' Thank you for the cake '

' Thank you for the cake ' Ritie showing her appreciation for the layer cake from Kuching I'd given her and her staff.

' I have a lot of marking to do ' Ellen one of the PRO ELT participants

' I have a lot of marking to do ' Ellen one of the PRO ELT participants

'I'm hoping to do a concert on New Year's Eve '

 'I'm hoping to do a concert on New Year's Eve ' Ernesto ( one of the teacher mentors hoping to do a concert at the Batang Ai Longhouse Resort )

' This plant is good for hyper tension '

 ' This plant is good for hyper tension ' the guide on the short nature trail
at the Batang Ai Longhouse Resort .

' We're on a field trip - looking for frogs '

 ' We're on a field trip - looking for frogs ' a teacher from Kuching.

' It wasn't a bird but a bat'

  ' It wasn't a bird but a bat' a French man at the Bitang Ai Longhouse Resort; in fact the bat was a fruit bat and upstairs in the function room area there were loads of them flying around and from time to time they were flying in and out of the lobby area and by the entrance up in the rafters I could quite a few nests.

' I'm making a video '

 ' I'm making a video ( re the river cruise ) Michael a tour guide in Kuching said he was going to edit the video and upload it onto Borneo ollo ollo on YOU TUBE .

' Don't use flash '

A word of warning at the Orang-utans Rehabilitation Centre to the tourists not to use flash when taking photographs of the orang-utans as it can make them angry and someone could get attacked.

'The conger ell bit part of his finger off' ! '

 'The conger eel bit part of his finger off' Michael, the guide for the Longhouse tour.

' I'm studying to be a teacher '

 ' I'm studying to be a teacher ' some students I met while waiting for the sampan to get back across the river.

' I'm a physiotherapist'

While getting on the bus for Sri Aman I met two young girls  they were two physiotherapists working at the local hospital in Sri Aman.

' I might go to Saratok on Sunday '

' I might go to Saratok on Sunday ' Jennifer ,one of the PRO ELT participants talking about going to Saratok.

' I hadn't been here before '

 ' I hadn't been here before ' Allysha saying she hadn't been to the Fortune Inn before.

' There was s fire upstairs '

The woman in the stationers explaining why the air conditioning wssn't working;there had been a fire on the floor above the shop and all the wiring had to be rewired and she was worried thst the wiring wasn't really safe she didn't want to use the airconditioning.

' They're so noisy ! '

' They're so noisy - the other group ' Maryann talking about the American group making so much noise and disturbing people in another room .

' I've found a house' Segal talking about finally finding a house 1,200 Ringgits

' I've found a house'  Segal talking  about finally finding a house 1,200 Ringgits

' You look gorgeous ! '

Allysha commenting on how I looked with the Batik shirt she and some of her fellow teachers they had given me on Teachers' Day.

' My breakfast wasn't good this morning; the noodles had no taste '

' My breakfast wasn't good this morning; the noodles had no taste '
Timothy one of the Malaysian teachers talking about his breakfast.


' I had a massage ' Nicky one of the teacher mentors, she went to Kuching last weekend.

' We have a present for you '

' We have a present for you ' Allysha and some of the other teachers gave me a Batik shirt
It was a present for International Teachers' Day.

' I keep wanting to sleep! ' ' I need a kitchen; I don't want to eat out all the time '

' I keep wanting to sleep! ' ' I need a kitchen; I don't want to eat out all the time '
One of the Teacher Mentors.

' I thought you were Malaysian '

While I was in the Sugarbun café some hotel guest came into the café for their lunch; they're here in Sri Aman on a short weekend break, one of the women spoke to me in Malay; she said she thought I was Malaysian.

' I'm fishing for prawns '

' I'm fishing for prawns ' a young guy with his friends by the river

' I can't play pool '

' I can't play pool ' the woman in charge of the snooker place saying she didn't know how to play pool!

' We're here to for the weekend to promote Red Bull ' ,' Two men walking in the street holding hands is not acceptable '

'We're here for the weekend to promote Red Bull '

Michelle a girl who had travelled from Kuching to promote the energy drink Red Bull.also mentioned that it was unacceptable for two men walking in the street to hold hands.

' I'm going to travel around Europe '

Ng was talking about her holiday plans for December.

' I'm having noodles with pig '

I bumped into a couple of the teachers having breakfast at a food court instead of the restaurant at the hotel,Siward said he was having noodles with pig- he meant to say pork, not pig '.

'The best time to see the Tidal Bore is in May or June '

'The best time to see the Tidal Bore is in May or June ' a receptionist at a local hotel giving me information about the local river and its attraction, the Tidal Bore where surfers can surf down a river!

' I've lived in Sarawak for three years '

Martin Frogget talking about how long he's lived in Sarawak.