Sabah Trip

Summit of Mount Kinabalu

Just got back from my 1 week trip to Sabah, Malaysia. It's not entirely a visit to Sabah. The journey began at Kuching, Sarawak. Took a 1 and half hour midnight flight by Airasia to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. After the sun rises, we travelled by van to Slagon Homestay. The journey took about 3-4 hours. On the way, we passed by Pekan Nabalu and several other community.

Pekan Nabalu

Pineapple Tower

Not that tall...

Look at the roofs

Mesmerizing Scenery

Heaven gleamed

Have you seen this? Its called buah terap

Mini size of durian but taste like amonanas (if you know what is that) or sweet mangosteens

Snake skin? NO! Its called buah salak. From left is the seed of this fruit then is the part where the fruit can be eaten and the right is the outer layer of the buah salak. It taste very dry, sourly and sweet.

Slagon Homestay - The place we play with their dogs, BBQ and overnight

We visited the hot spring nearby Slagon Homestay and also have some fish to massage us.

Hot Spring

What do you feel bathing and immersing in hot tub in this kind environment?

The water is extremely hot and mixed with natural sulphur

Kipungit Waterfall

Help!! The fish is biting my feet!! Actually they are massaging your feet but it feels ticklish

Its a baby fish...not a leech

Having breakfast with the owner of the homestay. This breakfast is not free....we have to pay for it! Does she look familiar to you....someone you often see in TV?

The owner showing us his horses and ponies behind his house. They are not very well mannered...they shit and pee in front of us and kick anyone who stand behind them

Next destination is back to Lawas, Sarawak. We spent 2 nights there in our friend's house and also have a party there for a 1 month old baby.

On the way to Lawas passed by Kuala Penyu

Passing through Sabah border back to Sarawak border

Lawas bridge..."very well maintained"

Free Bario paddy rice from friend - Local paddy which free from pesticides

Guess what is this....its called "Pong Pia" (Direct translation from hokkien to English is "Expanding Biscuit") - Only available certain time and we are lucky to be able to taste it and bought some back

After 2 nights there, we went to labuan and have some alcoholic shopping spree. We back to Kota Kinabalu and proceed to the islands around Kota Kinabalu and eventually we ended our trip with a luxury dinner and karaoke.

We took a 30 minutes speed boat to Labuan

Don't swim in this sea....

Titanic?? No...just a ferry

This....is NOT the transport we ride to labuan

The boat has arrived...they look like pirates

Mini sized

Mega Heineken

Purchased alcohols

Jesselton Point - Jetty to islands

Superman....

Ship wreaked with 2 survivors..

Pulau Sapi

Crystal Clear Water

Sapi Beach

SeaWalking

Don't make me angry...

Lobster King

Fresh Lobster

Sabah Vegetable

Green Mussels

Prawn - Heh Kor in hokkien

Gigantic lobster - COST RM320

Soft Shell Crab

Lobster Head Soup

KK BOX - Karaoke which include free buffet and free drinks for students (T&C apply)

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Leaf Insect

Look at my 3 dots!!

Clearer view of me...

Recently, a leaf looking insect flew into my room. It was an amazing and unique creature. Its leaf looking side is actually its feather. For your knowledge, this insect is quite strong. When it was flying and anything that obstruct its path will feel as though being hit by a stone with high velocity. Also, when it flew to my curtain, there was a loud sound 'phak', which can be heard and this shows that it has a strong wing.
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NFS Undercover

Recently being obsessed with the game Need For Speed: Undercover. This is the 12th extensions of Need For Speed game from Electronic Arts. The most powerful and fastest car in this game is of course the police vehicle...haha... because no matter how powerful your car is namely Bugatti Veyron, Porche, GTR or Lancer EVO, the policeman will still catch up with you. So far I've played NFS underground, underground 2, most wanted, carbon and finally undercover. Undercover is the best among all.

Need For Speed: Undercover

In this game, we played as an undercover police officer who only contacts federal handler Chase Linh (Maggie Q) and later Lt. Jack M. Keller (Paul Pape). The car details are magnificent with all the beautiful graphics and not to forget the sound 'vrrooommm' and 'psst'. Undercover also include the speed breaker from Carbon which helps the player in cornering and evading. The car can be upgraded from street to race and finally to pro.

Besides that, keep an eye on the 'heat' at the bottom left of the game because when that meter reaches a high value, there are more possibility that police will hunt you down. You can always disabled the cops' vehicles but it becomes more difficult when there are also helicopters chasing you around.

For more information please visit their official website at here. Take note of the Need For Speed Edition Shelby Terlingua that could be unlocked using the code NeedForSpeedShelbyTerlingua. (Taken from the official website)

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Earth Hour

Earth Hour 2009

Earth Hour just ended last night with more than 74 countries and 1000 cities supporting this campaign. The Petronas Twin Tower and KL Tower of Malaysia played their role as part of the community and business to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009 by switching off the lights in their building.

KL Tower

Petronas Twin Tower (KLCC)

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. It is a wake up call to the global that our Earth is having an ongoing struggle with global warming and its getting worst day by day. What we need to do is not just switching off the lights for this 1 hour. But, we need to change our mindset to continuously saving the usage of the Earth resources. Lights comes from electricity which generated from a generator that uses Earth resources such as petroleum which emits hazardous gases such as CO2 to the atmosphere and eventually these gases damaged the ozone layer at the atmosphere and thus, a process called greenhouse effect happens which we usually also terms as global warming.

We all have a vote, and every single vote counts. Together we can take control of the future of our planet, for future generations.

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Kaspersky

Kaspersky is a well known anti-virus company which offers their product with a price. Today, I am going to show you all a way to get free key for this antivirus program. First of all, what you need is an internet browser which I think its not a problem as you all manage to view this page. Then, download the trial version of Kaspersky 2009 (KAV or KIS) that you prefer to use. Its better to get an older version of Kaspersky. If your computer have installed any other antivirus program, uninstall it and install Kaspersky antivirus that you have downloaded. Use the activate trial version first. Update your virus definition (to lower the chances of letting Kaspersky to blacklist your newly found free key later). Then, you have to disable or pause the protection of Kaspersky products.

After you have done all the above, go to this web site. Although this website is written in Chinese, but it also offers some English words and the way to download the key is simple. Just go through the list and pick a random link that offers the longest usable date and click it. You will be redirected to another page where you can download your key. With some luck, the key you download is compatible, not blacklisted and can be activated. If not, you have to enter the website again and download another key and try out your luck. To increase the chances of not getting blacklisted when activating the key, disconnect your internet connection before activating it. Enjoy! :D

Note: Its not good to crack a software as the programmers for these softwares put in a lot of efforts in order to provide users a better security. Please support their work by purchasing their product legally. Thank you.
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When nature calls...

What do you think of this toilet

Can you live with this?

I've been living with this toilet for about 1year and the condition is getting worse day by day. Thanks to my housemates' nature contributions. I've encountered several time where the faeces stuck on the white area of the bowl. Somehow the person who was satisfying his nature could not even aim properly. One more case is even worse. There is one small pile of a hard, dark, smelly and sticky shit on the water hose! Don't know what happen to this world where the more advance the technology, the more uncivilized people exists.

The yellowish layer on the bowl is something slippery and full of fungi which exists due to the urine's leftover stain. Have you ever wonder why your urine sometimes yellow in colour? Look here for some useful facts. See the notice written there to ask users to flush after use? They are not following it. Now you know where the stain come from!


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Robocon

Robocon is an annual robot contest for university, college and polytechnic students in the Asia-Pacific region. Representatives from various participating countries will compete among each other for the title of that year champion. They are expect to design and construct robot that can perform certain task based on theme and rules. The task of creating a robot will test the designer's creativity, technological abilities and also experience on controlling it. Below are some of the robots sample. Though its not the best but this pictures is just let you guys see an overview of the robot to expect from this contest.

Looks like PlayStation joystick

Circuit used for the robot

A sample robot from ABU Robocon 2008

Sample Robot 2

Sample Robot 3

Sample Robot 4

The winner from each country will be representing their country to the international level organized by Asia Pacific Broadcast Union ( ABU). This contest aims to create friendship among young people with similar interests who will lead their countries in the 21st Century, as well as help advance engineering and broadcasting technologies in the region.

This contest started on 2002 with the theme "Reach the top of Mt. Fuji" and was won by Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam. This year 2009 theme is "Travel Together for the Victory Drums" and the hosting country this year would be in Tokyo, Japan. This year's task is to program and build 3 robots which one of them have to enter a Kago and be transported by the other 2 robots. There are several obstacles such as a "mountain" and the ability to hit the 3 drums. More information about this year's contest could be obtained at aburobocon2009.


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