seriously speaking, kingdom of heaven does not appeal to me at all. it is kinda **** and i tink it will onli appeal to christians or catholics. onli the war section at almost the end of the movie, which i tink is good. dats all... haiz, wasted 3hrs of my time watching this movie. rating: 2/5...
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Traffic to Work
wah piang... today traffic damn jialat lor. i got off as usual to work at 750am. same timing, reaching the 184 bus stop at 8am. ok, bus comes at 805am. nice, so happily taking the bus down the road. after the turn at cashew road, jam! omfg... then i was like thinking, "ok, maybe jam till hillview no more jam liao." out of my expectation... it jammed all the way to clementi... haiz. dunno wtf is the RB doing nowadays, y cant they juz do something constructive along all the jamming roads. pls dun build anymore ME, pls change one of the lane to bus lane... the ppl travelling along those roads by buses will be very grateful if the lane is changed. pls be smarter and come up wif a better plan instead of installing more ME.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
4th Day at Sabah
yeah, the last day at sabah le. early morning at 7am we woke up for our breakfast. we went for breakfast at their restaurant. the restaurant was juz beside the beach. the scenery was very nice, facing the beach, having our breakfast. :) i realised their breakfast always have hotdog wif baked beans and onions. but the way they cook it is very nice. anyway, we had our fill of the breakfast n then went back to pack n to set off back to singapore.
we went off from the inn at around 715am n reached the airport at ard 8am. while we were queuing to check into the airport, a lady approached us. asking for our help to look after her mother when she is taking the plane. cos her mom was also following the same flight back to johor. n so we helped her. we helped and talked to her along the way. but once we got on to the plane, i fell into deep sleep, haha... too tired le la. :D
anyway, we reached johor after 2+hrs of flight. n we settled for a small lunch at merry brown in the airport. after which about 1/2 hr later, we went to catch a cab back to the custom and then head straight home after dat. wad a long journey home... :) but the trip to mt kinabalu was really worthwhile. :) i strongly suggest those dat love hiking to explore this part of the earth. gd luck to all those dat are going, u will like it. :)
Saturday, October 4, 2008
3rd Day at Sabah
today is the climb towards the submit! we woke up at 1am to get rdy for the climb. at which time, song wasnt feeling any better from last nite. (he was having a mild headache and had 4 panadols in the period of 5-6hrs) so me n cf went to pack n change n made sure we had warm water to drink before we went off. luke (as written previously, our mountain guide) came to find us at 145am n told us dat we could onli set off at 215am.
ok, so we waited a while, prepare a bit more before we set off at dat time. n so 215am came n we started climbing! act b4 we even start climbing, we saw a flight of stairs... its like, very very high n steep?... n song was like going, "luke, is it always like dat?" n luke replied, "yes..." me n song was like, "..." we continued climbing and climbing. then a while later, song showed signs of slowing down, so i was asking him every now n then whether he is ok, he claimed dat he is ok too. so we continued our way up until at a point when he say he couldn't take it. he felt like puking and decided to take a rest back at the 'hotel', asking us both to continue our climb. n so we left luke to take care of him n we continued our climb!
along the way up, the mountain was very steep, we had to use a lot of energy to climb up. considering dat the air up there is quite thin, we had to take in huge breaths. we still had to stop every now and then to take a rest. around 1/4 up the way, we had to climb sideways up the mountain. if u fall, dats it liao. its dat steep and its dat high... when we reached 1/2 way up the mountain, there was a check point. we paused for a while cos i had to look for the mountain pass which i kept in the bag. so we paused, then suddenly song came up to us. surprised! we tot he was going back to the 'hotel' to stay. ok, he was feeling alrite already. we stopped there for like 15mins before we continued our climb. (onli me and cf were climbing at tis stage)
so we climbed n climbed, big cold winds and steep slopes were the obstacles dat we had to go thru. along the way, we keep stopping every 10mins or so, to take a breather. at ard 3/4 up the mountain, our water bottle suddenly dropped from the backpack! omg! luckily we were left wif ard 100ml of water in the bag. at least dat could last us up n down the mountain. we reached the peak of the mountain by 530am. woooo, the scenery was very nice and i had taken quite a few photos up there. by the way, the temperature up there was 5deg! dats damn cold lor, feeling the cold on my fingers. oh ya, 4got to mention one thing. after we reached the peak, 10mins later i heard song calling for us, lol... so he indeed came up to the peak after all. dats gd dats gd, haha...
ok, nth much at the peak except dat we saw the beautiful sunrise. but it wasnt beautiful anymore after the sun rose up, cos it was quite hot! so we proceeded to climb back dwn the mountain at ard 630am. wah, walking dwn the slopes were a pain in the ass... making both my feet toes painful. anyway, we kept walking dwn n dwn n dwn, reaching our 'hotel' by 8am. then i went to the restaurant to book a place for the 3 of us, while song n cf went to pack our items n bring them along. wah our breakfast we eat until mad, haha. damn hungry lor... lol...
anyway we set dwn the mountain at 930am. walking dwn the normal trail, we realised dat it was going down-hill all the way, steps n steps n steps. n i m saying really is steps. steep steps n slopes are spoiling our legs n toes. then at one point of time, song was trying to be funny. asking cf whether he is ok, then cf answered 'yes' and almost slipped. i did the same to song n he almost slipped too, haha... but the climb dwn was quite xiong la, we took ard 4hrs to walk all the way dwn the mountain. we finally got our certificate of climbing the Mersilau Trail and reaching the summit (Low's Peak). hehe...
then we went dwn to the hot-springs at Poring. wah dat was the worst place i ever went in sabah. cannot make it sia, the hot-springs were actually designed for the public, n it is really for the public! everyone can see everyone in the tub one lor! then we 3 sian 1/2, we decided juz to go for a dip in the hot water for our legs. after ard 30mins we went off already.
at ard 645pm, we reached our dinner place, sajut seafood restaurant. the worst part about this restaurant is dat it does not have any crabs... in the end we ordered soft shell crabs, steamed prawns, chili kangkong, chili sotong, seashell and noodle. all the chili dishes not spicy at all sia, compared to the ones we ate in singapore, its like heaven n earth! sian liao sian liao... haiz... n it cost us RM$169...
nvm ba, next we went dwn to our hotel for the nite at traveller's inn, the tour guide's inn. which is also the place which he is staying. he even wanted to talk to us after our bath, but we decided not to go dwn cos we were too tired. so we slpt at ard 1030pm dat nite. really is super tired...
Friday, October 3, 2008
2nd Day at Sabah
k, today we woke up at 6am to get rdy for our trip to mt kinabalu. we had a sumptious meal for our breakfast. the meal includes bread, baked bean with onion and hotdog, fried egg and a glass of hot tea. after having our breakfast, we proceeded to do a final check on our backpacks and then set off at 7am. the sky and weather looks good and we are all set for the climbing of mt kinabalu.
reaching the foot of mt kinabalu for registration at 8am. we had to be given the 'permission' to climb the mountain, so we need to have a mountain guide wif us. his name is luke. and so before we went on our hiking, we were given a lunch box each for us to eat along the way up. 9+ and here we go!
the trail we took is the mersilau trail. it has been said to have beautiful scenery along the way up the mountain. it is oso the harder and longer trail of the two available, it is around 2km longer than the normal trail. when we reached the foot of the trail, we were so energetic dat we started walking up the trail rite away. ok, this trail is quite bumpy, a lot of rocks, steps, steep slopes up and down, even had bridges and waterfalls. the scenery was really very nice.
along the way, the 3 of us decided to do rotation on leading the way up the mountain. (in fact, the mountain guide wasnt the one leading us... seems like we are the one leading him, lol...) anyway, he is here to make sure we are ok and dat we have help to go back if we are hurt. he is oso here to make sure dat we will get to the top on time. after a rotation of 2 times, which is my turn to lead, i did a faster walk so dat we can rest longer if we were to reach the next shelter. (oh ya, forgot to mention, there are shelters along the way up to the top) but i guess i overdid my walk n i suddenly over-strained both my thighs. argh! i had to take a rest and had to let either one of them take over the lead. i had to walk a bit slower and had to rest more in order not to let my thighs cramp.
the longer we walk, the harder the trail. we kept complaining to luke that how come the trail so difficult one, haha... we really keep moaning and kp here n there along the way. song and cf oso offered to rotate in carrying my backpack cos my backpack was quite heavy compared to theirs. (it was quite true actually, and after rotating, we really increased our speed) but still, very rocky and very hard to walk. walk ah walk ah, finally we reached 3/4 at 530pm. dats roughly around 8hrs of travelling along 7km! crazy rite! we were very tired when we reached up there. we had to stop at 3/4 for our stay there for the nite and for our dinner!
(the dinner was buffet style) wah we were very very tired at our legs man. the moment i found a seat, i sat down n rested. really is both legs cannot move sia. so i asked them to get their food first, lol... same la hor, eat until sibei shiok, haha. walked up the mountain for 7km+ is damn hungry de lor, even though along the way we still had some snacks, we are still hungry de!
the bad thing is now, after dinner, we went to take some photos of the sunset. here it comes... we walked back to the restaurant and then head straight for our 'hotel'. we came to a Y junction and then followed the way towards our 'hotel'. we walk ah walk ah, walk for 5mins still haven reach! wth... so far away from the restaurant! n the nite oso very the cold le lor, 9deg leh! somemore we were wearing short sleeves and shorts! knn so far away the stupid 'hotel'. take 15mins to walk to the 'hotel' under so low temperature... haiz... stupid design of the place.
after reaching our 'hotel', i see a lot of ppl wearing thick clothings sitting at the 'living room' having snacks and drinking hot water. so shiok, lol... we proceeded to our room and found out that we had to share our room wif one foreigner. then we took turns to go for our shower. the interesting part is here. there were 3 cubicles for bathing. cf went into the 1st one while i went into the 2nd one. the 1st one had gushes of water, but as cf was bathing wif the warm water, cold water keep coming out occassionally, lol... the way he bathe n talk is damn funny la, haha... mine wasnt any better. at first i tot someone was bathing before me, so there should be water supply. but when it came to my turn, there werent any water! onli drops of warm water were coming out of the shower tap. oh my... same goes for song who came in later too, lol...
soon after our 'shower', we got rdy to rest, by then it was already 730pm. we had to get up at 1am the next morning to proceed wif our climb up the peak. so we had to rest early. nitez for today and rdy for tml!
reaching the foot of mt kinabalu for registration at 8am. we had to be given the 'permission' to climb the mountain, so we need to have a mountain guide wif us. his name is luke. and so before we went on our hiking, we were given a lunch box each for us to eat along the way up. 9+ and here we go!
the trail we took is the mersilau trail. it has been said to have beautiful scenery along the way up the mountain. it is oso the harder and longer trail of the two available, it is around 2km longer than the normal trail. when we reached the foot of the trail, we were so energetic dat we started walking up the trail rite away. ok, this trail is quite bumpy, a lot of rocks, steps, steep slopes up and down, even had bridges and waterfalls. the scenery was really very nice.
along the way, the 3 of us decided to do rotation on leading the way up the mountain. (in fact, the mountain guide wasnt the one leading us... seems like we are the one leading him, lol...) anyway, he is here to make sure we are ok and dat we have help to go back if we are hurt. he is oso here to make sure dat we will get to the top on time. after a rotation of 2 times, which is my turn to lead, i did a faster walk so dat we can rest longer if we were to reach the next shelter. (oh ya, forgot to mention, there are shelters along the way up to the top) but i guess i overdid my walk n i suddenly over-strained both my thighs. argh! i had to take a rest and had to let either one of them take over the lead. i had to walk a bit slower and had to rest more in order not to let my thighs cramp.
the longer we walk, the harder the trail. we kept complaining to luke that how come the trail so difficult one, haha... we really keep moaning and kp here n there along the way. song and cf oso offered to rotate in carrying my backpack cos my backpack was quite heavy compared to theirs. (it was quite true actually, and after rotating, we really increased our speed) but still, very rocky and very hard to walk. walk ah walk ah, finally we reached 3/4 at 530pm. dats roughly around 8hrs of travelling along 7km! crazy rite! we were very tired when we reached up there. we had to stop at 3/4 for our stay there for the nite and for our dinner!
(the dinner was buffet style) wah we were very very tired at our legs man. the moment i found a seat, i sat down n rested. really is both legs cannot move sia. so i asked them to get their food first, lol... same la hor, eat until sibei shiok, haha. walked up the mountain for 7km+ is damn hungry de lor, even though along the way we still had some snacks, we are still hungry de!
the bad thing is now, after dinner, we went to take some photos of the sunset. here it comes... we walked back to the restaurant and then head straight for our 'hotel'. we came to a Y junction and then followed the way towards our 'hotel'. we walk ah walk ah, walk for 5mins still haven reach! wth... so far away from the restaurant! n the nite oso very the cold le lor, 9deg leh! somemore we were wearing short sleeves and shorts! knn so far away the stupid 'hotel'. take 15mins to walk to the 'hotel' under so low temperature... haiz... stupid design of the place.
after reaching our 'hotel', i see a lot of ppl wearing thick clothings sitting at the 'living room' having snacks and drinking hot water. so shiok, lol... we proceeded to our room and found out that we had to share our room wif one foreigner. then we took turns to go for our shower. the interesting part is here. there were 3 cubicles for bathing. cf went into the 1st one while i went into the 2nd one. the 1st one had gushes of water, but as cf was bathing wif the warm water, cold water keep coming out occassionally, lol... the way he bathe n talk is damn funny la, haha... mine wasnt any better. at first i tot someone was bathing before me, so there should be water supply. but when it came to my turn, there werent any water! onli drops of warm water were coming out of the shower tap. oh my... same goes for song who came in later too, lol...
soon after our 'shower', we got rdy to rest, by then it was already 730pm. we had to get up at 1am the next morning to proceed wif our climb up the peak. so we had to rest early. nitez for today and rdy for tml!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
1st Day at Sabah
hoho, early morning at 5am, song, cf and me got up and get rdy for going to johor to catch a plane to sabah for our 4 day 3 nite trip. we slpt at ard 12 the previous nite and had to get up at 430am!! oh my... damn tired lor. i slpt all the way from song's house to custom, custom to senai airport and from senai airport to sabah airport. when we reached sabah airport, we were greeted by someone called james. he was the guide for the whole 4 days at sabah.
1st day we landed, he brought us to have breakfast cum lunch at one of the coffeeshop nearby. the food we called was not too bad, but very expensive, even himself oso stunned. we all thought there they wrote RM$5 per plate, but the ger charged RM$8. haiz, anyhw charge, wt... anyway, after having our meal, we set off for a short tour in sabah. we went to many places: the lover's beach, the observation tower, some of the memorial places and even to James's sister house for hari raya! lol... then finally, we went to our home stay. it was up a mountain, the scenery was very nice. overviewing some mountains across the landscape, very nice view. james oso brought us around his plantation. there were lots of fruits ranging from pineapples to mangosteens to jumbus and to durians. for our remembrance over there, we planted a small tree and named it against our 3 names. :) hopefully the nx time we go back there, we will see it grow tall and healthy!
we had our dinner over at the home stay consisting of fried prawns, vegetables, chili chicken, steamed fish, etc. totalling up to 6 dishes in all. eat until very very shiok, haha... i helped to finish up everything sia. :D after eating our dinner, we watch 2 movies from dvd, Kingdom of Heaven and 天地英雄 until we fell back to slp for the next day trip to mt kinabalu.
1st day we landed, he brought us to have breakfast cum lunch at one of the coffeeshop nearby. the food we called was not too bad, but very expensive, even himself oso stunned. we all thought there they wrote RM$5 per plate, but the ger charged RM$8. haiz, anyhw charge, wt... anyway, after having our meal, we set off for a short tour in sabah. we went to many places: the lover's beach, the observation tower, some of the memorial places and even to James's sister house for hari raya! lol... then finally, we went to our home stay. it was up a mountain, the scenery was very nice. overviewing some mountains across the landscape, very nice view. james oso brought us around his plantation. there were lots of fruits ranging from pineapples to mangosteens to jumbus and to durians. for our remembrance over there, we planted a small tree and named it against our 3 names. :) hopefully the nx time we go back there, we will see it grow tall and healthy!
we had our dinner over at the home stay consisting of fried prawns, vegetables, chili chicken, steamed fish, etc. totalling up to 6 dishes in all. eat until very very shiok, haha... i helped to finish up everything sia. :D after eating our dinner, we watch 2 movies from dvd, Kingdom of Heaven and 天地英雄 until we fell back to slp for the next day trip to mt kinabalu.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Painted Skin
ok, watched this movie with baby at cineleisure. this movie is quite nice, considering that zhou xun and zhen zi dan is acting in this movie. act the supporting actress is much better looking than zhou xun, haha... if anyone knows the story of this movie, it would be very interesting. i onli knew of tis story after watching this movie. it is one of the stories in 聊斋. i give it rating of 3.5/5 due to the fact of some interesting scenes and great effects. nice movie, i recommend to watch. :)
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