sabah

in sickness (me) and in health (them), Sabah we conquered!

LOL... dramaticnyeee the title! haha... JK. my surprisingly shorter-than-normal post of my recent KK trip, 29 august - 2 september 2007. ok ok. din even conquered the mount! almost din make it to the 500m walk! ok, im exaggerating again. hehe...

The Tip of Borneo, Kudat.

a pose that needed sacrifice ler - the globe was SO burning hot, can hardly 'stuck' ourselves on it! haha... but still, my 'FAVORITIEST' pix of all.

a very very long 3-hour drive to this place, Tip of Borneo. road condition - like sai! but the place itself, BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL!

(pix 1) introduction : from left to right

super tall guy in red, Bernard Lai, also our tour guide cum driver. next, his gerger, Ai Mian, very the nice and angelic wife-material. girl in white, Liliana, super caring for everyone, only get to know her during this trip! sleeveless girl in black, Sheela, d VERY active and tahan lasak one. the fat guy behind, Ting a.k.a. "Mui Zai", the very mafan fren from kl who DOES NOT drive. and in green, yours truly. hehe...

(pix 2) us girls only. hehe...

yours truly again, with the guys in red! (wear ang ang duno for wad, both of em!)

sheela and me! plenty of our pixes to come! haha....

Flower Garden @ Kundasang

its cold up here. a place some sort like Cameron Highlands. (tats y i said, sheela's the very tahan lasak girl). hehe...

Dairy Farm @ Kundasang

(pix 1) the farm was under construction lor. too bad. but at least we get to snap pixes from afar. hehe...
(pix 2) the road leading to the farm. behind us is the very majestic Mt. Kinabalu. too covered by the clouds...

me and my petS, moo moo bears... hahah.

(pix 1) before the start of the climb!

(pix 2) neh! the super tiring and 'breath-robbing' 500m climb! tat omost had me fainted! hahaha... and if not for them all, i wudnt have continued climbing after 200m, and wudnt have reached the Canopy Walk!~ (this is wad frens are for - they just dont let u give up! haha... even tho ur omost dead there! hahahahaha... i know, its a very sap-sap-soi thingie, but for me, adush... haha. u can just ask em how outta-breath i was! haha... thank you sooo much, y'all!) hahaha... sooo very the angelic of em all that sheela even carried my bagpack for me, mui zai carried my cam, and the rest of em, keep waiting for this slow pip to make a move! lol... paisehnyeee me! haha... i look forward to the canopy walk, but not the climb! DIN EVEN KNOW i need to climb! hahaha.. cos its already quite high up ma! hahaha...

tada! reached the entrance towards the Canopy Walk! can see how HEPI HEPI i was! hahaha...

(pix 1) mui zai kept complainin about me asking him to snap our pix in the middle of the walk, cos the whole thing kept moving. haha...

(pix 2) before the walk. while waiting for our turn. ended up, only 4 of us 'walk the walk'. hehe...

Poring Hot Spring

natural hotspring. tooo crowded tat day, so only managed to soak our kakis. niceeee... esp after the canopy 'climb'. haha...

Kinabalu Park

Group photos usually comes in pair, u see, cos we cudnt find other ppl to snap for us. haha...

Pine Resort, Kundasang

the view from Pine Resort

Jesselton Point

the cute 'big' things one can find in Jesselton Point.

Gayana Island

(pix 1) the Islander Seafood Restaurant

(pix 2) the stretch of floating chalets

"now u see him, now u dont" (applicable to both pixes) haha... like i said, no one else to snap for us.

(pix 1) gelik gelik this one! starfishes! we're allowed to 'make friends' with em, u see.

(pix 2) us touching the super gelik stars! but very beautiful creations! not a big fan of sea-creature, me. even fish. touch me and i'll jump like hell! haha.. so proud of myself for touching em! hahahaha...

(pix 1) right outside our floating chalet. hehe... no. 35, hor?

(pix 2) at the entrance of Marine Ecology Research Centre.

gayana island. this is where i had the seafood and puked in the middle of the nite, roughly arnd 430am. woke up to puke til 530am baru settled! had to be super quiet thim when vomitting so tat i wont disturb others of their sleep! hahaha... 'puked so softly'. hahahaha... LOL. gues this is where my un-wellness starts!

Sapi Island

this is wad i missed out on, for being so sick! puked the 2nd time upon arrival on this beach! hmmmph! not seasick. its the body system. or the tummy. duno.

(pix 1) Sapi Island - bernard said, " i tink ur the only one wearing jacket on this beach!" hahah.. u tink i wan mer? i was feeling the chills & goosebumps all over me ma! sick ba! haha...

(pix 2) Imperial International Hotel - d very sick me, waiting for our room key, before finally pengsan for 14 hours from 5pm to 7am the next day! hahahahha... WASTED!! woke up dizzily at 9pm and even suggested to em to go yum cha at 10pm, tapi... dalam mimpi ada lah. hahaha....

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)

was well alive and kicking again liau me, after pengsan for sooo long. haha... but then, it was a trip very much enjoyed! BERNARD LAI! THANK YOU for being our planner for this trip & everything, and also our FULL TIME DRIVER, having to stay awake while we all pip-ed in the car! hahaha... but back in kch, haih... system malfunctioned gok. that y im posting this now. slept from 4pm to 9pm and its 2am now. die... oki, hope u enjoyed reading! hehe... happy working! gudnite!