out of sense

Girls in my house are all cowards. Nafiisah is a coward. Nabihah is a coward. I am a coward. My mum is a coward jugak. Haha. Among the four of us, paling penakut is Nafiisah, followed by me, Nabihah, and my mum. Eh, silap silap. Sometimes mum can be in the first rank too. Susah la nak rank sebab semua orang boleh jadi paling penakut. Haha.

There was this one time I went home. Time tu dah nak final tapi sibuk nak balik rumah jugak. So, that night my sisters and I did our routine of doing 5% revision and 95% chitchat in the room. It was almost midnight, I think. Possibly around 11.00 pm. It was quiet. The house was quiet. The residential area was quiet. Everything was quiet.

So, anyway. I was explaining something to Nabihah, we were discussing on the floor. Nafiisah was studying on the bed. Suddenly, she got up from the bed and went to the door slowly. Once she was outside of the room, she had this weird look on her face. First, she stared at the room, and then at us. We stared at her back.

Me :

*feeling uneasy* Apesal ni?

Nafiisah :

Rasa macam ... ... ... ... ... BUKAN KITA TIGA ORANG JE DALAM BILIK NI! *thunder*

And then she ran like crazy! Kitorang pun apa lagi. The moment I wanted to stand up and nak cabut lari jugak, Nabihah pulled my shirt as if clinging for dear life. Hahaha. Nak lari pun dah tak boleh sebab berat sangat. Lucky she did not pull my pants. But we made it anyway. We ran out of the room TOGETHER. And entered the other room where Nafiisah was.

Kurang asam betul! Lepas tu kena marah dengan parents sebab buat bising malam malam. Haih. =.='

YES. We are that coward! Haha.

p/s : 

tiba tiba nak tulis dekat blog ni rasa macam nak tulis report. dah takde perasaan pun, asal buat je cukup. =.='

letter #3

Dear you.


You must be strong for yourself. Do not expect other people to be the arm for you to hold on to. Because that arm is going to get tired after a while. And when that arm lets you go, you fall. You FALL HARD and it hurts you even more. The cuts are deeper and the scars remain.


Now. Since you have fallen, do not stay on the ground too long. Or to wait for someone to pick you up again. You wipe those tears and you pick yourself up. I know you are fragile. But you are not that easily broken, right?




Sincerely,
me. :)

fly me to the moon (pt. 2)

fly me to the moon (part 1).


Day 2 -- 9th May 2011.


Woke up early in the morning! 5.00 am. Okay, I repeat. WE WOKE UP AT 5! Haha. We had to catch up with Subuh prayer, actually. But that was still a big achievement, right? Because back at home, to wake up at 6.00 am can be considered as early. And rising at 6 is still a good shot to impress mum and dad for the whole day.


Heading to the Tip of Borneo. Yes, again. It took us about an hour to get there (jangan percaya! tak ingat lansung pun sebenarnya. haha). The surroundings still looked scary even under the bright sun. To our surprise, the place we were going to go was too far from the point where we decided to cancel our trip.


"Jauhnya tempat ni. Nasib baik kita cancel pergi semalam." said Girl 1.
"Tu la. Rasional jugak kita ni rupanya." said Girl 2.


And finally ... Tadaa! We were there!

 

Do not reveal too much. That's the rule. Hehe. 

Then, off we go to Kundasang. It was a long winding road going up. There was a small section of the roads which showed signs of soil erosion. Everybody was praying hard for a safe trip to and fro this journey. The air became more and more foggy as we drove higher. The weather was so cool and refreshing. Nice ... :)

We went straight forward to J. Residence -- the place we were going to spend our night at. It was a brilliant choice! Place was awesome. View from the window was awesome. Accommodation was awesome. Neighbourhood  was awesome -- I will come to this part, don't worry. Yeah, everything was awesome. EXCEPT for the shower. Of course.

Done unloading our luggages from the car, we headed to Mount Kinabalu Park located just a few minutes (or is it a few seconds?) away from J. Residence. Passed by the Mount Kinabalu headquarters -- where you would register if you want to climb the mount. We arrived at the park when the sky had turned dark. So, we could only spend a few moments there.

Everybody was hungry to death, obviously. Cold weather is a good stimulant for our hungerstat (instead of thermostat). PROVEN. So we looked for any available Halal restaurant. On the way back, we got stuck because of the traffic. No, not really. We got stuck because we had to follow a lorry with the speed of 20 km/h! =.='

Oh, by the way. This is Kundasang. Please welcome! :)

Favourite snap of the day! Haha.

 Kundasang is under construction.

And this is J. Residence! :)

Nampak tak yang kat belakang tu? That is the shower.

OPEN AIR & TRANSPARENT! Awesome!

Well. Here, we did not need functioning air-conditioner at all. The temperature could reach down to 16 degree centigrade at night. Everybody was so reluctant to shower. We enjoyed diving under the comforter instead. I fell asleep while waiting for my turn and been awaken by Ewa only when everybody was ready to have a good sleep until morning.


Reluctantly, I entered the shower. Accompanied by the dark night and the sound of faunas from the jungle nearby. Then, after a few seconds, I started hearing cries of baby. I was like, 'Oh sheesh! Why am I imagining things at this particular moment?' Cepat cepat gosok gigi & basuh muka. Lepas tu cepat cepat keluar. Haha.

Me :

Scary la. Kenapa dengar macam baby nangis ni?

Aina :

Memang ada baby la kat sebelah ni.

Me :

Oowh. Yeke? Ingatkan bunyi apa tadi.

Aina :

Aah. Takde apa la. Pergi la mandi.

Me :

Tak nak la. Takut. Hehe.

FINE. Saya memang penakut pun. Lepas tu terus je tidur. Haha. Okay, END OF DAY 2.



Will be continued. PROMISE. :)

fly me to the moon (pt. 1)

So yeah, for those who have no idea what I have been through earlier this month, I went to Kota Kinabalu with my other eight classmates. Namely, Tiqah, Ewa, Aina, Kimah, Beeb, Hajar, Nisah, and Piqah. They are AWESOME!


Let me introduce you to our awesome crew!


Programme Coordinator.


Beeb -- Programme Manager & Co-Pilot 1.
Kimah -- Assistant Programme Manager & Pilot 1.
Ecah -- Survey Unit & Pilot 2.
Tiqah -- Survey Unit & Co-Pilot 2 / Pilot 3.
Ewa -- Publication Unit (Photographer) & Cabin Attendance.
Aina -- Promotion Unit & Cabin Attendance.
Hajar -- Refreshment Unit & Cabin Attendance.
Nisah -- Secretary & Cabin Attendance.
Piqah --Welfare Unit (Car maintainer) & Cabin Attendance. 


Pilot 1 is a skilled driver. Experienced in driving from Kuantan-KL, Kuantan-Kelantan, ALONE. Pilot 2 is not a competent driver. Experienced in driving 5 km radius from house. But I am glad to announce that Pilot 2 is assisted by the most excellent Co-Pilot in history, and the most exemplary Cabin Attendances among all the airline companies worldwide.




Day 1 -- 8th May 2011


YEAH, we are going to KK! We are not going to climb the mount, of course. But we are definitely going there to meet the mount. We took off from LCCT around 9.00 am. The plane was flying beside the rising sun!


Arrived KKIA Terminal 2 around 12.30 pm. Went to KKIA Terminal 1 with Kimah and Beeb to take rented cars. Went back to KKIA Terminal 2 to fetch the other 6 girls. Off to Kudat.

Don't be bothered by how far we need to travel, 
we are going there anyway!

Click the image for better resolution.

We went to Kudat Golf & Marina Resort which is situated about two and a half hour from Kota Kinabalu Town. Or is it more? I am not so sure since I did not really aware of the time during the travel. But it seems to me like we took more than five hours to get there.

Journey to Kudat was quite adventurous, I could say. The roads were narrow, and there were a lot of cracks. Some sunk about one feet depth -- I think, I did not really measure it. And landslides (or signs of landslides) were all over the place along the road. How scary was that!


Reached the resort at about 5.00 pm or so. Checked in. Snapped a few pictures. Ready to travel to the Tip of Borneo located at Simpang Mengayau. With the help of GPS, the last thing on our mind was to lost the track. But we did lost our track on the very first day.

The culprit.

Why? Because ... this sign board was taken down that evening. So, instead of taking a right turn, we did confidently go straight. And luckily the GPS immediately realized our mistake.


It was seriously the bumpiest ride I ever had. The roads were no properly tarred and the GPS somehow brought us to the most remote area of Sabah. We were surrounded by thick rainforest. No single vehicle could be seen, no single proper house was in view. Everything was surreal, dark, and eerie.


Being at that part of the world, at the exact moment, you could only wish that you were not in a scary movie -- where your car will suddenly break down while you have no access to the outside world at all. After some times, everyone started to show worried faces and so we decided to cancel the trip that evening. 


Went to the town of Kudat -- where dogs are one of the major inhabitants. Bought some foods and drinks. Got thrilled by the dogs on our way back to the car. Lari lari dengan cuak, masuk kereta cepat cepat. Off to the resort safely. Alhamdulillah. :)


Having some refreshments. Making a complaint about the malfunctioning air-conditioner. Requesting for ironing board, baldi and gayung. Haha. Watching TV. Off to the La La Land. Good night everybody! :) END OF DAY 1.

Oh, this journal (sort of) will be posted in phases (tiru ayat Ewa. hehe). I will post brief story of Day 2 until Day 5 later. Okay? And when I said later, it means next week, or next two weeks, or next month. It depends. Haha.




See you in fly me to the moon (part 2), okay? :)