this weekend was much more fulfilling den usual. :)

sat:
highlight was the rockclimbing n abseiling :)

woohoo went to try these activites again after 1 yr+! wellz...though i can't climb very high, nonetheless i enjoyed myself. the feeling of pulling yourself up, of grabbing those stones, the unwillingness to fall back until one reaches the top was a feeling that had not been lost. yes, i still love rockclimbing, the technique of sitting on the wall to rest, the manovering of your limbs to climb up was not easy. yet to learn lots, but i m jus a less-than-average climber. haas, though abseiling is easy, my fear of depending on my own control of the rope sort of make it less enjoyable. (though i know there is a belayer, so its safe) thanks to gh for going over to boon keng to fetch me over too! otherwise i wld have felt so lost n late for the trial...sat was a mad travelling to various places-tiong bahru, boon keng, geylang, bugis n finally fullerton cos of the lots of errands n activites planned beforehand. if i appeared sian or tired, much apologies...

sun:
highlight was my first 10km run. :) n singapore arts festival opening!

went for the Brooks Life Run with my bro n his fren. HORRAY! i was sooo happy to be able to complete the run without stopping at all. it was really a personal achievement though it was a really slow run! :) realised that had it not been my running buddy, i may not have continued running till the end cos having a person beside u made a big difference! lunch + ice-cream was a treat from my bro!! haha ya...during the run, i really wanted to eat ice-cream!

my day ended off with dinner with xl n parry. thanks girls for asking me out cos after dinner, we went to watch the Singapore Arts Festival Opening. IMPRESSIVE! MARVELOUS! even such a no artistic sense person values the quality of the whole thing leaves no question about the whole performance put up! n catching up is definately worth the while :)

photos that shld have been uploaded earlier, but cos i jus received them, they r a little late :)
one n onli gp photo for the night. not very well taken, yet holds memories for the night

back to childhood.

swing at city hall.

our attempt to captured ourselves was captured instead...

work may be boring but the atmostphere n ppl are excellent-enjoying work :)

1) had a super slack week, spent 2 whole days chatting on msn while surfing net. (have to thank those who spent hrs chatting with me to pass time. thank you thank you!) doing odd-jobs, spent one morning looking for 3-room HDB flats etc etc...

2) each staff has their own laptop. i have one too! :)

2) entertained by really cute computer games like punching your boss-super funny la...

3) have collin beside me to talk to me occassionally n laugh at him cos he can be quite comical at times-like using old chang kee stick to stir his coffee cos there's no spoon in the office and literally dozing off in front of the laptop. haas have to thank him too cos he has been more than willing to help n had to have his lunch over the counter.

4) lots of food including deserts for lunch everyday, thanks to jian hao n jacky for bringing us to all the nice places to eat...

5) have Ivan who is really a pleasure to be with cos he is really entertaining n fun to talk to. haha only talk to him for 2 days yet he makes u feel really comfortable to be with.

6) played pool with a few collegues after work on fri, lol my pool is super lousy! yes yes will welcome any pro who is willing to teach...:)

7) have lots of collegues who all very zhao gu us - sarah, andrew, nelson, michelle, alan etc etc...

8) of course, having sirong to work with beats all, cos she keeps me company n entertained at all times :)

though at times feel a bit more of a burden than help cos of unfamilarity, still the ppl makes u really comfy n great to be ard. their willingness to help n chat with enhance the whole experience. enjoying work though i m really bored most of the times.

n of course not forgetting to mention the dinners i had with gh and fellow niners- celebrated beiying n andrew's birthday at fish n co. seafood platter was extremely delicious after the excruciating wait till 8+ before dinner to be served.

once again, happy belated birthdays to beiying, andrew, jun feng, jun bin and geok boon :)

work starts tmr. end of my slacking days.

nothing to complain about since i've been spending lots of money recently. need to earn them back before i go broke. so must thank sirong for this job n giving me all the advices :) looking forward to working with u, at least having a good fren to pei me eat n hang ard in office wld keep me happy. thanks for everything gal :)

mother's day. jus a simple affair for mum and grandma. had 2 cakes...chocolate n fruit...yeah i love both! :) the chocolate cake was rather unique with the fillings being banannas. everyone's in a relaxed mood today with almost all exams over for all levels so jus spent the time catching up and joking with one another. had a simple yet heartwarming day ba...:)

haha i do wish to go for more outdoor activities like kayaking, rock-climbing, mountain climbing, treking, cycling, running, or simply jus sit by the beach. but i forsee i wouldn't be able to mountain climb for some time cos mum isn't keen on me going for these activites esp the more dangerous ones. wellz no matter how much i wanna jus relax n enjoy the scenery, i guess i wld not go against her or the older generations' wishes. but my love for the outdoors will remain n wld still yearn to do these activities :) haha shall look forward to running now ba since that's the onli thing that my mum can't possibly object to! :) felt great to be running again yesterday though it was a really slow run for only 4km...haas will try to hit 6km by tue :)...den before i know it, i can run 10 km!! wahahaha awaiting for that day to come :)

solely for the beauty at the peak of gunung rajah :)at dusk.

Bentong town

rainbow after rain :)

genting highlands

mountain region

credits goes to desmond for doing this up! thanks! :) a good form of memory for all

long logging trail with gh toting to me so that the whole thing wouldn't look so long :)

lake naning...some river that we had to cross...

that's the peak we were going to climb. midst of climbing

it isn's always easy climbing...

finally at the peak! look at the beautiful scenery behind!! :)

me flying high! :)

with minrui! introducing u to the the mountain view
with min rui and desmond

mad min rui
with guang heng n minrui...holding gunung rajah sign at the peak

with this i shall end off the photos that we took at rajah....haas if anyone wants to see the beautiful 360 degree scenery of rajah, can jus find me! :)

finally out shopping with xl, val n parry today! :) had dinner with min rui n desmond after that..haas we just sat there n tot from 6pm till 10:30pm la! gosh...n the waitress has to keep refilling our water...haas...

back from gunung rajah. blogging while everything is still fresh in the mind. :)

rajah is an excellent place. the company was wonderful and the whole trip was totally worth it :) right now, just caught the first sbs bus back to singapore, yet to wash up n sleep...but before all that...jus wanna blog down stuff. *if i m not toting coherently, try n understand. right now feeling tired, drained and really bruised*

THE CLIMB
definately not easy! dehydration was definately one huge problem was climbing. at times, one would really feel lye giving up, esp when u see a really long path of uphill path stretched out in front of u. if not for the guys who kept encouraging us and pushed us on, we could have taken longer to climb up. the whole journey was 10 hrs. gosh! started at ard 8+ ended at ard 6+. had a wonderful guide who was sooo nice to wait for us at various points where the gals really need a rest cos we were panting so hard after each steep climb. jus past the mid-way point, des was really nice to help me carry my water and my load became much lighter and easier to climb too! had it not been him encouraging me to keep smiling at each rest point and toting to me to entertain me, the climb would definately seem longer! haas, same to gh for giving me tips and kept toting to me :) wells i realised that it is really not easy to encourage someone while one is feeling tired too...haas so i couldn't give any encouragement cos i was the one dying! and poor yk who has to carry up the four men tent for the 2 gals to sleep in...oops feeling guility that his backpack is much much heavier than the rest...

nearing the end, the guide had to lead us up by bashing thru the jungle cos some landslide occured i think. gosh, talking about the guide, wow he was impressive! this was no challenge to him! haas he even told us he could climb up n run down in 5 hrs!!! wow!! had really lots of cuts from the plants and lots of leech bites too!! (at least now i know how a leech looks lye) overall, the climb was slow, steady and eventually we made it up :) now i know that if i m going to climb again, i need to find really strong and patient guys to lead n take care of us along the way cos it is seriously not easy for them!)

THE VIEW
wells our dinner was not bad :) spagatti with longan for deserts. everyone was so tired that after dinner we jus wanna sleep without even seeing the night view. haas apologies to minrui for not being so keen on watching stars with u! cos i really want to sleep! was seriously sleep-deprived. turned in at 9pm (haas i know it is really early but we jus couldn't take it anymore)

initially we all planned to watch sunset n sunrise tgt but both failed cos at both times it was too cloudy. the wind there was so cold that i was shivering and curled up in the tent despite the windbreaker i had. even the flysheet was flying was the pegs thrown off by the wind! haas yes it was super cold n the poor guys were out there under their 'shelter' shich was jus a flysheet. invited them to come into our tent but they were so cold that they were all hundled up in the jackets and ponchos, refusing to bulge! (wow have to really thank them for the tent and have to let them brave the wind elements out there)

finally we decided to go to the summit to see the view from the top of the mountain jus before our descend. GOSH! the view was BREATHTAKING!! offers a 360 view!! could see genting, titiwasa etc etc...haas i can't rmb much of the names though des was naming it for us...so lovely until i jus wanna stay there n not leave the place! gosh i still rmb seeing lots of mountains in the midst of clouds....really lovely view! haas maybe describe more when i received the photos from des!! haas we all took lots n lots of photos thoughout the trip thanks to des! in fact he told us that it offers one of the best views from the many many climbs he had went to...hohoho so i guess seeing the view beats all the tiredness of climbing!! cos that was my motivation for the climb!

THE DESCENT
eventually we had to make our way down. haas for me the descent was seriously painful, so painful that i almost wanted to cry half-way down! haas prob most ppl wld be wondering isn't going down much easier than climbing up? haas i think my shoe wasn't exactly comfortable and my footing wasn't right. landed on my poor toes...right now, having blueblacks on a couple of toes including my 2 big toes. haiz seems lye my nails are coming off soon alr! was wobbling down the way, esp the parts where the descend was so steep!! haas...poor yk has to walk so slowly behind me cos i was inching forward. luckily that was only for certain parts. eventually the slope was more gentle and my journey down wasn't as miserable. haas n i fell down so many times cos my legs were rather wobbly, haas if u r walking behind me, u would be asking me to be careful every few steps and probably laughing at how i kept falling! knocked my head a couple of times and almost twisted both my ankles too! *sigh so much injuries...so right now i m really bruised. lye wat the rest said, seems lye mr n myself jus went thru a war...

HOME SWEET HOME
eventually had our dinner at 'chinatown' where des recommended us to bak gu teh....*smacks lips* delicious! after which we went to some common walkway n jus sat down n talk while waiting for our midnight bus from kl to ?? oops i forgot the place. den had our breakfast at mac and waited for the first 170 bus to bring us back to singapore. gosh crossing the causeway point was scary in the wee hrs of the morning! lots of motorbikes jus zoomed ard despite being a pedestrian path. in the end we decided to walk back to the woodlands checkpoint after missing 2 buses and looking at the chaotic situation...home was the nxt destination :)

overall, this personal trip to gunung rajah was wonderful cos the guys really accommodated us and try n made the trip entertaining so that our climb would be easier. des n yk are really experienced clmbers and know the places really well though it was everyone's first time there! because of their experience, we learnt lots about mountain climbing n other outdoors stuff...was a really enriching experience and seriously maxed out my poor muscles...shall upload the photos when they arrive!! :) now i need a rest before a swenson's treat!! horray! :)

maybe someone shld tell me to stop being mad. (beware: long entry)

my holiz so far has been packed to the brink! 2 days of absolute madness just ended. just a short naration about yesterday n today.

2/5/07: (lavender) went to update my passport photo
(city hall) queued again for the donuts cos my bro wanna buy n i owe him a favor
(vivo)watch spiderman 3 with hall ppl, mainly roomie, by, mich, jf, hansel, matt, cl
(hall) supper with roomie, yy, jf, david, andrew
(jf's room) watch 200 pounds beauty till 5am
3/5/07: (orchard) met with serena, parry n cl for lunch
(bugis) steamboat with val, stacy, parry, cl n xl at bugis
(raffles city) deserts at starbucks

yes, i m mad! been to 6 places in 2 days! gee...i m tired now. but i think the company for the past 2 days have been excellent so no complaints!

just a penny of thoughts.
too many things, too many jokes, too many events have occured that it wld be so hard to describe all. otherwise this wld be a chore to read. so shall jus pen down my own thoughts and leave the rest to be remembered in my heart :)

yesterday: realized that i have made frenz whom i can rely on, who has the power to make me feel belonged to hall, n are able to bring smiles to my face anywhere anytime. yes its time to say thank you to all for the memories all of u have brought to me over the past 1 yr. more may be awaiting but once in a while we shld be thankful to the ppl ard us. spiderman 3 was great jus a little long n didn't really like the part where he became bad-cos it spoilt my image of my childhood hero! lol...nonetheless he taught me that all of us have a choice, its up to us to to make the right one and he did. his aunt also taught me that forgiving oneself for our own mistake is the first yet hardest thing to do. :)

yeah! i learned how to bake french toast!! :)

200 pounds beauty wasn't as good as expected. one of those jus of laughs movie. nonetheless i learned about some simple things from the movie too. from the main actress i learned that i we shld accept ourself jus as who we r. we shld not forsake those closest to us n hurt them just because we want to be escape from our real self. superficially, i learn that guys think that plastic surgery is ok as long as its not their women. *gee* haha i hold not liability for that statement cos i donno how true it is!

today: lugging that heavy bag ard was a tiresome thing. was really tired i the afternoon where the i jus sat outside while cl shops. totally not in a mood to shop today with that heavy load! haiz shall jus take that as a form of training before my climb. speaking about the climb, if i jus can't get up, apologies for making the rest wait...wells...looking at all the sinful food i have eaten over the past 2 days n not exercising recently...wells wells..jus cross my fingers n pray that my fitness isn't too lousy! somemore david said that gunung rajah isn't exactly easy makes me feel realy apprehensive about my current fitness level!

nvm shall continue talking bout the SSS. celebrated 3 birthdays out of the 6 ppl present today. steamboat again!! haas the last time we had that tgt was 3 yrs ago!! gee..merd! second time steamboat not present again...sigh*wonder when we can have steamboat with u! well this is a special group of frenz whom i'll always rmb to call out for gatherings after exams cos they r a bunch of frenz who makes me feel totally comfortable with. though i was tired, nontheless it doesn't matter cos i feel jus so comfortable with them! how i wish to go on holiz with u all. if onli i have lots of money....hahas in my dreams! :)

okayz getting late alr. shld turn in early tonight since i was told to be extremely awake on fri to sun n cos i really need a good rest from the 2 hectic days! lots of things to do in such a short time! nitez nitez :)

went to attend a solemn family event today. nothing much to talk about, jus realized how complicated my family background is actu. n it doesn't matter who the person is, cos even if i ain't close to the person, i would still have teared. realized how sentimental i m to family ties too. yes if anyone attempts to harm anyone in my family, i'll retailate without thinking cos they mean everything to me.

the nxt few days will be madness seriously. traveling 4 places tmr n lots of things to do n think in between too. thurs would not be much better either since i'll travelling with lots of baggage out for lunch n dinner. well well, can jus hope i don't tire myself out even before the camp!!

talking about the camp, i m starting to wonder whether i made a smart choice or was it too impromptu. not that i don't trust the ppl i m travelling with, jus that i wonder whether it's okayz to climb a mountain with onli 6 ppl. n my parents' concern about the safety etc is giving me slight jitters too. the problem is that they didn't stop me from going but bombed me with lots of concerns and asking me to take care that makes me more jitterery. furthermore i have my own concerns about going malaysia since i myself don't really regard the place as safe! but i know i can't pull out now...

heyz!! but 1 thing i m looking forward to tmr is watching SPIDERMAN!! wahaha with this though in mind, i know i'll at least survive it till then!! :) for the rest of the times, the company will definately keep me cheerful too!! looking forward to all the ppl i'll be meeting over the nxt few days too!! *haas there goes my money too*