Merry Christmas!

菊花台..

Yes i know.. he don't really have the warrior look, but what the heck.. LOL

Yeap, another one of Jay's post.. Recently he is co-starred a chinese movie with the veteran star Chow Yun Fatt and Gong Li, The City of Golden Armour (a.k.a. The curse of The Golden Flower..) Anyway, remember the previous post i did on his latest album? One of the song became the soundtrack of this movie, Chrysanthemum Bed (菊花台).. A slow and nice song.. and here are the lyrics..

菊花台 (Ju hua tai)

Composer: Jay Chou (周杰倫) (周杰伦) Lyricist: Vincent Fang (方文山) (方文山)

你 ni 的 de 淚 lei 光 guang

柔 rou 弱 ruo 中 zhong 帶 dai 傷 shang

慘 can 白 bai 的 de 月 yue 彎 wan 彎 wan

勾 gou 住 zhu 過 guo 往 wang

夜 ye 太 tai 漫 man 長 chang

凝 ning 結 jie 成 cheng 了 le 霜 shuang

是 shi 誰 shui 在 zai 閣 ge 樓 lou 上 shang

冰 bing 冷 leng 的 de 絕 jue 望 wang

雨 yu 輕 qing 輕 qing 彈 dan

朱 zhu 紅 hong 色 se 的 de 窗 chuang

我 wo 一 yi 生 sheng 在 zai 紙 zhi 上 shang

被 bei 風 feng 吹 chui 亂 luan

夢 meng 在 zai 遠 yuan 方 fang

化 hua 成 cheng 一 yi 縷 lü 香 xiang

隨 sui 風 feng 飄 piao 散 san

你 ni 的 de 模 mo 樣 yang

(chorus)

菊 ju 花 hua 殘 can

滿 man 地 di 傷 shang

你 ni 的 de 笑 xiao 容 rong 已 yi 泛 fan 黃 huang

花 hua 落 luo 人 ren 斷 duan 腸 chang

我 wo 心 xin 事 shi 靜 jing 靜 jing 淌 tang

北 bei 風 feng 亂 luan

夜 ye 未 wei 央 yang

你 ni 的 de 影 ying 子 zi 剪 jian 不 bu 斷 duan

徒 tu 留 liu 我 wo 孤 gu 單 dan

在 zai 湖 hu 面 mian

成 cheng 雙 shuang

(2nd Verse)

花 hua 已 yi 向 xiang 晚 wan

飄 piao 落 luo 了 le 燦 can 爛 lan

凋 diao 謝 xie 的 de 世 shi 道 dao 上 shang

命 ming 運 yun 不 bu 堪 kan

愁 chou 莫 mo 渡 du 江 jiang

秋 qiu 心 xin 拆 chai 兩 liang 半 ban

怕 pa 你 ni 上 shang 不 bu 了 liao

岸 an 一 yi 輩 bei 子 zi 搖 yao 晃 huang

誰 shui 的 de 江 jiang 山 shan

馬 ma 蹄 ti 聲 sheng 狂 kuang 亂 luan

我 wo 一 yi 身 shen 的 de 戎 rong 裝 zhuang

呼 hu 嘯 xiao 滄 cang 桑 sang

天 tian 微 wei 微 wei 亮 liang

你 ni 輕 qing 聲 sheng 的 de 歎 tan

一 yi 夜 ye 惆 chou 悵 chang

如 ru 此 ci 委 wei 婉 wan

(chorus)

菊 ju 花 hua 殘 can

滿 man 地 di 傷 shang

你 ni 的 de 笑 xiao 容 rong 已 yi 泛 fan 黃 huang

花 hua 落 luo 人 ren 斷 duan 腸 chang

我 wo 心 xin 事 shi 靜 jing 靜 jing 淌 tang

北 bei 風 feng 亂 luan

夜 ye 未 wei 央 yang

你 ni 的 de 影 ying 子 zi 剪 jian 不 bu 斷 duan

徒 tu 留 liu 我 wo 孤 gu 單 dan

在 zai 湖 hu 面 mian

成 cheng 雙 shuang

Of course, this is a good help to bananas who likes this song.. the song lyrics is from www.jaychoustudio.com..

The 4 Best Friends!

The stories begin.....

Once upon a time in Curtin.... (*aiyak tis is not Disney story*). Okok so the stories starts like this. How WE met? Wow! incredible, come to think of it, WE are actually from different courses. REalyy!! Is like 1 from Marketing & Finance, 1 from Accounting & Finance, 1 from Finace & Management and 1 from Marketing & Management.

Despite of the different courses, one funny thing among us is that there are 3 kch kia and only 1 miri kia (which is also not entirely a miri 'lang') hahaha... How wierd can this group be. :P

I guess we have to thank one guy. His name is Alvin (a mirian) who somehow helped in creating this group.

What WE do??? Basically, loitering around town spending almost entire time don't know what to do. Asking questions like ' ai ki ta lok?' , 'go where eat?' (tis is the famous one and most frequent use) etc. hahaha... Other things are like, watching movies, having our 3 meals 2gether, sleepovers, goes to computer lab to do assignments. Talking about assignments I must take oppotunity here to actually thank my 2 most faithful and loyal friends (Violet n Mark) . They always "teman" me and Ming Hui for our 'aSSingments' time. For eg: our Market REsearch which we spent the night in the lab and both our friends "temaned" us, supporting us all the way through. Thanks! Tough times eh guyz.... ?? Wow!! Same goes to Strategic marketing (i think) and part of the Business Policy (again i think) hahaha.. can't really remember. :p Aiyah.... story stil long long way... need to have another episode. (mayb the trilogy episode)

The memories that WE have created is so much so that i will cherish it forever. Now that everyone has graduated i juz want to say CONGRATULATIONS!!
All the Best to our future. Go! Go! Go!

Keep in touch. Friends AlwayZ.

Reconstruction in progress

Guys and girls, people of all ages.. as you can see, the site is experiencing a minor overhaul (actually not so serious).. as the moderator of this blog finds it quite plain so he decided to add in some colour.. and hope to change the design a bit..

Well, the progress can be seen from time to time but not to worry, we will try our very best to make it look good...

signing out.. ah minghui..

Changing phase in life..

I guess this site slowly become a ranting ground not for students, but working people.. Lene and Violet is on the verge of graduating.. Mark and I have already did.. so as our lives move on to the next phase, so will this site.. hmm.. what will the new layout look like i ask myself..

Anyway.. what i wanna say here is... CONGRATS!! to all who did well for the finals.. and all the best in all your future undertakings.. :)

Ixora Team Spirit!!!

Team Ixora
I tell you honestly, i tot this group was like 'tak chek' group man. Gosh! when i saw them i was like, WHAT! another quiet group. Hai~~~~
(I was the sadess person on earth at that time) *no offence me groupy* hahaha :)

HOwever, this turn 360 i tell u. It was the most AMAZING group i have came across. Superb indeed i must say. Oh! i like the team spirit and the teamwork they showed especially during the asid river game.

everybody was working hard as u can SEE.

if not wrong, me think we are brainstorming on what to do next :p

I am kinda short of pictures, most of the pictures are not with me. So i guess that's it for the Ixora team. Will miss this group very much, and i will always cherish the moment we had. hahaha.. All the best to you all me groupies....

RYLA Camp!!

Hi!!
Me is back to civilization. Went to RYLA camp. Stayed in the Iban long house was juz a great experience. 'O.M.G' was fantastic. I have never been to such a wonderful camp.(Me think is bcoz Me always go for diciplinary camps) hahahaha... cool. First of all, Me would like to introduce Me most outgoing group IXORA (picture below) Oh! did u see the ONLY guy there... Did U?? That is our TEAM leader. :p

Ixora Flower

'IXORA' group

Apart from having juz 'a' group we had a sub-group which is called 'The Gang' cosist of me (missing in the pic), violet, angeline and the 'Boar' family. Below is the picture.

this is the Iban longhouse we stayed in

Nice view with the Melanau Tall house

the certificate time :p & also bye bye time :'(

Above are juz some of the pictures in camp. Sweet memories as well as erm... how should i put it.... erm... "INTERESTING" stories??? (eg: the 'STUCK' liaw story, 'RIP' story, 'Ku Cik' story, the great LEADERSHIP story,etc. )

hahaa.. i guess some of those attended the camp would understand what i meant. Muahahaha... *EVIL* hahaha....*EVIL*

Well, I miss everybody so so so much.

Hey everyone is more than welcome to give comments. Especially those who attended the camp. hahaha... Adios for now.

Have a tea break in Fortuna Cafe

People always say, the best brands are always the household brands.. Chinese people always call it Lau Zhao Pai meaning 'old sign board'.. literally..

Anyway, what i am about to share with everyone is going to make you drool.. so here's the warning.. excessive drooling may occur to viewers, so if it is approaching brunch hour or tea time, please view other posts in therubbishbin.blogspot.com..

This place is Fortuna Cafe, located in the old streets of Miri, near the Sin Liang Supermarket..

Fortuna Cafe boasts to have one of the best Roti Kahwin in town.. and before i move in straight to the bread, let me show you how the place roughly looks like...

Husband and wife fixing their specialty behind the workspace..

I often patronize the Cafe with my dad and several colleagues, usually during tea hours to get a chill after tedious day at work.. we would just have a sit at any corner, and order the usual delicacies..

First comes the Kahwin 'C'.. Kahwin means marry, or just to simply put it, mixing.. This cup contains green beans, barley, sago and milk for the 'C'.. It tastes so good that sometimes you just can't help it to get another serving..

A close up look at the contents of the Kahwin 'C'..

Next up, the specialty of the shop.. The Roti Kahwin.. Again, kahwin is used, but actually it just means having a pair being put together, in which in this case are the breads.. Two pieces of bread put together with butter and coconut jam, often known as 'Kaya' is spread in between...

Again, a close up at the bread.. you can see the melting butter ooozing out... *drools..

And taking a bite, which sends you to a temporary 'seventh-heaven' state.. in human language.. 'orgasmic'.. *do not mistake me for reaching orgasm so easily over few pieces of bread... i am just using that word to describe roughly how my feelings was then...

Then comes something you would usually have for breakfast, which i had for tea that time.. Boiled eggs... welol timed and nicely flavoured.. *actually, flavouring was done by myself..

Mmmm....

Heck, being a slow paced community, Mirians tend to start drinking beer around 4 pm.. so around tea time you can start seeing some kicking off with a few bottle of Heiniken or Tiger beers...

Well, enough for this post.. the boss is looking at me with a suspicious look.. so i'd better stop snapping photos and start finishing my chow on the table...

The happenings.. in the month of November

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Short Talk: How unlucky can one get? Having experienced several things in one day may be quite a thing to handle for some.. Monday, 13th Nov 2006 may be the darkest day of the year for me and my colleagues.. break-in, accident, death and another accident.. *sighs..

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Lots had been happening last month, which includes a break-in into my office, good friends departing and some cool dudes returning for the summer holidays, getting my first try on an AFRO.. here is a review for the volatile month of November..

1) Break-in of the office..
Dude, after waking up early one Monday morning what would you expect? Of course a good cup of coffee to kick start your day, nice smile from the counter ladies from my office front desk etc. etc..

Instead...

I saw the office counter lady standing outside looking at the sliding windows.. Curious as always, i came down my car to pak kuah a while..

Then i see it..

Blardy-chau-l*-k*a!! they broke into my office and stole my lap-top and projector! the lost is estimated RM8k, and to make things worse, only MY stuffs are gone.. nothing else is lost.. damn it!



This is where my laptop once was.. Being a genius, those petty thieves took the laptop without the power cable and battery.. *sighs..

A broken-into office table.. it seems that they found out that nothing valuable is in the drawers, so they opened one, and decided to leave the rest alone.. smart...

This is how they gained access.. small arm perhaps? But my guess was proven true from the hand print on the sliding window, which the police didn't even bother to look at.. bloody kids..

The room next door went through some ransacking.. but nothing was taken away..

So, how did i take this? Terrible, 'cos ironically, as an insurance agency, we didn't buy theft insurance for this case.. so... out of RM8K, we claimed NONE...

2) So-called farewell dinner for my homies..

The exam was over for my homies, we've decided to come together to have perhaps my last dinner with them, while they are still here in Miri..

Instead of the regular place at PONG'S, we decided to switch out tastebuds to move on to Siamese Secrets..

I would have to say.. the environment was really good.. eating there is really comfy, with a relaxing ambience with nice service (and the young waitress was pretty sweet too... *ahem..).. Anyway, let's emphasize on the food..

First up.. the lamb chop ordered by Violet the Mallet.. Nice.... taste nice.. and so is the decor too.. makes me drool even though the picture is taken using a 1.3 mega-pixel phone cam..

Mmm... so nice..... :D

Next up, the chicken chop, ordered by Leslie the Parsley (Leslie Goh).... again, nice decor and hey.. the chicken is so well grilled that it tasted so... chicken..

Nice :)~

Coming up, the fish and chips.. Emmeline the Vaseline, decided to hit on the fish and chips (which actually I wanted to order, but she came on first in the queue.. what the heck..).. One of the masterpieces, nice looking and tasted good as well.. the fish they used.. dory i think.. hmm.. whatever..

Ahh... i cannot stop drooling..

And for myself.. the PIZZA! Hmm.. they call it the chef's pick and i find it not bad.. heavy on cheese and nicely spiced up with a thick fragrance of olive and herbs.. ah.. i can still remember the taste today...

Hey, i didnt finish it by myself k.. i passed some to the rest too.. sharing is caring... haa...

3) Head on with an AFRO

Ever felt how it was to be in a fluffy Afro? Well, let me tell you.. it is very attention-attracting..

My dude Yip Huat the dunno-wat came back from Oz few days back and he had a gift for me which is pretty out of the ordinary.. The last time was a boomerang, which Ngee Huat's bro, Ngee Kai flew it into the bush and was never found.. Now is an Afro!

I tell you, i can really feel that i raised a bar in fashion in Miri!

I drove around with this funky hair-do around Seberkas (Pasar Malam).. The only thing i failed to do is not creating attention to such unique hair..

When i reached home, even my mom was astonished, and i decided to present her the pose of a life-time for the next Mother's Day...

What else can i do, unless to self-shock with such good opportunity??

and my quote of my lifetime.. sharing is caring... Shared the fun with Teddie..

So, this sums up my life for month of November.. perhaps it's just not that bad after all..

And to my homies, Emmeline and Violet, enjoy your holidays and all the best for your results.. :)~

NTU Feedbacks.. lol

While chatting with Chin, he shared with me this super-hilarious video from You-Tube, which i believe i cannot sleep if i don't share it.. here goes...

LOL... i wish i dared to do that when i was in Curtin..

MEMO

Perhaps, i've discovered the positive note of working.. is that i have such free time to post the following entry... -_-b

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MEMO

To all Employees:
Effective January 2007

Dress Code
1. It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary. If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not need a pay raise.

2. If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, so that you may buy nicer clothes, and therefore you do not need a pay raise.

3. If you dress just right, you are right where you need to be and therefore you do not need a pay raise.

Sick Days
We will no longer accept a doctor's certificate as proof of sickness.
If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.

Holiday Days
Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called Saturday & Sunday.

Compassionate Leave
This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead friends, relatives or co-workers. Every effort should be made to have non-employees attend to the arrangements.
In rare cases where employee involvement is necessary, the funeral should be scheduled in the late afternoon. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and subsequently leave one hour early.

Toilet Use
1. Entirely too much time is being spent in the toilet. There is now a strict three-minute time limit in the cubicles.

2. At the end of three minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the cubicle door will open, and your picture will be taken.

3. After your second offence, your picture will be posted on the company notice board under the "Chronic Offenders" category.

4. Anyone caught smiling in the picture will be sanctioned under the company's mental health policy.

Lunch Break
1. Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch, as they need to eat more so that they can look healthy.

2. Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure.

3. Chubby people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim-Fast.

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. Remember we are an employer of choice and we are here to provide a positive employment experience.

Therefore, all questions, comments, concerns, complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations, insinuations, allegations, accusations, contemplations, consternation and input should be directed elsewhere.

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... LOL..

Go.. STRIP??

Being crazy enough to take this photo in public, and posting it up.. priceless..


Thanks adrian for this fantastic pic.. i really like the feel.. haha.. Also, credit to GIODARNO for such unique advertorial..

Guessing game..

Well, alot of things happened today, but one thing in particular that happened made a great impact to me, which resulted in this post..

Of course, if I tell it out straight, it would not be fun, so I've decided to make it into a 'Guessing Game'.. and today, let's guess: 'What did I not do?'..

So the story started off like this..

Today, a fine Thursday morning, I did my usual errands.. As an insurance agent by profession (*ahem) it is my duty to go around to see people and talk about, yes you are right, insurance..

Anyway, I met up with a client, together with my dad (also my boss and manager..) and decided to have a drink in Tasty Point, opposite Mega Hotel.. We sat down, I ordered chinese tea, the client kopi O (meaning coffee in black, with sugar and no milk) and my dad ordered a cup of milo. The client is a bank officer, which bank, i shall not disclose to protect his identity (cos what we did not do i quite a crime actually, and hey, we did not purposely gang up to commit it..)

We talked mainly about investments, market trends of unit trusts (I guess part of his job is selling UT..) and a bit on recruitment.. we chatted for about 45 minutes and being a busy man, my client had to move on to do his work..

We stood up.. shook hands, exchanged name cards and moved on to our offices...

So the question is...... 'What did we not do??'

Take a guess.....




Answer: We did not pay the bills.. O_o

.. Mempunyai keluarga yang aman damai dan tidak berperang..

Kids, don't try this at school....

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Random posting.. LOL

就快毕业了。该高兴或烦恼呢？

哎哟！就快毕业了,如何打算呢？经济不好，寻找工也很难。做工？读书？
哪一个呢？咳~~还是别烦这个问题吧！测验就快到了,有点紧张! :) 希望测验过得顺顺利利。
就到止。我大概有五六年没用中文写了,忽然想用中文发挥。希望我没写错字。哈..哈..哈... :)

Yet, still in fantasy.. Jay Chou..

While fiddling with my laptop in my office alone, i popped open my Media Player and turned on one of the latest tunes i got my hands onto.. Jay Chou's latest album, Still Fantasy..

After 5 years.. and still, you are fantasizing?!

Apparently, i am not really an 'up-to-trend' music listener, so i guess this is the latest song that i am having now,well, at least the newest among my cd collections..

As usual, most who have listened to his songs may think that this album may not be any different from his past albums (proven track record, as in his past albums).. Yes, true, hos past albums are none any different and all this while you have been buying the same album from Jay, only with edited lyrics..

But for this one, make sure you get hold of it..

Tinkering; what about some Shanghai-Broadway flavour?

This new album of his brings in a new flavour of tunes, mostly from the broadway-Shanghainese era, where ang-mohs like to visit clubs with hot Shanghainese chicks who sings on stage for a living then.. When i listened to the songs, even i felt like i was there myself..

This album consists of 10 songs, like what i've mentioned, 50-60% sounds like the Shanghai-Broadway tune, the rest may be a mixture of soft, or even some of his infamous fast rap songs.. here are the list of them..

01. 夜的第七章 - Twilight's Chapter Seven (Ye De Di Qi Zhang)
02. 聽媽媽的話 - Listen to Mama's Words (Ting Ma Ma De Hua)
03. 千里之外 - Faraway (Qian Li Zhi Wai)
04. 本草綱目 - A Herbalist's Manual (Ben Cao Gang Mu)
05. 退後 - Retreat (Tui Hou)
06. 紅模仿 - Red Imitation (Hong Mo Fang)
07. 心雨 - Heart's Rain (Xin Yu)
08. 白色風車 - White Windmill (Bai Se Feng Che)
09. 迷迭香 - Rosemary (Mi Die Xiang)
10. 菊花台 - Chrysanthemum Flower Bed (Ju Hua Tai)

The translation is not done by me so don't blame it on me if there is any silly mistakes there.. The CD set came with one audio disc and a multimedia DVD, where his MVs for the first and third song is included (plus the making of the first MV). Not really a bad deal, as it costed me RM 50 (plus a poster.. *ahem..)

Well, since i just got hands on the songs, i would not be doing any recommendations as frankly speaking, i have not really suited myself with the songs yet. Anyway, my personal favourite would be the ones in odd numbers, so yeah, have a go at this album... i think its ok..

Random Ramblings..

Well, all my bretherens are currently busy with their stuffs, except for one... *ahem.. so this explains why no words are splurted in this blog for almost a century..

Anyway, i happen to stumble upon a colleague.. we had lunch together and we happen to talk about this..

"Well, alot of people have been talking about hope this and that.. but actually, do you know how to explain hope in proper english?"

I shrugged...

"Just look at those people lining up in TOTO shops, holding their tickets... THAT'S HOPE.."

-_-b

Tourism Malaysia (episode 2)

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Side talk: This post happened to be incidents happening in the last week.. sorry for the heavy delay..

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Today, I was summoned to go to Batu Niah..

Beautiful weather throughout the journey.. Mist of the morning air..

Annoying pick-up who refused to let us pass

The amazing watermark of the scenary: The Niah Caves..

Batu Niah, famously known for the caves has been one of the most popular angmoh hangout, especially those with backpacks.. Thoso without the backpacks would prefer to stay in Hiltons or Marriots, so less likely you’d find them here as the best they offer is the Niah Cave Hotel in town..

Budget lodging: A two storey shop house with only the top floor of accomodation

So, it is supposed to take us an hour drive (actually its my colleague who is driving, I’m just there to accompany him for some business reasons), but due to the fact that those 5 tonnes and above vehicles maneuvering and sharing the same so-called high way, it took us additional half an hour to reach..

The client happened to be some sign craft maker, so I took a pleasure of taking a photo of a signboard which is not put out yet.. Hah, who knows some VIP is going to officiate this piece of shit of sign board and I got the pic much earlier than other reporters do..

Do not this and that.. i miss my school days..

As the town is not really developed and people here live a simple and laid back life.. Life’s pace is slow, and if you compare it with a scale, Miri’s would be 70 km/hr while Kuala Lumpur’s would be 120 km/hr so, Niah’s would definitely be 25 km/hr..

Even the vehicles move as fast..

The wet market.. not even 50% wet..

Busy street.. or is it?

Moving around doing my businesses around town gave me some opportunity to snap up some of Niah’s beautiful scenes..

'Teh-C' supply for the next 5 decades..

We had to stop by and wait for something to come up, so we had a simple breakfast in a coffee shop and to my surprise, though people here may live a simple life and some may assume that they are not as wealthy, I would think otherwise.. Can you imagine durian for breakfast? That’s one costly breakfast, even my noodle costs RM 2.30.

Wah, auntie, so geng ah? Durian for breakfast?

It happened to be the middle of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, no wonder most of the town’s activities were slowed down.. (so I guess it should be 35 km/hr if it wasn’t 7/15?) Thus, I made a visit to the nearest Chinese temple.. Loads of Chinese people are there.. as what I heard, they are having their vegetarian meal.. I would definitely like to pop in for a free meal but due to time constraint I had to excuse myself and say a premature good bye to Niah..

Even the temple is busier than the streets, this explains why..

Wanted to trespass to get a free meal but hey, with the two lions guarding, i would be their meal instead..

On the way back to Miri, we spotted some treasure.. Guess what’s the season now? Not the mooncake or whatever ghost month.. IT’S DURIAN SEASON.. Now it made sense, no wonder that ‘wealthy’ lady was feasting on a durian as early as 9 am.. So we popped up 5, 2 for me and 3 for my colleague and headed on back..

And who said that I wanted to go home empty handed?

In conclusion, on behalf of the tourism board I would give this trip a 6/10, as we hit the right season at the right time, but sad enough, due to the fact that we did not really roll into the caves/park/any recreational sites (hey, we were working..) itself, the fun factor really soared as there is really nothing much to do in the town other than just buying 4d..

Dropping by at the beach on the way: monsoon season with high tide?