Monday, January 28, 2008

JOURNEY WORTH REMEMBERING

Entri kali ini disumbang dan datangnya dari sini dan sini

eniwei, things u need to know:

  1. flight tickets = RM200 pegi balik time promo Air Asia
  2. kereta sewa kt KK = RM70 Kancil per day (24 hours) number tepon nnti aku bg
  3. Monsopad Cultural Village = RM45 per entry but worth the money
  4. bilik hotel = RM banyak jugak la


DAY 1 - 18th JAN 2008

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The night before, Eda bunked at my place and i cudnt really sleep well that night. By 5.15am us (Ani, DZ, Eda & Syeda) were already on our way to LCCT. Arrived at Tawau airport at 10 plus. Abang Ipin (eda’s cousin) fetch us up and brought us to Eda’s granny’s house. Sampai je umah papan nenek, Eda pun pegila ‘memperkenalkan’ diri. Nenek was blur, asked Eda (her one and only cucu perempuan) : “kau ni siapaa?”. Me and Ani dah bantai gelak2 gile. adoila. Nampak sgt Eda lama tak balik. Sembang sembang dgn Nenek. Yang paling kelakar psl semua perkataan yg kluar dr mulut nenek tu dengar mcm lawak je..alahai nenek..nenek..

then, with Eda’s dad’s car we drove to Semporna. Abt 1 hour plus from umah nenek. Jalan tatau sgt sebenarnya, so main belasah ajer. Luckily jalan die straight aje. Makan seafood at floating restaurant. The place is soo nice. Air sgt la jernih. Can see ikan berenang2 kat bwh.Experience yg tak mungkin dpt kalau tgk laut kat semenanjung. But Eda said last time it was even nicer. At first we planned nak makan lobster, but then after seeing the 100 gram price is RM25, (err..which is way too expensive), we ended up eating kerapu hitam, crab and normal size prawn and squid. Drive balik, rest kejap and doze off sebab penat sgt. Then rushing pulak keluar dgn Eda’s big family. Makan seafood lg (their treat this time). Was not in the plan though, but the first day dah habiskan dgn makan and makan and makan jer.. Memang heaven. Sabah gelap cepat..dlm pukul 6.30 dh gelap mcm kol 8mlm..

DAY 2 - 19th JAN 2008

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wake up that morning after hearing nenek’s voice, calling for eda. “Eda, bangun..kata mau bikin nasi goreng..” and it was merely 6 in the morning.. !! Sejuk banget pagi tu. We have plane to catch at 10.45am, but we, i mean the girls were so cool and relax as if the time was not moving and waiting for us.he he. pushed off to airport at 9.45am and arrived 5 minutes after 10am.by the time we approached the departures hall, one of the officer shout to us that the airasia counter has already closed. apa lg.everyone’s rushing to airasia office laa.try to discuss and begged the staff to let us in but mmg consideration tader langsung.the board didnt even stated ‘CALLING’ yet, and we already missed our flight.tensi tensi~!..supposedly ada la consideration kan, memandangkan there were 4 of us, plus another passenger..5 kan byk..takkanla takleh nak tolerate. the situation left us with 3 options :

1) drive eda’s dad’s old proton car up to Kundasang which will take 9 to 11 hours journey.added another 1 to 2 hours for the alignment esp the brake part that need to be repair prior to the journey.

2) catch next airasia flight to KK at 5-ish and wander around the airport till that time (boring gilerr)

3) buy MAS tickets at 2-ish at the price RM200 each which then will make us arrive Kundasang early. heh.no choice left kan? apparently mmg la no 3, tp ye la everyone’s was thinking abt the RM200 more than anything. DZ offered to pay RM100 each for us for the tix price so that we can arrive KK early and safe.surely semua org segan je kan,so semua org agreed to fly with MAS.however DZ paid our ticket first.

to kill the free time, kitorang main kad, which apparently jadik kitorg nye ultimate “killing-the-time” game sepanjang2 trip ni. by 4 plus, we were already on our way to Kundasang. Rent kancil for a day, dropped off the luggages at Sutera Harbour then I drove up to Kundasang.tatau sgt jalan dia, tp gamble je.thanx to Eda’s dad who was willingly gave directions all the time until Kinabalu Park.hujan renyai2.kabus tebal.and rasanya mcm we were the only one who drove kancil utk panjat ke kundasang tu sebab almost every vehicle passed by kalau tak 4WD, lorry.on the way, we all main game mcm mcm.game sambungkan lagu la, spelling la, things in the car la etc.juz like old times masa budak2. reach Kinabalu Park around 8-9pm.seeejuuuukkk.check in at summit lodge, so damn nice.english cottage with chimney.2 bedrooms, 2 toilets, kitchen and small bar.malam tu tapau makanan and makan ramai2 kat living sambil main kad sambil layan astro..among our best moments.

DAY 3 - 20th JAN 2008

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me and eda beria set jam psl nk bangun awal coz nk tgkp gmbr dekat mt kinabalu, nampak mt kinabalu direct. sebijik2 mcm dekat sgt dah..sgt la cantik in the morning without the mist.plus hari yg terang benderang. pastu siapkn kluarkan tripod and tgkp gmbr dr segala angle la. we packed up, checked out and then drove up to mt kinabalu entrance.entrance utk sesapa yg nak mendaki (can’t wait to climb one day).then we pushed off to pekan kundasang then to Poring Hot Springs.pegi situ just rendam2 kaki, then we headed back to KK. singgah lunch kat Ranau and makan nasi goreng Bayu yg apparently die letak bunga kantan. not bad rasa die. on the way back ada la singgah kedai2 sayur and buah kat pekan kundasang tu, tp harga mahal sgt..walaupun undeniably fresh.so.tak beli apa2 pun. sampai KK dekat2 maghrib, checked in dekat Pacific Sutera, Sutera Harbour Marine and Golf Resort then malam tu free activity.byk lepak kat hotel halls, and jalan sana sini.apparently we were staying at the paling cikai la kat situ, Pacific Sutera.the one yg mengadap golf course.there are Magellan Sutera and Sutera Marina. Sutera Marina got all the amenities including gym, olympic sized pool, sauna etc. Magellan yg facing the seas and have private beach.so if we wanna use the facilities yg extravaganza tu kenala pi menapak tu either to Marina or Magellan. Internal shuttle pun being provided, so mmg best la. but over all mmg ok sgt laaa bilik kat Pacific tu pun.nak berendam bath tub pun bleh tgk tv. he he we were famous there la sebab bleh kata yg staying at the hotel mostly foreigners.either japanese and koreans (maybe sebab depa tu kaki golf kan…) or omputeh.looks like we were only malays staying there that time.pelik tak, dahla hotel kat negara sendiri plak tuhh.terasa mcm kat oversea pulak.and off course la DZ yg paling pemes, sebab mana2 pegi pun the hotel staff kenal mr DZ****, mesti the hotel staff dok ckp2, how come la he can bring 3 ladies pegi vacay ni..hehehehe.

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DAY 4 - 21st JAN 2008

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Snorkeling day. paid RM150 for 2 islands snorkeling trip + bbq lunch. went to Manukan Island first had lunch there pastu baru pegi Sapi Island.This is my most favourite activity psl banyak involve sand and water.Mmanukan byk sgt timun laut, yg buat gamat tu.geli je tgk, mcm lintah gemuk besar mcm carrot.yuckkk…dasar dia pun byk batu2, sgtla tak sedap nak pijak.masa kat manukan,tak nampak sgt ikan best2, ingatkan mmg not worth it la pilih manukan (actually we can choose byk lg pulau..like pulau tiga ke, pulau gaya ke etc) rupa rupanyaaa salah pilih area daaa…resort management dah mark dah tempat yg best…kitorang je salah tgk.ceh. DZ dok layan minah salleh in 2 piece la kot..hahah.series.mcm baywatch pun ada, asik nampak org bugill and berjemur jer.plak tu ada mamat2 safeguard ni dok atas pondok..pakai spentot kecik, tak ke mcm baywatch??? cuma mamat2 tu muka eksotik laa tapinyerr… bbq lunch, mcm2 stall ada. seafood as usual la.ada baby lobster (tak dpt lobster..baby pun jadilahhhh), and crab.tempura.spaggeti.salads.sate.kambing panggang pun ada.then lepas makan, main kad kejap.then headed to sapi island.sapi mmg byk ikan best.pasir pantai dia pun sgtttt halusss.masuk laut kejap je, dah nampak mcm2 ikan.ala2 ikan nemo tu bykla.cuma kaler je lain2. balik tu sgt2 la flat.tp malam tu kuar jugak pegi Centrepoint, to have dinner.

DAY 5 - 22nd JAN 2008

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Ani’s birthday~!!!. we surprised her with gifts during morning breakfast.dahla nyanyi2 plak tu, DZ siap pesan suruh kurangkan vibrato bile nyanyi tu sebab die segan org nengok..apadaaa… that day, we went to Penampang. To Monsopiad Cultural Village. The kadazan dusun’s famous warrior satu masa dulu.since we didnt have transport, we sort of gamble ourselves la with public transport to that village.quite jauh dalam jugak tempatnya.memula naik hotel shuttle bus to the city, then naik bas mini to penampang then naik small van to the village. it was worth paying RM45 for the experience we get there.memula pegi tgk ada this one show la.ada tarian2 kadazan semua.then they sort of making short drama where the audience need to participate.kunun2nyer nak sumpit eda, scary jugakla bila they came and keliling kitorang.siap jeling2 muka mcm nak makan org lg.terasa mcm jd tahanan plak.last2 eda kena naik atas stage, muka dah cuak giler.ruparupanyer eda kena sumpit belon bg pecah je..hehehehe priceless tau tgk muka eda masa tu.worth my 45 bucks.hahahaha. then we took part oso in their tarian buluh tu.tak berani la bila music dah jd cepat, takut tersepit kaki.then jalan2 la kat situ, tgk rumah asal monsopiad tu, siap dgn tengkorak2 semua (real one).main their games, their alat music, naik titi gantung, learn their method of preparing foods (lupa dah nama dia) etc.it was fun. then before balik, we tgk lg show yg sama masa mula2 td.this time yg jd mangsa is sorang mat salleh ni.muka mmg hahaha..susah nak describe la. had our lunch at penampang then heading back to KK.spent our evening at Tanjung Aru. Main tengteng while waiting sunset - the view was breathtaking. balik tu,mandi pool kejap.swimming pool dia cool giler, ada bar kat tgh2.cool.cool. then, siap2 and went out for karaoke session from 9pm till 1am (kedai tutup) .phew.masing2 naik shiekh.ada lagu ella yg telah di’awie’kan. ha ha.

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DAY 6 - 23rd JAN 2008

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check out after breakfast.then headed to filipino market for souvenirs etc.bought pearl bracelet for mom and myself.masa beli ikan kering, kuih cincin etc, ternampak la kuda laut kering.apparently sabahan eat its soup as one of the medicine for asthma.erk?? then nampak pulak timun2 laut ie lintah gummuk tu.kata tokey kedai, mmg depa makan sup rebusan lintah tuh.aiyark. singgah observatory place, took pictures then pegi ’simply choc’ for sabah hand-made choc.rasa and beli choc.then singgah balik hotel, took our luggage then head to airport.back to KL. tak best langsung the last day ni . balik je KL trus tkde mood. and amik EL for the next day nye.

Today masuk je opis ade plak advertisement Mt Kinabalu climbing - but I guess I have to pass first. Kewangan agak tk mencukup.i But surely will climb one sweet day.

All in all, mmg a journey worth remembering. Love u guys a lot, thru the bones (DZ skali tau). Can’t wait for next vacay. Chiow…



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