Kwetiau Pinggir Pantai dan Sate Jawa

Bener2 enak deh. Liburan, nonton sunset di pinggir pantai Kota Kinabalu sembari makan kwetiau seafood goreng. Benernya rasa kwetiau ini ga lebih enak dari buatan uncle di hawker-center hdb block. Tapi berhubung suasana liburan dan rasa lapar, jadi wenak. Hah!Malemnya setelah berkeliling kota mencari sekaleng gas masak, perjalanan berakhir di kedai makan melayu, memesan sate daging (sapi) dan ayam. Dan kali ini satenya bener2 enak. Ga semanis yang ada di Singapur. Padahal sempet skeptis ngeliat bumbu cocolnya yang bau2 kari. Ga heran 20 tusuk langsung tandas dengan cepat. Yang menarik pas bayar kita denger si abang tukang sate ngomong jawa ke asistennya. Jawa? Ya, ternyata tukang sate ini asalnya dari Jogya dan udah 8 tahun di KK. Lha, pantes satenya berasa enak!

... and I failed

As the title said, I have not made to the top of Kinabalu. Sigh! My summit attack journey ended at Sayat-sayat post (400 m below Low's Peak), as cold wind kicked in and my left knee felt like jelly.

During our summit attack, we met peeps who decided to abort and went back. One of them said that he was physically fit but not mentally. I guess that applied to me too. Plus I am not that physically fit :)

Nevertheless, this is quite a big achievement for me, never thought that I will be climbing up mountain before. Well, they said there's always next time. Yeah, they're right, but on second thought, I dun think I'll be back again... enuf for mountain, let's bring sunny-white-sand-beach :)

It starts on Monday...

from wiki: Mount Kinabalu (Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is a prominent mountain in Southeast Asia. It is located in Kinabalu National Park (a World Heritage Site) in the east Malaysian state of Sabah, which is on the island of Borneo in the tropics.

In 1997, a re-survey using satellite technology established its summit (known as Low’s Peak) height at 4,095 metres (13,435 feet) above sea level, which is some 6 metres less than the previously thought and hitherto published figure of 4,101 metres (13,455 feet) [1]. The mountain is the third tallest in Southeast Asia behind Hkakabo Razi of Myanmar (Burma) and Puncak Jaya of New Guinea - Indonesia [2], and is therefore also the tallest in Malaysia and on the island of Borneo, which Malaysia shares with Indonesia and tiny Brunei.

Four-o-nine-five meters mountain. And on Monday me and mah 3 buddies will scale it up to the top. Bloody hell, this is my first ever climbing trip and I have choosen the tallest mountain in Borneo! Plus with only minimal preperation (that's also if circling MacRitchie Reservoir and walking up to Bukit Timah's top once a week can be classified as preperation!). Gonna need all luck that I can find!

Above image is captured from Google Earth.