New Year's adventure...

this is such a late post... but before jan ends.. i just wanna wish ya'll hapy new year! and may this year be full of love and adventure... :)

as for my new years celebration.. it was my first time spending it in another country wit my couz's n sis.. definitely something different! we were all at my gram's place in Bukittinggi.. which is a very small town.. a lil bit better than a village but still not close 2 being a city..

people were already out in the afternoon.. going to the main area which is the Jam Gadang (translation: big clock).. we decided to go chek it out when it was 11pm.. since we had nothing 2 do at home..
we walked out of the house n when we reached the main road..boy was it packed with human beings, cars n motorbikes!! we continued squashing with every1 n headed up... there were poeple EVERYWHRE.. some were already sitting on the curbs sleeping.. they even brought their babies along 2 endure dis.. poor kids.. we just couldnt understand why they bothered to come out if they were tired and wanted to sleep.. must b ke po chi's.. hehe.. (if u look closely at d pic u can c the clock in the left)

anyway we manage 2 reach d top whre the clock is after being squashed, lost n wat not.. we wanted to go 2 the hotel nearby but decided not, cuz it thre was a sea of ppl we wuld had 2 get tru.. so we bought ourselves
TEH BOTOL as our last drink for 2006, n 1st for 2007.

Then before even the clock hit 12a.m, people were shooting firecrackers from everywhre.. so dangereous cuz we almost got hit by em..!! but thre were some tht were pretty nice la.. nuthin beats those huge ones we have here tho! by the time the clock hit 12a.m, people had run out of their firecrackers, so thre was less of it.. n the onli thing dat happen 2 the clock was dat it lit up with white light.. no one was jumping n screaming happy new year.. they didnt even have a countdown!! every1 was focused wit their camera phones taking pics of the clock.. totally weirdd!! we stood there dumbfounded....


it was like a culrute shock for me n my sis... our new year eve had just passed like that.. n our legs were so tired of walking n standing!! so we heaed 2 dat hotel which we wanted 2 go earlier n chilled thre b4 we started on our 'journey' back.
on the way we bought murtabak (choc, cheese n durian.. uughh!) jz for fun n nabil kept insisting d dude 2 put durian in..




so yeah dat was about it la.. ThAt was My NeW YeaRs EvE celebration in Bukittinggi...

Raleigh Intro Weekend Camp

after such a looong time i finally got 2 go camping 4REAL again! weeeee...! it was last min stuff tho.. but thank god i got it.. Raleigh Intro Weekend Camp is sth i've heard from limei.. n yeah i thought i wuld b cool 2 test my physical n mental strength.. fuyoh...
anyway it was tough yet fun camping for 2days.. we made our own shelter.. which i think was not bad cuz every1 could fit into it even tho we were pretty squashed up! yeah our team DELTA was the onli team with most ppl (11)! n we had sum pretty awesome weird cheers for our grp.. char kuey tiow included!

we had lots of challenges to go tru.. it was interestin.. now i realli know how blurrr i am lah! some tasks were simple for us.. d othrs were almost impossible! but we stuck tru.. got all muddy at 1 point too.. yyummm.. ;p

our food intake for 2days were army packed food.. the packaging not very the best lookin la..but the food inside was actually not bad! tho d rice we should hv let it cooked longer cuz we were eatin it like cookies (as alvin puts it!)..but i gotta thank May for 'pinjaming' her mess tin 2 me cuz i had no idea wat it was n brought a tupperwear instead! hehe...

btw there are NO toilets or privacy plc to bathe/ change/ pee.. we just had 2 find some bushy plc..lil bit away frm civilization n DO It! hehe.. lucky our grp had sarongs..came in VERY handy..cuz tht's whre we'd change.. it was fahney cuz everyone is around n doin their own stuff while we took turns changin..

hey we even hiked Bukit Kutu (wat a name la!) for like 12 hrs or so.. we were 3/4 up.. then the rain poured so hard we coulndt hike to reach d top.. mayb got lots of kutu thre.. hehe..im so thankful dat Michelle(our leader 4 trecking) didnt get lost n got us 2 our 'pit stop'.. terror la she! so frm daylight 2 darkness we were in d jungle... i almost gave up la.. but cannot let me team down wat!! no regrets on dat cuz in d end it was all good.. gettin muddy n dirty.. sliding down the hill...lookind at d beautifooool stars.. crossing freeeezin cold water...bitten by leeches...playin panguin game n tangle in middle of d nite..goin tru all of it wit me team mates.. awsomenesss!

well thres too much 2 type la.. must go 4yrself 2 xperience it!
go chek out their web site!* pics compliments frm Shih Chung(facilitator of grp DELTA!)

Youth Conferance @ Puncak

The whole reason for me going 2 Jkt was actually for this Youth Conf.. i've actually never been to one.. i was too young to go for the ASEAN ones.. now thre isnt anymore.. :(

anyway Baha'i youths frm acrozz indon came 2 attend this.. we had it in Puncak, freeeeeeezing plc cuz it was up in the hills.. the fog was right in front of us.. if we opened the windows, we could c it cmin in!! we were sooooo cold.. tht while we were having our discussions, we had wrapp ourselves in blankets!
yeap..tht's how cold it was.. takin a shower..was like bathing with ICE! i dunoo how ppl could shower like twice a day...... i almost froze 2 death while bathing!


neway it was soo cool 2 meet youths frm all over indon.. lots of em knew either my sis's or bro.. no1 has heard of me... its always like dat.. no1 knws the youngest exist!..well i hope now they know!! haha..one girl i met knew about my existence many years before, wen my older sis told her dat she had a younger sis d same age as her... she could not b'live dat we finally got 2 meet each other..!! how cool is dat?? n i also met ppl whom i've heard of but neva seen.. met 2 more ppl who r d same 'species' as me..my Pershindian buddies.. :)

we had art workshops in d aft n vid show at nite.. learnt a lot n had a goooooood time wif em.. i was hungry ALL the time!! never ate sooooo much in my life!..this is wat cold weather does 2 u.. n the food tasted soo good.. i could not resist!
i miss every1 now.. wish i didnt hv 2 leave 2 days earlier... it was so sad cuz we only just got 2 know each other.. i miss u guys.. hope 2 c ya'll soon!

Indonesia.. its never enough!!

okie so i'm back frm my indon trip.. it was awesomenesss!!! spend lots of time wit my aunt, uncle n da 4 boys..
Jakarta is one mad city.. its jammed all the time.. n ppl drive like mad..but i dont tink they're as cazy as ppl in india.. hehe.. everywhre thre are Malls..HUGE malls..
and wherever u enter..they hv strict security tht cheks your car 4 any boms.. n they even open yr car sometimes... thx 2 all d bombings dat happens thre..

Anyway being thre for 2 weeks.. thre's too many stuff 2 tell.. the best was going 2 da beach in Charita. its not d cleanest beach on earth.. but it was still beautifool n we had a great time thre.. learnt some surfing frm Frid, its not easy man.. my arms n ribs hurt afta dat.. did snorkling in d middle of the sea with almost all dead reefs.. had a crazeeeeeee banana boat ride with every1.. made frens wit surfer dudes.. got massaged, braided my hair.. had d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s-s-s grilled fish n prawns, did canooing, n finally experienced earthquake at its essence! so many things in just 2 days!! UNFORGETABLE! ;)


on another day, my uncle gave a tour on the skool he's workin at.. its a brit international skool.. OMG!! i luvvvvvvvv dat plc.. its sooo soooo niceeeeee!! they r building a theatre which is 1 whole buiding by itself.. n its Huge! d concept is like our PETRONAS PHILHARMONIC plc.. can u imagine?? n lots of the stuff is imported..even the seats! since i cant study thre..my dream is 2 work thre.. ahh.. we even got 2 swim thre.. they practically have EVERYTHIN a kid would dream 4 a skool..

so it was a good 2 weeks in Jkt.. i had fun..n a good time! will upload more soon.!