the wish. (:

wahahs.
ok. work was like. totally 830-6pm. data base.
my boss was on leave coz of family matters ): so havent seen her.


after that. dinnner! i totally thought that it was a normal hey-lets-meet-up kinda dinner. hakim and royston (i heard) did a gd job on the smsing huh. hahas.

i just felt really gd and happpy to see them. its like... everyone got so much to tell. so much to say. ahha. everyone's talking abt how tiring and busy they are.. i was like.. hmm. ahhahs. data entry and erm... find staple bullets and erm... more data entry. hahahas.
abit sad but... HEADS UP! i am positive.

ok. the grp photos.

still thinking its just a normal gathering..




and... at ben and jerry's. HAHA. i wanted to like jokingly scold royston for not being a gentleman coz estee was like standing up in her heels and skirt and all. then the cake came out and i still didn't see it until they sang the birthday song and royston pointed at the cake which was camouflaged with the table.










with royston and estee still bickering at each other. they're in the same co. same department. HAHAH.

ahha. really had a gd time. i think we're all deprived of such times. haha. haoming is now in CHINA doing his SIP btw. hahahahahahaas.


thanks guys. (: rarely are ppl successful with their surprises. marketers indeed.

honestly, i never knew how to enjoy birthday celebrations or like know how to value the importance of it. that's y u dun really hear from me although its anyone's bday and stuff like that. but i guess today, i really felt happy that ppl do rmbr ppl's bday and actally make time for it. thus, i'm really really grateful and damn touched. u know.. those nice tingling feeling in ur heart.. like as if tinklebell is sprinkling pixi dust on ur heart? yea. that feeling. coz for me, its perfectly fine if the bday is not celebrated or like rmbr and stuff like that, coz there are much more other impt things like friendships out there.


being prompted to make a proper wish fast (after blowing the candles though. HAHA), i did make one quick one. of course, the list goes on. however, what's at the top of the list shocked me. i blabbed that one liner out like as if i wanted to say that.
it was:

'dear God, i wish that i'll forget you soon.'

it all happened quite quickly to me. after i opened my eyes, i rewinded back to that little moment and gave a short thought abt it and heck it coz everyone's having a ball of a time listening and laughing out loud to royston's and estee's side of their SIP stories.


took bus with hakim b4 changing to another bus home. and that's when i sat down to ponder abt that quite surprising top thing on my wishlist.
of course, there are other impt things like; for my family to be safe... for my POL-ITE, for my walk with God, for my friends, for my teammates and it goes on.

haha. i sound really contradictory. but many times, it seems that i think i do need to either see a counsellor or like psychologist. hmmmm.. yea. it can be that bad. u know like... i do struggle with the absence of daddy in da house. but it can be well managed and controlled. but for this matter, somehow, it just gets uncomforatble and to a point, irritating. on bad days, a small thought can change my whole mood 180deg resulting in my performace of things. tsk tsk. and i still refuse to be labelled as an emotional kid.

recently. it seems that i'm becoming more feminine. sounds gd. but no. lets not talk abt the dressing luh k. but like.. the reponse to very miscellaneour things. i do see a slight change in myself and i hope that it'll not. pros and cons. but i still prefer to be otherwise.


ok. this is like long boring emo post.
but. I'M HAPPY AND THANKFUL for my friends! (:
thank u for this day. my birth date is not like today, but i'll rmbr today. (:

jammin.

had a productive jammin session today. finished 3 songs. more or less. and u know what, heck the guits for now. worry abt the vocals pls. HAHA.

was nice.

met up mum at queensway to get a sportshoes for herself. bought myself some stuff too. hahas. but controlled on buying boots. seriously. my topper boots like absorbing water into my socks like that. ahhas.


on the way home.. saw this.






mum and i stared at him for awhile... looking at his nice position, it's obvious that its on purpose. ahaahs. we didnt' dare to approach him. just then, this indian guy on his bicycle stopped and got off his bike to ask the guy out of concern. then the guy, still lying down on the ground was like .. "(in a serious i-warn-you-tone) u dont disturb me.".
my mum and i LAUGHED. and the indian guy laughed with us to. ahahha. the whole reaction was just so funny. yea. he's probably drunk or smth.



ok.i had a gd day today. next wk. 5 days of work. *cross fingers. the manager should be back. i'm excited BECAUSE it would mean the near end of DATABASE ENTRY. ahha. yes. flood me with other work than admin pls.



oh yea. ytd. there's this sales guy who kept talking to me and then asked 'can i be ur friend'. i was like. "er.. no. i've got too many friends alrdy. stress pls". and i didn't sound like i was joking. haha. but he kept talking abt himself and kept bugging me that one more friend is ok.. seriously. so i got out of the shop w/o getting anything. ahha. thanks. (: point taken- add to my how-to-save-shopping-money book. haha


today. mum asked abt him again. its been yrs and i dont understand why she still want info abt it. i told her i've got nothing to do with him any more. nothing. ggrrrs. i seriously think that she has been reading my phsical diary at my bed. i've given the liberty to not physically lock the book. zero privacy now.

haha. then i went on telling her that i wont get married coz no time and no money, cant commit. haha. boy, u should see her reaction man. HHAHAHS. i told her to just depend on jie for all the grand peeps. hah.

yea.and you know sometimes, when no one's at home or when i assume that everyone's in the house slping, i'll play the guitar and sing.so i did just that last night from abt 2-3pm. pleasure. this morng, my mum accidentally blabbed out that she stood OUTSIDE MY ROOM DOOR to listen. omg. this can't be happening. no one can hear me sing or do that apart from my committed jammers aka. nigel and paul.
sian.



next wk. guess wad. i dun think its a surprise. but.. i'm FULLY BOOKED. (: besides trngs, i've got dinnners. whoots. excitement has brushed all tiredness man.

mud.

(:

WTL.
get to be out in the sun after being cooped up like a chicken in the office.
b4 the game, was alittle worried coz the 'mood' was like slow and stuff.
but later, i think we did ok. can be improved, but ok.

for myself, i think my defense improved after making effort to be on my toes at all times.. ahha. when i'm tired, i tend to not do that. so all the more, i must do that 24/7. HAHAH.
attack. same old mistake. i just got athousandandone things in my head. not that i can't choose what to do, but i consider too much. i cant really spell it out what are my thoughts, but, one word-slow. ok yea. and be one ur toes to support more.

maybe i should play more cs games so my reaction can be faster huh.


yea. but i'm really afraid that in the end.. its like those we-did-not-want-it-as-much-as-other-teams kinda games. its like. can 'win'/perform to our goals, but just cannot. not nice. should not happen so often la. aiya. should not happen at all pls.

i kinda miss the old sch field. at least we can train with mud and be ok abt it. we'll also get use to the either too hard or too soft grounds. honestly, i think some of us were abit too distracted with the mub today. drop balls coz if it. not nice. esp when its at our 5.

but. i love my team. as in, the big TPiranhas. yea boy. i missing those that are missing.



ok. saw this at royal sporting house. 50% PLS.
its like $182. and now, $92. i'm goona wait till it drops to below $50 and then i'll consider. HAHAH.

also saw this. very nice trekking shoe can. it like.. can walk in the water and dries fast kind.. not sure can dun wear socks anot.
but. i'll be getting a reliable, light, cheap and good trekking shoe soon.


but. i need to get my bike first.

ok. at this rate, i should stop eating so much. so i can save money.
today.. for dinner. i ate like one bowl of wanton mee soup. and still felt hungry. then i went to buy like mee hoon kuay (tom yam soup kind.) and then felt full. this is not gd.



ah. SIP is really eating everything up.
i'm trying to love it. really. i must try to love filling, photocopying and laminating. love it love it love it.

dry.

same. database. search for photo and product info of in co's system.
i hope its not gg to be like that for 3 mths.


come to think of it. should have just get a freakin flexible co. by self securing... and i can train at the same time. ESG? sounds gd.


TP bowling made the news again. 4th in the row champion for collegiate.
cys should have let QL bowl and let her bowl masters. i know she could have done smth. cys. u didn't make in near anywhere in the finals huh. HAH. u have just successully robbed me of medal(s). i'll rmbr it for life.


u just dont know how impt this is to me.
u just dont.





ANYWAYS. yes, its the Team Temasek Spirit. really. ahhas. cliche. but yea. we do peform well in Team Events. buang when its individual. hahas. marc will understand what i'm saying.



my main concern is now POL-ITE. i cant go for any of the trngs coz its from 12pm-2pm at yishun. and with my butt glued to the Intern's chair, the hopes are going low for me. just very demoralized. 1 roll off and 3 combined trainings on sat. this sounds gd. BUT. WTL HOW HOW HOW HOW.

OCT is shitchallenging. i really need understanding from fellow team mates. i'm no superwoman, but looks like i've asked for it. see these crucical sats ar...



4th oct:
- 9am SIP On campus trng. (impt. must go)
- 10am Combined Trng at yishun. (MUST GO. till 1pm)
- WTL have?

18th: SCARIEST
- POL-ITE bowling
- WTL Quarter Finals.
- Canon Photo Marathon Comp
- CSC Bowling Finals.
ok. marian, CHOOSE. outrightly, POL-ITE right. coz thats y i'm in TP (in a way). so yea. serve u right.




BUT. i will KEEP my FOCUS and be at my best at all times. coz i know the Lord's walking with me. i will do things not because of anyone, but towards my goal, objectives and principles. this sounds txtbk-ish, but i have to do what i need to: do well in SIP and excel in my sports concurrently .

maybe like. jiayou.
i dun think i'll enjoy my bday this time round.
i dont have time to cycle nor get my bike.

i will be stronger.
less petty and tempremental.
more patient.
more focused and hardworking.
i have to.

take a step a day, with the goal in mind. on the tight rope, the wind shall not make me falter. i can do this.
i can do this well. action. dont just type talk think. do.





my leg is now permernatly scarred by my mosquito bites. they're becoming holes. ):

thurs.

ok. i freakin keyed in database from 830am till abt late 4pm-ish.
database of luckydraw/ response form list.



i'm neither learning nor applying. seriously.
0 marketing knowledge needed.


bah.


but b4 i knock off, some of us played the game Rummik.. smth like that. its a board game kinda thing. my office has free flow of toys and board games luh. ahha. but of course, each set has to be accounted for. ahhas.
but yea, we played that. then this other staff asked why we're playing... we finisehd our work (though my i'm like left with 700 over database more to key in or so) and like wanted to have PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE. i'm sure leh. hahas.



ANYWAYS. forget it.
argh. just irritated. its like. other ppl in other companies can like use photoshop and like plan events and there i am, sitting down, 10hrs to type words into microsoft excel and microsoft access.
damn interesting. give me a life pls.
quite a small office. like 2-3 visible ppl around.
yea.





NEXT.


trng was fun. i love this kind of fitness- strength trng. (: i'd rather this than like those that long long kind. ahha. i really miss touch alot i really enjoy trng. but when doing suicide today, felt v v heavy. it felt as if my thighs weigh a ton each. other than that, i think i need to get new boots also. i really prefer my old adidas predator- with the blades one. the current topper-studs one makes me feel slightly harder to push off. its been like that since i got the boots for abt a year alrdy. haiz.



ok. i was so happy for trng today.
that i TOTALL CLEAN forgetten that i wanted to go SAFRA to check out the Masters. HOMEGROUND.
i rmbred only when i was bathing and was like.. hmm. smths missing.
then then... OH MANNNNNNNNNNNNN. i literally hit my head hard with the palm of my right hand. i'm not that petty to not go beacause of ONE loser. but my heart is still with Temasek OIE. ahahah.

i miss qingqing pingping sammmmmmmm suiiiii mandaaaaa gooooohhh ahaha. and alvin soh. HAHHA. oh boy.
i do miss bowling though its giving me alot of stress now.



haaha. today, i msged estee to go out tmr after work. she's busy! ahha. so nvm. then then then. hakim smsed me if i want to go out! ((: and JOELLE CHOO HUI LIN is also COMING OUT. ahhaha. being friends for so long with joelle, i havent gone out like full leisurely with her b4 can. coz we're all so busy. ahhahs.
but yea, i miss them.



ok. i'm like missing alot of ppl now. i hope i'm not like gg to die or anything. choy. i'm just bored. tired because of the long and draggy day. touch was really like THE highlight man. i hope i can be early for the next fitness coz i really want to be faster. ahhahas.

as i pee.

day one.



was quite a long day. because i was really doing little little things.
file paper. sort out forms. shredding. check listing. calling. and that one that totally took me off- keying in DATABASE. and i mean like.. 1 person to 1000 response form.

not the kind of job scope that i'd expected.
my boss' away in US so i guess i dun have any proper thing to do.


it really felt like a logistics-kinda job.


friendly ppl. coz leena works with me and she's like my ex capt. hahas. that's funny.
lunch was too long. i felt.
i really needed smth more.... stressful to enjoy.


all i can do now is to stay positive and give my best at everything. even if it is to staple 2 sheets of paper together.


i got so so so tired. that i didn't go down to sch to play touch today. :/ instead, mum dated me out at OG. btw, i work at the office building at OG. the aircond's cranky, so i actually perspire at the office. what surrond me are like.... toys and toys. Hasbro. so yea. toys. it'll be quite scary if i relate my childhood toys with work and stress. ahhas. things like.. Boggle, Transformers, PlayDough. ahhahhahs.
omg. LPS. that's like a short form for Little Pony Star. and TF for Transformers. ahhahas. buay tahan.
i think thats why i just needed that time to spend with my mum.

OG is a gd place to shop. its like.. a product kind of shopping mall. i like.

ok.
this girly top caught my attention.at OG. ahahs. its $45 and i will not spend that kind of money on fashion. so i decided to follow one of my rules which is to take a photo of it. hahas. nice hor. but i think even if i spend it, i wouldn't wear it out.

bought gloves. reminasences of the cold at the summit. the black one actually mum's one. the other small one nice sia. its actually 2 layers! how worth it. ahhas. coz mum and sis are gg korea in oct W/O me thanks to SIP. the black one's solid man. i think i'm so gg to borrow it if i should climb again.

lastly. the bites are still itching. its bad. i'm not that discipline as to not scratch it. they're becoming holes. and i dont like scars. enough of them alrdy pls.



ahahs.

exam results out. B+(svc) B+(sales) B(brand).
i think i should be happpy luh k. haha. i've never done well for mid sem test. and the results for my end sem tests will always remain mystery. i know my grp reports are gd, and my IJs are not that fantasitc. thus, i can conclude that i did v well for my end sem tests since i also felt so confident after the papers.

ahhas. ps to estee: AHHAHAH. no more BOOK PRIZE. HAHAHAHHAHAHA.
what an aim.



i miss joelle, estee, roy, tiffy, hakim, dallas, hm, jeff, lionel, jerry, fadz, lorraine, cx, nic, arhhh. the whole of 2M02 LUH. i wonder how are the doing. hahahhas.



oh yes. to add on for the 18 oct, its
canon photo marathon
POLITE
CSC finals (selected to rep my GRC... if my team makes it), AND...
WTL quarter finals.

omg MARIAN. CHOOSE. u have 1 month and 7 days.

schedules.

ok. my october seems to be quite packed. things just keep coming.



bad news. POL-ITE for bowling on 18 oct. clashes with CSC finals.
nvm that. but. the fact tt trng is at 12pm at yishun bothers me. coz i cant train.
its like that till polite. no, not fun.
3 times a wk. and i cant make it. omgs.

and u know wad, i still cant get over the cys thing. how pathetic.
it just feels that i've been robbed.
badly robbled and total ripp off.



and then. for touch. i'll be late. for me, its just kinda mixed feelings. at least i still can make it for trng. but just v late. and like... i know that no matter how hard i train, it'll still be.. like that.

today, i saw the girls. and i was actually quite surprised that i miss them so much. as in like.. more than i expected. it felt as if i didn't see them for quite some time. though i'm not like close-close-bff-kinda friends with them, they're really a special bunch of ppl in my life.
for me, its my last yr. it's kinda ironic that even though we're trng together, we're not trng together. i mean like... for eg.. syaz. we're all trng tgt, but i haven't been playing alongside with her for so long. honestly, i just missed playing with the snrs. no la, our jnrs rocks. haha. (:


its back to the old cliche point that we all miss those days. living our days in regret is like.. wth.
like for church, i really miss the gd old days b4 the big renovation. where they only had like 2 main gates to lock. that's it. now, theres 10923098249230 doors to lock. to get to a room, u need a key for that key for that door and another key. its like. OK. forget it.



quite moody today... also duno why. not pms.. maybe too much mosquito saliva all over in my system. hahah. no la. i think its just because of the trng schedule that i opened in my email this morng. then ya. just felt really sian abt it.


i'm totally blabbin now and u can stop reading here. i just feel really blech, but at the same time, excited coz tmr's DAY 1. also, tmr's like that results day for those SMS one. haha.



sometimes i really feel that if i could love God so much as i love you, God would really smile. things in my life would change.

the Start

SIP briefing today.

Hasbro. (:
Marketing Department.
*Dress Code: CASUAL. ((:


Pizza Party by Ms Jeanne today. (;



and my grp members. (:


lots of staff shuffling. officially announced. Dr. Arnold Tan (Marketign Course Manager) has been promoted to Deputy Director of Business sch. He's really impacted the Marketing Students. in a way, it was him that actually made me be interested in marketing. ahhas. in yr 1, i rmbr his talk and has ppt slides. seriously. hahahs. i'd have gone like LOM or do a marketing elective under BUS. i guess overall, everyone will agree that his marketing blood and steady personality has brought this Diploma well. (: a big thank u.

congrats to ms. Sue Lou who has how been promoted to the Course Manager from a section head. hahas. been my CB tutor and stuff. all the best man. it'll be an interesting road ahead.


ms. reena left. mrs regina gg to leave. and now, ms jeanne! omgs. haha. well, in a way, its for the better coz of the oppotrunities out there. hahahs. she shocked us with her age man. she looks freakin younger than she is. super driven and task focused. ahha. one of the rare few lecturers that we'll really really make effort to take note of time. right joelle? AHHAHHAHAs.


uncle sam, now no more in SAA, aka... the sports side. boohoo. another big impact-er in my life. to cut short, w/o him, i wouldn't be in marketing or in TP. i would haven been in mechatronics. hahas.



ok. so now, SIP.
bad thing: bowling trngs are at 12pm/2pm. polite is on e 18oct. like.. OMG.
damn scared. usually its in nov/dec. but no. OCT. havent really reach my goal. and i'm no where near my peak.

worrrrieddd max. last chance. i must do it well.
but then again, i know that i must do v well in SIP coz i know i can do it swee swee.



big bruse.
itchy mossi bites.




i've got a feeling that mt. K has kinda changed my persepective of things again. just like how my thai trip usually does. ahha. i think its just the mountains and the electronic devices-free zones. ahhas.

the last line.

AC Night Cycling at Pulau Ubin on fri night till sat. thus couldn't play WTL. this should be the last thing i'm sacrificing touch for anything not official-official.

altoghter, i counted, i have 52 mosquito bites. and it seems that the no. is still rising. SUPER ITCHY MAX.

ok. we cycled from abt 1030pm till 5am. stations after stations. and... i had my FIRST BIKE TRAIL with RENTED BIKE in THE DARK. ahhas. how cool is that. with that circumstances, i think can hit BLACK DIAMOND. right suan? ahhsh.

overall. not gd communications. quite gd planning. gd route knowledge by FAs. and overall, i enjoyed myself and learnt quite alot abt myself.

more photos..

not bad. take boat in the dark.

gab and dickson. hahahs.

ok. very dark. only lights by our pathetic torches. trust me. i was scared k. salutes to the grp leader who knows the way darn well.

grp 1 oie. i tell u. its very muddy k. ok.. maybe not if its in the morning. but at night, u dunno where u're going and u anyhow step. filty max.

tried the night mode. my camera dropped here b4 this shot but nothing happen. amen.

the 3 survivors of the epic league.

really got alot of courage from her. coz we didn't dare to go into the trail coz it was dark and had to be alone. so we decided to go in tgt.. i go in first and she'll be after me. i'll scream out loud if anything. HAHAH. so, we made it. with much falls. ahahs. so.. yay.

ta-dah. can compare with touch alrdy.

outdoor cooking.

i love the soup and food sia. yong tou foo. whooots.

and it started to rain. bah. made everything more eeky. ahhas.

K.O.

us plus ben, gabriel and johnson.

last grp shot.

and a pengerang-ish shot.



ok. so my last league of my adventure series ends with........

COE tournament. today.
was bad.
kns. felt very sad. coz its my HOMEGROUND.
but can't really blame anything, coz i really couldn't find my touch. haven't touch the bowling ball for 2 wks. and once again, i missed the masters by a few pins. ALWAYS LIKE THAT. kns. just feel v sad. coz i know that i could have done this. this is just not my season. to be thankful, i could spare most of my pin10s.
just needed that 4 frames.
heck it.



COLLEGIATE LEAGUE. this is wth maxx.. girls, u need a 137 to qualify. 167 and u're 3rd.
cys. i hate u. period.


i'm serious, Lord. i really cant find a forgiving heart or wadsoeva. grant me a small teeny weenny fraction of urs now just for this person now Lord. thank you.


oh yea. i now own a PSP. not sure if its the slim on or not. nope, i did not buy it. this aunty of mine bought for her nephew or smth.. he didn't want to play with it... so returned to her. and knowing that i like to play DJ max, she gave me. like.. omg.hahahs. i'm just gg to download that one game and i'll be over the moon. (: ahaha. it can be my portfolio for photography as well. ahhas.


ok. so a more-or-less proper closure...
this wk, or rather, this 8 days, i've learnt pretty much abt myself and my grp of friends. hahas.
i realised my fears. i'm scared to be alone in the dark. i can be alone with light.. or in the dark with ppl. but can't be like alone in the dark.
and. i tend to be scared of the unknown. if i dont know wad it is, i'll be scared. haha. felt so girly ytd. dunno if its because i've been with guys for 4 days at mt.K. so it becomes like a reverse psychology kinda thing that i become or dainty or wad.

also confirmed that i can be very cranky-ish funny if i'm tired. and yea, music makes my world go round. esp those that's pleasing to God's ears.


thank u Lord for this wk.
thank u for teaching me so many things.
thank u for u love, guidance, faith, peace and ultimate protection.
thank u for ur strength.
thank u for ur presence.
thank u for just being who You are.
i pray that through all these, ppl around me will really know who u are and start appreciating the things You've done. (: amen.

Mt. Kinabalu.

13,435ft (4.092km) high.
8.72km far.

i conqured it.

4 days in sabah with suanlearnt alot and went through alot tgt.
meet stanley, dickson and stanley, my 'adventure kakis'. hahas.



ok. too many emotions. ahahs. i'm just goona state some key points and let the photos take u through.






mon, 12pm. met at kranji. took 170 to JB. then taxi to sungai airport to take Air Asia to Sabah.

played with marco on the lazy malaysian house flies while waiting to check in. go here to see my fast food series of the fly.

more stupid 10sec timer shots while waiting for the plane.

i like this. ahhas. stan's idea.

up the budget plane.

one bad news. stan lost his hp. he placed checked it in at the side pockets. probably some guy took it. the side pockets of my bag were opened as well... but i hand carried my valuables. haiz. but he's quite positive abt it. (:

where we stayed in Sabah for the first night.

bunk mates.

very nice bah ku teh. altogether, 46rm plus all the drinks. damn nice.

next morning... 7am

saw the mountain while taking the 1.5hr drive. honestly, i got shocked. i was like.. ok. are u serious?! we're climbing this?! hahas. yes. shocked.

at foot b4 gg in, saw this spider.

(:

some details....
we have a mountain guide and his name is venjohn. we call him 'ben' though. fit, humble, caring, quiet, and a catholic.porter services were avaliable; meaning, u get a person to carry the team's stuff. we didn't get one coz it wouldn't be nice. there's this porter.. the heaviest he've carried up was 50kg. yes. WHOA. there were also runners up and down the mountain. freaking strong-bodied ppl.

meet venjohn (our guide who was with us throughout) and the team. aahhas. check out the climbaton records. crazy. the timings are for UP AND DOWN the mountain (like to the summit kind, and all.) crazy.


1st half of the climb was exhausting. was trying to climatize coz the air got thinner, and colder. and, u perspire at the same time. so the feeling's like... not physically tired, but breather heavily.
as u get higher, u can feel ur legs and bag getting heavier.
some photos..

see see see! this is one of the porters. for him, he brings stuff to the lodging area above. pls click on the photo and see his calf muscles. its crazy.



alot of squrriels ok.

this root looks like someone climbing a tree. btw, it is said that the mountain is sacred. so like every month, there are rituals performed at abt 3km plus up at the mountain to protect all mountineers and trekkers. it is part of the heritage thingy and stated in the brochure.

in a cloud. when the cloud passes. it gets cold, moist and low visibility.



omg. i saw this old man coming down.he's a tourist.. not some resident climber. so i was like.. eh.. can i take a photo with u. i think he's from tawian or smth.

on ur right.. u see! crazy right. 50kg down.

our packed lunch. inclusive of the package. freakin carried 4 sets of this up. the water, canned drink and all. the canned drink tasted whoooaas. shiokness.

after lunch at the huts called 'Pondoks', we saw this and was like.. ok. jia you man. this was when it really felt colder and steeper. hohos.








pitcher plants! i only saw them in the text books. this is so cool.

as we ascend.... the rocks were different.

we stopped at this area for a break. very nice scenery. really like no other. u dont get this everyday.

this rocks look like a turtle!

i love this. i found one and blew! hahas.


anyways. after abt 6hrs of the climb (haha. yea, we took that long), we had dinner and laban rata.


it was the 'most comfortable' lodge and was full. took the higher one- gunting lagadan. bathed with warm water at the girls' toilet at laban rata



and there's still the sun. i think it really dropped to abt 4 or 5 deg at night. we had dinner here. at 7pm. ahhas.


gg up to where we stay

haha. angsted in the cold.

our bunk. 2 double decks. the wide angle shot is in suan's camera. 10-22mm boy.



our lodging area didn't have the heaters. so yes. pounding headaches.
damn cold at night. really. coldest ever sleep felt. forced to slp by 8pm to wake up at 1.30am to continue the climb to the summit.

of course, cannot sleep. experienced AMS- Acute Mountain Sickness. head was pounding whole night. 1st hour b4 slp was unbearable. the rest, was really mental discipline to go-to-sleep. we're all worried of getting fever.






1.30am.
total darkness. no street lights. used my $8 army market head-light. just sufficient to let me see my foot steps. felt all adrenaline pumped and ready to go. team members got the nausea-feeling. air getting thinner.

darkness eveywhere. u could only see what's infront of u. later u'd know why it's gd that way.

resting. caution: do not rest too long. if u're too cold, its super hard to just start up again. our cameras were like becoming retarded. super slow.

met the rope.
damn scared. really. but heck it. just look ahead and climb tgt, single file.
abt 800m-1k to summit. ALMOST DIED.



was the most challenging of all.
air was thin.
temp was like 2deg with constant pounding strong winds. i was wearing my dri-fit shirt with a thin pull over n nike windbreaker. not good. we saw a man-made small rocky thingy and hide behind it for abt 5mins?

it felt gd to be away from the wind. rested too long. and i got too cold. suan and stanley went up first, dickson slowed down with me.



this is the first shot i attempted when the sun started rising. seriously, i was trembling max. i used the rock my my tripod eventually.

i look up ahead and like.. oh man. this is like nv ending. seriously.. the whole bunch of us went up with a goal of hitting the summit to catch the sunrise.

the cold hit me. i was shivering with max cold. that last 400m took me super loong. when we see every hide-able rock, i'd try and hurry to it. legs were shivering max. wind was still pounding. i saw the sun rising. thus, i missed the sun-rise at the peak, but caught a glimpse at it.


when the sun starting rising, we're too cold to think straight and act swiftly. for me, all i could do was to sit behind a big rock and watch the sun rise with my hands tightly in my pocket.



reached it at 6.22am. along the way, the scenary was too awesome. all i could do was to to sit and enjoy the Lord's awesome creation.

u literally stand in awe. coz the fact is that my God's bigger than this all.

ah. this is the rock i was talking to u abt. found stanely there. motionless. haha. it was the cold.



i just felt so beatened by the cold.
i know i can go faster. but with the cold, it was really really really killing.
venjohn, our guide, lent me his big wind breaker. he said he could take it. w/o him and his jacket, i really doubt that i could make it. coz the cold really went in through and hit my core and all my limbs already.


but notheless, we made it.
and just felt the cliche- achieved.
couldn't really sink in that we've climbed Asia's highest mountain, but we made it.


some photos.. enjoy! (:














ok. this was the scary part. haha. i have no idea how we manage to did it in the dark. it was so steep. i guess when in the dark.. we couldn't see anything but the rope and what's infront of us. surrounding us is pitch black.. so it wasn't that scary. in the morng.. it was like. omg. did we just climbed that?!


















on the decend, i tried to act as the porters and literally tried to run/skip down. hahas. was fun. but super tiring.
knees were crying. it was Hillsong United Live that kept me going on.


so.. .. it only rained when we reached back where we cam from. it was abt 7pm or so? we when back. rested. bathed. and ate the same dinner. coz it was very nice. ahhahs. the service there was super fast also.

ahhas. stan bought this umbrella. ahhas. it was super nice luh. hahas. super funny also.


when we woke up. our whole body were like aching mad.
thighs are screaming. it was funny how we had to painstakingly climbed a flight of stairs, and like.. getting off a bus. hahahs. priceless.

checked in the stick. ahhas. this stick really helps k! damn solid.

ate ate City Square finaly grp shot. ahhas. konked.

saw many motorbikes. yea.


and finally.
took a 2hr SBS bus ride back home.

and my last flight of stairs..
very tak glam.








lastly. something very important that i have to admit.


one thing: God was with us.
He protected us. despite the pounding winds at the summit, the journey was safe as it wasn't raining. when we're descening, it rained below. when we reached, no rain. now, how awesome's that. and throughout, no one got injuried.

i knew He was with me.
i brought along the book 'Rachel's Tears' with me and read it when i wasn't climbing. when climbing, God's awesomeness constantly showed. songs abt His greatness kept playing...

'You who made the mountains and the seas....'
'Over the mountains and the sees..'
'the splendor of the King...how great is our God'
'and i've Found myself in you..'
'Saviour, He can move the mountains... my God is mighty to save'..

ok. how about a thousand of them.

to me, the climb pretty reminded me much of my spiritual walk with God. tiring, but rewarding. each step was a step of faith. be it going up or going down, i fell. but, u stand, and u continue because He is with you. its like.. u've got the confidence that His got smth for you if u work for it.
i duno man. too much. God was just too big, aweseome, and yet, a personal saviour and friend.

i just want to thank Him for this journey, reminder, and testimony. this climb and revived smth that i've been quite lost for for many months.


oh yea. and. i haven't been getting 'my eye' for my shots. it seems that i couldn't compose my shots nicely ever since months back. however, when i got to the summit, i just felt that i was getting it back. somehow. haha. strange, but thankful.


one little bad news.. shot my shots at low res. forgot to higher the resolutions. ):


hmm. so after this trip, we're still tryign to sink in that yea, we did climb a mountain. ahhs. long post huh.
tonight, my mum's coming back from Bali. stan's mum also coming back from somwhere and he's gg thailand to climb. he and dickson are both trained in climbing though. hahas. tmr, suan, dickson and i are joining AC in their night cycling to Pulau Ubin till Sat morng.

sometimes i think i'm crazy. but it's really the last wk of hols.. so i'm like chionging mad. i had fun. (: