Project: River-Taxi Project_Part 3_Travel Log to Sri Aman

On the 19th August, we (Brian, Jong and I from Group 10, Stroyan and Raddy from Group 9) went to Sri Aman as part of our project requirements. We aimed to be able to conduct survey sessions at designated schools and random interview session with some of the locals. Designated schools are SMK St. Luke, SMK Simanggang and SMK Sri Aman. However, we did not conduct survey session at SMK Simanggang due to technical reasons. Brian and I conducted the survey sessions while Jong joined the guys from Group 9 to interview locals at the waterfront. In the end, we went home on the 20th August, satisfied with our trip to Sri Aman. Below is the journey log of our trip:

19th August

6.25 pm – Picked up Brian, Raddy and Stroyan from BRC and then Jong from Cempaka.


6.30 pm – Went off from UNIMAS after double-checking everything.

8.15 pm – Reached Serian. We stopped for dinner because if we continue on to Sri Aman, it’l be 11pm plus. There might be any eatery open at that time, it’s not like Kuching. If you look closely, we reached Serian after an hour plus drive from UNIMAS. Standard driving time to Serian from Kuching is 45 minutes. Thanks to someone, we spent 30 minutes looking for Berita Harian…..hahahaha…boh marah….enjoy… For dinner in Serian, Jong ordered kangkung belachan, deer meat, stewed pork leg, vege-soup and of course..rice.

9.20 pm – Went off from Serian. Raddy nearly got left behind hadn’t it for Jong to inform me that Raddy was not in the car. Sorry Raddy..sik sengaja bah….. Ney la aku tauk ko gik di jamban… Anyway, our jouney from Serian to Sri Aman was not so smooth. The road was dark and it was a rainy night. I had to drive slower, about 80km/hr…..


11.30 pm – Finally we reached Sri Aman (Jong and Raddy muntah..hahaha..tedah). We stayed at Hotel Taiwan, quite cheap la…. Each of us basically spent RM15 for accommodation. For a spring bed, aircond, tv, hot shower and fresh towel…ok wat…. I was soaking wet since I went to offload the stuffs from my car. Dah la sikda mbak spare short pants…huhuhu….

11.50 pm - After we all went for a warm shower (not together-gether okay..), off we went around town looking for supper. We went to a coffee shop but we’re not warmly welcomed. Maybe because we didn’t order beer like other tables. Only Brian and I had something to eat. The rest just ordered drinks… well, we eventually ordered beer, but tapau to our room la. The plan was to drink beer while discussing on who’s doing what and where….mok bincang cara US la tek…. But due to fatigue, we all tido terus lepas minum…ahahahah…


1.00 am - zzzzzz...dah 20th pun...

20th August

7.00 am – Rise and shine everybody….. Stroyan was the last one to get up… But it’s not so important for him (and for Jong and Raddy) to wake up early because they only need to interview a couple of locals and that’s it. For Brian and I, we needed to go to 3 schools.


8.00 am – Off we went to SMK St. Luke. Although I’ve been to Sri Aman a gazillion times, I don’t really know the roads. We just agak agak…hahahha..nasib I printed out a map (TQ google earth..)

8.10 am – Reached SMK St. Luke…Phew..that wasn’t so bad eh… nasib Sri Aman town is a small town…. We went to their office and we warmly welcomed by the staffs. The school principle was out for a meeting, so the Penolong Kanan entertained us. A very nice fellow and he even went on to conduct the survey session for us… Brian and I just jadi tukang pegang form jak…hahahaha…

8.45 am – Semua done…we thanked the Penolong Kanan and we’re off to the next school, SMK Sri Aman…

8.50 am – Thanks to Penolong Kanan SMK St Luke, we didn’t waste a lot of time looking for SMK Sri Aman. Again we were warmly welcomed by the staff (they expected us ba..we faxed and called all schools a few days before coming over). It’s meeting day for all school principles, so the Penolong Kanan again la…. He’s kinda sik hal sik hal type of person..meaning we can do whatever la….and he didn’t really stay with us for long….after showing which classes available for survey session, he went off… sik hal….ok juak….

9.40 am – We wanted to finish SMK Sri Aman before class break but sik sempat… Most teachers preferred us to conduct the surveys by end of class session ba.. That’s why lambat done… Next up, SMK Simanggang….

10.15 am – I basically don’t know where is SMK Simanggang…. I only knew it’s near Jalan Kelab…So I just drove around aimlessly..ikut nasib jak…. Mot of the time we turned right at junctions..and tada!!!! Jumpa sudah….. At SMK Simanggang, things were different… We were escorted to the school office by the guards (rasa betul2 outsider eh..).. Sampai di office, we had to wait for 15 minuted because someone was with the school principle (I tot it’s hari meeting principle eh..ponteng ka??) After waiting and waiting..baru dapat jumpa… The thing is, he didn’t know we’re coming (tapi his staffs tauk pulak..sapa yg sik kerja tok???)..and bla bla bla….. technicalities forbid us to conduct our survey..so we went off to waterfront area with a lil of perasaan kecewa…


11.00 am – Meet up the rest at waterfront…sedang berposing-posing….. yala..1 hour pun dah cukup for interview ba….. Off we went to our hotel, check out time 12 noon…


Noon – check out…. Before pulang..makan dulu mee dawai Sri Aman… sedap wooo……

1.00 pm – Time to pulang…….


1.50 pm – Reached Lachau..stopped over for some refreshments and buang air air di jamban….

2.00 pm – Bergerak lagi…to Serian…. Hujan also la…

3.15 pm – Pit stop at Serian…mok kemeh ba….bocor kelak… kejap jak..then terus jalan to UNIMAS

4.05 pm – Sampai UNIMAS…..sempat gik Raddy and I turun kelas….

Well….that’s all la perjalanan. Overall, fun also….. Penat juak la.. Byah!!!