wahhh.. after such a long long time.. i finally manage to get my sabah trip blog up.. be prepared.. it's abt 8000 words long.. u'll probably get bored reading all of it.. i dunno.. no harm trying~ =P hahah there's suppose to b more pics.. but blogger gives me headache when i try to post photos.. so forget it. hahaha.. i cut down a lot for photos... i definitely need a break after this postin.. omg. headache headache...
in reply to kuan's comments: no. i didn't cheat. i didn't zoom.. juz compare the size of the mozzie to the backgrd (a stick of wood) it's part of the backing of chair.. hahah it's really that big.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Sabah Trip Day 1 (16-1-2006)
Departed HK International Airport on MAS Boeing 737 plane.The trip was boring since there was no in-flight entertainment. I was pretty excited since I didn't know what to expect in KK... sounds a pretty ulu place.. anyway.. the light meal on the plane was.. average.. had sweet and sour fish. After about 2.5 hrs (entire flight takes about 2hr 55mins), I could see Sabah already, alittle while
more and i see Mt. Kinabalu (highest pt in SE Asia, 4089m) waHHH excited!! wanna snap more pic.. and the next thing i knew? my camera is out of batt!! AHHHH.. oh well.. while landing.. realise the place is super green, the sea is filled with fishing boats (small tiny ones) instead of cargo ships i see in sg/hk. while landing, saw this dude cycling by the border of the airport, right next to the sea.. waHH.. like that also can... while moving towards the airport, saw some realli kampung houses along the runway.. then i went like.. "HUH.. realli SO ULU ah..." abit scared liao. got down frm the plane.. erhhh. DIE. i cannot understand wad the signs read.. all in Malay, the english bit is SO SMALL..
a very small airport indeed.. next.. immigration.. waH die. forgot what's derek's address.. oh no.. don't know how to fill in the part on the immigration card.. oh well.. jus smiled at the officer till he let me thru.. (took like 10mins to get pass immigration).. then go collect luggage.. AH. WAD!?! only got 2 luggage belt. ok.. small... too bad camera went out of batt or else i sure take photo...
got out of the airport, and waited for derek to pick me up.. hrmm.. no one here yet.. so decided to use the m'sia sim card that he left for me while he was in sg.. WAD. the sim card doesn't work.. OMG luckily i've got my singtel simcard to do the roaming.. found him eventually and he reached in about 5mins.. he was driving.. abit scary n weird. ahhaha.. not use to it... his sister and his mom was in the car as well.. and they were introducing KK to me.. both seemed very
frenly... realise that KK has NO TALL BUILDINGS.. so not use to it.. trees and the sky is like everywhere.. buildins are abit scattered and rather short compared to wad i use to see in HK/sg
they brought me to this Tanjong Aru Seafood Restaurant, which is right next to the sea (well actually KK, the whole city is along the coastline.. so this is like super common la), and had dinner there. they use different kind of appetiser compared to sg.. not jus peanuts.. it's like.. cucumber n some fried nuts.. also they use this kinda weird sauce to eat, ginger and soy sauce.
after dinner, his mom drove us to meet his frens at Shalim (area with eateries that open till super late, n where his frens usually hang out).
after awhile of chattin, some of his frens left while the ones that remained and Derek was wondering where to go so at the end decided that they wanna bring me to Sutera Harbour (where it consist of 3 hotels, Pan Pacific, Sutera, Magellan).. walked ard.. cldn't see much since it's dark already... n snapped some pic, played at the playgrd, and went to the hotel's beach, it's very small, but can already see that the water is like super clear.. wAHHH.. after awhile, we decided to head home...
PS as introed by Derek's sis, along the roads of KK, u will find tons and tons of telecom ads and alot of graveyards that is catergorised by race. n no, KK pple do not all live in the kampung hses i saw, KK pple mostly live in hses that look similar to those terrace, semi-d u see in sg, the kampung hses are mostly occupied by the illegal immigrants frm philippines.
more and i see Mt. Kinabalu (highest pt in SE Asia, 4089m) waHHH excited!! wanna snap more pic.. and the next thing i knew? my camera is out of batt!! AHHHH.. oh well.. while landing.. realise the place is super green, the sea is filled with fishing boats (small tiny ones) instead of cargo ships i see in sg/hk. while landing, saw this dude cycling by the border of the airport, right next to the sea.. waHH.. like that also can... while moving towards the airport, saw some realli kampung houses along the runway.. then i went like.. "HUH.. realli SO ULU ah..." abit scared liao. got down frm the plane.. erhhh. DIE. i cannot understand wad the signs read.. all in Malay, the english bit is SO SMALL..
a very small airport indeed.. next.. immigration.. waH die. forgot what's derek's address.. oh no.. don't know how to fill in the part on the immigration card.. oh well.. jus smiled at the officer till he let me thru.. (took like 10mins to get pass immigration).. then go collect luggage.. AH. WAD!?! only got 2 luggage belt. ok.. small... too bad camera went out of batt or else i sure take photo...
got out of the airport, and waited for derek to pick me up.. hrmm.. no one here yet.. so decided to use the m'sia sim card that he left for me while he was in sg.. WAD. the sim card doesn't work.. OMG luckily i've got my singtel simcard to do the roaming.. found him eventually and he reached in about 5mins.. he was driving.. abit scary n weird. ahhaha.. not use to it... his sister and his mom was in the car as well.. and they were introducing KK to me.. both seemed very
frenly... realise that KK has NO TALL BUILDINGS.. so not use to it.. trees and the sky is like everywhere.. buildins are abit scattered and rather short compared to wad i use to see in HK/sg
they brought me to this Tanjong Aru Seafood Restaurant, which is right next to the sea (well actually KK, the whole city is along the coastline.. so this is like super common la), and had dinner there. they use different kind of appetiser compared to sg.. not jus peanuts.. it's like.. cucumber n some fried nuts.. also they use this kinda weird sauce to eat, ginger and soy sauce.
after dinner, his mom drove us to meet his frens at Shalim (area with eateries that open till super late, n where his frens usually hang out).
after awhile of chattin, some of his frens left while the ones that remained and Derek was wondering where to go so at the end decided that they wanna bring me to Sutera Harbour (where it consist of 3 hotels, Pan Pacific, Sutera, Magellan).. walked ard.. cldn't see much since it's dark already... n snapped some pic, played at the playgrd, and went to the hotel's beach, it's very small, but can already see that the water is like super clear.. wAHHH.. after awhile, we decided to head home...
PS as introed by Derek's sis, along the roads of KK, u will find tons and tons of telecom ads and alot of graveyards that is catergorised by race. n no, KK pple do not all live in the kampung hses i saw, KK pple mostly live in hses that look similar to those terrace, semi-d u see in sg, the kampung hses are mostly occupied by the illegal immigrants frm philippines.
Sabah Trip Day 2 (17-1-2006)
Woke up pretty early this morning as Derek's aunt were to bring us out to sight-seeing with her car.. was suppose to go at 9.30, then she only arrived at 10.30.. meanwhile waiting, we watched golden globe live on cable tv... she had to run some errands, that explains why she was late really appreciate.. as it's not really her duty to bring us ard. anyway, she was on the way to send his son out to visit his fren, who's sick and resting at home.. the fren is down with kidney illness, at this age, any chronic disease, is a pain. both physical and mental.. his food is super blend, as his fren's kidney mite not b able to process it... sad... reminds me of how happy i shld b abt tt i'm alive, healthy and hopping ard.... anyway.. after that spent the morning driving ard.. seeing some new hses built ard the area, and aunty becky drove me to UMS, University Malaysia Sabah.
They've got pretty buildings.. that's TOTALLY spreaded apart.. pple need to hav motorcycle's or car to survive sia.. even bicycle won't be able to make it as there's too many slopes in campus.. and the campus is like super big lah.. so got free shuttle bus to shuttle the students ard.. but the frequency is pretty bad.. and it's really hot too.. i wld never be able to imagine myself studying in such a
campus.
for the whole morning's drive.. i didn't feel too well in the stomach..been having a lot of tummy prob's lately.. so didn't snap much pics as well.. cos stomach ached, and had the puking feeling. it was pretty bad...
then finally we picked up his cousin, who went to visit his fren and went off to his grandparents hse to have lunch...
the food was nice, but with my tummy prob i jus cldn't eat much.. napped for a while while waiting for derek's mom to come for lunch.. we didn't wait for her, as she was visiting a fren in hospital. after she arrived and hav lunch, she sent me, derek and steffi to sutera harbour...
i was feeling a bit better after the nap, and we went to play bowling at one of the hotels. i won both games we played.. hahah but all 3 of us are actually super lousy lah.. after 2 games, we decided that we shld try something else, mayb ping pong or walking ard the harbour.. unfortunately, the ping pong tables are all taken up already.. so jus walked ard the harbour...
bery nice views, there's yachts parked infront of sutera hotel.. and we walked frm magellan to pan pacific... the water by the walk is like super clear la.. can see fish... snapped a few pic and walked on.. there's tis extended "arm" that extends across the waters coming into the harbour, closing off the area into a small lagoon... we walked to the end of this "arm" and we jus sat ard and i snapped more pic.. there was also this heli-pad.. so we played king of the "pad" hahah.. wrestling each other and see who can stay on.. during the process.. i chipped derek's glasses, and he caused me to fall to the cement grd, scratching my elbow.. hahaha.. oh well.. fair trade i guess.. as i was hurt and it was startin to drizzle so we went back to pan pacific to wait for his mom to pick us up after her work...
didn't do much for dinner.. his mom brought out to this shop that sells local western food, their kitchen is open air.. hahah.. not inside the shop.. so weird.. and i had a super full meal.. cos the steak that i ordered is like super big lah.. but it was goood... cld barely walk after the meal...
day 2 wasn't too exciting as well.. hahah..
They've got pretty buildings.. that's TOTALLY spreaded apart.. pple need to hav motorcycle's or car to survive sia.. even bicycle won't be able to make it as there's too many slopes in campus.. and the campus is like super big lah.. so got free shuttle bus to shuttle the students ard.. but the frequency is pretty bad.. and it's really hot too.. i wld never be able to imagine myself studying in such a
campus.
for the whole morning's drive.. i didn't feel too well in the stomach..been having a lot of tummy prob's lately.. so didn't snap much pics as well.. cos stomach ached, and had the puking feeling. it was pretty bad...
then finally we picked up his cousin, who went to visit his fren and went off to his grandparents hse to have lunch...
the food was nice, but with my tummy prob i jus cldn't eat much.. napped for a while while waiting for derek's mom to come for lunch.. we didn't wait for her, as she was visiting a fren in hospital. after she arrived and hav lunch, she sent me, derek and steffi to sutera harbour...
i was feeling a bit better after the nap, and we went to play bowling at one of the hotels. i won both games we played.. hahah but all 3 of us are actually super lousy lah.. after 2 games, we decided that we shld try something else, mayb ping pong or walking ard the harbour.. unfortunately, the ping pong tables are all taken up already.. so jus walked ard the harbour...
bery nice views, there's yachts parked infront of sutera hotel.. and we walked frm magellan to pan pacific... the water by the walk is like super clear la.. can see fish... snapped a few pic and walked on.. there's tis extended "arm" that extends across the waters coming into the harbour, closing off the area into a small lagoon... we walked to the end of this "arm" and we jus sat ard and i snapped more pic.. there was also this heli-pad.. so we played king of the "pad" hahah.. wrestling each other and see who can stay on.. during the process.. i chipped derek's glasses, and he caused me to fall to the cement grd, scratching my elbow.. hahaha.. oh well.. fair trade i guess.. as i was hurt and it was startin to drizzle so we went back to pan pacific to wait for his mom to pick us up after her work...
didn't do much for dinner.. his mom brought out to this shop that sells local western food, their kitchen is open air.. hahah.. not inside the shop.. so weird.. and i had a super full meal.. cos the steak that i ordered is like super big lah.. but it was goood... cld barely walk after the meal...
day 2 wasn't too exciting as well.. hahah..
Sabah Trip Day 3 (18-1-2006)
Day 3 commenced in a wet way~ no i wasn't licked by a dog, derek's dog passed away a long time ago, and no, it wasn't raining.. hahaha.. it's jus that i started the day with playing badminton...
we woke up like real earli.. as we had to follow derek's mom out when she goes to work.. ard 8~ and were meetin up with the badminton buddies at 9am.. suppose to play at this fu chow centre.. buT.. unfortunately they had this convention thingy going on.. need immediate change of plans.. his mom was
in a hurry to get to work, as there was a jam, and it was already 8.45... so we were dropped off at the entrance of a nearby golf club.. and sat at the entrance, waiting for his fren to pick us up.. omg.. it was so embarrassing to b standing there, by the um.. very busy road.. pple were practically STARIN.. hahah oh well.. wad to do.. after 10mins.. his fren's car finally appeared, with another fren
already in the car.. decided to head towards st simons church.. they hav a badminton court there too
finally started to play at 9.30.. met 1 more new fren there, .. looks pro.. and speaks mandarin played.. it only cost RM2 to get a court for a hr there.. SUPER CHEAP. OMG. then after a while, another person joined us.. it's Derek's 1st gf.. didn't had gd impression of her bcos of wad i heard abt her.. haha. but i tried to b frenly...anyway.. played for 2 hrs.. and i was dripping wet already.. ahahah..
after badminton, went to APIWON to hav famous KK meatballs(Halal), pretty gd...n apparently they hav super hot chilli.. hahaha by the time we finished, most pple were sweating like mad...
after lunch, we were dropped off back at home to wash up... hahah (STINKING!!!) and rested till derek's mom came after lunch to pick us up again.. this time we were dropped near to 1 of 2 major shopping centre in KK, Merdeka... walked ard.. the shopping centre seems pretty old actually.. didn't buy any thing as well.. since as i mentioned in my blog, spent all my money in HK already ah... he wanted to bring me to the other shopping mall, Centrepoint.. but i was too freaking tired.. woke up earli n badminton.. hahaha. legs totally gone.. so went to sit down at Ritz Carlton KK to rest my legs b4 we
walked for another 15mins to Centrepoint, it was really hot day.. and my legs are sO gone.
tried looking for sunglasses in Merdeka.. but i stil look hilarious...so didn't manage to get any apparently.. there were suppose to b gangs in Merdeka.. and i was even warned by derek not to stare at them.. well.. didn't manage to see them.. jus walk walk ard again.. n guess who i saw!?!? MY TAZZ at the entrance of the arcade.. ahahahha i noe i'm lame... went in to play bishi bashi.. the staff
attitudes were pretty bad here.. hrm.. not gd impression lah.. cos i wanted to play several machines, all also spoilt.. ask them fix then come giv face.. like WTH. was abt to leave.. when i saw boxes lined outside of the arcade..now this is really wad KBOX means.. hahaha.. Karaoke in the Box. haha so weird.. haven seen this before...
Derek's mom picked us up frm the shopping mall and brought us straight to dinner...we went to this eatery that serves the never-seen-in-sg BLACK hokkien mee. hahaha.. so weird.. but basically jus dry noodles with ALOT of sweet soy sauce... there's also Easy Way (a bubble tea franchise in aus) there.
after that we went to get cake for the surprise party tonight.. well tml, 19/1, is derek's 1st gf's 21st bdae.. n she didn't plan to do anything.. so her gd frens decided to plan a surprise party for her tonight.. derek bought her a oreo cheese cake...
after droppin the cake down at derek's home, which is where the party will take place... we went out again.. one of derek's fren came to pick us up.. by the time we went to meet up with the others, the food court was already closing.. so they all all went back to derek's place.. derek's place have got this quite big partio.. that's got seats set up.. and they all started chatting... there were the 5 of them frm the same high sch(aka sec sch), me, derek's sis, and one of the fren's niece, a singaporean gal, she's here on tour as well..didn't get to tok to her much.. most of the time before midnight frm 10.30 onwards was spent listening to their high sch tales.. such interesting sch life.. such conversations that i will never ever have with my high sch mates... makin me feel as if.. as if.. part of my life had a hole.. missing..aniwae.. when it was near midnite.. one of them used the excuse of havin probs with his pant's zip and went in to prepare the cake.. hahaha.. omg. i was tricked too.. really funny sia..
at 12.. the lights were switched off, the cake brought out to the candle-lit coffeee table... she was so surprised.. i thot she almost cried... the celebration/chat went on, well i bet there was more than 1 celebration going on.. as the mosquitoes were havin a feast on us as well.. well i wasn't bitten as i sat nearer to the hse, pple near the grass, plants.. were bitten like mad..
the chat dragged on till 4am~ and everyone is pretty much dead..
wad a busy day it was....
we woke up like real earli.. as we had to follow derek's mom out when she goes to work.. ard 8~ and were meetin up with the badminton buddies at 9am.. suppose to play at this fu chow centre.. buT.. unfortunately they had this convention thingy going on.. need immediate change of plans.. his mom was
in a hurry to get to work, as there was a jam, and it was already 8.45... so we were dropped off at the entrance of a nearby golf club.. and sat at the entrance, waiting for his fren to pick us up.. omg.. it was so embarrassing to b standing there, by the um.. very busy road.. pple were practically STARIN.. hahah oh well.. wad to do.. after 10mins.. his fren's car finally appeared, with another fren
already in the car.. decided to head towards st simons church.. they hav a badminton court there too
finally started to play at 9.30.. met 1 more new fren there, .. looks pro.. and speaks mandarin played.. it only cost RM2 to get a court for a hr there.. SUPER CHEAP. OMG. then after a while, another person joined us.. it's Derek's 1st gf.. didn't had gd impression of her bcos of wad i heard abt her.. haha. but i tried to b frenly...anyway.. played for 2 hrs.. and i was dripping wet already.. ahahah..
after badminton, went to APIWON to hav famous KK meatballs(Halal), pretty gd...n apparently they hav super hot chilli.. hahaha by the time we finished, most pple were sweating like mad...
after lunch, we were dropped off back at home to wash up... hahah (STINKING!!!) and rested till derek's mom came after lunch to pick us up again.. this time we were dropped near to 1 of 2 major shopping centre in KK, Merdeka... walked ard.. the shopping centre seems pretty old actually.. didn't buy any thing as well.. since as i mentioned in my blog, spent all my money in HK already ah... he wanted to bring me to the other shopping mall, Centrepoint.. but i was too freaking tired.. woke up earli n badminton.. hahaha. legs totally gone.. so went to sit down at Ritz Carlton KK to rest my legs b4 we
walked for another 15mins to Centrepoint, it was really hot day.. and my legs are sO gone.
tried looking for sunglasses in Merdeka.. but i stil look hilarious...so didn't manage to get any apparently.. there were suppose to b gangs in Merdeka.. and i was even warned by derek not to stare at them.. well.. didn't manage to see them.. jus walk walk ard again.. n guess who i saw!?!? MY TAZZ at the entrance of the arcade.. ahahahha i noe i'm lame... went in to play bishi bashi.. the staff
attitudes were pretty bad here.. hrm.. not gd impression lah.. cos i wanted to play several machines, all also spoilt.. ask them fix then come giv face.. like WTH. was abt to leave.. when i saw boxes lined outside of the arcade..now this is really wad KBOX means.. hahaha.. Karaoke in the Box. haha so weird.. haven seen this before...
Derek's mom picked us up frm the shopping mall and brought us straight to dinner...we went to this eatery that serves the never-seen-in-sg BLACK hokkien mee. hahaha.. so weird.. but basically jus dry noodles with ALOT of sweet soy sauce... there's also Easy Way (a bubble tea franchise in aus) there.
after that we went to get cake for the surprise party tonight.. well tml, 19/1, is derek's 1st gf's 21st bdae.. n she didn't plan to do anything.. so her gd frens decided to plan a surprise party for her tonight.. derek bought her a oreo cheese cake...
after droppin the cake down at derek's home, which is where the party will take place... we went out again.. one of derek's fren came to pick us up.. by the time we went to meet up with the others, the food court was already closing.. so they all all went back to derek's place.. derek's place have got this quite big partio.. that's got seats set up.. and they all started chatting... there were the 5 of them frm the same high sch(aka sec sch), me, derek's sis, and one of the fren's niece, a singaporean gal, she's here on tour as well..didn't get to tok to her much.. most of the time before midnight frm 10.30 onwards was spent listening to their high sch tales.. such interesting sch life.. such conversations that i will never ever have with my high sch mates... makin me feel as if.. as if.. part of my life had a hole.. missing..aniwae.. when it was near midnite.. one of them used the excuse of havin probs with his pant's zip and went in to prepare the cake.. hahaha.. omg. i was tricked too.. really funny sia..
at 12.. the lights were switched off, the cake brought out to the candle-lit coffeee table... she was so surprised.. i thot she almost cried... the celebration/chat went on, well i bet there was more than 1 celebration going on.. as the mosquitoes were havin a feast on us as well.. well i wasn't bitten as i sat nearer to the hse, pple near the grass, plants.. were bitten like mad..
the chat dragged on till 4am~ and everyone is pretty much dead..
wad a busy day it was....
Sabah Day 4 (19-1-2006)
Well woke up really late~ since we stayed up till 4am to chit chat. Derek's mom picked us up from his house at around lunchtime to his grandparents place. Then after lunch, we waited for his Aunt (who happens to be a part time tour guide) to bring us out.
She brought us to the Philippino market to take a look. They've got this weird smell in the market, and TONS of spidy webs.. so I wasn't really enjoying too much. But they're got a great variety of things to sell, mostly shell decorations, masks, T-shirts, jewelleries. I didn't dare take much pics at first..cos i thot the shopkeepers may not be happy abt it. But when i saw auntie rosemary taking
her camera out and snapping pictures, i juz follow~ saw this real frog pouch there.. really disgusting.. cos like i think they dug out everything inside then they process onto making it. YUCks don't wanna think about it anymore.. we spent quite sometime walking ard the place. Derek bought me a souvenir t-shirt that says "WELCOME TO SABAH", then got Dory and Nemo's Dad on it.. hahaha so cute
we went to another section of the market, where they were selling mostly groceries, food.. and there were alot of salted fish...after awhile, we realise that we're spending too much time at the market. so we moved onto go to the Museum...
By the time we reached the museum, it was already 4.55pm.. and the place is closing at 5pm.. so we rushed into the place la.. hopefully they will let us in~.. and YEAH.. they realli did.. for free since it's only 5mins.. we took a quick glance thru most of the sections.. they hav quite interestin stuff.. but then no photos are allowed.. so no photos frm inside the museum....
after a quick tour inside the museum, his aun t brought us to the side path at the side of the museum which looks dodgy(like a bit the cannot make it...).. and i was kinda scared.. cos it looks as if we're going into a forest like that.. i scared of the creepy crawlies maHH... aniwae.. walked on and there was this suspension bridge.. leading across this pond.. haha.. not really scary one la..
walk only... but got 10 person weight limit.. but we only hav 4 person in total.. so it doesn't realli matter does it...
at the other end of the bridge, the museum has recreated the scene frm old time sabah.. with the houses and pond and a meeting hall for the community.. a LOT of mozzies.. i think cos the pond water is super stagnant.. omg.. forgot how many bites i got there...near the edgeof the big pong.. i saw this pink colour stuff.. his aunt told me that it is frog eggs... and the white bunches are frog eggs with fungus that grew on it.. omg.. gross rite.. i think enuff of gross stuff... so we walked ard.. admiring the scenary...
at one point in time, we were walking near the parameter of the museum, and you can see pass the fence to the outside.. and i saw this kinda super old house.. and with pple living there woh... wad a mix of diff in "time" i dunno how to put it.. on the outside.. most stuff look averagely modern.. but still there exist this kinda old hse...
aniwae.. after the tour finish, we went back to derek's grandparents place and waited for derek's mom to take us out for dinner
we had dinner in this jap restaurant.. all 4 of us had the same set i think.. the sashimi is superb~ and the set is SUPER filling.. bloated after the dinner
on the way back home, we drove to a nearby mini-mart to buy stuff to get ready for tml derek's bdae party~ the cakes, the soft drink blahhh...
after waiting at home for awhile.. derek's frenz called us out.. so we went to this place... i forgot the name.. and hung out for a while..
there were like live band and we drank some stuff and chit chat.. the guys ended up chatting abt cards.. and it was like BORING. hahaha.. so then we wanted to drive to UMS (uni of m'sia sabah) to show one of his fren's niece since she is here for tour as well.. the place look different at night (frm the outside), we're denied of entry as they are already close.. so they went back to derek's place to chit chat again.. i think we hang out till like 2am - 3am in the morning.. and decided we shld get some rest.. ahhaha crazy pple rite..like cannot finish tokin like that...
She brought us to the Philippino market to take a look. They've got this weird smell in the market, and TONS of spidy webs.. so I wasn't really enjoying too much. But they're got a great variety of things to sell, mostly shell decorations, masks, T-shirts, jewelleries. I didn't dare take much pics at first..cos i thot the shopkeepers may not be happy abt it. But when i saw auntie rosemary taking
her camera out and snapping pictures, i juz follow~ saw this real frog pouch there.. really disgusting.. cos like i think they dug out everything inside then they process onto making it. YUCks don't wanna think about it anymore.. we spent quite sometime walking ard the place. Derek bought me a souvenir t-shirt that says "WELCOME TO SABAH", then got Dory and Nemo's Dad on it.. hahaha so cute
we went to another section of the market, where they were selling mostly groceries, food.. and there were alot of salted fish...after awhile, we realise that we're spending too much time at the market. so we moved onto go to the Museum...
By the time we reached the museum, it was already 4.55pm.. and the place is closing at 5pm.. so we rushed into the place la.. hopefully they will let us in~.. and YEAH.. they realli did.. for free since it's only 5mins.. we took a quick glance thru most of the sections.. they hav quite interestin stuff.. but then no photos are allowed.. so no photos frm inside the museum....
after a quick tour inside the museum, his aun t brought us to the side path at the side of the museum which looks dodgy(like a bit the cannot make it...).. and i was kinda scared.. cos it looks as if we're going into a forest like that.. i scared of the creepy crawlies maHH... aniwae.. walked on and there was this suspension bridge.. leading across this pond.. haha.. not really scary one la..
walk only... but got 10 person weight limit.. but we only hav 4 person in total.. so it doesn't realli matter does it...
at the other end of the bridge, the museum has recreated the scene frm old time sabah.. with the houses and pond and a meeting hall for the community.. a LOT of mozzies.. i think cos the pond water is super stagnant.. omg.. forgot how many bites i got there...near the edgeof the big pong.. i saw this pink colour stuff.. his aunt told me that it is frog eggs... and the white bunches are frog eggs with fungus that grew on it.. omg.. gross rite.. i think enuff of gross stuff... so we walked ard.. admiring the scenary...
at one point in time, we were walking near the parameter of the museum, and you can see pass the fence to the outside.. and i saw this kinda super old house.. and with pple living there woh... wad a mix of diff in "time" i dunno how to put it.. on the outside.. most stuff look averagely modern.. but still there exist this kinda old hse...
aniwae.. after the tour finish, we went back to derek's grandparents place and waited for derek's mom to take us out for dinner
we had dinner in this jap restaurant.. all 4 of us had the same set i think.. the sashimi is superb~ and the set is SUPER filling.. bloated after the dinner
on the way back home, we drove to a nearby mini-mart to buy stuff to get ready for tml derek's bdae party~ the cakes, the soft drink blahhh...
after waiting at home for awhile.. derek's frenz called us out.. so we went to this place... i forgot the name.. and hung out for a while..
there were like live band and we drank some stuff and chit chat.. the guys ended up chatting abt cards.. and it was like BORING. hahaha.. so then we wanted to drive to UMS (uni of m'sia sabah) to show one of his fren's niece since she is here for tour as well.. the place look different at night (frm the outside), we're denied of entry as they are already close.. so they went back to derek's place to chit chat again.. i think we hang out till like 2am - 3am in the morning.. and decided we shld get some rest.. ahhaha crazy pple rite..like cannot finish tokin like that...
Sabah Trip Day 5 (20-1-2006)
Today is the day that derek's gonna hav his bdae party.. cos tml we're heading up to the area near Mt. Kinabalu, Kundasang...
I BUGGED AND BUGGED till i got my wants to go to the GO-KART course in the morning.. since he promised to bring me.. but didn't manage to one of the nights before... it was difficult to wake up in the morning.. at 8am. if u slpt at 5am... aniwae.. we sent his mom to work.. then he took to car and went to pick his frens up as well...
it was a hot day.. and there was a jam on the way as well.. urghz.. very bad.. then when i reach the tracks.. it's name.. is so weird.. it's called wong kok (旺角), exactly like the area in HK.. haha juz weird.. i was really excited.. it's abt RM20 for 8 rds on a normal go-karts.. there's the racing ones as well.. which goes REALLy fast.. there's also the twin ones.. which look like it's gonna b very very slow... we asked for 4 normal karts on 8 rds... and signed the indeminity form... sound serious hor.. but i guess need la.. hahaha got pple like derek's sis.. who decided to take a hairpin turn at FULL speed.. spun out and flipped.. quite a bad one.. now stil got scar.. aniwae.. we went ta collect our karts...
then they giv us this very thin shower caps.. to cover our hair before we put on the helmets.. then when we abt to get onto the karts.. then they tell us. .they only hav 2 working normal karts.. they will give us 2 more of those twin riders... i was like.. "wadddd... i don't wanna come here all the way to crawllll along the tracks leh..." cos this is like my first time on a go-kart lah.. how can like that.. his fren was pissed.. and he started to argue with the staff... then the staff went to get his manage.. after like 15mins (seemed like forever).. they agreed to giv us 2 racing karts.. but tt 2 can only go on 5 rds.. since supposingly they are more ex... oh well.. so we hav to giv in as we juz wanna get it done and over with.. the guys took the racing ones and me and another gal took the normal ones.. apparently the racing karts can go 1 lap in 38secs.. and the normal ones do it in abt 1min... hahah but i think we all did it like at double the timing
the place smelt strongly of kerosine.. and it was super noisy due to the engine... 4 of us lined up at the starting line and raced off... i was super scared la.. after hearing of his sis getting injuried so didn't go full speed.. hahah was hanging ard last place~ and cos the kart was going quite fast even though i'm not going on full.. there were like stones that keep on flyin into my eyes.. urghz..
after getting use to the controls.. i starting to dare to speed alittle more.. but my eyes really hurt.. so it was kinda a put off.. hahaha.. i didn't hav any accidents.. while both derek and his fren spun out a few times.. and the other gal knocked into the sides of the track a few times.. i practice safe drivin~ ahahaha..
though it was scary.. becos how fast it can go.. i stil had alot of fun... we had lunch near the track and went back.. since we need to prepare for the party.. we set out the tables out at the area infront of his hse.. and lined the table clothes.. then me and derek took a nap.. too tired..
by the time we woke up, it was ard 5.30, 6pm already.. and guests were expected to arrive soon... so bathe and got dressed and helped ard preparing.. and greeting pple.. most of his relatives arrive early.. and his dad also arrive(since his dad was working in Sundakhan on wkdays)... then his high
sch gang slowly came...
the catering already arrived earlier on and the eating started at around 7.30pm... after a round of eating dinner.. there came the cake at around 9-10pm.. he got this little cousin.. SO CUTE he was like singing "happy bdae" when no one else is singing. hahaha.. didn't get his pic though.. sighz.. wasted.. went thru the usual routine of singing, wishing, cutting.. thennnn.. before we start serving his cake.. another cake was brought out~
this was suppose to be a surprise see.. as one of Derek's closer friends, bdae is on the same day as derek.. so derek's mom decided that it wld b nice to hav a cake for him as well.. hahah he was so surprised.. then we sang song and went thru the routine for him as well.. both were like choc cakes so it was rather filling...
at 12mn... 2 of his frens were like thinking wad can they do.. finally they decided on the sprinkler ~ muahahah.. they got me to fake that i'm going to take a pic for them while they stand near the garden then.. they turn on the hose~~~ and shoot them with water.. hahahaha... they were super shocked and were running all ard the place.. his parents were laffin inside the hse.. and derek's aunt even decide to join in the fun~ muahahah.. n she took the hose and shoot derek as well.. his sister found a water gun and filled it up and joined in the shooting..hahah the place got realli wet.. after the shooting stop.. the birthday boys were weeeet.. and they were going ard to find pple to hug.. hahahaha.. suddenly.. as if they didn't hav enuff fun.. they decided to drag in another gal whose bdae is 2 days ago.. ahhaha.. so she got wet as welll...
after that.. they dried themselves up.. and diff grps of pple juz went on and chit chat.. and the party finally ended at ard 4.30am.. oMG... and there was still cleaning up to do... by the time we got things settled and went off to slp.. it was like 5-5.30am already..
I BUGGED AND BUGGED till i got my wants to go to the GO-KART course in the morning.. since he promised to bring me.. but didn't manage to one of the nights before... it was difficult to wake up in the morning.. at 8am. if u slpt at 5am... aniwae.. we sent his mom to work.. then he took to car and went to pick his frens up as well...
it was a hot day.. and there was a jam on the way as well.. urghz.. very bad.. then when i reach the tracks.. it's name.. is so weird.. it's called wong kok (旺角), exactly like the area in HK.. haha juz weird.. i was really excited.. it's abt RM20 for 8 rds on a normal go-karts.. there's the racing ones as well.. which goes REALLy fast.. there's also the twin ones.. which look like it's gonna b very very slow... we asked for 4 normal karts on 8 rds... and signed the indeminity form... sound serious hor.. but i guess need la.. hahaha got pple like derek's sis.. who decided to take a hairpin turn at FULL speed.. spun out and flipped.. quite a bad one.. now stil got scar.. aniwae.. we went ta collect our karts...
then they giv us this very thin shower caps.. to cover our hair before we put on the helmets.. then when we abt to get onto the karts.. then they tell us. .they only hav 2 working normal karts.. they will give us 2 more of those twin riders... i was like.. "wadddd... i don't wanna come here all the way to crawllll along the tracks leh..." cos this is like my first time on a go-kart lah.. how can like that.. his fren was pissed.. and he started to argue with the staff... then the staff went to get his manage.. after like 15mins (seemed like forever).. they agreed to giv us 2 racing karts.. but tt 2 can only go on 5 rds.. since supposingly they are more ex... oh well.. so we hav to giv in as we juz wanna get it done and over with.. the guys took the racing ones and me and another gal took the normal ones.. apparently the racing karts can go 1 lap in 38secs.. and the normal ones do it in abt 1min... hahah but i think we all did it like at double the timing
the place smelt strongly of kerosine.. and it was super noisy due to the engine... 4 of us lined up at the starting line and raced off... i was super scared la.. after hearing of his sis getting injuried so didn't go full speed.. hahah was hanging ard last place~ and cos the kart was going quite fast even though i'm not going on full.. there were like stones that keep on flyin into my eyes.. urghz..
after getting use to the controls.. i starting to dare to speed alittle more.. but my eyes really hurt.. so it was kinda a put off.. hahaha.. i didn't hav any accidents.. while both derek and his fren spun out a few times.. and the other gal knocked into the sides of the track a few times.. i practice safe drivin~ ahahaha..
though it was scary.. becos how fast it can go.. i stil had alot of fun... we had lunch near the track and went back.. since we need to prepare for the party.. we set out the tables out at the area infront of his hse.. and lined the table clothes.. then me and derek took a nap.. too tired..
by the time we woke up, it was ard 5.30, 6pm already.. and guests were expected to arrive soon... so bathe and got dressed and helped ard preparing.. and greeting pple.. most of his relatives arrive early.. and his dad also arrive(since his dad was working in Sundakhan on wkdays)... then his high
sch gang slowly came...
the catering already arrived earlier on and the eating started at around 7.30pm... after a round of eating dinner.. there came the cake at around 9-10pm.. he got this little cousin.. SO CUTE he was like singing "happy bdae" when no one else is singing. hahaha.. didn't get his pic though.. sighz.. wasted.. went thru the usual routine of singing, wishing, cutting.. thennnn.. before we start serving his cake.. another cake was brought out~
this was suppose to be a surprise see.. as one of Derek's closer friends, bdae is on the same day as derek.. so derek's mom decided that it wld b nice to hav a cake for him as well.. hahah he was so surprised.. then we sang song and went thru the routine for him as well.. both were like choc cakes so it was rather filling...
at 12mn... 2 of his frens were like thinking wad can they do.. finally they decided on the sprinkler ~ muahahah.. they got me to fake that i'm going to take a pic for them while they stand near the garden then.. they turn on the hose~~~ and shoot them with water.. hahahaha... they were super shocked and were running all ard the place.. his parents were laffin inside the hse.. and derek's aunt even decide to join in the fun~ muahahah.. n she took the hose and shoot derek as well.. his sister found a water gun and filled it up and joined in the shooting..hahah the place got realli wet.. after the shooting stop.. the birthday boys were weeeet.. and they were going ard to find pple to hug.. hahahaha.. suddenly.. as if they didn't hav enuff fun.. they decided to drag in another gal whose bdae is 2 days ago.. ahhaha.. so she got wet as welll...
after that.. they dried themselves up.. and diff grps of pple juz went on and chit chat.. and the party finally ended at ard 4.30am.. oMG... and there was still cleaning up to do... by the time we got things settled and went off to slp.. it was like 5-5.30am already..
Sabah Trip Day 6 (21-1-2006)
today suppose to be derek's actual bdae.. but we're on our way up to the mts...
waHHH today is the day i've been waiting for~ up to the mountains...me, derek and steffi were super tired.. we were suppose to leave by 10.30am.. but hahaha.. we only woke up then.. finally then we loaded the things onto the car.. and we went for lunch....
we went to this teahouse.. apparently everytime his parents drive up to the mountains.. they hav a meal there before going up... took some photos of it "low mee" hahaha.. frm normal to black after mixing.. erk.. dunno how much sweet soy sauce they put in there.. after lunch... the long drive goes on.. derek's dad is the one drivin... the drive took abt 2 hrs...
on the way.. we initially drove along the coast.. and i saw a lot of II (illegal immigrants)'s rundown hses... and more and more greeeeeenn... then.. after like 30mins of looking at scenary.. i finally fell aslp.. hahah waking up to snap a few more photos as we climb the mt and reach the resort... we were staying at the Pine Resorts...
we checked into the place at ard 2.30pm... there were pine trees.. all kinds of pine.. but dah..it's pine resorts after all.. wad do u expect...they initially booked a normal cabin at the resort.. which is quite small lah... so they decided to upgrade it to a bigger one.. hahah..not bad not bad... then we rested till like 3.15pm like that.. and we set off to drive to the mt. kinabalu national park
which was like wad...5-10mins away... it was gettin misty as we went there.. but this is apparently normal if u're to b in the mountains near evening.. they brought me to the exhibition at the lounge and i didn't take any pics since.. alot were abt plants and bugs in the mountain.. hahah BUGS. get it why already? hahaha oh well.. snapped photo here and there and head off to the botanic garden... it's closing at 4pm.. and we reach it's doors at 3.55pm.. i wonder wad's wrong with my journey this time in sabah.. alwaes arriving at places 5mins before they close.. so we got in free againnn... while walking ard.. then we saw this canto tour grp inside.. so we decided to follow as both of derek's parents understand canto.. and see wad can we learn.. we found mini venus-flytraps.. or something like that.. and then we decided that we shld head out.. since the tour grp is walking on VERY slowly and his parents were scared that we will get lock in as the reception didn't register that we're inside.. hahaha.. apparently.. here's rafflesia as well.. and it's suppose to be smelly.. but need to go deeper into the place.. and there wasn't time to do it.. as it was getting dark and misty... so we juz went to a fake rafflesia.. where they will always take a photo.. and head back to the cafe to have tea..
the cafe's menu is made out of treebark.. so.. authentic.. haha. and it went blackout as well while we were sitting there.. oh well we're in the mountains~ wad do u expect..
after which we headed towards the mt. kinabalu resort.. pple live there.. then they start climbing the mt at 12mn.. to reach the top in time to see sun rise.. unfortunately.. i didn't manage to do it this time rd.. hopefully i can go back again to climb.. i've never seen sunrise...(yes yes i can hear pple telling me cos i wake up late.. allalala)
when we went back.. derek's uncle..is already there with his wife and kids ons of them is 10yrs old onli.. but nearly as tall as me. OMG...hahah they bought this super fat and heavy bananas frm the marketplace nearby.. hahah see already make me full.. n they fried some prawn crackers.. we hang ard the place.. play badminton.. and chit chat.. till it was dinner time and we had dinner at the resort's restaurant.. food was alright... nothing mch happened after dinner
except more chit chat and badminton.. then we all went off to slp to prepare for tml...
PS we found this really big mozzie.. in his uncle's rm... didn't kill it though.. muz b very nutrious up here in the mountains.. hahah or else how to become so big...
waHHH today is the day i've been waiting for~ up to the mountains...me, derek and steffi were super tired.. we were suppose to leave by 10.30am.. but hahaha.. we only woke up then.. finally then we loaded the things onto the car.. and we went for lunch....
we went to this teahouse.. apparently everytime his parents drive up to the mountains.. they hav a meal there before going up... took some photos of it "low mee" hahaha.. frm normal to black after mixing.. erk.. dunno how much sweet soy sauce they put in there.. after lunch... the long drive goes on.. derek's dad is the one drivin... the drive took abt 2 hrs...
on the way.. we initially drove along the coast.. and i saw a lot of II (illegal immigrants)'s rundown hses... and more and more greeeeeenn... then.. after like 30mins of looking at scenary.. i finally fell aslp.. hahah waking up to snap a few more photos as we climb the mt and reach the resort... we were staying at the Pine Resorts...
we checked into the place at ard 2.30pm... there were pine trees.. all kinds of pine.. but dah..it's pine resorts after all.. wad do u expect...they initially booked a normal cabin at the resort.. which is quite small lah... so they decided to upgrade it to a bigger one.. hahah..not bad not bad... then we rested till like 3.15pm like that.. and we set off to drive to the mt. kinabalu national park
which was like wad...5-10mins away... it was gettin misty as we went there.. but this is apparently normal if u're to b in the mountains near evening.. they brought me to the exhibition at the lounge and i didn't take any pics since.. alot were abt plants and bugs in the mountain.. hahah BUGS. get it why already? hahaha oh well.. snapped photo here and there and head off to the botanic garden... it's closing at 4pm.. and we reach it's doors at 3.55pm.. i wonder wad's wrong with my journey this time in sabah.. alwaes arriving at places 5mins before they close.. so we got in free againnn... while walking ard.. then we saw this canto tour grp inside.. so we decided to follow as both of derek's parents understand canto.. and see wad can we learn.. we found mini venus-flytraps.. or something like that.. and then we decided that we shld head out.. since the tour grp is walking on VERY slowly and his parents were scared that we will get lock in as the reception didn't register that we're inside.. hahaha.. apparently.. here's rafflesia as well.. and it's suppose to be smelly.. but need to go deeper into the place.. and there wasn't time to do it.. as it was getting dark and misty... so we juz went to a fake rafflesia.. where they will always take a photo.. and head back to the cafe to have tea..
the cafe's menu is made out of treebark.. so.. authentic.. haha. and it went blackout as well while we were sitting there.. oh well we're in the mountains~ wad do u expect..
after which we headed towards the mt. kinabalu resort.. pple live there.. then they start climbing the mt at 12mn.. to reach the top in time to see sun rise.. unfortunately.. i didn't manage to do it this time rd.. hopefully i can go back again to climb.. i've never seen sunrise...(yes yes i can hear pple telling me cos i wake up late.. allalala)
when we went back.. derek's uncle..is already there with his wife and kids ons of them is 10yrs old onli.. but nearly as tall as me. OMG...hahah they bought this super fat and heavy bananas frm the marketplace nearby.. hahah see already make me full.. n they fried some prawn crackers.. we hang ard the place.. play badminton.. and chit chat.. till it was dinner time and we had dinner at the resort's restaurant.. food was alright... nothing mch happened after dinner
except more chit chat and badminton.. then we all went off to slp to prepare for tml...
PS we found this really big mozzie.. in his uncle's rm... didn't kill it though.. muz b very nutrious up here in the mountains.. hahah or else how to become so big...
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