sick sick sick...haihzzzz

These few days the weather so hot.....each time I go to work n come back...also will be sweating....coz ride motorbike got no AC mah. Yest I came home really sweating...until my baju also wet. Then I change n went to bath.....took a cool refreshing bath.

Then this morning kena liao. Woke up with bad headache and feel very cold all over. I know I kena fever d....haihzzzz. Initially tot still can go work but then when I stood up, feel so dizzy....hence better take MC, scare later terpengsan while ride bike...that time cia lat.

Went to see doctor ard 10am.....condition quite critical liao. Was shivering while waiting for my turn to see the doc. The doc check my temperature n confirm its very high....also my flu start liao. He gave me 2 days MC....1 for today and another for tomorow just in case I don't recover. He also gave me 4 tablets of very strong anti-biotic....2 tablets a day.

After consulting the doc...Beckz (yeah...she also took MC..bad cough) ta pau some food for me. After makan, I took the med n sleep.

Haihzzzz.....now feel a bit better liao...but still got flu. At least the fever is not as bad as in the morning d....not much headache d.

New exercise...hehehehe

Now days I seldom do any sports anymore.....my exercise regime really goes down the drain d n I seem to eat more also. I think I mention in one of my past post (suffer suffer) regarding how I suffer if I join a sport event now days.

However now days I have new exercises d. One of it happen accidently....which is walking to office and back every single day. Errr...b4 u guys think 'Wah..so keng ah, walk to work ah"...well...I do walk to work..but not from my house lah. I walk from KLCC to Jln Pinang...which is only bout 10 minutes away. I always try to walk fast....hence can exercise a bit also.

Then second exercise I found...hehehehe....this one more fun n tiring. It involve my sayang also, without her, I can't do it alone....well...at least not so enjoying lah. Since I see my sayang almost daily...I decided to carry her (piggyback) up the stairs to my apartment unit on the 8th floor. So far manage to do 6 floors d. Also I do squats while carrying her too....so far manage 20 times lah b4 my "peha" muscle gives way.

My objective is I am able to do 50 squats while carrying her....and also walk up 12th floor of stairs while carry her....ganbate.

Jadi lembu.....

For those who do not understand Bahasa Malaysia...."Jadi lembu" simply means "becoming a cow". You might be wondering what does that got to do with me....hehehe...well, here is the story.

Basically "jadi lembu" is a tag we conned out to refer to people who have to become a porter (willingly or un-willingly) in jungle trekking. Most of the "lembu" are actually good hearted kind people who helped others on their lugguage during the trip. These are the people who usually take more load in order for the others to enjoy the hike.

so here is the story.....

My cousin (Eric) has invited me to join his company trip to Mt Irau last week. He has asked for my assistance in guiding the newbies (well...all of the rest never climbed Irau b4) however I am a little reluctant. Reason is I am a bit tired of guiding newbies becuase I have just did so about a month ago at Mt Tahan. Hence on this trip, I volunteer to be the porter....aka "lembu".

Besides have to carry extra heavy loads as compared to others.....the "lembu" also have to reach the campsite early as he/she (oh yeah...there are female "lembu"s also but not in this trip) usually carries the tent(s). The main advantage is that the "lembu" don't have to wait for others and can just race all the way up.

Actually this is not the 1st time I become a "lembu"...tried is b4 last year in Irau also. For short weekend trips with newbies...i would prefer to be the "lembu" than becoming the guide and organizer....coz if anything goes wrong, the furious climbers don't come after me...hehehehehe.

Working in KL.....

Finally I got transfered to a client which is located smack in the middle of KL. Not that I have anything against the client....but it is the location of work which is a bit troublesome.

For those who do not know....KL (stands for Kuala Lumpur) is the capital of Malaysia. Its a majestic place where development has rapidly took place (big n tall buildings rising everywhere) but still you can see many lushes of greens scattered ard the areas. It is also the home to the world tallest twin tower, The Petronas Towers.

The big problem KL faces (like any other major metrpolis in the world) is heavy traffic congestion. Cars are not cheap in here as compared to other major cities, but it is too easy to get a car loan here, hence almost everyone has a car. When it come to working hours and balik rumah hours.....traffic congestion is at its peak. For those who are driving...it is very common to spend easily 3 hours on the road each day due to traffic congestion. Just imagine if we can reduce this time to an hour....I'm sure everyone is happy to get an extra 2 hours of sleep rite.

For me....luckily I ride motorbike to work hence din kena must of the jam. Took me ard 1/2 hour to cover 20 kms (imagine lah, avarage speed is 40km/j only) at peak time, which is very good compared to average 1 hour if by car. The only problem is it is really dangerous. Also if it rains....triple the danger becoz the road is slippery. Well..this is why I don't prefer to work in KL.

Microchip number 0383458098100004131

I came upon an atricle in The Star newspaper about a month ago regarding a turtle and river terrapin conservation program launched by Aquaria KLCC with partnership from The Body Shop, The Royal Mint of Malaysia and Media Prima.

The purpose of the program is to collect enuf $$$ to sponsor the effort to tag 1500 endangered species of turtles and river terrapins to be released back into the sea. The ability to track the turtles through the microchips will contribute to the survival of the turtles. Full story of this program can be read at Adopt a turtle project.

After reading the article....I make up my mind to contribute towards this program. Eventhough it took me a month....finally I make a trip to Aquaria KLCC and contributed towards this project. I am given the opportunity to name the turtle...n I call it Beckz...hehehe...nice or not the name :)

Strange AC

I also dunno what happen to the AC system in the place I work. Sometimes it will just blow hot air.....then shut down completely. Else sometimes no AC totally for the whole day.

Recently people complain that the AC is not very well distributed...hence the contractor came n make few more AC outlets. Then the AC compressor n blower went "kaput"....so here comes the contractor again to fix the compressor. Afterthat...the AC got so hot...strangely on on certain outlet...hence its possible for 1 room to have 1 outlet with cold air and another with hot air.

So afgain the contractor came again to fix it....then found out they din do a proper job last time and hot air from the compressor room is leaking into the AC tube. Took them few days to solve it...and for unfortunate people like me and my colleagues, few days of suffering.

Finally now solve d....and our rooms now feel like meat freezer. Seriously...its damm bloody cold...and the best thing is, there is no way we can adjust the temperature....maybe the contractor forgotten bout this feature.

What I know from this is...the contractor came many times, get paid many times....and we still have temperature problem. No wonder the contractors are driving big cars n eating good food everyday.

Swmming...gambate

Haihzzzz....what can I say....so malu lah. Panjat bukit I ok, naik gunung ok, scuba diving ok, free diving ok, lumba lari ok, kayuh basikal ok......only swimming tarak ok.

Dunno apasal....maybe coz lack swimming, that's y skill tarak baik. Now do DM training...ada swimming test lagi...adui....kena improve ni. Actually quite malu lah, Rescue Diver swimming tarak ok...haihzzzz.....dissapointed.

Anyway now got motivation to swim liao...I wanna be good swimmer n excel in all the stamina assestment in DM training....gambate.

Watch movie (part 2)

After being late for movie liao...nevermind lah...just proceed with it. Anyway only miss bout 5 minutes only...but I think miss a lot of funny scenes d...coz can hear people laughing d. Afterall..it is Sherk 3....famous funny cartoon...hehehehe.

Masuk cinema saja...realize its full pack n mostly are parents with their kids...hehehe. Tak ramai couple couple pun...hehehehe. Anyway...proceed with the movie.

Shrek 3
Continuation of the 2nd installment of the same series. This time saying the King of Far Far Away mati liao n Shrek become the king. He dowan jadi king, so he go find Arthur which is the next in line being king after Shrek.

Then while Shrek is away....Prince Charming team up with all the bad fairy tale characters (like Captain Hook, Cinderella's step sisters....etc) to conquor Far Far Away. He succeded and took over control of Far Far Away. His main objective is he wanna stage a theater play of him killing Shrek and rescuing the princess.....so funny punya objective.

When Shrek know his kingdom kena tawan liao n his Pricess Fiona in danger...he also cepat cepat rush back to Far Far Away n rescue his maiden princess n seize back the Kingdom. At the end...everyone also live happily ever after lor.....except for Prince Charming....hehehehe

Anyway...the plot of the story is very simple sajalah as u can read above....however the movie seriously funny lah. The script writers really know how to make things funny...like when Donkey change body with Puss. Then Puss try to make the cute face while he is in Donkey's body....funny lah, so ugly wan.

For those who wants a serious laugh after a bz day....i seriously recommend this movie. Go catch it while it is on cinema....don't go buy the pirated VCD at pasar mlm k :)

Watch movie (part 1)

Suppose yest (Sunday 10th June) don't have aything to do wan....except helping Richard to shift his stuffs to his new house in the morning. In the afternoon...I was really tired d....took a short nap n afterthat browse ard on the net.

Ard 4.30PM...Beckz IM me asking wanna go watch movie or not. Since its been quite sometime since I last watch movie with her...hmmm...why not then. We din't want to go to cinemas with long queue n high chance of sold out ticket....so we decided to go to GSC IOI Mall in Puchong. Movie to watch is Shrek 3.

Reach the cinema ard 5.30pm...still manage to get the 5.50pm movie....hehehe. Since we got some time, I decided to get some sorethroat med coz I am having sorethroat. Went to "a famous" pharmacy at ground floor n get myself a packet of Strepsils.
Ahhhhh....finally some relieve for my sorethroat.

I proceed to check out n pay for the med. The cost is RM 3 and I paid RM 10. The cashier pay me back RM 2 only....so I told her that she made a mistake on returning change. I told her I paid RM 10 so she have to pay me back RM 7...instead she kept on insisting she receive only RM 5 from me. I know I din make any mistakes as I have used up all my small change for the movie ticket....only left RM 10 and RM 50 notes in my wallet only. I insisted I paid RM 10....and the cashier still insist its RM 5.

Lastly the cashier called her supervisor...n they procedded to do a checkout of the money in the cashier drawer. This is a very long process as they have to count all the money in the drawer...but I don care, I insist I am right. When they started counting, time is already 5.45pm....another 5 more minutes to my movie.

Finally after counting...they found out that they have extra Rm 5 and few cents in the drawer compared to the transactions registered in the system. This means they owe me the RM 5 lor...means I correct lor....n means they made me late for my movie. Anyway....we were 5 minutes late for the movie....however at least I did stood up for something I strongly know I am right....ada sikit rasa puas hati.

Smart..., nice..., elegant..., intelligent....and spooky

One of the client place I work for.....is actually quite a nice building, looks good from the street and has good interior also. What makes me amazed is the lift it uses....simply superb. To describe it...I categorized the "superbness"...see below:

Smart/intelligent
This lift very smart....when u press he button to call at lift, it has a system which could designate empty lift for you. Also you don't have to wait for a long time to catch a lift....the system will "kau tim" it for you....serious wan.

Nice
This is nice lift, no smelly smelly smell and conteng conteng wan. Got 1 big piece of mirror inside also...so you can comb hair, adjust tie, pull zipper....etc b4 meet your boss/client.

Elegant
This is high class lift ah...ur journey is very smooth. Kenot feel it jalan n stop wan. Also got voice inside mentioning which floor you reached...except for floor 3A which is a new floor numbering.

Spooky
Sometimes it sendiri can open before you press the button wan....like can read mind. Scary ler...summo here so many potential heart attack people, the management should disable this feature b4 any unseen accident happens.

The best feature of the lift which I notice since the 1st day I came here until now is.....when u take a lift to go down..the auto announcement will sound "Goin down *long pause* going up only"....hehehehe...before closing the door n start decending.

Intelligent leh :p

No fish for me please.....tq

Actually I do not really fancy eating fish since long long time ago.....reason is becoz I am lazy...hehehehe. I like to eat meat with less/no bone....no need to get my hand messy peeling the bones out of the meat. I also don't really like eating crusteceans...for the simple reason that I have to peel the shell of it before savoring the meat.

Hence in my menu....crab, prawn and fish is not among the favourites. In fact I don't really eat crabs anymore. I remember treating my friends to dinner on my 27th b'day...we went to a restaurant n order 4 kilos of crabs for 2 different type of dish. I did not touch any of those crab at all...hehehehe...don't think anyone notice also the one who feed the bill did not take the main dish also :p

Fish is an absolute 'no' to me....for the simple reason that there are just too many bones in it. I don't really like to slowly lick n "shiun" the tiny pieces of fish flesh sticking to its bones. However if you give me fish fillet and burgers....I will eat it. Well...basically I am just pure lazy...I like my meat to be free of bones....or shell...hehehehe.

Now days since I took up SCUBA diving....I manage to see how nice the fish (those that we eat) looks alive underwater. The ever famous and expensive "shet yu" (direct translation is snow fish) or known as Barramundi Cod...is such a pretty fish. How can we ever eat such a pretty thing....u just imagine eating your pet hamster or kitten.

Another hing I do not like is the finning of sharks for shark fin. This is a must for chinese dinner....not sure whether it represent anythings beside status becoz shark fin is consider an expensive dish. Recently in my friend's wedding, I did not touch a bit the shark fin soup...no tq.

I am not sure whether what I am doing is foolish, but I think for the time being, I'll stick to my policy of

"no fish please".... :)

Suffer suffer

I realize like half a year ago....my weekly after work schedule is something like below:

Monday - Swimming
Tuesday - Badminton
Wednesday - Sometimes badminton, sometimes rock climb, sometimes up-hill running
Thursday - Badminton
Friday - Rock climb
Saturday - Badminton
Sunday - Tidur...hehehehehe

Those days.....really fit. Everysday wake up feel very energized and ready to seize the day. Walk up stairs for 10 stories also won't lose my breath...in fact consider just warm up.

The lately I kinda review my weekly after work schedule...its sadly looks like below:

Monday - Lepak at home
Tuesday - Lepak at home
Wednesday - Lepak at home
Thursday - Lepak at home
Friday - Lepak at home
Saturday - Lepak at home
Sunday - Lepak at home

Every morning wake up feeling lethargic....not energized n lazy to seize the day also. Walk stairs for 10 stories also wanna putus breath d...so dangerous. Panjat Gunung Tahan also damm un-fit d....so slow.

I also dunno why suddenly in few months time....I din do so many of my sports activities d. Part of the reason I can think of are:

- Kerja d so not much time.
- Always rain...so susah for me.
- Got distrated...kekekekeke.
- Pure laziness...heheheh

Yest I make a point to go for badminton.....this is one sport I don't want my skill to get anymore worst. I used to train with a bunch of friends....though all of us stop training for quite sometime d. However few of them still play badminton actively...and their level now is just so high. When I see this, I am so sad....how come my level din reach thiers...instead becoming bad now. I make a vow that I will continue to imporve myself in badminton...at least get myself back to the level I used to be....ganbate.

Today....suffering the consequences of yest badminton. Push too much d...now "bahu" very sakit....sad sad. Also lower back too sakit...sad sad.

hiahzzzz...apa dah jadi sama ku...... :(

All in a weekend dive trip (Day 3)

Saturday...
Today is the D-Day for the Wreck Specialty students....today they have to do wreck penetration....which is the most difficult task to do in taking the course.

The wreck they are gonna penetrate is Sugar Wreck. Rt will set a route for them...which he will mark by using his reel. Then the students will have to follow the reel and penetrate the wreck. Those who fail to complete this task will fail the course.

Our 1st dive for today is Tokong Laut....or also known as Temple of The Sea to the average mat salleh. This is a very nice dive site....made out of a huge rock pinacle which rise up of the sea. The peak of the pinacle is about 3 metres above sea level.

There are many rock rumble at the bottom of the pinacle....creating a lot of small cracks and crevics. Reef sharks like nurse and bamboo sharks like to hide among the cracks. I caught a video of a nurse shark hiding in the crack. Also white eye morays loves this areas too.

Visibility is superb....though current is quite strong on one side of the pinacle. We are limited to half of the pinacle to explore only....to avoid from fighting the current. There are some other divers in this site also. I did not do any dive leading this time....so its a FUN dive for me...yahoooooo.

Next is the D-Day dive for the Wreck Specialty students. Our dive is to Sugar Wreck and we are doing penetration. Since there are so many students on this trip, the group are split into 2. I will lead 3 divers to see the propeller and rudder at the stern of the wreck...and RT will lead the other 4 to the wreck entry while he set the reel for the path.

Some students got lost while devending...hence delaying the setting up for the reel...haihzzzz. The while penetrating...someone accidently snap the reel line, only 2 students make it to complete the wreck penetration. On our way back to the resort....RT is thinking how to do penetration for the rest of the students. His reel also is much shorter now.

Finally our last dive is at Terumbu Tiga. There are a lot of rock crevices in this area which is big enuf to penetrate...hence the rest of the students who did not do the penetration in Sugar Wreck will do it here. I am leading Sim for fun dive here and we are looking for Nudi Branch. Vis is very very bad....ard 3 metres only and I imagine I am looking for nudi branch. Search high and low, found many normal nudi branch. Finally reaching the end of the dive....manage to spot a very nice nudi...happy ah Sim.

Lastly at nite....me, RT, yvonne, josh and eddie went rto the chinese restaurant next to Watercolour Resort for dinner. The rest went to Long Beach for partying. After dinner...we went for a walk at PIR (Perhentian Island Resort).....very nice and expensive resort.

End my day with doing my logbook in my room and sleep of early. Its the end of the whole trip...and I did 7 dives in total. Total expenses for my whole trip is roughly ard RM 650....kira ok lah. Nice trip...especially when diving in Fish Heaven...a must go dive site :)

All in a weekend dive trip (Day 2)

Friday...
Totally rested after a good 8+ hours sleep. Bangun pagi n Paul already awake d too. Brush my gigi n makan the roti I bought (save cost) for breakfast...and I am ready to go diving for today.

1st dive for today is a secret dive site call Fish Heaven. Its so secretive that the buoy is tied 5 metres underwater to avoid other people knowing this site....now I know people do tie bouy underwater. We search for the dive site via GPS and when we are ard the area, the DM will dive into the sea n search for the submerged buoy. Then he/she will surface with the rope tying the buoy...to tie it to the boat.

The dive site is very far from Perhentian...roughly ard 40 mins boat ride. It is actually nearer to Lang Tengah. Was thinking of searching for this site next time n mark it on RT's GPS....then can make it a new 'secret' dive site d.

The dive site is a sunken barge....sunken bout quite some time d, hence become a sanctuary for fishes. While decending, we saw a school of bat fish near the buoy line. Then as we look down....school and school of yellow fussilers and hundreds of damsel fish greets us. We could hardly spot the wreck...its totally covered with fishes. When we are about 5m from the wreck....we can see it. The structure of the wreck is still intact...with some holes on the side, suitable for penetration. Big fishes (puffers, barracudas, snappers) can be seen circling the wreck....hunting for food. Overall this is a superb dive site....a must see.

Our next dive is to Sugar Wreck....the wreck students will have some assignments to do there. The students are split into 2 groups consist of 3 and 4 students each. I am leading 4 students on this dive. Vis is not very clear....hence I lead the students very close to the wreck. We did some simple penetration.....and saw a school of huge (bout 6 feet long) barracudas. Ended the dive by spotting a bamboo shark at the back of the wreck.

After Sugar Wreck.....next dive is Vietnamese Wreck. The current is quite strong on this site. Yvonne is so silly to jump into the water without wearing her fins...haihzzzz....sometimes wanna be "gung-ho" also must see conditions mah. This time ard I lead 3 students while RT lead the other 4. Did some simple penetration....but bit difficult coz the current is so strong. Saw many nice nice soft corals....so colourful.

End the day with a nice dinner and relaxing by the beach. Chart my logs.....and then I'm ready for bed. Got another bz diving day tomorow....hence need the rest.

All in a weekend dive trip (Day 1)

Itenaries:

Location: Pulau Perhentian
Schedule: 17th - 20th May 2007
Activity: FUN dive + partial DMT training

Initially didn't thought of going for this trip, coz don't think can make it. Suppose to roll into a new project on 14/05/2007....means won't be able to take leave. However suddenly the management told me that the project has been delayed....so I tot, what the heck...just try to get the leaves lah. Got it approved bout 1 week b4 the trip....hence consider really last minute d. Since its last minute...I din really asked anyone to go with me, just wanna make it a simple budget trip.

Wednesday...
Bus is at 9.30pm....so was a bit rush. Left my client's location in PJ ard 6.30pm. Sampai rumah already 7pm...then kena pack pack a little...especially the toiletries stuffs n "mou kan" (towel)and check whether everything is packed or not. Seriously u don't wanna find out u left something important like ur underwear (happen to me ones) when u r already like 400kms away from home.

Took a quick dinner and I am off to the KTM station to catch a train (what else) to the Putra Bus Station near PWTC. Really susah take train with such a huge dive gear bag.....n then kena jln bout 500m from the train station to bus station carrying a 15kg dive bag...torture torture.

One thing nice bout the Putra Bus Station....then bus always depart on time (+- 2 mins) diff....coz the announcer will scold if the bus don leave...hehehehe. So finally cabut from KL at 9.30pm. Its 8 hours ride to Kuala Besut.....or should I say 8 hours of torture if u can't sleep :) Lucky for me...I got both the seat to myself...seems like no one bought the seat beside mine...yahoooooo.

Thursday...
Din get to really sleep much....I think only manage to catch a short nap between 2am till 3.30am. The bus driver is really speeding....we reach Kuala Besut jetty at 4.30am....45 mins earlier than the Mutiara bus which left KL half an hour earlier. Din have anything much to do in the jetty.....weather is nice and windy and cold. The Watercolour office is not open yet also....so I go sleep on a big bench/platform I found near the office. Bout 10 mins into my sleep....a female cat come n rub rub against me wor...wa lau....terkejut aku. Then tido beside me....hehehehehe.

Finally the Watercolour opis open...but still I have to wait for RT n the geng who will only be reaching bout 9.30am....wa lau eh. Manage to catch some sleep in the Watercolour office....eventhough its not comfortable at all.

Finally semua orang sampai...n off we went to Pulau Perhentian. I am damm tired at that time. I skip the 1st dive (just a checkout dive) to have lunch with Chu San and Azlan. Afterthat manage to get bout 2 hours sleep too b4 the next dive at 4.30pm....we are going to Terumbu Tiga (T3)...yahooooo...one of my fav dive site coz a lot of nudi branches. I really sleep like a dead log (expected lah...more than 18 hours no sound sleep) until I din know my room mate knock the door several times too.

Finally at 4.30pm.....we are off to Terumbu Tiga. Mild current is expected coz the tide is moving out. Vis is ok...not bad. I din use my wetsuit.....decide to wear my "charisma" white skin suit n swimming bermudas saja...hehehehe. Din really see anything spectacular lah....except more than 20 of those normal looking nudi branches.

Got night dive today also...but got surcharge...so I dowan to go lah. Spend the rest of the day doin my log (only 1 dive today) coz now got dive comp d....can know my own profile...kekekekeke. Then makan n go to bed early coz next day got early dive.

Memoir of a climbing trip (Day 1)

Was so rush for this trip...just came back from SG bout 48 hours ago...then here I am, ready packed n ready to go. Shopping and packing was bit of a last minute stuff for me...but after getting used to it for so many times d....everything is done in just a couple of hours.

Went to Richard's (RT) house ard 10.30pm, and Chin Yin was already there. She and RT is still doing some last minute packing. Finally kau tim all the packing n stuffs bout 11pm....then go nap liao....12.30am going out for yum cha n then meet up the rest of the convoy at 2am. Reach Raub and meet up with Eric ard 4am. After this....its all the way to Merapoh. I took over the driving from Richard from this point onwards. Chin Yin is sleeping like a pig at the rear seat.....this gal really can sleep.

Reach Merapoh very early...ard 6am. We took a short nap before having breakfast at the stalls ard 7am. Ard 8am...we made our way to the Perhilitan office to get the registration done. Since there are so many of us...we occupy almost the whole outside area to empty everything from our bag to be checked.


Emptiying our backpacks to be checked.


Perhilitan officials checking everything we are bringing up the mountain.

Finally everything is done, the checking, the paperwork, the money....and we are all set to jln. Took the 4X4 ride to the startin place at Kuala Juram. Took a big group photo...and we are off into the jungle at 10.50am.


Everyone masuk into the 4X4 and get ready to masuk hutan.

Not really fit this year....mainly becoz I have stop actively involved in sports for the past 3 months. Really suffer in Tahan...especially when try to match up with the pace I had last year. Took almost 1 hour to complete the 5km section from Kuala Juran to Kuala Luis.....which I did in 45 mins only last year. This stretch got some river crossing parts...which is always fun and full of actions.


River crossing...hehehe...fun fun.

Reached Camp Kor ard 2pm......a little late than expected. Took our cold and relaxing bath here n rested for ard 30mins before continuing the last 6kms to Kubang camp site. Waited till Deon and Chu San arrived...then found out that Shen is not doin well and vomitted a few times along the way. I realize then that few of us will not make it to Kubang camp site tonite...haihzzzz...feel a bit disappointed.


On the way to Kubang campsite.

Finially reached Kubang camp site ard 5pm. Was raining just before we arrive....and the place is covered with thick mist......cold. I quickly setup my flysheet and ground sheet....and rested under the flysheet. The last to arrive are Deon And Chu San....around 8pm. Basically everyone made it safely. Yew Hong looks so tired.....hehehe...mentally n physically exhausted.

Uncle look so tired, taking a short break.

Yew Hong so exhausted.....hehehehe.

Overall not much actions in the 1st day....everything went smoothly despite having to execute plan B...which is to split the group on separate campsites becoz some were very slow. The 1st timers seems to enjoy it so far.....and the old timers are all lepaking saja.


Time to nap....good nite.

Work work work

When we r in college/school.....we always envy those who r working coz they are making their own money and buying stuffs they like. Also we envy that they do not have to do homework everyday at nite at home.

After finishing our education....we feel "YAHOOOO.....working life, here I come", and hence we join are so eager to join the working force. Initially we join the list of unemployed grads.....all have almost same skillset as us, competing for limited jobs available.

Then we secure a job....""YAHOOO....I got a job" is what u feel. U start to dress up smartly (formal working clothes) which you only do when u have formal presentations in college. U join the work force.

Then u realize.....ur boss like to rush u to complete ur job. Datelines are something new to you...and time is never enuf. The dateline which u have for college projects seems to be more lenient than those u have for work. U started to have not enuf time, hence u will need to work at home after working hours....or stay back in office to finish up ur work. Hey...wait a minute....isn't this similar to 'homework'...then 1 thing u hated so much during school/college.

Then when u get paid....you found that there are so many type of deductions, which left you net income not that mush after all. After paying your bills n sorts (well...working d mah, don say u still want ur parents to pay ur bills)....the amount of ur left income is not really enuf for the Gucci handbag you tot of buying when u started working. You'll learn that you only get your income ones a months (some company pay half monthly, so that's 2 times a month)...something very different from the pocket money which you get as and when u want.

Now u think again.....hmmm....sometimes working is not so much fun too. Well...what I think is...look at what u like your work to offer to you...and work towards that. Then working brings a whole new meaning to you again.

I am sitting here in my foreign client's office bloggin....coz the 'doggies' who got me here rush me for all sort of things....n now I came in early to work...none of them is ard....hehehehehe.

Visiting my good old friend again

It all started with a passion, then comes the invitation to friends and family members....followed by the finalizing of a schedule and finally the reservation. This has been goin on for years d...and this year is the 5th year.

Come next week....I am visiting my old friend again....wait for me ya.

Going diving again

The diving bug has bitten me again...and this time the bite is deep. I am deeply infected by the diving "desease"...so badly that I am going to the sea again this weekend to seek the cure to my addiction.

Actually it doesn't really sound that bad lah. I just love Scuba diving...so if got chance, I will go for it. Furthermore now i have a "buddy" for life d....so even more easier.

I am looking forward for the trip this weekend....coz my friend aka "the instructor" is gonna let me teach his Open Water Students on some of the modules in knowledge development. This will be part of DM training for me :) Hope able to have fun while educating people on the FUN FUN FUN of Scuba Diving.....hehehe...hurrayyyy

I saw Nudi Branch

Among the abundance of aquatic life under the ocean...only the Nudi Branch seems to have caught my attention. The 1st time I saw them....they really look so colourful and cute. After knowing that is it not easy to spot them...I became more eager to look for them each time I go diving.

Definition of Nudi Branch (aka Nudibranch) as stated by wikipedia:

Nudibranchs are sea slugs belonging to the suborder Nudibranchia, the largest suborder of the order Opisthobranchia. There are more than 3,000 described species.

In my recent trip to Perhentian, I manage to spot few of them in Terumbu Tiga.