Catatan Perjalanan Bahagian 1
Langkawi : 30.10 - 02.11.09

Day 1 ~ Jumaat, 30.10.09

11.45am : Myself with Jarr, Ayu, Emy, Fizah & Fiz were the 1st group to arrive at the Langkawi, Airport.. we took our MPVs, settlekan payment dgn agen then uruskan island hopping nye hal.

At the Langkawi Airport.

01.00pm : Fetched Maly & Izuliana at the jetty, then checked-in at out apt.
02.30pm : Went for lunch kat airport, smbil tnggu rombongan Morph & Dhira, Khalid & Mohamad and Asrol & Su.
03.30pm : Rombongan yg baru tiba gi lunch & check in apt, myself & Jarr gi round Pekan Kuah sambil tnggu Tapa who is supposed to arrive at 5pm. Sekali dia miss flight daa.. so dia ambik the next flight sama ngan Ain.. so aku n Jarr went back to our apt.
05.00pm : Free n easy.. Aku gi mandi kat swimming pool ngan Jarr, Asrol, Maly & khalid. The rest menidor agaknya.

Swimming at the apt's pool.

06.30pm : The entire rombongan went out to fetch Ain & her sis and also Tapa. Then str8 gi kedai mkn yg berhampiran for dinner smbil tnggu the nxt group - Mukh's family, Miey_Z's family and Aizat & fiancee who were supposed to arrive at 10.15. Skali flight diorg delay 1/2 jam daa..

1st nite dinner @ Langkawi.

While waiting for dinner, some of us went snappy here & there at a nearby roundabout.. ada this interesting scuplture mcm stonehenge plk..

Posing @ Langkawi's Stonehenge.

10.00pm : Sambil tnggu kedtgan mukh & the geng, kitorg gi jalan2 shopping brng2 yg x cukup ataupun tertinggal mcm selipar, sunblock, topi, shorts, kudap-kudapn dsb.
11.00pm : Mukh & the geng sampai. Then str8 to apt & rest for aktiviti keesokan harinya.

Day 2 ~ Sabtu, 31.10.09

08.30am : Ahli rombngn turun breakfast smbil tnggu semua rakan2 siap.
09.30am : Gerak to jeti berdktan dgn Awanta Porto Malai. Perjalanan sedikit tertunda sbb flight Shima yg supposed to arrive at 8.30am got delayed.

Before the journey began.

10.30am : Perjalanan island hopping bermula.

My group's boat.

Smiley faces.. b4 the boat starts bumping up & down!

Our 1st stop was Tasik Dayang Bunting where there were so many monkeys yg ganas2!!

Arriving Tasik Dayang Bunting.

The monkeys were aggresive!

Paddling the boat at Tasik Dayang Bunting.

Then we went to a port where the eagles feed.. It was a breathtaking scene.

Eagle-feeding.

And finally, gi mandi manda at Pulau Beras Basah.

Swimming.

Bergayut di Pulau Beras Basah.

02.30pm : Selesai island hopping, we went for lunch at Pantai Chenang.
04.00pm : Arrived at the apt, then rest2 for the nxt activity. During free & easy time ni ada yg gi berenang kat pool, ada yg main pool, ada yg berdengkur & sbgnya.
06.30pm : Keluar jalan2 sight-seeing & window shopping spnjng Pantai Chenang including a group shot at Laman Padi.

Group shot at Laman Padi.

07.30pm : Makan laksa kat Restoran Aliah.09.30pm : Balik semula ke apt. Ada yg kepenatan & terus ketidoran.

10.30pm : Aku, morph, barapi & miey_z gi layan reggae smbil tgk beach boys main api kat Pantai Chenang.

Layan raggae @ Babylon.

Supposedly ramai join aktiviti ni kalau ikut kat our planning thread.. skali ramai ketewasan jmpa bantal & katil.. =)

Bersambung..

Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup 2009

Melaka International Bowling Centre, 19.11.09

Me with Malaysia's darling - Siti Safiyah & South Korea's Choi Yong-Kyu

Yesterday, me & Emy went to Melaka International Bowling Centre (MIBC) located at the Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) to watch the 45th edition of Bowling World Cup for 2009.. it was so much fun!! Much more exciting coz our local heroine - Siti Safiyah Amirah performed exceptionally well during the quarter finals. By end of the round robin, she placed 2nd behind Caroline Lagrange from Canada to advance to the stepladder finals, meeting Zara Giles (formerly known as Zara Glover) from England. Our male representative - Zulmazran Zulkifli wasn't so lucky, just placing 6th overall & missed the chance to advance in the semis.

A perfect game posted by Choi Yong-Kyu; champion in male's category

So in the female stepladder finals, Safiyah unfortunately lost narrowly to the much more experienced Zara.. so Zara was the one to advance to the finals booking a chance to meet Caroline who eventually won the competition.. it was really nervewrecking watching Zara-Safiyah's match.. Safiyah easily went down in the 1st game, but bounced back in the 2nd game with 5 consecutive strikes towards the end.. However, Zara was luckier.. she also had 5 consecutive strikes but had a clean game, whilst Safiyah opened if i'm not mistaken in the 1st frame due to a split.. well, no luck this time.. it's ok coz she's still young & have a looong way to go.

Some other photos we took yesterday..

During the stepladder finals

Caroline Langrange (Canada), ready to release her ball in the finals

Me with Michael Schmidt (Canada) - 1st runner up in male category

Emy & Zulmazran Zulkifli who finished in 6th place

Me & Zara Giles (Glover) - the 1st runner up from England

Emy with the Ryan Leonard Lalisang from Indonesia, who emerged 2nd runner up

Me & the sweet Caroline Lagrange who was the female champion

The 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners in both, male & female categories

Champions - Choi Yong-Kyu & Caroline Lagrange

1 Malaysia. =)

Anyway, it was sure fun rubbing shoulders with World's top bowlers.. I'll be sure to catch other international tournaments whenever Malaysia hosts again. :-)

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Cuci The Muzikal

Olla guys!! I'm baacckkkk!!! Phew.. it has been like ages since i last updated this blog.. it's been almost 2 months.. the last entry was masa bulan pose.. and fyi, right after raya, aku dilanda kebizian yg amat sgt.. prbbly the busiest i hv been as a student plus working at the same time.. there's this programme that i'm coordinating which is a pioneer project which took a lot of my time.. pastu ada exam pulak with all the questions to prepare, nk vetting some more.. then i had to meet the deadline to submit my thesis.. pastu ada UniKL convocation pulak.. then after that thesis submission, ada one week trip pulak ke Langkawi (which i will blog about that later).. balik from Lngkwi, nak kena submit the corrected version which i had to go back & forth to my supervisor.. but now, Alhamdulillah everything turned out fine & now I'm MERDEKA!! This thing i'm most happy about is finally I'm done with my masters which took me like forever.. huhu.. Anyway guys, a day after i came back from Langkawi, my friend Imtiaz brought me to Cuci The Muzikal.. w'pun penat br balik dr Lngkwi, aku gagahkan diri jgk pegi coz i know, anything with Afdlin in it usually doesn't dissappoint.. and yes, it was spectacular!!

It was an awesome production.. The ensemble was amazing.. it's like the dialogues tu mcm wasn't scripted.. mcm everything that came out of their mouths tu is like spontaneous aje.. very natural.. the jokes sgt menjadik.. the music was quite good too.. except for i think two mushy2 songs which were quite boring.. one involving Vanida & her dad.. and the other one involving Vanida and Hans.. i can bear the Vanida-Hans scene+song, but the scene where V sang with her dad tu mcm kena cut aje if ada rerun.. the scene was really irrelevant.. kalau xde pun x mencacatkan jalan cite..

Overall, production ni sgt menghiburkan.. with minimul props, the casts brought the story to life.. tak payah nak set yg enormous bagai.. cukup dgn acting, dancing & jokes yg menjadi.. masa 2 jam lebih in IB tak terasa sgt pun.. coz we really enjoyed the show.. sape2 yg terlepas tu mmng rugi.. pray for a rerun ye guys.. coz it's really an awesome production.. peace out!