Tuesday 26 August 2008

KK Trip (22nd Aug 08 - 24th Aug 08)

MARVELLOUS Kay Kay

Summary of the trip:

Sum of BND $ = Approx. $250
Modes of transportation = Ferry, shuttle bus and cars
Accomodation = Novotel (in One Borneo) and Simon's house

Exchange Rate = BND$ > RM$ = 2.34 & 2.35

Places for shopping = One Borneo, Warisan Square and Centrepoint

No. of days spent at KK = 3 days and 2 nights
Goods that bought = 2 Adidas t-shirts, 1 t-shirt (revsport) for my younger bro, 2 shirts for my nephews, 2 books for my nephew and niece, 1 mandarin book that shows making sentences and one chocolate Daim bought in Labuan for family.

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This KK trip can be considered a tough one for me as I travelled alone this time. Well, its not easy as you can expect. Its very hard to get permission from my family especially my mum. Obviously, the main reason is my illness which really problematic for my trip. Mum cant imagine how if I get those illnesses in KK with no one is beside me. To make her feel ease, I told her that I would be staying with my friend, Simon who stays at Likas, somewhere near the school area. *Sigh...She felt relieved to know that hehe. Well, according to my plan, I will stay about 2 nights at my friend's house.

1st DAY


On friday (22nd), my eldest bro sent me to the Muara terminal where I departed from Brunei to Labuan by taking Seri Anna's ferry at 7.30am and reach at Labuan about 9.00 am. I contacted my Mum once I arrived Labuan, just to let her know that Im in good condition. Not exception to my Auntie at Labuan too, I called her saying that I arrived Labuan. She almost asked her daughter to pick me up but I dun think that will be necessary for me.


I dunno what to do, kinda boring sitting alone hehe


I just walked around at the bandar area, searching for money exchange, then only I could pay for ticket to go KK.

Ferry: Express Kinabalu

Time for departure from Labuan: 1.00 p.m.

Arrive at KK: 4.10 p.m.


Sitting for 3 hours + made me tired and cramp la hehe. The water wasn't rough (no big wave also). But I couldn't sleep due to the smell of medicine (minyak panas) huh.... One my left was Chinese lady and on my right was a Filipino guy; both of them were damn friendly. Everytime I sat in the ferry, I will msg my mum to give the latest info hehe. Then we leave Labuan ... ... ....... The only thing Im worried that time was the tendency to have vomit. It has been quite a long time since I was a kid used ferry. The latest I went to KK was last year in 2007 by car :)




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Arriving at KK's jetty, I called my friend, Simon who will fetch me there. Wahhhh I never expect that I will finally arv KK alone haha... To my curiousity, I asked myself; where to chop passport? Then I called my cousin at Labuan. She said once we we arv KK, no need to chop passport. The same thing when we leave KK. We already chop at Labuan :) Owh, now I understood. She also said I have to buy the ticket at Jesselton, somewhere near the jetty. Ah, quickly, I went in and asked around... Somehow, the counter for ticket was already closed (it only opens from 6.30 a.m. till 1.30 p.m.) Suxxxx!! So, I had to buy the next day la.



Jesselton - Buying ticket to go Labuan


4.30 p.m. >>> Simon wanna bring me for makan... aiya, the difficult part in KK ah is to find parking.. lol. Followed his Nissan Extrail, cant get parking easily. Then he decided to go at Hyatt Regency where he will go for sauna whereas I went for swimming. Nice hotel though :)


6.00 p.m. >>> Simon brought me to Pizza hut for dinner. Hmm as usual, I dunno what to eat if my family or frens bring me to Italian restaurant. So I just ordered Spaghetti, more to veggie. Its quite delicious and we shared our meals.


Spaghetti - my order at Pizza Hut, nice or not??



Simon ordered this! Dunno whats the name, also delicious, hmm yummy :)



7.30p.m. >>> Simon sent me to Novotel. This time, another friend of mine, John, wanna meet me just to feel how the hotel looks like. So he persuaded me to follow him. At first, he wants to bring me to stay with his family. Since I wanted to shopping at One Borneo on Saturday, so he wanted to check in at the hotel la...... *Ps. Simon is studying on Saturday and Sunday from 8.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. at Universiti Malaysia Sabah, taking his degree. For this reason, John asked me to accompany him at the hotel where I can do more shopping that nite and the next day :)


Sitting at the lobby - Novotel










8.00 p.m >>> John checked in the hotel, We just spent one nite there. One standard room if Im not mistaken is about RM$200 ++.


8.30 p.m. >>> After finished taking shower, I got an idea..... to watch movie at One Borneo. John didn't have any protest. So we watched "Death Race" at 9.15 p.m. hmm One Borneo got 8 screens (I think so hehe) and yeahhh It was big and have large space inside the cinema :) But the pop corn is lousy, not nice compare to Brunei hahaha.


11.30 p.m. >>> We back from movie and time for sleep. Get ready for the next day, shopping shopping shopping.... so need to keep energy heheee. John suggested that I would do the check out while he would bring my luggage and only send to me on sat nite. How nice having fren like him. So, in the morning, I can have rest again at Novotel :)


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2nd Day


6.00 a.m >>> woke up early in order to buy the ticket back to Labuan. We went to jesselton about 6.45 a.m. I bought ticket package, that was straight from KK to Labuan and from Labuan to Brunei. Only cost about RM$53 including tax. But I still have to pay RM$5 tax at Labuan which mean RM$58 altogether. Still considere cheap hah hehe. We had a light breakfast at Jesselton. I just ate a mixture of kway teow and mihun goreng; and I drank Tea tarik panas.



On the way to Jesselton, with John

7.30 a.m. >>> we went back to Novotel and I packed my stuffs. John, as he told me, would keep my luggage in his car (Toyota Prado) hehe.. until he finished work and I have done my shopping.


8.00 a.m. >>> Hmm at this time, I dunno what to do since Im alone in the room, so I just watched TV la. The shops also didnt open yet. What shall I do leh??? Lying on the bed, watching TV hahah.


9.00 a.m. >>> I started to walk around, see if any shop already opens. Well, One Borneo is not that big as Mid Valley or Times Square. It has big space but not many ppl. Unlike the centrepoint which I still remember last year, it was crowded with flocks of ppl here and there.


10.oo a.m. >>> Most shops were already opened such as Levis, Hush Puppies, Adidas, Nike, Borneo Rainforest village, and some restaurants such as Old Town, and Dome. Though the shops offered 50% discount, yet the price was still expensive, i.e. from $200 ++ to $100++.



In One Borneo >> Near Starbuck



One of the Chinese Restaurants



Concierge >>> place fo me to get ticket for shuttle bus



CHINA TOWN




Those kids who wanna have fun, come here then hehe



The Manhattan Fish Market


I did shopping at One Borneo for 2 hours, then I went to Borneo rainforest village for a simple lunch... huh just ate Malay traditional kuih :) My purpose to go there was only to take several photos at the traditional village. It was beautiful, decorated with artificial stuffs such as Org Utan, ducks, villages in the jungle and wooden bridge.


Posing at the traditional village (hmm so blurrr)


Still having my lunch, John msg me to remind me to do check out at 12.30pm. Oh my god, time almost arv. I went back to Novotel quickly and wanna check everything in the room if something still left or not. Wahlao eh, the room was automatically locked! I was amazed. Then, two bellboys told me, I better asked the receptionist. She already locked my room and as I requested again to check the room, she extended the time till 1 pm. How lucky I am hehe. Now everything was settled. Time to continue shopping again at One Borneo.


These kuih-muih are considered as my lunch





1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m >>> Shopping at One Borneo, nothing to buy there... just windows shopping de heheh...


~~ 3.00 p.m. >>> I went to concierge to ask how to get ticket for shuttle bus. The guy at the information counter said the ticket was free. The bus was own by One Borneo. And the first place it travelled would be Likas square, then Warisan Square, Shangri La, etc. With such information, I took the ticket to go Warisan square which was near to Centrepoint. They gave me two ticket (One was to go Warisan and another ticket was to go back to One Borneo) but I didnt use the other ticket as Simon will pick me up at Centrepoint. The guy showed me where to get the bus...and in a hurry, I managed to catch the bus yihaaaa. My first experience to go to Warisan by bus.


3.20 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. >>> The bus dropped me at Warisan square and I did shopping there... well, nothing much can be bought there... Not many shops except various restaurants hehe.


4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. >>> I went to Centrepoint by walking.... and this was the Mall that I really wish to do more shopping. First of all, I went to Popular bookshop haha u know la, Im addicted to books. Later, I went to Ngiukee to buy few shirts for my nephew and my younger brother. Gosh, it took more than half an hour to choose their shirt haha especially my nephew who was still 1 yr plus (coming 2 yrs old) and also another 2 yr old + nephew. Haitsss so pening la... I had to show the sample of the shirt to the sales lady hehe. Besides that, I also encountered few problems in buying a t-shirt for my younger brother. He used to wear long sleeve before but I dun think i would buy him long sleeve again this time. Perhaps I prefer to buy short sleeve for him, and not so thick....so that he wont feel hot.


2 Younger Nephews >>>> shirts >>> 1 is mickey mouse and another is power rangers haha

Another nephew and niece >>>> two hard cover books and one Mandarin textbook to teach making sentences

My younger bro >>>> shirt >>> Revsport (black and green)


I only take light dinner during this time. I went to McDonalds, eting fish o fillet, with french fries and cola.




7.00 p.m. >>> I contact Simon, asking him where was massage centre in KK hehe that time, my shoulder already tired lorrr and foot also cracked. I need to have masage after whole day shopping and walking. Just about 10 mins, Simon came to fetch me at Centrepoint and he brought me to the massage centre at KK, which was done by a Chinese guy from China. The massage centre was just across the centrepoint. So, I just left my small schoolbag and the things that I bought in Simon's car whereas I went to massage. Actually, Simon wanted to bring me to watch concert with his friends but I dun want. I rather prefer to do shopping :)

7.15 p.m. - 8.15 p.m. >>> I was having full body massage. In comparison to the Brunei's healing touch and this massage in KK, the former is much better though the service was limited. The Brunei wan was also done by China men but their massage are really superb, I like it. They knw what I want. This massage centre in KK, done by 20 y.o. China guy wasnt make me satisfy ehehe. But there are much facilitites such as shower room, sauna, locker room and the y will served us with any drinks such as Chinese tea, milo, nescafe, etc. Brunei's healing touch had chinese tea and porridge only. However in terms of price, this masage from KK was cheaper than in Brunei, only costs about $68 including tax. But in Brunei, although they charge for $35, we can ask for Bekam which is free :) Soon after I had finish my massage, I contact John to fetch me since my luggage was with him. He also promised to meet me again. So, I walked to centrepoint again and met him there.

8.30 p.m. >>> John fetched me from Centrepoint and brought me to One Borneo as I wanna buy some stuffs there which I already target since afternoon hehehe. Simultaneouly, another friend of Simon, Thomas, want to get to know about me.. HEHE its ok also mah... having more friends abroad can be helpful if we have emergency problem.

>>>>>> I bought 2 Adidas T-shirt, one is blue and one is red. One of them will be given to my close friend. Same size... hehe. I like the colour anyway (got black stripes) <<<<<


9.15 p.m. >>> I met Thomas at Novotel lobby where he brought me for makan.... hehe that time I was still hungry la, just makan di McDonalds. So he brought me somewhere hmmm I cant recall la, but the place was full of Chinese community haha. I only saw few Malay ppl hang out there. Damn! We cant find parking easily. We had made several rounds and how lucky are we to get a space.... Nasib saja kereta Thomas isnt that big hehe. (Dunno what car he is using, some kinda of Suziuki Ignis but this one is Msian Product). Anywhere, I like the food.... I ordered rice which served with satay, telor mata lembu and ayam salai... so nice liao :) Thomas only ordered sausages hahaa. We enjoyed the meals and had a chit chat till 10 pm +.


10.30 p.m. >>> Actually Thomas stayed at Tg. Aru area but I wasnt familiar with him... vener want to stay with him and his family. So, stick to my plan, Thomas sent me to Simon's house, somewhere around school area (chinese school). *ps. Simon is a Malay teacher actually hahaha. His Malay was really good compare to me. Im quite embarassed as I used more English to speak with him.. hehee the thing was I didnt confident to speak mly (how if my Bruneian slang was out?? Sure he cant follow!!). Simon's house was not bad, though everything was messy, full of books and papers. There were two rooms; Bed room and classroom which was well equipped by Simon with Large whiteboard, 2 long tables for his students and one desktop to teach them. How nice ah...... I took shower and packed my things. Then I wanted to see what did Simon do haha mengacau lah aku :) He was doing research on Malaysian festivals such as Chinese New Year, Raya, etc.... for his upcoming presentation. Haitssss hearing about presentation, I really miss about it... Now, Im just waiting for full-time job. Hopefully I will be called for interview. Soon after I finished everything, I just watched tv on closing ceremony of Olympic Beijing 08. Then I slept about 12.00 p.m. Simon was still doing his work hehe... He kept on remind me to wake up at 6 a.m. as we must leave the house at 6.45 a.m. Haha okay... No problem. I set my alarm at 6 a.m. And thats it about the trip at KK. Hopefully I have the chance again if I got a job.

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3rd Day


6.00 a.m. >>> I saw Simon already woke up and cleaning his kitchen and the table. So, I took shower quickly as I need to be at the Jetty at 6.45 a.m. The main reason was because Simon have to go to UMS at 8 a.m.


6.45 a.m. >>> We left the house and he drove to the jetty. To my curiousity, I didnt know where will I do the check-in. Simon told me "just go ahead to the orange hut" and the guy over there will tear the ticket. I followed his unstructions and seems I arrived early. Now, its time to say goodbye to Simon. I really felt bad to him as I dont have anything to offer him such as buah tangan or money to sedekah :(


Since I arrived early, I had a simple drink outside Jesselton. Around 7.30 a.m. then only I went to approach the guy to check in.


Destination: KK >>> Labuan

Ferry: Labuan Express 3

Time of departure: 8.00 a.m.


Hehe Im sweating :)


Ticket package from KK to Labuan & From Labuan to Brunei = RM$53 including tax. But have to pay RM$5 tax at Labuan terminal again hehe


I hate this travelling by ferry which takes about 3 hours 15 mins. Sitting too long in the ferry made me exhausted. However, that morning I was a bit sleepy so I slept la until 10 a.m. + which was almost the time to arrive Labuan.... I contact my cousin, Noi, my Auntie's daughter to fetch me as I wanna take some stuffs from my Auntie for my mum hehe. Gosh, she fetched me with her bf hehe..... I never met him before :) The sad thing while I arrived at auntie's house at Batu Arang, she was out with my uncle to "Majlis Doa Arwah". So her daughter and son-in-law treat me la. Not bad also... I had a good experience with them. Time flies so fast. Almost 1 o'clock. I need to go to the terminal to check in. Suddenly, my sister drop me a msg, asking me to buy family's favourite chocolate


Destination: Labuan >>> Brunei Darussalam

Ferry: Labuan Express 3

Time of departure: 1.30 p.m.


In the ferry, I sat with a Chinese guy from KL, named Nicholas....hmm so damn friendly lar... We had several jokes on the way to Brunei hahaha.

The ferry arrived at Muara terminal around 2.45 p.m. Shuhhh, Im very happy at this moment cos my trip was successful. After I have done to chop passport, I followed my eldest brother's car who had waited for me outside the immigration office. Im glad that my ambition to KK was fulfilled. I have always thought about my mum and my auntie; both of them always worried for me if I might get vomit at the ferry. Thanks god, Im not vomit at all..... Thats it, one of the sweetest memory that I cant forget in my life :)

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