Friday, December 25, 2009

christmas

it's the" most wonderful time of the year". (quoted) LOL.
i'll always be out on chirstmas day. at least for the past few years.
but this year is different. i spent it at home with bro.
sis, mum and dad had their own plans made earlier.
but we still had a gd time eatin pizza and watching movies (:
thanks to bro- we had 2 huge pizzas all to ourselves.
and i had to eat FOUR huge slices and many potato wedges.
am feeling so FAT and BLOATED now. ):

but i still feel blessed.
bcos it's not like i get to stuff myself with pizzas all the time and watch movies that i want to watch. watched 3 movies today! :D
so hopefully tmr's bmt can help me shed some fats.

and maybe bcos it's christmas today.
so i'm missing soya bean icecream and.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

promise to myself

did many things recently: went to stayover at maye's hse for her bdae, sso concert with belle, min and cand and nite cycling with 09. all photos on facebook. (:

results is out ytd at 0900hr.
and i checked it at 0200hr today.

and i noe i'm responsible for them. so i will pick up from here and strive on.
bcos i'm jus glad it wasnt the worst of the worst. (:
i will not bother abt how others think of me anymore.
i will not try to change how they look at me anymore.
i will only try to do my best all the time.

and when i get tired along the way,
i will not procrastinate anymore and just try to grit through.
and when i will get worried abt not being in the run anymore,
i will look back at this post and rmb that:
the future is my destiny.
and i can create this destiny.

so i will acha fight.
and get what i want in 2013. (:

it's a promise.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

4e8 warriors gathering

the morning marina barrage picnic was cancelled last min due to low response and many sudden withdrawals. and terk ming had to get his family to finish up the sandwiches he packed. hahas. so we met up for dinner @ just acia dhoby ghaut instead. the total strength was a mere 18/42. it was nice catching up with many of the peeps whom i hadnt seen and talked to for some time. (:
from left clockwise: joon kiat, yushan, reuben and terk ming.

evan and me (:

esther and zixin (:
with boyang stoning behind. LOL.

we waited for everyone to get there and dinner started at 1900 hr plus.
i ate the above plus 3 scoops of MANGO ICECREAM!!! (:

after dinner, we decided to walk all the way from
dhoby ghaut to esplanade.

camwhore while walking. hahas.
it was a long walk esp for me since i had aches from the trekking.
and the plasters on my feet came off.
so my feets plus my toes were freaking painful. ):
reached esplanade! (:
the guys went to get drinks while we sat ard and catch up with each other.

in the end, they bought breezer, green and lemon tea.
plus chips for everyone to share.
the lime breezer tasted not bad.
we hanged ard for awhile and realised it was past 2330hr.
night view

with all the chirstmas lightings (:

evan injured her knees and toe when she tripped over a step at the esplanade.
helped to wash her wounds.
hopefully she's alright now (:
our shoes!
from left bottom clockwise: xin, mine, liqian, denise, esther, evan and jun.

from left: jun, xin, lili, denise and me (:

xin, lili, denise,me and esther (:

group photo!

version II. hahas.
we had to run all the way to cityhall int to catch our last train.
and my feet had blisters bcos of it. ):
luckily we managed to catch the train.
take care everyone.
till we meet again! (:

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

gunung datuk trek ♥

9 dec 09: circuit training
the dips, jumping jacks, weight lifting gave me aches all over. but it's nice to noe u'd workout (: went home to watch beethoven virus and lost track of time to PACK. so i ended up sleeping at 0100hr.


10 dec 09: TREK DAY 1 !!!
forced myself to wake up after snoozing my phone alarm for a dozen times. washed up and wolfed down breakfast b4 lifting my heavy trek bag on my aching shoulders and head down to kranji stn to meet the rest at 0600hr.

us and our trek mate- benjamin (:

we were laughed at bcos of our pouch.
which came in VERY handy during the trek. hahas.

took bus 170 to causeway customs and i had ALOT
of difficulty tryin to scan my passport.
i was like the last one of the grp to get it scan.
reached jb train stn and we missed the train we were supposed to take.

so we had to wait for the next train.
and we cn finally put down our HEAVY bags.
it got heavier when we stopped by to get drinking water.

LOL. there were TONS of pple smokin outside the stn.
SMELLY SMOKE.

we decided to camwhore while waiting for our tickets to be ready.
group photo! (:

in the train stn.
jus a quick photo b4 we board the train.
excited*
our train finally came and
WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO DATUK (:

min and i had loads of fun talkin abt funny and xiu stuff.
we were laughing so loud tt phe n qp
who were a few seats away could hear us. LOL.
after a 3 hrs ride, we reach tampin! (:

we were sort of late so there was no lunch.
but we munched on the granula bars phe brought from the std chart marathon.
kinda missing the granula bars now ):
HAHA. we had this ARTISITC photo taken
while waiting for the toilet.
we were supposed to be symmetrical.
too bad min dont have pouch. HAHA.


group 4 family photo! (:

we waited at the train stn for taxis to drive us to datuk.
and we munched on more granula bars.
one of them (DBN) even went to buy FOOD to eat.
he needed to eat after gg to the bank. (inside joke) LOL.

after a 30 mins ride from tampin stn, we finally reach datuk! (:
and we began our trek!

apparently the trek wasnt as easy as we tot it would be.
we were gg against gravity with our big bags and with the
additional rule of no hand carry, we had to lug EVERYTHING into our bags.
so we had to drag ourselves up and many parts of it were rather steep.
many thanks to min tt pushed me thru many logs and rocks.
to phe who pulled me along when i felt like stopping.
to qp tt shouted acha fight to me many times along the way.
i couldnt have done it w/o u pple (:
just when we tot we were done with the trek after 2 hrs,
we rested at this psuedo lookin base area.
we were all perspiring like mad by then.
plain water tasted superb.
we even ate organic salt to push ourselves to complete the trek.
*the summit was within our reach*
FINALLY.
after 3 hrs of trekking, climbing and literally gg over tons of logs,
WE REACHED!! (:
our base camp.
where we pitched our tents, ate and slept in.

i took footage of our faces after we reached the base camp. hahas.
this was qp's.
*tired*
phe's.
*accomplished*

min's.
*YAY*

me!
*finally it's over!* HAHA.

after resting for some time,
we started to pitch our tents.
safraz was really quick to pick the tent spot for us.
but we realised there's a used toilet situated behind the tent and
a pile of rubbish in front of the tent after pitching. lols.
resting in our tent (:

in order to catch the sunset in time,
we hurried to climb the last part to reach the summit.
it was pretty ingenious for pple to build ladders on the huge rocks.
if nt, we wouldnt be able to reach the summit.
group photo (:

phe, qp, me and min! (:
the wind started to get strong when we reached the sub-summit.

tired but accomplished (:

just when i tot we had finished climbing,
i saw this.
but i succumbed my fear and CLIMBED it tgt with min n phe. (:
i just cnt miss the sunset and the scenery after trekking for so long.
nice scenery!!
we could see loads of mountains.
and the wind up at the summit is even stronger.
i was afraid tt i will get blown away when i stood up. LOL.
i like this picture!
kinda artistic yea?

the scenic view at the summit tgt with the strong wind
jus made all the aching worthwhile. (:

ME!
jus imagine how strong the wind can get to have my hair blown tt way.

hahas. group photo (:
with our unkempt hair.

us with benjamin.

more scenic views.


SUNSET!


the "salted duck yolk" disappearing.

dusk.
i got freaking cold after staying up there for 30 mins w/o my windbreaker.
and we took damn long to take this grp photo.
with the wind blowing the flag all over.
finally, we came down.
the coming down part is really quite scary.
cos it was getting dark and i didnt wear my spects.
and it's hard to reach for the ladder using my legs when i'm backfacing it.
luckily qp and safraz had oreadi began cooking dinner.
i guess we were too hungry cos i felt tt instant noddles tasted damn nice.
we had canned food as side dishes (:
our tuna curry and chicken sausages.

after dinner, we played concentration game and true or dare.
safraz came out with many funny dares.
and yes. min bit my ear.
the gals had powder bath in the tent since
there was NO waterpoint at the base camp.
we had to pee in the bushes in the middle of the night as well.
after tt, we continued playing true or dare and open numbers in the tent.
the wind got stronger as it get darker at night.
and we got to see STARS! (:
it had been a loong loong time ever since i saw e whole patch of stars on the sky.



11 dec 09- TREK DAY 2!!!
we gave sunrise a miss in order to catch more sleep. i was freaking cold thru out the night without any blanket and the rocky ground made it even more difficult to sleep. and all of us woke up at ard 0730hr for breakfast and packed up.

we went up the rocks again and this time ard,
we went down to this cave formed by the huge rocks.
it's really marvellous at how nature cn get all the rocks
stacked and formed in this way.
in the "cave"!

our last grp photo b4 we descended (:
descending took lesser time and it's less strenuous as well.
but our toes really took the turmoil.
they were freaking painful since we had to maintain
balance at many times on the slopes.
during the descend, we wondered at many times
how we managed to climb up the steep slopes.
all of us went to change to our slippers/sandals after we made it down.
and we FINALLY gt to bathe but using rainwater.
but it's still better than the powder bath i guess. hahas.
after we taxi-ed back to tampin, we went for lunch at KFC.
felt damn bloated after the meal.
and we took a 3hrs coach ride back to singapore.
but the ride became 4hrs due to the jam.
to min, qp n phe: thanks for making the trek enjoyable and fun! (:
i hoped to go for more trekking in the future.
and like wat phe said: our goal- mount kinabalu.