Tuesday, November 25, 2008 ; ♥
FIRST DAY! ;D
Had some phototakings before we board the plane towards Kota Kinabalu, and I can feel that everybody was like so excited for this trip! :D We boarded the plane at around 9PM+, Eelin screamed abit when the plane was taking off, HAHA. :/
*Prays hard Mr Beh won't come across this photo.* :/
Andandand, Samuel spotted this price tag on my trekking shoes, so paiseh~
We're sitting in a budget airline so we have to pay for our own food, I had Roti Jala for like 6/7RM, worth it.
Reached Kota Kinabalu at around 11PM+, we took the chartered bus to City Park Lodge after we came down the plane.
I love the rooms in City Park Lodge, except for the ceiling of the lower bed, I knocked my head for like 4 times!? And the most memorable knock was when I wake up with a gongong mind and forgot about the low ceiling and knocked my head. ._.
The room was super hot and all of us were perspiring, guess what. WE DIDN'T SWITCH ON THE AIR-CON!! Luckily Jaslin noticed it. =.="
Went out to the rooftop for briefing about the activities ahead and went back to bed at around 1AM+.
SECOND DAY! ;D
We woke up at 7AM+, as expected, I was the last to wake up. -.-
I was the first to pack my bag, so I took out my camera and begun to snap pictures. :/
I love the rooftop there as well, so nice so nice! :D We had toasted bread, eggs and fried beehoon for breakfast.
Assembled at the lobby after breakfast, we were the first to reach so we happily took pictures. ;D
Their lobby is nice as well, and it's like a living room. They have toasters, water dispenser, sofas, television and stuffs.
The rest came after awhile.
The teachers(Ms Pang, Mr Beh, Mr Goh, Mr Tay, Ms Lim) brought us to the opposite Supermarket to buy the stuffs that we need.
We collected our luggages in the lodge and boarded the bus towards Kinabalu Park HQ. The whole journey took like around 2hours.
Mr Beh and Mr Tay suggested all of us to sing in the bus, the lyrics of the song which Paul sang was so creative can! XD
And you know what, I've got many things to say about the place we're staying overnight at. The whole place was like a bungalow with double storeys. There's kitchen, living room and balcony! :D
We spent time exploring the whole place and took pictures, but they're in Shi Jie/Mr Goh's camera.
The door which leads out to balcony is stucked D: So we have to climb the window out to the balcony. I knocked my head onto the window, again. Fifth time in the trip. =.="
We had some briefings and phototakings again, there's this very interesting thing happen to Eelin. I swear it's damn funny okay, HAHA!
Eelin was having a leg cramp, as in those pins and needles cramp. Mr Beh and Ms Lim were helping her to loosen her leg muscles and she was there screaming her lungs out, I swear her screaming was worser than giving birth, HAHA. :/
Even the guys next door can hear her screamings and they came over to our side, Min Feng and Paul's reaction were damn funny ah! XD
Had some secrets sharing with the 4 sec1s there, shhh! (:
We wore our beanies[sp], gloves and stuffs which'll keep us warm and headed to Balsam Cafe to have our buffet dinner, yummy yummy. :D
The teachers brought us to a nearby souvenior shop to buy things and we headed back to our rooms to pack our day pack for the next day's climb to Laban Rata.
Went to room 3 for bag inspection, many of them were shocked to see me when I wore my specs over. :O
We went back to our rooms respectively after the briefing and went to bed asap cos we're climbing the next day.
And as usual and expected, I'm the last to wake up again the next morning! :X But I was woken up by Eelin's very-loud-and-sharp laughter, our room was the noisiest room okay. Wait, I swore I wasn't part in the creation of the noise okay, HAHA. :/
So we walked to Balsam Cafe for our buffet breakfast, collected our packed lunch, met our Mountain Guide and headed off to the board the 2hour bus-ride to Timpohon gate and started our climb towards Laban Rata. I was in the same group as Shi Jie, Pui Yee, Chris and Jia Heng the peanut(Ask my group members why we call him peanut).
Above sea level~
Shi Jie is a very nice guy, he encourages us while trekking. But of cos, there's much more other stuffs to talk about him for being so nice! :D
We rested at those checkpoints. And we were sometimes cheated by Mr Goh/Mr Beh, cos they said that the checkpoints are a few steps ahead but I walked like a thousand steps but still no sight of the checkpoint. =.=" But at least it's a kind of motivation for us to walk faster and mentally less tired.
The views from up there is really nice, and I didn't really believe I'd climbed up to so high up near the clouds.
The other climbers there are very friendly, they would say a " Hi " a " Hello " or maybe somethings to encourage us, they're nice people.
So we stopped at the 4th checkpoint or so to have our lunch, cheese sandwiches and
Hui Min! :D
Isn't Hwee Ling cute? xP
HAHA, they posed for my camera. :D
Mr Beh wants a picture. :D
Mr Goh was like somehow feeling sick when we reached the 5th checkpoint. Wait, I didn't snap Mr Goh's picture, Mr Beh did! :X
1KM more to Laban Rata. :D
As you can see, the higher on the mountain you are, the more cloudy it gets, and the more colder it is.
We finally reach Laban Rata! :D
Their temperature dropped from 11.4 degrees to 8.2 degrees.
After we reach Laban Rata, we still have to climb up the rocky path which lead to Pendant Hut.
We left our luggages in the rooms and went down the rocky path again to Laban Rata for our buffet dinner at around 6PM+, Hwee Ling was uber sick when she came up, her face was like so pale~ Must be really tough on her.
The rest of the day were spent on preparations for the Summit climb and briefing for Via Ferrata.
So we slept at 8PM+ and woke up at 1.30AM the next morning and had simple breakfast before we start our Summit climb.
THIRD DAY! ;D
We woke up at around 12AM+ and had simple breakfast before heading for our Summit climb.
I was in the same group with Terence, Esmond, Chris and Yi Qian for the Summit climb. We're all panting and gasping for breath at the beginning of the climb, I almost wanted to give up cos I'm afraid my asthma might attack at anytime.
And I didn't bring my camera up to the Summit lah! What a waste man, the view up there is damn nice okay! We made it in time to the Summit to catch the sunrise, and the Summit was super cold at around 8 degrees, Mr Tay shared his warm Campbell soup around, thanks Mr Tay! (:
Min Feng hit my head twice while I was on my way up to the Summit. >_<
We rested at Sayat Sayat Hut for awhile while waiting for the rest to reach and we proceeded back to Pendant Hut while the other 8 person went for Via Ferata.
My whole body was shivering like mad when I reach Pendant Hut, even while holding a plate of bread. We rested in Pendant Hut, some of us slept in our rooms. We prepared and descended down to Timpohon Gate at 1PM+ and it was raining lah~ D:
Oh yeah, there's this part which I felt very safe cos I've got two bodyguards infront and behind me, HAHA. :/ Min Feng and Chris, they were really nice and looked out for me when I slipped or something.
My asthma attacked when I reach Kinabalu park HQ D: Very terrible okay~ Luckily I had my medication with me. So we went to change out cos of the rain and took the chartered bus to Kota Kinabalu and checked into City Park Lodge.
Had dinner @ a local restaurent, they forced me to eat vegetables lah~ But the dishes are nice. :D Eelin ate till very unglam. :/
We had debrief for White Water Rafting for the next day at the rooftop after dinner and shared our thoughts with everyone.
FOURTH DAY! ;D
So we woke up at 8AM+, 1hour earlier than usual for breakfast at a Local Restaurant.
Nasi Lemak, does it even look like one? HAHA. :/
We went to explore the Sunday Market after breakfast, very crowded and nice. :D
We saw this Persian cat while shopping around, Hui Min and I started to sing " Bo Si Mao " by S.H.E, LOL.
Shopping with Eelin and Hui Min in the Sunday Market is nice ah! (: The both of them helped me to bargain prices cos I don't know how to. :S
See the above mices[sp]? They're for sale at 1RM each. And they're for eating!! So cruel can.
Cute puppies for sale. :D
Took the chartered bus to Kiulu River and had White Water Rafting. Super fun okay, I was in the same group with Min Feng, Shaun, Samuel and Ms Lim. I love the body rafting alot as well. :D
So we took the chartered bus to the base of Kiulu River to change out into dry clothings and had buffet lunch there. I dropped a piece of chicken on the floor while eating, clumsy me~
Took the chartered bus back to City Park Lodge for some debrief again and went back to our rooms to catch some rest till like around 3.30PM. Hui Min and Yi Qian came over to our rooms and we chatted and wrote our journals. Jaslin kept saying that she has an adult handwriting whereas Eelin's look like 4 years old, mine look like 5 years old's, HAHA.
My 5-year-old handwriting~ :O
Snapshots by Yi Qian.
Assembled in the lobby at 3PM+ and we headed to don't-know-which shopping centre you call that to have dinner, Mr Tay surprised us with Pizza Hut which is like damn filling. We went off to shop after that. I bought a Spongebob+Patrick+Bathing Ape tee, I find it uber cute eh! :D
Walked around and I saw many many items which I like, but no money. ): Geez! Window shopping is terrible okay~ So Eelin suggested the six of us(Eelin, Pui Yee, Hui Min, Jaslin, Yi Qian, myself) to take neoprints tgt.
Grr, that stupid black thingy on the screen. :O
I like the GB one on the left. :D
Walked back to City Park Lodge at 9PM+, my leg and arm muscles are aching~
Had some debrief again at the rooftop, Chris shared all his thoughts with us and his really great you know.
Hui Min and Yi Qian went down to the lobby tgt with me to use the com, went back to our rooms after that. Chatted with Jaslin before bed, turned in after that.
FIFTH DAY! ;D
Checked out of City Park Lodge after we woke up and kept our luggages in their storeroom. Had our own breakfast at a certain hawker centre, all of us had Chicken Rice.
We proceeded to another place to shop for souveniors, the teachers suggested that we go to other shopping centres instead cos those shops over there sells the same items.
So we went to don't-know-what-you-call-that shopping centre to shop. Had Macdonalds' for lunch, I told the cashier I want McSpicy but in Sabah, they're called McDeulexe[sp], so paiseh~ Their fries are much more crispier than Singapore's, and their Spicy Chicken is much more spicier than Singapore's, I like~
Sick of shopping, Jaslin, Hwee Ling, Cassandra and I went up to the arcade with the guys instead. We played Basketball, Jaslin is super pro in it okay! ;D
Jaslin's score, so pro~
We went off for some driving games, Min Feng said I " you qian tu " in driving, HAHA! XD Went off to watch the guys play the " punching " game, they hit the punching thingy super hard okay, I bet it's damn painful~
I suck at the gun game okay, I challenged with Min Feng and I found out I didn't really shoot those enemies but Min Feng did. And I died very quickly after stage 2 only. >_<
Min Feng, Zheng Xian, Terence and Samuel were playing the driving game, super exciting~ HAHA.
Cassandra and I went to try the other driving machine, I couldn't control well and I kept banging here and there, stupid super-sensitive driving machine~
We had to assemble at 3PM so all of us rush down the moment Zheng Xian came to notify us of the time, we're all like having amazing race or something lah, HAHA!
Shot by Cassandra. Both of us agree that Min Feng and Samuel look like brothers, HAHA. :/
We walked back to City Park Lodge and assembled back at the lobby, then went up to the rooftop and had some dedication cards for the teachers.
We carried our bags downstairs and boarded the chartered bus to Kota Kinabalu International Airport after that.
We checked in and had KFC for dinner, Mr Beh's treat, HAHA.
And guess what!? Alot of people sleep in very very very funny ways like the picture below. HAHAHAHA! :D
Both Min Feng and Samuel were sitting behind me and Eelin and they slept in that method. But I didn't take that picture while they're sleeping. I took it when they're awake and I told them that they slept in that method. They were willingly to pose and sleep in that manner for me to take picture okay! HAHAHA! :D
So we had a final debrief at Changi Airport and took a group picture with the girls. :D
Mymmy, Dad and my bro came to fetch me at the airport, and I'm seriously very surprised!
Sososo, overall, I LOVED the entire Mt. Kinabalu Climbing Expedition alot. See, ALOT. I've learnt many things during this trip like peserverence and enduracy. Of cos, I love my team-mates!!! :D
I'll be going to Mt. Kinabalu next year again. :D
