Various Choices of Beach

Tanjung Loban Beach (Min Yuan, 2012)

Sunset at Tanjung Loban Beach (Min Yuan, 2012)

Fresh Coconut Juice (Min Yuan, 2012)

Food Market (Min Yuan, 2012)

Miri has many sandy beaches. The beaches in Miri are Tanjung Loban Beach, Luak Bay Esplanade, Lutong Beach, Hawaii Beach, Trusan Beach, Piasau Beach and Bungai Beach. The long stretches of beaches in Miri are a popular weekend getaway.During my free time, I will always go to the beach to view breathtaking sunset and sunrise , chilling with friends and eating seafood. My first beach that I went in Miri is Tanjung Loban Beach. It is an oldest recreational park in Miri town which have golden sand and open air food market. Assorted seafood and fresh coconut juices can be found along the stalls at the open air market.There also have a children playground and barbeque area available for public enjoyment (Beaches In Miri, n.d.).

Luak Esplanade is a white sandy beach that is located 12km away from Miri town. This is a nice place where people go for a walk along the beach, picnic, barbeque, families outing whilst enjoying the lovely scenery of South China Sea especially during the time of sunrise and sunset . During the weekend, there will have a lot of food stalls that sell local delight, food and drinks along the street beside the beach (Beaches In Miri, n.d.). The beautiful sunset scene and windy sea breeze there help to calm my mind. Beach Republic is a nice place for the whole family to hangout near Luak Bay Esplanade. It has a café, basketball court and children swimming pool to fulfill the pleasure and enjoyment of the public.

Besides that, Tanjung Loban beach and Luak Bay Esplanade was a location spot for my individual and group assignment. I took gorgeous beach snapshot at the beach .Beautiful seaside scene and windy environment made my group need to take extra precaution of the broadcasting equipments and accomplished the duties in a short duration time when shooting at outdoor scene. This showed that teamwork and good communication skill is very important when doing group assignment.

Luak Bay Esplanade (Min Yuan, 2012)

Beach Republic (Min Yuan, 2012

References List

Beaches in Miri. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.world66.com/asia/southeastasia/malaysia/miri/beaches

Min Yuan, Lim [Image]. 2012. Beach Republic.

Min Yuan, Lim [Image]. 2012. Food Market.

Min Yuan, Lim [Image]. 2012. Fresh Coconut Juice.

Min Yuan, Lim [Image]. 2012. Luak Bay Esplanade.

Min Yuan, Lim [Image]. 2012. Sunset at Tanjung Loban Beach,

Min Yuan, Lim [Image]. 2012. Tanjung Loban Beach.

Canada Hill with Love

Everything starts from here. A place that inspired me and changed my perception about the living environment in Miri is Canada Hill. It is also known as “Grand Old Lady”.  It is the first cable-tool oil well in Sarawak which developed the prosperous petroleum business in Miri. Canada Hill is 30 meters high. It is a potential tourist attraction where tourists can enjoy looking at the gorgeous view of Miri Town from the hill (William, 2011). Other attractions includes jogging path which stretches along its lush greenery  landscape and a bistro named Hazard is an ideal chilling spot for youngsters. Next to the Grand Old Lady is a petroleum museum which is a museum information centre of the joint venture between Sarawak, Petronas and Shell Malaysia. In 2005, the name of Canada Hills was changed to Bukit Telaga Minyak (William, 2011).

Canada Hill also is a romantic dating place for couples and recommended chilling place with friends. I have so much sweet memories with my buddies. We watch sunset together and having tea time at bistro. Besides that, one of the most unforgettable memories whenever I go there is one of my friend’s true love story. My friend confessed to his girlfriend at Canada Hill.

Before I came to Miri, I thought that Miri is a rural small town. In my opinion, many West Malaysian have a misconception about East Malaysia. They speculated that the main cities in East Malaysia are rural and lack of modern infrastructures. Nevertheless, my perception about Miri changed after my first visit to Canada Hill. The splendid skyline of Miri Town had mezmerised me.

Petroleum Museum (Thomas, 2009)

 Miri Evening Skyline  (Min Yuan, 2012)

Night View (Relaxjack, 2009)

Enjoy hot chocolate at Hazard Bistro. (Min Yuan, 2012)

References

Min Yuan, Lim [Image]. (2012). Miri Evening Skyline.

Min Yuan,Lim [Image]. (2012). Enjoy hot chocolate at Hazard Bistro.

Relaxjack [Image]. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.google.com.my/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=544&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=lYIWrknTc6y4UM:&imgrefurl=http://www.miriresortcity.com/images/miri_viewed_from_canada_hill&docid=7-moqtzorzw1lM&imgurl=http://www.miriresortcity.com/files/images/mirinight.jpg&w=560&h=329&ei=kwe1T_X4HI3trQeM8MH6Cw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=346&vpy=85&dur=57&hovh=172&hovw=293&tx=146&ty=64&sig=106970109567790609769&page=4&tbnh=164&tbnw=242&start=44&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:44,i:195

Thomas [Image]. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.google.com.my/imgres?start=123&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=544&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=OvNZlc-5e0DWnM:&imgrefurl=http://turbinemanlog.blogspot.com/2009/11/brunei-canada-hillmiri.html&docid=hZd2B5WjUao2mM&imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONNdc0UQ6wo2YLBSi_nnVO0qIrujyI9l5qCC-epY18iOiERR0ufZKayQHFGIpTbNupDGpbbg1vG7NHBIwgeU3vfUIdGvh0EeQ9YyfFMZLlYxwr48xOuV49GocPbmCXxvM2pao0HardQ/s400/Brunei%252B044.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=nQe1T4ukFNGHrAe46o2LDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=135&vpy=66&dur=371&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=169&ty=128&sig=106970109567790609769&page=9&tbnh=157&tbnw=232&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:123,i:99

William. (2011). The Grand Old Lady on Canada Hill. Retrieved from http://www.etawau.com/HTML/Miri/Grand_Old_Lady.htm

MEri

Welcome everyone. My blog mainly talk about the travel experiences in Miri. I love to travel and been to many places around the world such as Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand,China and Macau. Every travel experience has a hidden personal story. The reason I choose Miri because I have a lot of memories and stories to share. Miri is also my current city where I studying Mass Communication and start to live independent when far away from home. 

What is "MEri" ? The words can be define as I want to be explore and be a part inside of Miri. It is a combination word of me and Miri.

Throughout the blog, I will share my opinion about the teenager's current hot topic such as relationship, friendship, Uni life and lifestyles relate with the places that I choose. Canada hills, Lutong and Miri night life are few topics that I will be writing about in my future posts. Moreover, I also will share my story life in the place that impact me most like Curtin University Sarawak. In my blog, you sure can feel the fun and beautiful sides of the Sea Horse City.