WHAT'S UP SIBU?

Nor Arlicessa Arbi Chew, 27, is no ordinary Kemas teacher. She is a diploma holder from Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia in Kuching and is very dedicated to her work.
Even before Kampung Bahagia Jaya in Teku, Sibu was wified, Nor Arlicessa has been lugging her two-year old laptop to her class and already subscribed to broadband service from a telecommunication company....

Apart from a tourist attraction, Sungai Merah at the outskirt of Sibu is also a source of livelihood for some.
In the mornings and evenings, several anglers will park themselves by the riverside to try their luck.
Their catch may be small fishes but that is enough to provide food on the table. "We normally fry these fishes and they are quite tasty," said one of them, who wanted to be known only as Lobster....

I chanced upon the floating hotel, Orient Pandaw which berthed at the Sibu jetty while walking about town today.
Check out this website http://www.pandaw.com/ for details of this unique ship which is capable of negotiating shallow and narrow rivers

Living in the jungle or the jungle fringe in Sarawak can be exciting, if your abode is equipped with a large satellite dish.After all, the channels available are not restricted to the ones available on Astro.
Just move around the dish and you may even get all the channels on subscription available in the US and Japan.For Joe and James who live in a spatial double-storey house in Kampung Pasai, about 50km from Sibu town, the satellite dish is their only form...