At The Very Edge!!!

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited to tell you all this story that spans through 3 days and 2 nights. Because it was AWESOME!!!!! 


I WENT TO KUDAT! 


Haha. More specifically, I went to The Tip Of Borneo. Apparently it's a very famous attraction. But I've been wanting to go for quite some time already. It's just the thought of me looking at the sea, not just ANY sea, but the sea that meets the edge of SABAH. I was so desperate to go. 


When holidays arrived in November, I kept telling everyone to bring me to Kudat. I told Jason, I told Steph, I told Moses. I kept asking them to bring me there cuz there was no way I would drive there. Ok. Backstory (HIMYM REFERENCE!): I met Moses, Eugene and Joseph some time ago at Jessie's house when all of us were having dinner there. But I only got to really know them these past few weeks. It all started with the time with Jessie after they played badminton (check previous post!). :D Then after that, Moses kept asking me for yam cha, but I was always busy/lazy. Then there was once after Jessie flew to KL for her vacation with her family that I went yam cha with them at 11+ cuz I just got home or something. It was then that I asked them to bring me to Kudat again. I think I asked Moses to bring me there before via Whatsapp. So I kept telling them that I was serious. Then subsequent yam cha's included them saying that they wanted to sleepover there in Kudat, make it an overnight trip. I was a lil squeamish about that because I knew that my parents letting me go to Kudat with friends is already a long shot, due to the fact that we had to drive there and stuff. But staying over in Kudat would make my chances slimmer because my mum doesn't even know who they are. So then they got serious, and they confirmed the trip the day before, and didn't even give me details and stuff so I didn't dare tell my mum. The day before we left, we went yam cha with Jessie and they told me it was 100% on and when I got back, I had to kinda beg my mum to let me go, cuz she actually said no. It took a longggg time and even some tears and pleading. The thought of me not being able to go was horrifying because: I was the reason for the trip, Eugene took a BUS down from Keningau for the trip, I REALLY WANTED TO GO. But she wasn't so keen at the thought of someone young driving me so far. And I actually said that Jessie was going, cuz well, I would've been the only girl and I don't think she would've allowed. She mightttttt have, if she knew who they were. She kept telling me off for getting permission so last minute and everything. 


I actually told her what I knew to be true for a very long time. I said (haha ugh) 'you know, I always tell you where I go, I never lie. (I KNOW. IRONIC!!! But still kinda true) How easily would it be for me to just tell you I'm sleeping over at a friend's house and go off to Kudat. So many people I know always lie to their parents about where they're going. But I never do that.' etc etc something like that. It is really true. They've never been too strict about me going out with friends, and I truly appreciate that, that's why I'm always honest about where I'm going and things like that. I know, so ironic. A small lie is still a lie. And gosh, after I got permission, I was sooooooo paranoid oh. Lying in my bed, I was soooo worried. I kept thinking about the possibilities, of me getting into a car accident and like in the movies, they show the distraught family saying 'I shouldn't have let her go!' kinda thing. And I kept praying and praying and praying, and I confessed that I lied and broke commandment number 4 and asked for forgiveness and prayed for safety etc. I spent ages just praying and hoping nothing will go wrong. 


The next day, 28/12/11, woke up early for Kristy's bday surprise. Got Steph to pick me up and we went to her house and did the surprise. It was really successful. After all the unsuccessful ones, it was great. Kiki's surprise was -.- cuz her brother left his phone downstairs, so Kiki was the one who opened the gate for us. -_____- Then Steph's one was funny cuz we were late. And her dad said she was upstairs, so all of us were making our way to the downstairs bathroom and wait for her there, then her mum said she was in there getting her uniform, and after a dumbfounded pause, we all scrambled and stumbled and ran to the stairway. But we were too late, and Steph opened the door to see all of us there. Haha. So Kristy's one was great. :D After that, we went to have breakfast and the guys picked me up from wherever I was. Haha. Eugene told me they were actually just going to Karambrunei. And the thing is, I NEvER KNOW WHETHER THE THINGS THEY ARE SAYING ARE TRUE OR NOT!!!! So I just kinda nodded. Then we passed Karambrunei and I knew we were going to Kudat. I was so excited!!!!!!!! ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!! 


I love road trips! We stopped at the first row of road-side stalls and bought corn. It was so funny, cuz that's when we started taking photos. And it's just so weird, cuz normally the guys I hang out with never wanna take photos, but they were always so eager. (Well, Moses only actually). They kept asking me to take photos of them, of the food etc. etc. -.- FUN! Ok.. thennnnn we drive and drive and go for toilet stops and the back wheel got stuck in mud. (What's that called? When you accelerate but the wheel just spins in the mud without going forward?) And finallyyyyy we ARRIVE at KUDAT! We actually passed the turning for The Tip of Borneo on the way to Kudat. We were going to go there, but decided to check into the hotel first. (Tip Of Borneo is like 30 mins from the town of Kudat). So in the end we checked into the Upperdeck Hotel. RM100 per night for two queen beds!!! :OOOOO WITHOUT TAX!!!! I was pretty mind blown. And the bottles of water they provided were complimentary. So it was really good. Clean (sheets smelled like laundry soap), hot water, reasonable bathroom. Really good. Just the bathroom slippers they gave were super slippery when the floor is wet. Haha. Eugene almost fell on his face once. 


Oh ya. I had TARAP for the first time there in that hotel!! We bought it together with the corn. It was... interestingggg. But I didn't reallllyy like it. It was not that bad I guess, just the texture was a lil weird. But oh yea!!! FIRST TIME!!! :D :D Then after that, we went to grab some food at this Chinese shop recommended by the Chinese receptionist downstairs. Pretty cool you know. I've neverrrr met anyone who was able to converse so naturally with strangers. I'm talking about Moses. He chatted to the receptionist, and the Chinese aunty who was managing the shop we went to, ppl who helped us take photos etc. COOLIO!! Haha. So we had fish cake soup at the shop. 'Chun juan', it's called. YUMMY!! :D THEN we went down to the Tip of Borneo!!! It was surprisingly a longgg drive there, and the road was in pretty bad shape. And finally when we got on the second last stretch of straight road, when you can finally see the blue of the sea, I wound down my window and wanted to shout out my excitement. I. WAS. SO. EXCITED. The guys kept saying that they were helping me fulfill my dream, and in a sense, I guess standing at the TIP OF BORNEO was really one of my small small dreams. So the last last stretch of road was by the sea. It was soooo pretty! The sea was super calm yo!!!! Then we parked the car and WALKED WALKED WALKED down hill then up hill to THE. TIP. OF. BORNEO!!!!!!! WOWOWOWOWOWWWW!!! 


WOW. 


We reached the famous structure of the globe, and took photos. Then walked down the steps to the border. Just a sign that says 'do not go past this border'. It was so pretty. I was at the tip of Borneo!!! It was pretty surreal, to be honest!!! WHEEEE! Took awesome photos! Standing on the railings and stuff, the four of us. Hahaha. The sea is justtttt soooo beautiful!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 Love it to the max. LOVE SABAH! I just kept picturing the map of Sabah, and imagining a dot that represents me, righttttt at the edge of Sabah. On one of the dog ears. Haha. Then we headed back to the hotel. It was pretty overcast so we didn't think we would've gotten a good sunset. But on the way back, the sky started clearing up and it looked like the sunset would be good. But we were already halfway, so we just headed back to the hotel, with the sun setting behind us. Haha. 


We headed back to the hotel and each of us took turns to shower. Then the receptionist pointed us to a small seafood restaurant for dinner. It was pretty interesting. The shops were tiny! And we were going to this one that had more people, but we didn't really wanna wait for a table, so we went to the next shop, Kudat Seafood Restaurant or something. It only had like 7 tables or so. It was really small. But it was SO GOOD and SO CHEAP. The butter prawns were sooooooo yummmyyyy. Had battered sotong which was good too, and vegetables and stuff. I had another plate of rice. :O I WAS REALLY HUNGRY OK! They were all saying that I ate so much. -.- Moses was really getting along with the shopkeeper. And the bill was RM58!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO. CHEAP! Like jaw-droppingly cheap man!!! Who pays that little for a seafood meal???? Oh ya, when we were sitting at the restaurant waiting for our food, I needed to pee. I checked out the bathroom but I didn't wanna go cuz it was disgusting. YUCK. So I sat there, holding my pee. And when I couldn't hold it any longer, Joseph actually sent me back to the hotel to pee. HAHAHA. Granted, the hotel was prob like 2 mins away, but still. THEY'RE SO KIND TO ME SOMETIMES!!! Then after that we drove around town, stopped to yum cha and just sat there and chatted. Kinda scary cuz everyone kept looking at us. At me I guess. Cuz I dunno. SO WEIRD. I was so uncomfortable. So worried that they were like gonna smash our car cuz we parked right in front of the shop. 


Then we drove around town. Most shops were closed. And we saw AH GUAS!!!!!!!!!! :O :O I was SOO excited you know!!!! HAHAHA. I was so surprised cuz I didn't think such a small town would have any ah guas. And for some weird reason I felt that I HAD to wear a cap to cover my face to protect myself or something when we drive past them. It was so cool oh!!!! Hahaha. And then we were just driving and driving in the dark street, and the night air was cool. And I was sitting in the passenger seat at that time with Moses driving, and I stuck my hand out the window to feel the cool air. And I asked everyone to stick their hands out too!!!!! Only Eugene didn't do it. Spoiler!!! But so cool!!! Driving down the street with a hand sticking out from each window!! YEA!!! Then we went to another different shop for yum cha. Sat there and drank and chatted. Haha. Then we went back to the hotel and chatted and stuff. Found out more about each other la. Like Moses and I are both the youngest, Eugene is the middle child. And like my list for the 'ideal guy' or whatever. So funny. Then slept after saying GOODNIGHT. 


Then next day!!! Haha we actually said we'll go see the sunrise. WHAT A FAIL MAN. Haha. :D :D :D We woke up and we went for breakfast!! We went to the same chinese shop. But sadly they didn't have any food! As in no MEATBALLS. But it was ok. Apparently during the tsunami in 2004, (I THINK that was when it was) you could see sea tornados from the shore. Kinda creepy. A tornado so close, in MALAYSIA. But there were photos of the tornado on the wall of the shop. And Moses was chatting away with the shop keeper. How nice. Thennn we went back to the hotel. OMGOSH. They were talking about staying another night. I. WAS. SO. TERRIFIED. TO. ASK. MY. MUM. And I didn't want to be the only one that couldn't, then all of them would have to go home cuz of me. You know? Haha. But in the end I plucked up my courage to ask my mum after their relentless prodding. But not enough courage to do it over the phone, I did it on Whatsapp. Saying that's what they wanted, and all of them had permission. And I didn't drive there. We wanna see the sunrise etc etc. Haha. And it was A YES!!!!! Well, more like a 'do what you think is right' kind of thing. I felt so bad though. Guilty. T-T But well, it was kind of worth it. 


So we packed up and checked out. We were going to stay at the chalets at the Tip of Borneo. They wanted to have a bbq too!!! So we went to a supermarket, tried to find chicken wings, coal, and a wire mesh for the bbq. But couldn't find any. Kept asking around, and in the end found this tinyyyy shop that sold frozen chicken wings. Bought a packet of sausages too yummyyyy. And they were able to find a wire mesh at this other hardware shop too. Then we headed down to Tip of Borneo!!!!! We drove up and down, deciding which chalet to go with (there were a few different ones). WE FINALLYYYY decided on one.. I think it was RM160 a night. Two single beds. And Moses kept SAYING I'll share with Joseph. AND I HONESTLY CAN'T TELL WHEN HE'S KIDDING! -.- Mo and Eu took the chicken wings out and cleaned them. So cool oh.. never saw how it was done before. They 'massaged' the meat, and squeezed the dried/dead blood out from the vein, plucked chicken hair out. YUCK. I just stood there, watching, moral support yo! Then the guys wanted to swim in the sea. I didn't, cuz I only brought clothes for ONE NIGHT. (Means no underwear yo haha). So we were at the beach, and I dropped Eu's phone onto the sand................. I KEPT LAUGHING AND APOLOGISING. Felt so bad but please, it was hilarious! Hahaha. And then they went into the sea and I just sat at the beach, but the sandflies were VICIOUS. Seriously. They ATTACKED me. So I packed up and went to the room, wanted to shower. A while later, saw Moses asking me to go to the beach. Didn't get to shower, then I went down. And they were burying Joseph in the sand. Hahaha. IT WAS FUNNY. Took photos photos photos!!!! YAY! 


Then all of us showered. And I found out that Leong was in KUDAT!!!!!! With all the volleyball guys, they had a competition in town. Hahahaha. WHAT A SMALL WORLD! WHAT A COINCIDENCE! Seriously?!?! I found out cuz I was trying to get a charger for Moses. Eu knows Ah Siaw (the coach) quite well, so he was texting him and they agreed to meet for dinner. Sooo, we went down to the Tip of Borneo, to watch the sunset!!!!!!!!!! When we went, this tour group from China or Taiwan was there too and the tour guide was speaking in Chinese, saying that it wasn't allowed but he was gonna bring them down to the rocks where the sea met the rocks!!!!!!! I WAS ASTOUNDED! I wanted to go too!!!!!!!!!!!! I looked at Moses and Eugene and was like.. I WANNA GO! Pleaseeeeeeee! At first they said it wasn't a good idea and such. I was pleading with them. In the end Moses said he'll bring me down too, following the tour group. SUPER. DUPER. EXCITED! In the end Eu and Joseph followed suite. OMGYSOHHHHHH. It was EPIC! I can't describe the feeling I had. I was soooo euphoric, sooooooo EXUBERANT. It was truly surreal and Amaaaazing. I was on the rocks, a lil slippery in places where moss grew. I stood at the edge of the sea, at the edge of the left donkey ear of Sabah, at the Tip of BORNEO! I saw the rock pool (the hole thing filled with sea water with a rock inside it?) with my own eyes, after seeing it on brochures and on the internet forever. I stood on a rock, sun setting behind me, with my hands in the air! Photos! It was truly awesome! And the sun set. It was spectacular! Honestly.. just so so beautiful! THIS WORLD IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! The tide was coming in, so the tour guide was ushering everyone to climb back up, that it was no joke, very dangerous and stuff. We were gonna climb up, then I remembered that I said that I wanted to shout 'I'M STANDING AT THE EDGE OF BORNEO' while I was AT the Tip of Borneo. I was so flustered! Cuz the tour guide kept asking all of us to climb up, and I wanted to shout, but felt embarrassed. And in the end I just shouted, '我正在站在沙巴的最角头!!!!!!!!!' really loudly. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOOO OUTRAGEOUS! SO SILLY! SO AWESOME! SO LIVING-LIFE-TO-THE-MAXIMUM man!!!!!!! It was sooooooooo.... once in a lifetime thing. Then we climbed back up. Watched the remaining of the sunset at the border. And it was beautiful. I could see the sun sinking below the horizon, honestly. And as the sun was disappearing, I shouted 'BYE BYEEEEEEEEE' to the setting, orange, blazing, breath-takingly beautiful sun of 29/12/11. (Kinda embarrassing, cuz there were other people there too haha). 


We then drove back into town to meet them. Found Leong. Told him that I was staying with three other guys and he was so funny! His reaction was: 你跟他们睡? with his eyebrows shot up and his lips and teeth not moving, cuz he didn't want them to see what he was saying (they gave us privacy, went outside so we could talk, but he was facing them). It was hilarious!!! And he was like 'take care of yourself!!!!!!!!!'. Andddddd I found out that Samsung and Bberry chargers were actually the same. ......... HAHAHA. Means Mo could've used my charger all this while. OPPS. We were hungry so we went ahead to dinner. AT THE SAME PLACE. SAME BUTTER PRAWNS. (Honestly, it set a new standard for butter prawns man. So going back to eat more!) So we went to town for nothing. Didn't really need the charger, and didn't eat with Ah Siaw. Haha. Then we went back to the chalet. THEN. We tried to bbq. What a fail mannn. Cuz it was pitch black on the beach, so we borrowed torch lights and everything. And Mo and Eu bent the wire mesh so it became like a table kinda thing. But we had no coal, so we were gonna use like firewood or something? Was that realistic? But anyway. It started raining, so we just gave up and trod back to the room. Fail attempt. Haha. Next door to our room were these Brunei guys and girl. And they were like.. yea. Staring at us. Hahaha. But they're so nice though!!! Friendly, and one of the guys was cute too. :P Then night time, I actually fell asleep first. But woke up from the sound of Mo's laughing or somethingggg. Then we started chatting. Joseph went out all of a sudden in the middle of us talking. And he didn't come back for ages. Kinda weirrrrd. But the three of us continued chatting. OMG epic! Moses actually helped me flick my blanket. Cuz I was somehow reminded of super distant memories where my sis used to do that all the time for me. And there'll be this awesome layer of air that cools your legs, making the blanket feel a thousand times softer. And I was like DO IT! DO ITTTT! And he actually did!!!!!! HAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA. EPICNESS! I was so surprised he actuallyyyy did it. But he didn't do it right. He flicked it so hard it touched the ceiling! -.------ Hahaha. But he got it right. It was GREAT. HILARIOUS. Haha. Then the next day. We went up to the Tip of Borneo for the last time!!! Tried to take mental pictures with my mind.. tried to store the beautiful scenery in my memory where I'll neverrr forget it. Was so sad we had to leave!!!!! Then we went back to Kudat to fill petrol. And I said bye bye to the town as we were leaving it. 


We went to the the bee farm next. Funny thing, there were no bees. Haha. I was hoping to get a taste of some PROPOLIS. If that's what you even call it. Honeycomb. Something like that. The honeycombs from the bees making the honey? It's sooooo yummy! I love honey! But there was literally nothing there. So we left. Then it was a long drive home. Bought corn again and such. 


Sigh sigh sigh HAPPY, CONTENTED, SIGH FACE! It was amazing. Amazing amazing amazing. Can't believe I actually got to go to the Tip of Borneo. And what a great first time as well!!!!!!! So much fun!!! :D :D :D :D 


Haha, I guess we should always look at all these small desires as dreams. Label them as dreams. Because then, fulfilling these small tiny dreams will be AMAZING. It just accentuates the fact that life is made up of small steps. And we should keep going forward step by tiny step. So in a sense, we should dominate life by checking dream by tiny dream off our list. :) Living life, like a BOSS! (Or like a sir, if you're British) Hahahahaha. 9gag much? :D Life is awesome! THANK YOU MUM AND DAD FOR LETTING ME GO!