Summary of 2008 Part 3

May/June/July

May is the Harvest Festival month!! we started off with our Sabah Fest (which is held every year), showcasing our traditional dances and culture as well as handicrafts and food.

In June, we had the Dragon Boat Race. More info here.

For the first time ever, i get to experience Paintball fight...hahaha...

Rinto juga la yg paling lengkap pakaian...mcm SWAT team pulak, hehehe...

In July, took one week leave and spend my holiday in Bangkok with mom and sis, Daisy...

To be continued...

Summary of 2008 Part 2

February/March/April

After my Adelaide trip, i was busy with a few photography trips to Kudat, Sandakan, Tawau, Semporna, Kundasang and Keningau. Went to Kudat to visit the Honey Bee Farm - Kg. Gombizau, the Gong making village - Kg. Sumangkap and to one of the long houses for Rie's story on Kudat in Nanyo Elite magazine, a Japanese magazine in Singapore.



My next photography trip was to SDK/TWU/SEMPORNA. We were instructed to take photos of the historical sites. Went to Agnes Keith House, Batu Tulug and Bukit Tengkorak. we travelled by road and it was fun, making up games along the way. Unfortunately, i did not bring my camera along, only Rinto and Maps (our photographers). On our way back, we manage to find time to visit Madai Caves. The people in charge of taking care of the place were very friendly and helpful.

For our next assignment, we went to Tambunan, Keningau and Tenom. we visited Mahua waterfalls, TVRC, Mat Salleh Memorial, Murut Cultural Centre and Sabah Agriculture Park. But our main purpose was to do hotel inspection, so we paid a visit to almost all the hotels there.

Mahua waterfall

Yahya sanggup juga masuk air walaupun sejuk

took this cute dog's pic at Mat Salleh memorial

Murut Cultural Centre

orchids at Sabah Agriculture Park

Aneurin mo jugak minta gambar (suruh kasi blur lg konon dia)

i brought my 1001 Sudoku along with me and Yahya is trying to solve one puzzle while waiting for Maps to take pictures of the hotel in Keningau.

Had another photography trip to Twu/Semporna by land. But we also went to Lahad Datu to do hotel inspection and stayed at Lahad Datu for one night before heading to Tawau/Semporna for the same purpose. We also went to Regatta Lepa and headed off to Pom Pom Island for inspection. we did our dive there but spent the night at Mataking. the next day, we had one more dive at Mataking before going back to Semporna. the dive in Mataking was good compared to Pom Pom.

Had to take out 1 kg coz i had difficulty controlling my buoyancy

i'm sinking...hehehe...

Yahya

Saw a few turtles during our dive

Rinto with his unique coral hair, hahaha...

to be continued...

Summary of 2008 Part 1

January / February 2008

The start of 2008 was a good one for me...

To begin with, we had the famous Japanese K-1 Fighters visiting Sabah - Musashi, Mori Tomoyuki and Yasuhiro Kazuya. Well even the Japanese tourists were so happy to see them in KK, especially Musashi. More info on K-1 here.

Musashi - took from Julian's blog

Tomo - Musashi's brother (took from Julian's blog)

Kazuya - the cute one...hehe (took from Julian's blog)

All three (took from Julian's blog)

Musashi with his fans (took from Julian's blog)

After the K-1 , we had a TV crew who came in to shoot an educational TV program targeting to teenagers where they focused on homestays. I was actually the one who was in charge of arranging their ground arrangement. Unfortunately i do not have any pictures because i was so bz with work at the office and did not have time to follow the crew around. Anyways, the TV program called Teen Explorers can be viewed in RTM2, every Saturday at 7pm, if i'm not mistaken, hehe...

Jan/Feb was the best month ever coz i get to travel to Australia...which i've been wanting to do but no budget. Luckily there was a shortage of staff in our office during that period of time and i was instructed to go to Australia for a travel show. Here are some of the pics during my duty travel in Adelaide, Australia.

With Sidney the Koala...wish i could bring him back

Beautiful church

kangaroos at the wildlife park roaming free...

To be continued...

a WonderFuL YeAr...

This year will indeed be one of the years i will remember...i have been given opportunities to travel to a few places as well as having gone through life experiences either bad or good but most of it were of course good ones...will be posting some pics as a summary of my whole year 2008 life in the next post...for now, i just wanna go home and sleep...so tired lor...hehe

Tag...Tag...Tag...

I 've been tagged by Maps and Anuerin. This is the first time i'm doing this, so here goes...and bcos mapsey was the one who tagged me first, so i'll go for mapsey's tag...

1. The person who tag/pass you is?
Maps

2. Your relationship with her/him is?
Colleague/lunch buddy/friend

3. Your five impression of her/him?
1. Creative
2. Hardworking
3. Unapologetic
4. Colleague Bully
5. Evil


4. The most memorable thing she/he had done for you?
Belanja mkn and gave me a purple Tshirt - love the color...:p

5. The most memorable thing she/he had said to you?

Are you my fwen??...hehehe

6. If she/he becomes your lover you will...?

No Way!! I'm not a les****...

7. If she/he becomes your lover, thing she/he has to improve on will be?
if she's a guy then "she" has to improve on her good side...:p just kidding mapsey...

8. If she/he becomes your enemy, you will...?
still see each other because my desk is just next to her's

9. If she/he becomes your enemy, the reason will be?
she has become the worst devil ever

10. The most desired thing you want to do for her/him now is?
Together finish the chivas we left at The Cruise

11. Your overall impression of her/him is?
Evilness, wahahaha

12. How you think people around you will feel about you?
I dont know...you ask them...

13. The characters you love of yourself are?
love to laugh and smile and have fun

14. On the contrary, the characteristics you hate about yourself are?
Ego and stubborn

15. The most ideal person you want to be is?
Diana Lillian Gaban

16.For people that care and like you, say something to them :
Mana kita makan ari ni? Ang's? 23? Abang?

17. Pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wished to know how they feel about you.
-> They are :
1) Neuneu
2) Andrey
3) Winson
4) Mapsey (again)
5) Gene
6) Dodo
7) Willie
8) Bob
9) Rinto
10) Dave

18. Who is no.6 having relationship with?
Married to Kevin

19. Is no.9 a male or female?
male

20. If number 7. and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?
hehe...i don't think so...haha

21. What is no.2 studying about?
Medical

22. When was the last time you had a chat with no.3?
Nov 28...huhuhu

23. What kind of music band does no. 8 like?
i guess Rock??

24. Does no.1 have any siblings?
yeap...

25. Will you woo no.3?
Past is past...

26. How about number 7?

yes!!

27. Is no. 4 single?
Nope...

28. What is the surname of no.5?
Simon

29. What's the hobby of no.10?
reading manga??

30. Do no.5 and 9 get along well?
i guess so coz they are colleagues...

31. Where is no.2 studying at?
Kursk Medical University, Russia...

32. Talk something casually about no.1?
we look like siblings...haha

33. Have you tried developing feelings for no.6?
what feelings? we're friends and office mates... :p

34. Where does no.9 live at?
Near my place...:p

35. What colour does no.4 like?
purple

36. Are no.5 and 1 best friends?
Colleagues /friends

37. is no.7 the sexiest person in the world?

Hell yeah!!

38. What is no.6 doing now?
Either giving training/seminar or walking around in the office to chat with colleagues...:p