Some events happen only once (or
maybe twice) in a lifetime. While others happen only once a year. When you miss
chances like these there is inevitably a certain measure of regret. However,
the thought as an individual I am merely another speck upon this vast universe
does help to somewhat alleviate the sense of loss.
I totally missed out on the
transit of venus yesterday. It’s an astronomical event that will never occur
again in my lifetime and I didn’t get to see it. Not that I would be able to see
them personally since I don’t have the proper equipments, without which I might
damage the sensor on my beloved camera or worse, my own eyes. Still it would’ve
been nice to be able to tell kids when I get older that I saw the transit of
venus during my lifetime.
I also completely blew my chances
of getting into the Gawai celebration. I was on call on the night before Gawai
itself and two days later. Besides, I didn’t get any invitation to go ‘ngabang’.
However, according to Kak Burak, I didn’t need any. The saying goes that if it
is Gawai, the Ibans will invite in anyone and anything who passes by, even if it
was a dog. Two of the new staff nurses from Kelantan and Terengganu did however
go for ngabang during Gawai, and from their description, it seems that I have
missed out on something really awesome. Apparently there were singing and
dancing and free flow tuak all day and night. Sigh... I came all the way here and
still I miss out on such things...
The consolation is of course
there is always next year.
I went to Red Carrot for lunch
today as I was post call and I always like to treat myself whenever I have a bad
call (which seems to be always the case). Dr Maz told me about the place. It’s
on top of the Sugar Bun Restaurant near Delta Mall. As usual I went alone. The
food was nothing spectacular but ambience was rather nice (for Sibu at least).
For RM 6.50 I got the rice with kari nyonya kapitan and a mango drink (not
mango juice, it was clearly some form of cordial).
The place is a bit like Old Town’s
where they serve mainly Malaysian food in a slightly cleaner environment.
that should be Old Town's slogan. Imagine the advert on the radio saying:
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