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Some pictures from my xmas outing in Borneo Paradise which is a beach resort situated 45 minutes away from my home.
The creative results from the hat competition.
The winning dancing team
we dance to a medly of songs
The participant for our Bollywood night
My cousin Chaston and Aunt Catherine teamed up to win the duet competition.
Their rendition of Bon Jovi's "It's my life" was Rocking!
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Xmas
Results from the competitions held on CHRISTMAS!
I
gotta say although not many particiapted this year the quality of the
participants was much much better. Competition was tough! But there can
ONLY BE ONE WINNER!! muahahahahahah
Best Xmas Hat:
1st: Danny
2nd: Catherine
3rd: Doreen
4th: Andrew
5th: Audrey
Best Xmas Card:
1st: Audrey (muahahahahahah)
2nd: Doreen
3rd: Andrew (representing Audrey)
4th: Irene
5th: Bronson (representing Audrey)
Best Xmas Ornament
1st: Doreen
2nd: Audrey (representing Doreen)
3rd: Maureen
4th: Evelyn
5th: Danny
Best Choir.
1st: (Cat, Ideline, Isaac and Ivan)- Feliz Navidad
2nd: (Maureen, Nora and Irene)-Frosty the Snowman
3rd: (Terence, Florence and Rosalind)- A song from New Kids on The block
4th: (Josephine, Albert, Imogene, Suzzane, Norbert and Bexbert)- Silent Night
5th: (Gabrella, Gelda, Evelyn and Gideon)- Santa is comign for Christmas
Best Dance
1st: The ADAAAB ( my family )
2nd: Gabrella, Gail, Gideon and Evelyn
3rd: JANSBI
4th: Catherine, Ideline, Ivan and Izaac
5th: Maureen, Nora and Irene
Best Duet:
1st: Chaston and Catherine- It's My Life by Bon Jovi
2nd: Bronson and Doreen- Island in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
3rd: Audrey and Alex- True to your heart by Stevie Wonder and 98 Degrees
4th: Ashley and Andrew- We will rock you by Blue
5th: Maureen and Irene- A kadazan Song
Mesilau
After Borneo Paradise me and a few of my family members went to Mesilau
which is 2 hours drive from the city. It's a beautiful place and the
weather is like Spring in New Zealand. I only found out about the
Tsunami incident when we reach the mountain resort, funnily enough they
had cable up there so we stayed up gambling while watching CNN and BBC.
We arrived at Mesilau (no Negrito it's the name of a place not a greeting 
)
after 8pm. We could have arrived earlier but my mum's car battery
went dead so we had to wait for about 3 hours before we could continue
our trip.
We took loads of photos the next day to make up for the lost
opporturnities from the day before. The mesilau trip was good fun as we
manage to stop at tte hot springs on our way back.
Playing Chu Tai Ti in the spacious room.
Me and my brother
Hmm....
Reach for the sky!
For more photos:
Mesilau
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BORONSON!
That is how his name is pronouced here in Sabah.
My baby has gone back to New Zealand 
.
It was fun and such a revelation to have him here with me for the
festive seasons. He manage to click with all my family members (not
suprising considering what a charmer he is). That is why when I first
showed my mum a picture of him two years ago the first words she
uttered was "YEEER!! Look like a womaniser bah!" he he he h.e
I had a blast baby with you here and I hope (well not only me but the
rest of my family) hope that you can join us again soon. Preferably end
of THIS year. He he he Just kidding baby!
His last night out was celebrated in Cock and Bull and we had a low key
drinking session with a little bit of pool playing thrown in. I
would like to thank everyone who came especially Rozaline (auntie bah
itu) who organised the small gathering. It was a fun night with a lot
of indecents poses going around.
I miss you even now. If I had a photo I would say THIS is how much I miss you:
For more pictures:
Cock and Bull
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Happy Birthday Norberto!
A birthday card that I made for my cousin whose birthday we celebrate last night.
he he he
We celebrated Norbert's birthday at Bukit Padang having steamboat with
his parents, my parents with Uncle Tom and his wife. After dinner
me, Suzanne, Alex, Ivan and Norbert went to GearUp. It was my frist
time going there and it was situated right beside Sugar Bun in Gaya
Street. It was a two level establishment the first floor was a coffee
shop and the second was a cafe. The Cafe was very nice but it was also
nearly empty and quiet. That was soon to change when we decided to
liven things up. The place was filled with our laughter and shouts when
we got too into a drinking game that Bronson had taught my cousins and
brother when he was down here for a visit.
I manage to get tipsy ( I am really bad at the game) and headed home
early at around 1am. Nothing beats a goodnight sleep after being
slightly inebriated.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORBERT!
from: Audrey, Alex, Ashley, Ivan and Bronson.
PAU!
I played Gin Rum Mi the whole day after breakfast today! My mother was
feeling a little bored so she said we should warm up for Chinese
New Year. It was fun and we played a straight seven hour game. The last
five hours was played with Shirley and Auntie Cat both them taking
turns
to play.
We stop at around 7pm to go for dinner and continued around 8.30pm till
10.20pm. The end result Shirley won Rm 7 ++ and I lost Rm6 while my bro
gained back his capital and Ivan won Rm3++.
Gin Rum Mi is fun but considerngn my luck today I don't think I
should gamble on Chinese New Year as I am so unlucky and according to
my aunt I'm pretty reckless so I don't think that is a winnig
combination.
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Sapi island
Today, I went to Sapi island with Wen Ji and her friend Alicia
who came down yesterday from KL. She will only be here for a
short time (well actually she's going back tomorrow) so we
decided to show her at least one of the islands so we decided on Sapi.
The day started out gloomy with nary a sight of good weather, it
was drizzling and the boat operators were trying their damndest
to swindle us. One boat operator wanted to charge us an extra Rm 100
(50 New Zealand Dollars) just because we needed to go back early . You
see the process is like this, we choose an island and then we have to
wait for other passengers. The boatmen needs at least 8 people on the
boat before they can leave this is partially due to the hike in fuel
prices .
However, the same group of passengers have to decide on a time to leave
the island so that the boat men don't have to take make extra trips to
and from the island. we couldn't reach on an agreed hour so me and the
girls chip in an extra 30 ringgit and the price was still very low
compared to what the other boatman offer of RM 100. After much
haggling and bargaining we finally set out to sea, the journey to
the island was quite smooth but the journey back was quite choppy and
the soreness in my bum can attest to that.
The island was beautiful and serene, as predicted there were not many people
there and the sea was clear and cool to the touch. The sun only
came around 10.30 am but we weren't too bothered with that as we were
too busy exploring the island. When we arrive it was low tide
but by 11am the tide came in and the paths we used to explore the
island was soon submerge underwater.
I had fun sunbathing and then cooling myself in the sea while having to
deal with nipping fishies who were quite aggressive in their pursuits!
The girls were fun to hang around with and it was a lazy day of lazing
around in the sun and picture taking.
I had an enjoyable time today at the island and who wouldn't with the sun, surf and food readily at hand.
Wen Ji had to bring civilisation to her.
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