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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Had a hearty and wholesome breakfast before heading to the exam war zone. At first, I wanted to have my breakfast at Pizza Uno, too bad they weren't ready to serve yet, so decided to opt for Black Canyon Cafe instead. I must admit Black Canyon Cafe had changed a lot not only on the menu selection but on their services as well (or maybe just because there were very few customers that morning?!) ^.^ The starves were actually very patient to recommend some breakfast menu and came to ask twice if the food served was alright.

The Black Canyon Cafe has a lot of creative fusion food to choose from Spaghetti Tom Yum to Fried Udon in Thai Style. Since it was still early and not so good to stuff myself with heavy meal before exam, I decided to order their breakfast set which consist of tea and egg mayo & tuna sandwich...

The tea comes with a small plate of mini alphanumeric biscuits which reminded me I used to had this cute lil biscuits with a mini cup of milo during my kindergarten. Those were the days....

One thing about the sandwich was that they should have chilled the sandwich before serving... Sandwich tastes better in chilled.

Tom Yum Fussili, I actually like their Tom Yum soup, not so spicy and the sourness is just fine.

Fettuccine in chicken ham sauce. The carbonara sauce is a bit too thick for my liking...

Head straight to Iverson for exam after having breakfast, the test was pretty easy and predictable though. Then decided to drop by Seremban to handle some stuff and went to Melaka for food!

I first stopped to try both Nyonya laksa and Baba laksa at the famous laksa eatery located at the Jonker street. The Nyonya laksa is similar to the Asam laksa we normally had but with an extra boiled egg. The Baba laksa on the other hand taste like curry laksa with Tuna replacing the chicken / seafood. The Baba chendol is refreshing after walking all the way to the Jonker street from the parking space under the hot sun. ^.^

Bought some very cute cartoon magnets along the way at Jonker street....

Proceeded to the new mall in Melaka - Dataran Pahlawan after I couldn't stand the sweaty hot weather anymore. The mall only has 2 floors but nonetheless has a wide selection of shops including the Padini Concept stores, Esprit, Mango, Quicksilver etc. I bought a pair of heels and a T-shirt while killing time in the mall.

A trip to Melaka ain't complete without eating the famous satay celup. I had tried some of the recommended satay celup eateries including Capitol (well known where lots of celebrities eaten here before but personally i think their satay celup is overrated), Ban Lee Xiang (has 2 joined shops and mostly full house during weekend, the satay celup taste just alright) and the newly opened Teochew satay celup. The Teochew satay celup is opened just next to Ban Lee Xiang but with a cleaner and nicer deco. Their satay celup selection is more or less the same as Ban Lee Xiang. For all the satay celup I had in Melaka, I like the road-side satay celup stall the most. Not only does its satay sauce has the riches peanuts flavour but it is also the cheapest satay celup I had so far selling 40cent each for ALL food sticks! However, this is a road-side stall, so for those who put hygienic as their top priority on food then they better opt for the shops.

Since I have an early appointment the next morning, I head back straight to KL after having satay celup. It's a satisfied trip even though I didn't manage to eat the road-side stall satay celup . I wonder if I can ever get tired of Melaka - the city of historic and full of nice food. I'll be back!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

I climbed a mountain (3)

finally we are climbing the mountain... hehe...

We woke up early at 3am =_=" then prepared ourselves to mount kk journey. Only found out that our driver ffk us... major bomb =_="

we wasted no time and called another driver, luckily he's kind enough to come pick us up provided that we pay extra amount ( another =_=")

anyway, here we were safe and sound on our way to mount kk....

yay... finally we reached kk park... looking excited, can't wait to get up there hehe...

breathtaking view...

we chose to go up by Mesilau trail and back on Timpohan trail... Mesilau trail is actually longer than Timpohan by 2km,
trust me, don't under estimate this 2km....

Group pic... still looking fresh and excited hehe...
mount kk here i come!!

the first 4kms was a rather pleasant journey, we can still camwhore when spotted any nice view hehe...

0.5km!!
there's a signboard every 500m, we took photos at almost every signboard haha...

I'm amazed!!

Still looking fresh to pose hehe...

first stop... pondok bambu
prepared our water with hydration salt...

Go go go....

2km!!

next stop...

feelin the breeze...

stopping at Pondok Nepenthes

Conquered 3km!!

after crossing the bridge is where the hard part begins.... =_="

starting to feel the tiredness...

the hanging bridge...

started to rain at 4km... we were wearing T-shirts and sport pants cause Sze Mun told us the weather is warmer than Genting Highland, and obviously we under estimated the weather!! It was freaking cold ok...

harder to climb each step...

I had to steal Siang's jacket and beanie cause mine was in the bag with porter....

I still managed to smile for photo even though i was dead tired and freezing cold... not bad yay!!

the journey got harder by inch approaching to Laban Rata, where we gonna stay for a night before climbing up to the peak.

I nearly couldn't feel my legs for the last 2km climb, I couldn't even feel the tiredness anymore cause all i felt was COLDNESS!!! freezing cold i tell ya and i'm not kidding, with the strong wind thrashing on us, my fingers and toes were numb. The wind was so strong I felt like twister was coming.... the hardest 2km journey I've ever been-___-

had to stop to refill our energy by munching our chocs....
no more camwhoring poses, we were NUMB to even smile ok...

RM10 fried rice... don't ask me whether it tasted nice or not cause basically you'll munch in whatever they sell after the horribly exhausting climb...

We reached Laban Rata at almost 7pm. It was freaking 9 hrs climb!! imagine walking 9 hrs already sound exhausted, what about climbing for 9hrs with TERRIBLE weather?!!

I finally knew what willpower means... physical got us through the first 5kms, Eddy said it was mental who got us through the last 2kms... I didn't know how i walk the last 500m, my mind was totally blank that time, thought I'll be gone in any second...

I was still trembling terribly after reaching the Laban Rata guest house, my hands were shaking without my control as if they weren't mine. I scared the freak out of my gang and our guide cause i was shaking hysterically the whole night at the restaurant. The guide was so afraid I would down to hypothermia.

The guest house closed at 10pm and didn't allow us to stay, so we had to drag ourselves to our little hut where we gonna stay for a night.

Our little hut with NO heater!!

Eddy said he couldn't sleep but we heard him snored in less than 5 minutes time =_= Siang gonna blow dry his jacket and knit gloves with Sze's hairdryer, where I used it to warm my feet and hands haha...

I couldn't sleep for the whole night and my feet were numb even after wearing socks, it was my worst sleep to date!! my piece of advise, DO NOT stay at the waras hut if you happened to go to mount kk!! You will have your worst nightmare there, scaring the hut will be blown away by the twister like strong wind and I'm not kidding!

To be continued...