Finally back from KL, good thing too! The whole trip could probably be summed up in one word: expensive. You can make money just by selling really lousy food - for every person that buys a packet of your half-cooked, bland, stomachache-inducing nasi lemak and vows never to come back, another will buy from you not knowing any better. Seriously, the price of food and especially drinks can burn a hole in your wallet bigger than Dr Mahathir's ego. Fancy spending RM7.90 on a bowl of 'authentic Sarawak laksa'?

That aside, KL has arguably the best Indian food in the whole country. You can get all kinds of roti canai not available in Kuching - roti bom, roti tisu, roti helicopter etc etc. And if you go to a place called Kayu Nasi Kandar (i think that's what it's called) in SS2, PJ, they serve the biggest roti tisu in the whole country. You have to see it for yourself to believe it, it's about half a metre long!

Planetshakers was great, Matt Fielder was at his hilarious best and delivered a great message too. The band too were very good and the pianist (not the one on the recordings) for a change played in a very bluesy, jazzy style. Also had a super jam session at the Top Hat restaurant with some of the best local jazz musicians in town. For all you well-informed drummers, Gary Gideon was there. Sigh if only we had such things in Kuching. With our politicians all quarrelling among themselves within their own parties, it's a wonder we ever get to see any development around here.

However, nothing beats the laid-back pace of life in Kuching. Too many people are busy trying to make a lot of money in KL, to the extent that they have not much time for anything else. We don't have to put up with taxi drivers complaining about "harga minyak naik, cukai naik, tol naik, hanya gaji tak naik" and trying to get a tip from you. If only the British had planted rubber here as well, we wouldn't have to go to West Malaysia to enjoy good mamak food.