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| Saturday, 22-Aug-2009 05:44 |
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Gabai Falls : Another effort
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Where: Sg. Gabai
When : 18th August 2009
Who : Cheeps, Zul, Syed, Ihsan, Mohaizad, Norra, Adila, Hidayah, Sakinah, Mizi, Haidi, Bahar, Adeli, Wan, Azhar, Izan
Photographer : Ihsan
Cost : RM15 per pax
Sometimes, I pretend that I do like other people other than those tucked in my small sphere. So, bored out of my mind and with a few quid to offer, I just decided to spearhead yet another small trip with my staffs.
Since a few others thought that somehow there are a few cute chicks in my group, suddenly the group of nine turns sixteen. I didn’t really care that much as we did have too much food anyway.
Climbing up to the waterfall was horrible and it was worse when we went down. The waterfall was quite nice compared to FRIM or Sg. Congkak. The food was good enough and I still felt like an old man there.
My only problem was, well, I’m a bit stuck up. When it comes to casual relationship / friendship between a man and a woman, I still think there are some lines that you shouldn’t cross. But what the hell, they’re all adults. Anyway.
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| Tuesday, 6-Jan-2009 22:16 |
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Cherating : New Year's Celebration
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Where: Cherating
When : 29th December 2008 – 1st January 2009
Who : Cheeps, Suren, Thurai, Rodek, Dira, Musy and Michelle
Again, I need to apologize to the other six for being grumpy half of the trip. From the first sight of the beach, the lack of extravagance events, the small amount of tourist and of course the whole barbecue episode, my mood just went from bad to worst.
All I want to do was spend some quality time with friends and I got that. It’s just so stupid of me to let my expectation overshadowed my needs.
Not everything was unpleasant. Meeting interesting characters like Dave from England and Marco from Switzerland was interesting. Foods especially from Ton Juan and Hai Peng were really mouth-watering. The sight of the estuary was amazing and Suren and Dira seemed to enjoy the fireflies’ trip.
Thanks Dira for organizing the trip. Somehow, I really took lots of pictures of you. I wonder why.
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| Thursday, 23-Oct-2008 01:19 |
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Musy + Michelle (Qistina.. hahahhaha)
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When : 18th October 2008
Where : Royal Bintang, Damansara
Photographer : Beghuk
The first (supposedly the second) and hopefully the only time I would serve as an awkward best man to any of my friend. And since I tried to involved myself as much as I possibly can, I had no chance to snap any photos and thus came Farul.
Farul did the best he can with the limitation of D40, although it seems like he focused more on guests than the bride and groom. Whatever, at least I got some pix from that night.
The ceremony itself was very simple and almost made chaotic by the horrendous service from the hotel. Musy want to dismiss me from his side after I disappeared for a cigarette and Michelle almost trip when her bridesmaid went missing for a while.
Mama did an OK job for a replacement emcee, no thanks to Rodek. So, I guess the best servant of the night would be Suren, as the usher and our main ‘technician’. None of us got lucky that night, maybe not even Musy.
Emm... I guess Suren will be next in line.
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| Thursday, 9-Oct-2008 10:10 |
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Perhentian : 2nd Day (Paradise)
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1000 : Still a bit tipsy and tired from not enough sleep, dragged myself out of bed.
1030 : Checked out from Panorama. Planned to move to the Big Island.
1045 : The beer peddler from last night managed to convinced me that the safety jacket will keep me safe from drowning.
1100 : WTF. Joined a group of tourist for a snorkeling session. Started with the first coral reef point, then Turtle Point, Shark Point, Fishing Village, another coral reef point, Pantai Tiga Ruang and lastly looking for baby sharks. The underwater world, especially the first coral point was definitely amazing with indescribable beauty.
1700 : Arrived back at the Long Beach. Cancelled my plan to move to the other island, after seeing how boring the surrounding was. The European tourist invited me for dinner at 1900.
1800 : After hanging out with the boatman for a while, decided to stay at Simfoni Chalet (the shared bathroom was freaking disgusting).
1930 : Met my new friends at the nearest restaurant. There were 2 Germans who I can’t remember their name, Louie and his friend are French guys currently working in Shanghai and there’s also Jamie from England.
2200 : The foods were suckie and overpriced. Next stop was Buffalo Bar for some monkey juice (Orang Utan rum).
2330 : Since the local rum wasn’t really that tasteful, we switched to Vodka plus 7-Up. Two French girls, Valentine and Domie decided to join us. Both of them are currently doing some 6-months training in Melaka.
0030 : Dave from Colorado joined the party. Domie was dancing, circling the bonfire with other tourists. I was still talking to Valentine and Jamie. The Germans left.
0100 : The two French and Jamie left.
0130 : Not interested in getting lucky and had too much vodka, I left Valentine and Dave to get it on.
0700 : Woke up, the bathroom was too disgusting. So left the island without any shower.
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| Thursday, 9-Oct-2008 09:12 |
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Perhentian : 1st Day (Almost Alone)
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Who : Just me
When : 3 – 5 October 2008
Where: Long Beach, Perhentian Island
Cost : RM200 – RM300
1100 : Arrived at Long Beach. Chatted with the boatman about expanding their business with the help of AirAsia. Checked in Panorama Chalet.
1200 : Having some overpriced mango juice by the beach while reading Dawkin’s.
1300 : Went to a cyber café. YM with Wan and Aiza.
1400 : Bored. Nap.
1630 : While climbing some huge rocks, met a Chinese guy who own a better camera and speak better kelantanese than me. He advised me to do some trekking to the other side of the beach.
1700 : Managed to drag my ass to Coral Bay. Took some pix and left since there’s the place was too secluded.
1730 : Climbed the biggest rock and continue reading. Not sure how to survive another day. Thinking of cutting my trip short. Missed my TV shows.
1930 : On the way to dinner. Hang out with a beer peddler. His friend was trying to get lucky with a white girl. They advised me to get my own white meat.
2100 : Finished my dinner and hanging out at some random shop. Spoke to some locals and Anna, a sweet Swedish girl engaged to a lot less attractive Malay scuba-diving fanatic.
2200 : Went for a drink at Buffalo Bar, was invited to join a group of KLites. Was told that each of them own a moneychanger around KL. Drinking Tiger Beers and Vodkas. Was offered some weeds but refused. Francesco, an Italian, and his Mexican girlfriend joined us.
0000 : A bit drunk, everyone including me started dancing like idiots. The topic of discussion had moved from politics, culture to relationship. Destroyed a few wooden tables by accident.
0100 : After saying good night and promised to keep in touch, strolled slowly back to my chalet.
0200 : Couldn’t sleep. Walk alone on the empty beach. Met the beer peddler earlier on his condom run. He also managed to get lucky with some white chick.
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| Saturday, 16-Aug-2008 18:15 |
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Zaki and Mawar 888 : Wedding Day
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This is why I kept reminding Zaki to hire professional photographers, which he did. If he still wants me to provide some additional stuffs, that would be ok. And I won’t even charge them anything.
My photos sucks. Most of them are too dark and wrongly exposed. I blamed my sleep depravation for it. Spending the previous night in scorching heat with only an hour of sleep was horrible. Stupid fucking thieves, stealing TNB’s cable.
But wedding photography is such a tool anyway. It’s so uninteresting and typical. You won’t have time to sit and visualize the outcome as you’ll be busy running around, following the bride and groom.
My photographer friends did give me some tips in evolving my skills towards fashion. It’ll be so much fun taking pictures of beautiful things. But first I need to upgrade my equipments. It sucks not being rich.
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| Saturday, 16-Aug-2008 17:29 |
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Zaki and Mawar 888 - Majlis Akad Nikah
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Who : Fizi, Cheeps, Hj Ridzuan and family.
When : 8th – 9th August 2008
Where : Gerik, Perak
Fuel Cost : Around RM200
Since it’s such a hassle remembering their own wedding date, some couples including Zaki + Mawar decided to have it on 08/08/08. So, although lots of friends unable to take the 4 hours drive to Gerik, Fizi and me still braced ourselves realizing we’ll be such dicks if not attending our housemate’s special day.
I don’t have a good memory, and the thoughts of having a wedding on such dates were quite intriguing actually. I guess 11/11/11 will be perfect.
Considering I want to date for about 6 months and than living together for about a year first before contemplating to take such responsibility, I should be getting myself a real girlfriend by the end of 2009.
So, I have around a year to find the perfect girl for me. It’s going to be hard as my reputation was not that appealing to Malay girl. Maybe I should schedule some Thailand trips to get the things rolling.
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| Saturday, 12-Jul-2008 12:52 |
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Taman Negara : Third day
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0800 : Woke up early and ready for our last adventure. Everything felt sore because of that shit ass trekking. Azrol couldn’t join because he’s just a lazy jackass.
0900 : Got some big breakfast. The Roti Tampal and Nasi Lemak was marvelous. The rode the boat to Gua Telinga.
1000 : The cave entrance look a bit eerie. Yesterday, a group of tourist encounter some snakes in there. Let’s mingle with millions of bats.
1100 : We crawled, squeezed our fat bodies, dipped in bat’s shit and Fadli destroyed Azrol’s torchlight. It was so much fun. Out of the cave, I got an interesting sms about a morning kiss. Life is beautiful.
1130 : The boatman / ranger took us to a decent side of the river for our last dip.
1300 : Packed everything and ready to go home. Three days without the sight of her was unbearable.
1500 : Arrived at Temerluh. Based on the earlier hand drawn map, we were in Ikan Patin heaven.
1900 : Office sweet office. Boss wanted me to submit the evaluation by today. FUCK
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| Saturday, 12-Jul-2008 12:24 |
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Taman Negara : Second Day (I HATE TREKKING)
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0800 : New day promises new adventure but money is always the case. Everyone except me went to Jerantut town for much needed cash. I continued my erotic dream about the pretty girl.
1100 : After getting some direction from the helpful ranger, the journey to the longest hanging bridge, the canopy walk started.
1300 : Fizi proved to be the girl since he scared himself shitless hanging high on top of big ass trees.
1400 : Although some of us concluded the easiest way down was by backtracking our way to Kuala Tahan, Azrin convinced us all that it’s better to go through Teresek Hill.
1600 : I was cursing everything and everyone for the last three hours. I HATE JUNGLE TREKKING. AZRIN IS AN ASSHOLE. FUCK THE VIEW.
1630 : Lubuk Simpon proved to be a salvation. After five hours of wandering aimlessly in the jungle, we cooled off our body, while watching Mizi with total disgust.
1730 : Back at Kuala Tahan, everybody had a big ass lunch. Food tasted so good.
1830 : REST… I NEED MORE REST.
2000 : A black Hilux took us for what supposed to be an amazing Night Safari.
2100 : We saw an unthreatening snake, a white eagle (rare item), a cat, a hen and loads of small birds. TOTALLY WASTE OF MONEY.
2230 : The snooker place was full, so back at hostel again. Some called their girlfriends for their daily report, and me, I got no to call. Felt a bit pathetic. Even Mizi and Fadli had each other for some warmth and total homosexuality.
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| Saturday, 12-Jul-2008 10:23 |
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Taman Negara : First Day
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Who : Fizi, Fadli, Azrol, Azrin, Mizi, Hafiz and Cheeps.
When : 8th – 10th July 2008
Where : Taman Negara
Overall Cost : Around RM200 per pax
0800 : Finished graveyard shift, Fizi, Fadli, Hafiz and me already so excited to start the journey.
0900 : Azrol and Mizi arrived. Decided to start off with breakfast while waiting for Azrin, which should arrive shortly.
1000 : Still waiting for Azrin, everyone sleepy and pissed off.
1100 : Azrin arrived, didn’t let him have his breakfast and off to Taman Negara we went.
1430 : After been fooled by a tollgate girl at Temerloh, we settled for a lunch at one of the most expensive Mamak restaurant at Jerantut.
1600 : Arrived at Taman Negara. Got a decent accommodation at Agoh Hostel.
1700 : After getting our permit, with little time to spare, went for Rapid Shooting, which is splash-filled ride on a longtail boat. Visited the natives (Batek aborigines) where they taught us on how to make fire using some bamboo, using blowpipe and how tasty monkeys are. We didn’t have any obviously.
1900 : Back at the hostel.
2000 : Dinner by the river. The foods weren’t that expensive and weren’t that tasty.
2200 : After more than 24hours with little or no sleep at all, most of us were too tired to even play cards. zzzzzzzz
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