Saturday, July 26, 2008
Happy Birthday Yew Chan!
Supposedly it should be a whole gathering + YC's birthday pre-celebration (his actual birthday is on 28th July). However, some of them turned down due to various reasons...
Chien Fui had video shooting at one of the hotels and would not make it.
Chan Hoe had a talk to attend and would not make it.
Min Jie had a political meeting to attend and would not make it.
Ying Ni and Yong Kwan had company event to attend and would not make it as well...
But still, we had fun with Fang Jen's presence... He used to be a humorous guy and now he still is. But we were pity for him as his ear lobes were in red... He should "thank" Suet Wei and Kit Mei for that. LOL...
"Happy Birthday!" This is for Poh Kum and Wilson whose b'days fall on 28th of July.
* happy birthdayS! *
Friday, July 25, 2008
Happy Birthday Yen Wei!
It has been sometime I didn't see YW since we got back from Hong Kong. I remember one of his sms saying he missed those old days we yum char together. Sempena his birthday, we decided to "invite" him to come to KL so that we all can celebrate with him. Li Guo, Zhi Yang, Yen Wei and I had a drink at Murni a night before his birthday. It was like those old days where we talked nonsense like nobody business and you know... YW's imaginary questions were indispensable.
On the next day, YW, ZY and I went breakfast together before meeting up with LG at Times Square. We went Low Yat Plaza together as YW had something to buy. After that, we went back to Times Square's Gasoline and waited for Han Ping's arrival.
* happy birthday! *
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Lunch at Seoul Korea, Taman Danau Desa.
Today is my uncle's birthday... So mom, sis and I went to this korean restaurant (which is strongly recommended by my cousin sister) at Taman Danau Desa with my uncle.
* happy birthday uncle! *
A trip to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. (9th - 12th July)
The plan to climb up Mount. Kinabalu was first initiated a year ago. After months of planning and planning, we finally executed it! But too bad, Chan Hoe was not following us due to some unforeseen reasons.
Everyone around me was trying their best to tell me how difficult it is…
“Huh? Are you serious? Not easy to climb up one lah! You know what, my friend… blah blah blah…”,
“I was half-dead climbing up a small hill at Kuantan last time, now you are telling me you want to climb up Mount. Kinabalu?”,
“Aiyo… I heard very difficult to climb up one lah…”,
“You sure you want to do it? Hmm… alright…”,
“Have you ever heard of spirits in the mountain? They exist!”,
“I climbed up before but I only able to reach Laban Rata. We were not allowed to push to the peak as it was raining at night… But I can tell you my legs were “paralysed” soon I back to KL!”,
“You got so much time and money to waste is it?”,
“Are you doing some stamina training one month before the trip? If not you better quit it!”,
“Mount. Kinabalu? One of the tallest mountains of southeast Asia ah? OH MY GOD!”,
“Did you watch one of the Astro’s programmes where the artistes climbing up Mount. Kinabalu… Well, you should have watched it and you won’t be thinking of doing it.”
And my replies were...
“If gals can do it, I can do it too!”,
“Aiyo… hike up only ma… they got a trail one… not that hard I think.”,
“Spirits? They won’t kacau me if I don’t kacau them lah…”,
“Stamina training? Hmm, yup but it’s one week before the trip. I’m going to jog at Bandar Tun Razak. At the mean time, I’ll use staircase whenever possible…”,
“Are you exaggerating?”,
“Don’t scare me lah… Anyway I’ve paid and I must do it!” and etc…
Well, I have underestimated the difficulty level of climbing up Mount. Kinabalu…It was one of the most difficult “tasks” in my life so far… Anyhow, I’ve made it to the peak! YES, I MADE IT TO THE PEAK!!! (I know it sounds unbelievable to some of you… LOL)
Day 0 – Took the delayed AirAsia flight from LCCT to Kota Kinabalu (KK) airport. Reached KK at around 1am and spent a night at TuneHotel located at 1 Borneo.
Day 1 – Woke up damn early to go to KK Park. After paid for the permit and so on, we took our packed lunch at Balsam Café and took the minibus to Timpohon gate. We started to climb at 10am.
After taking dinner, we rest at 7PM and we were required to wake up at 1AM on the next day to push to the peak.
Day 2 – Woke up DAMN early in the middle of the night, 1am and got prepared. Both my thighs were in deep pain and so I’ve applied some analgesic cream. We started to push to the peak at 2.30am. Climbing in the dark was not easy at all, where the trail becomes more and more steep. Most of the times we need to hold on to a rope in order to climb up the naked granite rocks.
As you may predict, Kien Meng and I were left out by others again but finally we both made it to the peak! I guess I just did something beyond my (human) limit... and I should feel proud of it!
Soon we got back to Tune Hotel, we got ourselves prepared as we were going to meet YC's friends from Sabah - Claudia and Alfred. They both are very friendly. They took us to a lounge bar at KK town and we had some beer. After that, they brought us around KK town but too bad I fall asleep in the car. LOL. I was just too tired...
Day 3 - I woke up in the morning with both my legs "paralysed" and so i applied analgesic cream again. We took our breakfast at 1 Borneo before heading to KK town.
After spending a day shopping and eating, we took the flight back KL at 8PM... with my "paralysed" legs...
* post-mountain-climbing muscle-aching & losing weight *