Sarawak - Interviews An Asap woman in her thirties who refused to disclose her name I still have about 12 plots of lands that were not surveyed. I want to return to my old home, let the authorities be enraged, I couldn't be bothered. I have no money here, the fish are all gone, the vegetables, finished. Had we refused to move here to Asap, we would have been chased out anyway. The price of the house is unreasonable. Even the stairs are damaged already. In my old home the quality of our houses was so much higher. We had cemented floors. I used to weave mats in my old home for sale. Now I can't even find rattan. Everything has bills here. Move an inch, you have to pay for something. Before we could sell our fish and save the money for the few bills that we had to pay. Now, I need at least RM10 to take my ailing mother to the clinic. She is lying there, unable to rise for three days already. We can't even celebrate our festivities here. Even the betelnut and sirih would have to be paid. We need to walk for an hour to go to the nearest shop. Doesn't the government care? All my children have stopped going to school. We need to buy rice. Sometimes, we'd have to borrow it. Look at my grandniece, she is so thin now. Back home, even if you are sick, food is abundant. These days we can't even sleep well. These men have been drinking a lot and they'd create heavy commotion when they are drunk at night. They'd be banging on the walls and all. There have been accidents caused by drunk driving. I don't want to make more tuak. The men have been drinking excessively. The women too. (Quiet) Do you have RM50 to spare me? My mother's sick. She needs to go to the clinic.