My 2005

Had a great year 2005 with lots of activities...
Few highlights of my activities are:

January 2005
1st weekend of January - My Bali Spa Trip
Sam, Mok, Law and I

I like the beauty of Island and the sea~!
We stayed at the Bali Cliff Resort, it is a bit far from the Kuta center, But, it is a worth for the scenic overview of the Indian Ocean, the "sky-sea-pool" beautiful resort as in the picture taken.

It was a rest and relax trip with a hired-driver to go around.
Bali is a big island, we only covered part of the island in the southern part (the main attraction for the 1st timer visitors). Perhaps, a next trip to the northern part for the diving activities and the dophin watching?! :)

Highlights:
The strong Hinduism religion, the unique culturals and the Balinese Art, the Mount Agung (volcano), the beauty of island and beaches, the friendly Balinese and the Balinese SPA - I like it~!

Photo captions: Nusa Dua (l-R: Mok, Law, Me, Sam); Taman Ayun; UluWatu

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February 2005
Chinese New Year


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March 2005
Mid of March - Vancouver & Portland, Oregon, USA
Well, it was a tight schedule business trip to SEH-America with the two bosses. I was lucky to have a side-trip to downtown Portland, Mount Hood & the Columbia River Gorge..etc. Thanks to Steve!
It was raining while on the way to Mount Hood... going up Mount Hood, I noticed the rain had slowly changed to SNOW! This was my first time to see "falling snow".
Sigh that I did not have time for a try of skiing?!

Portland Downtown

L-R: Mount Hood; Multnomah Fall Bridge; Portland Pioneer Courthouse Square

**************************************************************************************** April 2005 End of April - Coursemates Gathering at Saisaki! Our friend, Han Wen came back from UK for weeks. Great, it was a good opportunity for some "long-time-no-see" friends gathering, sigh for those that couldn;t turn-up. Friends, i will always remember the fun we had from the "Gang of Physics Department" All the best in the future understakings. Front L-R: HanWen, Jason, WeiHan, BoonHuat, SiewLing Back L-R: Gan, RhoWen, OK, WeiLun, Ming, John, CheeTiong **************************************************************************************** May 2005 21th May - The wedding of WY & TY They are my university hostel seniors. The spirit of "4th Colleague Power" was once again be felt during the gathering - "yam seng"... **************************************************************************************** June 2005 12th June - Gunung Angsi Day Hike A big group of people ( ~57 persons) went for a day hike to G. Angsi, located in Seremban under the organisers from SHELL I think this is a memorable trip to one of my colleague - Yong, who is still "scaring" of hiking now, and was thinking to put up her newly bought hiking shoes to ebay.com :P 25th June - Batu Caves Have been staying in KL for almost 6 years, then only my first time went up to Batu Caves. eventhough always pass by that area. Shame on me :P **************************************************************************************** July 2005 Mid of July - Machap This was my first time visit to one of my best friend, Rhowen's hometown in Machap after knowing each other for 5 years (1999-2005) Well, it was during the durian season! We collected & had some durians in the dusun! Some of the durians were eaten by animals as seen in the photos here :( ************************************************************************************* August 2005 Mederka Day - Company Family-Day at Sunway Langoon It was a combination activity of SEH-Ulu Klang and SEH-Shah Alam plants' employees and their families. I believed everyone was having fun! **************************************************************************************** September 2005 1st week of Sept - Redang Lang Tengah Diving Trip Few of us (MiowChin, Han, Jason, Vivience and I) had our first beginner OWD (Open Water Diver) license here while the other OX members were having their advanced fun dives. My first time scuba diving into the deep sea at one of the beautiful island in the East of Peninsular Malaysia. A great lifetime experience & I believed I will dive into the sea again in other places! (Clockwise from me): OK, Peter (the dive instructor), Ching, Han, Miowchin, Jason, Vivience) ************************************************************************************* October 2005 8-10th October - Gunung Irau, Cameron Highland Under the organiser - Boon Keat, we stayed into MNS (Malaysian Nature Society) in the Boh Tea plantation. It is a simple chalet type of accomodation with some rooms, hall and a dormitory. Gunung Irau with tall (2110m) the G9 (9th highest peak) in Peninsula Malaysia & the 15th in Malaysia. It is known for its mossy forest & "Lord of the rings" look alike~! We started at brinchang, and it took ~ 2hours to reach the peak. Along the way, it was a muddy path! Look at my SHOE~! ************************************************************************************* November 2005 End October - 1st week of November - Backpacking Trip to Thai and Laos 2 girls started the backpacking trip from Kl to Bangkok -> Night train to Nong Khai (the border of Thai/Laos) -> Vientiane -> Bus on hill-way to Luang Prabang -> 2 days slow boat rides on Mekong river (with a night stop at Pak Beng village) to Huay Sai, Laos -> Chiang Khong, Thai -> Local bus trip to Chiang Saen (Golen Triangle) -> Chiang Rai (Hired jeep day trip to ThaTon) -> Songthew to Chiang Mai -> KL, Malaysia. **************************************************************************************** December 2005 End of December - Singapore This was not the first time I went to our neighbour country - Singapore, the intention of this trip was more to meet up with friends and the best time to visit Singapore is end year for the strong Christmas feel there. More friends are heading to work in Singapore, because of the higher 'buying power' of the $ ?!!?