Monday, March 24, 2008

Sabah here I come

Being on top of the cloud for the first time, I was more excited than the others despite the sleepless night on the day of departure. Deva, Sakthi, Siew Li, Seow Fan and I were moving on to our selective in Kota Kinabalu for the next 5 weeks. And here we are for the third day :)
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We are pretty much settled in a corner double-storey-house in Taman Fortuna which is only 5 minutes drive to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It takes only 15 minutes drive to Tanjung Aru beach from our place. Thanks to Kai Fei for being able to lend us his car. It has made the exploration of new places and nice eating places easier for the past few days. All 5 of us have the same affection of gradually in love with this place regardless of the slightly higher cost of living.
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Attachment to QE Hospital started today, I should read up something for tomorrow's clinic by right. Feel so lazy. My mind is all set to just have fun. Somebody motivate me please...
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We are up for water rafting this Saturday. I can't wait! Woohoo~

8 comments:

Josephine said...

beautiful isnt it? the scenery from the top? all the fluffy clouds with different shapes and during take off and landing, you see trees the size of ants.. very liliputian like~ hehe..

i miss sabah! wanted to go there to work.. but since my grandad found his way back to God, i changed my mind.. main reason i wanted to work there was because of him..

make sure you go to Gaya Street "tamu" ok? and if you dare, you should totally check out the tamparuli bridge.. you can ask the locals wats underneath the bridge hehe.. oh and do try the best mee soup in the world!! it's at a place called Pipin in Penampang.. but on weekdays they operate at their house in Inanam.. you should totally try it!! also.. eat kadazan food like the sago worm and bats.. its worth the experience XD

p/s: bats cured my asthma haha.. seriously~

take care there! beware of head hunters.. they still exist.. speaking of which.. go to Monsopiad village.. you can see hanging skulls there.. hehe

Josephine said...

oh and.. haha.. dont forget to study as well XD

Ching Mun said...

Thanks Jo, very halpful info. Seen the names on the signboards but not sure where exactly it is. Would really love to try all. But it isn't hard to travel with a map in hand. The roads aren't as complicated as in KL :p

Wanted to work here but grandad found his way back to God? Mind telling me why can't you?

Yer.. worms and bats? Yer.. sounds so yer.. Very adventurous ah :p

Ya should study ady, had a bombarding stimulus to motivate me today. Will really study if I don't doze off later haha. Cheers!

Josephine said...

well.. i wanted to work there to look after my grandad, keep him company and stuff.. but since he's passed on.. i dont really have a reason to want to stay there coz my immediate family are in johor..

and lols.. you should eat all that without knowing wat you're eating.. so if say you eat something white and tastes like butter, thats the sago worm.. if its black and looks like rhino beans, thats bat.. tastes like chicken tho XD

oh and before i forget.. do try tuaran mee.. make sure you go to tuaran and eat there.. dont eat tuaran mee sold in other places lols

btw.. try to get a local to bring you ard.. the maps dont show you great places to eat.. haha

Ching Mun said...

I see. Sorry to hear. Ya, map didn't show me where are the best makan places.. We just went to the places that we can see along the roadside. However, tried the nyonya fish noodles and "Sarawak" laksa brought by my pastor here. Superb!

Regarding the black and white things, if nobody tells me what are those maybe I'll still put inside my mouth haha..

Terror From The Deep said...

Update some pix :)

Kiwi-Bird said...

Wa, u all drive, good!!!
Did sfan ever lost in sabah??? ;p

Eat more eh, i miss the sotong bakar there!

Ching Mun said...

TFTD: More pictures to come :)

Kiwi-bird: SFan has good direction sense. I'm the one who always get lost. Anyway, begin to familiarise after a week of car ride. I tried sotong bakar too!