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This Blog has been Moved!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:32:00 +0000

Dear ladies & gentlement, this blog http://leilei28.blogspot.com has been moved to http://chloeling.com Please show your continuous support !!! Thank you!!

Literally Finger Food

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:36:00 +0000

While searching for some finger food images for my project , i came across these images....

What the heck ?

Photo source:google image

I mean i really salute them for the effort they put in just to get the really genuinely FINGER FOOD!!
I hope nobody ask for sausages, for example Mr.Ho sausages???? YIAKS!

Lei Lei's observation

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:42:00 +0000

Welcome to the 1st lesson of Lei Lei's observation! ( Actually, come to think of it, a few of my previous entry should be put under this title..mmmm.....) But anyway, we'll just start from here.

So what is Lei's Lei's observation about you may think? It's basically about the different types of people that i encountered in everyday life. Because you ain't going to meet a person that's exactly the same ( unless they are cloned). So meaning every single person you meet everyday will lead to an interesting chapter in your life, agree? Mayb yes & mayb no. Anyway, let's read on.

The idea of me having to come up with this topic, is because i think im kinda fated with "weird" people. My definition of weird might be normal to other people, that is why i find this topic very interesting. Because each one of you can either agree with me or not agree with me. And that to me is very challenging.

So for this 1st chapter, i would like to talk about one of my coursemates when i was still studying in Sydney Australia several years ago. She left me with an impression that i think i won't be able to forget for my entire life.

Things aint easy when i was still a coursemate+friends with her, but having to think back now, i've actually got a chance to learn a very precious life lesson with her. Because of that, i can now use what she had used on me to people that are not so nice to me these days. See?

The most memorable part i have on her, however can be catergories as below;

Ability to get jealous

i would give her 200 out of the 100

Scheming?

Another 200 out of 100

Ability to SHOW OFF ?

300 out of 100

The ability to sit back and relax when bad things happen to you?

500 out of the 100

The ability to push you down so that she could lift herself up high?

1000 out of 100

Ability to compete with others?

2000 out of 100

Terrible?

She was so mean to me when we were still coursemates, and i thought i was the only one. Until i found out another friend of mine who happens to have the same fate as me...and infact she suffered worst, why? Because they both went for the same guy!! hohoho! In the end, the one who suffered the same fate as me, became one of my best buddies.

And you know what? when i said i couldn't forget her for maybe my entire life is not exactly what she did to me, it's actually the impression she left for me, meaning her features, her face. And now, i really have phobia with long faced female. I mean not as long as a horse face but, the long type you know what i mean?

Here's a few examples,

image source:google image

Get the picture?

Of course, i'm not saying all the females who possesed a face shape like this are entirely like that. (I really hope that someone will prove me wrong!) But after coming back here and meet some long faced again.....they are still basically the same species. And the good news is, i've got a couple in my office!!!!

Good day in office guys, will be back with more observation analysis soon! HO HO HO!

Happy Mommy day!!

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:26:00 +0000

To my mum & all the dear mommies out there!!!
Happy Mother's Day!!!

With Love! MUACKSSSSSS!

Star Trek d Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:24:00 +0000

Despite having an antibiotic full blown day, meaning.....i wasn't being able to control my emotions, sterned face, feeling moody and worst of all, nobody understands that. So here's a tip for future reference --It would be best to just stick your sick face @ home the next time round when you are sick. There's no point going out, you know why? Because the society won't give you any courtesy @ all. Believe it or not?

Well....having said that....i was then glad i did something meaningful today....making the perfect choice of movie to watch.....which is ?

THIS!

STAR TREK 2009!!

Many people did a review on this movie, and non that i've read has got any bad reviews about it. So i was pretty much sure that this will be a good or otherwise great movie to watch!! And i'm glad my instincts were correct!!

I mean i wasn't even a fan of Star Trek to begin with. And seriously, i haven't a clue what Star Trek is about. But after watching the movie, i now have a very clear idea what it's about. I used to have this impression where the characters in Star Trek are all half alien half human type, the movie however still shows the half alien half human character, but it wasn't that eerie this time round. And i kinda felt the characters in this movie!! Haha

The other good thing about this movie is however the characters. The age has been clearly minimised. In a way, i think it's more appealing to the audience, well @ least to me. Each of the characters has got their own vibe, which allows audience to remember them easily. And my favourite character? Goes to ---- KIRK! (Chris Pine) Simply because his image appears to be more humane, hip and of course cute!!

The one in the middle is Kirk, the very 1st guy on the right is Spock(Zachary Quinto). Apparently he stares as the bad guy (Sylar) in Heroes who hunts people with superpowers and make the powers his own. ( No wonder he looks kinda familiar)

Kirk is cute right? From this image he kinda looks like Brad Pitt to me!!

Ok, so besides the main characters, there is however another character which caught my attention. Him --

Nero the bad guy in Star Trek movie, but who exactly is he in real life?

I couldn't recognised him when he 1st appeared in the movie, and after a few closed up shot on him....he is no one other than the Australian actor Eric Bana! Where did i find the resemblance? From his mouth of course. He got this distinct pouch on his mouth, which is like his trademark and it's so hard to just get pass that. And the other reason being i still got this vivid memory of him starring in one of the Australian comedy show -- The full frontal. Man, he was hilarious! I still couldn't forget how he looks like when he was on the show, just like these images--

Eric Bana on the far left and the rest of Full Frontal crew

I got this images under the Eric Bana show

He was hilarious right? and if you compare these images with the one in Star Trek.....doesn't really match up don't they?? But the mouth does!!!!

AlrightyO ! Enough said!! Time to head to the cinema!!!!

And for those that have joined the ride, please choose one of the following;

poll by twiigs.com

Down with diarrhea

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:33:00 +0000

Diarrhea is not exactly a very nice thing to picture.....unfortunately i'm down with that.
Having woke up this morning, saw myself in the mirror, i got a shock, because i look exactly like this,

photo source: google image

Well, maybe not exactly like that but.....to me it was quiet close. Not much food for almost 2 days and having much water discharged from my body....the feeling is however indescribable.

Couldn't write much, no inspiration, lack of energy. I'm just down.

A little Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:06:00 +0000

If you learn that somewhere in our country, there's an elixir of eternity, would you go hunt for it? if your answer is YES, please take the following quiz.

There won't be any wooohaaa answer to this Quiz though, all im doing here is a simple survey to a big life's decision! Please take part just for fun! OK?

So after having asked around, and paid off some chaps that will lead you to the answer of where the elixir might be, you began your journey in hopes of finding the elixir of eternity.

And finally! You've found the place where the elixir is hidden!! You can see a clear fine glass containing the colourful elixir,

photo source: google image

as you try to approach it, something stop you from doing so, what is it that's stopping you from getting the elixir?

So what's ur decision?

poll by twiigs.com

Red Alert!!

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:41:00 +0000

A news caught my attention yesterday--- A 31 year old man returning from the States is suspected to have Swine flu. I stood there with disbelief and started to think what if this turns out to be a confirm case? The 1st case of Swine flu from Kuching throughout the whole country? Lots of questions went through my head @ that very moment. I mean in situation like this, there's really nothing much we can do right? However, i still need to find some form of way to protect myself. Going to the doctors and take some vaccine for normal flu is just not the way, i mean if it's called " Swine flu" it's obviously not a normal flu right? Apparently some private clinic doctors actually called out their patients and ask them to go take a normal flu vaccine! Can you believe it? Ofcourse many of us will get panic over things like this....but...what's important now, is to take good care of ourselves. Avoid crowded areas, wash your hands regularly, exercise regularly, take more vitamins....and last but not least, wear a mask!! It won't give you a full protection, but @ least there's some form of defence between you and the virus. If all the mask are sold out, you can try something like this;

Yes, bra! You will be surprised by how good of a protection it gives!!! If your wife/gf has got a bigger cup, it will provide even better protection! & what's great about it? it comes in two and you can get them 24/7 !!! When a news like above broke out all of a sudden? Take it off and cover your mouth!! Give another one to your love ones!!! Now i kinda know what wonders a bra can do!!!

hahaha

Anyway i was just trying to crack some jokes to you guys to help loosen the tension a bit!!! no offence!!!

By the way, heard the latest news on the radio, it says the test on the suspected man actually turn out to be negative! so i guess that's a piece of good news??? However, i still think we need to take safety precaution no matter where you are and what you are doing especially during times like this. LET's STAY SAFE!!

Will you?

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:59:00 +0000

Guys, i would like to know,

poll by twiigs.com

What's next?

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:31:00 +0000

You know, i really had a great time posting photos from my Kota Kinabalu trip. It was such an enjoyment!! But, good things always come to an end, right? So, before i start my wild imaginations posting again.......there's however a tip of advise i got as an email from my friend the other day......it serves as a reminder for those that always eat out, or those that go travelling and got carried away....too happy and forgot to check minor things like this!!!! Hopefully after this post, you will put your hand-phone calculator to good use!!!

Below is an example,( image extracted from the email i got,) it happened in a restaurant in Hong Kong. Basically it's a normal bill which we get after every meal if we are eating out...so what's wrong with it?? Try adding the amount and you will know what i mean!!!!

Say for example, by adding all the amounts on the bill.....
45+36+65+68+98+88+8+68+42 = $518!!! Hello? It aint $548 as shown on the bill ok? Plus the service fee it will only be $ 573!!! See how much more you need to pay if you don't check your bills properly???

I'm sure if you bring the problem to the cashier or the waiter/waitress, they will either come back to you and blame it's a techincal fault....but a fault is a fault, and you need to fix that right??

So be sure to check your bills next time you eat out!!!! and don't get conned!!!

KK Trip--Final Episode

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:14:00 +0000

After the magnificent island tour....we then enjoyed a quiet evening in our hotel---The Pacific Sutera, one of the best hotels and resorts in Kota Kinabalu.
We had a dinner appointment with Kl's friend @ around 7:00pm, so since we still have a bit of time in hand, we decided to go walk around this beautiful resort.
We started off with their beautiful garden....

It's almost sunset, and i can tell you....the colour shades of the nature just falls so beautifully onto each and every element in the resort!!!

The Swimming pool....see the background?

But the one thing that i would be most wanting to see is non other than their private yacht club!!

See me cam whoring with the Yacht club behind me together with the beautiful sunset!!

And this is the real thing!
I wonder whose boat are these??? mmmm......

And they even have their own GAS STATION OK?

This picture of the gas station actually look kinda legoish to me!! So cute!

This is the club house, it consist of bowling alleys, mini theater and many more!! Can you believe it?

A shot from the club house over looking the expensive & beautiful Yachtsssss .

This, however is the Olympic standard size swimming pool, which belongs to the other wing of Sutera Harbour, The Magellan Sutera

Doesn't look like Olympic size swim pool when i was there leh.....

Cam whoring from the swimming pool over looking the YACHTsssss AGAIN!!!

@ 1st i didn't quiet like the architecture of The Magellan, because it's just such a standard resort typo look...but then when i got a closer look....i was actually amazed by the quality of material they used....and i fell in love almost instantly with the timber species they use for their ballustrate, door frames and louvers!! I LIKE LIKE LIKE!!!
This has to be the "long kang" that seperates the two different wings! If you are desperate for some salt water....you are actually free to jump in the sea from here!! But there's a boundary though....just in case the shark comes...you know....

Ahhhh...beautiful sunset!!!!

Me relaxing while my toe nails are over looking the sea!

Couldn't resist the beautiful sunset behind me, so somehow must cam whore a bit lah...

Almost time for the beautiful egg yolk to rest!!

And just when we were about to go indoor, there's something which caught my eye......a BEAUTIFUL YACHT happens to sail across me!!!

I saw this yacht parking @ the dock which has a British flag on it, so i presumed it's a British Yacht? And how long does it take for it to sail back to UK? is it possible?? mmmm so many questions and yet no answers.....
Another view of the beautiful yacht and the sunset..

After the long walk, we landed @ the Magellan Sutera's lobby!! The lobby was damn grand ok!
And the flower in the middle is actually real waterlilies!!!

Damn beautiful CAN?

And so we met up with Kl's friend after about 10 minutes waiting @ the lobby...and we are off for our dinner!!! Sorry folks, didn't take any pictures of the food...because to me....the food was just ok.

After the dinner, Kl's friend brought us touring around the city centre a bit...couldn't see much as it was damn dark can? I think right....they should emphasize on putting in more street lights or more lights for the landscape you know what i mean? Brighten up the whole city a bit lah......

And then, we went for the dessert.......which was DAMN NICE CAN?
So what did we have exactly??

This........
Sorry folks, as it was too delicious, i forgot to take picture when it was still nice and solid.....however, i've got another pic showing you how does the thing look like in fake....hehehe

Like this lar.....

If you happens to see this shop.....DON'T WAIT....RUSH RIGHT IN!
It's so good that before you have your second bite, you are already queuing up for your next order!!!! The taste is so light and yummy!!! It's a yogurt ice cream!!! Go try it out guys!!!

After the yummy delicious dessert, we were damn tired....so Kl's friend sent us back to Pacific Sutera....

This is how the "Inside" of the Pacific Sutera looks like @ nite.....and then we called it a night.

The next morning, before we packed and say goodbye to the resort....i couldn't resist but to take more shots of how the hotel looks like under the morning sun...

My room's balcony over looking the body of the building...

And the swimming pool from higher view......

The Yacht club!! Wohooo.....

And the lobby.......eeeekkk....nothing @ all compare to the one in Mangellan....

Right?

Before we headed to the airport, Kl's friend brought us to eat another local dish....Tomyam Beehun!! The taste?? Superlicious!!!!

If the bee hun appears to be a bit more tough, i think i will like this dish 10 times more!!!

Kl had his salty vege bee hun soup with fish fillets!! Also tasted yummy!!!!!

Yum yum!!!!

So after the delicious bee hun, we then headed to the airport.....so that's all folks from the Kota Kinabalu trip!!! Hope you enjoyed it!

P.S. Supposed to be going Japan end of this month, but then because of the Swine flu, i had no choice but to postpone......hopefully i will be able to rearrange it for later part of the year!!!!Fingers Crossed!

KK Trip--Part 6

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:46:00 +0000

After being greeted by the live aquarium, we were being told by our tour guide the next boat will be leaving in 45 minutes, and so the way to spend this 45 minutes, is nothing other than walking around the island!!

There's actually nothing much happening on the island, except for those that would like to do some snorkeling, or maybe " walking under the sea" which they charge RM250, including a cd showing how you were when you are under water talking to the fishes, some photos.....and i think that's about it. And so we thought RM250...mmmm.....cos we don't really like to go under the water you see....so we chose something else instead!! READ ON PLS!
The only thing we discovered when we were walking around the island, that is fascinating enough, is the design of the chalet, like these,

To me, this is what i called " CHALET", it's not that i want to talk bad about OUR chalet here in some of the resorts....actually, i couldn't even bothered to talk about it.....i guess i'll just dig up some files and see if i can find some pictures of the chalet here.....its kinda "different".....

You notice all the chalets are facing one direction?? Of course all of them are facing the beautiful SEA!

I supposed these are the restaurants or coffeehouse?! It certainly doesn't look like a cafe or beach club to me!!!

As we continued to walk, there's something that we would really like to prove to you guys....it's how clear the water is!!! So we did a little experiment, like this,

Except for the waves, it's actually CLEAR right????

Another beautiful sea view of the Manukan Island!

Now, this is what i mentioned earlier....you need to sit on these space ships to go under water & have fun with the fishes!!

The equipment looks very "Japanese" if you know what i mean....

This beautiful bridge lead us from the boat to the island......

Can you imagine having your wedding photos taken here?

And so we board the boat @ the end of the bridge to our next Island, SAPI ISLAND HERE WE COME! in a speed boat with SUPER SPEED which makes me look kinda wind faced! Urrggghhh....

And after about 5-7 minutes or so...we arrived in SAPI ISLAND!!

Beautiful? Si ?
Just like in Manukan Island, i was so excited to go find fishes!! This is what i found instead....

?????!!!!!!!
WHAT IS THIS MAN!!!
I can feel myself having goosebumps when i c how these fishes group together and staying very still!! If they were edible, just imagine how many you can catch with just having to let your fish nets down for once?

See what happens when i throw a piece of bread into the water?

This is kinda scary for me......

And i don't fancy these fishes!!!
And so we moved on to the Sapi Island for the activity that we've chosen.....what would it be???mmmmm.........it's.......
PARA-SAILING!!!!!

We were being lead by a coach to a normal speed boat where para-sailing were equip-ted....get ourselves into gear....like this....

The next thing we know.....we were already like this.....
PREPARING TO FLY!!!

UP WE GO!!!

UP SOMEMORE!

Nope.....not high enough......UP UP!!!

WE ARE LITERALLY FLYING!!!!

THE HIGHEST!

It was amazing sitting half way in the sky!!!! The view is however BREATHTAKING!

Hello there!! SMILE @ ME!!

The whole flying experience took about 15 minutes.....as you can see in the photos...we were being lead down slowly.....

Slowly & steadily.....

Eventually we were being let down onto our boat again!!
So that concluded our para-sailing experience!!! The experience was unbelievably AMAZING!

And so we get to rest on the boat for a few minutes before we go back to Sapi Island for our BBQ lunch!!!
Well not exactly.....when we arrived....our tour guide told us the bbq is not exactly ready yet....so he said he wants to show us some really really RARE animal....and i said " REALLY?" and followed him with great anticipation.....only to find out....we are actually visiting these.....
Four legged lizard ok? I mean who haven't seen those? Actually i've got one four legged lizard which comes to visit my house quiet often....so what's so special about them? Uhh?

I was actually planning to head back to where we were supposed to have our lunch to @ least have some rest, as the weather was bloody hot can? but the tour guide was so damn excited about the Lizard that he kept talking and talking...and even pointed out the bigger ones....so the only thing i can do is to take some pictures to show him that i'm as excited as him!!!!

Another " bigger ones"!!!!! Ok.....im definetely had enough....

So we headed back to our seat and have lunch.....it was a BBQ lunch, and the layout is pretty much like a buffet lunch.....meaning we get to take our own food right? Well...it's not exactly the case.....

This is how the layout looks like

There were about 3 guys standing behind the buffet counter...and what do they do?? They helped you to take the food.....in this manner....

Have you ever go to a buffet and being asked how many pieces would you like for your prawns, crabs, corns , sausages etc? I'm kinda pissed actually....but we ended up eating quiet a lot too!!! HAHAHA....

Sorry guys, as i forgot to take pictures of the food before we ate them!!! So only the leftovers!!!

After lunch, we took the 1:15pm back to the shore! That concludes our island experience!

More photos from Sutera Harbour resorts and hotels coming up!!!

KK Trip--Part 5

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:10:00 +0000

And so the night befalls and separated the day and night. We put behind our tiring day and woke up to a day that is gonna be full of sand & salt!!

Just like yesterday, our tour guide came to pick us up @ our hotel, and he drove us to our new hotel-- Sutera Harbour!! After we checked in, he drove us to somewhere behind Shangri-la resort for island experience!! I'm actually kinda excited!

And then i don't know why we need to be so discreet as to walk along some back lane of a building.....and i was thinking to myself...where exactly are we going?

And then i saw this,

It was bloody beautiful can?

The setting of the chair actually can be good for filming some scenes for the young idol series these days you know what i mean? This place can be like a couple's secret meeting place or something....it's so memorable and definitely romantic! ( @ nite i mean....as it was bloody hot when the Sun is out!)

We arrived @ about 9:30am, and we were told the boat will only depart @ 10:00am, so we just wait and wandered around. As the weather is bloody hot, we went into the shop above for some ice cream!!! And went around taking some "we think we are so cute" pictures of ourselves....

The red arrow is pointing @ the hotel we are staying for the night
@ 1st we were so excited to see this!!! Crystal clear water! Without knowing there's gonna be something even more unbelievably beautiful ahead of us!!

And so, our tour guide lead us to this small hut to get our LIFE JACKET....yes...very important

and then we go round behind the hut to board our boat. See where the red arrow is?

I took this picture when the boat was just about to take off, it's beautiful right?

The speed boat that we took is really a Speed Boat....it kept jumping up and down on the sea and both of us couldn't keep our eyes open! let alone holding a camera for a snap or two! and the worst part is my face started to feel as sticky as glue while we were cruising half way! Eeeewwww....

As our boat reached the 1st island, the Manukan, we were greeted by this!!!!!!!!!

LOOK!!!!

Who needs a bloody aquarium when you can have this!!!!!

They literally swim to you ok!!!

I was so excited i quickly take off my shoe and walk right in!

I need to have a picture on the left as well as on the right! Because i just couldn't have enough of it!!!!

And how beautiful is this?

I'll let you guys enjoy the nature's gift for a while before i post the rest of the photos!!!

ENJOY GUYS!

Part 6 coming up!!!

KK Trip-Part 4

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:04:00 +0000

And so after the unbelievable climbing experience, and the wonderful Canopy walk, we finally get to enjoy the hot spring!!

This is the public hot spring area, meaning it's free of charge and everybody can jump in!

They also have private chalet type hot spring room! This one is called Raflesia, it includes a small living room, a shower room and a hot tub all for RM20 per hour!! Cheap o not?!!

4 taps, 2 hot and 2 cold

And if you think you are not interested in any of them....you can always have a good time under the Sun!

Oops he saw me taking his picture!!!

But.....did you see what i see??

For example this?
Different colour socks also can ah?

This one even better, no socks and still can do something like a yoga pose!!

After the hot spring, we bit Mt.Kinabalu goodbye....another 2 hours down the winding road!! goodness grace! I almost vomited along the way!
Beautiful Mt.Kinabalu

After almost 21/2 hours coming down from the mountain ( + the traffic)....we finally got back to our hotel! Feeling hungry and tired.....but...since 1 Borneo shopping mall is just next to us....we shall not waste anymore time. We took a quick shower, and dashes to the shopping mall!!!

But 1st, we need to fill our stomach...so we wandered around until we found this restaurant which looks quiet promising.......

Jaws seafood restaurant!! The funny thing is....the captain of the restaurant looks so familiar!! And then i realised....he used to work in Lok Thian Kuching!!! Can you believe it?

Me looking kinda tired.......indeed i'm super duperly tired!

So here comes our 1st dish, Sweet corn+ crab meat soup, and Fish maw soup....taste?Facking delicious ok!

The Fish maw soup!
Crap meat ball !!! Taste?? Facking delicious as well!
I'm not exaggerating, up till the 2nd dish, the food just taste so delicious!
Next up, we have black pompfret( i don't know how to spell the second word) anyway, it's a kinda fish....ok? It was fresh by the way...when we say we wanted to eat the fish, then they go catch the fish in the aquarium and cook it!! I know it's kinda cruel....anyway, so this is how it looks like!

mmm...for this dish, maybe because the fish is fresh? The meat is a little too soft for me....and i don't really like soft things....i like it HARD baby! hahaha

See the colourful red and white thing on top? It was really creative for them to mix the radish which you would normally get it during Chinese New Year dish, for example, the " Lou Yu Shang".. The combination however was really good!!

Next......the best dish of the night goes to........Prawn in Salted egg!!!!

It was so delicious that i even ate the prawn legs and sucked the head!!! I never tried prawn in salted egg this delicious before! Man..it was awesome!!!

And then...the bill came.....it was RM144.50.....now you understand why they make you suck the prawn heads and eat the legs now don't you?

After the delicious yet sucking blood dinner, we went wandered around the shopping mall....seriously when a girl does her shopping....she could forget almost about anything!!!! And so i didn't take a single picture of the mall!! Sorry!!!

Part 5 coming up.........

KK Trip--Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:11:00 +0000

This entry is going to be very promising to the eye.....you will know what i mean as you read along.
And so after lunch, we thought we were going to the hot spring and have some fun!!! But never did i know that, a very challenging task is awaiting us!
As we arrived @ the hot spring park, we were so anticipated about getting change and jump into the hot spring pool, only to learn that we had to do the canopy walk 1st before we get a taste of the hot spring.
I mean it's fine @ 1st, since we thought it's just a CANOPY WALK. So we were enjoying the scenery along the way........like the crystal clear stream....

Spotted many beautiful bamboo trees along the way!!! I really love the way bamboo is grown, clean, straight and tough!

More photos of one of my favorite plant -- Bamboo!!!

Still enjoying ourselves as we walk towards the path to the Canopy walk!

And then....the tour guide said " ok, here goes our path up to the canopy walk, it's 500m away" Ok, seriously i have no idea how far is 500m, and i just followed him closely.....until something just aint right. We kept climbing the stairs, and slowly the stairs became steeper, wider...and i thought " What is this man?" And because i was too pissed, i forgot to take pictures of the pathway up!!!

Anyway, i managed to take this photo half way up!

It must have been 98565238 hours before i finally see the light @ the end of the tunnel!

The Canopy walk!! Still so far away from me!!!! Darn!

But, i was glad that i took the 5896588679 hours walk, why?? So that i could get to take the picture of this beautiful x 889976689 times tree!!!!! Look @ it!!!
How can you not clap hands and mesmerized on God's creation?

And finally, i reached the top....still couldn't resist the beautiful bamboos!!!!

And then up some more steps......we are finally ready for the walk!!!
No, it's not funny ....the bridge is NOT STABLE @ ALL! It kept swaying back and forth the moment i step on it!!!!

It ain't no joke!

But somehow i have a tiger's heart to walk the whole walk! Hahaha....i thk there were 4 canopies altogether, each with a connecting point, like this

and i took some breathtaking photos along the way!

Now, when i said it's promising to the eye, just think.....what other colours did you see besides green? This entry is good for the eye!! Lotsa green!!! Good for the short-sighted!

Part 4 coming up .......

KK trip-- Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:40:00 +0000

The Botanical Garden

And so after we've had enough of Mt.Kinabalu, we proceeded to the Botanical Garden. For us to go botanical garden @ this time of the year is a bit rugi (pity) because it's not the flower season yet!!! duh..So nothing to see lor.....but i'm glad we walked the walk in the botanical garden, because the air is so fresh!! I think i haven't inhaled such fresh air for a long long time now!!

Below are some of the flower photos, these were the only flowers that were booming @ the time when we were there!!

Birds like to eat these...when it's riped it turned into black

This plant belongs to the Orchid family! I think it looks so much like paper pin!!

Peanuts!!

This plant also belongs to the Orchid family!

The name for this tree is --Naked Tree...the skin automatically peels off, and the skin is actually very good to Shooo mosquitoes away! Just get the skin and burn them!

The water from the mountain, super clean, super clear and super Cold!

Proof that i was there...hahaha

After the botanical garden, we went for lunch, nothing special about the restaurant, but the view is!!!

Colourful bush
Again, my proof

Then we were being served lunch...i have no comment on the dishes...i mean we are not supposed to right? I mean considering there are millions of people without food out there...so we must treasure food! No matter what shape,sizes or taste they come in!

White rice, as you haven't already know...
Carrot soup, surprised anybody?
Sweet and sour fish! So " SPECIAL" !
I'm really sorry about this photo ladies and gentlement, as you may know, we were too hungry, forgot to take pic!! so only left overs lah....hahaha.....this was roasted chicken....

And this also!! Very clearly it was a vege dish!!

Blurrrppp.......full now....so what's next??

Part 3 coming up .................

So the journey starts

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:02:00 +0000

You don't have to go far to find paradise. I found mine, 11/2 hours flight away.

To the beautiful Kota Kinabalu!!

We flew Air Asia, and it was late Thursday night...so when we arrived we couldn't get a glimpsed of how KK is like (yes, laugh @ me for not been to KK until now!) because the whole city is actually quiet dark. No joke! & when we arrived @ the airport, we got a shock of our Sarawak lifetime, why? the Taxi fare cost us RM60 for a 20 minutes car ride!!! Why so expensive?? Because of midnight charges!!! Y? Their car run on different petrol past midnight kah?

So we arrived @ 1 borneo, checked into Courtyard hotel......the corridor doesn't look impressive, even the room also, it was damn small ok? @ 1st we booked a bigger room which was about Rm180, and then when we arrived they said " Oh sorry, some of our floors are under renovation, what about i offer you our deluxe room @ Rm128?' The deal sounded quiet fair, so we took it. Otherwise how leh? Sleep on the street kah?

View of corridor

View of the tiny room

Anyway, we were too tired to even think about anything. So just dozed off lor. The next morning....

We were greeted by this magnificient mountain view. We were @ the coffeeshop overlooking the scenery.

Would it be a luxury to have a place like this for breakfast? But then again, it was freaking hot can? They served almost the same dishes for 2 mornings when we were there, but surprisingly they tasted quiet good!!

We then met our tour guide @ the hotel lobby, we got a tour van all to ourselves!! Wohoo!! So after breakfast we are ready to start our day!

Me camwhoring in the tour van

Another camwhoring in action

I didn't know the journey to Mt.Kinabalu can take a whole long 2 hours! It just keeps on going on and on the long winding road! And finally we've reached our destination....we were greeted with this scene...

The tallest gunung in South East Asia! Mt.Kinabalu!

It was breathtaking!

Picture snapping....snap snap snap

After capturing all the angles we could on the Mt.Kinabalu, we then went to walk around the small bazaar...

Basically it's small bazaar that sells mostly local made products, like weaved baskets, T-shirts, key chains, stuffs for tourist.

I cannot remember the name for this instrument, anybody knows?

All sorts of souveniers for sell

Souvenier guitar for sell too!

T-shirts!

As i'm a fan of keropoks, i can't help but take pictures for almost all that i can find in this little bazaar....this one is a real leaf keropok, i don't know how it taste like though...

Long shaped keropok udang

I seriously don't know what this is, maybe something like sago pancake??

Photo taken on watch tower

Part 2 coming up............

p.s gimme some time, as i'm damn busy with my flacking (new word, act as a substitution for FxxKing, and it sounds and looks better!) work!! Sigh....... and hor, the outbreak of Swine flu, i mean how to travel like that? I got bigger plans end of May leh.......Hai hai....

Back from 'Local Paradise'

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:33:00 +0000

Where was i ?

More updates coming soon.

Out for a while

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Hi guys!! I'm flying off to somewhere and won't be updating my blog for the next few days!! But i promised i'll bring back more goodies for you guys ok!! Do come and visit me and leave me many many messages!!! Love ya!

Lots of kisses.

photo source: google image

Lei Lei's believe it or not ?

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:31:00 +0000

What can you do with Rm1.80 these days? Just to let you get a bigger picture, Rm1.80 is equivalent to;

See how tiny is Rm1.80 when it's being converted to other currency?

In Kuching however, you can use this tiny amount to fill your stomach with these!

One plate of normal size Chicken Rice, which normally people sell about Rm3 in other places in Kuching!!!!!! How crazy is that? Tell me!!!

And besides Chiken Rice, you can also get a plate of fried Kuey Tiaw normal size for Rm1.80!!!!

Fry Kuey Tiaw with extra hard boil egg!!!!

Rm1.80 doesn't mean they cut down on the taste! The rice is actually very delicious!!Meat tender!!

The tiny plate of chilli sauce is never enough, and they don't mind to give you more!!!

Same goes with the fry kueh tiaw!!

The portion is actually quiet huge!! Guarantee full!!!

As if that's not enough, they actually provide an air-conditioned environment!!

See the Acon?? hehehe

Don't believe me?? See for yourself!!

Now, the most important question is, WHERE IS IT?
See the Harbour View hotel? It's actually behind Harbour View, their underground carpark entrace, and you turn in where the red car is parked in the photo!!!!

Still don't know?? Ask me!!!

Cool down

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:40:00 +0000

As we are approaching the Summer, June, July & August, we are starting to feel the lush of immense heat building up. Eventhough we belong to the tropics, but somehow, they do have their own 4 seasons.

And recently, the heat is so intense that you almost got a free workout just by standing there, and if you move, that's consider even more workout you are doing!!! Just imagine!! I was sweating like crazy last night, and a thought ran through my head. I need something to cool me down.....i need it......so i went throught some photos in my pc and found these;

Ahhhhh......green green grass of home.......Greenland!!! Except there's not a single grass in sight..it's all covered with ICE!! Ice ice baby..... Was there about 3 years ago!!! and instantly i felt a cool breeze running through me!!!!

This would be good

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:26:00 +0000

What is the most annoying thing when on the road? These?

couldn't agree more?

I really think having to stuck in a traffic jam is really time wasting! Just think about what you can do with all the extra time you gain without having to be stuck in a traffic jam?

From sunset till dawn, from dawn till sunset...it just keeps going on and on....

Just round about the time when i get so frustrated, i really wished to have something like this,

Just push the red button that says FLY!!!!!

and look @ my car!!

It ascend itself into the sky!! swwwoooon by a powerful exhaust or watever you call it

On a sky traffic free!!!! Those pathetic chaps down there just have to bear with the traffic and wait wait WAIT!!!

Shame on you!! Teehee!!!

photo & cars source : google image

The leftovers

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:13:00 +0000

People used to tell me, if you have any leftover food @ home or any biscuits/titbits that you can't finish, the best place to not waste it and @ the same time make it to good use, is to bring them to the office. Experience has proven this to be true. Infact it's so true that everytime when i bring the extra food from home, it will always end up like this;

How can the food not be finished?? and @ the same time we are actually doing something good to the society!!! Not wasting food!!!

Afternoon

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:36:00 +0000

It's just right after lunch

The weather is extremely hot, it's so hot that you could probably cook an egg on top of your head.

On second thought, the eggs will look great if it's cooked on a bald head, but what if it's on a head that's full of hair? Are we getting scramble eggs? Eeeek.

Anyway, for now, i just feel like how these little things are feeling,

Sleepy.

photo source: photo S.A & google image

Best steamboat in town?

noreply@blogger.com (Moonflower) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:06:00 +0000

How many of you agree with me that, when having steamboat, it's best to be in an open environment? And the lousier the place, the more tasty the food?
Here is a perfect example;

How You Cafe @ BDC. This cafe operates as a Foochow cafe during daytime and transformed into a steamboat place @ nite.

There's really nothing fancy about this place, a very typical local kopitiam layout.

The 1st time i went to this kopitiam, Kopi=Coffee, Tiam=Shop ( In Hokkien), I was amazed by their custom made steamboat table;

??? Are they just going to leave it for the fire to burn until one day the whole table is gone?? What a stone aged way of having steamboat! hehehe

Here comes the highlight! Ying Yang soup combo. Ying Yang means hot and cold combine. In this case, we have the hot soup on the left and mild soup on the right! Depends on what flavour you prefer!

Then we were given a piece of menu with all the dishes available printed on it, and all you need to do is choose what you want and tick!
Fresh Prawns!

Raw Chicken Meat!

Fish balls, egg, abalone mushroom and meat balls!
Their own special sauce, not to my liking
I still prefer this combination,

Chilli Padi mixed together with fresh chopped garlic and pour in some light soy-sauce!!

Plastic bowls and spoon
And one thing i like about this place is the amount of different sauces provided!!!

So go try it out guys!!! Maybe not everyone thinks it's the best steamboat in town, but i guess price wise? It might be!!!! Muaaaahhhhahaha

Hv a great nite guys!!!

XOXO