- We have to have a Pasport Terhad to remain here.
- We are happy with our RM200++ extra allowance for ‘overseas’ personnel. (hey, who said we got THOUSANDS plus?!)
- We pay RM3 extra for Shell’s small Ferrari car (in Peninsular RM5.90 and here RM8.90) but we are so happy for getting a ‘cheap’ toy for Hafiy.
- A whole chicken priced almost RM9/kg but we never complaint.
- We never buy ‘kerang’ for its price is RM8.50/kg.
- We rarely buy meat. Double the price of Peninsular.
- The food is ‘KLCC standard price’.
- Other goods are very much higher price than the same kinds in Peninsular.
- No Tesco, no Carrefour, no Jusco, no OU, no Midvalley… no shopping2 perabihkan duit!
- No Secret Recipe, no Gardenia, no Hi-5. All are local breads & cakes with no preservative! Like it!
- No MPH, no Times. Luckily we have Popular!
- We are the loyal customers of ‘Ah Chong Perabot’.
- We don’t have to pay tolls, stuck in traffic jam or spend hours on the road to reach our 5-minutes-drive office.
- We manage to go back home to take anything we accidentally left, from office.
- We have lunch at home sometimes.
- We can have medium size udang galah for RM15/kg.
- We can go to Brunei often, by car!
- It takes us almost 9 hours driving to the Capital City of Sarawak, Kuching.
- We can have adventurous holiday at Niah, Mulu, Lambir, Similajau…
- We can drive to Kota Kinabalu.
- Mi kolok? Laksa Sarawak? Umai? Yah, that’s our new favourite!
- We can officially balik kampong once a year (forget the AirAsia offer, sometimes it just can’t meet our needs).
- We use ‘kitak’ to express ‘you’ and ‘kamek’ to express ‘i’.
- We can have a true feeling of ‘Malaysia truly Asia’ here.
- We can see offshore platforms, ships and tankers from our beach.
- We can see offshore platforms from the plane’s window!
- We buy things in ‘pukal’ when we go back to Peninsular.
- Our pasar tani is called ‘tamu’.
- We have the first oil well here called The Grand Old Lady.
- and many more…
however, on top of that, we love Miri very much. Miri is a great place to raise a family. Miri, my city…
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