Langkawi, Again

I had been to Langkawi during the end of Form 4, which was about 3 years ago... It was a hyper and crazy trip, etched a great memories for me... Went with a big bunch of friends that time, about 30 people, and enjoyed like a teen...


Just back from Langkawi for a 3D2N (can consider it as 3D3N I guess) trip, with 3 good friends... It was the most spontaneous trip I had, and most 'grand' trip I would say... Haha... The trip wasn't that bad although it's not a crazy one like before... I enjoyed this trip pretty much... Couldn't find a proper word to describe it, just that it matched the feeling of us growing up, not teens and not yet adults... The period when we can be independent, we can take care and responsibilities of ourselves...
All 4 of us had different memories for Langkawi before and this time we created the new ones! =)


Basically the trip was planned on 31st Dec morning, confirmed in afternoon and everything booked by evening...
Pretty fast and without second thought!
I start to love spontaneous trip, but seriously, it requires much courage to agree without survey and everything... The afternoon before our trip, I asked Han-Ming call to double-confirm our booking for rooms and car...
Here comes the first dramatic event:
The agent said the resort was fully booked so our booking was canceled BUT she did not inform us until we phoned her!
I was so panic that time as our accommodations were not sure and I booked using my daddy's credit card... Immediately daddy called to the bank and made sure the agent did not charge us for the canceled booking... We then had a discussion and decided to find room only when we reach Langkawi, and rent a car on the spot too...
Packed things until late night and slept for few hours before headed to KL Sentral the next day...

Day 1

Met with Hei at Serdang KTM station, couldn't squeeze into the train and waited for the next one... Reached KL Sentral on time and get onto bus to LCCT with Hon... Catch up a little bit with Hon on the journey before we reached airport... Han-Ming took cab and luckily he didn't head to the wrong airport! XD
Checked in, had breakfast at Marrybrown, and departed at 10.50am... It has been about 10 years since I took a flight, hence cannot really used to the seat and pressure... Feeling headache whenever it's about to land... We reached Langkawi at noon, rented a Viva, and get a room at Langkasuka Resort... The room was big and comfortable with 2 queen-sized beds... Unloaded our luggage and we started our journey! =)

After filled in petrol, we searched the way to Kuah town for our lunch... Visited Eagle Square afterward, and had ice-cream there...
I found Vanilla + Coffee is a delicious match! =)
When we back to our car, there's a 'love letter' there, cost RM30... We kept it and decided to ignore it anyway... Haha... Wanna find the Telaga Harbour initially but failed, so we stopped by Royal Yatch Club for some photos before back to our resort...

As the signboard warned us not to play in the sea due to jellyfish, we played frisbee and kite on the beach... I missed frisbee! So many memories with frisbee during Form 2! =)
Took quite a lot of photos with the awesome sunset on the beach, especially those jumping ones! Hei's target was to capture over 800 photos within 3 days, and we simply exceeded with over 900 photos! A lot of candid shots of course, and I was quite surprised that Hon actually loves taking photos than I expected... Haha...

The steamboat Han-Ming recommended was closed so we had seafood at the restaurant nearby... The dishes were all delicious but the price was expensive indeed... And we saw big fat rat at the bushes by the restaurant! >.<
Back to resort after dinner with beers and Kampai (and my fruit juice)! Haha... Frankly the first night was bored as we had no activity... No pillow talk, no gambling... Han-Ming got his sexy voice since that night so looked pretty sick, so we slept at about 1am I think...


Day 2

Woke up at 8am, had the buffet breakfast at resort restaurant and inquired for the island hopping... It was about 10am when we called so we missed the first session... We booked for the second session which was at 2.30pm... We went to Tanjung Rhu, a really beautiful beach, before island hopping... I love the moment there the most! =)
I love the sea and the waves! And it's just too nice and relax we can sit in the middle of the sea! Oh ya, and here's where the 'gay photos' were taken! Hahahahahaha~

We were hungry and ordered lunch at a malay shop by the jetty... We got not enough time to finish our food so Hon took away and brought it to island hopping... Visited Pulau Dayang Bunting, the largest lake in Langkawi, with a saying where girls will get pregnant after drinking the water there... Only sat a while for the fish spa and we get back to the boat... Saw eagle feeding and relaxed at Pulau Beras Basah... All the places we went, we met mostly foreign tourists and made us so contradict... It feels like we had visited a western country instead of they came to our place... =)

Stopped by to eat cendol after back from island hopping... Showered and we're out for dinner again... After U-turn for many times, we finally decided to have our meal at Sawadee for Thai cuisines... We're the U-turn gang, and Hon be our U-turn Pro! Hahahaha... That was the most satisfied dinner we had as the food was not bad and the price was reasonable... Moreover it's a 'candle-light' dinner! =)
Passed by Chenang and Langkapuri Resort for a few times, so memorable places!

Chat until about 2am at the second night before we fall asleep...


Day 3

The alarm was set at 8am and the two guys only woke up at 10.30am... I went for a beach walk in the morning as it was the last day there... Back to room and chat with Hei at the balcony... Checked out at 11.30am and went for brunch... Red Tomato was the cafe's name, I love that cafe for its design, of course the food too! =)

Took cable car to the top after meal... Met Yin Nang there and found that he would be taking the same flight as us the night... Continued to the waterfall at Seven Wells to enjoy the cooling water... Met some Singaporean and they helped us to took a photo down the waterfall... Han-Ming slide down from the big rock when getting down! Luckily someone caught him on time and prevented him to fall further... Super duper scary moment! How severe it can be if there's no one was there to save him... He hurt his knee and we found him plaster... I bet he had phobia toward waterfall already... However it's grateful that he's okay and did not hurt his head...

Stopped by KFC where they bought their meals to eat in car, and I took over Hon's place to drive... Back to Kuah town to buy chocolates and liquor before leaving... Hei bought almost RM300 of chocolates, weighed for 8kg! Salute salute! XD

Back to Chenang and had Indian food for our last dinner there... Palace of India... Another expensive meal we had... Reached airport at 9.15pm to return the car... Hon lost his bag there but fortunately someone found it and he managed to claim it back... Took late night flight back to KL and therefore we gotta find our own way back home... Decided to take taxi back to Hon's house and he fetched us back one by one... He slept over at Han-Ming's house because it's too late... Thanks Hon anyway for finding us way to back home so late... =)

My holiday is going to end, 2 more days... And I suddenly miss Langkawi so much! Not yet prepared for classes again, hence when looking at the new semester timetable and subjects just now, I feel so headache! Hectic semester it will be, and also the next following semester...


My friends declare me as Wet Queen, and I think this time is a yes... I went for at least 6 outings and 3 trips within 3 weeks time... Had a lot of fun at the same time spent a lot too... And the problem is now I could not adjust my mood back to study! Give me more time please~ XD

** I think I'm choosy and picky, and I think I will do different from what I say anyway...
** Move on and cheer up, you will find another better one for you! =)
** 900+ photos, let wait for Hon to upload! Hehe...

Tanjung Sepat One Day Trip

17 people, mixing of different network of friends, composed good memories for our trip! =)

The leading car missed the turning and we tried two exits at the roundabout, stopped by Petronas for a rest... Many of us already hungry because we did not have our breakfast... Initially supposed we could reach in one hour, but we took almost 1 hour and 45 minutes... Still it worth because the Bak Kut Teh is really really nice! =)


Pakat-ed to wear Asadi slippers, our favourite! Haha...





Visited Coffee factory, Keropok factory and LingZhi factory, bought some products and took photos at the bridge outside the factory... Then we rest at the temple beside LingZhi factory before the following schedule was planned... Haha...


Took some photos leaving a space in between for our missing Xing!
How much we hope she could be with us! ='(
See you this June ya!


We managed to take a group photo! Somehow love it very much! =)
Nice to meet all our new friends, and glad to be with our old friends!


Stopped by the famous shop to buy Paos, before we headed to Sepang Goldcoast... It started to rain but we still insisted to go... Fortunately the rain did not last long, and not heavy one...
Had my greatest fun on beach! =)



Don't scold me emo, but I seriously feel like crying when seeing this photo, so touched that our friendship comes to its 13th year!
Love you girls and thank you so much! =)








Had seafood for our dinner, super duper delicious one! =)
The restaurant is by seaside, so we could enjoy the sea breeze before and after the meal... No amazing sunset that day yet I still love the sky and sea so so much!
Closed my eyes, feel the breeze and listened to the waves; I just love that moment! Stress-free, worries-free, conflict-free...


It's only a bit weird because we only talked to each others when we're going to leave... Throughout the whole trip we played according to own cliques... However, I love the ending part...
It makes the trip a wonderful full stop...

Last thing to mention, this is the first trip I went where there're more guys than girls, ratio 12:5, how amazing! Haha...
Looking forward to the coming Langkawi trip, hope we will have fun too my buddies! =)

** I have so much more to learn, on my way! =)

Meet Up

Met with S4 friends yesterday at MidValley almost one year after the class gathering this January I remembered... Compared to the last gathering, this was simply a meet up because only a small portion turned up... Those who attended are Joel (for once de organizer), ChinChung, BoonKiat, EeTyng, KianYung, YiChin (showed up for a little while), Meimei (de one who keep letting people teased grew fatter), WaiYee (still that pure and innocent face) and me... We had lunch at Kim Gary and the guys proceeded to play pool while the girls went shopping... Not really catch up a lot with them due to the time constraint and not much chit-chat session though... However, I consider it as a good meet up yesterday, at least we all did not feel awkward talking to each other after a year... Funny ones remain funny, cool ones remain cool, and blur ones remain blur... The only changes might be some of them found their 'boy friend' and girlfriend...
Take note: Not boyfriend but boy friend!
Congratulations girls! =)


The movie 'Sherlock Holmes' was good in the storyline, but still not my preferred type of movie... After the movie, Bei picked me up and we headed to Ai's house, she jumped into the car and guided us to eat the Bak Kut Teh near Taman Desa... Guiding Bei the way is challenging, because you cannot tell her left or right... Instead you have to tell: "Turn Bei's side (driver seat) later, then keep to Bowl's side (depend on who is sitting on the left)"... Had a full dinner with them, then someone wanted to eat Ice Cream, and another someone suggested a dessert shop in OUG... So we had our next round eating Fu Zhok Yi Mei, Mango Sai Mai Lou, Fa Sang Wu + Tong Yuen, and Tong Bet Let (something like mochi)...


Finally we three monsters felt FULL (which is quite unbelievable), we back to Ai's house, nope, precisely we stopped by roadside near Ai's house, and chit-chat in car for about 45 minutes... The night Bei kept reminding me it supposed to be the last dinner we had, the next one would probably be 2 or 3 years later... Indeed we hardly have time gather anymore since they are all studying overseas...
We know we will definitely change, somehow in some ways, but me and Bei still hoping for the same scene to realize:
Me, Ai, Bei and Qi bringing our husbands, sons and daughters, high tea at some places, or party at someone's house...
'Auntie Bowl, Nicholas (for instance name for Bei's son) bully me!', that was what Bei imagined and I felt warm...
How good if we still stick together when we're old?
How grateful is that if we can still share our thoughts after years?
And how possible is that for all these to happen?
I wonder...


Ai is flying to US again tomorrow, counting down new year on plane...
Make a good wish in the sky Ai!
Take good good care and extra careful there!
Must keep in touch and you know certainly I will miss you very much! Love ya! =)

Shopping Fun~

I was always the one who ended up didn't buy anything when shopping with friends, however today, I bought the most things compared to the two shopping queens! *proud proud*
Me, Hei and Mei went Timesquare and Sungei Wang today at about 2pm and back at only 7.30pm, straight away headed to pasar malam...
Long day but fully utilized, and had great fun of chatting and gossiping! Girls' favourite! XD
Other than being the topic of them, everything was fun especially when we recalled what had we done last time with another jimui - Xing along... Miss her so much suddenly!
We miss 5 Char Siew Pao very much!
It's true when Hei said: The days back are good because we were still young (chun2 zhen1)!


Not to mention again, we turning 20 next year, just that, not only the number that matters, but also the way we view our lives now... Everyone changes, keep changing and that's inevitable... Maturity is a must to cope with adulthood, and no more childlike happiness... Happiness seems more difficult to be achieved, just because we no more focus on simple little things... Everything gets complicated, so does happiness...


Hence, once a while hang out with old friends, recall memories and being nostalgic together might not be a bad thing after all... At least it makes me remember there was once, I cried, I smiled and I laughed... Feel the bond, with friends, and that makes me revive again...
Life goes on, happiness too along, right? =)

De Special Christmas Trip =)

It was a totally out-of-my-expect journey yesterday!
Tiring, hot, exhausting BUT adventurous, fun, happy and special trip! =)

AWFUL!
Awesome + Beautiful = Awful! XD

First lesson: Go out earlier in the morning if it is a 1-day-trip!
We went from Serdang at about 8.30am, and I found we had no sufficient time for every places listed to be visited. Preferably 7.30am or earlier I think, we might tried more food at more places! =)

Second lesson: Do not go visit some tourism hot spot during public holiday!
It was Christmas yesterday, and there are 3 days continuous holidays since today and tomorrow are weekends; hence it was traffic jam in Malacca city! We ended up parked our car very far and walked all around. Tiring but adventurous, lost our way but fun! =)

Third lesson: Do not follow the queue just because others say it is famous!
Undeniable go Malacca must try Chicken Rice Balls, but I think it's okay you go try out some other shops other than follow the long long queue at the most popular one. Especially when you already tried that before, just visit those not-so-popular shops will do.
We separated into 2 groups; Ai, Hei and Kei queued for Chung Wah Chicken Rice Balls while Kelly and I queued for Nyonya Baba Cendol. Ended up both also nothing special. Fortunately our dinner at Ole Sayang for Baba Nyonya food was awesome! =)

Fourth lesson: Ask people for direction or information politely, especially old uncle! XD
Not to say politely, at least use punctuation and precise words! Hahahahaha~ No more 'Uncle closed liao ar?', instead say 'Uncle, the shop closed already?'. Otherwise uncle will get angry and answer you: 'Uncle haven't close, is the shop closed already!'. Nevertheless, it created the most funny part of the day! Hahahaha~

Fifth lesson: One day is definitely not enough with friends, so make it an overnight trip!
It's kinda rushing yesterday because we had to leave Malacca before night. However we still stayed until dinner and only reached home at about 11.30pm. We did not manage to visit Eye on Malaysia, Baba Nyonya Heritage and Maritime Museum which I aimed to go initially. How good if we could stay over last night, right?

Last lesson: Go with friends, those who can walk and laugh with you! =)
I find it not too bad to get lost, to walk instead of drive (to a certain level, hehe), to sweat instead of sleep! Won't refuse to go backpack trip indeed. When everyone is willing to walk, to explore, to adventure; the journey becomes excited and fun!
We need surprises in life sometimes! =)
Hopefully can visit Penang next time!

I had a great Christmas this year, a fun trip too! I hope they feel so too. Sometimes imperfections made things perfect and etched a special memories in fact.
Thanks Malacca, thanks my dear friendssss! =)

** Detailed post for the trip is unavailable because just too much to write for that 15 hours trip!

Wishes

I want more holidays;
I want more holidays for my friends too!
I want more money;
I want more to travel, eat and enjoy!
I want unlimited energy and no panda eyes;
I want to spend every single minute of my holidays in joy,
and take many many photos! =)


Can I?

**I hope mommy won't ground me because I will be only 2 days at home and 5 days outside per week! >.<

Happy with Life =)

Had a great meet up with Kelly, Ai and Bei on Wednesday night, after my last paper! =)
It was an awesome night, listened to little little stories from Ai and Bei, made us understand more about Americans' and Australians' cultures, don't we Kelly? Haha!
Of course, a lot of jokes emerged when the cultures mixed, especially rojak with Malaysia ones... Kelly and I laughed until our stomachs hurt!
Pretty funny night we had! =)


Headed to Bangsar Shopping Centre solely for photo-taking! *wink*
Shops and stalls were closed but the lobby was still available for us, so we took the advantage to snap as many shots as possible, making use of those items there... We had a brilliant director Bei and a professional photographer Kelly!
For photos reference, kindly find it through my FB page! XD


Stay-over at Bei's house that night, and finally I managed to see Qi!
Through Skype of course, but how much I hope she's here with us too!
Talked to her while she was busy eating!
Don't eat so much junk food ar Qi! XD
Bei let me sleep on her bed, thanks a lot my dear!
Sorry for letting you freezing down there! =(
Both of us woke up only at 11am and spent our whole afternoon at Neway... 6 hours of singing, we end up shouting instead of singing properly because it's really tiring... I think the bunch of people beside our room thought both of us "sat luin" *touchwood*, keep on stalking us outside our door... Haha...


Bei fetched me back and lost her way home... Luckily she managed to find another exit... Good job Bei! If you miss the turning and headed to Kajang, I really cannot save you! Haha... Sleep until today noon and had my favourite Lui Cha as brunch! =)
Still feeling a little bit headache, perhaps not resting well...
Anyhow, my holidays just started and I'm so not gonna waste it!
Precious 3 weeks time, and I gotta meet with many long-time-no-see friends, and of course my new college mates too! =)
In fact, I need more financial support to have a great holiday!
Holiday is fun and nevertheless, money consuming... Haha...
Dear Santa, can I have cash for my present this year please? XD


Just found out my life is actually nothing bad, and I started to appreciate it so much! I have good friends, great family, and I think luck still not yet fail me in my study so far... Certainly luck won't always so good to me, I will work hard started next semester I promised!
Just proudly saying: I'm pretty happy with my life now! =)

Dream versus Reality

Things always happen to be contradict with what you expect, don't you think so? Especially in finding boyfriend or girlfriend...
Therefore...

Q: I want my boyfriend to be ugly and fat!
B: Then I want mine to be short and fat lar!

Hopefully end up both of us will get the opposite ones for our boyfriends! XD
And now let us just enjoy the single and available life first!

De Burfdae Buddies =)

Venue: Roadside
Event: HanYong's and JingHooi's Surprise Birthday Celebration
Date: 03 Dec 2009
Time: 11.45pm


Procedure:
Had great fun in Pitstop, then headed to Mei's mom's stall nearby for second round.

** Group Photo **

Ah Lun (our main actor) who led the way, suddenly "car broke down".
The four cars stopped by roadside, and everyone got down to assist.
Mei and Tham busy lighting up the candles for the cake in YaoXuen's car.
Ah Lun 'checked' and said that his car actually 'water boiled'!
(Note: It was raining, we all carrying umbrella to check the car)
Just when Ah Lun took out a bottle and wanna add water......

Happy Burfdae to you,
Happy Burfdae to you,
Happy Burfdae to Bie/JingHooi~
Happy Burfdae to you!

(Both the birthday boys looked so shocked and surprised!)
(Note: The rain suddenly stopped while the cake was out)
Proceeded to auntie's stall to settle the yummy Blueberry Cake! =)

** Made wishes and blew candles by roadside **

** Before **

** Get ready **

** After **

** Happy Burfdae ** =)

It was a very success surprise celebration at special place with talented actors! Indeed we just want the birthday boys to have such a memorable last teen birthday! (Oops, next year 20 already!)
I personally very enjoyed the night, crapping talking laughing until 2am, because it dragged me back to the precious memories of trips we had!
Nostalgia I may sound, but still wanna say, old times and old friends are always special, and irreplaceable! =)

**Xing, how much we hope you're here with us last night! ='(

She's back!

YES, BEI IS BACK HOME!!! =)
So happy and excited and surprised and touched and warm etc etc when she appeared in front of me today!
Big big hug and tight tight hug!
I MISS YOU ALOT MY DEAR!
And yea, time flies, we old already, but our friendship is always fresh!
Bei, enjoy your holidays here in Malaysia and throw away all those worries first k? =)


Ai, don't you appear suddenly in HELP like Bei did, because I will be having exam the time you're back!
Don't make me happy until cannot concentrate in exams!
Anyway, I miss you banyak-banyak too! XD

** My friends overseas, I miss you all!!!