3 weeks holiday coming to an end

so sad, i would be flying back to Perth tomorrow morning. gosh, so fast man until i myself cannot believe it. I really did enjoy my holidays overall, ate a lot of good food that cannot get in Perth one. I even met up with some friends that I have not seen for like 8 years, ya I know. unbelievable! 8 years man and yet I still recognise who that person is.

its amazing how i look back at my life till this point and finally start to realise how friends do really mean a lot to me and my life. i cannot imagine, friends that I have not seen for such a long time and yet we still could share, laugh and have fun. amazing! simply amazing!

I myself have not done up my resolution for this 2009 year but i know one of them is to really improve on my mandarin. I know sometimes I just keep saying it but really did not take any action but i really have to start being serious and no more playing. time is really on my shoulders and I feel that this year I do have more responsibilities under my belt. cell group, work, studies, badminton, church, you name it. I is definitely going to be a challenge for me.

I reckon 2008 was a year that i have learn a lot, in terms of friendship, balancing between work and studies and also learning to acquire more and more knowledge. I know this year, 2009 is going to be more challenging and interesting year for me. I would just have to wait and see what this year brings.

my long time Taylor's college friends including Chia Yee( girl sitting on the right) whom I have not seen for 8 years, great to catch up with you guys

the four dudes having a good time; Wei Cheong, Woo Teck, Chin Chai and me

Weekend Holiday in Kota Kinabalu,Sabah

the geographic location of the place I stayed in Kota Kinabalu

the lobby loonge of the resort i stayed in called Nexus Karambunai

well, today is the 10th of January 2009 and this is my first post of 2009. i actually could have posted what I have been doing for the past few weeks earlier just that the internet connection at my house in PJ is slow thats why i could not really post anything because i did not have the patience to wait that long.

i am now in Starbucks coffee in Jaya 302 shopping centre using their fast WIFI internet service and having a nice cup of hot caramel latte. i suddenly realised that I have not posted anything up on my Kota Kinabalu trip which I went with my family from the 2-4th of January. I could take the whole day to write about it but i would just summarise it lar huh, dont want you people reading my blog to think that my KK trip is like a storybook or something.

the thing that I enjoyed most from my weekend trip is the massage. yes, i actually went for my first proper massage! i myself cannot believe it because I have not had a proper massage before because maybe I was not working back then and also the fact that my parents would not be paying for my massage.

since i am already working full time right now as a tax accountant in Australia, I told myself that I am going to have a nice and relaxing holiday in KK and one of the ways is to have a proper massage. no doubt it was expensive but what the heck?, might as well enjoy it man.

didnt do much during my trip to KK, most of the time staying in the resort, I was suppose to meet up with Janica, Hannah, Frances and one of my other friend,April, whom I have not spoken to for a long time but we somehow bummed into each other coincidentally in KK but it just did not work out. one of the reasons is because of timing and another reason is because of the resort that I was staying in, too far from where they were all staying.

oh well, its alright, I am sure there would be a next time. it was a good trip overall, got to spend some quality time with my family and also with Matt, got to know this dude better. below are photos from the trip, sayunara and enjoy the photos.


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My older sister, mum and myself chilling out at the resort's lobby lounge

All of us chilling on top of the mountain, no its not Mount Kinabalu, that is at the background

wow, look! Matt caught a lobster which we were suppose to have for dinner but in the end we did not have it.

me having a enjoyable time outside my resort room