Akinabalu

That's the actual name for Mt. Kinabalu
Akina = Spirit
Balu = Mountain
it's the dusun kadazan language...*erm I think so*

Sleepy hollow cowboy town - Tuaran. Can u see Mt. Kinabalu on the background?
I have not seen such "antique" coffee shop for ages!!!
We abandon our resort breakfast for this!!!!! Tuaran Noodle - superb!!
Later monkey tried to get pics of the beautiful mountain
Magnificent isn't it??

JS drove us 1000 feet above sea level for me to snap pics of the mountain
The view was.......WOW

So beautiful, so wonderful

JS made it up there more than a dozen of time...
O_O

"Is there any helicopter service to go up?"
"Yes, but only up to 10,000 feet"
>_<
the mountain is 13,435 feet!!!!!

I will reconsider to climb the mountain or not next June.....

I want to see Kampong!!!!

Yesterday we checked into Nexus Resort at Karambunai,
It is a paradise!!!!!
More pics later but this is where I went to this morning....

JS brought me to a terror ride in his SUV!!!! My legs are still shaking!!!!
to a real real nowhere kampong!!!! He purposely drove into the ravines, drains, watever holes, longkang....u name it.

My SUV needs to exercise!!!!
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get out or I'll get out!!!!!

swamp area at Mengkabong, my 1st time seeing a real swamp with Bakaus.

it's the 21st century and there are still ppl living on stilts!!!
an opening to the river mouth
Sungai Salut
back to civilisation!!! phew
Nexus golf course

JS drove into par 3 at Nexus Golf course to pluck something for me....

instead of a nice lovey dovey pink flower, he got me this!!! Sweet...papyrus, which can be made to paper.

Mane saya punye bunga????

Kiddy fishing

I told you I'll be goin fishing rite???
but definitely not this one.

fishing in pond at Hole 2, Sabah Golf & Country Club

The club organised a fishing competition for its members' children.
so it's meant for kids.
in 2 hours time, they managed to fished quite a number of small fishes,
Mark won 3rd prize for the most fishes caught!!!!

some other participants on the other side!! They caught a 1.2kg haruan.
while JS's nephews were busy fishing, we were busy analysing the green at hole 2
they closed the whole course for the fishing competition hence I can wear my slipper in

Later headed to Eveline's place for dinner, as usual JS cooked.
hosted dinner for 2 kim chee (korean) couples...

Dr. Kim and Dr. Yoon with their wife,
They love KK so much that they closed their clinic in Seoul,
bought properties here and golf golf golf golf everyday,

Anyway so many kim chees in town as it's winter in Korea,
esp at the airport when I arrived,
every single koreans came out towing their luggages and golf bags,

and this morning at the golf course,
all the kim chees here n there...
toking kim chee, eating kim chee...
and they thought JS is a kim chee...aiks...how can???
Dr.Kim & Dr.Yoon wives kept on commenting "he's a very handsome boy, you are very lucky"
"boy????? man lar"
maybe because he looked like kim chee....
and his chinese name is Ju Sung....so korean *korean football sensation = Park Ji Sung*
confirmed a kim chee lar u JS!!!!
I don't want a kim chee boyfriend!!!!!! *cry cry cry*

me fav strawberries with icing sugar on top...yum, so christmasy