now,I'm going to post this super fucking long post that's all
about my 6D5N trip to Sabah;24-29 Nov.

well,i learned alot of things there. I gained new experience.
I'm now aware of how the people there live. And fyi,Sabah
is well known of its highest mountain in SEA;Mount Kinabalu
which me and some GESS Canoeists had came,saw and conquered.
I felt a sense of achievement when I reached the top. I managed
to witness the sunrise, How nice! hee. Up till now,I still can't
believe that I've climbed that high. Truth. The people there
communicate nicely and they have that Indonesian essence when
they're talking though they're Malaysians. And,its worth it,
I only paid $160 for the whole trip and I've got alot of
comfort? Hee :]

:4095.2m-Low's Peak,the Summit. YEAH!

Day 1-24 November 2008:
My fligh was at night;9.35pm Met the rest at Changi Airport Terminal 1
at 7.30pm to check in. Boarded the plane at 9.15pm. I swear that that
day was my 1st time taking plane. Serious. The feeling when taking off was
a bit weird. Haga,okay,fine. Reached Sabah Airport Terminal 2 at 11.++pm
(i forgot what time)

Bus-ed down to hostel;City Park Lodge. Reached there,checked in to our own rooms,packed here and there and fell asleep at 2.30am. And before sleeping,we
talked the HOT topic. My roommates are Huda,Lava,Shi Ying,Jazz for that night.

Day 2-25 November 2008:
Woke up the earliest and thus I bathed first. Yeah! It was freaking cold
when we woke up cause we slept with the air condition on. :] Had breakfast
at the rooftop. Hee :] Simple yet delicious. HAHA. Packed bags,checked out,
placed our bags in our chartered bus and then bus-ed down to Centrepoint Sabah
to do some last minute shopping for our hiking gears.

After this and that,we then bus-ed down from town to village that took us
2 hrs++. Dozed off in the bus. Ok,woke up,reached to this mini restaurant.
I shouldn't say restaurant,but a kind of enclosed eating place. It's not
a fancy one. But I can tell you,the food there are damn nice.

As soon as I alighted from the bus,I was feeling damn COLD. Its not
because from the bus. Is the surrounding is already like that. Its
the natural air-con. HAHA. Yeah,cause we're at 1000 odd metres. We're kind of on a mountain you see,that's why we feel that cold. the feeling was nice.

That meal was for Lunch. And then,after lunch,we were told to wear our
Red Windbreaker which everyone has it so as to show unity in us. Yeah!
Now,its van-ed down to Bundu Tuhan Orphanage. 4 vans altogether.

We went there for CIP. Ahak,thats the way ahak ahak. We have to entertain the
orphans there. They were happy,they smiled,they laughed,they enjoyed.
And,for that,I feel very satisified and feel grateful cause I still have my
parents around. I didn't realise that we've been entertaining them for almost
3 hours or so(I dont know) that we've got to stop and leave memories there.
We took pictures and was time to say goodbye.

After that,we van-ed down again to Kinabalu Park HQ(our second stay). We overnight
there at Rock Hostel. Haga. It was raining damn heavily. And I was freaking cold.
Shared the room with 2 other gfs;Huda & Felicia. Hee :] I tell you,the room
doesnt have an air-conditioner. But,I feel and I hear like as though there's
one in that room. It's near the mountain area,what do you expect? Haga. And,
it was only 7.++pm but it seems like its already 9.++pm when you're in Singapore.

Okay,it was raining when we wanted to go for dinner at Balsem Cafe. Haga.
So,put on our poncho. "don't fall sick" hehs. walked a distance towards the cafe.
Hee :] And dinner there was damn shiok. Cause,its a buffet. haga. Its damn
delicious siolzxc the food. Haga. There's bbq too. How nice.

Got back to Rock Hostel after dinner. Debrief and then slept. It was too cold that
I slept in my windbreaker and socks. Last packing for tomorrow's BIG DAY-the hike
to Gunting Lagandan Hut.

Day 3-26 November 2008:
(I warn you that this day going to be long cause there's a lot to say)
Woke up at 6 am. But when I wanted to switch on the lights,I couldn't cause
the Hostel had this rule whereby they only switch all the switches on at a certain
timing. How pathetic we were. We had to use the hp light,our headlamp to
direct us to the toilet. It was damn dark I tell you. Scary and very eerie too. haga.
Just washed face cause it was too cold to bathe. Unless you can take it.
I CAN'T. Wore track pants and dri-fit t-shirt plus red windbreaker.

Gathered at the first floor and then walked towards the Balsem Cafe for breakfast.
Breakfast was delicious. Had pancakes. Hee :] Sat with the sec 3 guys. Okay,
I swear they were damn funny. I laughed while talking. They were a bunch of
Jokers okay. Okay. Was damn full.

After breakfast,each of us were given a packed lunch when on our way to Gunting
Lagadan Hut. Bus-ed down to the Timpohon Gate. This place is the starting point
of our hiking. Okay,camwhored and stuffs. And,off we started off our journey.
But before that,we have to let the guide check our card which were
given to us.

There were 4 guides whom guided us through out the whole hike. Prayed and stuffs
before even starting to ensure safety. You know,you know.

It was a tiring but fun hiking. There were alot of steps,slopes. Jyeahs! Some of
the guides volunteered to help me,*haha*. And I appreciate that. On our way up,
we saw potters(i dont know how to spell) whom carried like fcuking heavier loads
than all of us. And,they were damn fast than us,hellya! I couldn't imagine that. And,
its not as though you're going down hill to go as that speed but you're going uphill
Ahak,can't imagine right?

We stopped for 7 times in total throughout the whole hiking to Gunting Lagadan Hut
which took us 6 hours. Ahak. 6 HOURS you know. I myself didn't realise that. Finally,
about 100-200m away from the Gunting Lagadan Hut,my stomach gave me problem that
I needed a toilet urgently. Ahak. Since there were no toilet. I had no chioce
but to pass motion in the jungle. But of course,I did said "I'm so sorry and
excuse me." I mean ,who doesn't? Unless you want to kana by "them".

Finally,reached Laban Rata first,where we had our buffet dinner at 5 pm before
proceeding to Gunting Lagadan Hut. We reached there around 3.++pm. So,we had
truckloads of free time. Instead of playing games and stuffs,I slept. Haga,was damn tired,what do you think?

After dinner,about 5.45-6pm we then gathered,were being debrief-ed and then we started heading towards Gunting Lagadan. We were being debriefed of what are
we supposed to do as soon as we reach the Hut. Ok,it was damn damn cold.
Colder than at Rock Hostel. The temperature was 9.1 degrees or less. Brrrrrrrrr.

When we reached the Hut,we hurriedly changed to what we're suppose to change into.
Ok,I tell you what I and the rests wore. 1st layer-thermal wear(but I wore long sleeve),2nd layer-dri-fit t-shirt,3rd layer-windbreaker. But I wore 1 jacket and
2 windbreakers as the outter most layer. Haga. COLD,COLD,COLD.

I slept in those layers. You may think that I'm crazy but,it was freaking cold.
And,fyi,we didn't bath for the two days yeah. Smelly,i know. But,its cold. That's
the only reason. HAHA. We slept as early as 7.30pm and have to wake up as early as
1am in the morning the next day but me and my roommates sleptat 8pm. Haga. In that layers,I slept,but I too covered myself with two layers of blankets. Hee :]

Day 4-27 November 2008:
Woke up at 1am. Early huhs? And,it was a short sleep. But I felt like as though I
slept for 8 hours. Truth. My body felt a bit lethargic but after all,I still need to go on. Ok,we had breakfast? That super fucking early breakfast. Saw another group
of Singapore Sec School Hikers. They were from Loyang Sec. Haha,Im running away from topic. Ok,so,had breakfast. Noodles cup. Haga,I felt like vomitting. Of course,
you don't feel comfortable in the morning. I was abit dizzy at first. But I told myself to go on till I reach the summit.

And then,we started off at 2.++am. Early huhs? 15 of us managed to persevered all the
way. We climbed alot of steps,slopes. Yeah,it was damn cold. We've not yet reached the top you know,and it was so cold. With words of encouragement,we successfully
reached the summit with all the guides and teachers. It was a great sense of
satisfaction.

All of that,it was all because of words of encouragement,strong mentality. And also,
teamwork,that's the most important. When you go as a team,we succeed as a team too.
You don't clap with only one palm right? There.

We reached the summit of Mount Kinabalu successfully and safely and on time just
to witness the sunrise. I tell you,the scenery up there was damn nice. But,with the
weather condition and stuffs. Those doesn't permit us to stay long up there. My hands
were almost freezing. Yeah,I bearly can hold or feel anything when I was up there.

Then it was time to descend,ok,you think its easier to go down then you go up. But,
you're wrong cause when you go down,the impact is so so big okay. HAHA. Slippery and stuffs like that. Yeah,took us about another 2 hours or so to reach Gunting Lagadan?
Yeah,from there,we went down to Laban Rata to have our breakfast. Ahak. There were 2
groups which went to Laban Rata. The first one were all girls. The second one was all boys including me. Haha. Weird hehs. But,after all,I enjoyed cause,on our way we
chatted. haha,fyi too,I'm not Amira,but instead Asmira. Waichong is Amira.

GET THAT RIGHT yeahs?

On our way down,it rained heavily,so we put on our poncho and descended. Ok,it was
damn tiring because as you go down,you can feel your leg muscles aching like hell.
Especially your thighs and caffs. And your knee joints. But after all,i don't really
care cause I know,I've reached the top. Yeah! That was the most memorable thingy
thang throughout this whole trip. Yeah! I swear I won't forget them.

Okay,reached the Timpohon Gate,we have to briskwalk another so called "1km" as there
were landslides along the way. And th bus couldn't possibly just pass by as its very dangerous. Yeah. Waited outside. Haga. I took a mini van with felicia,shi ying,joel
and jazz back to Kinabalu Park HQ. While the rest bus-ed back there. We took our
bags from the HQ's store and then put them in our chartered bus. haga.

After 2 tiring days,it paid off for those who reached the summit. Yeah. Sat alone in the bus but was damn dizzy lah. HAHA. Vehicle sickness? haha. ok,lame. Dozed off throughout the journey back to the town. Haga. And,finally,we reached City Park Lodge. Haga. How nice? It was damn nice lah. Ok,we were given a time limit.

Check in to our own rooms,put our bags and gathered at lobby where we will be
going for dinner somewhere near the CPL. Nice,the dinner,we sat in this big air-con
room specially booked for us. Haha. Honoured tao tao. Dinner was western food.
Hee :] Nice. I like. We chatted,we laughed,we enjoyed ourselves-me,huda,lava,shi ying
and jazz. Haha. Funny I tell you.

After dinner,went back to hostel,but,as per normal,debrief. Haga. It took us pretty
long time for the debrif. After all those,back to our own rooms and did reflection.
I never had an early night cause me and my roommates chatted and stuffs. HAHA,funny you know. You know,the girls stuffs. Haga.

Day 5-28 November 2008:
Woke up early but were late for gathering at rooftop of CPL. Ok,Ms Lim was unhappy.
Haga. This day,we were set to river-rafting. Hee :] another 1 and a half hour
ride to Kiulu River Raft for our rover-rafting activity. Ahak.
Damn fun I tell you. The guides? Haha,funny. Especially Canon. He took our boat. Haha. Won't be telling everything here cause I know I'm going to waste alota space. Let the pictures do the talk yeah?

Had BBQ lunch,how nice? hee :] serious. ok,bus-ed back down to CPL and then,rinsed and change to free and easy clothes. Haga. Ok,now,I'm getting a bit lazy to type
cause its a bit boring you see. hahaha.

After that,went to centrepoint Sabah to shop and had our own dinner there. Something
stupid happened before dinner. That Jazz,was craving for Pizza Hut. At first,we didn't want to eat there cause Spore also have it so there isn't anything special then. "WE GAVE IN TO YOU OKAY! SO APPRECIATE THAT!"-for jazz. Shopped,dinner,went back to CPL.

There,had another debrief till late night. Again,I know. Tiring tao. Slept early and
packed here and there for the last day that's the next day.

Last Day-29 November 2008:
Woke up,dressed like the first day,went for our own breakfast and then walked towards
this shopping centre to shop. Yeah,shop here,shop there,went back to Centrepoint Sabah. It was damn pack and crowded there. Supposed to have our own lunch,but then,
I was running away from budget. Haga. Last meal there and then back to CPL.

Last packing of bags,and then,off we went to Sabah Airport. Yeah,check in our bags. That day,I had a small tiff with partner cause off jazz. Fcuk you. I hate you.
Then,we boarded the plane at 6.40pm. haga. At that point of time,I really didn't want
to go back to Singapore. Hahha,I miss Sabah truckloads. The people there,the stuffs there. Yeah,alot of things I won't forget. Reached Singapore safely. Dad and oldest sister picked me up and we train-ed back to my house.

Something happened on the way,and I cried and cried and cried non stop till I reach home. Yeahs,its private so I guess you guys shouldn't know yeahs? Thanks. Slept around 3.++am after talking. The problem haven't settle though. Haga.


Well,guys,that's all for now. This is my first overseas trip with schoolmates especially ccamates-canoeists. Something which I want to tell. Back at Sabah,
the day will be very busy starting from morning till 9.++pm. Then,everything will
stop,and suddenly it wil be very calm and peaceful unlike in Singapore. Always
busy day and night. Hee :]


tkcrs & toodles. Pictures?
I will upload soon as soon as I get
all of the photos. Haga.

mira;

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