While standing on top of a hill, while I can see the view of the town or the village or anything at the lower ground, I can’t stop taking photos.

The houses that are very far away become very small compared to nearer objects.

I needed to zoom in my camera in order to see the buildings from far far away, but they still look small and a bit blur because of the haze in the air. The atmosphere become the semi-transparent cloth that make the far object become blur.

The tallest building in this picture is called Saberkas.

This condominium is located about 10km away, can you believe it? I bet it’s true. Why? The answer is called perspective.

This is the road to go up Bukit Siol. I need to use lower gear and press the accelerator very hard in order to move my car to climb up this hill.

Many years ago, I came here with a friend. When I drove down this hill, I switched off my car engine, I found that my car brake was not functioning. My car went down quite fast and before it loss control I quickly shifted into lower gear and pull the handbrake, luckily it stopped. I have learned a lesson from this experiment. I think my friend was frightened.

This story tell us that we should not switch off the car engine even though we are going down hill, because the car brake will not work if the engine is off. You need to believe me for your safety.

The view from a higher place, such as a hill, a mountain or from a talk building can be an eye opener to us. It can open up our feeling, our heart and our mindset as well. Although this hill is not really high, but at least it is higher than other places surrounding it.

Not only every hill is unique, even on the same hill, every angle from different point of view is also unique.

Zoomed in again and I have found broccolis in this picture, can you find them?

SiewPeng and I have just visited a tall building in Kuching, and I have taken hundreds of photo from there. I need to select the best photos from hundreds of them before I post it here, otherwise most of them look similar and you will feel boring. However, every photos, every angle, every composition of photo are all unique.

Hi It’s me again.

As mentioned in Part 1, this big cat’s jaw is the entrance to the DBKU Cat Museum. In the previous entry, I forgot to mention about some of the fees that might incur. Therefore, let’s take a look at the picture below.

This is a receipt that we have got after paying RM 4.00 for bringing in the digital camera. You will also be charged RM 3.00 if you would like to bring in a film or mobile camera and RM 5.00 for the video or digital video camera. If you are not bringing any of those, then you can walk in free of charge.

Alright then, let’s take a tour.

Let’s stop here and have a look at these miniature cats. They are hanging to the edge of the wine glass, staring at a miniature fish inside it. I think this displays the typical habit of cats when they become curious about something and want to find out what it is.

However, I have learned something from the cats at home. They like moving things and if small animals happened to be spotted by them, sadly to say that there is a very low probability that they will live.

A legend about Buddha and cat. It is about why the cats are not able to enter Nirvana. I’m not sure how true it is because I have not heard or seen this story in the Buddhism sutra before.

I like this picture. The title is One Hundred Cats And A Mouse. The cats were drawn in an adorable and funny way. They come in all sizes and all sorts of colours! And most amazing of all is that there is a mouse hidden in these cats.

Can you spot the mouse? I actually took a shot at the museum the other day but wasn’t successful. So at the end, Colin pointed out to me where the mouse is. Tell us if you can find the mouse.

This is how the exhibition hall looks like from a higher view. Almost all displays are labelled and attached with information. One can really gain a lot of knowledge from here.

They open every day from 9 in the morning to 5 in the evening. You can spend a whole day here if you are looking at everything in detail. And I think it is worth the time to do that.

There is a stall selling all sorts of souvenirs ranging from clothes, stationaries, bags, accessories for interior decorations and many other stuff. Most of them of course, have cats icon printed on them as a memory of being to the museum as well as visiting Kuching.

A cute sling bag with cats icon sewed on it. I didn’t buy it because I don’t usually use a sling bag. However, it was a tempting moment. Phew…glad that I can resist that.

It’s hard sometimes but we just have to try. It’s an important process and part of our daily lives because we will never feel satisfy with what we have already got so it is good that we can learn to control our desire and always be happy with the things that we have now. And at the same time, be kind and generous to the less fortunate.

These are the accessories for interior decorations. I think they are suitable and look wonderful in all the places such as the living room, the dining room, the kitchen, on top of the TV and so on.

And for couples too!

Hope you enjoyed the tour today. Do come back for more!

This is the famous Cat Museum in Kuching, Sarawak. It is located on a hill overviewing Kuching City called Bukit Siol. It was founded in 1993 and is owned by the Kuching North City Hall (DBKU). The picture above is the entrance to the museum. It’s a huge cat’s jaw but don’t worry, you are not about to be eaten but you are going to have an exciting adventure and gain a lot of knowledge about cats in no time.

There are about 2000 exhibits, artifacts and statues being displayed here. Behind us is a lovely white cat couple statue. It is the Kitsch kitties in love.

This ‘cat’ looks familiar. It reminds me of the orange stranger except this one is much bigger. It even has his eyes. If it were a real cat, I think it could attack and eat human beings.

Aha! A Felis Silvestris Catus or better known as the Tortoiseshell Tabby Cat. There was one wandering in the garden end of last year and eventually gave birth to a few kittens who have now become our cats. We have adopted two of them.

This is suppose to be the same species I guess with the gesture of curiousity.

Ah…the great guardians. I don’t know if they are but I feel so. Our cats now look similar to the guardian on the left of the picture. They have those traits.

Purr…purr…I think I can hear the cat’s purring.

This is the mascot of a well known event in Kuching. It is called the Kuching Festival. It is being held annually for a month and sells different types of food found in Kuching. Some also call it a food fair. There are also other events happening during the festival although food is the main attraction.

Wished that you were a cat? You can become one here! Just put your face closer to the mask area so that you can get a better picture. A reminder from the admission officer at the front counter.

And you can try becoming lots of other different cats too!