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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Pungai Astronomy trip ~ 29/8-1/9

This is like a super out-dated post but nevertheless definitely memorable and deserves a space on my blog:)

(Photos not in chronological order mind u...lol)




Me above above & xx above went for this trip as a one shot fulfillment of the module requirement.
We were like so damn excited abt the trip cos it's like the first time we went for star glazing! It still sounds pretty cool even when I think of it now.



We arrived at 2 am something & the sky was so clear and amazing. The dark sky is dotted with hundreds of stars!

It almost feels like I'm lost in wonderment ( not sure if got this word?) as I glaze at the sky.
The picture above absolutely captures zero degree of the glamour. (Due to poor focus, not resolution. I'll prove it later.)



Me and xx by the beach. If you think it looks breezy, I tell you not!
The weather was like a heating up oven!
So why the hell I'm wearing a sweater? Nuts!





The food we get is simple traditional malay food prepared at the resort canteen.
The spicy fish soup above is like sweet and not spicy and duper nice.
If even xx can drink the soup, no one should logically think that it's in the least spicy. Opps:)


Do I look happy? XX forced this pic on me!




This trip was actually meant for Nus High school students' astronomy excursion.
Our lecturer didn't made it clear to us in the first place and we were like the only 2 Nus students stupidly tailing along.
We felt so out of place sometimes.
Like during the morning lesson time (shown above), we totally don't understand the lectures. Are they actually talking alien language?
What is " stellar remnants bla bla da da do do"?

The full glory of our future Elites (aka future source of elitism problem).
The guy standing is their professor.


Xx's Twisties fervor! There's simply nth I can do to stop it!
She eats and eats non-stop with increasing speed! Opps again.
Ok I admit I can't stop too. It's not my fault! The barbecue flavour Twisties is soooo nice.

This telescope is like the fanciest object at the trip.
We sneak to take a pic with it while everyone is busy eating breakfast. (I looked block by it due to Xx's bad angel shot.)



The telescope simply looked cool beyond words.
But don't expect to see the surface of Jupiter with it.
I can actually only see a speck of lights when I looked into it at stars.


Due to boredom, we decide to venture to a nearby town.
I really literally meant venture as in venture into the unknown.
We totally dunnoe the distance from Pungai to the nearest town, what kind of town, even the exact route.
Halfway through, we were like lost!
Then came the Pungai's resort boss in his car.
He said that we will never reach there by foot and offered us a ride.
The ride is like 30 mins!!!
Means walking like 3 hrs!!!
Before we alight, he gave us his no. and warn us not to accept any person's offer to give us a ride back. What does he meant! Ok, my alert signal is on now!







It turned out to be a small chinese town. we saw Marybrown.
My first time ever eating at Marybrown.
They got this cool seats that is like a swing. We can't resist the temptation to play on it. Why don't Singapore have this?
We ordered some chicken porridge (highly recommended by Xx). Nice! The place is quite vacant though. Is it cos it's almost 7 pm?
But the staff there were so friendly, Xx used hand language to ask them to help us take the photo above. Bravo to Xx!



It turned out that they are celebrating Malaysia's National's Day eve.
They got this small stage setup.
If you look carefully at the picture, it feels so much like the kind of stage in Singapore 12 years ago lei. The boy on the stage is reciting a poem praising Malaysia.
It's so old school right? i shall comment no more on such "sensitive" issues....haha.
We almost cannot get back to the resort! The taxi service is like half day due to celebrations.
And their taxi service is a like part time service lor!
U can only get a taxi if the taxi driver happens to be happy happy and decide to work!
Luckily we met some nice girls (quite pretty somemore) who helped us get a taxi and drive us back.
Buy she charged us double the usual charge! But who cares! It's like 9 pm and raining outside in a god knows where town!
And there's this guy who's been eyeing us after I stupidly asked him where should we wait for taxi. he's like so creepy and "helpful" lor.
He almost wanted to gave us a ride!
We finally got back safely! God bless!


One of the tour coordinator forced this pic on us.
The two behind us are the Nus High prof. Gosh, is the guy in blue looking at us?
His like such a Nus High patriot.
He never stops mentioning about the school's excellent curriculum to anyone that show a little interest about the curriculum. both of us are his first target.
So we run! N he got another target.
But his a good teacher I can tell.



Time to say bye bye. The Mcshit guy in green is the tour coordinator. lols...he damn funny and lame buy kinda fun.


Overall, this trip is really an eye-opener.
I really learn about so many constellations on the sky.
They used a super strong laser that can reach the sky to show us the constellation literally by outlining the stars on the sky using the laser!


Before ending.
This is the photo of Jupiter taken by Michael using an ordinary digital camera during the trip. He says that once the focus is right, with enough exposure, you can take the photo of any stars or planets.
How I wish I knew this earlier. How cool isn't it?

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