Since i've not post for SUPER long .. i'll post bout my trip to Mount Kinabalu !
only one word can describe the trip, AWESOME !!!
Day 1
it wasn't anything much cause this was our resting day, we stayed overnight at BORNEO BACKPACKERS hostel. Shared the room with Cheryl, Catherine, Jwei, Sarah & Vanetta! the first night was not that nice cause i didnt manage to sleep properly, only sleep like 2/3 hrs. ended up waking up with PANDA EYES! :(
Day 2
Packed & headed off for our white water rafting n village visit. White Water Rafting was the highlight of the day! Jwei fell off for like 7 times! surprisingly i didnt fall off , only at the end when all of them gang up and pushed me in! the water was super cold but it was an experience man ! :D we had our lunch there. Mrkoh forced me to eat the vege :( but it wasnt that bad ah. just didnt had that much appetite to eat vege? then we headed off got the village visit. seeing the life there, it really opened my eyes n heart of how this villages live. ;D and next we learned this cute traditional dance, it was funny, was laughin throughout the whole dance. after that , we headed off to ROSE CABIN! :D loved the surrounding. and during dinner, i was spamming myself with vege! it was sooo tasty... so not me to each so much vege actually. the night was sooo cold ! the water was like ice water, and i had to shower in it ! :( and man, i could hv showered in hot water if the person came earlier. the girls was rushing me to hurry up cause the person was there to check on the heater ! :P
Day 3
The day of our climb! at first the weather was still good. but it started to rain !!!!! luckily it didnt rain heavily.. but that was only for a few mins, it started raining heavily ! eventhough it rained heavily, all of us pushed each other to continue our trekking of 6km up to Labah Ratan! when we were 75-80% done with the trek, i had to help Jwei cause she wasnt breathing properly n she was slowing dwn. omg , imagine urself drenched in the rain, n there were like so called "MINI RIVERS" gg in ur way n u hv to help someone up. but it wasnt that bad ah. i had to push her cause she always wanted to stop n rest.... when we reached the top, Mr Koh gave all of us a hug, i felt better getting comfort. that also means that we're just 2km away from the summit!:D
Day 4Woke up at 1.30AM to get ready for our climb to the summit. It was so cold when we were just in the resthouse. When we stepped out of the resthouse, it was much colder. temp was dropping around 10 degrees Celsius. :O nevertheless, we had to walked through the canopy area before reaching the Sayat2 Gate. From there onwards, we had to use ropes to climb. The beginning was much tougher. As we proceed on, it was much easier, and there was never a need for the ropes but it was still tough for us as we had to overcome the super cold weather. Halfway thru , i had frostbite. PAIN! imagine that i am wearing my thermal, longsleeve shirt, sweater & windbreaker, and its still cold ? if u wear that at SG , within secs you'll want to take it out! At one point of time, the temp was about 5 degrees Celsius. what make it worst was the wind ! me n justin were already trembling... When we were just 200m away from the summit, i suddenly felt a boost of energy of climbing up straight, but obviously i didnt chiong up. when i reached the summit, i was smiling & thinking to myself, well done diana! :D i couldn't believe i make it up a mountain!!! the hug from mrkoh comforts me as it marks that i've completed the climb UP. we waited for the sunrise... the view was AWESOME ! lucky for us to watch it. around 5-10mins after the sunrise, those earlier ones quickly descend cause it was too cold to stay up there for long. i really did not have the mood to descend as my legs felt so jelly! :( but forced myself to go down. there's no other way to go down also. what motivates me were the hot drinks & comfortable beds. When all of us gathered, we had to walked down 6km to Timpohan Gate! we're like omg, sian , here it go again! putting all that negative thoughts aside, we go on with our descend. :D at first, it was just misty, but it started to rain heavily at the 4km mark ! we had to walk in the rain for 4km! :O but we didn't care cause we're used to it. The only thing that made me worried was my legs. All of us had to push each other to continue. MOTIVATION KEPT ALL OF US GOING!:D when we were just 300-400km away from the gate, there were this group of people who were blocking our way when we said EXCUSE ME so many times, making me pissed for a moment. I quickly chiong up to the gate, to get the rest! OMG ! WE JUST FINISH COMPLETING THE CLIMB OF MOUNT KINABALU !the feeling was great having to climb it...Day 5SHOPPING DAY! I didnt really spend alot but manage to get things for my family members. thats what's impt. :D After shopping, we had to go off, it was sad leaving Kota Kinabalu. :'( i didnt want to leave. if only i could stay longer! However, i still want to go back SG because i miss all my loving frens & family! i've learnt alot climbing Mount K,most imptly its exp that we gained made a mark on ALL of us that's gonna remain there for the rest of our lives!dont forget the things we've gone thru, from theTOUGH training we had n to the SUMMIT!if it is possible for all of us to go thru the 8km up to summit & back dwn to Timpohan Gate,its possible for all of us to go thru other challenges that we may think its impossible...
CHOCOLATE ;;
11:19 PM <3
What's up people??? Sorry haven been updating. was so called "busy" & lazy to update.
So anyways, i manage to go to Mount K Trip... :) :)
all the reque family members going accept for Terence and Miguel.. sad sad.
Nevermind, still got my 2 other siblings and mummy!
So far, we had 5 sessions of training... For the first session, it was tough for me but for the rest of the sessions, it was quite okay for me. Kind of used to it by now.
Super long distance run, countless of jumpingjakes(sp?), pushups, sit ups...etc.etc.etc.
but i really enjoy it as it trains my stamina... each session was never a regret to attend.
i think after the trip, we'll end up losing like 5kg or sumthing?
I HOPE SO.
I'm prepared for a TOUGHER training now...
i hope that the upcoming trip will be fun & enjoyable for all of us! :D
well, before the trip, i'll be attending 2 camps.
council camp will be on 13-14 november & OBS camp will be on 16-20 november.
it'll surely be tiring for me as both camps are just 2 days apart from each other.
and yay! im glad that i manage to be promoted up to SEC 4EXPRESS!
Will work super hard for sec4 year, no time to lose, the year is too short.
Tomorrow will be the Sec 4 "head start" already, also known as extended term.
it'll be 2weeks of us getting drilled with revisions, starting of new topics, as for science, it'll be practical practical practical...
i guess im prepared?
CHOCOLATE ;;
11:23 AM <3
