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My Awesome Sabah Trip ‘10

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

I’m gonna try something special today, diary style  I’ll try and see if i could recall what we did there.

13th January 2010

Arrived at KKIA Terminal II on 1330 hours. Waited for Raffie to fetch us from airport. Jun, his friend, came with him to fetch us. First place we went is, squash court! Hahaha, i dont know why. We played some squash. The court there are quite good actually. Then after squash, we went to Olumis Cafe ( Jun and Raffie’s Cafe ) . Well, we spend most of our time there, i wonder why. Well, since we were bored there, we walked around that area. And came across a place to play pool/snooker. So, since we have nothing better to do, we went there to play a few games. I and Yassin both don’t know how to play actually. Only darren’s the more experience one. So it’s i and yassin VS darren. Well, pool got boring after a few games.  Then, we decided to go back to raffie’s house. His house was a disaster. Hah! Luckily, we managed to sleep. End of day 1.

Just arrived at KKIA.

Waiting for Raffie to fetch us.

Raffie!!

Haha Darren is so stylish!

Me and the left, Raffie on the right. I look pissed. hahah

ME PHONE!

A lil Pool!

Fuhh.

Animal TORTURE!!!

14th January 2010

Woke up roughly around 10 something 11. All of us were reluctant to shower at Raffie’s house, cause he owns a cat, that shits where we shower  So, Raffie came up with a plan, he took us to his gym, and we are allowed to try out the gym once. But, our motive wasn’t really to try out the gym, but to SHOWER THERE! Hah! The shower there is so damn nice man, compared to Raffie’s house. We wanted to shower there everyday! muahahaha. After that, we went back to Olumis Cafe to have our lunch. Stayed there, for a few hours, then we went to the salon, mainly cause i wanted a hairdo. Spent 2 hours there. After that, we went back to Raffie’s house, freshen up, and head out again. For dinner, we went to this place named Upperstar. It’s a dining place, and it’s pretty cool, there’s few tables, which has like, computer with internet access which you can use, for free! Cool huh. Surfed the net for awhile, then we chao. Then, after Upperstar, we went to this bar, named Ice Bar. It’s quite a cool place, it has like a room, which is so damn cold, 0 degrees maybe? And the walls and chairs all are covered with ice. We went in for awhile, and then came out cause it was too cold. Hah! And, we went back after that.

This is the ice room i was talking about before.

Me and darren.

From left, Raffie, me, yassin, darren

What am i doing….?

Upperstar Restaurant!!

Surf the net while you eat 

Check out this huge Heineken Beer.

Vain #1

Vain #2

Vain #3

15th January 2010

Woke up at 9 something 1o. And to our surprised, raffie cleaned up his house.  It’s much much better when it’s cleaned up. Plus, the spot, in the toilet, where the cat shit is, was cleaned! So, i decided that showering there isn’t so bad after all. So, all of us took our morning showers. Then, and again, we went to Olumis Cafe to have our lunch. After lunch, me, darren, and yassin went to Pulau Manukan (An Island). Raffie didn’t want to follow cause he was busy with his cafe. Upon arrival at the island, we had a tour around the island, and felt that there’s nothing to do at the island, except for getting ourselves wet! And so, we played a game called “Sand Ball”. We practically just grab a handful of sand, and start throwing at each other. LOL. Cool aight. I and Darren gang up on yassin. 2 VS 1. Muahahaha. That freaking game is damn tiring! We went back from the island at 5pm. Waited for Raffie to fetch us, and YET AGAIN, we went to Olumis! *I told ya we practically spent most of our time there, LOL* When dinner’s done, we went back, and then, came out again, to PARTY! 

See how torturing Raffie is to his cat?!?! HAHA

LUNCH AT OLUMIS

At the Port, about the leave to the island

In the boat to Pulau Manukan

ISLAND!!

WE SEE FISH!!

Guess what is this 

Was tired after “Sand Ball”

16th January 2010

Woke up around 10am. Woke up, and was sooo hungry. For some reasons, the first place we went was, the squash court =.= I really don’t know why. Went there for like, 20 minutes? Then we chao! Went to have lunch. After we’re full, we ended up… in the muzeum! What the.. Haha, Sabah punya muzeum. It’s a cool place actually, not the indoor part, but the outdoor part. There’s lots of Rumah Panjang (Long House) there for a us to have a look, and to take some photos of it. It was drizzling. Oh yeah, i forget to mention that it have been raining ever since we got there =.= After the muzeum, we then went to the zoo!  And it was still raining. The zoo there’s not bad actually, not as many animals but, still, worth it, i guess? Then, we went home again, changed our clothes cause it was kinda wet from the rain? Then, we went to 1 Borneo,( the Queensbay of Sabah ), cause it really looks the same. Darren was on cloud 9 there!! HAHA. Plus, we went archery there! In the mall. hahaha weird huh. RM9 per game. It has not as easy as it looks. My hand hurts after that! haha. Bla bla bla and we went home and slept. But then, we can’t really sleep and we decided to go ronda with raffie’s car. Went to Kg. Air. LOL, what a weird experience there 

Stadium beside the squash courts

Muzeum!

Take #1

Take #2

Take #3

Human Skull! What the..

Trampoline!

We’re in the long house!

I love this picture! 

I seemed clueless!

Yassin!

And then we went to the zoo. This is…. uhh… i dont know, forget already 

Orang Utan!

TIGER!

BEAR!

Clubbing Elephant! HAHA! This elephant kept shaking it’s head. Thus, earn a name of “Clubbing Elephant”.

DEER!

LEOPARD!!

And, Humans 

And we went to 1 Borneo – Darren’s happy moment 

17th January 2010

9am, rise and shine. We went to a place called Gaya Street for our breakfast there. It has a famous Laksa there. Sabahan Laksa. Hahaha. Well, Sabah laksa = Penang Curry Mee. LOL. Seriously. Then, walked around Gaya St. since many things are been sold there, just like lorong kulit in penang. Then, after walking around, we went to the Philippines Market to get some souvenirs for ourselves and some friends. every stall sold shells and pearls. It seemed like a hit there? I dont get what’s the big deal of pearls. While i and yassin waited for raffie to come fetch us, we went to a nearby mall to look around. Damn it was so packed there! Sooo many people there. Wonder why! Well, nothing much in that mall either. Just a whole bunch of shops selling handphones. Around 2 something 3, Raffie finally came to fetch us, and we were of to the squash courts again. Raffie got some coaching to do  Then, after he’s done, we went off to a so-called water theme park =.= TURNS OUT, it was just a swimming pool, with one working slide. Damn. The slide was retarded i tell you. Hah! After we played there for awhile, we went to another venue, Tg. Aru. NICE BEACH THERE!! I, Raffie and Darren made a fool of ourselves. We played the “Sand Ball” AGAIN! HAHA! This time, the sand there was so hard, so if you’re being hurled sand at, it feels like you’ve been attacked by rocks. Haha damn. I did not wanted to get wet at the beach initially, cause i have no shirt to change afterwards, but then, suddenly i was splashed a little water, and my shirt was kinda wet, so i was like, aahhh what the hell, so that was when the “Sand Ball” started. Haha damn. It was also freakishly tired, but still it was fun  After we were worn out, we decided that it’s enough, so we had our dinner there. And, i have no shirt on after playing in the water =.= Only a towel. Oh wells. Went back and sleep! Mine and Yassin’s flight back home is at 7am the next day.

Gaya Street

After fun at water theme park

Tanjung Aru beach!

DINNER!

Chicken Wings! woohoo!

GIANT CUPS!

PEACE 

18th January 2010

Woke up early in the morning! 4.30am!! Haha cause our flight is 7am. Oh wells. Raffie drove us to the airport. So i and yassin were about to check in, but then, we couldn’t find our counter. Then we asked for assistance, and finally they said our flight has changed it’s time to 5pm. Damn! AirAsia did not inform us of any flight changes. We were like, what the hell! Luckily, the flight is later, not earlier! If not if we missed it, i dont know how already. Then, we called raffie back to come fetch us. Haha. So, we went back to sleep. Was damn sleepy then. And then, we went to Olumis, for the last time Lepak there until 3 something and we’re headed of to the airport yet again. And soon, we’re back in penang! 

Me along with NINJA KING!! HAHAHAHA, love that name.

There’s a lot more pictures on my facebook. Click here to go to my facebook pictures album, and also here

Well, overall we had much fun, and uhh. i guess i would wanna go back there again if i had the chance. OKAY! CHAO!

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Avatar Sunday

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Well well. Weekends have been rather busy for me these few days. As, i have some “coaching hours” to complete  I, now, completed 14 hours of coaching, and i have to complete like, 30 – 40 hours of  it. Damn! So, after my coaching, i, nicholas, yassin, slim, jee nee went to catch AVATAR. Haha, outdated much? Well, slim and jee nee and nicholas watched it for like, the third time already – they must really love the movie.  Well, enough said. Bla bla bla.

Before we leave courts 

In the nicholas’s car

How good of him to fetch us?? 

It was so damn hot!

Haha this idiot. Last few days went to QB and saw him. Then went to gurney. SAW HIM AGAIN. lol what the!

Fuuhh. The ball went in, FYI 

I think the ball went in too?

Yassin doesnt want to play, cause he doesnt know how to play 

Me again 

Slim’s quite good in pool too!

Guess what. Initially, we wanted to eat something. So someone suggested donuts. So, we went there and sit. But then, nobody ordered anything! Hah! After sitting down and chit chatting, nobody wanted to order. Haha. We sat there for like 15 minutes though.

Avatar was…. Okay la. I think, it may be a little over-rated. Oh well. I’m freaking going sabah tomorrow. Chao ya’ll! 

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Christmas Countdown at Gurney ‘09

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Every year, there’s this countdown to Christmas and New Year’s at various places. One of the most famous ones in Penang, is around Gurney Plaza. And all these countdowns, people usually play with these snow cans, spraying here and there, you know lah, to have fun. But, well, sometimes certain people crossed the line and that leads to, fights. So, police had to come and patrol the area to ensure the people’s safety.

The police actually caught those in possession of the snow cans and confiscated it. Well, kinda a party pooper. Oh yea, piece of advice, if you have a vehicle, you really do not want to use the gurney drive road as your car would surely get blasted with “snows”. Some car, just when the get blasted with “snows”, got really mad and started speeding. Some almost bang someone!

Here’s Kenneth and Jia Jun

Voon Fooi here!

And of course, me 

We went to BBQ Chicken to have our dinner. Most places are already full.

Some random shots.

Me, JJ and…. Mickey Mouse????

Man.. We really were like tourists. Haha

The, act cool look?

JJ in white, ME in black. This JJ is like the outsider of the day. That’s cause, all of us were wearing black shirts while he’s the only one wearing a white shirt.

At coffee bean. Crapped there while waiting for time to pass.

And again, the abnormal one (white) is JJ’s phone. And again! All black phones and only JJ has a white phone.

Zhen how and Me

He’s on the phone with Xher Vin to tell him the GOOD NEWS 

The situation there.

Midnight 12.00am

And here’s the cars that passed by. Haha felt sorry for them.

Haha take a look at that! They even left the empty spray can on the top of the car. Haha! Thats so bad.

There’s another countdown during New Year’s. Don’t think i wanna go for that  Oh well. CHAO

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5S5 Class Gathering

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

18th December was the day this event was held.

Some reach Rasa Sayang as early as 12.00pm! It was suppose to start from 6.00pm, perhaps they’re dying of excitement and couldn’t wait? Haha. I went there around 7 plus 8 o’ clock as i have squash training in the afternoon. A day before, Shane asked me to early, around 3 something but i have training that time. So i did not went earlier. From what i;ve heard, those who went early swam around the beach or swimming pool. Well, thats about it? Haha.

Xher Vin had some transportation problems so he called me to ask if i could fetch him since his house is on the way there. Fetched him around 7.20pm? Soon, we’ve reached Rasa Sayang, but those guys are already BBQ-ing at the beach, and we had some problems finding our way to where they are so we called one of our friends. Bla bla bla and soon we found our way there. There’s this alley leading to the beach, it’s just beside the hotel, and it’s so damn dark and slippery! Plus, it’s a long long alley. Damn, thank god there’s xher vin with me, if not i’ll freak out already. 

As we reached the beach, everybody was already there! Haha damn. The fire had already been started. And people had already been taking their “sticks” poking chickens, sausages, bla bla and circling the fire, to you know lah! COOK IT! I, being lazy to sit there cooking my food, try to con my way into some food as i was pretty hungry then. I went there saying “Hey hey, is my chicken cooked yet? I left it there for quite some time already!” Unfortunately, they were like, uhh nah it aint ready yet. Damn it. Haha. Shane was also too lazy to sit beside the fire to cook his food, so he too used the con technique. AND, i constantly seeing him with food in his hand! And, when i tried to get some food, i failed  After awhile i finally decided to sit there and cook the damn thing myself. HA.

Then, we talked, we laughed, we crapped, we practically made a fool out of ourselves and loving it!  Then, after everybody was full, we started packing and went back to the hotel. At the hotel, we played some cards and took some pictures and thats about it.

Some pictures :

Wallace a.k.a. Fan Destroyer

Xher Vin with a magic stick

Me, Voon Fooi, and Xher Vin

Ooooo the rocks was a good spot to sit 

FOOD TIME.

Shane, Top 2 Beatboxer in Malaysia, with a piercing. HA

The hut – Rasa Sayang punya property

Who’s hungry?

Finally i got mine 

Voon fooi here!

Jasper & De Zhi a.k.a. Math Pro.

Haha! Xher Vin with JJ Freezer! When jj came, everybody planned to kacau him by ignoring him totally, cause he came very late. Well, after awhile we kesian him and stopped kacau-ing him. HAHA

ooooo? A lil kissing here?

Haha PROOO. Everytime he do/say something unusual, we will automatically shout PROOO and everyone would just follow.  Causing massive noise.

The Mak family.

Just now kissing and now this??

The only two girls that showed up.

The sand there was  rough! PAIN.

This JJ ate like 10 chickens while i only had like 2 or 3.

The card game that they played. Loser had to do some dare.

And this is one of them.

And another dare. HA

Fuuuh! 

Before we left.

I left around 1 something as you know lah! It’s getting boring there and i had runs the next morning. Credits to the organizers for this fun-filled? event. haha. It’s not bad la actually. Well, see you guys soon. CHAO!

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A Saturday

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

So okay. Almost a month without an update. Sad huh. Well, yesterday, i and yassin, after our tuition, went to batu feringgi cause he wanted to drop of something, so i just tagged along.

While we’re there, out of nowhere, we decided to check out the new Hard Rock Hotel at batu feringgi. Man that place is rockin’! Things are up-to-date there. We even went to the Hard Rock Cafe. Foods in there are expensive, which is not very surprising. The pool area was nice, take a few steps from the pool, and you can reach the beach.

There are plenty of collections there, especially clothings worn by famous artists while they’re there singing, including, Jon Bon Jovi, Elton John, etc.

Yassin!

Look, it’s me!

Me and *his name is Paul*!

Fuuuh! ROCKS. haha

MJ!!

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