Aug

6

First Weekend of August

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Weekend is the 2 days that make me pull through the 5 agonising days of work.

Weekend is the life you live.

Weekend is the most look forward days that, no matter if you have plan or not.

Weekend is sometimes I go back to my hometown and catch up with my sleep.  

Weekend is priceless! 

So how did I spend my weekend on first week of August? 

Assunta Hospital

Someone got dengue again this year (and the first time was last year) and thus I spent two days of 4 and 5 hours each there.

Hope it was no annual affair.


Juicing Watermelon

To relief the heatiness of dengue, I made plenty watermelon juice using the blender that was full of dust. Hope it could strengthened immune system too. =) *crossing fingers*

                                                   


Isetan

It was 3 days of Isetan Members Day which means additional discount for all members! Yay!
I am no members but I got the members card all year round from my bestie. So, yeah I didn’t want to miss it.

Got myself a purple shirt; only because I got no shirt in that color and I got nothing else to buy. And also due to the 50% + 10% off discount. Only RM19.70. =)

LRT station was damn crowded due to the PC fair as well!

Intense Madness!


Dentist

I am asking him for the hundredth time when I can take out my braces. My teeth are all straight. And he never gave me an answer.

I asked too many why he said.

Why do you have to close the gap of the teeth at the back? Nobody sees it anyway. And I can bite. I said.
Because there is a gap, that’s why I have to close it, he said.
That doesn’t answer my question, I reasoned and I argued.
It’s like asking why you have to put sugar in coffee, he said.
So it tastes good, I said.
Why do you like that it good, he said.
Because I am drinking it and I like it, I said.
Same type of question like like the gap. There is no why, he said.
But it is not the same, I argued. Useless. (=.=)”

He said I have to use a fix retainer after I remove my braces.
What is the other type of retainer called? I asked.
Removable retainer, he said.
Then why am I using fix retainer, I asked.
There is no why, he said.
I think I need to google for the different in using both of them. (=.=)”

Stop asking why, he said.

But … why?

Grey Anatomy

Watched 3 episodes of Grey Anatomy Season 3! It was blazing cool~ Mc Dreamy is so charming, isn't he? And I start to admire Burke too..

The Girl Next Door

A not so superb movie that I have downloaded and thus, watched. Rate : 1.5 stars. 

Manicure & Pedicure

Got myself some cheap nail polish from Guardian and have been meaning to do French manicure on my own. Miserably failed. But my pedicure is superb, hawt!

Failed mission of french manicure :

But pedicure is beautiful, isn't it? Say yes!

Pasar Malam

As usual weekend, it wraps up with pasar malam trip for Sunday dinner as well as fruits for next week. And I bought this : Japanese AO Nori Powder which you can garnish in your food (like noodles, rice, dishes or anything).

I need to feel more healthy and she managed to convince me. And so I bought. RM8.20.

                                             

And yeah, that's it. My first weekend of August. =)

Jul

30

Cape Rochado Day Trip~

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It’s funny how seldom I go for trip with my bunch of besties, although we know each other practically our whole lives; some since we were like 6! Apart from the school trips, so far I only went to Genting and Tioman with them. Tioman was like 5 years back! (=.=)”

And after persistent D trying to organise this one day trip (it is tough to get all of us together for the whole day as some has family and work commitment), we finally made it to Cape Rochado (or the less glamour name of Tanjung Tuan), a secluded area which is 10km from Port Dickson.

It was a chatty trip, with everyone updating each other and also discussed about the politic! Man, are we getting older or what? I don’t remember politic being one of our major topics when we got together. Anyway, being the one that couldn’t care less about the politic, I did learn a lot of info from them. Like the son in law of … well, I am sure you know.. :P

The hiking was a rather short one as I think we could have completed the one way journey to the light house and down to the quiet, private beach within half an hour. But we took our sweet time and thus took nearly an hour.

And I involuntarily offered my both bare arms as buffet for the millions of mosquitoes that were in the jungle. It doesn’t matter that I already spread both of my arms with layers of axe oil, they just kept coming back and suck blood out of me merciless! Damn! 

We found the spot of quiet beach which was clean, beautiful and peaceful! Nobody was there except for us, which reminded me of Tioman Island where there wasn’t other visitors except for us! Which naturally means we could make as much noise as we want, chat and do stupid pose on the camera without having anyone eyeing on us.

I just felt relaxed and happy and contented and wondered why we didn’t do this more often. It was a simple trip but it not the destination that counts, it is the participants that make you feel different and happy. (^.^) 

And after about 2 hours, we walked to the main beach which have many people; picnic-ing, swimming, banana-boating, jet-skiing, building sand castle and canoeing!  

Again, on D persistent, I finally tried the canoe for the first time in my life! RM15 per canoe for an hour and I succeeded fighting for Pmes as my partner from Ren. The stupid sun that has been hiding for the whole journey decided to came out when we stepped into the water at around 5.15pm! Man, I felt that I was baked, without any sun block protection at all! (=.=)” 

Pmes has experienced in canoeing which makes me quite relax, forgetting my mother advice of not going into water. It was fun, relaxing and also tiring when you paddle too much. But it was a private time where I get to chat with her, which was nice.

And yes, for the record, we lost to Ren and D when trying to get to the other end (smirk all you want) and we our canoe got stuck at the shallow part of the water. We have to get down and push our canoe to the water again and went to another way to reach the beach. Home by 10pm. Totally exhausted but it was fun. It was good. =)

Jul

23

Day 2 : Sungai Lembing Trip~

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Yes, we got up at 5am to go to the Rainbow Waterfall, a much harder attempt since we were already deprived of sleep. But thank God, we were brought to the ‘pasar’ for a quick breakfast first. 2 half boiled eggs, toasted bread and teh-si-peng~ (^.^) My ideal breakfast~

Next we climbed on a lorry and sat there for one and half hour of trip on the ‘jungle’! It was a very bumpy ride as there wasn’t any paved path but only a track full of stones. The lorry even waded small streams and the uneven journey was really a horrible one!

We have to grip tightly or else we might slipped off our seat, which was just bench on the lorry, with no cover on top of the lorry. We were just exposed to the rain or the sun (or those tree branches during the journey). (=.=)”

I was glad when we arrived and I thought that’s it, where was my rainbow??? To my dismay, we have to hike for an hour through the jungle. It was not an easy one since we have to go through some rivers with the slippery rocks and stuffs.

I wasn’t mentally prepared for it and thus find it even tougher. But finally, after being bitten by 3 leeches I finally reached the waterfall!

And… it wasn’t a huge one as expected too. But boy, wasn’t I glad to be seated down and enjoy the scenery and gobbled down the ‘chee cheung fun’ that we we brought along.

And not long after that, many tourists arrived and the place turned into a market with all the noise, people cheering and shouting, smoking, cooking instant noodles and stuffs. (=.=)"

And yeah, I saw the rainbow around 10am when the sun shines and it was quite constant. Anyway, we were told that we are lucky as it doesn’t appear everyday. (^.^)

And I braved myself back to the hiking which took 45 minutes and 2 hours of bumpy lorry ride under the mercy of hot scorching sun!!! T.T

That’s it. I shall never be back Sg Lembing. Those who have never go before can go at least once for experience. But twice is a little too much for trip like this. =P

This picture is taken while roaming the small town of Sg Lembing. Colorful houses of the small town. ^.^

Jul

22

Rainbow Waterfall Trip~

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I have bitten by the virus of I-m-so-lazy-to-update-my-blog. And I must admit the virus attack has getting more serious by the rate I am blogging; from every single day to twice a week and I fear the rate going to drop even further and I am forced to close down the blog. /_\

There are things I can write about which is the Sungai Lembing trip which I bet everyone else would have already written about it. I am 9 days late..  

It was a trip of 12 people, not everyone know everyone else but at least each know at least other 3 and at least one person knows everyone, yeah being the co-organizers.

It is a place known for the famous rainbow waterfall and probably nothing else as it is a super-hot small little town which is almost dead. The small town is so peaceful that the villager could just leave their keys on the motorbike! And during the afternoon it is hard to find a place for lunch as most of the shops are not opened, not that there are many to begin with.

We left KL around 9pm after work and reached there after midnight and ‘checked-in’ to a hostel; exceptionally clean wooden house with 4 rooms and mattress that you can choose from.

On Saturday morning, hardly having a wink of sleep, we have to wake up at 4.15am to climb the small hill to watch sunrise! With almost empty stomach, unless you are willing to eat junk food in the morning; which all that we have.

It was a 45 minutes climb which isn’t too difficult if you have some stamina. It was a starry night and the weather was cooling and very fresh! But we reached the peak quite early, around 5am-ish and the sun didn’t rise till around 7am!    Plenty of time for those professional photographer to set up their SLR on tripod and the rest chatted and complaining how hungry are we. It was quite a pretty view when the sun finally rose!

After that, we hiked down, had delicious breakfast, and roamed about the small town on foot (which took less than an hour) and back to nap.

Lunch at Kuantan since we couldn’t find a shop that opened for meal! Actually we were glad to escape Sg Lembing as it was unbelievable hot, hot, hot weather!

At night, we had BBQ dinner which we bbq on our own. It was rather fun although a lot of food was wasted. And my insomnia seemed to perish with the lack of sleep the day before. The next morning we have to get up at 5am! Hey, I thought it was a holiday?

<to be cont..>

Apr

1

1 Weekend, 2 Movies~

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Over the weekend, thanks to GSC-Fun-Break-Buy1-Free-1-voucher, I went for two movies; a comedy and a horror.

Ah Long Ptd Ltd is a hilarious Singapore + Malaysia movie which was about the reformation of “Ah Long” (loan shark). It is about a young lady taking over the Ah-long leadership and how she was trying to restructure the violent triad to a gentle-loving-money-lender triad.  

She also married a very soft-feminine man (ah kua) who is a very funny but loving guy. I totally enjoyed the movie, the sarcasms, hilarity and the creativity of the story. A great comedy for those who can use some laugh and need some humour~ 

Rating : 4 stars!!!

 

Rule Number 1 : I couldn’t believe that I am watching 2 Chinese movies within 2 days in cinema! I always think that it is sufficient to watch Chinese movie in DVD (but now is half-priced-ticket, so rule changed :P ). It is a rather slow-paced-movie (read : a little boring) with some scary-eerie-effect-scenes.  Starred : Ekin Cheng (he is getting older, man!)

The story is about police inspector Lee was transferred to Miscellaneous Affair Department (MAD) which investigate on supernatural cases. When a ghost possessed a body, it could switch to another human by a single touch. The ghost could only be ‘terminated’ (killed) by shooting on the possessed person before it touch another human. 

I don’t really like the ending of the story which was a little sad. But there was a twist in the movie which I decided to declare that it is worth-watching (on DVD or half-priced-ticket ONLY).

Rating : 3 stars. 

  (even difficult to find it's poster! this is the best I can find)

Mar

31

Oh Yes, I am exercising!!!

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The health consultant pleaded me to lead a healthier lifestyle; more fruits and vege, include oats in my daily food intake and exercise regularly about 3 times a week. And I vowed to do all that but it just never happened, especially the oat and exercising. :P

And so, feeling guilty, I joined some friends who were on the expedition to climb Mount Kinabalu weekly training! Nah, I am NOT to climb it! :P But since they have ‘training’ to build their stamina weekly, I try to join it as a form of exercising for me.

Last Sunday, we went to Batu Caves early morning by 8am, to climb 272 steps. I only managed to do it 1 round. Reason? Nah, I am NOT tired!!! I just felt a little scared climbing the narrow steps, and I never have phobia in height! The thought of tumbling over the steps and break some bones, keep hovering in my head and I couldn’t make myself to climb for the second round! >_<

            

This weekend, on the Saturday, we went to Bukit Gasing hiking at 7.30am! I woke up even earlier than my normal working day which was so rare! Anyway, it was my first time to Bukit Gasing and I quite like the area!  Peaceful little jungle hiking place which was quite steep at some places and you have to be careful with your steps. But I saw many old people climbing it, so it shouldn’t be a problem for all.

It was all greenery and I simply love it! But the thing was I spent too much time watching my steps than to enjoying the lush surrounding. It took us exactly 90 minutes for the whole hiking trip with a little rest in between. I would definitely go there again!
                            
And yeah, I felt good after that, no muscle pain whatsoever and I could keep up which the other which proves that my stamina is still good although I don’t exercise regularly. :P

Maybe regular shopping and walking to LRT station daily is good enough as an exercise to me? :P    

                                
There is a Suspension Bridge (Jambatan Gantung) there too~
                                

Find a lot of plants and supposingly-animals as well at that little jungle!

 

Mar

21

One of My Best Night~

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Friendship is like wine, the older the better.

How true is the proverb! I met up with my "old" friends last weekend, some which I've known for.. oh-my-God, 22 years which was 80% of my lifetime! All of them are there and it has been a long time since we gathered all together! Finally all are back and around. :)

Of course, being in Malacca, we must go for the famous satay celup for the gathering! Yummy yum!

                              
How we chatted and chatted, from the recent elections to the politician, to our lives, what laptop to buy and where to travel, to our paper-stealing-cases-in-school and everything things that crossed our mind! It was fun and I just felt comfortable and contented being with them. :)  

                            
We managed to 'kidnap' Renu from her-earlier-than-Cinderella-curfew and went to the most-happening-place-in-town-Jonker-Walk, a sort of night flea market that sells everything on weekend and always full of desperate-Malaccan (like us) that has no place else to hang out.

                                       
As we were jostling in the crowds to find a cafe, Pam grabbed my hand and asked if I saw Faizlin, our long-lost-friend from primary school. "No," I said, barely remembering her face but I remembered her name. She said she just saw her, passing us by. 

We quickly turned around and run after the Malay girl with tudung and I called out her name and she turned!!! Oohhh. It was really her, our head-of-the-class during Standard 5 and we haven't been meeting her for 15 years!!! 

It was amazing that she still could remember me by my full name and I was really excited that someone remembers me! I sat next to her in Standard 5 and back then, she asked me to blow my nose when I was having running nose. :D She said Pam look the same but I look different! 

I amazed myself when I remembered her last name too, when I was entering her phone number into my mobile! I don't have Alzheimer after all!!! :D  

Hope to see her again and keep in touch. :)   

                               
Ended up in Harper's for a yum-cha (tea) session and LY managed to join us after she finished her meeting/talk at 10pm! We continued our chatty session and catching up and also planning to have a "real-trip" together, before any of us are tied to the happily-ever-after-lives, which I predict very soon! 
 


We finally left Harper's after midnight and talked to loud and laughed too much on the way to the cars, not wanting to say goodbye! Well, hope our trip will be realized! :)

Mar

15

Home Sweet Home~

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I am back to my hometown!!! Haven't been back since CNY, the only time that I went back this year. Ah, disgraceful child! :P

I am missing my monthly sleep-fix as I normally sleep through the day when I am in my hometown. I'll be meeting up with my old buddies from childhood! Look forward to see them! :D

Happy weekend everyone! ^.^

Nov

30

Rambling on a happy Friday~

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I don’t know because it is Friday or my mood is really better today. After I locked the gate today, I wished my neighbour good morning! Yeah, perhaps it is something common, but I guess I am being too much of a city-folk now. I hardly talk to my neighbours and do not socialize with them! This neighbour was the one started being friendly to me first last time and somehow I felt like greeting him this morning (which normally I tried to avoid saying hi, yeah, I am weird and not friendly!) :P He must felt so surprised coz I actually smiled brightly to him too! :D

Then there are these few dogs outside my house that always roam around. I am not sure if they belong to anyone or just wild dogs. But I am grateful to one of the black dog (which I don’t see much lately, wonder where he goes) as he saved me from being robbed! Seriously! Anyway, one of the almost-white-dog followed me for a distance today, like protecting me! I am not scared of it anymore unless when she gets too near! I like the bunch of dogs outside my house, makes me feel safer. Though I don’t quite like it (very scared!) when they chased after Yit’s bike when she gave me a ride at night!

                                                                                             
Anyway, I am going back to my hometown, Malacca again, today after work! Yeah, am so looking forward to go back to my hometown, which I have frequent less and less in the past years. I used to go back every 2 or 3 weeks but not it is more like once every month!  

I miss my parents, my home, my bed and my dogs! Hope it’ll be a good weekend for me and everyone too!!!

                                                                                             

 

Nov

21

Team Building Day 2~

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On second day, my roommate and I woke up at around 6.45am and showered! After a nice breakfast, we started to head to the field around 8.15am for another day full of activities!    

On the very first day, each of us was given a balloon with water and we have to bring it everywhere we go and must take care of it. If we lost it, marks would be deducted from our team.

           
The first game was Flying Fox which required us to climb up this vertical stairs for 4 storeys! It was very tiring for some. For me it was rather okay, perhaps my body is light. Of course they have a safety rope as to ensure your safety (just in case you are too tired and let go of your grip!)


After that you have to sit on the edge with the safety rope tight safely. After you are ready, with full courage, you need to push yourself to slide down the rope. It takes a lot of courage to do that. I asked the instructor to push me but he refused! So I pushed myself down which was really terrifying!!! I wanted to scream but my voice stuck in my throat.. It was really the most terrifying activity for me though I thought I could do it well. >_<


To some, it is even worse! Take this colleague of mine for example. He was sitting there at the edge for a long time as he didnt dare to push himself down! We kept encouraged him from the fields but he just wouldn't come down. A teammate went up and tried to talk to him, even ungripping his fingers from the sidebar but to no avail. Finally after what seems like forever, he finally climbed and hanged himself as in the picture and slowly let himself down.


In every game, we have a buddy to help, guide and encourage us through the activities. This was my buddy and me, running back after she finished her flying fox!


The second game of the day was High Ropes, the most challenging game of all! You have to walk through the ropes, high above the ground in 5 stages. Man, it really takes a lot of courage to do this! To make things worst, it started to rain when I was halfway through the game, when I was stucked high above the ground!

           
This needs a lot of effort, especially if you are not that tall..


The second stage of the high ropes, walking on a rope and holding on another horizontal rope above you. This was rather okay compare to the next one!!!


This is the toughest stage of all, walking through the rope, holding vertical ropes (with a tyre tied down at the bottom)! You have to hold the top part of the rope with your right hand and bottom part of the rope with left hand (which you will definitely forgot when you are up there. So, that is why your buddy needs to guide and help you from the ground)!

         
You have to move from one end to another end by holding to the vertical rope tied to a tyre. When it was my turn, it started to rain!!! I nearly felt down when I was grabbing for the third rope which was a little far! But I hanged on tightly to the second vertical rope, closing my eyes and stood firmly on the rope. They shouted for me to calm down and be stable before I moved on. I tried to do just that and then I realised that both my legs are shaking!!! Arrghh.. I learnt that it was best to make small movement as you walk so that it would be more stable!
But hey, I made it after that and instantly felt so happy!!! :D

        
But the very same colleague who were dramatic at the Flying Fox got some attention from all of us again. He refused to hold on to the vertical rope and insisted of grabbing the horizontal rope above instead. After much encouragements and promises to him, he still refused to do it properly. The instructor gave up and asked him to hold it as he wished! (as in the picture)

         
This was the last stage of the high ropes! Yeay!!! I did it!!! So happy :D


The top pictures were my breakfast, with coffee too. The rest are our delicious Dim Sum lunch, halal food though. I love the baby octopus, scallops and the shark fin soup.


My favourite Chee Cheung Fan (made of rice noodles with prawn n bbq chicken inside), prawns, fish balls and fish balls with tofu.


Fu zhuk with filling, small pau, siew mai and very nice Gui Ling Gou (herbal jelly)~


My buddy, team leader, team mates and I after the lunch~


After lunch, each team had to draw a game that we played and the 10 values that we learnt from it. Here was ours! :)


After that all of us need to present it. We have other indoor activities too before we have tea break and leave for home! It was a good team building after all. :)

A very good experience.


Good bye, Allson Klana Resort!!!

Nov

20

1st day of Team Building~

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The team building is held at Allson Klana Resort of Seremban, which I think was a great place (not that I have any team building experience for comparison)! We reached there around 10.30am by a bus and a van, roughly around 50 people. The instructors started with some fun games to make us in the mood for activities and divided us into group of four. I was in the Green team with 12 members and the team name : Heroes! 

            
This is our flag which we designed together but I drew and wrote on the cloth~

            
The 'Heroes' doing the war cry~

            
After all the initial activities, we checked in to our room, twin sharing. The room was rather nice~

            
Lunch time!!! It was buffet style, and I was tempted to eat a lot but then we have outdoor activities later! :S

            
My first plate, rather yummy~

            
Second helping, with the yummy fried chicken and saucy fish~

            
The dessert, a scoop of strawberry ice cream with some cocktails~ Yummy~

            
Our first outdoor game : Repelling! This was the game I was scared of the most when I saw the pictures showed by my colleagues who have been to the team building! Going down the wall from 5 storeys using a single rope!

            
But hey, no fear, it was controlled by 2 safety officer that we picked from our team members. They could control the speed of the rope. The instructor at the top would also control another rope. So, rather safe. UNLESS you bang yourself against the wall, if you kick with one leg instead of two legs!

            
That's me! It wasn't as difficult as I thought and I didn't look down when I climbed over the window, as advised by my colleague. It was rather smooth!

           
Gee! I have made it! My first small little victory of overcoming my fear~ It felt great!!!

            
The next game was the Spider Web. There were more than 20 holes and we have to go through the holes without touching the rope. Each hole can only be used once and it would be sealed if we accidentally touch it or after using it! We have 21 people and 24 holes! Ahh.. only 3 holes for mistake!

            
The holes were of different sizes, so the small people (ahem, like me) have to go through the small hole and big fella going through big holes. It needs a lot of planning as we have to move from one side to another, so if we are to carry people, we have to make sure some people from the other side is going to support them. And some holes for the last ones to go over!

            
And so the carrying begin! Two large fellas went through the big holes and we started to transfer people over.

            
Find the right hole for each one, within 45 minutes!

            
Keep your butt down! Some have to crawl over the hole which was too low!

            
How about me? The last big fella who was still on the other side! But fear not, we have reserved a hole for him! :) We broke the record of the last few months as we could transferred all within the period time given & 8 minutes to spare!!!


But the other teams were not as lucky! They were punished as all the holes were used but they still have people that wasn't transferred to the other side. Yeah, got to do Commando Crawl.. Yikes.. dirty…!

            
Next was the game that I dislike most : Treasure Hunt. I hate searching for a small clue and we have to run around after the 2 activities for an hour, with a lot of mosquitoes around! Yikes..!

My teammates and I~

            
After that 3 outdoor activities, we were given time to shower and take dinner. I forgot to take the pictures of my main course, coz too hungry! The first picture was my 2nd helping of dinner, with delicious SzeChuan soup, some fruits and desserts. The ham and cheese sandwich were for tea time.

            
After that we have the game of guessing the movie title! It was funny and fun!

            

Next we have the dancing game where we would dance when the music was playing. Once the music stopped, you have to stop! Phew.. it lasted till 11pm!

Off to sleep after that.. :)
 

Nov

19

Back from Team Building!

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I am back and it is really good to be home (that’s what I felt when I took my shower yesterday at our own bathroom)! I reached home about 8.40pm, much later than expected, more tired than I anticipated but much happier than I imagined! Geez.. I didn’t expect it too be this fun (though a lot of mixed feelings during the team buildings~)

The activities within the 2 days were very packed, we hardly have time for ourselves; except between 11pm and 7.30am which we were too tired to do anything but trying to sleep (trying because unfamiliar with new environment and roommate) and get up at 6.45am!

Well, it was my very first team building experience and it was really fun, with a lot of scary activities to do but nonetheless, the feeling of pure satisfaction after we did it! Yeay~ Of course there was team work, courageous and other values that I learnt, not too mention all the food I ate for breakfast, brunch, breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner!!!

Took many pictures of us in action and will post it once I have the time (after doing the dirty laundry, clean my room, attending classes, work, etc).. Meanwhile, sorry for late responses~

*sigh* .. Gotta work on Monday.. was thinking of MC instead.. /_\

                                          
Gee.. this is the toughest part of the game, walking on a rope and holidng on to the hanging rope with tyres at very high level!!! And I…. almost drop!!! >_<

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