Celebrating 2013!

Like many other UMS students, our new year eve ambiances surrounded by Final's tension and pressure. Studying should be the only right thing to do at this moment. Me and Liyi start off our day with a delicious lunch served by 丽雅 restaurant situated at One Borneo. 

The quality of their food never stop amazed me, i could always discover valuable and irresistible delicacies in this place. This time, the century eggs were served in such special way, that we thought we couldn't finished by looking at the portion, but somehow we finished them, bite by bite, non-stop! They specialized in Sichuan Cuisine, which famous of the excessive peppercorn that produce intense fragrance, and tingly numbing flavor in your mouth. 

Sour-Spicy Noodle/酸辣面 @丽雅 One Borneo

They also offer Spicy Hotpot (麻辣火锅), prior to 2hours advance booking. 

LIYA RESTAURANT

G-918, Ground Floor, 1Borneo Hypermall Autocity,

Jalan Sulaman, 88450 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

                                                                    Tel: 088-484125

Century Egg, serve with green pepper chillies and Peanut!

31/12/2012 was one of the most complicated day of mixing feeling of dilemma for me too. My application letter of replacing my final exam to Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic for my trip to Korea with my fellow Student Council members was rejected, with the reason "the exam timetable was developed much earlier, thus no replacement is available prior to your request". The feeling of disappointment and anger tangling within me when i received the letter of disapproval. 

I made my way to Chancellory in order to further my discussion with the D.V. Chancellor, but unfortunately he was in Kuala Lumpur and unavailable at the moment, but i managed to obtain his personal number from his PA. After sending a SMS regarding of further explanation toward the trip, i was rejected for the 2nd time!

Bringing the sad and disappoint feeling walked into Student Affair Office, me and Chin Chee Keong saw the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Student Affair car! I guess this is a chance, a lucky opportunity for us to proceed with the trip. Finally, he told us that if our lecturer agree to allow us sit for the exam prior or after the trip, we can go for the trip to Korea. Thus, after obtaining approval from my beloved lecturer, Mr Charlie Albert, i guess once again, i overcome the obstacles that prohibits me to join the trip, after all, i tried my best and happy ending story i assumed! 

Fez with the "Napkin"

Met with my fellow Couchsurfing friends from KK, and people around the world for dinner at Party Play, Lintas. I had missed many fun moment with this bunch of fun fellows ever since i bend my thumb and wrapped with a thick plaster on my arm. Socializing with them really put myself to forgot the tense of the exam.

Norwegian Salmon @ Party Play, Lintas.

The price of the food here is pretty reasonable, for the portion it served. Me myself ordered a plate of grilled Salmon steak, while Liyi ordered grilled lamb shoulders. Apart of the food, the atmosphere surrounding is very suitable for people to gather and socialize. The environment is comfortable, too.

beautifully lit blackboard at Party Play, Lintas.

Jinny Posing with the sweet blue handbag, eye catching!

GF1 with Lumix 20mm capturing smiles of this sweet lady!

Guest from Zimbawe 

CouchSurfer from Manila, Philippine

Group Photo, without me =(

Jinny + Liyi

They moved to other places to celebrate the coming of 2013, while me and Liyi plan to celebrate it by ourselves. So we decided to split up and meet for the next time! 

Our count down activity situated at Kokol Hill, somewhere near Inanam, and Kasih Sayang resort. Liyi and me bought some Budweiser and drive toward the hill to try our luck for some spectacular firework. About 30minutes drive from the city to the hill, we park our car aside and wait for the time to come, counting down into 2013!

Although there wasn't any fantastic firework played during the emission toward 2013, we still very much enjoying the atmosphere in the city, and even up on the hill, where we can hear Karaoke in the house (There are houses up the hill), party with DJ in the yard, and even photographers mounting their camera on tripod await the showcase of firework in the town!

MERRY 2013!  

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! !    2 0 1 3   =] =) =D