Road to Kundasang...

Today was the first time i drove long distance in Sabah...drove my parents, aunty and Petrina to Kinabalu Park...by the time we got ready it was past 9am...then brought them to my favourite beef noodles stall for breakfast...unfortunately, Pa's got a case of dyspepsia so we had to hunt for Eno and i had to go back to the hospital to get some PCM and maxolon (in case he felt like puking on the trip)..

By the time we started our journey it was almost 11am...we stopped by a petrol station to fill up the tank and check my car...had to fill up the brake oil and battery water coz i haven't service my car for ages...so off we went on our journey...we reached Kinabalu Park about 120pm...weather was cooling...we drove up to Timpohon gate for photo session....then continued towards Poring Hot Springs...

Stopped by at Ranau for late lunch...had KFC...then we continued our journey...it started raining before we reached Poring...so didn't get to go to the Hot Springs...so we decided to drive back coz it was quite late already...it became misty as the sky darkened...and we were basically driving at a crawl coz of the low visibility...almost fell asleep a few times...finally made it back to flat roads...

Thought we'd make it back to KK about 730pm...but fate has it that i were to drive over a pothole and burst my left front tyre...crap!!! poor Pa...had to help me to change to my spare tyre in the rain... in the end, we only arrived at the hotel about 8pm plus...i went home to bathe...stopped by at SMC to get some medications...then ta pau-ed char kuey teow for the bunch of them...really had late dinner...

Gosh, my whole body is aching from sitting too long in the car...driving long distance is really not my thing....but i still hope to drive to Kudat to visit Simpang Mengayau one of these days...hopefully i can find someone to go with me...

碰到‘他’了。。

今天放假了。。因为爸爸， 妈妈， 妹妹 和 姑姑 来 亚庇度假。。早上去了医院打卡。。好像又遇见‘他’ 了。。如果真的是‘他’。。好像瘦了。。奇怪，为何‘他’在哪了? 还有，这次应该是第三次碰面了。。还是没什么发展。。原来命运只能把两个人碰面， 却不能帮两个人拉近一点。。唉，苏州过河了。。就没艇搭了。。。

我二十九岁的圣诞...

今年的圣诞节就这样过了。。我的命中注定的另一半没有在平安夜出现。。但这世界竟然还有奇迹的。。我的 on call ，一正晚都没听到有酒后驾驶而车祸受伤。。在沙巴这真的是一重奇迹阿。。不过呢，还是忙到四点才得睡。。在医院睡到九点多才甘愿起来。。刷了牙，还衣服就赶去教堂。。牧师在说教， 我又一直瞌。。真的没用。。

散会了，要走之前，碰到前男友和他的新女友。。都没打招呼。。是否假装没看到我? 至少没带女朋友来卖弄。。新女友也像我那么矮。。但衣服穿了比我有女人味。。吃醋么? 也不会啦。。羡慕么? 是有点。。他曾经说过，他的爱是永恒， 他的心不
会变。。分开了两年就交新女友， 男人的话也难可靠阿。。何况我还没死阿。。需要那么快找新爱人啊? 没办法啦。。他是个好人。。所以一定会有人要。。不像我。。脾气又坏，又粗鲁, 又死爱脸。。所以就没人要。。

我和一些朋友在 little italy 吃午餐。。吃完了就回家睡觉。。醒来后就冲凉。。然后去另外个朋友的家吃晚餐。。过后去唱K。。唱到一点多快要两点。。回来就睡了。。虽然还是单身，圣诞节也过得不错啦。。像败犬女王的卡斯说: 谁说单身就
是败犬? 希望明年的今天我不会再写关于一个人过的圣诞了。。

败犬女王

最近看了一部偶像剧。。败犬女王。。突然觉得我是一个败犬。。却我并不是什么女王。。也不是什么公主。。女主角叫做单无双。。男主角叫做陆卡斯。。男跟女有八年的距离。。这就是一部关于姐弟恋的故事。。虽然很浪漫也感人但我一直在想: 不要!!!不要让我得另一半比我小。。这是我最恐怕会发生在握身上的事。。也许这样上帝就会安排如此。。哈哈哈。。

说到女的。。她是一个脾气坏又挣扎力强的女人。。什么都要第一名。。什么都要赢别人。。一个独一无二的女强人。。卡斯叫他"鳖女"。。因为他表面上看起来很硬。。不过内心很脆弱。。说到男的了，他虽然外表很顽皮。。但其实很温馨真心又成熟与负责任。。无双的前男友叫做宋允浩。。他六年前因为意想不到的意外而没回来跟无双结婚。。而卡斯的前女友，汉向运。。她在两年前因为冲浪意外以去世了。。虽然两个人来自不同的世界不同的年代不同的悲伤。。命中还是注定它们俩会碰面。。

像每部爱情故事，它们第一次碰到就吵吵闹闹了。。第一次遇见是在平安夜。。唉! 今天就是平安夜了。。是否我的命中注定会出现么?。。我的想象力也太强了。。哈哈哈。。怎么可能?。。我今天 on call 阿。。没碰到就没相识，没吵架就不会相爱。。每次无双遇到困难，卡斯就会出现来救她，保护她。。当它们刚发现已经爱上了对方，前男友又回来。。因为发现允浩在六年前为了赶回来跟她结婚以受伤，无双因为报恩所以选择允浩。。不过允浩看的到其实无双已经不爱他了。。在婚礼
前一天，允浩遇到哪个无双的相亲公司的co-ordinator。。她告诉允浩: "男人说谎是为了自己好，女人说谎是为了对方好， 我们不是故意的，是我们没有勇气去伤害我们深爱的人" 。。这段话让我想起我和前男友的分手理由。。我因为说实话以伤害了他，那是算我勇敢么?。。所以在它们婚礼当天，允浩取消了婚礼。。他说: "可是那一个也许你哪里都不想去，什么事都不用做，即使不结婚你也想赖在他身边的人， 即使没有规划， 没有未来，全世界的人都阻止你， 你还是想跟他在一起那个
人，才是你真正想要的，可惜那个人不再是我"。。他真的太伟大了。。

就这样，女王又被摔第二次。。还是同一个人。。而伤心的卡斯就去了夏威夷完全他的冲浪梦想。。然后又回去大学读医科。。悲伤的卡斯曾对无双说: 我不会为一个没有希望的感情念念不忘。。所以我跟我自己说: 我不会喜欢一个不会喜欢我的人。。因为这样太痛苦了。。我没那么坚强。。半年后，卡斯回来找无双。。他默默的跟无双去单车旅行。。然后就像奇迹出现在无双的眼前。。无双说: 这条线是分开我们八年的距离， 你看好了， 我现在就要跨过去了。。哇! 真的是太感动了。。哭到我便熊猫了。。不要以为这样就结束了。。在我们现实的社会，姐弟恋会面对很多的考验, 别人的讪笑。。 让无双没有安全感， 没有自信。。为了无聊的事情吵架。。不过通过了很多事情， 它们的爱情越来越深。。也许真爱真的足够让两个人在一起。。在戏里面，平常都会有喜剧煞尾。。现实还有很长的路要走下去。。虽然我的奇迹还没出现， 但若我相信这现实的世界有真爱的，那我就会找到属于我的真爱啦。。不过我还是不要看那么多偶像剧了。。戏里面的男主角太浪漫， 太懂女人的心了。。还是不要想太多。。晚了。。睡觉了。。主你们圣诞节快乐。。晚
安。。

Elaine & Siang Lin's Wedding

I had a good break over the weekend...a bunch of us went to Muar for Elaine and Siang Lin's wedding on 20 Nov 2010...yes, the wedding that i've been anticipating for the last few months...Flora, Connie and i flew to JB on Friday morning...i forgot my passport so i had to trouble Becky to send me back to grab it...thank God i didn't miss the flight...Siang Lin and Nelson (Elaine's younger bro) came to pick us up from Senai airport....and we drove back to Muar...which was about 2 hours away...

We dropped by at Elaine's house to pick her up and send her to the nail parlour to do her nails...then Siang Lin brought us for lunch at Elaine's favourite bak kut teh shop...then we checked in at D'99 hotel....Flora, Connie and i shared a room...we practically slept off the whole afternoon...while waiting for Jasmine, Suet Lai, Alisa and Anthony and Darrien to arrive...when they've all arrived...we hung out at the Delifrance adjacent to the hotel....it was good to catch up with old friends...and having Darrien was a lot of fun...

We went to Elaine's house for dinner...she had a pre-wedding dinner for her friends and relatives...and we even celebrated Darrien's 1st birthday...Elaine bought a Baskin Robbins ice-cream cake...we ended up enjoying the cake more than Darrien...hehe...after dinner, the jie muis discussed about the things we wanted the heng tais to do during the morning wedding ceremony....then we went back to the hotel and slept...

We woke up about 6am plus on Saturday morning...we got ready and had breakfast at the hotel...then Nelson came to pick us up to his place...we spent about an hour preparing the 'special drinks' for the heng tais...then us girls were busy placing our kisses on paper...it was for one of the task for Siang Lin...he had to guess which one was Elaine's kiss...we even got Nelson's help with the kisses...hehe...

Siang Lin and his heng tais came about 9am plus...from the beginning, he and his guys had to look for the house key to enter the main gate...we gave the house key to one of the neighbour who really took the guys on a trip...coz he gave them the wrong keys...twice...only after Siang Lin gave him an ang pow only he gave the right key...hahahaha....then after they entered the main gate, firecrackers were ignited...gosh, lost a few decibles of my hearing....

Their next task was to send some guys to eat cut apples from a plate on the floor while doing push-ups....most of the guys managed 2-3 slices...then it was time to down a whole long glassful of beer...the guy who did it could really drink...and he's chinese...next task was to drink the 'special drinks' we prepared...from red wine to hot chilli sauce to vinegar to raw egg...guys really would down anything...hehe...then it was time to dance....i think 'Nobody' by Wonder Girls has become the official wedding dance song...so 2 of the guys had to wear dresses and danced to the song...the guys were quite sporting to oblige....

Then we had some naughty poses for the guys to imitate...that was pretty hilarious...then Siang Lin was finally outside Elaine's room...but before that, he had to spot Elaine's kiss among many kisses...us jie muis managed to get lots of ang pows from Siang Lin during that task...hehe...but eventually he managed to choose the right lips after like 5 guesses...then he thought he could go into the room but then it was locked...and the room key was stuck on the ceiling...so he had to climb up on a chair and use an umbrella to reach the key...

Siang Lin must have been so relieved when he finally opened the room door...could really see it in his smile...hehe...so he went into the room...unveiled Elaine and puts the wedding ring on her...Elaine looked like an angel in her wedding dress...the epitome of a vision of loveliness...after putting on the ring, Siang Lin planted a kiss on Elaine...sigh...best part of any wedding...then we proceeded to the tea ceremony....after that it was time for the bride to leave the house...hehe, we had quite some fun throwing rice at the wedding couple as they walked to the car...

Then we went to the hotel where Siang Lin's parents were staying for another tea ceremony...Connie, Flora and i followed one of Siang Lin's friend's car...when we reached the hotel, one of Connie's strappy heels broke...so i had to lend her my heels so that she can go get herself a new pair...which she did in record time...and her new heels were fabulous...not to mention quite cheap...after the 2nd tea ceremony, it was time for lunch...

We went back to our hotel after lunch...slept a bit till about 5pm...Flora got ready earlier and left for the restaurant coz she was the MC and needed to prepare earlier...Connie and i took our time to get ready...we had to wait for our transport...which was late...but somehow we managed to reach the restaurant before the dinner started...met Ah Liam at the dinner...it was good to catch up...

Then it was time for the bride and groom to enter the restaurant...it was quite an entrance...Elaine looked like a princess in her pale blue gown...and Siang Lin her dashing prince by her side...there were lots of bubbles in the air as they were walking in...quite dream-like...dinner was good...and there was live band performing...so we requested and dedicated some songs to Elaine and Siang Lin...i requested for "Wonderful Tonight"...but the wedding singer totally ruined it with his own version of the song...totally unromantic and inappropriate...i still think Khalil Fong's version is amazing...

So, that was 'the' wedding...a friend told me he hates attending wedding...coz it makes him feel old...i love attending weddings...i love sharing the joy and love with my friends who are getting hitch...i just wonder if this whole getting married business was meant for me...coz it doesn't look like it's gonna happen...

NZ trip - day 11

So today was our last day in NZ...:(...so wished i could stay longer...the last 10 days have been quite an adventure...i hated the idea of going back to work where i knew hell was waiting...Cam and Jeanne woke up before 7am to move the car...this little pig continued to sleep until about 750am...got ready and did some last minute packing and put our luggage into the car...then we went to Victoria Park Market...well, this one was a far cry from Melbourne's Victoria Market...but we still managed to buy more souvenirs...hehe...

Next we went to Queen street where Cam's fridge magnet hunt continued...saw a dress in Cotton On selling at NZD15...bought it...found the dolphin nephrite pendant and chain that i liked in another souvenir shop... the owner was a Chinese...bargained and bought it for NZD45...still a bit more expensive than in Queenstown but i guess it was alright...then we dropped Jeanne off at the Britomart bus stop and bid her farewell...she was so sad that we were leaving...and Cam and i were even sadder that we were leaving...

So Cam and i headed for the airport...i drove this time...and if there was anyone else in the car, one would have noticed that Cam was extremely on the edge all the way....she was unusually quiet, sitting upright and kept looking at the Neverlost GPS and the road signs...i guess we were both afraid we'd lose our way and miss the check-in time...thank God we didn't miss any turning...and managed to reach the airport at 1110am...phew!!!

We parked the car at the car rental parking...Cam went to return the key and i went to queue for check-in...we left the GPS in the car coz the last time we did the same...but this stupid car rental insisted that Cam return the GPS at the counter and told her she needed to jot down the mileage... so poor Cam had to run to the car and grab the GPS...and i was getting worried all the while coz she was taking quite long...eventually Cam turned up just in time for check-in...phew!!!

After checking in, we went for a drink at Juice Booster...to cool down after such a rush...hehe...then Cam continued shopping in the airport...since we had leftover money...hehe..at the departure hall, Cam bought a NZD20 t-shirt while waiting for our flight...which was delayed...as usual...our flight was supposed to depart at 1250pm but only took off at 140pm...spent the whole flight doing a movie marathon....finished up Ip Man 2 which i didn't finish during the inbound flight...then continued with Karate Kid...and Prince of Persia - Sands of Time...and then watched Letters to Juliet...which made me felt like going to Italy again...sigh...then watched The Last Airbender....but only managed to watch halfway coz it was time to land...

So, that was our NZ adventure...no more out of country travel for this year...not becoz i don't want to...only becoz i have no time...and money...sigh...that aside, NZ is really a place worth visiting...and there're still so many places i didn't get to visit...perhaps next time...urgh...i need another break already....

NZ trip - Day 10

So today was our last day in South Island...time for us to fly back to North Island...we woke up about 7am...got ready and packed...after checking out, we dragged our more filled up luggage to the bus stop...Cam wanted to get McDonald's for breakfast but there was a long queue and our airport bus was leaving....our trip to the airport was free coz we got a complimentary connectabus ticket from the Remarkables trip...so we checked-in at the Queenstown airport and had breakfast there...i had a venison pie...our flight was delayed about 15 mins...i supposed that was not too bad for Jetstar...boarded the flight and slept through the whole 2 hours flight...when i woke up we were landing already...

We arrived at Auckland airport about 1150am...got our luggage and waited for Jeanne to pick us up...she was late...by the time she came it was 1230pm...she managed to rent a car from Hertz for NZD81 per day (including GPS)...it was a white hatchback Toyota Corolla....without wasting any time, we headed for Mission Bay...however, we kept losing our way with the GPS....and get this, the brand of the GPS was 'Neverlost'....hahaha...Cam said it should have been named "Alwayslost"...

Along the way, we stumbled upon Cornwall Park at One Tree Hill...but the GPS kept taking us to some residential dead-end roads instead of the main entrance to the park....urgh!!! so we were fed up and looked for it on our own....and what do you know...we found it...without the GPS...so we drove up to the summit where there was this thin pole-like monument at the peak...it was bloody windy that we had problem putting the camera on the ledge for self-timed photos...the camera kept toppling over...we had a really beautiful bird's eye view of Auckland city...then we went down to the park where the sheep are....Cam was so happy to be among flocks of sheep...we took quite a lot of photos with the sheep...though they kept running away from us...hehe...

Next, we drove on to Mission Bay...thank God we didn't get lost this time...we bought fish and chips and had our lunch at the park bench near the beach while watching some cute Spanish guys play soccer...ahhh....that's good life...then we went house-browsing at Mission Bay...the houses were amazing....so i asked Jeanne to pick her dream house...and just as soon as i finished my question, she exclaimed "that one"....and all of us were screaming in excitement...coz we saw this really cool house....(would love to show a pic of the house, but i can't seem to upload it on my blog...damn slow lah digi)...

After that, we went to Takapuna beach..it was quieter and we didn't stay too long there...coz we went to visit Massey University where Jeanne was working and studying...saw her office and lab...met her colleague, Scott...then we went to Pak & Save...bought 6 bottles of Schwarzkopf shampoo and conditioner coz they were selling for NZD2.99 per 250ml bottle...amazing...also bought chocolates and ice-cream...we were so engrossed in our shopping that we were late to meet Elena and her friend, Bea...

We drove as fast as we could (but everyone in NZ drove pretty much like they were in Gurney Drive) to Sky City where they were waiting for us....we were half an hour late...we picked them up and went back to Jeanne's place to drop off our groceries...then we went for dinner at the Occidental which was quite a classy pub...Elena and Bea decided to go for Burgerfuel instead (Elena wanted to try their kumara fries)...so Jeanne, Cam and I shared a pot of Mussels in spinach and blue cheese, a small seafood platter and a loaf of garlic bread....we were stuffed till the brim...after dinner, we met the Spanish girls at McDonald's to exchange photos of our trip...we chatted and saw the photos....then we went back to Jeanne's place....did some repacking coz now i had even more stuffs to bring home...talked a bit...showed Jeanne our photos...ate our ice-cream...then slept...been a long day...