Just for fun: A Day Out in Kota Kinabalu, Day 2

Being in KK for 2 full days made me realised how much I miss Malaysian's food. Especially the roti canai with thick curry chicken gravy. Yummy...

I enjoyed myself with a chapati breakfast (above) while my brother enjoyed his roti canai (below).

Cinema in Centrepoint, Sabah

Centrepoint Sabah reminds me of Saberkas, Sarawak and mixture of modern shopping complexes. The bottom part of Centrepoint is quite old and cheap and affordable outlets, while the top part (5th floor onwards) is much more classy which houses brands like Guess, Levi's, Nike and so forth. Imagine, the top floor houses a cinema.

Christmas decoration in Centrepoint, Sabah

Ngiu Kee in Sabah

Ngiu Kee is originally from Sarawak. Being in Kuching for around 5 years, seeing Ngiu Kee in Sabah is no surprise.

City Parade is combined with Centrepoint (if I am not mistaken)

The Old shops of Sabah business district

Colorful shop. This is quite a unique shop as there is no railing/grill at level one. Imagine, someone can just walk out to the balcony and jump down to the ground floor. It is quite dangerous if there are children around.

After walking around the city area, we headed to the "waterfront", which is more like an open market.

These three kids were posing for my brother's camera but I just piggy back and shot their pics. They are quite cute to pose for the camera but after capturing their happy faces, there asked for money. There were saying Satu Ringgit... (RM1....). How horrifying but my brother and I just ignored them. It is not my being to just give money to someone like that.

The prize for fishing by the waterfront. This is actually a fresh sea water fish.

Pictures above are things being sold in the local market. The place selling all these handicrafts is called Filipino Market.

Next we headed to the Salted Fish Market.

Tailors by the salted fish market

Dried Abalone

Dried Sea Cucumber

Fish Maw

Dried Seahorse

According to the shop owner, he says that this sea horse is a traditional medicinal which benefits the health. It gives a higher inner energy level to the body. How to consume it? Soak it in hot water and then drink it after a few hours of soaking. It is not cheap to consume this.

Shark Fins

All those hanging items are various grades of shark fins

Sea Cucumber

I cannot remember what is this called but I think it is Sea Urchin

RM795 Shark Fins

RM925 Shark Fins

My brother bought shark fins for his in-laws which costed him around RM250. He was already complaining that it is so expensive... Hahaha.. I told him that it is only once a year thinggy... Nothing wrong to spend that much for food.... What a bad influence I was. Haha.

Mini Bus in KK is actually a van. How cute is that? Now buses in KL, SG are all modern, tagged with card-reading system (cashless). This van still collects cash from passengers.