Birthday

3 birthday celebrations & 2 more pending :P

fantastic ecstatic *woot woot*

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First
Guests: BBWolf, AG, Joe & Datin

VIP: ehemm.. Moi :P

We had a small gathering at Heaven... not that realm with lots of winged people... This Heaven is a 'ming ge chan ting' (restaurant with live music) which is located at The Curve. It's our usual lepak place and we've been frequenting the joint close to 2 years now! Wow... how time flies...

Yours truly was late... fashionably late :P sorry ya kengkawan...

Everybody was looking a lil tired with the affable AG yawning countless time at the corner of table. Datin said she worked until 9ish that day... (why they worked until so late geh?)...

JL: Wah you all very rajin hoh. Worked until so late...
AG/Joe/Datin/BBWolf: Muka Blur & ?_?
JL: Saturday mah...

at this point everyone was laughing out loud...

Hmmm??? What did I do?

Acherly it was a Friday that day... WAIKSSS.... malu :P

These lovely people bought me a huge tiramisu cheese cake from Secret Recipe. Super ultra rich... very gelat... Nevertheless, I managed to gobble down 1/6th of the cake :P kenyang nak letupz...

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Second
Guests: CJ*hugs*, Paul, Leggie, Sam, EarlGreyT, Defiant, McDave, & Ru

VIP: Moi again :)

Went to pick up CJ in the morning and off we went to La Curve. CJ bought me a spa/massage session at Rimba Spa, Hotel Royale Bintang.

So tai sek ... muahs :)

After a relaxing spa/massage, I was treated to some scrumptious gastronomical delights at TGIF.

It's a surprise lunch planned by darling CJ. When we arrived they -Fab 3 (Paul, Leggie & Sam... the 4th is at the land of OZ), Ru, McDave, Defiant and EarlGreyT- were already there. William & Derek couldn't make it but they sent their wishes via sms and phone. Thanks guys, appreciate it :)

Sorry y'all... late again... pai seh.

Our table was merrily loud :P

The activities done are as follow:

Eating, Merepeking, taking photos (or camwhoring :P), singing (courtesy of TGIF staffs), cooking (live demonstration by Momoku Sam), and many more.

Had tons of fun and received tons of prezzies.

CJ - Il Barbiere di Siviglia CD (LOVE IT!)
Paul & Leggie - The Marriage of Figaro CD (Wonderful!)
EarlGreyT- A very nice & handy pocket sized journal :)
Defiant & McDave- A set of funky shooter cups. Yum Sing!
Ru - An Everlast singlet. Puching & kicking in style
Momoku Sam- An impromptu special desert of the day ;)

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Third
Guests: Angel (thank you very much!), Kak Nyonya (you rawks!), Sengkor, Kat, Moz Monsta (Nice camera dude!), Mat Rawk Kenny, Laundryamah, Zeroimpact, Inevitable, & cameo by Cutie Pie .

VIPs: Moi and Winn

The divine organizer, Angel, organized a birthday/bloggers gathering at this cozy lil restaurant called Kinti at Kelana Jaya.

I was late again :P

Reputation masuk longkang liao :P

First time meeting Zeroimpact, Laundryamah, and Inevitable.

Laundryamah was the unluckiest and the luckiest that night.

Unlucky cause some dem menyampah mia mozzies kept attacking legs (tu la pakai sexy hot hot red summore) :P and her food was the last to arrive though it's just a simple Shepherd's Pie (poor thing).

Lucky cause she won a SONY ERICSSON hand phone that night! Congrats ya!

A big thanks to Angel for the rawkish T-Shirt all the way from Stockholm and Kak Nyonya for the book (For One More Day by Mitch Albom).

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This year's birthday is full of surprises and many memorable moments. It's all because of you, my lovely kengkawan and my dear CJ.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

KK Day 5 & 6

The 2nd last day of my trip...

*Interior of the Chalet

The weather was very kind to us today. No sight of cumulonimbus as far as the eye can see. Without much hesitation, both of us quickly made our way to the water sport rental shop to get some snorkeling gears. I chose a pair of flippers & a mask while XT got a life jacket and a mask.

*Dramatic sky

*The Pier

*Got fish?

1... 2... 3... *duuushh..*

*Nice weather

wah fishes everywhere... no pictures here cause gua mia digital camera not H2Oproof.

Managed to see some corals and some weird weird tei mia fishes. There was a group of Japanese ojisans and obasans snorkeling around the vicinity as well.

After an hour of snorkeling, i retired to the beach to enjoy the glorious sun. What a beautiful day :)

*tap tap*

hmmm...?

Someone tapped my shoulder.

Turned around to see a petite Japanese auntie in a multicolored polka dots bathing suit. She had this big smile plastered across her face.

Oba-San: Konichiwa... (good afternoon)

JL: *nod head* Konichiwa... (good afternoon)

Oba-San:*wide eyes* Ah..... anatawa nihon jin desu-ka? kili kala kili kala see hum chow lala...(Ah... are you a Japanese? bla bla bla... can't decipher :P)

JL:*wide eyes* sumimasen... watashiwa ni hon jin ja arimasen... mareisha jin desu... nihon-go wakaranai ^_^ (i'm sorry... i'm not a Japanese... a Malaysian... i don't understand Japanese ^_^)

Oba-San: Ahhh..... plis... help... tek pikcha :)

JL: Hai... no problem... ichi.. nii.. san.. *snap snap snap* (dasyat juga this auntie mia posings) :P

Oba-San: ten kyu... ten kyu :D

JL: you're welcome :)

5th time being mistaken as a Japanese. Gua mia eyes that sepet meh -_-

*KK town from Manukan Island

Left the island around 1300 pm. This time around the ride wasn't as rocky as yesterday and i managed to take a few good shots of the island and its surrounding.

*Looking back at Manukan

*Turquoise-ish water... spot the birdy :)

Back on main land KK. What's next?

Shopping!

We went to the Filipino market to get some souvenirs for our friends and some decorative items for XT's new condo (It's in Sentul East... fui yoh :P)

*Filipino Market

We checked in to the Magellan Sutera at around 1500pm. It's so much better than Pacific Sutera and i like their spacious bathroom that has a huge kick ass bath tub. Nice!

*The Magellan Sutera

*Bathroom... nice!

*XT on the bed

-KK Day 6-

Couldn't believe it's already the last day...

With a heavy heart, i bid farewell to the Land below the wind. Haven't had such a nice holiday for a long time. I had tons of fun at KK and climbing Mt. KK was an amazing journey. So for now...

*Sutera Harbour Resort

Astalavista... i'll be back :)

KK Day 4 / The Sun

(A very long blabbering)

No tweeting on day 4... why?

Woken up by a bunch of hooligans who had left their brains at home. They were shouting, screaming, and pounding away at the floor of the hut at 1230 AM in the morning! Come on people… be courteous. Just the fact that you’ve woken up at 12 am, doesn’t mean everyone else has to wake up as well… buggers. Grrr…

XT & I had planned to wake up around 0145 am because our guide was going to meet us at 0230 am. No longer able to sleep, we packed our gears for the climb and had our breakfast with the hooligans (we shared a table... grrr...). These noisy buggers made an equally annoying ruckus while they’re having breakfast as well. Talking, laughing, banging the table, and utensils etc.

Sat at the table munching away my breakfast while observing these bodohsapiens, Mr. Hyde ‘moi’ was coming up with all sort of retributions that would make the devil proud; Laxative in drink, Glass powder in food, ‘accidentally’ push/trip them over the cliff, and booby traps... muahahahaha...

By the way, why is it called a BOOBY trap? Is it because the explosive looks like a boob? What if I’m using a stick grenade? Shall I name it Willy Trap then? All right, I digress :P

*chant* what goes around, comes around… hooligans hmmph…

It was freezing cold that morning, must be at least 5 degree Celsius because it reminded me of my autumn at Taiwan 2 years ago, the type of piercing cold that numbs your body and makes you shiver to the bone. Edmund, the guide, arrived 5 minutes earlier to make sure we’re all set and ready. We started in the middle of the group and slowly made our way to the front because I wanted to be the 1^st to reach the peak.

Kiasu? Boh lah… eh that fella at the back is catching up, XT quick… run! :P

It was pitch black outside, so dark that I couldn’t even see anything beyond 6 feet. Thankfully, I had my hand held torch with me, which was extremely useful until it decided to go kaput half way up the peak... sial

*bodoh mia torch light. (Note to self must bring head light next time, NO hand held).

For the last 30 minutes of the ascent, I had to depend on intermittent flashes from other climbers and literally felt my way to the top. Almost ran into a few pot holes and boulders as I was hiking fast, really fast because I thought XT was in front of me. At that time, I wished I could have eyes like Riddick. Looking back, I’m so thankful that I made it to the peak safely and unscathed. It’s really dangerous to hike in the dark.

*A Mah ngor tak zhor lah

*Low’s Peak*

Didn’t get to be the 1^st… no thanks to torch light grrrr… but I was the first 5 people who reached the peak. But there’s no sign of XT. Where the heck did he go? I called out his name a few times and got no reply. Hmmm… Hope he didn’t fall into one of those nasty pot holes along the way.

‘He’ll be alright’ I said to myself to stay calm.

*Happy Thoughts*

I was relieved when I finally heard him hollering my name 5 minutes later. The first word that came out his legendary foul mouth was

XT: ‘Bab!#@*¢%, why the heck did you hike so fast and left me all alone’

J: ‘Sorry loh… I thought you’re in front of me. My torch died half way just now’

XT: *muka geram habis*

J: =P

*phew*

Great is the reward of those who persevere till the end. My reward didn’t come until the first light of the day. The sun, peeking from behind a cluster of cirrocumulus clouds, was slowly revealing the grandeur of Mt Kinabalu and I found myself in awed at the sight of this geological wonder.

*South Peak

*surreal*

Couldn’t believe that I was standing on this massive pluton, which was formed 10 million years ago underneath the earth surface. After spending a good hour absorbing the splendors at the peak, we resumed our journey down to the foot of the mountain.

*South Peak

*A walk in the clouds

- I’m planning to climb Mt. Kinabalu again… Hopefully with the special someone who has now become the greatest wonder of my life ;)

*KM 8.0

*Donkey's Ears Peak

Our feet screamed in protest after reaching the foot of the mountain. XT cursed profusely every time he had to go down a step or a stairway. It’s hilarious, that guy is one mean cursing machine; Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, English, Bahasa Melayu, Tamil, semua boleh :) We waited at the bus stop to catch a bus to town after our lunch at a nearby restaurant. XT had this crazy idea of hitchhiking and he was doing it while sitting on the bench at the bus stop. Before I could even laugh at his antic, a sturdy Mitsubishi 4WD made a dramatic stop in front of us

*blink blink*

Wah! Like that also can ah?

Anyway, we got our free ride to KK town and saved RM15 each.

It rained cats & dogs after we had arrived at Jessleton Jetty. We were worried that the ferry would not ferry us to Manukan Island. But thankfully, luck was on our side. Up we went on the rocky speed boat on a stormy day. All sort of scenarios started playing on mind while we were heading toward the island.

‘what if the boat capsizes?’

‘hmm.. Are there any sharks here?’

‘will I be stranded on an Island like Tom Hanks?’

‘wah lightning! *zap* the boat breaks into 2 pieces’

So what happened next?

Obviously nothing lah.. or else how gua write this neh...

The rest of the day was spent lazing in the room watching Discovery channel & National Geographic. Raining mah...

*Thankfully the room is nice

What a great way to spend a holiday on an island eh… -_-*

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You are The Sun

Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear, everything falls into place, and everything seems to go your way.

The Sun is ruled by the Sun, of course. This is the light that comes after the long dark night, Apollo to the Moon's Diana. A positive card, it promises you your day in the sun. Glory, gain, triumph, pleasure, truth, success. As the moon symbolized inspiration from the unconscious, from dreams, this card symbolizes discoveries made fully consciousness and wide awake. You have an understanding and enjoyment of science and math, beautifully constructed music, carefully reasoned philosophy. It is a card of intellect, clarity of mind, and feelings of youthful energy.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Duhday

Feeling duh & crappy today...

I looked at the mirror on the dresser...

'Not only you feel crappy, you look crappy as well' out came the words from my mouth...

Puffy eyes, tired & dull looking skin, acne & pimples everywhere, hairstyle out of shape...

'I'm tired', i've told myself many times at night...

Yet my mind refuses to rest at night...

As if my body has a mind of it's own, doing things against my own...

'I think that i'm just tired'...

'I think'...

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On a brighter side, CJ is back in town...

I'm ecstatic ^_^
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My current favourite song: Boston by Augustana (Recommended by BBWolf, Thanks dude)

Love the piano...



in the light of the sun, is there anyone? oh it has begun...
oh dear you look so lost, eyes are red and tears are shed,
this world you must've crossed... you said...

you don't know me, you don't even care,
you don't know me, you don't wear my chains...

essential and appealed, carry all your thoughts across
an open field,
when flowers gaze at you... they're not the only ones who cry
when they see you
you said...

you don't know me, you don't even care,
you don't know me, you don't wear my chains...

she said I think I'll go to boston...
i think I'll start a new life,
i think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name,
i'll get out of california, I'm tired of the weather,
i think I'll get a lover and fly em out to spain...
i think I'll go to boston,
i think that I'm just tired
i think I need a new town, to leave this all behind...
i think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset,
i hear it's nice in the summer, some snow would be nice...
boston... where no one knows my name...

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16:15pm

It's bad...

-in the lift with a colleague-

ST: Are you OK?

JL: huh?... why?

ST: Were you sick? You look thinner now and also a lil' haggard

JL: O_o' ermm... ya... i'm feeling a lil' under the weather *die ler*

ST: Hope you get well soon

JL: Thanks :)

i need a holiday...

perhaps like the guy in the MTV, a piano and a nice beach...

with CJ ^_^

KK Day 3

*tweet tweet tweet… tweet tweet tweet… tweet tweet tweet*

*stretch*

Hmmm… It didn’t sound like my alarm… Strange…

Looked at the clock, it’s only 615am. Dreaming?

Then I heard a faint tweeting coming from the living room. Slowly, I tip toed towards the living room. To my surprise, there’re a few birds perched on the railing at the front porch of the hut.

Melodious morning songs… What a nice way to be awaken :)

There are 2 routes to choose from for the ascent to Laban Rata. One can take either the longer but more scenic Mesilau trail or the normal Timpohon trail. XT & I decided to take the Timpohon trail which is shorter and less strenuous.

There's a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words...

*counts*

18 x 1000 = 18 000 words :P

*view of Mt KK from Kinabalu Park

*XT at Timpohon gate

*yours truly :)

*treacherous path ahead

*are we there yet...

*almost there

*wah... Spidey was here

*Waras Hut? Got Tak Waras Hut kah?

*a walk in the clouds

*Gunding Lagadan Hut... no heater one.. brrrr...

* nice fern

*Heath Rhododendron (Rhododendron ericoides)

*Mountain Schima (Schima brevifolia)

*Orchid Dendro chilum species? (not sure)

* apa nama dah... lupa

*Vaccinum stapfianum

*dead trees

*ahhh... beautiful sunset

Tired

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Moving House

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Physically pooped

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Mentally exhausted

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bleurrgghh

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