Kimoligan Cafe

The first phase of 'Kimoligan Cafe' was established in 2007. It was beautifully built by 5 people at first. We used to call it ‘Hello Borneo Cafe’, but we called it ‘Kimoligan Cafe’ (KC) after that. The name is shorter and easier to remember.

The first 3 months were great and exciting. Customers come from near and far, except of course from abroad. Kimoligan Cafe did not manage to get reservations from guests (tourists) abroad for many reasons. Well, let's just assume what happened, happened for some reason.

In early 2008, Kimoligan Cafe did not open as usual. Our father is really sick and really needs full attention. We have also made a schedule to take care of him at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kota Kinabalu (take turns), whether day or night. Yes, it is difficult but we do not complain. We spent a lot of time with him.

Kimoligan Cafe officially closed on the day our father died on March 13, 2008. It was painful. For your information, he was really happy when we first built the cafe. He gave his full support even though he was very ill at the time. But he wanted us to run the cafe as usual. Our father is truly the best person in our lives.

With all the memories, the fun, the laughter, the tears, the madness, the anger, the pain, the hatred, the love … everything here is here forever, even though the cafe is no longer operating.

As you can see in the picture, the siblings and in-laws are 'dismantling' the cafe.

It's been a year. Feels like it just happened yesterday. We gathered again to plan the rebuild of Kimoligan Cafe. We will come back with new energy, new ideas and new spirit. Oh Yeah!

Our cafe will be rebuilt near the main road. The new location is more strategic and there will be more food menus and activities later. This time will be different because we want something new.

Kimoligan Cafe is expected to reopen in September 2009. It will definitely be fun. See you there!


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