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Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:58 PM

⇨ Sabah 050909-090909

To all ODAC members and friends to read.

This trip to Sabah is our sec 3 last expedition which mean is the last chance to bond us.
You know wat even though it was tiring but yet it was fun and memorable for me and i believe others also think this way.
Through this trip lots of people changed.
For me personally i think that without this expedition we people would not know and understand each other, and also would not know how people act or behave in front of each other and also i would not know we could actually work with each other that well.
In the short period of just 5 days, i did and felt a lot of things. I got to know my teammates weakness and strenght.
me myself really thinks that it was worth even though we did not reach the summit as wat Mr Rodrigues says without the failure we people would not have heart to heart talk for the first time as a whole, which bring us all together.
I felt very pleased that the failure were there:)

You know what odac people after Sabah i really miss u all when i'm having my 2 star course.
Everytime when i kayaked i really wish that all the sec 3 can be beside me and have fun togther.

I really hope that this trip will stay in everyones' heart maybe 4ever.
And we would not return to what we were in the pass 2 years.
PPl i will really plan an outing and hope when i send out the message the reply i get can be surprising?

Day1- 050909
Woke dam early, around 2.30am and get all my stuff pack and prepare.
Get a warm bath and my mum brought me down to hire a cab.
And off i go to school and i saw joe and after i reach was Yvette.
Since the gate was not open yet.
We three went to buy something and after that xinying and lingfang came to meet us.
When back to school and saw the gate was open and saw ruihao going in.
So we when in and meet others in odac room and do last minutes packing and filling up water bottles.
I realised my backpack was the heaviest and both water bottle is not fill up yet.
But there's nothing i can do so we set off to the airport and check in our backpack and waited for Mr Singh.
While waiting we saw Ms Kuck's boyfriend.
We proceed into the departure and board the plane.
All of us were separated but i was dam lucky because i sat lingfang(not the firsst time we go overseas together) and yingting.
During the take off, I kept on putting sweets into my ear to prevent ear block.
Slept on the plane all the way.
We reach at Kota kinabalu airport at around seven.
And three guys came to fetch us and we were separated again into three bus.
When for lunch and i ate something that i should not eat and will never eat it again because its kind of disgusting eating different parts of beef.
They brought us to somewhere where we can purchase some snacks, drinks and magazine.
i bought some magazines at a very cheap price and also drinks.
We continued our journey where we will be staying for tonight-Bundu tuhan retreat centre.
It take us 4 hours uphill to reach the place but it is worthly.
The view there were very nice and the wind there was dam strong.
After taking some photos outdoor, we went to our bedroom and i share the same bedroom with Mrs Goh, Yvette and Xinying.

But the view in the boys(Jon ong, Jon lim, Ruihao and Joe) room is much more nicer, so we brought all our stuff and thinking that the boys will give up the room for us but in the end we quarrelled in the room for more then 15 mins.

After that Mrs Goh came into the room saying the our room was much more colder then the boy's room, so we went back to our room.

We went to the nearby orphanage and they perform for us and i nearly cried.

Without any preparation we went up and performed, we sang tonghua and we will rock u cheer together.

Went back and hard some briefing for the next day and then dinner time.

The dinner was dam good as they provide us with soup, meat, fish and vege.

After that was reflection and to bath and went to bed.

Day2

Woke up early in the morning at around 5.30(I think).

Went for breakfast, had noodle and some tea.

and then check out and board the bus to Timpohon Gate.

The bus ride was like only 5 mins.

While waiting to get our pass, 13 of us had warm up exercise at the side of the road.

After the Joe explain somethings to us and teachers but i dun remember wat is it.

Before the climb, Mr Singh said that the climb will be hard.

We started the climb and most of the time i was climbing together with Yvette and sometimes Ruihao and Jon Ong.

At around 3 plus, we finally reached Pendant Hut and and the weather up there was dam cold and the wind is super strong.

Mr Rod said that our bange is the first bange that reach the pendant hut and as a group.

When to rest in the room and we were separated into girls boys a room.

Went for dinner at laban rata hut but we have to go down a unstable staircase before getting there.

And by that time the wind was dam strong and Yvette almost blown away by the wind and she was shivering when we reached Laban Rata hut.

But found out something, so ask lingfang and xinying to look at my mouth before entering the Hut and they can see smoke coming out of my mouth.