Ming was eliminated in the final elimination of Malaysian Dream Girl and next friday would be the Finale. I was also at the final photoshoot where the girls finally had what they wanted; a male model named Ricardo. LOL

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To those who realized i blogged about the first day on Siem Reap, lol you are sharp and that simply shows i am freaking aging -_-!

Anyway the next morning was mainly on Tonle Sap. Initially we were suppose to take a ferry from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap via the Tonle Sap lake but after realizing that it would cost a whooping 40USD per person, we scrapped the idea and took bus instead.

Jasmine’s Lodge does provide us complimentary breakfast everyday and though it was just a simple one, i really missed eating their bread and egg. And at the same time franctically waiting for a place to sit

Hmmm the picture is blur for a reason. Not too sure where did i even focus. Breakfast consist of bread, fruits and egg … and also a cup of tea or coffee.

After that Siya our guide who was waiting downstairs greeted us and ferried us in our personal van to Tonle Sap.

The journey to the lake was about 20 minutes from Jasmine Lodge and upon arrival, our designated boat was already there waiting.

People living by the lake or on the lake have their lives revolved around the lake. The houses are on the lake, so are the schools, police station and not forgetting their only basketball court. The people here spend most of the time on tha lake rather than on the land. They are raised on water as well as die on the water. They even have a cemetry which is a site which is on the other far end of Tonle Sap.

For some reason the dog reminded me of the current news on Pulau Ketam where the dogs are left there to die. Pity the dogs. The difference is the dog above is taken care of even though the people of Tonle Sap aren’t well to do.

We were then brought to a floating crocodile farm which was quite far. It wasn’t something that i would recommend to anyone who plans to go to Siem Reap but if you have time to burn then by all means do drop by

Besides crocs, they had a python and ermmm i think that’s about it. Oh yes and a few display items which aren’t significant enough to be remembered.

This reminded me so much of the recent Malaysian Dream Girl photoshoot which involves a python. And no i didn’t have the python around me. Damn scared can -_-!

While we were goofing around with the python, we heard cries and little kids. I saw Emily walking towards the opposite direction towards the cry and we saw 2 kids, begging.

I have been to India and have witnessed how kids would beg but i have never seen anything like this before. I am pretty sure the rest too were surprised to see kids peddling their way to the croc farm begging us for money. The one thing that everyone should understand is, there are so many agencies out there that would help this kids by giving them education and sometimes giving them money wouldn’t solve their problems but in fact encourage them to beg even more.

On our way back to the van, we were approached by a number of people asking to buy the what nots. Then as i was in the van snapping, i realized something similar as i zoomed into my pics …

OUR FACES WERE ON THE PLATES !

Mine, Angeline’s, William’s and Emily’s !

They were fast ! Really fast ! I can’t even remembered when they photographed us. Efficient ! LOL

We then moved on to their famous Handicraft center which has all the replicas that you would see from the Angkor Wat.

This place is a bit special as they train the disable in terms of hearing and talking, the dumb and the deaf. The place is good for a tour but the price for the souvenirs were rather steep.

I am on a backing trip and i definitely can’t afford to be splurging, lol. Unless i am working already

In the morning, Mr Khun told me that he would be giving us free lunch … a 6 course lunch, or was it 7 ? and we were all excited cause for once we know we don’t need to fork out for food.

The food just kept coming and we were all stuffed by the end of it. The food was excellent !

After lunch we headed to the world of Tomb Raider, the Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom. Before that, we were required to make our daily passes and everything was paid for when i arranged with Mr Khun before departing for Cambodia. So all we had to do was get our photos taken and the passes were then handed to us.

We took the 3 days pass which cost 40USD but since we came in a group, Mr Khun some how managed to get it included in our package

I will carry on with Angkor Wat in the coming entries

I am finally back … back in the blogging world, LOL. I have so much to write but so little time to do so. When i eventually have the time, i am either hibernating like a bear or in front of my tv. Can’t wait to get back to track with all my work being piled up every since Deepavali. Speaking of Deepavali, my parents got back from Japan on Deepavali’s day itself and YES they got me another Hard Rock Cafe shirt, hahahaha. In my previous entry i did mention that i was hoping for something else, i mean it’s Japan for heaven’s sake. An Aibo would be good enough or even a PS3 but nooooooo, i got a shirt instead. Not one but 3 shirts, hahahaha. Anyway i am happy with the shirts, i was actually expecting nothing judging from their tight schedule.

The second week i had much more time for myself, so much so that i lost track on the dates of the 2 things that i was really looking out during this break. One was my Singapore trip and the other was Genting Trailblazer. Earlier i thought i would be in Singapore first before heading to KL for Genting Trailblazer which was wrong and it was the other way round -_-”

All photos in this entry is courtesy of William. Thanks a lot man !

Knowing this at the last minute, i had to find transport to KL cause flight tickets would cost a bomb especially booking it less than a week from the date of departure. ChenSeng aka ItchyHandSeng was kind enough to give a lift. But that lift lasted from my house to his house and not to KL @_@!

“Eh you know how to drive or not ?”

“Aboden. Why ?”

“Ok then you drive all the way to KL, i am tired”

@_@ OK lorrrrrr

Angeline aka Dolphin also tagged along. On the way we stopped at Autocity for early dinner and the food was terrible. We carried on from there on and reached by 11pm.

On the day, we left for Genting, Zila was kind enough to use her car to ferry us up. Upon reaching we were greeted with millions of goodie bags …

…. ok maybe not millions but it was really a lot. After collecting our goodie bags and room keys, we went to check out our rooms. We didn’t expect the room to come with 2 queen size beds. It was seriously big and it was a bargain for the price we paid.

William and i were given the number D40 If you can see the cards on the shirt, it’s actually a holiday card which has a value of RM50 in it and we were free to use it at any shops or stalls that accepted it. William and i combined together with Zila and Ida, so we had RM100 to burn on that day. Oh i forgot to mention that we arrived a day before the challenge itself.

Thinking what can we do with 100 bucks, we roamed around Awana to do things that we wouldn’t usually do, or probably too kiam siap to spend on it.

We went to enquire about golf and decided to get 200 balls. If you didn’t know that’s Ida at the front left with Zila behind her and Dolphin showing her Qi Gong moves, hahahaaha.

To be frank, i have never actually played golf before and tee-ing to the driving range was hard, i mean REALLY HARD. I kept slamming clubs on the cement ground and it hurt my hands like hell.

Don’t be fooled by the picture above, hahaha. The balls never passed the 100 yards mark. Ok except William who kept slamming the ball into the trees for no reason and that was like how many yards ? 400? 500 ?

We then adjourned to the Squash courts and played a few rounds before tiring ourselves with a game of ping pong. Yes we did all these the day before the trailblazer -_-! LOL

Trying to finish the prepaid holiday card as fast as possible, we opted to get ourselves Baskin Robbins. Dolphin and Zila took Tiramisu and Cheese cake respectively. We decided to keep the balance for another round of Baskins on the next day

Before going to the rooms to wash up for dinner, we roamed around to camwhored

Dinner wasn’t something to shout about for RM 42++ i was expecting something better than what was served but then again, we were at Genting and things are definitely more expensive.

The next morning …

Before i go any further, i want to say that i have no pictures, i repeat NO PICTURES during the course of the race I noticed so many participants carried their Olympus around and i was jealous. hahaha.

It was slighty damp that morning and it started to drizzle as we marched to the starting point. There we were told the do’s and the dont’s but the most interesting part was the warm up session. It was conducted by Fitness First and it was seriously fun. Fun in a way to grab people’s attention but not good enough to warm up the body. Personally i thought it was too brief. After a couple of speeches and tree planting ceremony, we were let off like wild cows. The first couple of kilometres were basically running round the golf course before heading into the jungle.

I didn’t really like running round the golf course, so i walked and jogged for most of the part. It was very scenic and the surrounding looked refreshing especially after a light shower. When i saw the route leading towards the jungle, i just went hysterical and i was dying to get it.

Just as i stepped into the genting hutan, i had a hard time getting a gripped with my new el-cheapo shoes. Knowing that the shoes are gonna be covered in mud prior to the race, i deciced to get myself those bad ass black bata shoes. I couldn’t risk my Nike shoes, lol. To cut short, it was a bad move. I should have gotten those cheap sports shoes in carrefour instead -_-!

… so through out the jungle i was skating. Not literally but actually skating. I looked like a cow on roller blades trying to balance thru the jungle -_-” William on the hand got himself a pair of crocs and ran like a monkey deer. He would disappear from my sight within minutes and i had to skate even faster to catch up. His crocs was so distracting that almost everyone noticed his shoes.

One even stopped and asked …

“Eh you are from Crocs is it ? Promoting some more”

“Hahaha no ler … “

Knowing that i was gonna be slightly slower, i took the liberty of helping the ladies with some parts of the jungle. I am sorry i meant elderly ladies who were in the oldies catergory. Hehehe. It was really fun seeing each other helping out cross certain terrain or obstacle.

It was like one big happy family …

… except for a handful who just steamed off like bulls not worrying about their lives.

If skating thru the jungle was bad enough,  my jaw dropped down when we reached the first obstacle which was to climb down a slope which was like 80 degrees i think. Everyone who reached there gave this look …

@_@!

Similar slopes came by again and some we had to climb upwards. It was defintely a challenge but it’s fun.

William and i lost track of time after a while and we started to crave for KFC. I told him i can’t wait to get my hands on the 3 piece chicken and he couldn’t agree more

We finally reached a small river and i tell you the water was fishing cold ! We sat there and dipped ourselves in it. After a while we decided to hang on and wait for Ida and Zila to join us. After twenty minutes or so, we saw no sign of them and carried on.

From there on, it was mostly uphill and i have to stress this, DON’T FORGET YOUR GLOVES! Grrrrr. I left our gloves in my bag and i relied on leaves whenever i was climbing upwards. The shoes were crap. There wasn’t much grip and i dug my foot right into the muddy surface to get some proper grip. Obviously this took up more time and energy.

“Sikit lagi, pergi atas sana dah sampai”

That’s what most of the marshalls said, LOL. It definitely gave the needed boost before being followied by a big disappointment that there’s more to come

Along the way we found many lost souls i mean lost soles. Shoe soles to be precise. I am not talking about one or two …. but there were manyyyyyyy. At one point we even spotted a pair of Nike shoes. Not the soles alone but the whole shoe itself. Seriously ganas.

After more than two hours plus, we reached the final river and that’s where we stopped and waited again for Ida and Zila. We dipped ourselves in the cold water and enjoyed watching the rest climbing up vertically. We waited there cause the line was considerably long and further more we wanted the two girls to join us. Here’s another tip …

… dont ever dip yourselves in the cold water. Why ? cause it doesn’t do any good to your muscles except shrinking it and making it even harder to move around -_-!

After half and hour or more the girls were not to be seen and we decided to carry on. We were already out of water and we needed to get to the water check point asap. It was all the way up again and was stopping every now and then to catch my breath. Then it came to a point where i just sat down and didn’t move until i heard an elderly man said, the water check point is up here. A sudden surge of energy kicked in and the cow on roller blades skated towards the so called finishing line, hahahaha. Water never tasted so good and gulped down a couple of cups before carrying on.

The sound of the PA system was definitely a positive one as we know we were getting closer and closer.

Finally with my very own eyes i could see the tents, people, civilization … and just when i was about to walk to that direction, William said …

“Eh there’s an arrow pointing the other side. We need to climb up the hill and come down that way”

At that point i wanted to scream but i just stood there staring and thinking …

“Why… whyyyyyyyyyy”

A man in his early 30s cameby and told me …

“Eh come come, a bit more only. You already reached all the way here, try to finish it”

… and so i carried on walking for another ten minutes or so.

We finally reached the finishing line and we saw a booth giving out free bihun and i dashed living William behind. Yeap that was the first time i actually ran faster than him. Hahahaha. The bihun, just like the water tasted sooooooo goooooooooood.

Ida and Zila were no where to be seen and so we went back first to wash up. Dolphin was waiting for us in the room and she was dead worried when we took longer to reach. William washed up and went off to find the girls and after an hour or so, they finally reached

We quickly packed our things and went to the cafe to get ourselves Baskin Robbins and cakes again before departing. Upon leaving we found out we still had balance. So we dabao nachos and ate along the way back.

I knocked off once we reached the Karak highway.

The experience i had was really abundance and given the chance i would do it all over again. But this time with better shoes and gloves and of course being fit

I took very long to update this entry is because i was too busy shifting things from my old house to the new house. Once i got everything done, i started typing but i didn’t have enough time to finish it.

So here i am blogging on the bus as i am heading towards Singapore Won’t be having much internet connecting when i am there. So see you all when i am back in KL. Until then ….. Obama rawks ! Hahaha

P/S: If there’s any spelling or gramatical error please do inform me I am publishing it without even checking >_<!

The four days i was on Redang island, my skin on my hands and my feet were temporarily wrinkled. Being in the water for a long time definitely gets anyone’s hands to be wrinkled. But it was a good trade off except when it came to walking around on a crescent-looking-man-made island when both my feet were badly bruised because dead corals were scattered all over the island -_-”

I don’t really have a picture of me having wrinkled hands or feet but i think you get the drill

On a side note, i have totally forgotten about the burst shots that were taken on Redang island and it’s finally done. Credits to David for stitching them up, lol

The file is size is huge so it might take a while to get this running, please be patient

Have a great weekend everyone

Yes it’s Redang themed entry yet again …. and this time around, some of us journeyed to the otherside of the island to get to Laguna Beach. Since i was zombie-fied when i was there during the first night, this time around i made sure i was all charged up to see what Laguna Beach was all about.

Only four of us went over as the rest were pre-occupied with shark-sighting and canoe-ing. So Dolphin, LeeMay, WIlliam and I left right after returning from snorkeling.

Midway through, we came across this rocky-pebbley area which is usually covered with water during the night. We walked over it and it wasn’t easy balancing around. The rocks reminded me of Nipple Island. The only difference was this time i had my slippers on

Lee May posing for William and Dolphin. I just stood from afar and snapped candidly This place is really ideal for any photoshooting but then again having the right coloured clothes would be an additional bonus So after burning ourselves under the scotching sun for a good fifteen minutes, we carried on walking thru the jungle towards Laguna Beach.

The first thing you would notice about Laguna Beach is ….

… tonnes of girls in bikinis the soft soft sand.

It’s so soft that it feels like the sand was ice blended before being layed all over the beach. Comparing to the sand over at our resort, Kalong Beach has very rough sand. I immediately walked around barefooted and it felt so good, especially after a hellish hike at Nipple Island.

Dolphin and Lee May helped themselves with all the fixed props in front of the famous More More Tea Inn which was made famous by Ritchie Ren and Sammy Cheng in Summer Holidays. It’s like a must photographed area of the the Laguna beach. People have to line up at times just to snap with the heart shaped thingy on the building which unfortunately isn’t in any of the pictures here.

To take good pictures here on Laguna Beach, i have prepared a few pointers for those who are gonna go there in the near future.

A tripod would be a plus point to get good shots especially for landscape

But not everyone owns a tripod and that’s where this pose comes in. Engineered by the almighty dolphin, standing as such gives you maximum stability, LOL.

We tried to find a place to sit down and put all our bags in one place before William and i walk around to ‘wash eyes’ and Dolphin returns to the sea with Lee May. While doing so, i was randomly snapping around and came across this …

William in action … huhu

ROLF, spotted ! William realized that he was being photographed

Aiseh, change location already. LOL

We then walked towards the other end of Laguna Beach since there were too many people at the beginning of the beach and leaving our bags unintended doesn’t sound safe at all.

Dolphin and her trademark pose. She was familarizing with Daniel’s Nikon for a ‘certain reason’ lol. Ahem the S200 pass to me ya Dolphin.

We finally left our things on this huge boulder at the end of Laguna Beach. Dolphin and Lee May changed in a flash and they were off to the beach.

William then went towards the beach to snap Dolphin and Lee May in the water when i was back at the boulders guarding the bags -_-” At least my lens was able to zoom to a considerably good distance for sniping. So much so that i even caught Dolphin and Lee May giving me the tongue -_-”

After a good one and half hours, we decided to call it a day and head back. We waited for the other two to return from the sea. In the mean time we played around with a few sillihoute shots and one of it appeared to be nice and you can check it out on William’s blog.

While changing, Dolphin got excited finding out that the sky was actually blue in colour. Lee May just didn’t know what to say, hahahaa.

We reached back in time for dinner and before retiring for the day, we played a few games and the whole cycle restarts again the next day.