during my internship in sandakan (circa may which was six months ago =.=), hommie brought us out for a nature-lurving trip together with some other colleagues one fine day (labour day). we beamed and hopped around da house when she told us da night before. we so wanted to visit our ancestors as it’s one of da must-visit tourist spot in sandakan. and we need someone to bring us there cos we were practically immobilized without chauffeur

no, we weren’t wild men. we are women wtf

kiki, we were fair and lurvely back then, now… T__________T *glare at self in disgust*

i brought lulu out with me <3 (i name my gadgets and accessories one)

it’s a keychain-turned-necklace

this was our first time seeing police in sandakan. must snap.

upon reaching sepilok, there’s a roundabout with an orangutan directing u da way…

i tell u ar, roundabouts are all over sabah. and every roundabout is beautifully decorated one like this one *points up*

and after 1.5h, we reached da destination. yala, we were staying that out of town…

no, there will be no lenglui to greet u one.

this sepilok orang utan sanctuary is established in 1964 to rehabilitate orphaned baby orang utans and return them to the wild when they are fit enough.

lust greenery

which is good for our eyes

tandas with cool murals (or izzit graffiti?)

qunkafok! eh not really, kak godex was holding camera

entrance fees of rm5 for mykad holders and rm30 for foreigners!

and rm10 is charged per camera. that’s why i hid Josh in my bag (da pic above was snapped using kiki’s camera)

and whipped him out once i stepped out from da counter

blue sky + cotton candy cloud, me <3

i was taken aback to see sucha hugee crowd! these angmohs are suagu wei

they were snapping nonstop and i donno why cos i didn’t see any orang utan

then i followed da direction of their lens, and there he was! this lil’ brownish furry ball was hanging himself up there!

and he greeted us with his asshole, what a boorish orang!

awww…so cutie

he’s looking at me, i must be beautiful that day WTF

then he went back to where he belongs.

didn’t really snapped muchy that day, so lemme ripped some snapshots off da web

wah bery flexibo!

i feel like keeping her as pet wei! so kiut!!!

saggy nipple hahahaha

then it’s feeding time.

orang utans are fed twice a day, 10am and 3pm, so if u were to visit, make sure u get ur butt there in time.

greedy lil’ thing!

orangey butterfly rested on his hat and it attracted many shutterbugs, everybuddy started shooting his head haha

crowd on my left and right. craziness.

it was a scorching hot day

we entertained ourselves while waiting for colleagues.

a kiut sign

then we adjourned to this information centre to enjoy aircond

hock, see u are there, so kiut right! *cubit*

who is better in grimacing?

do u know that orang utans (scientifically known as Pongo pygmaeus) are found to be 96.4% similar to our (Homo sapiens sapiens) genes. comparing da skulls above, theirs’ bigger and their farings’ muchy longer and sharper like keongxi (僵尸) le :S

ok. i think this post is getting long winded niao, i shall end it with

i do miss u all. how are u all lately? got miss me not?

started our journey late in da evening

and this is what we see on da way. practically nothing as there’s no street light or whatsoever =.= that’s sabah’s highway, everybuddy. no need to pay toll fee one.

saw some carzy light

gardenia! Sarawak no have one

we know we had FINALLY reach in peace when we saw many beauuutiful lit-up erections and roundabouts.

came across Lavender Lodge in foongpc’s bloggie

what he didn’t mention was, there’s flock of very chio ah gua and batgus (hookers) when da night comes. my sabahan friends told me that Kg. Air is well known for that wo da end of day one.

it was a not so beautiful morning.

it was a island-hopping-on-a-scorching-hot day

spotted two very english’s style telephone booths and it’s obligatory to camwhore with it

paid 55buck to parasail for 15mins.

we can see part of da kk city high up. very lurvely. we kept waving to random boatmen.

this is Mamutik Island. just to drop someone there

partners in action

us still fair and lurvely

just to prove that da sea is very da clear

Manukan Island

made new friend, Alice and aunty. uncle was too camerashy la

lengchai sunbathing . but he smoked

this was at Sapi Island

Sandakan no have McD ma

da end of day two.

went to da pasar tamu in town

i told myself prior da trip, i MUST have bakchang in kk, so cham le, dumpling day with no dumpling

met bossie after that so that we could have free ride

was taken aback by da amount of carssss on da road =.= i think all of da sabahan and tourists gathered there

took us so loong to secure a parking space

destination! it was Kaamatan Day!

her hair looks like ufo right right

that’s charred me

forgotten what it was. but i remembered it tasted awfully atrocious

had dinner at waterfront

ok. end of day two.

as brekkie

saw it advertised in a travel mag. nah, it’s just so ordinary. tasted exactly like…pan mee, nothing special

where we stayed

it is gorgeous at night. didnt manage to snap it tho

on da way, passed by Mount Kinabalu.

bossie said that we were lucky to see its peak during noon wo. so it’s a must to snap right? i think i sanpped 8643275432 times of da bloody peak =.=

show some lurve to nature

one day i will conquer u!

stopped by Poring Hot Spring to picnic

no, we didnt dip into da pool (?)

we went to this instead

no, this is not where i jumped

foc fish spa

ok. da end.

very anti-climax i know. tomorrow will be a class-from-8am-to-5pm day. i need to catch my beauty zzz okie.

nites everybuddy!

that’s da price i paid for snorkeling and strolling on beach under sealing merciless sun T-T

if u look closely or squint at da bottom pic, there’s still visible line separating da dark and da white *bawls*

kiki used to dub me as gwai mui(鬼妹) cos im gwai gwai dei(鬼鬼地),

i’ve got a new nickname now, hak guai mui (黑鬼妹) aka yolanda T-T

remember da hong sek hong sek adv which only aired during cny?

any effective whitening product u would like to recommend so that i, da dark choc can turn into white choc before cny? *teary eyes*

so we were there for high tea after visiting Agnes Keith’s House

Revisited idyllic days spent in lush gardens amidst the profound tranquility of tropical Sandakan. The English Tea House is superbly situated within the grounds of the historic Agnes Keith House Museum and is housed in a meticulously renovated colonial house surrounded by 1.5 acres of perfectly manicured lawns.

garden

(girl) & (boy)

(then) boss saw me snapped this pic and gave me a walao-this-one-also-wanna-snap-mer-look (sarcastic)

chandelier in ladies, not sure bout gents though

a shoppe to shop!

some souvenirs

da very engrish-ish setting

english enjoying english tea house’s english tea

apparently this restaurant was awarded da BEST restaurant several times!

it’s so comfortable that u can even (sleepy) on da couch

some of da ol’ school stuffs around da restaurant

danty yummy cakes! (clap)

i was spoilt for choice.

asked for recommendations…and u have to scroll to find out what we ordered!

lai, take picture okie?

quaint view from mountain

gazebo – where we had our high tea

da menu

they serve wide range of food like dessert, western, asian, and pastry

my mango tea (if memory serves me right), rm6

i remember it’s very fragrant. and (should be) taste like mango. only if u add 5 spoonful of sugar.

raspberry cheese cake, rm16

it was served hot warm! very yummy! it’s pretty pricey to me though

choc brownies cake, rm10

da scoop of vanilla at da corner costs another rm4.50

aftermath

there’s a croquet lawn where u can play around with balls. sound a tad wrong.

what a (Y) cozy place to shoot the breeze on a lazy breezy sunday (dance)

visit here to find out more

so, we visited this house one fine sunday noon circa may 2009.

source

Situated on a hill at Jalan Istana overlooking Sandakan Bay, it was the home of Conservator of Forests, Harry Keith and his American wife, Agnes Keith, a writer, from the 1930s until 1942. Agnes’ book on life in pre-war Sandakan popularised the old seafarer’s name for Sabah in its title, “Land Below the Wind” (referring to Sabah’s location just below the typhoon belt). Her second book, Three Came home, about their war experiences was made into a movie. Their two-storied wooden bungalow, built on a ridge overlooking the town, was destroyed during WW2 but reconstructed when the Keiths returned in 1946. (source: Sabah Tourism Board)

paid 2buck to gain admission

at da entrance i was greeted by

and a roaming guard to make sure noone takes pics…

after being well-behaved for awhile, da rebelliousness in me insisted that i MUST snap some pics and so i obeyed…

and where’s da guard u ask, i think he’s off to take lunchy…golden opportunity!

this is the bedroom

da other corner of da bedroom

da study room

da study table

actually hor, it is only an ordinary house, then why izzit so popular and who da hell is Agnes Keith u ask,

click here and here and u’ll know

my sabahan friend told me that Agnes Keith is still staying in it despite da fact that she had kicked the bucket more than 15 years ago. i somehow believe it u know.

cos im pretty sure that when i took this artillery, it was clear…and when i view it from lappie it went blur :S

da view from top

da dining table

don sked! that’s not what u think it is okie! it is a HE. and spot da cutie refrigerator!

da living hall

da end.

told u, it’s just an ordinary wooden house lo

after that, we adjourned to…

this. is what i was looking forward to.

up next

da sea:

Sarawak’s like teh-o.

Sabah’s ooh-la-la.

Sabah wins hands down.

Sarawak 0 : 1 Sabah

da people:

(99% of )Sarawakian’s proprietors are rude! they always show us their bloody sullen faces as if we owe them few millions liddat. gek sei.

Sabahans more friendly. as everyone we met is friendly bah

Sarawak 0 : 2 Sabah

da food:

in Sabah, u can see da sign of “serve no pork” in most of da restaurants.

including those chinese restaurants.

in Sarawak, u can have pork everywhere u go. we lurves pork. hence,

Sarawak 1 : 2 Sabah

in Sabah, seafood are dirt cheap.

mee goreng ayam and mee goreng seafood are selling at da same price. and if u think they give u stale seafood. wrong! they serve fresh ones! we had sou mei (蘇眉 /Napoleon Wrasse) when we were in Tawau, fai tit guess how muchy izzit! 160buck per kilo ONLY. daddy told me that it could simply cost up to thousands in peninsular =-O

in Sarawak, u man man deng la. seafood aint fresh and kinda ripped-off too.

Sarawak 1 : 3 Sabah

btw, i miss lada a lot

da lingo:

Sarawak: i cant remember anything except sik ada! =.=

Sabah: i miss all da bah, anu, astaga, si, nadah and siao!

we all know siao = crazy right…but in sabah, siao = sorry.

=-O <– my expression when i first heard this.

u try to say siao after jabbing someone in KL. u will end up very sorry.

Sarawak 1 : 4 Sabah

da hostel:

Sarawak’s hostel: shared bathroom. can’t cook (can cook in secret though). no astro (not even 8tv). no air-cond. hot

Sabah’s house: attached bathroom. can cook. astro installed. no air-cond. like oven during da day.

i miss blaring hitz.tv in da morning to wake myself up. and Da Bing’s culinary show.

where we stayed da past two months

me being couch potato

needless to say,

Sarawak 1 : 5 Sabah

haih, i guess i just miss Sabah so freaking muchy. i will be back (clap) . rest assured. armed with diving license

Sarawakians, don’t sulk la… no offense la…just my pure thoughts…i still lurve u all… must say this if not roomie won’t bring back anything for me

ok done. back to reports.

so, this is where hock(not in pic), kiki and i have served our internship for da past two months.

tomorrow, we will be leaving this pretty land below da wind (that’s why im posting it today though i have an early flight to catch tomorrow and am feeling very sleepy and annoyed at da berserk internet connection). time really flies huh

mix feeling of and ;(

cos need not report to work at 8am anymore

soooo many people asked me,

so, what have u learnt during this internship ar?

i have learnt that working life is no easy / a bed of roses. seriously. so i shall start hunting for a well-off bloke now and marry off so that i dont have to work in da future. period.

that’s my standard answer to them. no, i aint gonna repeat this sentence in my 20-pages report. but, seriously, that’s what i have learnt. i mean da first sentence, not da latter one…

cos i got to travel most part of sabah. thanks so muchy to da boss who always fetch us here and there and treated us mealsss. will blog about it later. u can expect many backdated pics i can assure u of that.

cos i worked with nice and friendly bunch of people. well, most of them.

;( cos em sek tak to leave this place where i have stayed and traveled da past two months. and da people whom i have worked together with and had good rapport with eventually.

;( cos i have to work my butt off when i get back to bint-ulu. my pending sops, proposals, reports, presentations. haih, time to be serious niao

these are da people whom i worked with da past two months, handful of them from gis dept.

lemme jot down their name here just in case my memory fails on me in da future…

back row: jane, kak owen obert, kak mel, kak ji,cik salmah, kak cantik, kak mary, kak su, kak amy, minah, stephanie, kak mas, brenda (hommie), kak ena, and iwan

front row: kak cantik, mr nash, mr frankie, wan, mr saw (da boss), mr jimmy, annant (yala, im like a dark choc now la), kiki, kak siti and daikajie kak anisah

this place, these people…i will surely miss them alot…

mcd

cos bint-ulu no have mcd so as sandakan! mcd franchise very expensive one ar huh?

gorgeous beaches (island)

clear blue sea

gorgeous sky

my limbs are like red lobsters now T-T ;-(

making me looks like a :-(|)

(excruciating)

festa keamatan tomorrow!

yeah to tapai

and boo

cos

tomorrow i will be back with 2 shade darker :-S

on my second day to work, i already experienced politics. oh gawd.

people tends to take us interns for granted u know. they thought that they as permanents are larger than life liddat. there’s one woman, emm let’s call her dai ka jie, i dislike her since day one. she banters so muchy. if i bring my lappie to work (to online during breaks and occasion toilet breaks) , i think she thought im bragging and trying to sloth. that’s why i don’t bring my Josh to work daily anymore (hence da lack update and replying comments and blog hopping). im especially annoyed when we are in da same lab and she keep crapping away rowdily. can u purleeese shut da fark up. i so wanted to say this but i don’t have da balls to do it. or i will have da most miserable seven weeks ahead. but u know what, i think we have antidote to that, whenever we shoot her with lotsa questions, she won’t be that gabby anymore. hehe.

glad that kikidalala is here with me, if not, for sure i will be dolorous as if im a widow every day

we gave everyone from da research department an unique cantonese moniker, so that they donno who da hell are we referring when we gossip. tee-hee. though we are da only two chinese there (oh our louban is a chinese too) but im aware that they might learn some cantonese from hk drama. so to play safe, we call our luo ban, si tao, just another way of saying boss in canto. to play safe u know?

there’s this one lady. good one. she taught us lotsa stuffs. we lurve her so we dubbed her as hou yan (好人, sorta good Samaritan). and da dai ka jie,  食肉菌(flesh-eating bacteria?) and this young gal, mui tao (妹头) who’s only 18 is one of a kind. her emotion is shown on her face. and she doesn’t give a fark to anyone. even dai ka jie. cool one. i lurve her too but once kiki seized her weighing machine and she stared kiki out. her gaze was FIERCE. :S

im staying in kampung hutan oil palm farm

aside from work, accommodation wise is okay. kiki and i are staying with an executive of dusun kadayan ethnic. she’s nice…but not her two cats. i have never, never lurved cats even da stupid big head cat (it’s hello kitty in case u don’t get it) da only problem we face apart from stupid cats, nonexistent internet connection and poor communication connection, is cooking. we both are noobs in cooking. no good.

for brekkie and luncheon, we have absolutely no prob. when it comes to dinner time, cham lo…we have to crack our head and ponder what to cook for dinner with our limited edition ingredients, spices, and skill.

we have been cooking every day now to make da full use of stove and kuali. nothing fancy is our motto. we are novice cook. bear this in mind okie! so far, i have fried thrice eggs and fried once veggie. not too bad right? i think im gradually developing an interest in cooking…we have been watching AsianFoodChannel religiously. but da food da chefs cook are ridiculously. using assorted powder like parika, chilli, pepper, mustard, custard, bastard plus another 21343214 ingredients and flavorings for a dish, craziness. cant u just mix and match salt, sugar, pepper, flour, corn flour, condensed milk, bitter gourd, cai sin, fish, prawns, cheese, ice cream, oil, butter, bread, onion, garlic, eggies, emm..what else ar…oh and peanut butter. that’s what i have here la…

and i went medical check up last friday, found out that i have gained 2kilo in one week time, and i have seven weeks to go. 2 x 8 = 16 . shocking and :-S

i actually blame it on canteen’s food. see, so dang bloody oily. da mee halus (which is actually mee hoon) is soaking in oil. i know we have abundant palm oil here, but do u really have to add them superfluously in food as well huh?

and i went grocery shopping at wet market! i have never, never likey wet market. or rather, da foul smell. it makes me loathe whenever im near to it. no offence.

i wanted to buy crab so that i can slaughter *evil grin* . but no avail la. it was a no-crab-day

they sell stuffs on a boat

by a sea

1kilo for 13bucks. cheap?

we came back with 100 bucks poorer.

that was my first time of buying fishes and prawns. me very smart le. and i clean them all by myself including taking off their intestines *geli*

im not gonna reveal where i work. not now at least. manatau later my sitao accidentally read my bloggie then seifo lo :S oh speaking of sitao, he’s a nice bloke. really. but if he smile more, he will be much charmer. cos most of da time he has a solemn face on which makes him unapproachable. no good.

there’s one thing i really likey in sandakan,

their forever gorgeous sky

lurve is in da air?