Beautiful morning sun against the mosque nearby

What a nice morning view to wake up to!

You could just feel the nice warmth against your back as you peer down this balcony

Good Morning Angels, I think I heard the alarm beckon me to wake up cause today, we are being sent to a distant island for a trip of fun, sea and sand.

The view at the balcony though again was just mesmerizing. I just wish I could wake up to such a view every morning.

Soon we were at the jetty at Jesselton Point where I bargained for a boat ride to the infamous islands. We are going to 2 of them and this time, I’m armed with my high tech waterproof camera to take those beautiful underwater shots.

What a nice sunny day to drive in!

Jesselton Point welcomes us with open arms…

All aboard, the captain shouts and there we go bouncing on the waves through the crystal clear sea water on route to a place I so long to see.

Getting ready to board the huge ship

Oh no where are the tickets?

First stop, Sapi Island. We arrived to an almost deserted beach because we were early. The sun shone brightly up in the sky but it didn’t feel hot‚Ķ..maybe I was too excited to go on my mission to explore life in the deep blue sea.

Soon enough we were diving in. Agent Y who was doing this for the first time was indeed quick enough to learn. Before we knew it she was riding the waves! I was busily snapping pictures when I suddenly realized. She’s missing!!!!! I quickly swam to shore to see if she was there and she wasn’t!! I began to worry, So a rescue mission was sent out to find our missing agent. I swam till my legs were sore‚Ķ.yet no sight of her. Thank God I chose to get flippers, so I still had the strength to try even more. After about 15 mins, I managed to find her happily enjoying herself. Phew! She wasn’t even afraid. Guts of steel. I on the other hand was shaking hahaha cause my legs were awfully sore haha.

A view of Kota Kinabalu from the sea

Arriving to the island soon! On our high tech boat!

The huge Gaya island nearby. This is only 5 percent of the island

Looks like a fishing boat just passed our high speed boat….sheeesh they have some great upgrades perhaps….

The jetty….so nice and near…..felt so excited at that time

Immediately on diving into the water, this is what you see!

Agent K being one with nature!

Me and Agent Y in a distant

Soon we spotted Marlin and Nemo and nemonite

Can you spot the fishes?

The reef gets more beautiful as you go deeper in

I think I spot a DUGONG

The reef from a 25m view above

There are many interesting colors that appear under the ocean especially when the sun is bright

Interesting that every coral is just so unique

A closer view

A school of fish in a distant

More Beautiful corals

These pictures make me want to dive so much! But it was impossible to dive deeper and take pictures at the same time. I don’t have enough skills. Also you noticed very few pictures of fishes….they are everywhere but swim off at lightning speed when I try to get a close up

Finally a fish shot! Man this was hard to get. This pair went together everywhere

A closer view!!

More Corals…so nice

Another fish I caught, I took 20 shots to get one like this….

Oh no my brain fell out!

Agent A

Gaya Island in a nearby distance

A view of the beach in panorama….sorry for the bad stitching

We headed back to shore and had a little picnic. Interesting enough some residents of the island visited the other people’s tasty BBQ not too far away. They’ve got good taste. So agent A scouted and proceeded to report that there Dragon’s are not dangerous

Dragons….no la monitor lizards only hehehe

We’re coming to eat you!!! Yums

Time flew past and soon we were on the other island. More developed and tourists were aplenty. This time the best view was at the deep end. Sadly no one dared venture to the unknowns with me. Guess what? We lost agent Y again as she bravely just went about. Couldn’t find her for an hour….My heart can’t take no more scares like that‚Ķ..phew.

Can you spot the fish?

Band of Brothers…..on a mission

Our very own princess

Manukan Jetty

The long stretch of Manukan Beach with Pulau Mamutik in the distance

Father’s Angels Unite

We just relaxed and just enjoyed the breeze and the sun. I think I can live here and never leave.¬†¬† This is just my type of place. Can I not leave? Still I am saddened because pollution has cause the reef here to be destroyed. It used to be more beautiful. I also learnt it was super difficult to get nice shots underwater. It was painful, tiring, irritating and just almost impossible….

Soon time beckons us to head towards our one true goal. To conquer the massive 4095m mountain. One and a half hours away, we journeyed there after restocking our ammo.

Saw this baby on the way back…..I need to get this!! Its a Yamaha

We got lost on the way and journeyed through a narrow kampung road. True Kampung Style Traffic!

True Kampung Life! My Kind of life….Nice houses

Beautiful Ain’t it?

There, we were greeted by the nicest lodge I’ve ever stayed in. It was awesome and beautiful right? The fireplace was so nice. So the 4 hungry mammals proceeded quickly to consume their share of food beside the warmth of a beautiful fire. It was cold outside. Super cold. After the nice meal and wonderful companionship, we collapsed into our comfortable cribs like tired babies.

Room Service??

Peak Lodge at Mount Kinabalu Park

The Boys Dorm

Our Vanity tool

Girls Dorm

The Fire……fascinating!

We preferred to dine close to the fireplace

This is also why I like fires….so nice!!! but it was an indication it was time to sleep. Nites!

Anyways if you guys are interested to see more pics, they are posted on my facebook. Lots more pics actually….add me

View from our balcony at Kota Kinabalu

Some of you have been wondering why I have gone MIA for more than a month! Isn’t it obvious? I had to lay low cause I had to go on a mission.

This mission called for us to be:

1.    Fit and strong
2.    It also called for us to be really really sound mentally
3.    Well equipped
4.    Strong willed
5.    Steadfast
6.    Committed
7.    Skilled
8.    Man this list is getting scary…..I better stop

Anyway here is the report of Mission Impossible Day 1: Are we ready for this?

It all started the day before as tension arised from a leaking of noses and itching of throats. Perhaps we have anticipated wrongly. Perhaps we’re not prepared enough. We in fact felt like calling it quits. With 3 out of 4 members down with the unknown‚Ķ‚Ķ.will we be halted from crossing the borders as suspects of the deadly HINI virus?

My spirit was devastated when one member called with the news that pulling out was being considered as an option. My heart skipped two beats. After such a long wait will we complete what we have set forth to do?

Only the night can tell. For we awoke the next day and decided to take the risk. Saying goodbye to my temporary quarters. It is time to set forth. See how drained we were?

Look how enthusiastic we look hahaha. We all looked like that

Goodbye my comfortable bed and room!!
At last, we’re all assembled. It is time to let it fly!

All ready at the airport and passports chopped!

All seated! Parachutes checked!!

Upon touch down‚Ķ.we needed to make contact with headquaters. Our Liaison: Sui Tsin. Home bred and well versed with the ways of that place, we needed her help to make sure we don’t go wrong anywhere. Meeting an old friend was such a pleasure. She brought us to our main HQ which was an awesome place to hideout. You won’t believe how much it cost us. It’s madness (So Cheap!).

View of our secret HQ

The living room

The Boy’s Dormitory

The Women’s Dormitory

Kitchen

Dining Area

It had a beautiful balcony which had a spectacular view!

Our Whitemobile! Zoom Zoom

All ready and enthusiastic to feast! We look better already but I was sniffing all the way hahaha

Grilled Seafood Platter (Leon’s Recommendation) Yummy!

Fried Seafood Platter (Chef’s recommendation) Super Yummy!

Immediately we decided after we had a scrumptious energy reviving meal of fish, cuttlefish, prawns and all the great things of the sea that we will conserve energy. ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz. Before we knew it, it was time to go for our closing quest of the day. Armed with tissues and a waterproof camera here we go!

Driving the coastal road

It was dark! Scary for many! But one of the members remarked, I like DARK. Its nice! Wahhahahaha I have the bravest crew in town. We have nothing to fear. Not even these!

See the elephant nose looking thing….eeeeee

Lalalalalallaa ( or something like that with a cute prawn)

Some weird creatures of the deep

We need more muscles!!!!

More slimy things…

Gayang Restaurant that is on the sea!! Beautiful

Looking at them, fear grips my heart. They look disgusting like that hahaha. Especially the elephant nose thing. I have never eaten that…….Also will I be allergic to any of them? Sighs who cares! I came here to die anyway hahaha.

Seated, we said our grace and it was time to consume the food we’ve waited sooooooo long for. Our stomachs we’re really really growling. First bite‚Ķ.AWESOME! I wanted so much more. It was sooooo fresh and nice. God, it really tastes soooooo good.¬† I’m drooling now even thinking about it. Look at how tasty it is‚Ķ..mmmmm

Elephant thingy cooked oooo so nice!

Makes me wanna sing lalalalalalala yup!

All our dishes together

Savoring the taste of the wild coconuts

Hungry Woman’s Plate

Satisfied Faces!

We called it a day having a minor mission debrief and as you can see we were all prepared for the next day coming up! We had to cause it was going to be an exciting one! Come back tomorrow for the next part!….

Just look at her excitement

Stocking up…..so high tech use iPhone hahahah

My Goal:

Mount Kinabalu, Gorgeous Ain’t it?

My Vision:

The ecstasy of conquering the highest peak in South East Asia

My Mission:

11km of treacherous and painful trek up Mount Kinabalu

With that in sight, four brave souls took up the challenge to this mission.

L.K.M aka. Shy Guy

T.Y.Y aka. No Sweat

Y.A.M aka Invincible

L.L.K.W aka. Piggy

Disclosure: All names are hidden for the protection of individuals.

With that, the most dangerous and probably the toughest training regime is set for them. Lesson 1 : If it doesn’t kill you, it will make you stronger.

So they made their way to the forests of the jungle of Singapore, braving the wild beasts and deadly creatures. All these were done with their visions and eyes fixed on the success of conquering Mount Kinabalu who stands at an amazing height of 4101 meters above sea level….. Here they were at Bukit Timah Hill doing their secret training when a camera spotted them and took some photographs.

Mission Director..aka the Terminator

Our descent to our death

Is this the stairway to heaven? At the end of this part we felt as if we were ready to die hahaha

The Wild Piggy

Do not feed the wild piggy!!!

We did it! 160m Summit! We just have another 3941m to train hahaha

Training regime 0.00001 complete! Will they survive till the end? Stay tuned