Tuesday, November 13, 2007
I changed my template! it's the third one already. Upon receiving complaints from two old girls that my font was too tiny to be read, I decided it's time for a change. So now, the font is larger, colour contrast is better than the previous one! So, comments please. There's always room for improvement =)
So here I am to blog about my trip to malaysia over the last weekend. It was just a short holiday to my uncle's house at kota tinggi. We heard about the rather famous firefly tours at kota tinggi and we decided to take a look. So I went with my mother and brother as well as my another uncle's family of four. We reached kota tinggi at around 2pm. We had lunch and then my uncle drove us to his house. We stayed at the house, chatted most of the time. Then we got ready for dinner and finally it was the long awaited firefly tour. Kota tinggi has a river which runs through the city, so along the river away from the city area are swamplands where the fireflies live in. So we put on our life jackets and boarded the boat. As the boat slowly moved out of the city area, the surroundings darkened except for the occasional fire lit at the river sides of fishermen fishing. The river sides were only trees left. As the boat proceeded deeper, that's where I started seeing it. "Eh there there there!" my cousins exclaimed. "Shh shh, can see can see." The fireflies were blinking on the trees but they never flew away from the trees. Under the dark cloudy sky, the trees dotted with fireflies looked just like christmas trees. There are only two objects which can produce light on its own, one is a star and the other is the firefly. It has such a truly admired unique ability - the ability to produce light. The boat brought us closer to the trees. Looking at them from near, they were so bright. As one landed on my palm, it was as if my palm was glowing. I caught a few but released them in the end, not wanting to disturb the equilibrium of nature. I had not seen so many fireflies in my life and it was indeed an eye-opener for me. So after the firefly tour, we headed for supper! Another thing I recalled about kota tinggi was the supper I always ate - roti prata! Maybe it was a just a habit but it had been a while since I last ate prata. So I was yearning for it. Haha. I even managed to catch the first half of stuttgart vs bayern munich. Stuttgart was 3-0 up by the time we left. After supper, we went back to my uncle's house to rest for the trip on the next day.
That's all for now. I will update the second day of the trip tomorrow night. Meanwhile, a big jiayou to all university students taking their exams soon! All the best!
hellmos signing off...Labels: kota tinggi, malaysia visit, template
My mind's unweaving/ 8:49 pm
