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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

16-jan -Conclusion

Back @ LCCT with certs!

I would like to thank all my travel buddy for sharing all those wonderful moment, I will never forget those jokes and games(espeacially mafia) we'd!Thanks to Nicholas for planning this trip for a long period and always scurry to meet our demand. Thanks to those who provide me the lovely photos. Thanks for being in my 20-years old life.

Being constantly curious, eager to get new experience,I like to think myself as an explorer. One of my friends commented that I'm those who love challenges, quote"will dig a hole to jump in just to know how its like to be in grave".

I admit the statement its quite true.

Now I'm in the stage where big decision need to be made for my future, yet I'm often trapped in uncertainty.

Thus, I need something to prove, that I'm able to achieve anything, if i set my heart to do it

During the midnight climb when it was freezing, and the slope only got steeper and harder, there were moments where I had wanted to give up.Afraid of being left behind, I'd to drag my leg, focusing on the person in front and made myself walk.

I guess when life got tough, the toughest part was to keep moving on.

Maybe it doesnt really matter to being left behind.

Maybe we need to be left behind in order to discover ourself. instead of merely following others.

Maybe that was when I learnt the most about myself and grew up.

I'll have to hang on to hope and faith, kept going till the clouds cleared away and the sun rose to light up my days.

The memory of my toil to Mt Kinabalu will stay alive in my mind, instigate me to set out and conquer other mountains in my life.


Monday, February 18, 2008

15 JAN-at Mount Kinabalu


Panar Laban - the 'place of sacrifice' - was where Sir Hugh Low and his local guides performed a ritual sacrifice(cockerels) to appease the ancestral souls for their 'disturbance' to the spirit world.- told by abang @ poring

After dinner, we walked cluelessly to our dorm at Gunting Lagadan Hut(3323.5 M)

- Dormitory Bunk Beds (60 beds)
- Basic Cooking Facilities, Common Bathroom
- No Heater

Wearing a thin sweater, I was shrivering all the way up. The hut is definetely out-of-ordinary, they dont even have STAIRS to go in.You need to climb/crawl/slide our way up.

Sitting on the front porch and staring out at the starry night sky that looked as if a thousand little ants with lights were crawling around in a dark puddle. Its amazing that the sky seems so near from earth, and you're so far from land,so much so you can reach it and pluck the stars down.

Its like looking straight up to the universe.

Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really...”Do the stars gaze back?" Now *that's* a question. -stardust 07

If stars do gaze down on me, they will laugh at how insignificant I am.(and how pathetic I look in thick and bulky clothing)

view from laban rata would be something like....

"The Starry Night by Van Gogh"

8 of us shared a tiny room. Without heater, we put on tons of clothing before sleep.I didnt sleep well that night,iys freezing! Anyway, we'd only 5 hour to rest (8pm-1am).

how far we went...
Full with anticipation, we started off around 3am ,relying on the weak light of our torchlight. The beginning part is endless ladders, then hand railings . The barren landscape is full of precipices,shrubs and never-ending rock walls to the summit .
A friendly guide chatted with me on the way up, telling me " man-man"(walk slowly) and joked that I looked like spiderwoman(I crawled whenever its steep). The funny thing was, he asked whether I took ADD MATHS for spm; saying that I looked like someone he knows(or maybe this is their pick-up lines). He looked kinda disappointed *hint* when I told him I'm not studying at UMS!

the first rays of the sun now breaking over the eastern horizon,

There are two theories about the origin of the name Kinabalu. Kinabalu stands for 'Chinese widow" with Kina being a woman(make more sense if pronounce in Hokien)Balu being a commonly-used term for widow in the local languages. The story goes that a Chinese prince visited the region .This was and either to look for a giant pink pearl or to slay a dragon that was terrorising the neighbourhood, or both of the above.

After accomplishing these mighty deeds he fell in love with and married a local girl. He then returned to China, promising to come back for her, but never did; because the emperor was so angry with the prince and arranged a marriage from with a princess. Being a fillial son, the prince obeyed. His wife at Sabah waited for his return for years.But her place was too far from the port where the prince sailed. Thus, she climbed to the highest mountain, day by day, and stood facing South East China sea, awaits her husband. However, the harsh condition on the mountain (which i truly understand) had taken a toll on her. She grew ill and eventually died at the mountain.

Her loyalty abd sincerity touched the spirits of mountain, who observed her for years. They decided to turn he into a stone facing South East China sea, so she could wait for her husband eternally.

(why dont they give her eternal life instead?)

If that's too sad for you, an alternative explanation is that it stands for 'the revered place of dead' in the local language.

*freezing*

Morning light reveals succession of granite spires...

Its 6.30 am and I'm perched atop on the peak,zipped tightly to my windbreaker, I still felt the cold wind assaulting me. My hands are so cold, in fact,nearly numb when I took off gloves to using my camera.
As I sat in cold, dawn gradually creeps over the far horizon, illuminate the darkness with glorious light. Its a sunny day,the blue sky stretchs indefinetely , with sea of ruffled clouds floating on it. Looking down, the sabah spread out below, as if I'm guarding them.
I'm so close to heaven.

I marveled the the beauty of this magnificient view, and told myself "I MADE IT!"

After half and hour, we'd been instructed to descend, as haze usual form at this hour.

The way down wasnt as easy as the way up. Many times I looked at those cliffs and wondered how am even managed to climb up and the darkness, its seems much more dangerous!

Reached Laban rata around 9.30 am. Have lunch and start our journey back by 11.30.
Timpohon trail is not as demanding as Mersilau trail, the steps are well-built. However, the past few hour of hiking has taken a toll on me.Lay kei and I agreed to descend slow and steady.

While we're walking (dragging) , several porters passed us carrying everything-from food to cooking gas 'tong'-, they even have porters to carry and dispose waste from Laban Rata.
Those porters basically HOP/jump their way down, I bet their calves is the size of my tights!
Abang weiner(jiamin) told us that most of the porters is locals( but not orang asli), I felt gloomy when he said that porter is one of few jobs that available in mount kk.

reached timpohon gate by 3 pm, where other waited for us around 1 hour.




Tuesday, February 12, 2008

13 jan -Poring hot spring

We left Akinabalu and headed to Poring hot Spring. After a one hour drive, we reached this small town handicraft market, where we eventually shopped for...

musical instrument....Band Sepilok

The atmosphere was rather cold, surprisingly , for the town is only around 1000m+ from sea level. I shrugged at the thought of the conditions at mt kk peak.
Poring Hot spring (photo courtesy of si jie, her skill is SUPERB..this picture is not photoshopped.and she's using a odinary canon)

I've been to poring on Jun 2007, so i decided not to go along with group. Besides, I"m kinda worried I drained all my stamina at the wrong time. Yea, I worried too much sometime.

I walked around, chatted with a aunt who worked in a fruit stall, guards, staff workers. The interesting part is, they thought I was a JAPNESE (I do have a good complexion, do I?) . In the end of our conversation, I got a handful of local stories about Mt Kinabalu and town KK. I hope they;re not lying to me, anyway, their stories were consistent.

The appealling stories was something like "moi~awak tau ada orang hilang di mt kk, mereka jumpa kasut dan baju tapi mayat tiada"

dinner at Zen resort

Jia mien Jianliang and nic tried out their outfits.


"mafia wake up"

( sound of thick clothing with friction..schh~~ schh~)

"wake up, who's the mafia"

"its Jia Mien !!"( spoke in unison)

12 JAN 2008

We had a second thought when we've been told that the 2-way journey to labuan took 6 hour, on the other hand, onl 2 hour to shop around Labuan. However, we'd came to far to miss the opportunity to get cheap wine/whiskey.."insert liquor name here".


Thus,we set off in a luxurious CRUISE, equipped with karaoke, movie theater,and , yummylicious lunch.


The journey to search for true love...


back to KK(note: notice qi yi's backpack, guess how many bottles he carrying>..you'll be surprised)

To conclude, 3 hour journey to Labuan+3 hour back= LIQUORs

That night, we'd our dinner at this british-colonial themed restaurant. In fact, its the-cheesylicious-joel who convinced us to try it out. The restaurant looked cosy , with,
however, they;re having promotion from 5pm -7pm that offers only RM10 for any spaggetti we ordered.

That was when I tasted the most unique spaghetti, BLUE CHEESE LINGUINI.Its surprising cause I;d never came across restaurant that uses BLUE CHEESE in their carbonara sause, I love the combination of cheese, asparagus and potatoes in this dish!

Due to the 6 hour journey in the ferry, I felt seasick during dinner. The worst part was, it didnt subside throughout the night. Luckily, we had Absolute Vodka! Mixed it with wild mandarin
orange(thanks to chan yeu), and ribenna(courtesy of laykei) and Voila! cocktails was ready.

To be honest, mafia game was WAY more enjoyable after few drinks! Imagine spy woke up and found out that mafia were pointing themselves, just 3 rounds and we're done.

Song of the night....courtesy of nicholas...

dudu, du, du, du, du,du..(with hand waving, pointing up)
i love u baby, and if its quite all right,
i need you baby, for all my lonely night
i love you baby, trust in me and i;ll say


14 Jan -Mersilau trail

Mt kinabalu from Kundasang

Though I’d never seen the peak of mount Kinabalu. I'd heard for years that this part of country was one of the most beautiful places on earth, so I jumped at the chance to join the sabah trip 08.

Our destination –Low’s peak(ironic huh? Tallest peak named LOW peak).

“Mount Kinabalu is the tallest mountain between New Guinea and the Himalayas and reigns over an astonishing variety of scenery. While the lower reaches of the mountain serve as a botany fanatic’s dream, it is the upper reaches that captured the hearts and imaginations of climbers. Mount Kinabalu is known to be one of the most accessible peak and no specialized mountain climbing skills are required to ascend it. Thousands of tourists visit Kinabalu National Park every year with the intention of reaching the summit (number of visitors at park headquarters now hovers around 200,000 per year).”

Malaysia travel guide

We supposed to leave Zen resort by 8 am, as usual, we left around 9am. Our driver got our guide on the way to Mesilau park.In the shadow of Mt Kinabalu, is Kundasang, centre if highland vegetable industry on hillside terrace. Its famous for its vegetable stalls that operate 7 days a week. We stopped somewhere near Kundasang War Memorial, which is dedicated to those who took part in military campaign in sabah during WW2. due to time restraint, we didn’t visit it . It is quite different from the usual museum-themed memorial, it is more, erm, garden-like , with lots of plant and garden décor.

Kundasang War memorial

Reached Mesilau Trail around 10am. The day before, we’d agreed on taking Mesilau trail up and descent using Timpohon. I was quite worried, as I read from travel log, Mesilau trail is much harder than TImpohon. Starting from Mesilau Nature Resort, its leads to Layang-layang, and meets Timpohon trail approximately 6 km, yes, 6KM! This route is used maily by scientist, (maybe that’s why U6S fella like it) and researchers as its trail is longer, 8 km compared to Timpohon’s 6km. We had to register and pay small fees before we start.

After 1 hour procrastinating/ prepraring outself, our guide, taising ,wainer, and veronica briefed us ( not many information anyway) we started our journey.

The lower part of the mountain was beautiful lush Borneo rainforest, with tall trees and amazing plants and flowers blanketing the ground.

At the end of August they have the Mt. Kinabalu Climbathon and runners race to be the first up the mountain. I could not imagine climbing up and down the mountain in 3 hours!

I expect the trail would spawn a mad profusion of mosses, lichens and stunted forest , chai peng and I brought lots of medicine, bandages, in contrast, the trail is rather dry and well-planned. The trail, though lush, is nearly devoid of animal life. Maybe it’s the cold weather , or maybe we’re so occupied that we didn’t notice.

The start of the trail from Mesilau Gate is an enjoyable walk in itself that only takes about one hour, one way. The trail starts from a shelter just above the reception office in the tall oak-chestnut forest, but conifers( not sure bt the real name) soon become more common and climbing bamboos dominate the undergrowth.
After about 30 minutes, near the ridge crest, the forest suddenly becomes much shorter and more stunted, with rocks and boulders jumbled among tangled tree roots, covered in spongy mosses.

Pitcher Plants(there;s one species name Low's pitcher ,could hold up to 2 litter of liquid! again, I failed to spot it)

The path soon rises steeply once again to an open patch, before leveling off slightly, still following the narrowing ridge crest which opens out at the top, giving stunning views of the mountain above, if it is clear, and of the waterfalls and rock faces above the resort, dozen of waterfalls flows like a silver treads along the mountain;s rocky surface as well as views over to the mountain range. I have to thanks chaipeng, for suggesting us to stop and took photos. If its wasn’t for her, I probably stop that often to take photos, as I’m eager to trek as fast as possible. Jia mien and pey yi was far ahead us at that time!

Later on, the trail starts to descend quite steeply down the other side, through taller forest with climbing bamboos. Some little streams are crossed before reaching the Kipuyut bridge( hope I get the name right), a suspension bridge across the swift-floating West Mesilau river at around 2000 meters, that flows down from the precipitous slopes of the Eastern plateau above. Chaipeng and I planned to take photo on every km signs.

Endless waterfalls which only can be seen from mersilau

High on the mountain, above the forest, sprawled a scene- forests in thousand shades of gray, haze that constantly moving, changing before our eyes like mirage. Then the wind would rise, gust the haze away exposed a different view of those forest. Despite its ardous, long trail, Mesilau has amazing waterfall and flora compared to Timpohon.

we;re reaching 6 km.

From here the trail follows the ridge, rising steeply and continuously, up and up and up in almost never-ending series of steps for about 2.5 kilometers after a pondok(check map) with occasional views across to the Summit Trail as you get higher. At last you reach a very narrow col which joins onto the main Kinabalu trail. From here another 500 meters (0.25 mile) of trail, more or less contouring around the trails, will bring you out onto the Summit Trail, a little way above Layang-Layang (Carson's Camp). We spotted a squirrel,( or rat) scavenging in rubbish at the trail’s meeting points. Does squirrel over there develop a fondness towards Mars chocolate bar, since that the main food that climbers throw along the trail? I’;m glad they set a rules that once climber being found littering along the trail, they wont get their certificate. It really works, cause the trail is surprisingly clean .

breathtaking~

The whole route from Mesilau to Layang-Layang is 5.7 kilometers give or take.

The longer the time we took to trek, the tighter the knot in my stomach become. A short distance, 0.5 km took forever tp climb. Chaipeng’s encouragement and assurance helped a lot! Along the trails there are regular appearances of rest hut with untreated mountain water( those minerals, vitamin,parasite in the water somehow restored our strength, and its tastedSWEET!).

2km to Laban Rata

By 6.30, chaipeng and I reached Laban Rata. It was dark by then and we're desperately looking for the main registration hut. Cold and fatigue, we managed to find the main entrance (they didnt even have stairs there). Once we stepped in, we sat down and started grabbing food!

Monday, February 4, 2008

11 JAN-MANUKAN &SAPI ISLAND

Today,we splited into 2 group, one to KK adventure park, another one went for island hopping.Being a "beach person",I;d choosen the island trip, along with Joel and Qi Yi.

Full of anticipation, we reached Jesselton Jetty and we were met near the pier by a sales rep and told it would cost 17 ringgit for a boat ticket and 10 ringgit for snorkelling equipment.From my last sabah trip, I'd witnessed the beauty of Manukan island, thus,I eager to go there again. We were also advised that Sapi Island was the best for snorkelling and a real island paradise.

So, we decided to go Manukan and Sapi island.THe boat fees was RM 27 for 2 island, with RM10 for mask and RM5 for lifejacket. Joel came out with this brillant idea of renting it from the boat, in that way we wouldnt need to rent twice in different island. National park fees cost another RM6.







Secluded island we found at the other side of the island.
Good location to sun bath-naked=].The guys in pic was Qi Yi


TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PARK

Tunku Abdul Rahman Park was named after the first illustrious Prime Minister of Malaysia.

The park is made up of five beautiful islands and is a well-known sanctuary where peace and tranquility prevails.

Tunku Abdul Rahman Park (TARP) about 3 Km off Kota Kinabalu covers an area of almost 5,000 hectares that includes the five islands immediately in front (west) of Sabah’s capital city, Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu See map below).

The park’s islands possess mangrove areas, coastal dipterocarp forest, sandy beaches an attractive coral reefs. Visitor facilities on the islands of Sapi and Gaya are fully operated by Sabah Parks. Facilities on Mamutik, Manukan and Sulug are operated under concession arrangements to private companies.

The diverse population of corals support hundreds of species of colourful coral dwelling fish and invertebrates and are intermingled with several species of mollusks including giant clams. Octopus can also be found here. Sponges and crinoids are found intermingled with corals or near coral patches and so are several species of marine algae (seaweeds). In or near the habitats created by these one finds a wide variety of interesting creatures including photographers’ favourites such as nudibranchs, lionfish, shrimp, lobsters, anemones, anemone fish, sea horses and a host of others.

(why didnt i see those!)

Sapi Island
During very low tide, you may even visit two islands on one day. From Gaya Island, you can walk over to Sapi Island via the connecting sandbar. Only a mere 25 acres in size, Sapi Island has one of the best swimming and picnic spots in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, highly popular as a center for water sports activities. It is also famous amongst tour operators handling island BBQ tours.

Manukan Island
Doubled the size of Sapi Island but small nonetheless, Manukan Island is only 51 acres in size and used to be the site of an old stone quarry before World War II. Currently, Manukan Island is home to the park's HQ (the former HQ was located at Camp Bay on Gaya Island). If you are missing all the creature comforts of home, then Manukan Island is the place for you. This island is one with all the comfortable trappings including cute tropical timber chalets, restaurants, swimming pool, tennis court, and even a marine exhibition center. Because of this, it is no wonder that Manukan Island is one that has the highest number of visitors to the park. Of course, with it having the longest stretch of beaches amongst the rest of the islands remains its main attraction. If you are at Manukan Island, you must go on the 1.5 km trail. Along this trail, you will go past forest and be able to enjoy the breathtaking scenery of the city of Kota Kinabalu. Do go and check out the fish feeding at the jetty as well. Here, divers will get to swim with the fishes.

Mamutik Island
If Gaya Island is the biggest island on Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, then you must not miss Mamutik Island. It is the smallest isle on this park and also the most convenient one to visit, as it is located the nearest from Kota Kinabalu. You can stay at this popular spot overnight. You can also rent diving equipment and pick up diving courses on this island. If you are up to it, it will be great to check out the trail on Mamutik Island. The view at the end of the trail will show you the surrounding seas and reefs, and a fabulous scenery it is too!

Sulug Island
Swimmers will love the small 20-acres Sulug Island. Well-known for its great swimming spot, Sulug Island is actually a small rocky island with a long sand-spit that faces east. Right now, there are restaurant and diving facilities here. This is the perfect place for a getaway!

from http://www.homeaway.com.my/desttarp.htm




View from Manukan Island

We dived in the glorious sea once we settled our stuff. The view under the sea is overwhelmingly beautiful, sunlight gleaming through the sapphire-coloured sea; with lovely corals and thousand of little fish. Its the most magical sight!
In fact, the sea water is 3 tone LIGHTER than Pangkor's.
As coral reef is one of the most biologically diverse habitats in the world, and also host to variety of marine life,we had to stop frequently in order to find whether there are fishes hiding inside the corals. There're times when I saw a sapphire-coloured medium size fish( in chinese they call it "parrot fish', which was super yummy if you steam it), but they kept saying I was hallucinating!

I could have sweared that fishes at Manukan are partly mutant, owing to fact that their main food is BREAD. From my last trip to Manukan, one of my friend brought raisin bread and whole wheat bread to feed the fish. NONE OF THOSE FISH ATE IT. Somehow they had develop delicate taste bud and are very picky at food. Bizzare huh?
Even the minuscule shark eats bread!
I tried it myself. As I was snorkelling, i swam past a flock of fish; i raised my hand toward them, one tiny little one 'approach" me, examine whether I'd any bread, and swam away as fast as they could. MATERIALISTIC FISH! *where's my bread!*

Trail..look carefully....it belongs to...


gigantic lizard! (i didnt see it for myself.. got it from web)

mutant monkey....



Dinner at open air night market, situated beside Filipino market with Christy, a friend from KK Adventure.She recommended mee Bakso, a local famous dish from Indo.
Indulge in the richness of aromatic, mildly spicy and thick beef soup, balanced by sharp clean taste of cabbage ; while chewing its tangy meat.

Walked around seafront esplanade-shopping @ warisan square-playing mafia @ starbuctk(while eating chicken wings during the "everyone go to sleep")-long but enjoyable walk back to akinabalu while the KK town asleep-

Gosh, i miss all those moment.

10 JAN -KK

The night before, we planned to wake up early to get the local delicacy-fish ball noodles( not sure). The stall only operate until 9am, which, by then all the food would be sold out. Joshua, (nic's charming friend who studied in Taylor and going IMU for dentistry),offered to drive us there. In the end, we're just too lazy for it.

so, we went for.....
pan mee-served in clear soup with fried ikan bilis, chicken breast and fish cakes, with a touch of spring onion and chinese coriander.
Eagerly linning up to buy 4D ticket



We passed by a ROW of 4D shop, if i'm not mistaken , it is about 4-6 4D shop in the same row. Jianliang suggested to try our luck, since we;re travelling in group, thus, our "group luck" would probably good enough to win. Therefore, they picked a auspicious number-1201 ( i forgot the other combination), which happens to be the day shiok yin and sze jie arrive.


kota kinabalu bird eye view


Jian ling sudden obession towards Qi Yi's hiking stick. Maybe the stick symbolised something he cherished? We will never know.

Dinner- Bak kut teh

Blackjack games-jian liang miracously won back all the money he lost at Tawau(kuhara court)


by the way, the night before
jianliang(host) with card 9-8-3....unfortunately, others were very lucky!


Akinabalu backpacker lodge- Bali-themed designs common area. (pic fromAkinabalu website)

Aki meaning grandfather and nabalu means big boulders connect the words and you get akinabalu.


Gaya street is a budget traveller heaven Its adjoining street is full of travel lodge such as Borneo lodge, north borneo cabin etc.
Akinabalu is a pleasant surprise tucked behind its 3-storey buiding. Its comfy and atmospheric inside, with paintings and sculptures adorn its wall, dimmed yellow light illumintate the dinning room.Its very relaxing;as you sit beside the miniature waterpond,listening to the rhythm of flowing water, you'll be wondering whether time has stopped it footstep.

9JAN-MABUL ISLAND

the second day, after filling our bag with tons of sunblocks, we headed to Semporna. The weather is lovely and sunny as we're on our way to Mabul-island situated only about 15 minutes by speedboat from Sipadan. From nic's itinary , I supposed we're able to hop to Sipadan, however, driver told me Sipadan is CONTROLLED; as in they only allow 100+ people enter it per day *sob*.

Mabul Island has historically played a supporting role its famous neighbour in Sabah, Sipadan Island. Since Mabul is considerably larger, and Pulau Sipadan is now protected from overnight stays, its profile has greatly increased and resort owners have been able to construct a much higher standard of accommodation, albeit within the constraints of a remote getaway.

The island is covered in palm trees and fringed with fine beaches. Villagers live next door to the resorts and guests are free to stroll around the island, mingling with the locals. From Mabul Island, guests are taken the 25 to 30 minutes to Sipadan every day for diving. In addition they can dive the macro-world of Mabul, normally once a day.

from Sabah Travel guide


Still, i felt that Mabul is one of the world's best "muck-diving" sites, its rich with exotic small marine life.
We were given these plastic walking shoes to walk on beach. There were so many bright orange-coloured starfish that we practically watched our EVERY step in order not to step on them. Flamboyant cuttlefish, blue-ringed octopus, mimic octopus, gobies and frogfishes are everywhere, as are moray, snake eels and practically the whole scorpionfish family. There's no doubt about it, Mabul is a magical macro site!


Clear water with white beaches, Mabul remains pristine and untainted by mass tourism. Friendly aunt who offered us her lunch(nasi +ikan) she brings her food around in a kuali, while she fishing!

Nic-chan yeu-wan ye-mine-jian liang


music background " under the sea~~~"
Uncle Changs floating resort was where we had our lunch on Mabul Island. Surprisingly, we had vege and fried chicken for lunch, hmm, and i thought their main source of food would be fish! The band (guitarist with a sun-beaten guitar+ locals ) sang their "Sipadan song" whenever people arrived. Amazing. The people here were mainly travellers who wanted to go diving.
The environment is relax and cheerful.The floorboards had water reflecting through the cracks illuminating the rooms ceiling. Oh it was a super place to stay!! So
so i sat there, looking at the glorious sea, listen to the sound of lapping waves.

http://blogs.bootsnall.com/theisen/borneo-fisherman.jpgfrom http://blogs.bootsnall.com/theisen/borneo-fisherman.jpg





By the way, DIGI is not the widest coverage provider.Guess what they sell at uncle chang;s lodge? postcards, batteries, camera films and HOTLINK PREPAID CARDS!



Pei yi dozing off in a lazy afternoon.....

She had this theory. Noticing all cats that live in fishing village(from her experience and detailed observation) is black-white coloured, she concluded that they maybe from the same ancestor. It happened that this breed(with a higher level of intelligence) somehow decided that its better to live near the sea, where fish is plentiful. Maybe, perhaps, if you throw them into the sea, these cat can swim and DIVE for fish?
But we're too kind-hearted to carry out the "experiment"........the cat (in photo) seems to be relatively bigger than average stray cat.


At night, it was LAY KEI'S 20TH BIRTHDAY!

Nicholas suddenly disappeared after chating with his friend, we thought he went off to do naughty things with his friend, in fact, he went to get this!





HAPPY BIRTHDAY!