Im going to miri on Friday….

From KLIA (KUL) to Miri (MYY)
Friday, 08/04/2005 ~ Flight 256
Depart KLIA (KUL) at 15:15 and arrive in Miri (MYY) at 17:30

From Miri (MYY) to KLIA (KUL)
Sunday, 17/04/2005 ~ Flight 259
Depart Miri (MYY) at 21:40 and arrive in KLIA (KUL) at 23:50

Bestnye tgk gegambar Emy kat Kuching….i miss that place so much

Oh yeah…..dont tell others im coming

Happy Birthday Omar

Happy 20th Birthday Gloria (on Thursday)

Back to my boring life in KL. Sleep late, wake up late, clean up d hse, cook, online.

Oh yes, im going to stay at the Coronade Hotel on Sat nite to celebrate a friend’s birthday. So we will be lepaking around BB la. {No clubbing at all. really!!}

Nah, my gambar rambut…looks simple from the front…but tengok at the back la My mom almost freaked. My dad ok jer. Finally my mom says it looks “funky” - what ever that’s supposed to mean.

I was juz sitting in front of the TV when “Jalan-Jalan cari makan (jjcm)” came on and I remembered this funny story.

This happened in 2003. My family and my best friend (we grew up together) were on holiday in Melinsung - somewhere near Kundasang - on the way to the foot of Mt Kinabalu. Then we stopped by this hotel on a hill juz to look around and take pictures.

I was sitting at the lobby resting when the chef burst into the lobby and dragged us all into the coffeehouse and asked us to sit. He said they’re giving free food. We were given rice then some lauk : ostrich curry (yes, ostrich), paku pakis belacan and a few others. we were served Sabah Tea. Then bout 10 mins later, we saw the host for JJCM walk in and talk a bit then the camera pan (media speak for looking around while shooting- sort of) around the coffee house. The host & cameramen also went from table to table, shooting the food we ate, asking what we thought.

My dad - being the usual joker he is - proceeded point point at the different dishes, explaining each dish and adding comments melebih-lebih : “this is pakupakis with belacan, a type of prawn paste. This is ostrich curry, the meat is quite tender and the curry is not too spicy. My best fren & I already start ketawa terbahak-bahak…nasib camera tak nampak. Then they shoot my mom..and the host ask something like how’s the tea. then my mom praised the Sabah tea - very sedap la, nice flavour, bla bla.

Sabah tea is the WORST tea i’ve tasted. Honestly! And lots of my Sabahan friends say so as well

That was really funny as we tried to hold our laughter and posing like makan ngan syok when the camera pointed at us.

I changed the comment format. Now you dont have to login to blogger to post a comment. Jus put ur name, email and/or website. Something like using Haloscan but I found out that Haloscan has limited memory.

someone said “syok baca blog u”…hehe….feels great to get compliments like that at least adala juga org baca ttg my mundane life (yg tak seberapa nie). ada gak pembaca setia *terharu* hehehe

According to the statistics, ever since i left on the 18th, the page views on my blog has declined gradually, reaching the lowest point on 22nd & 23. There was a jump on the 24th, which is the beginning of the week but it also declined till the 30. On the 31st there was more visitors because i came back already mahhh

18^th Jan 2005 (Tue)

My flight was at 4.25 pm to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah transit Miri, Sarawak. Was delayed in Miri for an hour due to a “technical error that had to be corrected before departure”. Friends in KK had to wait anxiously for an hour because there was no way to contact them (I did not get down from the plane during the transit because it was only supposed to be for 45 mins). No, I did not use AirAsia but MAS.

Erin, Mag, Derek and Yapp were faithfully waiting in KK airport (love u guys! Muax!) then we went to Tg Aru Beach to eat satay & drink coconut (which costs a bomb and was yucky). Then Mag, Glad & I went to The Beach Club (TBC) to looksee.

There was lots of people there. Probably because it was ladies nite. I just sat at the bar observing people when this guy next to me started buying me drinks (by the jug). But he was really quiet, so we juz sat and enjoyed the music. I never took so much vodka lime & vodka coke like that nite. Needless to say, that is so goin to be the last time i drink so much.

Note: yes people, i do drink. and with a quite high tolerance as well, meaning i dont get drunk easily.

Woke up late (read: hangover. my first ) then went to Mag’s place in the afternoon. Lepak around in her place, chit chat then picked Liz* to go to TBC (yeah yeah, same place as yesterday). Met a couple of guys, went to R&B (another club - very lame name but nice songs) dance there. The atmosphere there reminded me of Bar Flam in Bangsar and Coyote Ugly in Miri (coz of the bar top dancing).

Mag, Liz & G was busy snogging & dancing around. As USUAL, I was juz sitting at the corner, drinking & observing. Coz I don’t do the snog-and-dance-for-free-drinks things, I find it kinda degrading. Yes I admit, I did do that a few times before (not including the snogging) but after that I decided that I didn’t want to act like a slut for the sake of free drinks because being labeled as a slut in a club is so very degrading (I have many friends who are actually labeled like that already, no mentioning of names tho).

However, I do not judge any of my friends who actually do that. My view is like this : you do your thing, and I’ll do mine. And we don’t interfere with each other.

*Name changed to protect privacy

Went to Centerpoint Sabah (CPS) “mall” for lunch. Wanted to eat Dreamfood (but it was closed ) Drank at Yoyo Ice - this shop that sells great milky tea. Looked around the “mall” and played para-para (I suck at it already) then went back.

Went out for dinner wif my koko, Lian, who I met for the first time that nite he brought me to eat Italian food at Lil Italy and paid for it. Sat and chit chat for ages, till the restaurant almost closed then went to meet his friends at Easyway (the bubble/milky tea shop).

By that time a friend of mine - codenamed A - was pissed coz we had plans to meet and when I asked em to go ahead first, she was accusing me of putting a guy first and ditching my friends. A was goin on and on about how I was ditching them and insisted that I get Lian to send me there at that very moment. I just asked her to go ahead first then put down the phone.

Managed to meet up with A & frens later. Did the usual.

It was the last night for this 8-piece band Detour from Manila to play at TBC. Detour is one of the best bands I’ve heard and I’ve heard my fair share of live bands - both good and bad - not to mention that they have a really cute lead singer (who is unfortunately gay but as my galpals say “it doesn’t hurt to look”) and another equally good looking singer (who is straight, thank god! ). They sing well but were going back to the Philippines. Their last performance was really good with mostly R&B songs, some alternative and Linkin Park type songs.

The DJs played really good songs that night so overall, it was a great nite for music & dancing. Though a bit sad because Detour was leaving so there were lotsa hugs and handshakes and camera flashes all around.

Oh yeah, I met Mark - an old friend I haven’t seen for 3-4 years. The first time we met was at this church camp in Telupid. Imagine our shock at seeing each other in a club. Haha! He was there to observe the band - coz he has a band of his own.

Mag and I did this spur of the moment thing. We popped into a salon and got really ferocious birght red highlights. everyone was shocked..haha…lepaked around CPS looking at baju.

I met Erin, Arthur (who juz flew down from Russia) and Ivan (back from Adelaide for the holidays) at the Nyonya Penang place where they were having dinner. We chit chat for some time to catch up with each other’s lives.

While we were talking, i heard someone call out my name then when i looked up, i saw Nikki - yes, one of the top 10 in Malaysian Idol - with her “entourage” comprising of Jessy Anne, Charlene and Chelster, all my ex-classmates. She’s so classy and “made up” from when i last saw her (2 yrs ago), well, i guess she has a standard to meet now that she’s famous.

went to TBC that night to check out the new band called Hip2Soul (what is with the lame names?). My verdict : they cant really sing well and they are kinda old. I think one of the female lead singer (they hv 2 gals & 1 guy) is probably like late 30s or something. Come on..when ur that age, please please DONT sing in a club.

A had plans with us earlier but ditched us for the new guy she was seeing. At first she accuses me..then goes and does the same thing herself…wtf?

went to Melinsung after that with Erin. Melinsung is this housing area next to the beach, with like nice condos - very resort like. Lepak at the beach, went swimming, ate keropok. had great fun.

Didnt do much. Stayed at home mostly. Only went out clubbing on 25th (Tues). Mag got really drunk, so i had to jaga her, but everything went ok eventually.

Lian brought me out for dinner. Went to Tg Aru Beach but didnt find anything attractive to eat so we went to Heritage and ate Chicken Chop. That chicken chop place serves gigantic pieces for really cheap - bout RM 8 i think. Went back around 10.30 pm coz he had to be at work at 6 am (but he overslept the next day. LOL!)

Lian brought me out for dinner again, this time with another friend of ours (Amy) and her bf. We went to eat at this coffeeshop that sells western food - again - and i ate lamb chop. Quite nice. We chit-chatted till about 10 sumthing.

When i got back to my cousin’s place - im staying wif them in KK - they were all out. So i had to wait beside the swimming pool while getting bitten by mosquitos. They only got back after 11++ pm.

I went to CPS for lunch at BK with Erin. She was waiting for Arthur coz they were going to watch a movie. Then Ong passed by and said hi..and we exchanged our news and phone numbers. Then I met 2 of my high sch seniors. And after Erin & Art left, I met Lian and Amy. Haha! We took some pics and talked for a while before i went back.

That evening I went to Lil Italy for dinner with Arthur, Erin & Derek (who’s back from Sydney on holiday). Ivan came along soon after. Then the guys walked us back to near my hse (they also wanted to take a taxi) and i went back, took a change of clothing and met Mag & Liz* in TBC for my last nite clubbing before goin back. After clubbing & playin pool in TBC, we then club-hopped to R&B (to finish half a bottle of JD. LOL!). In short, we all had a great time.

Slept at Mag’s place last nite. Went to CPS for a bit & went to play pool, then went to sleepover at her place, talked for ages, watched TV. Sleep. Was VERY sober. LOL!

Went to church today (!!) yes church Met old church friends and a lot of my parents friends. Everyone commented on my damn ganas hair Went for lunch at McD, played PPP for the last time with Aaron, then went back to zip up my bag and rush to the airport. Was ALMOST late, the check in counter closed after me. LOL!

Flew back to KL and arrived at approx 8 pm

I stayed in AFamosa resort from Fri - Sun and it wuz real fun. My dad’s company had their Family Day there so everything was paid for. We missed going to the Cowboy Town coz we left KL late. We went to eat dinner at Shakey’s Pizza before leaving. {One note, their pizza crust is lousy….smells like yeast and too thick. Their stromboli is nice tho }

On Sat we had a telematch and it wuz really amusing too see grownups playing with such youthful enthusiam. To cut it short, it wuz outrageously funny! Then my youngest sis & I went to WaterWorld and played with all the water rides. We had a minor accident on one of d slides…..we sat on double tubes (like 2 tubes stuck together like an 8) and someone or another it overturned and I banged my head on d slide hard….twice! My youngest sis banged her cheek (which turned blue black the next day). It wuz painful….!! esp since i had my head banged once or twice earlier in the week….thanks to Gladys.

On Sun we went to the Safari Park where we saw animals (duh!) like racoons, otters, armadillo, tapir, pony, camel, flamingo, lion, giraffe, monkeys….ect ect. The racoons were totally cute!! Watched a Wild Wild West show which wuz nice and an animal trick show which wuz ok.

And that concludes my weekend. Oh yeah…i forgot to mention something last week. On my flight from KLIA to Bangkok, I met Harith Iskandar and d other comedian…his name is on the tip of my tongue…and they sat a few seats behind me.

I’ve attached some pics below…enjoy! Some pics might look distorted coz i had to resize them

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My sis and I outside Cowboy Town

In Safari Park posing wif Camels. I wuz trying to kick my sis who isnt in the pic

 

My sis with one of the actors from the Wild Wild West show who also happens to be an animal trainer. Nice bod

The final scene in the Wild Wild West show

A Tigress in the wild….we were riding in a caged truck..its like the animals were observing us…instead of us them.

 

Outside AFamosa Resort

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Interesting Websites

http://www.photobucket.com/ — place when i keep all my photos and link them here

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28th Aug - 31st Aug

I had a really interesting time in Bangkok. Apparently, ppl thought we were Thai, Philipino and Singaporean. LOL!!

Stuff wuz so cheap (exchange rate is RM 1 = 10 baht)….its like shoppin in Petaling Street…but i didnt really buy much. We (my family & I) did a lot of sight-seeing

• Grand Palace - Big courtyard with the palace & other admin offices
• Siam center, MBK Plaza - shopping
• The Golden Mount - this big temple which is gold and we had to walk up countless of stairs
• Thai restaurants
• A river cruise (and dinner) along the Chou Phraya river

I especially liked the river cruise…coz it was a new experience for me. Except that the band so “pok” (duno how to translate this)!!!!!!! Lousy..!! and they even had this Mat Rock singer…OMG! Uh….bad experience..dat part. I managed to see a lot of nice buildings along the river bank and the “main attraction” - according to the brochure - was the biggest suspension bridge in the world - no idea whether it’s true or not?

Shopping….i didnt really buy a lot of things…juz a couple of souviners for ppl back here. Oh yeah…but i did buy 2 things which i absolutly love. One is a pure silver pendant studded wif rubies & cubic zirconia (sp?) and another is a decorative light which is like christmas lights but each bulb is covered with coloured dried leaves to give the impression of flowers…really nice!!! hope to post up a pic soon. But anyway here are some pics of the trip…

Enjoy!!!!!

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At the top of the Golden Mount with Bangkok’s skyline in the background
Eating at a thai restaurant while being entertained by musicians….duno why dat gal so semangat tho…ehhehe
Having a snack in Baskin Robbins in Siam Center…i juz cut my hair…ehhehe

Dinner while on a cruise down the Chao Phraya River

Riding in a tuk-tuk…im at the back next to my sis in red

In the courtyard of the Grand Palace

A quaint little shop in Bangkok International Airport shaped to look like a house, complete wif carvings on the roof.

I actually already wrote this blog halfway but accidently click publish then stop so everything wuz lost. dayymm!!

Well….sorry I havent been updating regularly. It’s kinda hard to update it when i have a week’s worth of things to write about. I wuz also in Miri, meaning to say I dont have internet access, unless i go to labs, which i didnt have the time to. And I’ve been sick for the past 3-4 days.

back to my last post, i did manage to buy fera a prezzie. It wuz a bracelet, a small cat doll in a box tied with ribbon. So we went out to San Francisco (the only coffee-bistro kinda place in Miri) wif a few frens and i got to know Man’ cousins and 1-2 other guys. then after that we went to play pool….well, i didnt really play…i juz watched them play…but i wuz itching to play. It wuz pretty fun with one of the guys actually requesting a song from the band (which wuz, btw, really bad and pok sampai melampaui batas sayur) and then singing the lead himself. I wuz impressed. Dunno why all my gal frens say he’s cute…i dont really think so…mayb different taste.

The next few days were kind of hectic with me running here and there in campus to settle my withdrawal & transcripts and going out at night for dinner or juz lepak in ppl’s hse or go watch movie. Depends on the day. Lola came down from Bintulu to Miri sometime during the week even tho she wuz totally short on money….ehhehe I had a shock sometime during the week coz Al came back from Aus without telling anyone, except JB. Had to give a double take when I saw him in student services….and vice versa coz he didnt know i came back.

On Fri we had a guy fren (name undisclosed to protect privacy) over for dinner and after that we did a facial on him. Which wuz totally amusing…hehehe!! but i think he liked the end results. ehehhe!! After dat, Lola and I went clubbing wif Isla, Littak, feli, gretch & Izzah which wuz fun coz i havent done it for a long time. Feli send Lola & I back coz we were playing pool…and i kinda left my key in Isla’s car so she had to come back all d way to send it to me…hehe! (Littak mentions it in his blog…sorry i made u go back late!!) I think we only slept around 7 am coz we were talking (gossiping) until we got so tired and fell asleep. Had a sorethroat & slight flu.

On Sat I woke up n I couldnt speak. I wuz croaking as i talked.
Dat nite we went out for dinner at Annie’s lil kitchen…which wuz of course very scrumtious, especially d dessert - chocolate pudding (which in my opinion is more like rich choc cake with choc fudge topping) - absolutely heavenly (and not to mention absolutely fattening and absolutely expensive). Den Isla, Fera, Andre, Lola, Heidi & I went to Fera’s place to watch Akademi Fantasia.
I can imagine a few shock looks on ppl’s face…coz i dont really watch these kinda shows….esp if it’s locally produced (can’t help it if the malaysian entertainment is lousy). In fact, i only know about Malaysian Idol coz my whole family is crazy about it…and i have an exclassmate (Nikki) in it. Anyway, it turned out to be okay…typical singing and the judges - there is always one bad judge, a very good judge and an emotional female judge (soooo cliche). No comment.

After that we lepaked at Mayang Sari (this malay coffee shop which my fren mistakenly pronounced as Sayang Mari which means “darling come”) wif Man and the guys. After that, Lola, Isla & I went to stay over at some fren’s place in Luak. His hse is really nice man and really big. Too bad he wants to sell it and it’s too far from town. We played cards, watch Vcds, drink, sleep…tho i didnt really sleep coz not used to not sleeping on my normal bed. hehehe!!

Woke up really late Sunday, and my voice wuz totally gone, had a potluck that night, so rushed to buy groceries…still in our clothes from the night before (none of us brought change - or toothbrushes for that matter). Totally simple, big faded tee shirt & shorts with selipar jepun and walking around boulevard..im sure we would’ve looked funny. Ahahha!! Lucky didnt meet a lot of curtin students.

Potluck dat nite wuz great…i actually invited around 40 ppl but around 28 turned up. Good enough. Understandable coz most ppl have class early Monday. I made spaghetti & Lola made curry…d rest brought other things….so much food…but didnt really eat coz not really hungry. Every1 wanted me to give a speech…but it wuz impossible wif my whispering voice. It wuz fun…we played cards, drank, shisha. mostly chit chat…..with me mostly listening…haha…cant be bothered to try talking. Al wuz the only person who gave me something - a laughing kookabarra (sp?) - from aus. I had expected some small token from others but nevermind, it’s no big deal. Hehehe! wat’s important is that they turned up

So I left monday nite and Isla, Meilan, Lola & Kim sent me off. They passed me a card from Heidi, a card signed by a few ppl & a candle from Dian. So nice I didnt cry when i wuz at the airport…but when i started reading the card in the plane, my eyes became watery….

Flight wuz okay, Miri -> Kuching -> KLIA using MAS. Had to sit wif these 2 chinese guys who were speaking in a dialect i didnt understand so i switched seats and had 3 seats all to myself…talk about leg & arm space. I sat at across the aisle to this old lady who looked like she never been on an airplane coz she looked so sakai at everything. When food wuz served (Lamb & pasta or Fish curry & rice - I took d lamb. MAS Catering serves good food. Yummy!!), she looked at mine with great interest and kind of stared at me eating. Freaky, but i juz ignored her. hahha!!

It wuz so cold that I felt really sick so went to the clinic after arriving in KLIA. Apparently my throat is infected….my voice seems a bit better now so the antibiotics are doing me good. ehhe…

Oh wel…dat’s it for the summary of the last week…i need to go to bed coz my dad is going to be awake in an hr or so and he’s goin to make some noise if he knew i havent slept!!

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Interesting Websites

http://dj_godfather_project.blognet.com/ - Littak’s blog

http://www.suprnova.org/ - download site for torrent files

http://www.animesuki.com/ - download site for anime torrent files

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