Walking the Life of Mine

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Lantern bug with its long beak

Giant moth

Beetle

Little birdie found at the cafe. I think it's injured

It stopped on my head and wouldn't budge. Notice the broken wing?

This thing is like so big! It stayed overnight on my room door. Did not even move...

There's tonnes of them at the resort. Annoying~ Any idea what it's called?

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The exterior of Wildflower Restaurant where I had my breakfasts.

The interior of the restaurant


Delicious food. Miss them so much, especially the ham and bacon.

Riverside Lounge - just next to the Melinau river.

Lunch - tomato mee

Dinner

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Map of Mulu

Aerial view of the resort

On the way to my hotel room.

Hotel rooms are by blocks of 2-storey building.

Very spacious twin sharing room

In house library. Mostly non-English book.

View of the Melinau river against a limestone wall

The resort even has a swimming pool. Nice.

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I wanted to post this up ages ago, but was simply too busy. There will be more photos and less words (I hope) for this post. Enjoy. :D

I had planned for this trip with my ex-colleagues back when I was still undergoing my Industrial Training. It was kind of a sequel to our Redang trip last September. Hehe.

So when AirAsia was having its 1,000,000 free seat promotion, we were quick to grab 4 free seats for a KL - Miri - KL return flight. We liaised with a travel agent for the 4d/3n trip.

On 1 March, we boarded an early plane bound for Miri. The new Miri Airport is like a mini KLIA. I still like the new Kuching International Airport, though. :P

We had about 2 hours before the departure of our connecting flight to Mulu. Here's some of the photos I managed to snap in the airport.

The benefit of walking down from a plane to the terminal is you get to pose for a photo.

Inside the terminal

Check-in counters

This is my very first time getting on a Twin Otter plane. It is so cute. I must admit, it looked very fragile and could break into two anytime. I could actually feel the whole plane moving when I climbed into it. I'm not fat; it's the plane. The interior is not the usual posh-looking MAS flight. There's only 19 seats, similar to those in my campus' lecture rooms. No steward/stewardess on duty. There's only you, the other passengers and the pilots. Cool, huh?

The plane has only a cruising speed of 269 km/h, 1/3 of B747's speed. It flies low too.

MAS' DHC-6 Twin Otter

The pilot and co-pilot were so busy flipping switches, pushing buttons and pulling levers.

OMG, they stole the chairs from the campus lecture room.

An aerial view of Miri city.

Nice coastal view.

Nice?

Hmm...reminds me of neuron.

Rejang River? I have no idea.

Posing in front of the Twin Otter on arrival at Mulu Airport.

The 20-minute flight to Mulu was awesome. I definitely enjoyed the experience flying in a Twin Otter!


Up next - Royal Mulu Resort.

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I was invited to the cocktail reception (as a past intern :P ) held on 5/1 at the Frangipani Restaurant & Bar at Changkat Bukit Bintang.

It was a reception held specially for those student teams who got into Round 2 of the L'Oreal e-Strat Challenge 2006. There were 31 teams (3 in a team) altogether, and MMU has 11 teams out of the 31!

Frangipani Restaurant & Bar

I arrived quite early, and was excited to see some of my ex-colleagues who were busy making finishing touches to the place. After exchanging pleasantries, I had the chance to explore the place. Tried to snap a few photos of the place before the sun sets. (Thanks HM for the camera! )

The Stairway Leading To The Bar On The Upper Floor

The Restaurant Area On The Ground Floor

One Of The Counters With Its Red-Coloured Theme Setting

Nice, Red Comfy Sofa

'White-Colored Theme' Area

The reception started around 7.00pm with some greetings and speeches. I was too busy chatting with my ex-colleagues and did not really pay attention to what was going on. :P

Part Of The Crowd At The Reception

There was a prize giving ceremony for the past e-Strat Challenge 5 top 3 Malaysian teams. On top of receiving a plaque each, the 3rd prize winner got themselves a mp3 player each; while the runner-up team received a Canon Digital Camera each. And guess what the winning team (they're from MMU, by the way) got? A brand new pocket PC each!!! 0_o

The crowd were letting out Oh's and Ah's and Wow's all the time. And the emcee even said it was "a little appreciation for their (the winners) effort" *AHEM*

I was so hungry when the finger food was finally served. The food was so nicely decorated I even hesitated (for 1 second) to gobble the thing up. :D There was smoked salmon with salmon caviar (Ikura), duck meat with ginger slice, soft shell crab with moyannaise, and many more.

Everyone was mingling around after a while, so I took the chance to take some pictures with my ex-colleagues, whom I were very close with back during my training days.

Meet Tracy, From Corporate Communications

CH, Audrey, CY (another past intern from MMU), Me

The HR gang: Amy (1st left), Maya (2nd right) & Kashini (1st right)

The Big Shots: Jean-Francois Couve (MD, 1st left), Shin (GM, 3rd left), and Vincent (Director, 2nd right)

I left around 9.30pm after helping Audrey packed all the publicity materials. Took the 10.00 pm bus back to Melaka. I must say it was an enjoyable trip - to be able to attend the reception and meet up my ex-colleagues. : )

Goodies Bag. There's L'Oreal Professional's Intense Repair Shampoo; Redken's Color Extend; Kerastase's Serum; L'Oreal Paris' Lip Gloss, Mascara, Studio Line Party Proof Gel, Dermo-Expertise Pure Zone Cleaner & Moisturizer; and Giorgio Armani's Armani Mania Sample. All these should worth than RM 200. *Grin*

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Bye Bye Resort...

Bye Bye Beautiful Scenery...

Bye Bye Lizard...

Bye Bye Squirrel...

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