A last minute plan to fly from Kuching to Miri and a one day dive-road trip to Brunei for the weekend. My air tickets were fairly cheap; considering the last minute purchase and it was my first time flying with MasWing's ATR plane. The 90 minutes flight I took early that morning was pretty interesting that I was awake the whole entire journey...what was interesting? Hmm...I don't know but the feeling of going back to Miri is just *doop dup doop dup*
...the views from leaving Kuching to arriving Miri...I rented 'the Kelisa' I rented last year when I was in Miri for graduation and it was 'the same Kelisa' that Mum and I rented when she was here for holidays few years back which had us into accidents with Hilux...3 times! But anyhow, it was a good car to drive and fuel efficient too!
Settled with the car rental, I headed straight to Curtin University to meet up with Juliana for lunch and some catching ups. I spent the entire afternoon in campus, sitting down at the cafeteria and reminiscing on the past. It was later that I met Elizabeth at her office before arriving at Sharon's place for the night.
Settled with the car rental, I headed straight to Curtin University to meet up with Juliana for lunch and some catching ups. I spent the entire afternoon in campus, sitting down at the cafeteria and reminiscing on the past. It was later that I met Elizabeth at her office before arriving at Sharon's place for the night.
Day 2: Road Trip to Brunei for dives!
I woke up early that morning and left home at 5.15am to Permyjaya's Shell and McDonalds for fuel and breakfast. It was 6am that I crossed the Sungai Tujuh Check Point and off I drove for 2 hours to Oceanic Quest at Muara. The sunrise was beautiful along the way and actually...it wasn't a hard and tiring drive, maybe because I was over excited with the dives.
...the highway from Kuala Belait to Muara...
...McDonald's Breakfast...It was one of the best wreck dives I've done so far...not to mention it was a real wreck (not some artificial wreck someone sank into the sea as a dive site). I had good lunch, great dive master and of course, very interesting sites which I will definitely come back again one day for more! Had a short rest before I took on another 2 hours drive back to Miri that evening and sunset was beautiful~ It was on my 60 minutes drive that I realized I left my new Bares dive gloves in the dive centre... *sigh*
Day 3: Diving in Miri with Sharon & Chris!
Another 3 dives in Miri waters with Tropical Divers and my first time to dive with Sharon and Chris. On our second dive, the rain came above us but we barely felt a thing other than the diving in the dark and rain drops on the water surface. Though the weather was rather dark and rainy, it was a great dive.
Day 4: Chill out Sunday
I sat outside the house with my dive log and computer, checking through the photos and videos I took and there goes one 'haaaaaacuuuuiiii!' ...oh shites! Flu came in, cough came second and fever came third. I turned pale immediately *sweats* I spent the whole afternoon, trying not the get a nap and later I had an alone time walking at the beach before having dinner with Kylie at Banana Leaf Restaurant.
Day 3: Diving in Miri with Sharon & Chris!
Another 3 dives in Miri waters with Tropical Divers and my first time to dive with Sharon and Chris. On our second dive, the rain came above us but we barely felt a thing other than the diving in the dark and rain drops on the water surface. Though the weather was rather dark and rainy, it was a great dive.
Day 4: Chill out Sunday
I sat outside the house with my dive log and computer, checking through the photos and videos I took and there goes one 'haaaaaacuuuuiiii!' ...oh shites! Flu came in, cough came second and fever came third. I turned pale immediately *sweats* I spent the whole afternoon, trying not the get a nap and later I had an alone time walking at the beach before having dinner with Kylie at Banana Leaf Restaurant.
...it was definitely a good time for my to clear my mind...Day 5: Diving in Miri again!
This time, I went for dives on my own with 2 other divers with a really bad flu and fever up on my sleeves. First dive was alright. 2nd dive was terrible because I couldn't equalized but after I managed to, my mask was flooded with the slimes. 3rd dive, I was freezing at 30 degrees. Though I had a hard time trying to warm myself on the boat, I had a good time!
Day 6: A walkabout in Miri City
At 7am, Sharon dropped me off at SunCity where I started my journey to walk the city. It was a good one hour walk, taking photographs here and there and had my kolo mee for breakfast before having Americano at Starbucks while waiting for Juliana to campus. Had a good meetup with the JCLA facilitators. It was 1pm that I took the public bus down to town again and back home to pack my bags and off to the airport.
...a good morning walk...
Day 6: A walkabout in Miri City
At 7am, Sharon dropped me off at SunCity where I started my journey to walk the city. It was a good one hour walk, taking photographs here and there and had my kolo mee for breakfast before having Americano at Starbucks while waiting for Juliana to campus. Had a good meetup with the JCLA facilitators. It was 1pm that I took the public bus down to town again and back home to pack my bags and off to the airport.
...a good morning walk...
...JCLA facilitators; Ms Haslina, Ms Serina and Anso...
...the bus ride...
...the bus ride...It was a great weekend trip to Miri and Brunei. Had lotsa fun...meeting up with friends and enjoying the food that I missed and looking back at the great moments I had in university. Definitely looking forward to coming back to my 2nd home again one day!
Oh oh oh...
Not forgetting the food!
...American Toast...
...KFC's Home-made Beef Burger in Special Sauce...
...Sharon's Home-made Maharajah Chicken...
...Banana Leaf's Curry Fish Head...
...Sharon's Home-made Baked Cheese...*Yumz*
IT WAS A GREAT TRIP INDEED!
IT WAS A GREAT TRIP INDEED!
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