secret recipe for sore throat

sore throat culprit:
-"tou fu pok" which sucked all the red hot curry.
-evonne's maggie-curry-powder-like concentrated oxtail soup
-yean xin's half bowl of red bean "tong sui"

sulan's secret recipe for her sore throat:

1 sachet of 罗汉果蛇舌草精powder reconstitute by adding one white glass of warm water.

+

1 white glass of warm honey water

+

10ml of 川贝枇杷膏 plus 1 white glass of warm water

(white glass=my mug=my measurement)

The secret recipe DIDN'T work though and it was NOT effective at all.

until...

i found another secret recipe at PeiTing's "hijau merah sama-sama" christmas party:

"ABSOLUTE MANGO 40% vodka plus mango juice

+

Rum plus coca-cola"

--miraculously my sore throat CURED despite having running nose on that night !

ok..ini recipe boleh jalan.

I WANNA WISH U A MERRY CHRISTMAS

17122009.

Borneo autumn expedition ends today! gonna see tanned Celine and Richard soon!

[i think we are getting closer after 3 sems!!]

Connexion christmas party with notts gang at senloong's.
BBQ-ed, sang christmas songs, birthday surprised, had fun with coded language, played darts, ping-pong matches and TABOO-ed !

[name cards]

[darts time! see the professional pose]

[at least i'm the best among girls. ALL darts on the board.]

had so much fun and random replys to laugh at when we TABOO-ing. i think TABOO answer is easier to guess if you played with someone who you see everyday, then only you can avoid the "beep beep" words.

[TABOO moment!! ---"you eat my wat?"]

even mid night facebook comments on the night and sb's unoewho are so hilarious. fun to recall the TABOO moments.

AND

when i woke up today, i had unexpected egg fruit mayo sandwich ready for my breakfast! prepared by sss at 3am morning after mahjoong session..haha..egg mayo plus japanese green tea!--good start in the morning.

Gonna have a fun weekend ahead in IW with raleigh bunch!!

" i wanna wish u a merry christmas,
i wanna wish u a merry christmas,
i wanna wish u a merry christmas,
from the bottom of my heart~~!!"---this christmas song stucked on my mind since cf christmas party.

10122009

time:1.12am

i feel like writing again.

I'm pretty upset now.
I think I just pisssed a good friend off AGAIN.

and

I really don't wanna see anymore dramas.Although it is considered none of my business,seeing friends upset is not a good feeling.

I should have off my msn and concentrate on microbiology whole night.

02122009

feel like writing something today.

today 02/12/09,
1. Sue Wen's birthday. greeted her in our usual style.
2. Had a 10 minutes' nap before dodgeball tournament and i dreamt of kailan. Such a weird dream of vege, maybe i missed kailan.
3. Dodgeball is a funny game. I realised how ganas ppl can be when they played dodgeball. I no fancy.
4. Had dinner, drink and a chat with chel gee again.
5. Got my costumer for IW.

Justin TimberDrake's travelling stories

Name: Yang Su Lan
Date: 08 Nov 2009
Expedition: Borneo Summer09 Expedition (09E)
What are you doing now: Pharmacy 2nd year student at Nottingham University

What has Raleigh meant to you:

I guess none among the thousands ex-venturers regretted spending their 10 weeks' time out of normal life to embark on a Raleigh expedition, so am I.

So far, 10 weeks 'summer runaway vacation' to Sabah is still the most unforgettable 10 weeks in my life. It is so memorable and unique that I can still visualise vividly what I did on when and who I met at where. Being thrown into nowhere in the middle of Borneo jungle, I was given an opportunity to get ridiculously dirty and sweaty to construct a jungle camp in harsh environment; become so tanned that I was stunned by my skin color when I first looked into a mirror after working 3 weeks on a kindergarten site; challenged myself mentally and physically to the extreme in order to complete a 12 days trek at serene Long Pa'sia jungle with a little award journey to the hidden but undisputedly marvelous Maga Waterfalls.

[drake visited my environment phase--sepilok jungle camp]

Besides all the hardcore and fun stories shared by all, Raleigh expedition help improved my interpersonal and communication skills by forcing me ought to live together with strangers from either the UK or Bermuda. In this small community, I Iearnt how other youngsters work, communicate their different perspectives of life and not-to-forget but most importantly discovered the unknown side of myself. Despite Sabah is one of the states in Malaysia, I experienced culture shock in rural small village during my community phase. Life-long friends can be found in this lovely piece of land, where the simple yet sincere aboriginal community called it home.

Initiated by the love towards this kind of lifestyle and heartened by the kindness of the villagers, I revised my pharmacist dream. In the future, my dream is to gain as much pharmacy knowledge and bring benefits to this group of people by working in the place where I'm needed most. Upon returning home, I re-joined Raleigh committee as Expedition Officer to assist more youngsters like myself to their once-in-a-lifetime expedition. The environment and people could be the same but I feel myself it isn't the "usual" me anymore. People changed to improve, so get rid of the blues and keep up the positive spirit. Oh ya, friendship in Raleigh KL is not OK to NOT give it a mention. Without them, the crazy fellas, Raleigh KL is not Raleigh KL anymore as ALL of my crazy acts and thoughts are due to their enlightenment and influence.

[a visit to Mt.K peak]

Someone said this that I second: 'Life would never be the same without Raleigh.' I'm so into it that I couldn't imagine how my recent life will be if I hadn't decided to participate in 168Tahan Adventure. Raleigh saved me from my otherwise ordinary monotonous life.

[there I go! Get OUT there!]

well, this is hilarious.

what do u always see when firefox have error loading pages?

we see this: "wellll, this is embarrassing"

another cute stuff i've seen during lab experiment classes
extra mini pestle and mortar.

[mini pestle,mortar,4cm vial and my KBr white pepper disc(cool stuff)]

touch touch

[i really like this photo lo.]
[why is it coincides.you copy me.]

Have been using second hand phone for years and years,
finally i got this----
my new touch touch nokia5800xpress music
(siaw,ur slide phone stand aside.)

few days then,
3 days after,to be exact
evon got 1 coincidentally.

1 week later,
sera got 1 too.

y is it so easy to take out rm1000++ from pocket
to buy a new phone?
i wonder.

rombongan cheapo cuti2 ke sekinchan

[this is how paddy field looks like on a bright sunny day]

monday to friday, 9am-5pm lectures and labs,
there is always something ahead to motivate me.
this time round, it was committee trip to sekinchan!!
--organised by KALAIVANI travel agency
--by agent TAMBI who is allergy to antihistamine. no,allergy to alcohol.

this is a trip with:
-11 other crazy individuals
-itinerary (but we never follow the schedule)
-cartoon theme
-disney cosplay
-strawberry flavoured kodomo lion
-greeny paddy
-raleigh style disco night (brought to you by DJ poh-e)
-a bungee cord
-breakfast,lunch and dinner settled at the same (one and only) town
-uncountable camwhores
-too much tvb influence
-laughters ( i laughed till i cant speak)
-power puff bag issue (WPC 66307 still looking for real mafia)
-pillow fight (stealing each other's pillow)
-sea food and more seafood

this is a trip without:
-following the itinerary
-panda (which was promised in itinerary)
-Apek kara-ok (luckily)
-power ranger knife
-sunrise
-hustle and bustle of city

[i never like pooh.but i like this baby pooh.especially the removable pampers]

[disney "cosplay"]

[the crazy bunch]

[if you watch too much hk tvb drama, u become like this]
[李奇。難兄難弟]

[us at paddy field]

[played harvest moon and grow corns b4.but this is the first time in corn field]

[jangan kena corn.]

[foto pengawas raleigh]

the 09E xperience 3

Raleigh expedition 09Ephase3---trek@long pa'sia, dive@mamutik

finally and luckily, there comes my adventure phase for my last phase. this is the most enjoyable phase, more like a vacation. because we no longer have to work under hot sun!

after taking 4hrs of four wheel drive(with guaranteed good mountain view) from a small town Sipitang, we finally arrived to the KAMPUNG LONG PASIA!
photo of long pasia from a hill. i was so excited when i first arrived here. this village exists out of no where in the middle of the jungle. it is soo soo soo beautiful---a big piece of land, fulled of wooden houses,schools, football field, church and occasionally some small ladang, surrounded by mountain range and serene jungle.the cooling weather in long pasia makes the village the best villages to stay on in sabah.(i think la)

a bird eye view of long pasia village from quite high altitude.(taken when we're on the way to senipong campsite)

job description: very simple.as below.

everyday, we trek with big rucksack and kena attacked by hundreds/thousands/millions/billions of desperate brown leeches/tiger leeches.

reached campsite,set up hammock,dining area. then, chill out time! people walk around, chit chat,play games....

if Nooh and the porters have got some free time, they will make us some games.

on the third day of trek, our guide,Nooh, he bubuk-ed a baby monkey! we named this cute little creature "Si Hutan". since then, hutan joined our team for the rest of the trekking phase and everyday he gave me a morning call by producing this "wu wu wu" sound. i remembered one of my trekking mate said:"isn't it a dream of every little boy to have a monkey as friend and let it sit on your shoulder?"

after chilling out, this is where we usually have a mandi ! i love all the rivers mandi in long pasia. challenged yourself to the extremem coldness!! we had fun time celup-ing there.

one of the river that we have to cross. it's a HUGE river,i was astounded. i've never seen a river like that. i remembered sitting by the river for a long time by just doing 1 thing, observed how the water flow.. thinking if i kena flush away by the river water and you will never see me again. dun play play....

one of the animal i got to eat at "karnivor" long pasia is.....pelanduk! taste a bit like pork and the meat was a bit rough. after the night we got pelanduk, we hoped for more: kancil, kijang, wild boar......but we never got any coz it was raining everyday.

this is how we lived in a jungle...god...i really missed those time...the time when i was awake twice a night because of the freezing cold weather. missed also the bird chirping soulnd in the early morning. missed also the morning where we have to rush to take down hammock, clear the campsite and keep moving.

trekking wasn't hard at all. during off day, we went there! there---MAGA WATERFALL!! i swear i have never been to this kind of places b4,such a nice place! everyone was amazed by the fierce water which flows down at an unbelievably fast speed. my team mate and i even refused to leave the beautiful maga falls.

after 12 days trek,our happy time at long pasia finally came to end.i left no regret in long pasia, coz i already enjoyed as much as i can.erm, mayb a small regret, i lost some cenderamatas that Nooh gave to me.

then, we proceed to the equally fun phase---diving phase!! it's time for vacation at mamutik island!
Vacation time!!Jess at sutera habour.(just wanna show a nice picture taken by me.)

times at mamutik...i dunno what to say...it is just---real fun time! and of coz one of the reasons is....i dun have to eat oat porridge as breakfast anymore!

the diving instructor who taught me also new photography skill.thank you.

a photo of me with the angmohs.haha..thanks to them, i had many of my first times during expedition. first time sunbathe under the sooo hot sun. it was crazy and fun i thought. first time to get my hair braided. it's cool i thought. first time to join the FULL MOON PARTY. haha, this is the craziest stuff i have done during expedition,crazy stuff i never thought of doing if it's not expedition.












u think expedition is fun?? wanna check out more??
pls do not hesitate to check out our raleigh kl website at www.raleighinternational.org.my
or contact expedition officer at expedition@raleighinternational.org.my

the 09E xperience 2

Raleigh expedition fasa dua--kampung mapan-mapan (you will have to listen how angmohs pronounce these words)
My community phase in kampung mapan2 is to built a kindergarten! what a wonderful meaningful task.we made a difference in other ppl's life.

dang dang dang dang! proudly presented to you my kampung.....
dang! the morning sunrise at abt 5.45am. yes, i sumtimes woke up at 5.30am for the sunrise shot and have a lonely morning walk around the kampung.

kampung mapan is a small little village with most of the villages catch fishes or other seafood for a living. oh yes, there was once i even waded across the sea to a small small island to help the women to collect oysters! but then i think i "gao gao zan, mou bong chan", ruined most of their oysters. it was a nice experience though.
this is what we did in mapan-mapan. again, very similar to the job in sepilok.

situation: very hot sun. normally the angmohs will say: "i'm baked"

job description:
1.carry more woods >_<" .
2.saw wood. we even had a sawing competition. my fastest record was sawing a 2"x4" wood in 28 second.that was the fastest i can go..considered quite fast d.
3.lots of arranging and nailing. bang-ing in a 4 inch nail into a piece of hard woods can be very demoralising whenever the nail bent.
4.actually not much work to do. i got lots of time to interact with the locals.or having a nap at the bench outside klinik kesihatan. or reading a book at the tower nearby the school.

accidents did occur.
almost everyday,we gotta do a medrep.
someone parang-ed his own finger.which is very stupid.
someone parang-ed,nail-ed,saw-ed,hammer-ed his thumb.the same thumb.which is very stupid also.
i knocked down a timber and unfortunately the 6"x3"x10' timber dropped on my unlucky left foot. was using a DIY bamboo tongkat for a day and limping like a victim who survived a bomb for a few days.

the 19-years-old boy and 17-years-old girl. see the difference if we eat rice everyday or if we eat bread,cheese,oats and milk everyday ?

after a day's work. this is a lil bit reward.
an open space washroom with kampung view+a bucket of rainwater+some mozzies bites= shower time
everyday, i cant wait for the refreshing shower! i loved this open washroom so much that i din even wanna wash in the proper washroom.

when i have got some free time(i have lots of free time actually), went down the water village and look for my frens. chit-chat with the locals, makan their kuih-muih and drink their tea(purposely did that to skip having oat porridge/crackers for lunch) or sometimes just chilled out at their house.

this guys, same age as me, he owned a red boat. it's very impressive. and he will undoubtedly win the "most helpful villager" award.

almost every evening, we played volleyball with these guys.all of them are orang asli. is either orang ubiyan,orang sulu or orang sungai. although they look like those illegal foreign workers in kl, they were actually very kind.

this is how the living hall looks like before breakfast,after breakfast,before lunch,after lunch and before dinner.

the kids! is really a bad timing to arrive in kampung mapan mapan. because of the seriousness of H1N1 cases,we were not allowed to teach english in the school. if would be great experience if i can teach them some english songs. but then, still i always lepak at the school area.had some random childish chat with the standard 1 kids, played forfiet chess with them and took lots of picture of these naive faces.
see? they are so cute.i cant remember their name,there are too many of them.i'm glad they remembered my name! but i think most probably now they have forgoten my name. working in a small village like this made me realised lots of things. if it's not kerajaan who sponsor their uniforms,school bags,textbooks and lunches, they might not have the chance to go to school. when they grow up,most probably they will get married with some guys and be a housewife. if these kids were born in city like kl, they might have a chance to make it to university and got some profession jobs.mayb a pharmacist,mayb my collegue. and i say these ppl are those who really need help, education sponsorship and not those city mxlxy with lousy results.

a photo of black,white and yellow people. and a picture of the world.raleigh expedition puts people from different parts of world together.this is what i find very interesting.

after a week's hardwork, finally this is our off day! to the island. is called pulau perkuburan. yea.is an island with graveyard. but we're like "bak mou kam gei", surprisingly, no spooky feeling, no one feel scared.hmm...this a very nice picture taken by me. that afternoon was one of the best moments in mapan-mapan too. it was a very hot afternoon and we(locals+venturers) were having a dip in the cool sea water. we menyelam-ed , found lots of baby jellyfishes, lots of starfishes, jumping into the sea water from each other's shoulder(quite hard) and competing with each other to see who can hold their breath longest in the water(of coz the sabahan won).

yeehee...this is our battle crab. they caught 3 crabs, tied them up, built a sand battle stadium and put them into battle with each other.if i'm not wrong, this crab won.as you can see, it is quite big in size. and i kena sepit by one of the crabs lo,super hurtS!!!! dun play play...then, i learnt a lesson:how to catch a crab correctly before catch you.

then there was once, i followed the orang kampung go korek telur burung. the eggs is almost twice the size of a chicken egg.very weird, this kind of bird lay eggs underground, then when the egg hatches, the baby bird will crawl all the way to the surface. really "shan kei" lo,first time i see this kind of bird. in less than 1 hrs time, the orang kampung already dug out 16 eggs.they take it back,cook it and eat it.

a crab. 2 kilos of crab for dinner! soooooo good.

a fish. a humungous fish for dinner. sooooo good again. few days later , we had prawns for dinner. soooooo good again!










i'm glad that i've been to this place. to have fun. to understand the locals. to build tadika kg.mapan-mapan.