Vol.3(3)

It was a sunrise viewed at 4095m above sea level, on May 12th morning. This series of photos were not very well taken, as I was still new with dSLR. This is my third times summiting Mt. Kinabalu, which is situated at the heart of my lovely homeland Sabah, Borneo. It was some sorts of like graduation trip for some of us. There were eight of us: three Singaporeans with the rest from Peninsular Malaysia. It was a super saving and enjoyable trip that included countless hours of "Call of Duty II" in cybercafe and a day-trip to the beautiful Manukan Island, don't you guys agree?

As I said, it was my third time. I used to boast about my ability to reach the Laban Rata Guesthouse (3273m) from Timpohon Gate (1866m) in slightly more than 3 hours, 6 to 7 years back. Sadly, it took the hell out of my life this time - for more than six hours! Worse still, I was overconfident to go without the walking stick, and ended up hurting my knees the following day. This story tells us that, maturity is a deceptive camouflage for the loss of youth, while time is mercilessly taking away our vigour. Anyway, it can also be our excuse of not exercising regularly! The other issue I wanna talk about is that Kundasang (the town at the foot of Mt. Kinabalu) is not as cool as it was a few years ago, and I badly missed the freezing chill during the summit climb. I am sure it won't be hard for you to relate it to the comtemporary hot topic - global warming.











Zoomed into the above photo, we found evidence that Tang was going after Elene (I hope I spell correctly), someone we met on the way, and taking care of her tenderly from behind^^







Sayounara, 神山!