The pokok kelapa on pulau redang are so pretty.
A lot has been going on lately. i feel so busy, hee. i have no business blogging now, i really should be doing my backlogged homework, but what the hell.
my parents took the family off to redang for the annual kakak-back-from-overseas-so-must-take-the-opportunity-to-go-cuti-together2 holiday. we were supposed to go kuala terengganu first on thursday, since dad had a function there, then ferry off to redang, but i had completely forgotten the fact that i had my ielts writing test on saturday. so the parents and the little brother drove up first, me and kakak followed by taking a flight up on saturday.
sidenote 1:air asia stewardesses punye baju is just so...sikit kain.
went to redang on sunday morning. stayed at this really nice place called redang kalung. in terms of snorkelling la kan, i think tioman still wins. but it was still lovely. redang kalung is cosy. the amenities are perfectly adequate, and the environement is just nice, without any of the overloaded commercialisation you'd get from the bigger resorts, like berjaya or laguna. i mean, this is a place where siestas can be taken lying in the hammock outside your chalet overlooking the beach with pokok kelapa shading you from the sun. no hassle, no noise(except for the occasional boat passing by), just swaying palm fronds and gently lapping waves. yeah,man. a place where you can hear youself THINK.
sidenote 2: the beach had too many sea cucumbers. i don't like sea cucumbers. i'm aware that they are harmless but i just don't want to accidentally step on one. i couldn't go swimming/frolicking on the beach because i was too paranoid about stepping on a freaking sea cucumber.
yesterday night, after packing up my stuff, i couldn't sleep(thanx to the three hour nap and a cup of coffee i drank earlier), so i plucked my ipod and laid down outside the chalet, facing the beach. ah.AH.AAAAAH. can i convey the perfection of that moment?(that sounds cliched, i know, but just bear with me) the moon was out, and the stars!!!!God, i can't remember the last time i looked up at the big dipper and orion's belt and whatever other constellation.
i wanted to use that opportunity to think about things. you know, about God, and about my studies, and about people. bile lagi would i get the perfect setting to organize my thoughts? but the night and the music and the beach all just melded into this one pleasant experience, and this pleasant experience didn't require me to think. just go with the flow. just look out at the sea and the twinkling lights from the ferry boats.
sidenote 3:banyak tol mat salleh kat redang. while i was lepak-ing on the beach that night, there were a bunch of italians chatting and lazing in the hammocks some feet away. it was actually kind of comforting to hear them murmuring gently in italian in the background.
a ferry boat ride and 9 hours in the car later, i'm back in my room. with alarming messages about homework i missed and a test tomorrow coming in. gah.
aside from that, i am in love with this song. i can't stop singing it. listen to The National people.
and on another note, shao min invited me to go to a charity dinner last wednesday!(thanx again shao, i had a lovely time :D). siti nurhaliza was there to perform, and phua chu kang. my summary of the night? phua chu kang is damn funny la wei.
sidenote 4:siti still hasn't mastered english. which is a shame. she's still super sweet though
i won't put up the pic of siti, simply because....um...i think the pic of me and shao, who looked resplendid in her kebaya, is more worth putting up. hee :)
oh!oh!and i know this is already old news, but a couple days before the AS results came out, my class had a party. without a doubt, A-levels A1 class of July '06 intake, is the most memorable class i've ever had. our party was called the faque party, which is the derivation of [fantastic + unique=faque], get it?if it sounds rude, it's supposed to, but we don't emphasize the pronounciation that way :p
we did a lot of stuff for the party, but i think, in a nutshell, this sums it up:
4 comments:
tioman is better yeah?
i always thought that redang is better but i have never been there before.
but wow factor no1:
ade hammock. i've always, always wanted to sleep in one.
wow factor no2:
its cosy, and i kno its probably cheaper and less crowded than those in berjaya and all.
wow factor no3.
yes, beauty have this effect of putting our minds into perspective, like looking at the balmy tea plantations in cameron, strolling alone at the beach early in the morning,sitting at the balcony alone at night while gazing at the beautifully lighted swimming pool.
Somehow thoughts came in waves.
u look as resplendent as shao ming in that baju la ateqs, mane beli?
resplendent!i knew something wasn't right when i typed resplendid. i was thinking 'buat ape resplendid?baik splendid je?' haha. my bad. [resplendent+splendid=resplendid.]
anyways, grazias for the compliment. the baju came straight out of my mom's wardrobe :p the perks of being the same size.
and yes, tioman is definitely better!redang is oklah,but nothing spectacular.the coral looks unhealthy.
hammock?check.(there were 3, in fact).cosiness?check. mind in perspective?check. redang kalung is cool!except for the beach yang sakit kaki pijak sebab byk coral mati and the abundance of sea cucumbers, bleh.
have u ever been to perhentian? i heard that place is supposed to be fantastic.
holidaaaaays!!
I really need one now.
aaaaaa the longing.
Yup,you do look awesome it that baju!All grown up and corporate-ish!hehe.
I've never been to both tioman and redang!!!Nak bercuti kat pulau!
holidays are goooood for the soul.
haha, i may look corporate-ish in the pic(kononnyela), but i spoiled the effect coz i couldn't stop laughing hysterically at phua chu kang's antics.so much for maturity.
uv never been to tioman or redang?you should! snorkel away. fun in the sun.
in fact, there are plenty of islands we should visit. like perhentian, and kapas, and gemiah. we should go SCUBA DIVING. hell yeah. i've yet to try that.
and i've yet to go on a banana boat either.
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