Meeting a Kababayan from GenSan
July 21, 2006
Today is not raining anymore, ill go visit Tanjung Aru beach and Shangrila, from downtown I took a bus going to Shangrila resort and walked up to Tanjung Aru Beach, I went inside Shangrila Hotel, saw some guests on the pool, they also made a small space for those people who want to swim in salt water, but most people here prefers to swim on the pool and sun bath.
Going to Tanjung Aru resort from Shangrila I walked on the sand hoping to see people swimming or even sunbathing, but I was not lucky, the beach is empty, there are no people staying on the beach, unlike in Kuta, it’s very different here, for me the beach here is good but I just don’t know why people don’t like to swim here.
Tired of walking I took a rest in a small market type of place in Tanjung Aru resort, they are selling many kinds of food here, I tried some of those, I tasted the grilled chicken wings and chicken sate, it taste good, its not as spicy as those foods in Bali.
After here I went back to downtown, took some pictures of the small boats anchored near the shore, and then went home to rest.
While resting I felt hungry so I decided to look for a place to eat, I looked at the window of the hostel on the 2nd floor, I saw a small canteen and I said maybe I can try their food, as I was choosing on what food to eat, I was surprised coz suddenly 1 of the staff spoke in Tagalog, she asked the owner “kakain ba sya ate?” then I replied “opo kakain ako” then we laughed, they thought I’m a Korean or Japanese. They were surprised that I was a Filipino.
While I was eating the owner of the canteen sat beside me, her name is Ms. Elnora A. Suffayah, She’s a Filipina and married to an Indian-Malay husband here in Kota Kinabalu, she’s been here for 28 years and working as a manager in a roofing company, back home she’s from General Santos City, she asked me why I’m here, I told her my purpose and luckily she got interested on Beach Hut, she said by next month she’s planning to put up a mini grocery type of business and she wanted to be a distributor here in Kota Kinabalu. She’s just saddened because I told her that I won’t be staying here for long, I will go back to Bali on the 23rd of July. She told me she will try to have time tomorrow to accompany me to some hotels or pharmacy shops, coz she said there are no beach stores here or surf shops. I know that we lack time to search for possible retailers but she said even if I’m out of Malaysia she will work on looking for retailers here. I told her maybe in few months I can go back here, hehehe….ofcourse that will depend on my company.
Today is not raining anymore, ill go visit Tanjung Aru beach and Shangrila, from downtown I took a bus going to Shangrila resort and walked up to Tanjung Aru Beach, I went inside Shangrila Hotel, saw some guests on the pool, they also made a small space for those people who want to swim in salt water, but most people here prefers to swim on the pool and sun bath.
Going to Tanjung Aru resort from Shangrila I walked on the sand hoping to see people swimming or even sunbathing, but I was not lucky, the beach is empty, there are no people staying on the beach, unlike in Kuta, it’s very different here, for me the beach here is good but I just don’t know why people don’t like to swim here.
Tired of walking I took a rest in a small market type of place in Tanjung Aru resort, they are selling many kinds of food here, I tried some of those, I tasted the grilled chicken wings and chicken sate, it taste good, its not as spicy as those foods in Bali.
After here I went back to downtown, took some pictures of the small boats anchored near the shore, and then went home to rest.
While resting I felt hungry so I decided to look for a place to eat, I looked at the window of the hostel on the 2nd floor, I saw a small canteen and I said maybe I can try their food, as I was choosing on what food to eat, I was surprised coz suddenly 1 of the staff spoke in Tagalog, she asked the owner “kakain ba sya ate?” then I replied “opo kakain ako” then we laughed, they thought I’m a Korean or Japanese. They were surprised that I was a Filipino.
While I was eating the owner of the canteen sat beside me, her name is Ms. Elnora A. Suffayah, She’s a Filipina and married to an Indian-Malay husband here in Kota Kinabalu, she’s been here for 28 years and working as a manager in a roofing company, back home she’s from General Santos City, she asked me why I’m here, I told her my purpose and luckily she got interested on Beach Hut, she said by next month she’s planning to put up a mini grocery type of business and she wanted to be a distributor here in Kota Kinabalu. She’s just saddened because I told her that I won’t be staying here for long, I will go back to Bali on the 23rd of July. She told me she will try to have time tomorrow to accompany me to some hotels or pharmacy shops, coz she said there are no beach stores here or surf shops. I know that we lack time to search for possible retailers but she said even if I’m out of Malaysia she will work on looking for retailers here. I told her maybe in few months I can go back here, hehehe….ofcourse that will depend on my company.
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