January 4, 2008

~Land of a Thousand Ringgit~

It took me some time to post this thing. Last night i came back from badminton start to upload the pictures into it. Freaking slow!! Upload until i sien, go to bed EARLY instead.

27/12/2007 i took off to Sabah with my mom, cousin, uncle, and auntie taking Air Asia. The flight was okok nia. Feeling hot in der and the condition of the plane was like old and dirty cause an old plane.

Thank God i still able to arrive in Sabah. The flight was 2 half hours travel from LCCT to Sabah.Once we get our luggage, check into our hotel. Imperial International Hotel. Is a new 4 star hotel loacted in the town with a sea view location.

Im not rich!!! Travel sendiri wont stay in such place! The hotel was booked by my mom's company for her to stay. She had a 45 minutes presentation to do during the next day in Kota Kinabalu Office.

Ya!! It should be a company trip not holiday trip. I just tumpang tidur dalam saja & we personally paid for 1 Deluxe room. Actually we should be staying in Meridien Hotel just down the road. Is a 5 star hotel but my mom rejected it T_T

Settle everything kat counter d off we go c our room.


This was posted at the lift. Kesian betul!! King of Fruits cannot go into the Imperial Hotel.

O.O is a suite not a room. It has a living room. All new furniture and clean.

View in the bedroom. Look at that bed!! i so miss it!!
Behind the glass is the bathroom. At first i dint realise is a SEE THROUGH glass until i went into the toilet. If dint pull the blinds down before shower and so ngam the house keeping people comes in. Walalala. "Sabah Expo"

The whole suite is full with mirrors. I walk to any spot, for sure there is a mirror. =/ Design??
1 thing i dunt like for the hotel is their location. Is too near to the airport!! Can always hear aeroplane landing and take off. Noisy betul =S

Hotel View

Settle down already, drink coffee and rest. Then we walked to the Filipino Market. Just 5 mins walk away from the hotel. Filipino market is a place where dry seafood sold in 1 place. Where all the stalls sell the same thing and with the same price.

Some fella play cheat!! To get business, the whisper to u with a lower selling price from the others.



~Filipino Market~




~Deer Feet @ Tendon~
~Dried Baby Abalone~


After a day of travel and walking, go back hotel @ had a nice, comfortable sleep. Best thing to do during holiday is eat, sleep, wake up, walk, shopping, eat and sleep again XD


We went to Tanjung Aru Food court for seafood dinner. Yum yum. Is just 10 mins walk away from our hotel. It is a covered food court with many seafood stalls. My uncle reco this stall to us during his previous trip to climb Mount K.K.




~I wonder do they serve Fried Pork Spare Ribs @ Sweet and Sour Pork anot???~



~Varies type of seafood and most important. IS ALIVE!!!~

These dead de...already chopped to pieces

~The famous "Sabah Shu Zhai Choi"~

MUST NOT SKIP

I dunno wat it called in English XD but this type of vege can only be found in Sabah @ very limited in the market. Hard to get it other places. So remember to order this!! Really nice.

~Lai Yau Har~


MUST NOT SKIP

My favourite.Udang besar and Fresh. Yummy

~Ikan Bakar~Stingray~

Very nice also and big size @_@

~Deep Fried Soft Shell Crab~
My 2nd favourite!!!

This dunno apa. Forgotten =) not very nice. CAN SKIP THIS!

This meal is fantastic. Delicious. Wonderful.

BUT

Eating seafood in K.K aint cheap. The price slightly different from KL BUT is for sure fresh!!

Want to eat cheap seafood, have to travel to Sandakan or Tawau. There is cheap and fresh also.

This meal cost about RM300+ for 5 pax. @_@ but my mom put into company bill. If I knoe she gonna do that, should order something more expensive. Darn

After dinner, balik hotel tidur!!! B4 tidur I patut call my fren, Stephen a.k.a Viperx, VIVI out yum cha. Tertidur kat sofa when i went back. (Boss Sorry!!!)

Following day, early in the morning 10am my cousin woke me up go out for breakfast. Gosh i really duwan to get up from the bed. Is just too comfortable to sleep on =(

He gave me 2 options A)Continue sleep skip breakfast B)Breakfast
Sei zhai!! >=(

Come Sabah mana boleh skip meal kan!!! i choose (B) but the bed T_T

Came down walk around, sei lo. All the coffee shop not like KL de. Those coffe shop got like 1 or 2 stall inside onli.


End up eating in a crouded Pork Noodle shop. Not really tat nice! Rm5 per-bowl!! SIOW
After breakfast, Ryan(guy who settle our room at the mountain) came to pick us to the Mount K.K kaki.
During the journey, he say helped us to upgrade to our room with a better view. So I was thinking.. Wah not bad ar this fella, tau buat kerja. Put us in a room where can c the valley or maybe Mount K.K =)
2 hours drive from K.K town to the resort.


~Zen Garden Resort~
I just cant wait to c the upgraded room with a wonderful view!!!
Walk and Walk and Walk from lobby to the room. Walah : Let me present to u the upgraded room with beautiful view :












Room with 2 single bed.


Our wonderful view from the balcony!!! Trees and 1 longkang!! =.=

Front door.

KNB kena Con by tat @^#&*^@#%
Wat kind of upgrade is this??? Where is my Mount K.K and valley view???

D tv is the worst thing of all!! Got macam tiada!!
When I on it got RTM1 and RTM2 only and is blur with buzzy sound !! cannot watch anything at all!!!

Another thing, phone line. I thought Digi has a wide coverage. When im there, no line!! Where is my fat yellow man???

Dont tell me this is what happen to my yellow man?? Watch the flash












Charm lo. No Tv no Line. Mau cari orang keng gai pun tak boleh. No swimming pool, got pool table but koyak. I stayed there for 2 days sumore!!

~4 Boring People orang~

Boring until we sot sot dei liow.

Thank God i brought a deck of cards and bought another deck from the shop. We played "Jimlami". My cousin suggest to play with money. No money fall asleep easily. Well is true no money no fun XD

I Won RM20 from the game =)
we play small small amount only.

With my winning cash, i went for foot reflexology with my uncle @ auntie.It cost Rm40 for an hour and is my first time!!

They say I might not tahan the pain wor. No pain at all but very syok!! I like that part where they massage the neck and head.

~View of the Valley~

~Vege @ Fruits Market~

This place is 2km away from the resort. The place is something like Cameron Highlands where the local people will sell their Vege and Fruits.

We bought some fresh mushroom add into our steamboat dinner.

Eat steamboat in a cold place like this best best!!!

~American Breakfast~

Every morning, had the same thing.

Next morning, the sky was clear and we able to c Mount K.K from our resort.
I present to u MOUNT KINABALU

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jk nia. This is not Mount Kinabalu. Is a stupid hill behind our room =)


~Peak of Mount Kinabalu~

~View from other place~



I was sad when i was travelling back to K.K town.
Not of the view or the resort i miss.

Is becuase i TERTINGGAL my favourite jeans and belt in the cupboard!!

Anyone going there, please get my jeans back if is still der ='(

My uncle left a watch there also. Haiz..Those house keeping fella must be dam happy to clean our room.

While waiting for our transport to Pulau Tiga from K.K town, we went to hunt for lunch. This is what we can get at that time.

~Sabah WAn Tan Mee~
~Ngau Chap Mee~

I dunno wat so nice about these 2 =/ ngau chap mee eat at Seremban is the best!!! We came into this shop is because the croud attracted us. The food aint anything special!!

2 half hours drive from K.K to the jetty to Pulau Tiga. While waiting for transfer, i found this type of fish. It reminds me when i was in Australia early February last year.

How to catch this fish WITHOUT using a fishing rod, line, hook, bait or net???

Answer below. While scrolling down think about it
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Still cant get it??
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Think harder!!

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Answer is using a wooden stick. =)

This way was accidentally found by my uncle. When we were crabbing at Mandurah, there were alot of this type of fish resting on the surface of the water. He was not holding anything except a wooden stick. So, he just use the stick whack as hard as he can on the fish. Well, eventually kena the fish, and it goes pengsan la. Terus angkat and put it into the pail. That night we caught 43 crabs and 15 of those type of fishes. I caught some too. kekeke

~Ok Fly Back to Sabah~

Pulau Tiga 30 minutes boat ride from mainland. Pulau Tiga is also known as Survivor Island because the American Series show "Survivor" happened on this island.



The very first Survivor Borneo



Love the fizzy hair!! =)


We were not alone on the island!! Warning of Monitor lizard and Monkeys!!

This island is very the ulu type compare with others. It has no water sports, less activities, no Tv but the der is 1 in the TV room for all, no internet and the main attraction is this

~Mud Pool~

The mud pool is located 1.2km away from the beach. So have to walk the jungle trail covered with mud back to the beach.


Imagine deeping half way, few monitor lizard pops out from the mud @_@

Very sanfu walking back cause cannot wear shoe have to be kaki ayam and the twigs and stone cut my feet =(


~Sunset~

The resort added 1 new big pool table. Just in time before we arrive. Hehe. They charged Rm5 for 20 minutes.

Some people play for fun and just cabut without paying. Later the workers say tak perlu bayar la, main aje!!

FREE POOL

Me and a half Aussie half chinese boy play whole afternoon. Kekeke
Funny kid, speaks little bit of chinese with Aussie sleng. Everytime he missed the ball, he will say "can i have another chance??" or "is just a practice shot!!!" =/

Well, he just a kid takan bully him meh. Kasi lo but Some of his shot is really accurate!

In the resort, when u order drinks from the bar, dunit give money de!!! just tell them ur room number kau tim!! how nice izit get a drink without payin!! XD

Meals prepared by the resort not to say very nice. All Angmoh taste de. Their curry looks spicy but eat not spicy at all. Fried Rice with chili. No taste at all. No seafood sumore!!

Every morning, Egg, Sausage and Beans =/ Sien ARRRRR

31 Dec. New Year Eve Dinner, they prepare BBQ! Wah ingat got sotong, or fish or prawns la.Mana tau apa pun tiada. Onli got Chicken Wing, Beef, Salad, Fries and lamb. Thier Chicken wing and lamb is the best compare with others.
I Q-ed 2 rounds for the grill lamb!!!

After dinner, they organize some party games for us without prizes. =.=
Come on, buy something cheap at wrap it la. Make it more interesting!


I played this. Hold that long newspaper, spin around for 5 times and run towards ur partner with the newspaper. Give it to ur partner and do the same thing.

After 5 spins all running side ways and dropped the newspaper. Sat pai =(


5 minutes before 12 at Survivor Bar

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008. Goodbye 2007. Is History!!!

Fireworks Bing Bang Boom waaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
After 7-10 bangs..Thats IT!!

Later, the Dj annouced Ladies And Gentlemen
Run to the Jetty NOW!!!!

NAKED!!!

Some Sabahian and Angmoh run to the Jetty "Mok Kong Zhu" and jump down from the jetty. O.O

I thought the DJ was just joking, mana tau they really do it!!!
It is normal in Sabah. They called it "Buangan Sial" but ere abit special. Naked XD

01/01/2008 we left the island at 10am and the flight back KL was 5.10pm! Journey from the jetty back to K.K town onli 2 hours. 5 hours of extra time. Die. CAnt go anywhere because of the luggage.

So before we head to airport, we asked the driver dropped us at a Seafood Restaurant to have our lunch. ohhhh.. fantastic, last seafood meal before we leave.
~Coconut Stim with Prawn~

~Sweet And Sour Crab with Fried Bun~

Got another 2. A Fish and Vege. not so Attractive. Hehehe

The meal was 1 hour and 40 minutes to 2 hours. We got is the time!! EAt real slow. Spare time, hang around in the airport. As ussual Air Asia famous thing, Flight Delay.

Thank God is onli 30 minutes. If not gonna be Orang Utan in the airport!

This post took me about 2hours+ to finish. Gtg work liow. Stay Tuned for more updates =)

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