We're Ready

Christmas passed by well and now the next string of 365 days is at the brink of beginning setting a big hand out for more happiness to endure and chaos to pull through together. But before I engage my mind into putting some thought for my new year's resolutions while sipping on a hot cup of tea, I have to ramble about my trip to Langkawi Island. Take my word on it, the place just never gets old.

We arrived at around lunch time on the 23rd, rented a car and were off to get some lunch.

He stole my Starbucks ! =___= Hehe, nothing like a cool toffee nut latte to refresh.

Awana Porto Malai is where we got rooms at. The boardwalk is their main attraction of course. I spent hours there throughout the three day trip. Feeling the breeze, setting my mind free to the breathtaking shade of light sea green that happened to present everywhere I turned. Except in my shorts.


We checked in and decided to get right down to bussiness. >: |

ISLAND HOPPING. :D *uber bimbotic tone*

The speedboat ride was bumpy but fun. One tip though, take your shades along. Hehe.

First stop, The Pregnant Maiden Lake.

This is actually the deepest lake in the whole of Malaysia but they don't stop you from going in as long you have a lifejacket on. It's also said to have some kind of magical powers to help infertile women to gain a child. So, everyone better jump in there just in case ! O_O Haha.

Ruban's Spiderman jumping pose. Told you I'm not too bad of a photographer. ;)

Omg daddeh ! NOOO. Haha.

Ruban, me & Vinod.

Second stop, eagle feeding.

We got to see some big golden eagles swooping across not too far away from our boat. I wasn't able to get some good shots out of that cause lets just say my camera just isnt meant for that kind of photography. Cybershots are best for these. :)

But, I didn't get a Cybershot ... moving on.

Last stop, this amazing beach with a very forgettable name. Haha.

I just honestly feel like we are destined for failed jumpshots. Haha. They are much more fun to look at. :D





All tired out we head back to Porto Malai only in the evening after having a drink and splashing around in the water. They had music & food at the boardwalk that night which lasted well past midnight.

The next morning, we're all up by 8am just in time for breakfast. Mom & Dad dumped the coupons with us and took off to have something at Cenang Beach. Haha.

The nasi lemak sambal was killer ! Omggg @.@

Don't we look alike ?

MANGROVE CRUISE ! *another bimbotic tone*

We basically saw different types of mangrove trees. It was pretty interesting, this is also where I found out that I sucessfully achieved 7As in my PMR ! Now I have emotional ties with mangrove swamps. :'D

They called this the crocodile cave. We also went to a bat cave ! Ruban said he saw one flying right above my head when he flashed the torch light. Other than the bats there wasn't much we could do there, except getting chased by monkeys. Haha.


We had lunch on a floating restaurant. Like it was literally on floats with no stilts. So everytime a boat passes by fast, all the boats there would start rocking lightly as well as the restaurant. Ooooh ! I also got the honour too pee on the floating restaurant's floating toilet. Now how wicked is that, right ?

Those were just scary. They just liked to jump out of the water a lot. O_O

Yes, we got to pick the fish. Wheee.

Later in the evening we decided to drive down to Tanjung Rhu, where they had this amazing secluded beach there. There isn't much of a crowd here 'cause its pretty far from the main town.



This beach was much more shelly. And trust me, you are bound to find many interesting things here in the water like how I found a hermit crab. Since it was Christmas eve, all of the tourists in the hotel decided to gather that night and sing a couple of Christmas songs together before it got too late.

Day 3.

UNDERWATER WORLD ! *unenthusiastic bimbo tone*

We managed to see a more unique perspective of aquatic animals.

I like jellyfish. Their fun too stare at and the best part is, the dont stare back !

I have a favourite fish now. Our flight back was at 2pm, so we were off to the airport after our little visit to the Underwater World.

Did I have fun ? Yes. Do the turtles really bite ? I dont know.

This is Kiru. Out of 2009, into 2010.

See you guys then.

Friends In Arcades

Considering the fact a lot of teamwork and effort was put into the past three weeks to make Samarpanam 2009 ( pictures will be up soon, hopefully ) a sucess as it turned out to be on the 19th, all of us decided to go have some fun at Midvalley earlier today.

First stop, the arcade ! :D Theva and me seemed the most keen on this one. We spent a good hour or two there, just trying out all of the stuff there including the out of order machines. Not like they had labels saying the machines couldn't be used. o_O

Woo, go Theva ? Go Sarvin ? What the hell is Prem doing in the third picture, haha.

Priya & Shankar watching Theva play. :o

I was pretty good at that shooting game thing. Maybe I destined for snipers and machineguns. -gasp

NAAAAAAH.


We dropped off Theva & Tivya at the South Court and decided to go get some sundaes. Mmm.

Gayathiri look adorable in this picture with her McFlurry. I belanja-ed three fellas their sundaes, better appreciate it. ;D

" Kiru : What did I do ? "

Chocolate sundaes ftw !

Sarvin insisted we go bowling before I leave. So, we headed to the bowling alley. Those bowling shoes really stink. :S

I played a couple of times then felt lazy and let Khiran do the rest of the bowling for me. Thanks for scoring for me over and over, Khiran eventhough I didn't really ask you to. Hehe.


Everyone decided abandon the game to send me off at about 2pm. Aren't they sweetest ? :'D Haha. I'm going to miss these guys so much. Three weeks wasn't long, but the period of time barely matters when you instantly start feeling like family.

We Like Shiny Paper

Samarpanam 2009 ( drop by my Facebook profile for more info ) is getting closer. Just two more days till the big day. Rehearsals are getting more intense and we're almost at the stage of perfecting. We're going to be on Astro too, to whoever who wouldn't be able to make it on the 19th don't worry about missing out.

;D

So, I woke up at 5am today to complete my hat. Rashika's too ... she owes me big time.

Dried up glue all over my fingers.

PS : She only drew and cut the paper

Yay for wibbons. 8D

Hat #1, Wrapped neatly with soft black wrapping paper with strips of silver decorationg paper stuck on to it. Could resemble the early rays of sunlight reaching earth.

Hat #2, A hat Kiru made for Rashika that she didn't put much effort into.

Dreaming into the first few hours sunrise,
Kiru.

Shiny Green Apples

Headed back home early from camp today. I was kindly welcomed by a trail of horse dung along the street in front of my house right as I was getting out of the car. It looked so ... undigested ?

Anyways, we're halfway through sorting out our outfits for the whole show. And I've got the weirdest combination of things on my list-

red blouse, two metre long scarf, all black top, orange robe, etc.

Yes, fear me I'm the weirdo in the orange robe wearing funny beaded stuff acting onstage for less than ten minutes.

Haha.

I wanna run through the halls of my high school,
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs,
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world,
Just a lie you've got to rise above.
* John Mayer No Such Thing

Leaves & Pots

So, I got picked to be in a dance for the big stage performance at the end of camp where I'm required potray a crazy person. Mainly, I'm going to lose myself onstage with seven other friends of mine and we're going to freak the audience out. :D

Tomorrow we're having a practice just for that till noon. So, I'm pretty excited to see what the facilitators have in store for us. Other than wearing yellow sarees.

Yeah guys, remember the time I said you won't be seeing me in a saree anytime soon in Heavy Embroidery FTW ? I take that back.

-shudders

Here Comes The Greenie

Day 1 at holiday camp.

We start off at 10:00am with a short briefing about almost everything from backpacks to deoderants, explained in fine detail by Ms Suba who is the main organiser. Considering the fact 80% of the participants are major blur cased kids, haha. I didn't have the easiest time handling them. Hate it when they just stare and turn away. T_T

But it was a good thing all of the fifteen year olds got to help out the facilitators. So, basically all we did was go " Shhh " when the kids got noisy, distribute cookies & drinks, arrange them in orderly manner before lunch time and also before we begin another session of singing, dancing and rehearsing.

Feeling great wasn't really one of things I expected to feel on the car ride back home. I'm happy I got to offer a helping hand, feel responsible & given the privilage to supply the little ones with nutritous snacks to reenergize them every three hours.

Plus, I didn't feel short around throughout the day ! :D
Except around my new friends, naturally I was the shortest. Haha.

By the way,

Congratulations, uncle !

Like what I've said before " Finally. " Hehe.