Cocoa Break

Four friends, all alike in dignity, in fair Melaka where we lay our scene…

Ok I shall cut that crap. My best friends and I had just conquered a mountain and it wasn’t even in our checklist for this year! Lol! Arif’s colleague randomly suggested mountain climbing and the rest of us were invited by Arif. It was an unplanned, unorganized but surprisingly it turned out quite well.

The four of us took a four hour train ride on Friday evening to a place called Segamat in Johore, Malaysia, got to our resort, did the necessary preparations for the climb and tried to get an early night’s rest. We woke up to have an early breakfast as we hoped to climb up and descend from the mountain before sunset.

Well the first half of the climb was chicken feet until we reached KFC…Unforgettable moments for the day. I climbed almost a vertical cliff, drank mountain water when I ran out of mineral water, got cramps which caused me to slow down the pace of everybody, saved a friend while I was resting, felt like there was somebody following me when I was at the back of the team and most important of all…A priceless moment when I reached the summit with my best friends and got a birthday present from Arif behind a spectacular view.

It was definitely a great experience and I definitely need to train myself to catch up with the army boys. Hehehe. Thanks guys for watching my back and adding flavour to my 25th birthday.

Finally got the time to post about my Tioman Trip. Had lots of fun. Made lots of friends. A little disappointed with the Ferry service at Mersing, hours of wasted waiting waiting. Both on the departure and the arrival date.

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5th of July 2008

Finally I got to visit the National Museum of Singapore. A must go for Arts lovers! I don’t only mean the drawings! Enjoyed every bit of it. From the Living Galleries to the History Gallery. The History Gallery gives you a personalized experience where you will get to go about with a personal companion the size of an exercise book. Well if you are interested but can’t seem to find the time to visit the museums just follow me and get a sneek peek at the National Museum of Singapore.

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20th June 2008.

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A day of Artsy Futsy fun. After 3 days of wait just to spend a day together, we decided to go to a museum. Well…it was my idea actually. Unwillingly she agreed, just to make me happy. I just wanted to go because I get to visit the Museums for free! ;D NUS bought unlimited entries for the Students to a few of the Museums in Singapore till end of April 2009. Wonderful isn’t it!So we met up and visited the nearest museum to Raffles Place SMRT station right after the Muslims’ Sabbath (Most of you would know it better as Muslim Friday Prayers. *ZIPS*).
Well anyway, we paid a visit to the Asian Civilisations Musuem. It looks great on the net and seems to have a lot of things to see inside.We started off with the Austronesian (South East Asian) history, moved up to Chinese, then to the Western Asia and finally ended with Indian Subcontinent. Somehow the cultures of Austronesian’s were presented to be adaptations of Indians and Arabs and nothing much were their own origins. I was hoping to see the native Animism and evidences to prove of their native culture before seeing the presentations of adapted Indian culture and lifestyle but I was disappointed in this section.
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