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4:57 pm
Sunday, September 04, 2005
- truly asia -
yes.i'm back malaysia-truuuuuuuuly asiaaaaaaaa. bleah. if malaysia is truly asia, then singapore is utopic asia coz tt's the ideal country each asian country is striving to be like.ok but this is not an entry abt the dicussion of ideals of a true asia.
so back to my trip.
the first day i was really looking forward to taking a good long sleep on the bus.unfortunately i could not afford it as within no time we reached kota tinggi town n fei tutu [a vip teacher] just had to rudely shout 'WAKE UP!WAKE UP!' n my group - i was in gang 2 with daryl n julian,was assigned to do the survey part.haha.survey?like hullo?!!how am i gonna survey in MALAY?!!but surprisingly there were a number of chinese shopkeepers so we managed to successfully conduct a number of surveys.unfortunately,my chinese sucked to the extent that i wanted to rip out tt page in my booklet in frustration.anyway,a qiu yi i never knew surfaced during tt 2 hours of survey; the shopaholic side that is! super freaky la!she n winnie went on some mad shopping spree round the pasar siang [coz it was in the day].omg.nothing to buy also can find something to buy.sheesh.anyway i only bought a strange looking drink tt looked and tasted somewhat like cheng teng but had a unique orange-like flavour to it as well.oh,and it was the only container of drink unnamed.so the adventurer in me decided to give it a go.haha.couldn't resist.
we headed to kuantan after tt n the ridiculous guide refused to let us sleep in peace by talking so much crap abt the current state we were in of which we had no interest of.i usually find such tidbit facts interesting,but seriously,when i'm tired n my eyelids r shutting down,the simple art of staying awake can be extremely exhausting.rite now i can only vaguely rmb him saying something like 'satu (something) satu (something)' which means one state one product.coz each state specialised in producing something so that they would not have to compete with each other.-__-" wadeva.
we reached kuantan rather late.around 9pm?n we were tired and hungry allthough we just ate.but our swiss garden hotel was simply marvellous!josey n i shared a room but it was rather far from ying n sherene.bleah.although ryan n jun yi were relatively nearby.still we were stuck in a corner with an unsightly view of the carpark.double bleah.can't rmb wad we did tt nite.except of coz josey's blasting music.gosh.haven't slept to music in a looooooooooooong time.it was nice.haha...nostalgia.
day 2 was spent checking out the quarry first thing in the morning.i need to go read up on the terms man.i can't rmb how to spell or wad.argh.cut myself a lil on the sharp sediment as well when i slipped.so now i've got 2 minute punctures on my palm.as if tt weren't enough,we had to SKETCH.great.i totally dislike art n sketching on the spot is definitely not my kinda thing.anyway,my scale was wrong n i miscalculated the number of levels so like my exposed surface is a bit salah.oh well.wads done is done.after tt sherene n i decided to go explore further n we were like monkeys like tt,climbling n trampling all over the place.oooh n i saw a real pitcher plant!rather cool.except it was pathetically small n dying.so much for vicious plant. as usual we were such photo whores as well.taking pics all over the place.felt like tourists la!sigh.but photos are good!haha.
we then proceeded to teluk chempedek which is a local beach that had a beautiful stretch of sandy bay with a magnificent spotless horizon of roaring waves.it was simply fascinatingly gorgeous!sigh...reminded me of the beach jing n i went to n took a memorable photo at last year in thailand...i miss jing. =( yupz as usual we studied the rocks for a brief moment n did our sketches before we proceeded to play.sigh.once again-tourists.
a limestone tower karst was next up on our agenda n it was apparently a part of the temple.sigh.had to pay a 'donation' of 1 ringgit n i was rather hesistant coz i'm not going to donate to a temple!i can't.so ying paid for me n i told her i would repay her in other ways.woah.the climb up was like 220 steps?thank goodness for track's steps trng.haha...it was no sweat although the steps were rather unevenly cut n super dangerous to climb.as usual all the photo taking occurred once we triumphantly reached the top.the view is -woah-.astonishing baby!got to see the stalactites and staglamites.totally woah.though they looked quite ugly.haha.then we went down n headed towards the lower sleeping buddha cave.it was super dark n damp with only a couple of normal sized buddhist statues.though we did pass a wall with a smeared painting of something horizontal.guess tt was the 'sleeping buddha'.anyway, it was super dark so we headed out.josey,jun yi n i were the first 3 students out.once outside,i saw the sleeping buddha sign which was hand painted so it kinda looked like a cartoon n i tot it was amusing.so i pointed it out to those behind me n guess wad?i tripped on the step and almost fell down n the few behind me were like 'WOAH!CAREFUL!' esp tt stupid jun yi la!shout so loud in my ears.then later on when we were going down,for some unknown reason i slipped on the step n this was more serious coz i was left clingling onto the pathetic railings with all my mite as my feet lost hold n slipped down a few steps.it was freaky man!n i was praying so hard when i first entered the place.sigh.can this be considered a spiritual attack?such spiritual warfare is just so real...
went to batu hitam beach after tt n saw the black balsaltic rocks just lying in stretches in the middle of a beach.as the gradient was rather shallow,the gently waves kinda broke even before yreached the shore.mr chow later explained using the physics of troughs and crests which i tot was rather interesting actually.in our zealousness to collect seashells,we forsaked ms tham's lectures n were super late which resulted in a reprimanding from her...
had to give group presentation tt nite which left us all exhausted.nonetheless,we met up in si ying's after tt n played truth or dare until like 2am?!!omg.the things we did!!!ahahaha...but *ZIP* wads said there will stay there! *winks*
day 3 was spent checking out the kota tinggi waterfal which preceeded yet another 5 hour drive.we arrived so late tt we could not conduct our river experiment.it was such a wasted trip coz we weren't allowed up the waterfall either.spastic la.n there were like groups of gals n groups of guys bathing/playing in the pool at the base.sherene was just commenting abt how it was like the olden days where the guys chased the gals by checking them out in the pool.haha.totally man.
we arrived at out next resort which is called the rainforest resort.omg.the place is BEAUTIFUL!!!sigh...i would love to stay there for at least 2 days man.it's simply gorgeous!they have adventure facilities akin to outward bound type.the scenery was spelndid with the rolling mountains and flowing rivers punctuated by misty clouds.n the chalets are wooden houses complete with handcrafted wooden furniture to give tt natural feel.omg!i loved it la!n i got to sleep in a double four poster bed with day curtains hanging down the side...oh man...it was so fairy-tale!i like!!!haha...
tt night's dinner was hilarious!coz of the 'idol' show we had at the end.like ryan won with his pole dance act together with de yang n gladys n zheng hao were runners-up with their proposal/break-up chinese skit.haha there were others too like the beat-box guys with their rendition of 'i'm a barbie gal' modified to econs based lyrics,then there was nelson n caroline with their funny mime voiced by mr chad goh n mr chow;ms tham also gave a rendition of 'all tt jazz' which was so nice la!daryl was hilarious too with his 4 language translation of the 'for ur own safety,please stand behind the yellow line' thing tt's always blared at the mrt stations.hahaha...it was super funny la! had to do presentation after tt n we all died struggling to stay awake.
next morning we dragged ourselves outta bed n to the river for the experiment.my gang was assigned the fei tutu n she was such a meanie poop la!kept hurrying us n all.in the end we were left with crappy results-half of which were faked by daryl [the short cutter champion.yeah n we were the first group back n also the ONLY group totally completely dry.the others had such a great time splashing and all.dang it la.she ruins childhood man! oh but the river experiment was conducted under dangerous conditions as well coz like tt area is used for army trng?!!the nite before we heard MANY gun shots n when we arrived this morn,the soldiers were all washing up in the river.then when we were leaving,a shot suddenly rang out from the bank above us n someone screamed n the soldiers all started running all abt gearing up.it was actually quite a funny sight-a bunch of camouflaged soldiers above scrambling for their rifles n a bunch of students in colourful clothing standing calf deep in the water with poles and measuring tape.hahaha.
ooh n i saw such a hilarious video of daryl n nelson-yes omg,a nelson i never knew...hahaha!
ok so now i'm back n i'm horrendously exhausted.had ym 5th anniversary celebrations just now.waaaaaah.it was ok la.tot we would get the mag today but didn't.rather disappointed.missed out on mark n esmond's sharing as well.shall go find out wads it abt.went for makan with peace after tt at cartell.oh maaaaaaaaaaaan.the food's heavenly la!i just love cartell!oh n i drank starbucks rhumba too!!!haha i've been craving for it man.
look at the stars look how they shine for u... yes it's late.time to sleep.oh,chong ming walked me home just now.haha.