Lang Tengah 八人行

hello people. ya it's the long drafted post by me on our epic trip of the year. and I name the trip 'Lang Tengah 八人行' =D 

date of the epic trip : 9/7 to 13/7 2012 

introducing the mighty eight that went to the trip:  

me! =D  

the s4 guys, Low Yeong Yih!! forever the source of endless-stomach-hurting-loud-hysterical laughters. seriously. forever. Ricky Lee. happy to know you! though i cant really keep up with the cantonese jokes@@ Ze Khan. the second trip i went with you eh? our 大白鲨，how i wishhh i can exchange skin colour with you. lol. you wish so too right? ahaha.. and the three of them forms the three musketeers, or the three blind mice, or three-forever-crapping-cracking-jokes-vulgar-speaking-happy-go-lucky-future-'wipeout malaysia'-commenting guys in the trip. con-sure (confirm sure) =D 

and next we have another trio, the frisbee players, Lim Yao Jie ( gei lou. sigh. I thought I did knew you after so long) . Khor Hock Eu. ( the walking encyclopedia. and sei 汉奸. shit head! =( ）and the ORGANIZER of said trip, the one who make it all possible, Yap Jian Shen. 谢谢你 =D Two of them are future doctors and js's gonna be my junior this coming semester. mwahaha..  

finally the last member of this voyage is the only other female in the group, Soh Ning Xin. sista for years. first friend i've known in high school. and our name even sounds the same. being the only two girls in the trip, we can only 相依为命，

okay, done with the introduction of characters. now, the trip. THE trip, of the year. and the first ever trip with the zoo gang. after knowing you all for so so long, finally, we went for a real trip. =D 

Lang Tengah is an island, at Terengganu, if you're wondering. it's neighbor to the infamous Redang Island and Pulau Perhentian. two years ago i've been to Pulau redang on a trip with the pmo girls and few of the same guys in this trip. so, naturally, its normal for us to compare the trip with each other.  

Redang VS Lang Tengah. 

sand. 

Redang wins. too many dead corals at Lang Tengah. I remembered that the sand in Redang is almost pure white. 

sea.

it's the same. crystal clear. pure blue. BEAUTIFUL. BUT, Lang Tengah seemed to have an excess numbers of sea cucumbers at the shallow seas, for I dunno what reason? T.T I can't even have a peaceful swim at the sea shore!! for the fear of accidentally stepping on the abundant sea cucumbers lying EVERY-FREAKING-WHERE on the sea beds AND also because the guys are throwing sea-cucumber-grenades at me. urghhh. the FAT-STICKY-BONELESS-UGLY-HEAVY-WATER-SPITTING-FREAKING-FACELESS CREATURE! and for that reason, I don't like being in the sea for long. the sea is just fine being beautiful backgrounds in the photos.  

boat.

I remember hopping to Redang was fun. the boat to lang tengah doesn't hop. but I dislike both, still. sea sick. urghhh. UNTIL NOW MY HEAD STILL FAO HA FAO HA!! and the slanted canteen does not help with my giddiness at all. sigh.  

bus. 

we took the sani express. business class. of course the last time was better, where we rent our own bus sekolah. but its still considerably more comfortable compared to transnational busses. and eight freaking hours is too much. the next time, I would really opt for flying instead. 

rocks. 

hah! Lang Tengah wins this one. there's this jungle trek that leads to the cliffs and rocky areas by the sea where the scene is awesome. we didn't expect jungle trekking on an island would be jungle-ish much and so we wore slippers to trek instead. thx god it wasn't too tough and there's no leeches. there's quite a number of over large lizards though. urgh. and things get slightly excited when two of the guys went missing all of the sudden and we start coming up with all sort of theories of their mysteries disappearance =D however, I wished I were more daring to climb even more rocks but it's rather scary also not to mention dangerous. 

photos.

there's some regrets on this aspect, but considering the fact that it's a guy-dominant group this time, guessed that it can't be helped. and also there's no real photographers or photography lovers with us this time. so the number of photos taken is also lesser by a few folds. we had 2000 over photos in the last trip. and in this one, with only one dslr we have a little less than 700 with mostly continuous shots and sceneries and candids. also ya, kinda lack group photos this time. 

the trip. 

now, this is not something that can be compared easily. I'll just say its different from last time. DIFFERENT. though the package and the islands are rather similar. let's see. this trip, it's more of enjoy-the-scenery than photo-shooting, more along-the-beach-explorinjg than photo-posing, more sea-creatures-catching than beach-sports-playing, more guys-version-yumcha-keng-gai than girls-yumcha-keng-gai, on the island, we have love-you-you-jetty instead of mo mo cha, plus we have more star-gazing-and-wishing-upon-three-or-four-shooting-stars than finding-蓝眼泪 =D

ok. enough of the introduction. time to let the pictures do the rest of the talking =p

this 10 month old baby is the happiest baby in the world . he laughs and smile at ANYONE and EVERYTHING and EVERY TIME. lyy said he would the easiest baby to be kidnapped @@

awwww <3

we have our own ladies camwhore session at the jetty to make up for the loss =p

sunshine and pretty girls =p

ehehehe nice jump shot =D

 these are the activities we had while strolling along the beach

js throwing pebble ( dead choral) as far as he can

throwing frisbee though the beach had too many dead chorals for them to play a proper game

阳光。沙滩。青春 <3

one of the very rare group pictures. we left a space for lyy the photographer =D

ladies hiding from the scorching sun.

sista <3

this is what friends are for <3

the new pets!!

sh kang - ze khan

so ki - ricky

playing sand

playing sand

also playing with the sand =p

sorta sunset. our location only allowed us to watch the sunset.

sunset and the road ahead <3

 the next morning we have rock climbing!! sorta.

ze khan got stuck!! just for show =p

on the cliff by the sea.

nice rocky areas right?? but one fall could be deadly.

the areas conquered by the almighty js and hock eu

nice scene. 

 in the afternoon, some of the guys decided to try out sea diving =D

lim yao jie jumping from the top of the boat roof!!

mid air =D

one of the best shots by js

hock eu took up the challenge too

in the evening, we went for a swim in the sea =D

鸳鸯戏水

终极海参。and the rest of the sea bed is infested by this creature's brothers and sisters too. ew ew ew ew.

clear sea, but rocky sea bed infested with sea cucumbers.

hiding under the shade when i could no longer stand the sea cucumbers.

one of our epic best pictures!! nice pose, ze khan =D

and the rest of the candid shots by the beach

no idea what they were doing by nice pose =D

cool hock eu =D

ze khan, frisbee, and sunset =D

ning <3

on our last night, we have our epic star gazing session =D

we...snuck out the bed sheets, chose the most pitch black beach, lay down nicely, and wait for the appearance of the shooting stars =D the starry sky itself is way beyond awesome. i could never had witnessed such a scene at home as we're often blinded by the city night lights. and its my very first time watching the appearance of a shooting star. though often confused by the bat that flew overhead of us, i had seen four shooting stars that night. one which i've secretly kept to myself. and the make-a-wish-upon-a-shining-star, though its sorta a childish and fairytale-like act, its still beautiful, too =D

八个人，排排躺。

peaceful, rather boring, but still a beautiful session =D

ricky, ning, and me. sadly, the darkest leg belongs to me. lol.

out of no where, the guys started to play shu mo O.O

all of them trying to bring lyy down!

look at them boys. ahahahaa

proof of our crime: keeping the bed sheets after we blatantly used them to lay on the sand. the resort staff would be really mad if they've found out =p

 finally, our best, precious, very few, complete group photos =D

laugh. brave. joy. love. hopeful. peaceful. happy. confident

free style. ya, lyy got the best pose!

ehehehe, undoubtly the epic trip of the year right?? its a really sweet getaway from the city life we have. cleared my mind on everything and fill my body with positive energies =D chs trip with chs friends. such precious bonds we have, right? 


时隔两年，又更珍惜这一份缘分。四天四夜的重新相处，果然和两年前的我们杀然不同。然而，很高兴大家能从从前一样的基础能找到不同、适合自己、更好的自己。咱们都是大好青年，希望休息了以后，能够继续有理想的往前冲，加油加油 =D

shadows <3

feeling a little nostalgic? here's a link to yee min's redang post two years ago. which is a more epic trip? you decide =D http://nimeey.blogspot.com/2010/06/redang.html

til then.

chaoz~

just observe.

It's another slow day. just got back from malacca and I'm still dead tired and contented with food. ahahaha. and ya the fact where I've gotten fatter. oops. new resolution: keep fit! and get better at sports. at least by a little bit. 

here I am. treasuring the moments I get to lay back to just spend time reading and watching drama and tagging photos and blogging. don't interrupt my peace, thank u =D 

holidays. season of gatherings. where I meet my peers and where peers hang out together where the sole reason is only to social. not for other studies or working purposes. so, it's the time where I get to observe how my peers actually carry themselves at the age of 20. and also where I would practise to carry myself. to be myself? good to be comfortable but maybe a little too much. to be really pleasant? still not my thing. to just listen? it's nice. but just sometimes i need to tune out the distractions for me to focus on the topic. and I'm no story teller. quite fail huh. but then, maybe I'm just not meant to be the spot light person, just a sideline observer to the happenings.  

different. every single person is so distinctive and unique and just different. some just the direct opposite, really. some how, the very little similarities we have manage to just bring a group of us together. thoughts. everyone has a different opinion on something. habits. everyone is already used to certain things. speech. everyone has different preferences to put words and to crack jokes. level. everyone has a different level on different things. higher level in certain things, lower in others. 到头来，什么都还是好的一半、坏的一半，不多也不少。 

I have not hold on tight to anything. as I do not know what of others belong to me. I have whatever I already have, but no more than that. when others come to me. I hold on to them, loosely. when you go, I'll just say goodbye. I rather let go than to have the string snapped into two for holding on too tight, like once upon a time. yet again, I know not what it's worth to hold on tight til the very end. maybe when I finally learn, I'll be able to hold on and on and on, as I find worth. maybe. and hopefully.

i apologize for the order of the random topics. its actually random paragraphs i typed with my ipad strung together to form a post. but its kinda a waste not to post them. so. hee.

on another random note, being twenty is awesome =D

til then.

chaoz~

life is a drama

so apparently normal people don't have much thoughts when they watch drama. oh well, I some how feel its a waste not to entirely feel and indulge into a drama when I've already spent so much time following all the episodes not to mention lots of concentration on it. and also, the producer and actors and filming team had spent lots of energy and time and money and effort in it, isn't it? so some how it only feels right if I really pay attention to the drama which I've chosen to watch.  

drama series is a very beautiful thing. you have a beautiful, normal start, then a twist in the story, some ups and downs, and the best part is that you'll always have an ending, to whatever that had happen. 

for us, the twenties, its not the end, yet. sometimes, it just a little frustrating that I don't know what kinda ending lays ahead of me. we work and work and work. yet, we still do not know what, when and how the ending would eventually be. most of the things we do now are for the long run. so, there's sorta no end. and when there's no end or when its too far ahead that i can't see, i may tend to lost momentum on the journey. maybe I shouldn't even believe in endings. maybe it's a fake concept that happens in drama. what we have in real life is journey. that's why the end does not matter. 

watched rooftop prince. it's cute and beautiful. watched the Disney movie, brave. 很多东西可遇不可求。但人也其实能够超越自己。想找一个可以坚信的信念。想每一次都有一个明确的理由。值得付出一切的理由。找理由也可以是一个理由。能为自己找一个又一个的理由，是一件很幸福的事。that's why people say things happen for a reason. so that we can accept the bad ones and make more good ones by finding a reason to do so. and with reasons, we can have momentum to go on, from one mission to the other.  

少了坚信的东西。反而多了许多所谓＂看开了＂、不再相信的概念。we lack control in life, our own life. so we accept and adapt. but to what extend? 一切都看你选择什么、就得放弃什么。怎样才能做到最好的最好。然后，欣然接受一切的一切，才能快乐。 

nothing's better than a life full of positive reasons. 

til then.

chaoz~