Borneo

First post from Borneo, specifically in Sabah, more specifically in Kota Kinabalu Town and well if you really wanted to know the details (I'll assume you do), in Red Palm Hostel along Jalan Gaya. It's been a really long day and I'm pooped. Since theres free internet, might as well shoot of a post before the big day.

Started off at 8am going to work and all, albeit with my backpack. The receptionist gave me a stare and a reserved smile as we made eye contact haha. I looked like an office worker/suicide bomber. Think she was trying to discern which. Hadn't had the mood to work since yest, so fired up the comp, shot off a few mails and proceeded to read the darnest things on Wikipedia, today's being the Battle of 73 Easting in the 1st Gulf War. had a long meeting with my big boss whois down from Houston and a jolly good french lunch. So that marked the end of my workday.

Came back to office, changed out into my travel wear and had to entertain my co-workers' queries about my where tos. Took a cab down to Queen Street (near Lavender) and baorded the bus to Woodlands. Clearing of customs was uneventful and we engaged a pirate taxi to get us to Senai Airport in JB for RM$40 after a bit of haggling. We had loads of time to kill and what better way to kill time then to eat. Ate some rubbish noodles and fries at the airport's Marybrown.

After awhile, we checked in and there were these bunch of Assumption kids going to Sabah on a school trip. Man those kids are WILD. Told Cheryl I could feel her pain haha. Boarded the flight with the kids and it felt like a school bus. They were seated in the rear and kept making alot of noise, especially the boys. When the plane took off the cacophony erupted into a crescendo, which was really funny. Everytime the pilot banked, the kids would react haha. Hilarious. Flight was about 2 hours long and we were bored midway and since they ran out of hot food, we bought cup noodles to share.

Soon we arrived and took a cab ride into town. The town is surprisingly well maitained and the roads are clean and traffic light. Its a rather quaint place. The night temperature is alot cooler than Singapore. Took a walk after we checked in and ate quite abit. We reminded ourselves that we needed to carbo load and that kinda absolved us from any guilt haha.

So its time to sleep and Ive got an early day tomorrow to climb Mount Kinabalu, our reason for coming. Gotta wake up at 6, get a hearty breakfast and find transport for the 2 hour journey to the Park HQ.