our miniadventure

SNORKELLING.

2008-08-07T06:58:00.000-07:00

the magnificent creation. (not as incredible as the great barrier reef, but awesome enough.haha.)
feeding fish. for the fish, no service charge because its self-service thanks to a smart kevin/frankie who dropped the plastic bag full of bread.
corals
jellyfish!! (the stupid things prevented us from going kayaking, but nevermind.) haha. most were medium-sized, but some had REALLYREALLY long tentacles that trailed FAR behind them.. scary stuff. hahah. and xin happily splashed her way over one. i was trying to shout in the water behind her because she was THIS < > close to getting stung.... but thank God, nothing happened and xin lives to see another day..
NEMOs! or actually nemo's cousins.. kudos to kevin for the whole bunch of nemo shots.. he sustained quite a few cuts to get these shots..
looks like a passageway eh? the sand was amazingly white and fine. =)
us. the 4 random people who go on random holidays doing random things...(like playing with sand)

water babies.

the stupid things we do.

2008-08-04T10:06:00.000-07:00

feeding xin instead of feeding the fishes. oh, but its thanks to kevin that we nearly couldnt feed the fishes. here's why>> when a random auntie had to go back and she had extra bread leftover, she was SOOO nice to offer it to kevin, xin and me. BUT. kevin didnt say thanks, he said, "auntie, no need, you bring back for your lunch!" ......

well.. on the last day, we wanted to go kayaking, but we couldnt, because of jellyfish (the stupid things!). so we did the next best thing. we went kayaking. on the sand. =)

and we went fishing too.... xin, stop complaining. i'm unglam-ly helping the two boys (who cannot frow up) catch fish from a pool. and guess what.. 3 people couldnt beat 1 smart PUNY fish.
conked out.
hahaha. by the luo-suo lady who made us feel that redang bay was gonna be a camp! "okay! u wake up ah, breakfast is from 7-9am. if you come late, then no food okay! then after breakfast at 9.30 SHARP, SHARP ah! you dont register then you cannot go ok? yadayadayadayadayada..."
AH. the sandcastle competition. played on heads. hahaha. (yours truly kept veryy quiet and was spared. also took a lot of pictures! heheh) okay. this was after sand-bombing which was retarded because we really took turns to 'surrender' our backs to be bombarded by sand balls...

note to xin: its WE. dont complain. hahaha.

huey- says:
im being nice and putting kevin's one up instead.
xin'en says:
when he sees it he may ask you to say sorry on your blog HAHAA
xin'en says:
ya in the kevin way
xin'en says:
voice i mean

so kevin, S O R R Y!! =D

UNGLAM TO THE MAX.

2008-08-03T07:32:00.000-07:00

censored.

due to a VEERY EXTREME (negative) REACTION FROM CHUA XIN'EN.

our eating escapades.

2008-07-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

just a few of the places we ate at...... with 2 (kevin and CHUA XIN'EN) foodies in the group, the holiday was a gastronomic affair..

A&W!!!! i didnt get to eat the fries.....gah!.. but we ate soooo much other things.. hahah.
for example, the best nasilemak EVER. madam kwan's! it was sumptious!
the random photo after madam kwans lunch..kevin the grouch.
the HORRIBLE dunkin donuts.........what a waste of time and stomach space! (or else i could have eaten A&W... but it was funny suffering together.... the donuts were really horrible..
the seafood at jalan alor!! fantastic. hahah. meng kee seafood. =) power.
the feast. 8SGD. plus the awesome honeydew juice. that was the best! haha.

scenes in KL

2008-07-29T09:20:00.001-07:00

the adidas FOS that we went to.. they were so enamoured by the tiny rugby balls (or rather, the price of the rugby balls) that they didnt care if it was closing. the store attendants had the shutters half down and were turning people away, but still they stayed....

a random poster near the monkeys we saw. i tried to take a picture of them and their antics but got scolded, so i took this instead.

a tourist(must be tourist lah, who else takes pictures of durians??) and his durian. should have photoshopped xin's face there.. forever talking abt durian. haha.

them going back into federal hotel where we stayed. it was near chinatown and a really nice place. (forgot to take pics of the rooms!)

us being retarded and taking a grp pic in the lift....

our room number.

fast forward to KL

2008-07-28T22:57:00.000-07:00

#1: xin, her blister and her durians. (sorang as usual)

#2: kevin negotiating for a durian, while xin just sits and stones (something that she's prone to doing). according to xin, it was the "best durian she's ever eaten".. and even though i was (and still am) anti-durian, i tried one tiny bit.

#3: perfectly random people in a perfectly random shot. why? because 1.they took a picture with a random trishaw rider when they wanted to take a picture with the durians. 2. who on earth takes pictures with durians on a motorcycle???

#4: our bus to KL, SANI express. never judge a bus by its name, or pick-up point, for that matter. it was quite a comfortable ride. =)

#4: kevin enjoying his victorious conquest over xin's red pillow.

and that wrapped up our short stay at redang bay, land of the sun, sand and sea. (and the end of our lives as water babies) KL pictures soon.. PROMISE> hahahah.

jump shots! (2)

2008-07-22T08:26:00.000-07:00

correction on the last post. i think i WILL spam the pics here. they're funny.

kevin trying out a stunt which turned out quite cool actually!
some karate action..... retarded.
BAM! frankie kicks kevin skyhigh. both of them look really constipated.
now its xin's turn to give kevin a good kick. (especially after all his teasing!)
title of this shot: READY, JUMP, ACTION! (as characterised by xin's takeoff, kevin's leap and frankie's pose.)
kevin looks like he's skating on the water surface.
another sequence shot (because those people cannot time their jumps properly and have to make life difficult for the person with the camera). JUMP, KICK, SPLASH! quite an unglam landing!
kevin watching xin scramble up the floating jetty, and not helping her! how gentlemanly!
nice pose guys!
FINALLY, a nice shot of them.
and kevin takes a tumble.
frankie putting his breakdancing skills to good use, and showing kevin how its REALLY done.
a sorang xin trying jump after jump while frankie and kevin were busy with Krusty 2. (more stories on Krusty later!)

....these are most of the jump shots. the unglam ones will come together in one whole post. =)

jump shots! (1)

2008-07-21T11:11:00.000-07:00

fast forward to these shots first. they arent good especially in terms of aesthetics.. but it was fun. and thats probably all that matters. =) not gonna spam the jump shots here.. but these 3 poor people were willing models of the day. and they came away with muscle aches the next day. heheh. frankie was in the most pain. he couldnt walk properly, couldnt walk up&down stairs, couldnt sit with ease.. kevin couldnt walk with his legs closed, xin couldnt walk up slopes/stairs. yours truly, however, was healthy as a bee =D (thats because i didnt do any jumping/climbing up jettys). heh.
the three doing their first jump.

their next jump. very uncoordinated action. haha. made it difficult for me. TSK.

frankie.
kevin looking retarded.
and xin doing some unidentifiable stunt.

MORE TO COME TOMORROW. i'm sleepy.

self-amusement.

2008-07-21T06:37:00.000-07:00

i'll let the pictures speak of some of the funny things we were doing. there'll be more to come in a few more random posts later on.

frankie taking a picture of me taking a picture of him. confused yet? =P
xin'en standing in waistdeep water trying to take a picture of dunno what. interesting thing was that the small pool of water existed on the shore and it was almost cyan blue in color. kevin trying to catch tiny fishes that were trapped in a small puddle of water as the tide retreated. note the circled rock near his feet. he put it there to stop the fish from escaping after failing to catch them for a veryvery long time. second circle: he used a CUP to try and catch the fast, nimble fish.
xin again, entertaining herself by trying to pluck kevin's white hair. and kevin ignored her until she really plucked a few hairs out.
EMO and SORANG. (in worldly terms) but most probably admiring God's creation. frankie gets in on the act as treating xin like a model and takes a pic of her. this makes it quite a cute shot.

karaoke.

2008-07-21T06:13:00.000-07:00

the karaoke was our favourite place to hang out at night. we were there everyy night without fail after sitting the the bar and having a drink. the karaoke auntie was just such a dear! she talked to us, joked with us, laughed with us (at kevin)...

looking back, it was a really good opportunity for us to bless her. we were thinking of sharing the gospel with her, but, the mood didnt seem right. and i guess we all just lacked the courage. maybe we should have, maybe we shouldnt. but at least kevin prayed for her while we were singing.

the karaoke table we sat at, with a whole file full of chinese songs. once, xin and i tried to look for a song (in chinese), we had to go through EVERY entry there was.but being horrible at chinese, we didnt read it all, just scanned and see which songs had just 2 characters.. it was SO easy to miss. but thankfully we didnt.
the karaoke auntie joining us for the song called "peng you" aka. "friends". i think she really enjoyed herself..actually, we ALL did. =)

kevin provided the entertainment for that song by singing the really weird parts that just went "ahhhh ahh". our auntie really laughed until she looked like she cannot tahan. the pic is in the previous post.

xin, kevin and frankie waving their arms at somebody singing another chinese song. just to give the "atmosphere"..... which goes to show just how retarded we were.

kevin and frankie singing a duet. so gay!

xin looking through the english songs. there was one file of eng songs compared to 4 chinese, 1 hokkien, 1 cantonese and 1 malay files.

kevin disturbing the karaoke auntie and breaking the ice on the first night.

other highlights.(besides the snorkelling) PART 1

2008-07-20T11:24:00.000-07:00

spent a WHOLE lot of time slacking and chilling and just doing NOTHING. which is really the best thing about a beach holiday. at night, we hung out at the hammocks, the bars (which played stupid techno!) and the karaoke room with the karaoke auntie. this part, the pics shld speak for themselves. except for the eating ice-cream part (which is reallyreally SHIOK), the massage (pure torture for kevin, cuz he ended up with a few big bruises! haha!), the frisbee playing in the water (which made for fantastic shots, but no camera!), the shooting star, waiting for the boys to look for blue sand, Krusty 1, and a few other incidents. its impossible to list out everything here lah. ask one of us instead. speaking works faster than typing.

the hammock, the beach and the bum.

the 3 beach bums.
side note: xinen's on her way to becoming a beach addict. gotta check and see if frankie and kevin are just as badly infected. i'm already a hopeless addict.

the boys disturbing xin on her hammock. they tried to rock her off it..... retarded bullies. haha.

the ultimate relaxation shot.

our karaoke auntie. (many regrets on this, but thank God that at least we blessed her during our time there)

our arrival.

2008-07-20T10:35:00.000-07:00

stayed at redang bay resort. got briefed by one of the resort staff, and felt like we were in camp or something. it went something like, breakfast 7.30-9.30, you dont eat during that time then no food for you. you must sign up for snorkelling at least 15min in advance, and then report to the counter at yadayadayada..

but anyway, the beach was superb-fantastic-glorious-amazing-awesome-beautiful-(insert adjective). fine white sand, shallow and calm blue sea. we walked along God's amazing creation, it was postcard-perfect. and what do kids do when they see sand? (see the pics for hints)

the quad room was a bit stinky (maybe cuz we had a chao sng girl with us?) but clean and comfortable enough. after our first lunch, we theorised that the salt was free cuz the food was so salty. but apparently it wasnt enough salt for one day. we still had a snorkelling session at 2.30pm. before that trip however, we played about in the shallow water where xin, kevin and frankie all drank quite a bit of salt water through the snorkel. (it was entertaining to say the least!)

the four of us posing in front of the redang bay sign. =)

kevin showing off his muscles (dont ask me why, i dont know) over the food that had been prepared for us. every table had something like this with a name and the number of people eating. (reallyreally felt like a school camp or something)

the food that was provided. very balanced meal. picture courtesy of xinen.

the beach in front of redang beach resort (not our resort). the water was just..woah.

a nice, happy pic. all of us went in to wade. i was in the water taking this pic as well.

the sea again. =)

playing with sand (part 1)

playing with sand part 2. (what else do kids do when they see sand lah)

the preoccupied people. (except frankie who took a second to look up and smile.)

xin with the "loser" L sign after getting her feet buried, and being disturbed by kevin and frankie.

and off we go!

2008-07-20T10:13:00.000-07:00

Left golden mile complex at approx 11pm, took a Konsortium express bus all the way up to Merang, Terengganu. it was a 9-hour ride up to Merang jetty. took a short boat ride to redang island and started our long awaited holiday. =)

frankie getting comfortable in his seat.

kevin trying to siam the camera. (and failing to do so, of course!)

kevin getting directions from an old uncle.

the three of them. xin frankie and kevin. holding on for dear life on the boat ride to redang island. praise God that xin didnt get seasick at all during the 45min boat ride.

frankie and kevin posing for a photo.

xin and i.

the water was amazing. =) deep blue and lovely as usual.

gawk at the clear waters and white beach which greeted us!
this is the spot where we swam, snorkelled, played frisbee, saw a shark, drank salt water, threw sand bombs, watched kevin get bitten by fishes etc....