaz my bro! (the other guy dowan to be introduced lol)

We were all given the Firefly Media Tag, and to tell you the truth, it does feel pretty cool

Just to share with you a feel of this new refurbished plane. More spacious granted, but they could use some new stuff la. Oh well, budget airline, no? Service from the stewardesses aren’t too bad, too!

Yep, I Fly Firefly This is a limited edition postcard, woo hoo!

Remembering how Kenny Sia shot to his AirAsia fame a long time ago when he took a picture of AA’s Nasi Lemak vs what it looked like on the inflight magazine, we followed through in hope that one day FireFly might treat us specially

But we were sorely disappointed- it looked EXACTLY like how it does in the magazine (see pic). Looks like Firefly does know how to learn from other ppl’s (airline’s) mistakes

Costing RM9, it was definitely a value deal. We got it free though, so we’re not complaining. We all ate our food with no complaints whatsoever, yes, even Jerine Lay, master of bitching, here

Well the journey didn’t take too long for us! It was just about, what, 1-3 hours? Can’t remember d, anyone can help? Haha…

And before I knew it.. I landed on the land of cats. This makes my second trip to Kuching- the first 5 years ago, with my family, and kindly hosted by a blogger friend whom I have never met in real life- June of JustAnotherTragedy.com. However, today, I’d like to share with you the beginning of a meaningful trip filled with knowledge and culture sharing session at the Sarawak Cultural Village, my food escapades and most importantly, the bonds I’ve made with friends I made there including the famous artists, well known magazine editors like Min and the respectable and friendly Iban, Leo!

See Shannon’s post here: http://www.shannonchow.com/2011/01/firefly-official-launch-in-kuching.html
See TallBoy’s post here: http://tallboyz.blogspot.com/2011/01/kuching-trip-part-1-bananaland.html
View more pics here: http://spinzer.us/photos-2/1st-day-of-sarawak-thanks-to-firefly-iheartborneo/

Just a bit about Firefly

Firefly recently won the ‘2010 Frost and Sullivan Value Airline of the Year” award and “Green Initiative of the year 2010” awards by Leaders in Aviation Award in conjunction with the Doha Aviation Summit 2010. Firefly is also the first company in Malaysia and second airline in the world to have a page on Foursquare, the location-based social network that enables travellers to discover useful travel tips near their airports or destinations. Visit them at http://foursquare.com/flyfirefly to meet up with friends, discover new places and unlock rewards as you travel. Check out their Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/firefly) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/flyfirefly) for constant updates as well their website www.fireflyz.com.my

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However this time I have the pleasure to be on a sponsored trip to Kuching along with some other bloggers notably Rebecca Saw and Jerine Lay, thanks to Firefly! So far, everything seems to be pretty organized from our trip at KL Sentral to the airport to the arrangement at our destination for 4 days 3 nights in total. Let’s hope it stays that way

I just need to remember to bring along my booking or PNR number and identification (acceptable forms are original MYKad and original passport) to board. Somebody please remind me? haha!

The Sarawak Tourism Board has advised us that it can get chilly at night if it rains, so I am probably going to take along my jacket. On top of that, my 20kg baggage limit will be filled with outdoor shoes and gear cause we were informed that there’s going to be some outdoor activities such as an easy jungle trek. (how easy, I don’t know!)

Oh and the reason for this media event is because we’ll be flying on the Firefly Boeing 737 – 800. Yes, it’s the launch together with a Media Fam Trip in Kuching. And we’ll be staying at the Sarawak Cultural Village w00t!!

Find my itinerary below, and my Kuching readers, do check if we can meet up on the way, look for me via Twitter!

DAY 1

02.00PM – 03.00PM Check in

DAY 2

07.30AM – 08.30AM Senam Seni at Persada Alam

08.30AM – 09.30AM Breakfast

09.30AM – 11.30AM Visit ethnic house

11.30AM – 12.30PM

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Watching the cultural show

12.30PM – 02.00PM Lunch at Restaurant Budaya

02.00PM – 04.00PM Beduk Worskshop 1 at Lake Pavillon

04.00PM – 06.00PM Traditional games at Open Lawn

06.00PM – 08.30PM Berapi Enggau Makai di Ruai (Cook & Dinner Iban-style) and Story Telling for Iban Cultural

08.30PM – 11.30PM King’s Arm – Artiste Showcase

DAY 3

07.30AM – 08.30AM Pengjayatan Alam at Persada Alam

08.30AM – 09.30AM Breakfast at Restaurant Budaya

09.30AM – 12.30PM River Treking

12.30PM – 02.00PM Makan Bersila at Malay House (Mother cooking)

02.00PM – 04.00PM Joget and Gendang Melayu Workshop at Rumah Melayu

04.00PM – 05.00PM Beduk Workshop 2 at Lake Pavillion & Bidayuh Dance Workshop

05.00PM – 06.30PM Survival Cooking at Bidayuh Longhouse

06.30PM – 07.30PM Dinner at Bidayuh Longhouse (BARUK)

07.30PM – 10.30PM Group Practice

10.30PM – 11.00PM Supper

DAY 4

07.30AM – 09.30AM Keman Tumpi Jahik Tutang Suab (Melanau Breakfast Style) at Melanau Tall House

09.30AM – 10.30AM Bead making at Orang Ulu Longhouse

10.30AM – 11.30AM Group Practice at Dewan Lagenda

11.30AM – 12.30PM Group Performance at Dewan Lagenda

12.30PM – 01.30PM Lunch at Restaurant Budaya

02.00PM END

Honestly, I’ve never experienced this before so it’s going to be an eye opener. Yes, I do expect to sweat and walk around a lot,

but then again, the food there is to DIE for!!

So do let me know what other things I can do there, or what should I buy as a souvenir Any advice? Haha… let me know kay? #IHeartBorneo!

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