I remember going to Penang Hill once, when I was 10 years old. eating the sponge cake as my breakfast while waiting for the cable car. Remember the slow cable car try to drag all of us up there ..... the rest faded in memory lane.

Well, today early morning, my frenz and I hv planned to hike the Penang Hill from the Botanical Garden. Several routes are being offered, but we decided to take the staircase, and it most suited the Kinabalu trek. We're 30 minutes late than the scheduled time, thanks to the "Nua Queen" that couldn't drag herself up from the bed, even though with 5 alarm clocks standby .

Met my coursemate and colleague in the Botanical Garden, guess I'm not the only health conscious person . But they're already on the way back, as their day started while we're still on the bed .

I like the staircases, hv to like it . Well, starting is good, as the surrounding is new to me, so as usual I will be looking around while taking the stairs. The higher we get, I feel a bit uncomfortable though. I've height phobia, and when I start thinking the route when come down later, my legs try to shake. As you can see, your mental is actually affect you the most when comes to trekking . I shrug off the thinking and put my concentration bk on the stairs again, luckily I get thru it . Along the years, I hv try to push my limitation a bit by bit with every trek I hv taken .... hopefully this will help when I face my greatest challenge at the Mt Kinabalu peak .

We try to take the hill routes for the trek, for the tar road is really steep (for our standard ) . But anyhow we hv took a short distance of the TAR road before we reach the hill top, and boy .... it's so exhausting . I wonder if we could hv make it to the top if we took the tar road at the beginning .

After 3 hours of walking, we finally reach the hill top, and quickly go get the inspiration that get us going all the way ..... the Nasi Lemak . Hemm, expecting it too much, but the "Nua Queen" is so happily having it .... used to be her inspiration during her training last year.

We hv to take the tar road when coming down, as we don't wish to slide down the hill routes, the certain parts simply too steep and nothing to stop the slide if we go down. But the tar road show not much mercy, and I feel so sorry for my knees . Luckily it's only to the mid hill, and later we resume to the hill routes again . Another 2 hours of walking, and we all came down still in 1 piece .

And it was the time when coming down, my legs muscles are giving me red alert, coz it's shaking violently , sign of exhaustion .

Still a good trek though, to me and my group, especially the "Nua Queen", coz that fellow never did any exercise normally . We came across some "professional" hikers, and they keep inviting us to join them with another trek, which is much more cooler. I love to, but not TODAY . But they told us the schedule, and let's hope will join them next time, as you might learn so much from them .

Is it possible to fall asleep when u r jogging ???
Hemm, tricky, but it can be done . I was real tired yesterday, not enough sleep + some tension at work ..... still I drag myself bk to the jogging field. And what happened is I'm facing the sunset, the wind is blowing mildly on my face, and I hv slow down my speed (it's actually pretty slow all the while ) ..... and then it happens, I think I fall asleep for a blink second .

Comes the ELECTION again, hv you registered yet ???

I hv exercised my citizen's right once, and will doing so again on 8th of March ..... some frenz of mine totally give up their right by not registered as a voter at all. Not the case at all in my family, mum n dad is having debate everyday now on which party to vote for.

Well, it's time for a change, probably not drastically, but hopefully it's starting at some point now.

I figure that I'm someone pretty strong, or maybe I'm cold hearted. But whatever it is, I'm glad I move on ..... and I hope my dearest frenz will do so, it doesn't means we tend to forget, but it simply means we learnt, and we never shld stop learning.

年初四，大伙从四面八方来到了淑琴的家，启开了一年一度的"赌神大会" 。CH 被我们推选为庄主，无他，只因这家伙身家丰厚 。

跟据以往记录，我们该能从他身上刮一笔人民币， 怎知今年这家伙赌圣上身， 让我们惨叫连篇，哀号声传千里 。大伙沉不住气， 纷纷想了一些茅山招式， 就想破了他的赌功， 可怜的 CH， 成了公敌 。结果ladies n gentlemen 的大伙，一个两个都不顾仪态，但求能把输掉的钱加倍赢回。唉， 赌场见臣节， 输钱见忠良 。

最后大家只能认命了， 让他抱着RM21 终结今年的赌局 (因为我肚饿了 )。

我可爱的朋友们， 又恢复了 ladies n gentlemen 的仪态， 大伙高高兴兴地出发去 Victoria Station 锯扒了 。我们霸占了火车头厢， 互相交换食物， 饮着苦苦的爱尔兰咖啡 ， 小声说， 又禁不住的大声笑 。 良辰美景， 也不过如是了 。

新春乖乖的守行了三天， 难得在这群损友陪同下， 还我真面目 ， 好好放肆了一天， 我真爱我的赌神朋友们 。

How cruel it can be ??? Tomorrow is the reunion dinner, and I'm still catching my time here to recover from the food poisoning that hit me on Monday morning.

Thanks to the crab I hv for dinner, and the milk before go to bed .... never knew those 2 will not tolerant well .

Down n out for these 2 days ..... hopefully Up again in the New Year .