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Monday, December 31, 2007

A look back on 2007

Well, 2007 to say the least hasn't been a great year. Im hoping 2008 will be a better one to say the least. Let me see the few things i've kinda gained this year. I'll seperate them to aspects.

Education :

I'll start with education because thats the current thing thats in my mind. Its hasnt been such a great year with education. This is a SPM year for me and yet i feel this is the lousiest year in my studies all my life. I failed a subject for the first time in my life - twice in a row. =( Its the damn add maths subject that has brought other colours into my report card other than the normal black. On the other subjects, i've been sluggish all year round due my like of procrastinating. Im a professional procrastinator if you must know. I wonder if there is any awards for it. Bah, im procrastinating with this crap again. Oh, this is also the year i've slept most in class and played phones during boring and meaningful lessons. In spite of all these, i did my best i can for SPM. I hope it'll turn out fine.

(P.s : My mom says i can do better than what im doing if i do put more effort into my studies. I also know lah..just ... procrastinating )

Friends

Erm, lets see.... Its the same gang again for me this year...nevertheless with some major hiccups along the way. However, its all good for now and i wish to take this opportunity to thank a few people here. Time constraint here, so im gonna just keep it short.

Ben aka Klang Hippo

Well, ur first cos i respect you =) Nah, someone had to be first. I want to thank you for being such a kind and caring friend. You helped when i needed help and cared for me when i was down. You also made classes much better and of course funnier with your geeky lines and jokes. Oh ya, thanks for not scolding me during DOTA matches when i was you teammate =) I also want to thank you for being a good host when we go to your house. I miss the pan mee.

Simon Ho

Well, you've been one of the best and most trusty friends of all. Your kind and helpful not to say the least smart. I've throughly enjoyed the times where we hang out together. How i wished i've known you earlier. You been helpful in class and i must say i wasted lots of batteries from your phone =) Neway, thanks for all that you've done

Teik Chi

Teik Chi, ur the most generous and friendly among most of the people i know. Nevertheless, i wanna thank you for all the times which we spent in Sg Long and school of course. Oh, how can i forget those free rides which u give me. Super thank you and *hugs*

Yen Aun

Yennie's been a great host all year round and also a great friend. I wanna say thank you for the good food and of course the spaghetti which we get to eat. Its a pity i missed two of your parties so far. Im so looking forward to the next one. Neway, thanks a million for the times where you were there.

Kuan Yee

Like Simon said, he's a ladies man. Look, its been great sitting with you and have nice chats with you in class. From what i see, you're a smart ass and a person to look out for in future. Its great to have knowned you better this year and thanks you =) Your sense of humour with Ben sometimes really rocks the roof of the school and its been great to have knowned you =) Oh, thanks for the free rides also.

Kah Wei

Well, what can i say here ? I wanna thank you for being just a friend. Nothing much to say here cos you seldom mix with us once you found your new friends. Nah, its still been great to have gotten to know you =)

Boon Han

You get a place here for sending me home free of charge every friday since dunno when. Thank You

Faith

Well, thanks for the books you've loaned me and thanks for teaching me to be more mature in life. Special thanks to you =) Ur a great person to know and hope to know you much better in the times to come =)

Opps, i ran out of time to type more..... its two more minutes before new year. I'll promise to continue this post. I'll edit it and make it longer. Do come to read the rest of it. Time to post!!!!

GOODBYE 2007

The added part is down here =)

Music

Musically wise i would say it was a good year for me. I would say i made huge strides in my guitar playing and making music. I've got myself a new guitar and i can sort of express myself with the guitar now =)

Life

My life is still all the same for this year but i think its all gonna change very soon and i'll look forward to the new things im gonna encounter in the coming year.

Spiritually

I would proudly say i've grown up a little more spiritually. Its God's grace. Preaching the gospel seem to be a thing which i can do better now. Lets hope i'll continue to grow more in the coming years.

Relationships

It hasnt been great but well, there's nothing much more to say. Let keep everything simple and leave it to the Lord. =)

2007 the year itself hasnt been really that good if i would to rate it but i still throughly enjoyed it as life is bound to have its up and downs. If it would only have the ups only then life would be dull and uncolourful not that to say that i like the downs so much. Neway, thanks to all who have been with me throughout this year lets hope 2008 will be better. It can be better. It will be better. At least thats what i hope. =)

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Bintulu

When we reached Bintulu and i looked at a sign which says how far we've travelled, i almost dropped my jaw in amazement.

We've travelled 620km by bus from Kuching till now...Gosh...

Cut the crap, we spend the night in the church and tadah...its the next morning. In between also got a youth meeting lar. After breakfast, they brought us to the pasar there. Its not the normal pasar you go to. Its the pasar ornag Iban, or rather called the Tamu

Spotted this HUGE sting ray

Like carpet huh? haha

The tamu from afar

Jaga kebersihan Tamu kita

A bird's eye view of the inside...looks normal rite? wait till you see what they sell

They sell these...i aso dunno what to call them

And they sell these EEEWwW monster maggots

This woman is so damn brave to even hold these monstrous maggots...

They seem to be everywhere....i duno what they are..i shall call them monster maggots =)

They dont sell in KG's...they sell in ikats and biji's

The under used weighing machine

This orang asli brushed her teeth like no tomorrow with clothes detergent...

Jagung

After walking round the pasar and enough of giving them our weird stares, taking pictures like they're aliens from another world, we left the Tamu. While walking back to the car, we passed the great big sting ray again. However, this time its was a biology lesson albiet with bigger internal organs and the teacher never explains to us which part is which.

First, cut the skin

Slice it carefully

Some LOOONG ears which took myt attention for a moment

You see, it was so heavy that it needed two people to flip it round

Now, wash the sting ray

Then, chop of its fins?? i suppose

You can now see the gills

Next, remove the internal organs.... i have no idea which part is it.. Mr Ganesh, which part ar??

Now u can really see both side of the gills

Brutally sliced into different pieces

Take out more internal organs

You can carry all the internal organs like a Gucci handbag...any girls want? xD

Enough of the biology lesson. We went to the book store to get some stickers and some before heading back to the meeting hall. Then, it was time to say goodbye for me... YAY =)

I couldn't resist taking a picture of their kereta sewa...got all the weird names de..

Im glad to fly back to KL

I left Sarawak a week earlier with my mom and Edmund and boy was i glad to back at home. Overall, this Sarawak trip was good minus the bus trips. This trip really shows how blessed it is to be in the one body of Christ. The mingling and blending with the saints was truly enjoyable. Lets hope that the youth from Sarawak can come next year to West Malaysia. We welcome you with open arms.

Phew! With this, my Sarawak adventure comes to and end. I made 5 post in 4 hours.... Pretty amazing huh? =) Neway, got to go sleep adi.... Need to go church tomorrow.

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Sarikei

The trip to Sarikei made me feel like i don't wanna sit bus for the rest of my life. I was in the BLARDY bus for 6 long long hours before we reached Sarikei. The brothers say the " highway " had been fixed and so 6 hours in the bus should be ok. I say NOT OKAY k? The roads there bump up and down like nobody's business and if you were needing to go to the toilet at the 2 hour mark with the road bumping up and down, your urine would seriously like to come out anytime. I asked the driver if he could stop anywhere as i really needed to relief myself . Guess what the driver said.

Me : Bang, boleh berhenti kat tempat rehat tak? Saya dah tak tahan la..kena ke tandas...

Driver : Lu mau ke tandas? Berhenti mana? Sini hutan ada... lu mau kencing kat hutan tak??

Me : @#$%^&*

Ok, the last line was not there. i just say no politely and went back to my bloody seat. The urine in my bladder stayed for another two hour..... X.X

Their so called " Highways" had only two lanes. Therefore, the bus stopped everytime a car broke down and stopped at the roadside. I guess next time i'll pay the extra Rm50 to get on the plane from kuching and fly there. The stupid bus moved for 4 super long hours before making its first stop. And when it stopped, let me show you their R & R .

Their toilet there... they dont separate female or male..If u wanna pee, help yourself

This is their R & R

Guess wut, these orang asli bring their live KFC with them

The blardy bus

After 6 long hours, we reached there at last. Phew... We reached there at night and were separated to different host by the saints there. We stayed at a brother's house who had streamyx internet connection. Well, i took the chance to go on9 and check mail for like 3 minutes.

The next day, we had breakfast and headed to the place which i loathe the most.... the jungle again...i seriously had enough of jungles this year. Enough of complaining, we went there and played some game, sang some hymns and ate some fruits. This is the shops there which i managed to take in the morning before breakfast. It kinda feels like i went back to the past.

Their barber shop

Kedai runcit

Beauty saloon

After the park, we went to visit a real long house there. It seems the long house has got some awards for being the best longhouse or what.

The longhouse

Inside the longhouse....it seems endless

They also modern de k? they use phone, not letters

Some things they hang in front of their doors to halau the evil spirits

More stuff which they hang at their house to halau their ancestors evil spirits

After this longhouse trip, we headed to the dreaded BUS STATION AGAIN. This time, its another 5 hours to reach Bintulu. * headache *

Stull, i got to thanks the saints there who took care of us even though it was just a night and half a day =) Thank You !

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Kuching ( Part 6 )

Day 4

Ok, this is the last kuching post.....so so so long only finish it cos im as usual in my state of R E S T ...hehe wad an excuse...

During the last half day, we went to visit some places which i also cannot remember the name due to the time frame of the visit. Here's some pictures of the last day in Kuching

Visited some Cheng Ho statue

The Church of God in Kota Samarahan

UNIMAS - the public university in Sarawak

We went to inside...got beautiful interior designs

Another shot of the beautiful place

So inside got the largest library in S.E.A but we couldnt go in as its was FRIDAY... ++

Sarawak Civic Centre

Bus stops in Kuching are all the same and well designed

Sarawak's style of humongous satelitte dishes

World's most comfortable chair.....jk...okok lar...

Very small cutey baby bananas

At noon, our journey at Kuching ended. The brother send us to the bus station and we headed to Sarikei.

Before ending the post, i would like to give special thanks to all the Kuching saints for giving such a warm welcome and enjoyable trip here, namely a few who has been with us for most of the time like Bro David Chong, Bro Davis, Bro Yew Hai ( our driver ) =), Bro Francis, Bro David Liew, Even and friends, Raymond, Daniel and of course DAWSON!! haha Names which weren't mentioned dont be sad k? Its so late at night now and you cant expect me to remember all the names in flash. Sorry ya if i missed you out =)

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