Wind Cave & Gunung Gading (Part 1)

#1 With Vero, in the bus on our way

#2 

#3 Vero and Angie

#4 Me and Angie

#5 At the entrance of Wind Cave

#6

#7

#8 Inside the cave

Pictures from my Ecotourism field trip the other day. My first time exploring cave and let's just say, it was exciting. It was pitch black inside so we all had to walk carefully. Another reminder, don't touch the rail and anything because the bat's shits were everywhere. 

Parts 2 will coming up soon because my internet connection kinda suck right now. Stay tune. 

Pictures are the courtesy of Angie.

Moving On

I'd made up my mind.

It's time to move on.

Cheers for the new start.

Why Inside Her Fortress?

My sister often asked me why I named my blog Inside Her Fortress, what the hell my blog's name means? I never actually answer her question, so I guess I owe her the explanation. So, here we go.

Since secondary school, I always wrote down my feeling or anything that I had in mind in my diary. Somehow I find it comforting to put those thoughts into words. As I grew up and too caught up with school and my social life, some where along the line, I kind of forgot the passion of writing anymore. Once when I was cleaning my room back in my hometown, I came across some diaries of mine since secondary school. Rereading what I wrote was fun, it brought back the memories. I realized the 13-years-old me cared a little too much about boys and being popular in school. It must be the teenage hormone. LOL.

When I flipped the diary to its last page, I found that the entry for 2007 is just a page with a good luck quote for myself. Same thing for 2008. During my first year in Unimas, I took a course named Creative Writing where I relived the day of my writing passion. We're encouraged to write whenever we can. So, I started jotting down in my diary again. I stopped writing with pen and book when I moved to my blog.

Since most of the stuffs I wrote are the unspoken thoughts of mine, by jotting it down here, I'm actually giving my readers the chance to go through my thoughts. I changed the name of my blog quite a few times before I settled with Inside Her Fortress. A very close friend of mine once said I'm actually building up a fortress around me to protect myself when it came to feeling and heart matters. Maybe I am. He said he'll guard my fortress well and will not allow any unworthy person to get into it so that I'll stay safe.

What I'd shared here basically are the contents of what I'd kept inside of me but of course not all of it. Unlike blog, I keep my diary private and nobody know what I wrote except maybe my mom ( I suspected she read my diary whenever she cleans my room) and my sisters (or sister). But with this blog, everything goes public. So, basically, I'm exposing what I have in the my fortress and giving you guys the chance to peek in. That's why it is Inside Her Fortress. Get it? Hehehe.

Snapshots everywhere

#1: The girls and I

#2: The Munyits

#3: Spotted lazy-ing in lobby

#4: The housemates

#5: While waiting in a shop

#6: Jom Heboh with unknown, Ally Iskandar, Amy, me and Angie

Pictures are arranged in no chronological order. Some are dated few months back and some are recently.  

When the mind speaks

I don't get why people want to make such a small matter to be a huge ass issue just because we're coming from different background, different belief and different values. I understand if that's your belief and you stands by it but you should never shove your belief down my throat nor trying to justify mine.

I respect you for who you are, those differences never get in the way for all of us to get along. If you find people are alienating you, seriously there's something wrong with you, but I assure you those differences are not the reason. Because me and others get along well despite our different beliefs and background.

You know it's a sensitive issue and yet you're being ignorant or maybe you think what you're believe in is the right one and we all should bow to that. Well, sorry to say, you're just being selfish and showing us what a moron you are. This is a free world. Your kind may rule the country but you don't rule me.

There is no right and wrong in this matter because we believe in different values, it's totally two different paths. You stick to yours and I stick to mine. I never question yours, let alone judging yours. So you should never compare and condemn mine. Like I said, just because we live in the same country and I have to see your ugly face almost everyday, I don't have to kiss you ass and believe in what you believed.

Sorry, you have lost my respect. Yes, I admit that I never like you as in person because you're irresponsible as a student but it's nothing personal. Now, you'd shown me your ugliest side. That's it, you gain no respect at all from me. Not now not ever.

A series of unfortunate events

A friend of mine introduced this movie to me a while ago but I only managed to get my hands on it lately. This movie is an adaptation from the book series entitled the same. I'd read a few pages of the books while browsing in MPH bookstore long time ago. 

I'm absolutely in love with this movie. It's not your typical romance/action/thriller movie. It is about the adventure of 3 orphans after the dead of their parents in a fire and how they tried to escape from Count Olaf, the man whom try to get their inherited fortune. I shouldn't reveal it all here but if you fancy the dark comedy film, mystery and old century wardrobe which I absolutely adore, then this is your movie. 

Sunny, Violet and Klaus Boudelaire

Among the Boudelaire kids, Sunny is definitely my favorite. I mean, how could you resists such a cute little infant? And Count Olaf, he's hilarious. The villains in every dark comedy movies always manage to get me goes aww and ooh. A thumbs up for this movie.

If you fancy dark comedy movie, try watching Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber in Fleet Street and Public Enemy, these are among my favorite. One disclaimer though, it has nothing to do with the fact that my Captain Jack Sparrow played the lead role in both movies. Okay, maybe a little because I don't think other actors can be as good as Johnny Depp. 

Weather these days are so predictable, the sun shine in full blast in the morning and when evening came, thunder and lightning with heavy rain came along. It felt like summer in the morning and thunderstorm in the evening. I love the rain but it rain a little too much lately. Tomorrow I'll be going to Wind Cave in Bau and Gunung Gading in Lundu for my Ecotourism field trip and I hope the weather will be on my side. 

I want

Yeah, I'm greedy, I want it all. Don't you too?