Life Of A Borneo Gurl

Did you guys attend the Sabah Fest Cultural Show in Magellan over the weekend? This year, I managed to go, thanks to Fara!

This was the first time that I felt like we were one of the press people, as both Amie and I were there taking the VIPs’ photos when they arrived alongside the other photographers, and we were also there near the stage throughout the whole show! Punya syok, I tell you! Now I understand what Louis Pang meant when he talked about the adrenalin rush when taking photos during an event! The excitement is indescribable!

Okaayyy.. obviously I’m still excited from the event (even though it’s been like.. 2 days? LOL)

Now on to the pics time!

These kids looked so cute! (too bad my hand wasn’t steady when taking this shot though:()

** Continuation from Jungle Girl **

Yup yup! These are so yummy!

But this wasn’t in KK, though. This was in Tambunan!

(This is a non-halal post, so click on the read more to see more pics to read more about this post!)

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** Continuation from First Time At The Murut Cultural Centre **

After we were done with the Cultural Centre, parents then wanted to check out their lands around there as well. I thought they are just gonna look at the land from inside the car or something, but no! We had to walk into the jungle about 1km deep, after driving into the so-called road! ARRRGGGHHHhhh!

See the so-called road? Good thing we used dad’s 4WD! Plantation road oh! You can jump around inside the car involuntarily! Think I bumped my head on the car ceiling a few times! LOL!

Then we had to stop our car when we reached the end of the plantation road, and we still had to walk about 1KM further inside to reach the river!

Me?? Walk on those horrendous downhill path?! Nooooooo!

But yes, I had no choice. Luckily WC was there to encourage me.. though barely! Hmph!

Yup, I was the last one to walk as I kept on complaining that I got bitten by mosquitoes all over my body! I probably have sweet blood, huh mosquitoes! But WC got fed up and walked nearer to my dad instead! LOL!

After what it seemed like a forever walk to nowhere, we finally reached the river!

Eeeiii suddenly got a bridge to the other side! But we were fine on this side of our land!

Cantik oh the place! Me likey!

Say cheese!

Seeing Dad taking a photo of WC made me do this as well:

Camwhore lagi! Ish ish ishh… But no bah.. it’s just a proof that I made it there safe and sound as well bah!

After resting and enjoying the river for a while, we then made our way uphill. More torture!

As WC said it, by the time we reached Dad’s car, I was SO pamcit already! LOL! Seriously, WC had to pull my hand all the way to the car! It was really exhausting lah deiiii! Sweating to the max! Yuck!

Afro - daun ubi kayu style!

Mom couldn’t resist and took the daun kayu ubi which was available throughout the path! So Mom carried 2 bundles (1 on each hand), Dad the same, and WC the same too! She took enough to feed my whole kampung people in Keningau! LOL!

But like she said, so what lah.. It’s our land anyway.. so technically that makes it our veggies too huh!

I thought once we reached the main Tenom-Keningau road, we would just go back to Keningau, but noooooo! One more stop inside the jungle, and this time it’s mom’s land! Urgh! More torture!

And this time there weren’t any path at all! Dad had to use the parang to clear some path for us!

Slash! Slash! goes the parang

Erm.. this is the end of our land, I guess?

This time we also reached the river (eh, no pic taken pula!), though luckily the walk in wasn’t as far as the one previously. But it was sure messy, though!

And yes, WC had to pull me back up again back to the car, as it was another uphill path.

I am so out of shape la weiii! And this trip made me realise even more of how much of a city gurl I am now! Cisss!

To those of you who have been following me from my previous blog, you would know that I have already blogged about the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park. *Click here*

Well, I won’t put all of my pics that I’ve taken on our trip there recently (since most of the animals are still the same, what..), but I am glad that this time around, my pics are nicer and sharper! (my pics were so blur the last time leh!)

Sleepy deers

And y’all know this next pic:

The tiger was actually biting the kayu bah tu.. not yawning. But looks like it was yawning right?

And finally..

The thinking iguana! Hehe no lah.. but from a glance, it looks like it, right?

And then..

Then it started raining cats and dogs! And we were still in the middle of the park! (taken with my P5000)

So y’all know what we all did? After some time, the rain finally stopped a little, so we all just walked back to the entrance, in the rain! But well, the rest walked, but WC pulled my hand and said, Let’s run in the rain like little kids! LOL..

So in the end..

(also taken with my P5000)

We all got wet (though not soaking wet, thankfully), but we all made it back to the entrance; no self defense products needed to ‘lawan’ with the rain! LOL..