Monday, February 25, 2008
Today, i hibernated! A lot. As a consequence, i was super hyperactive in the evening. As the boredom hit me hard, i was inspired by PinkPau to do something stoopid to my friends, below are my results:
Victim 1:
helen says:
mei jin, i give u
mei jin says:
give me wat huh??
helen says:
ah jin, i give u snail
mei jin says:
y???
helen says:
u can do anything with it
helen says:
cook it or play with it
mei jin says:
oh
mei jin says:
....
Note: eheheh
(waiting for next victim to reply me)
Victim 2:
---> kAReN <--- ............... says:
yo
helen says:
mek, i give u snail
---> kAReN <--- says:
u put wat in its house?
---> kAReN <--- says:
so nice..
---> kAReN <--- says:
snail mail~
---> kAReN <--- says:
long time no receive snail mail liao
---> kAReN <--- says:
me away for a while
helen says:
cannot
---> kAReN <--- says:
eat dinner
helen says:
Victim 1:
helen says:
mei jin, i give u
mei jin says:
give me wat huh??
helen says:
ah jin, i give u snail
mei jin says:
y???
helen says:
u can do anything with it
helen says:
cook it or play with it
mei jin says:
oh
mei jin says:
....
Note: eheheh
(waiting for next victim to reply me)
Victim 2:
---> kAReN <--- ............... says:
yo
helen says:
mek, i give u snail
---> kAReN <--- says:
u put wat in its house?
---> kAReN <--- says:
so nice..
---> kAReN <--- says:
snail mail~
---> kAReN <--- says:
long time no receive snail mail liao
---> kAReN <--- says:
me away for a while
helen says:
cannot
---> kAReN <--- says:
eat dinner
helen says:
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Some strangers
In the recent trip to HK (via Sabah & Macau), my last stop was in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. I kept hearing how crystal clear the sea water is, how magnificent the views on the islands are and so on and so forth. I couldn't believe it until i see it for myself. The sayings are all so true. Too good to be true i should say.
So, to be in KK, Sabah, something is really wrong with you if you miss out on the islands. Check out the islands for yourself when you get the chance and by the end of the day, you'll be amazed with what you can do when you're 360 degree surrounded by light and deep blue sea water.
There are basically 5 tiny islands (as they are plotted on the maps) that you can reach via speedboats off the coast of KK. Me and my husband explored Sapi and Manukan Island in a day. Sapi Island is smaller compared to Manukan Island and thus, you can't do much except swimming, playing with the white sands, some snorkelling and some astronaut-like sea-walking as you are required to wear their "helmet" to be able to breathe normally under the sea.
See? It has the astronaut-like helmet that would cover yr entire head and you get to sit on the seat attached to the whole under-the-water "walking" machine. That's what they call sea-walking. You're left with no choice but to get wet if you're going to try that out
Sun-baked sea-walking machines awaiting tourists
Both of us stayed on Sapi Island for 3 hours. Guess what activities we've tried on the island? PARASAILING! We were given the choices of getting wet or not getting wet and we chose the latter. It wasn't as scary and terrible as what i thought (maybe it's becuz we didn't land on the water perhaps) it was. Well, at least i dont leave my life regretting for not trying it out. he he.
We then left for Manukan Island and that was only 5 mins speedboat travel. We took our lunch(we paid for it and a whole bunch of staffs prepare them (straight from their open-air kitchen at a corner of the island). We visited the kitchen staffs and some "locals" on the island warmly greeted us.
Meet the locals!
From our guide, these guys (and girls) have been dwelling on the island for a long time (duh! they're wild) and they are attracted to the food aroma from the kitchen. They feed on those chicken wings, fishes, prawns and they get their food before tourists do. Why? So that they behave well and stay only in that kitchen corner with their tummies filled before they turn aggressive and feed on tourists instead. They do turn wild and become aggressive so do not provoke them. Those reptiles are what Malaysian known as "biawak" in Malay. They're Monitor Lizard and they can grow up to 3 metres. Anything larger than that would eventually stand on their hind legs and become dinosaur (i guess?). Some facts about monitor lizard if you want to get familiar with them before you actually see them yourself. I think their ancestors looked something like this.
Close up
Escape
Close encounter!
On another note, i took this photo of a sarawakian biawak on one of Kuching's roadside.
A bit malnutritioned biawak
Til next time! Adios KK~
So, to be in KK, Sabah, something is really wrong with you if you miss out on the islands. Check out the islands for yourself when you get the chance and by the end of the day, you'll be amazed with what you can do when you're 360 degree surrounded by light and deep blue sea water.
There are basically 5 tiny islands (as they are plotted on the maps) that you can reach via speedboats off the coast of KK. Me and my husband explored Sapi and Manukan Island in a day. Sapi Island is smaller compared to Manukan Island and thus, you can't do much except swimming, playing with the white sands, some snorkelling and some astronaut-like sea-walking as you are required to wear their "helmet" to be able to breathe normally under the sea.
See? It has the astronaut-like helmet that would cover yr entire head and you get to sit on the seat attached to the whole under-the-water "walking" machine. That's what they call sea-walking. You're left with no choice but to get wet if you're going to try that out
Sun-baked sea-walking machines awaiting tourists
Both of us stayed on Sapi Island for 3 hours. Guess what activities we've tried on the island? PARASAILING! We were given the choices of getting wet or not getting wet and we chose the latter. It wasn't as scary and terrible as what i thought (maybe it's becuz we didn't land on the water perhaps) it was. Well, at least i dont leave my life regretting for not trying it out. he he.
We then left for Manukan Island and that was only 5 mins speedboat travel. We took our lunch(we paid for it and a whole bunch of staffs prepare them (straight from their open-air kitchen at a corner of the island). We visited the kitchen staffs and some "locals" on the island warmly greeted us.
Meet the locals!
From our guide, these guys (and girls) have been dwelling on the island for a long time (duh! they're wild) and they are attracted to the food aroma from the kitchen. They feed on those chicken wings, fishes, prawns and they get their food before tourists do. Why? So that they behave well and stay only in that kitchen corner with their tummies filled before they turn aggressive and feed on tourists instead. They do turn wild and become aggressive so do not provoke them. Those reptiles are what Malaysian known as "biawak" in Malay. They're Monitor Lizard and they can grow up to 3 metres. Anything larger than that would eventually stand on their hind legs and become dinosaur (i guess?). Some facts about monitor lizard if you want to get familiar with them before you actually see them yourself. I think their ancestors looked something like this.
Close up
Escape
Close encounter!
On another note, i took this photo of a sarawakian biawak on one of Kuching's roadside.
A bit malnutritioned biawak
Til next time! Adios KK~
Monday, February 4, 2008
when something turns into a habit
It can be very jolly suprising and full of excitement when a dog, an old dog, begins to literally knock on doors so that you will open another door to let her out from the house. How she knock on the doors? She either jump into the air and with the support of the hind legs, she started moving her body forward and backward OR she just started scratching the lower end of the door and the doors will go "bom bom bom" all the time.
We thought it was cute. So cute for the first few times. But then i started to feel the frustration when you JUST let her go outside of the house the previous minute and next minute, she was banging the door again! And i tried to ignore her but it didn't stop her from doing that. Instead, she banged on the door for even longer period than she usually does. Very annoying! Super annoying!
So what did i do? I sneaked to the door when she was banging and opened it and gave her a good lesson. Scolding la. Hopefully, she learns her lesson! pfft~
We thought it was cute. So cute for the first few times. But then i started to feel the frustration when you JUST let her go outside of the house the previous minute and next minute, she was banging the door again! And i tried to ignore her but it didn't stop her from doing that. Instead, she banged on the door for even longer period than she usually does. Very annoying! Super annoying!
So what did i do? I sneaked to the door when she was banging and opened it and gave her a good lesson. Scolding la. Hopefully, she learns her lesson! pfft~
Friday, February 1, 2008
Who wins?
One night, four college students were playing till late night and didn't study for the test which was scheduled on the next day.
In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as filthy as possible with grease and dirt. Then, they went up to the Dean and said that they attended a wedding last night and on their return, the tyre of their car burst and they had to push the car all the way back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test.
So the Dean said they can redo the test after 3 days. They thanked him and said they will be ready by that time. On the third day, they appeared before the Dean. The Dean said that as that was a Special Condition Test, all four were required to sit in seperate classrooms for the test.
They all agreed confidently as they had prepared well for the last 3 days.
The test consisted of 2 questions with a total mark of 100.
Q.1. Your Name.........................( 2 MARKS )
Q.2. Which tyre burst ?...............( 98 MARKS )
a) Front Left
b) Front Right
c) Back Left
d) Back Right..!!!
In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as filthy as possible with grease and dirt. Then, they went up to the Dean and said that they attended a wedding last night and on their return, the tyre of their car burst and they had to push the car all the way back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test.
So the Dean said they can redo the test after 3 days. They thanked him and said they will be ready by that time. On the third day, they appeared before the Dean. The Dean said that as that was a Special Condition Test, all four were required to sit in seperate classrooms for the test.
They all agreed confidently as they had prepared well for the last 3 days.
The test consisted of 2 questions with a total mark of 100.
Q.1. Your Name.........................( 2 MARKS )
Q.2. Which tyre burst ?...............( 98 MARKS )
a) Front Left
b) Front Right
c) Back Left
d) Back Right..!!!