Sipitang->LImbang->Brunei: 28 May 2011

To me the Keamatan holiday is a blessing, what more if it fell on Monday and Tuesday. We had a looooong weekend and my cousin had his wedding on the bride's side in Limbang that weekend. It was actually my idea to extend our travelling to Brunei because the last time I went there was when I was in Primary 3. So, since the idea originated from me so I was the official driver for the whole journey (-_-")V

We departed from KK on Friday night. Fetched my mom and my aunt in Beaufort and went
straight to Sipitang. It was raining like cats and dogs that night and it was quite hard for us to locate my cousin's house. The next morning, we departed from Sipitang to Limbang at 9 am. But we only manage to reach Limbang at around 3pm because there was this annoying, snaking long traffic jam in Temburong, where we have to ride this ferry to cross this river that's less than 50m wide!!!!!!!!!!! It was soooo troublesome..

The ferry ride was less than a minute that we can't get a very nice view to show you how NARROW the river is~

My dad described the river's width as "Ko bole humban orang di sebelah tu"
My uncle saw it in a different perspective "Kalo kentut kuat, orang kat seberang bole dengar.."

In Limbang, my cousin already booked a hotel room for us. RM 80 for a room as big as this

Surprisingly, I met two schoolmates in Limbang and man they were very surprised to see me haha

So we departed to Brunei after my cousin's wedding. Brunei wasn't that far at all. Took us around two hours to reach our relative's house there. That night our Bruneian relatives took us sight seeing and granted our wish to have a taste on the famous Nasi Katok which is actually rice, spiced chicken and sambal that taste good!

To be honest, there was not much to do in the affluent country. It's not a tourism spot; as if they don't even bother about the sector. But I was really fond of how they arrange the buildings there; they look so neat and yes Brunei is soooo clean too.

We went sight seeing by foot. Went to this field in the middle of the Bandar Seri Begawan

Went to pray at Masjid Umar Ali

The funny thing is, whereever we go in Brunei we'll meet people who have relatives in Labuan who happen to be acquainted to us too. The story has it that some of the Labuanites are actually Bruneian refugees during the World War II who wanted to escape from the Japanese.

"Dang, kanal ko si Polan??"
"Ooo, cikgu ku di sekolah rendah.." or "Anaknya kawan ku tusyen.." hehe

And you can see that Brunei is rich because their roads are so nice; no holes, no bumps... Rata betol!!! And there are lights along the road.. Tidak putus putus lampu jalan..

So that's it about the journey..

And I think my parents are already in the mood to have a son-in-law. My mom was fantasizing about my wedding..

"Nanti kalo adik kawen, mau buat bunga api and concert la.."
"Mami ingat adik artis???" (-_-")

My dad just got back from Indonesia and helped to buy some wedding souvenirs for my stepmom's nephew.. Then he suddenly said,

"Eyh, nanti kena pi Indon la kalo begini murah"
And I was like, buat2 nda dengar, grabbed all the stuffs they bought for me in Indonesia and scurried to my room "O my God!! Lambat suda mo pi kerja!!!!"

hehe (^^)v

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I WON!!!!!!! \(^^)/

Well, this is actually not new. This happened like about 4 weeks ago.. That's on 15th May. We have this Youth Day in KK and one of the event was speed climb competition. Honestly not my favourite because the previous speed climb competition gave me lots of bruises on both knees.. But.. I participated anyway because the prize was so tempting.. RM 100 for individual and RM 100 for group of 4.

Sooooo.. Long story short.. I WON!!!!!!!!!! \(^^)/

3 routes... Perliminary route.. Semifinal and the final..

The guys in the final

The girls in the final

Actually my time was not that fast ponnnnn.. Around 11-14 seconds. My record for the final was 14 secs while the one who got second was around 18 secs. But there was this girl who just tried wall climbing the day before the competition and I was damn scared when I saw her climb so fast!!!! She got the talent, but never train, so she got stuck on some parts where you need some skills to get the balance. I say, if she'd trained, I can guarantee that she'll be better than me!!!!!!!!

Anyway, after the speed climb we have this difficulty climb which is MY FAVOURITE. I like it when you need to think the climb and then difficulty climb needs more power and endurance. Four routes. Manage to finish one. The other three only up until the 7th panel. I was already exhausted during the difficulty climb and since there were only 3 of us, so there was little time to rest. Like around 5 minutes in between each climb. All and all it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

These are the links to the videos on youtube. Don't want to embed them here or else this post will be sooooooo lengthy heeee Actually I've edited one vid that combine them all but I've trouble uploading it on youtube which actually caused the delay of this post..


Pink... White... Yellow.. Blue...

O yeah~ the prize money worth RM125, I paid the whole sum to the dentist on Monday morning (-_-")

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No pills please~ (-_-")

I was resting on my mom's bed when I heard a woman's voice giving salam from outside. I rose, grab a hijjab and fought my way to the door with the throbbing pain in my head. Two ladies in the middle of 50's were standing outside. They wanted to see mom, but she was out. They wanted to talk about some direct selling health and skin products so I asked them to come in to wait for mom.

I looked at some of the products and was so surprised to see the price were up to thousands of ringgit. Then I came to this page of the catalogue that displayed pictures of fruits and vegetables that are known to us as beneficial for our health and well-being. But at the corner of that page were statements saying how many toxins and pesticides were found in them.

When I turn to the next page, there it was. The promotion of this supplement pill that contains all the nutrients in those fruits and vegetables which is claimed to be PURIFIED and FREE OF TOXINS.. I was like

"WHAT DA...!!!!?????"

inside my heart la. Not in front of the mak cik hehe

I don't know how many people fall for that, but I didn't. All the nutrients inside a compacted pill that taste nothing but bitter. I definitely won't trade that with the crunchy and juicy apple, the squishing sound of the orange as your finger pierce into the skin, the taste of the half-cooked carrot that I love so much. (yes I love the squishing sound of the orange) And and and.. I really love the time spent strolling in the market with my family buying fruits and vegetables.. All those are irreplaceable okay.. What more with 30 BITTER pills worth hundreds of ringgit..

Okay.. No offence pill lovers and sellers.. I'm a Pharmacist, I see pills in DAILY basis.. I don't need them for nutrients.. I'll do anything to not consume a pill.. Drive to the market, wash the fruits, peel the skin.. Anything.. Just NO pills please...

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