2019 was indeed a good one, with tones of memories and travel.
Last year valentine's day, I kidnapped someone's girlfriend to Kota Kinabalu, to meet my long lost buddy, Eli. It is my second trip to Kota Kinabalu.
Eli is my university first room mate, course mate and makan buddy for the four years. Having a friend who enjoy food is indeed a blessing. You will not feel guilty when eating with her. We have a few food trips together, in Penang of course. I also travel with her at Melaka, Kota Kinabalu, KL, and Langkawi if I remember correctly. Eat too much until I feel guilty. Forcing her to go jogging with me during that time, but end up we still eat more than we workout. Life is just as simple, laughing at one another. I remember I used to tease her and another coursemate. XDDDDDD
After graduate, she returned to her hometown, and the once computer addict vanished in our life, not reachable in Facebook and Instagram, what is more worrying, she even not having access to WhatsApp! For sometime, some gatherings with friends will also talk about her, as no one able to contact her.
I forgot after how long the situation goes, she finally contacted me. Then, I keep telling her that if she is not coming to visit me in West Malaysia, I am going to fly to KK.
Another crazy university friend of mine, Sue Anne, who is not my roommate, nor coursemate, is the one got kidnapped from last year valentine. I actually joked to her that since both of us are single (when we decided the trip), then lets go somewhere during the valentine. Then she got coupled!
14th Feb 2019:
Since drag her during valentine, so we get ourselves a romantic place for dinner during valentine.
The harbourfront is indeed a good place
15th Feb 2019
The next day, we went for a tour package day trip to the Mount KK, stop by at the Upside Down House, Desa Dairy Farm (really got the feel of New Zealand!),and go to the little part of the National Park but not for the hiking just some intro about the flora and fauna there.
At night, we walk around the local market below our hostel and get to enjoy some local music which reminds me of my secondary school time on the Caklempong and Gamelan.
16th Feb 2019：
Eli come and join us and we revisit the place we went before. Monsopiad Cultural Village and Lok Kawi Wildlife park. Back in uni time, there is no GrabCar around, I remember that it is much more expensive to take a taxi or it will be really troublesome to take a local bus to travel. Now with the ease of the Grab, we travel at much more convenient way.
It is however, not as happening as I could remember.
Monsopiad Cultural Village : http://www.monsopiad.org/aboutus.asp
Good as in it is not that much of crowds compared to the other cultural village and at a much cheaper price. We did get the chance to walk around and try around the games. It took much shorter time as there is a little quiet on the day we visit.
Another place is the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, I cannot find the official webpage. But I am surprised to see all the bad reviews on the Trip Advisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_Review-g4340243-d1823791-Reviews-Lok_Kawi_Wildlife_Park-Penampang_Sabah.html#REVIEWS
We came here to see the Orang Utan, there are a few other animals and we managed to spend a few hours here and excited as a school kids.
To end the day, we went to the Tanjung Aru Beach for the Sunset, and get the BBQ chicken wings.
17th Feb 2019
Eli brought us to get the ferry to the beach within KK, we found a lot of diff package to the beach and I forgotten how we choose at the end, we went to three beaches if not mistaken. It was a good day to get sunbath. But Sue Anne get bored with both Eli and me didnt really want to get wet in the water.
Not to forget the usual routine of my travel journey, to eat the local cuisine.
For some I forgotten the name.
Tuaran Noodle
Laksa
Mixed Beef Noodle,
Sabah ShengRou Mee (生肉面)
and dont know which ethnic traditional meal.
Last but not least, to end the post, my buddy tam chiak face when she finally see the food! And we end up play a lot of times of monopoly and the birthday girl kept getting the birthday card for us to pay her!
