Let the rest of mankind find me if it could.

digging for that Treasure

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No one ever followed his genius til it misled him. Though the result were bodily weakness, yet perhaps no one can say that the consequences were to be regretted, for these were a life in conformity to higher principles. If the day and night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal,--that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We easily come to doubt if they exist. We soon forget them. They are the highest reality....the true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.
--Henry David Thoreau

I'm BACK!

Man those two days were really tiring man...

Okay, this is gonna be one heck of a long entry...

We (meaning my sis, my ma and I) took a coach ride to Genting. I barely slept, but the seats were extremely comfortable, and it had a LEG REST! It went way down too, but there was they friggin annoying kid who kept banging on my seat. Damn idiot man! We reached Genting at about 5am, and since we were supposed to check into the hotel at 9am, we had a long wait ahead of us. Cyn and I listened to our iPods a bit, then tried to sleep on the uncomfortable plastic chairs at the lobby. It didn't work out. Then at about 7am, we got up and decided to get some breakfast. Lugging our suitcases, we went to look for some chow. We ate at this crappy resturant inside the Indoor Theme Park. I ate spaghetti, Cyn ate wanton mee, and ma ate wanton soup. it wasn't really that good, and man was it expensive. They charged us a 10% service tax even though it was self-service man!

After that, we bought out tickets and played a bit at the Indoor Theme Park as it was still a little early so the Outdoor Theme Park wasn't opened yet. We had to help ma carry the suitcases back down into the lobby. She didn't want to come play with us so she stayed in the hotel room and read her Chinese romance story thing.

We played bumper cars a bit, the the lousy weak indoor roller coaster that was kinda pathetic. Then we went outdoor and played a bit. My favourite ride in the Outdoor Theme Park has to be the Corkskrew, which is the mother of all roller coasters. Too bad the queue there was really long so we could only ride it once. Then, under the persuation of Cyn, I went on the Space Shot, which basically brings you way high up and then plunges you down. When it reached the highest point, it stayed there a little while. Cyn told my to open my eyes, and boy, when I saw how high up we were, I was gonna pee in my pants. The view was spectacular though, and I'll always remember it. It was heavenly, for about a second, then it plunged down...

I'll skip a few hours, forget the boring stuff, and fast forward to the next day. Ma came with us this time. We rode on the Corkskew, the Space Shot, and this driving thing where you basically just drive laps around a smallish track. My fingers were freezing though. Guess I was driving a little to fast...

Then we went on a ride called the Cyclone, which was actually just a really cool roller coaster that went down a lot. After that, we went on this really fun ride where you sit on a chair suspened by chains and they whirl you aroung like a lasso or something like that. The second time, Cyn felt a little sick so we went on the bumper cars to try to cure her nausea. Amazing eh, but I think it kinda worked. How 'bout that!

Then we went on this new ride called the Flying Coaster. You're lying on your stomach and spining, diving and soaring in the air. It was really cool, and I wonder if flying is really that terrifying, because if it is, I don't think I want wings man!

We ate dinner and went back to the hotel for a rest, after which we watched this show that was half a magic show, half a dance performance. The plot was really stupid, but the lights were cool. It was not that bad, I must add.

We were supposed to check out the next day, so we didn't buy any tickets. Instead, we watched Pirates of the Caribbean. It was way to confusing, with too many subplots, and not really finished either. I don't want to be a spoiler so I won't say much about the plot. It was really long though, almost 3 hours.

After that, we got on our coach, which had massage chairs by the way, and headed back home. As it started to go down, I felt really sick, and so did Cyn. My ears felt terrible, and I had no idea why. We reached home at about 10pm and since dad was using the comp, I couln't watch Sweet November, which is one of the most tragic movies ever, the top being Titanic and Moulin Rouge.

Okay, I've summed up my holidays, I think I'm going to the library by myself now, so goodbye people!

// Saturday, June 2, 2007, 11:25 AM