'Tis time...

Hello,

before I start writing posts about twin mountains with pictures again, I'll say that I've finally received my leffer of otter.

Till the scholarship is confirmed, I shall hold onto this letter... not physically since it's sent by e-mail. Hallelu-JAH

Thank Yous

To the many who poured unto me (some more personal, some less) birthday wishes and treats, thank you very much (be it a Facebook message, wish to my face or long-distanced call). I am happy. Thanks!

Now, after that DreamVillage week (Dream Village is the new premise of my church, Acts Church, and we've just had our clean up, set up, and then a memorable Groundbreaking service on 10-10-10), it's time to catch up on marking papers - which I must say, is a major turn off which I have to face. Hooha! I volunteered to be on choir and to help the clean up for that Grounbreaking Service. I had fun =p Being in the choir has given me an excuse (and no excuses not to ) to shop for long-sleeved shirts and ties of different colours and sorts, and I must say, I kinda like shopping for ties. It's easier than shopping for shirts anyway (given my thick neck, torso [BELLY] and large short arms). I am so behind time with my blog.

"I apologize, Furryturtle"

Furryturtle wails "It's too late to apologize.. it's too laaaaate"

What have I been up to?

In the last 9 or so months, I have been pregnant. Pregnant not with another human, but with ideas and a proposal for my future PhD project. Praise God, I have only moments ago, given birth (the baby is being examined by the Dr. right now.. Dr. Cathy). Procrastinate no more, you fool of 5' 2".

In the last 40 days, I have eaten no meat (or none knowingly anyway) because I participated in a 40 day prayer and fast program initiated by NECF (National Evangelical Church Fellowship) with participants all over Malaysia. Participation was entirely voluntary and choice of fasting too, was of my own choice. We were supplied with a prayer booklet for prayer items for each of the 40 days, with these items revolving mostly around the nation and her people's wellbeing. I've grown closer to God just spending this time praying nightly. I broke fast this afternoon by (intentionally) tasting my first bit of meat in 40 days, in the form of hot and spicy KFC. Thigh.

Throughout the semester periods of the entire year thus far, I have been mostly bogged down by marking reports. It's ridiculous sometimes. It was one of the causes for my lack of inspiration to continue my PhD proposal writing. But I guess knowing there's a deadline on the 22nd September did help my lazy procrastinating ass finish it up quickly. I had 9 months, and I did 60-70% of the proposal in the last 48 hours. Someone hit me. Students and their reliance on due dates. I must grow out of this. Pfft.

Joined a Christian movement organized by my church (Acts Church) called Campus Revolution (in Monash itself) and been religiously (hehe) meeting every Monday morning in campus for weekly prayers.. at ironically ungodly time: 0730 in campus. Considering the time taken for my morning shower and drive to campus, that would equate to me waking up at about 0630, but it's worth it. Hooha! Jesus! Also, we're currently hand-making bookmarks to be given out to students during the study week so that we can encourage temporary library residents from inclining towards suicidal behaviour. Heh =p That aside, I've met some really fun buddies (juniors, actually) to hang out with through this Campus Revo movement.

Speaking of church, I've joined the church choir and will be on probation for 3 months before I get confirmed. I just served my first session last Sunday on stage and it was fun. I didn't know I needed to wear a tie for the occasion and had to rob a friend's tie for that Sunday. Thank yous Jason Han =p I'm on this Sunday as well, and the colour code for clothes this Sunday is.... Black and Pink.

Lastly, it's the middle of the World Changers Academy (WCA) right now, a leadership conference organized by my church. I attended the first session and I must say, the speakers really do have some good stuff to impart. Reverend Khoo Hin Heong and Datuk Edward Ong. No time for me to sleep before the day starts, but I know it's gonna be good.

Really, it looks like I just counted my blessings =p

Hallelujah

Airport Adventures

Last Saturday, I was supposed to go watch That Awesome Gig (yes, that's what it's called) by a bunch of local bands who mostly have members from my church (Acts Church). I was all riled up over it and thought I could go watch it on time when suddenly, I received a call from a certain someone saying Sung Ah's (Justin's gf from Korea) flight was canceled. So as we stepped into the venue of the gig, jac, sook yin and myself decided to go rescue her from subang airport since she's stranded and her boyfriend's bout to board a plane.

After all,we did drop her there. Hehe.

So we finally picked her up after she managed to call me with an officer's phone at the airport (and after sook yin and jac got lost for awhile in the airport searching for her). While we all had phones, jac's had no battery, sook yin's too was running out (and I didn't have her number) and sung ah's somehow can't be accessed. That leaves my lil trusty phone.

Things took an exciting turn there. Sung Ah being new and foreign here understandably wanted to leave to her destination as soon as possible,so she found out there's another flight she could catch from lcct and we drove her there,just on time to get the ticket before finding out that flight too,is delayed -.- so we dined together in oldtown, a place she's been to twice in her two day stay in Malaysia. This was after her credit card transaction for the ticket failed and after jac paid cash for her hefty ticket too (of course she paid jac back after that).

All in all,she caught her flight and gave me a scare when I got a call from her late at night. First questions I asked were "did something happen again,are you still in malaysia?" I sked. Haha.

Well, at least I got to know her better rather than just awkwardly meeting her once and then briefly sending her off to the airport. Whew,we finished that night later than we should've if we watched the gig,but that's okay =D

I typed this with my phone. Hooha!

When the music fades....

like a salmon returning to his home,
uncanny but so surely,
stealthily, he returns in the cover of night,
to the very place he knows as home.

kindly unspoken but loudly known,
insatiable, infamous, intensive, intentional,
lightly inoculating this simmering cauldron,
like an alchemist brewing and bringing hell,
so goes the tale; the one who fell

Procrastination

Comfort is the most powerful procrastinant known to affect man. I have experiencing high levels of comfort and hence been in chronically procrastinating.

Cure: Conscience

Prescriptive Question: "Are you living a life worthy of Christ's death?"

Ah man, pressure pressure...work hard Jo Kien

*On another note, I met with Acts Church's (the church I attend) Campus Revo Team last night in campus. Cool, finally a place to channel out my love for my God. hahah

Something new..

I have a laptop and a wireless connection,but I'd rather not use them now because I have a new.. ?


Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini

Just saying hi :-)

Someone has been getting a lil too busy to..

write.

Lemme make a list of things to write about..

1. Slash concert (Aweshum)

2. I passed my church's Choir auditions! yeay! (hehe)

3. Cameron Highlands with Chan, Mich, Jac, Joanna

4. My car (Tmo) is back

5. My electric guitar (Emma) just got her bridge readjusted to accommodate fat-bottomed strings

6. ... Oh, I have a man-crush on Myles Kennedy, the vocalist for Slash's concert. A W E S O M E

Yeap, that's the list. We'll see if I come to elaborate more on that list =p

and he's baptized!

".. in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be baptized"

*bloop....whoosh*

Wheee~

I'll post up a picture of my Baptism Certificate when I've taken a picture of it. Yeahoo, God is good =p

Choir, lalala

Looming ahead in the week: field trips, a Homes (cell group) outing (perhaps?), A PHD PROPOSAL AIYO SHY LA, a choir audition.

Wow, it's midweek and there's still so much coming. Looks like it's gonna be "Jesus Loves Me" for the audition on Thursday, may the chords hold strong and not falter when they're called for. haha.

Good night world!

My Faithful Tmo...

"One, twenty one guys..."

Tmo, my faithful Wira who has loyally served me (and many other fortunate backsides) for more than 4 years have finally come to meet a major accident. The gourmet dish included a tasty grey Wira sandwich made with lorry and Kembara flavoured bread, topped off with a runaway van. Diagram ahead.

Note the big black curb. Cars were trying to turn out to the left from the NPE bridge which I was on (Grey box with 'Tmo' markings). Tailing a big white van (marked red in diagram because he's guilty in my eyes) at about 60 km/h, the van picked up even more speed, did not break, and then swerved off quickly when a lorry (aqua) and another car ahead jammed their brakes. That left my poor Tmo to dive head on into the lorry (which suffered little if any damage) followed by a butt jab by Karyn's champagne Kembara behind me. Red arrows denote collisions.

"Open mouth, gaping butt"

Such is the fate my faithful servant, Tmo..

We shifted our cars to the bus stop further ahead after calming down a traumatized Karyn, who also twisted her neck and wrist (Sorry!). I missed the number of the van, no biggie, he would've been free of guilt anyway. After that, it was the seemingly long wait for Karyn's family to come get her while I accompanied her - my car battery was leaking, so I was getting a bit nervous. During this time also also came the opportunist EON workshop people who tried to convince me to tow my car "free of charge, even printed in black and white for you! We'll only keep your car until you decide to pay up the exorbitant repair quotations that we'll no doubt give you when your car's stuck in our workshop, so that you'll have no choice but to pay to get your car back!". That fella was quite insistent and annoying but I brushed him off politely. Too bad I totally forgot about the booklet with my insurance panel workshop numbers in my car, dumbass Jo Kien.

Word of Advice: If you crash and can't move, call your insurance panel workshop to tow your car. No random friendly stranger towing service help, they'll strip your wallet naked, and if that ain't enough to pay, they'll probably strip you next. When in doubt, call dad. hahaha

When they finally came and I drove back home, it was a scary affair that no doubt Jesus helped me make through, haha. Going up bridges worked my car and my radiator fan wasn't working, I could see my car engine's temperature meter going a little too high for comfort - like a bar away from the 'danger' zone. I started praying and calling out to God and He came through for me when the aircon just suddenly turned cold when I finished my prayer - the radiator fan was working again! Then I saw the engine temperature meter beginning to show some cooling. Praise God!

That wasn't the end. When my battery leaked even further, my engine heated up again to the brink of danger. That's when I began to off my engine everytime I go downhill and just steer my car at Neutral gear. When the car's almost out of rolling power (hehe), I'll turn on my engine again. It went on like that (thank LDP for the flyovers) till I reached KJ station and my engine was dangerously hot. Praise songs help. Anyway, I stopped at the bus stop and waited for my engine to cool down for about half an hour before driving again, rolling back to the bus stop across Atria, near my house, where I was ambushed by the owner of the workshop (City Hundred, Sg. Kayu Ara; and City Alignment, Damansara Jaya) who sold me a pair of 'brand new' tyres before, offering me towing services akin to the EON fella before.

Like, hell no? Think I'll walk into your slaughter house again? This guy's shops are actually under the insurance panel workshop group, and are also the nearest and most convenient ones as well, but like my grandpa said "Kena lottery also don't send to them!". Hahah. So we employed the services of a certain Soon Fatt Heng workshop in Jalan Kilang instead; won't know if they're good yet, but the workshop's huge and it looks decent.

Anyway, long story cut short, no one got hurt and I'm just so glad. Thank you Jesus! Praise the Lord! Now, when my mom called me that afternoon I got home, she was having lunch with a friend of hers who does some chinese alternative medicine stuff; which includes some hardcore (no, not the porno kind) massage services and he offered to 'take a look at my chest'. So when momma returned with him and told me, I thought he wanted to look at my 'cheh' ('cheh' in Cantonese means car, but the 's' in the end got me wondering a bit). Anyway, he asked me if I was tugged back by my seatbelt during the crash, and I said "very slightly, didn't hurt" and that was where I committed my life to a path of pain.

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I was 'massaged' with a flat stone object that was used to scrape my chest downwards (my ribs still hurt) and right side of my shoulder, basically the entire area where the seatbelt would impact you when it holds you back. I felt like my lungs were gonna be scraped out. And when he was scraping my shoulder area, I had to tell him "man dit, man dit, jeok foh la" (slower, slower, I'm gonna catch fire) because he was doin it so hard and fast. He used his knuckles to knuckle my chest and really, I had to close my eyes and think how Jesus suffered to be willing to go through that pain. Ouch.

Really, the accident didn't hurt me. The treatment did. hahaha, but guess it's good in the long run; apparently those seatbelt tugs can leave you with long term injuries that will bug you when you grow older. Oh well. I'm a shy guy, no uncensored photos for you.

Bloom or Gloom Looms

Come on boy, finish this proposal before the uni semester starts and you be overloaded. At least 16 days till your doom, JK. Gloom and Doom, or Boom and Bloom! Ngaoooom!

"Crazy, crazy, crazy for you, baby"

I (always) have a bunch of Crazy friends...

Me: Okay, karaoke finally on this Thursday, 2-5 pm!

*5 pm comes*

Tony: Itchy la, let's go snooker.

We: OK

*7.30 pm, after a few (2.....) uneventful games*

We agreed that its "Makan time man, we ain't going anywhere in this jam"

About 9 pm, suddenly we realized...

Tony: Eh.. wanna go jamming ah?
Me: But.. hey wait, we have you (bassist + vocals), Sim Onn (drummer!) and myself and Jac! BOLEH!

10pm: A little while later of studio hunting, I was going back home to bring my pedal case (whewit) and Emma ma girl. And I even fetched Justin ma boy. hahah, tagged along and ended up as camera man; Justin now holds embarrassing videos of unpracticed, unrehearsed brutal spontaneous jamming videos of us. Oh man.

12am: Post Jamming Drink.

1.30am: Balique.

Teramat random spontan day

*yawn*

Good night Jesus (and world)

Tango...

is kinda cool. I realize of the little tango songs I've heard, I haven't really disliked any of them. I'll describe tango as an emotionally intense genre that has a 'shock' beat. Also, Yo-Yo Ma, a cellist (cello player), is quite cool. You go, fellow hua ren. I bought his RM25 (RM50 for 2 collection) "The Essential Yo-Yo Ma" cd. I likey

Unfit..

1 day of badminton buttminton, or more like, 2 hours is all it took to destroy me. haha. Currently aching from my (right) arm down to my toes, I really never expected the toes to ache too. Most affected areas involve a part that comes in pairs, big pairs. Nevermind. Ouch, gotta get fit and be less lazy.

Just to push it a little further down...

I just feel a lil uncomfortable opening my blog in a public place with Carrie looking so boobylicious dangerously alluring down there. As such, this is a filler post to push her a lil lower down. hahaha.

Bible says...

"My son, do not forget my teaching,

but keep my commands in your heart"

I feel like a little schoolboy

who's got a loser schoolboy crush on some hot chick (who sings)...

Damn, girl...

Slash

akan datang ke Malaysia pada 5 Ogos ini. Kawan-kawan, mari kita menonton konsert ini bersama-sama! Jin, Tony, Dorin, Michelle (if you're back), Chan, YH?, JS and more, mari-mari.

I'll confess I'm not a big fan of Slash, but I'll also admit he's good and this may just be a chance of me becoming a fan. hahah. Link below for testicle article.

http://entertainment.malaysia.msn.com/News/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4156029

Colours..

Done! Guys & colours.. tsk tsk.. okay fine, it's just me and colours.

Thanks, Dorin, for helping me dress my blog in fine colours (and saving me that headache)

=p

Only an Australian can pull this off...

Facebook status steal...

My supervisor's name Thanks for all the birthday wishes everybody. I had a lovely time celebrating at Monash Open Day.... I am sure all the balloons there were meant for me....·

Change?

Messing with Blogger's new template designing tool, I really think this new design's rather ugly (my fault for colours); I'm bad with colours, as my lab friends and supervisor could tell. Anyway, do suggest some colour changes I should make. I do like the wider reading pane though, it's the main reason I even tried this. haha. Officially on trial period.

Oh my God, there's no denying it, I'm hopeless with colours

not that I'm colour blind or something, I just suck at coordinating different colours to make them nice

(especially when it involves green)

Hmmmm, some unexpected but very welcome help with colours there. I don't know if I've made the best of it, but it's a real shame that I can't seem to change post title colours with the tool (may have to dig into the html, booo).

Thanks =)

Good ol' Days

Some pictures from my year 3 Lab Management unit. I don't remember if I posted these pictures before, but just for kicks..

All these pictures were taken during a project (not necessarily For the project) to assess certain labs in uni. That's Tony assessing the floor comfort for you.

le Bounce the gangster and myself pretending to be hard at work while Amin, dropping all pretense, gives one heck of an onscreen roaring yawn. You go dude.

Erm... assessing... table sturdiness

le Bounce, the Flash

Tony (&) le Bounce assessing lab benches for their cool factor. There's so much less (silly & dirty) jokes without le Bounce around.

A Fork in the Wood

So comes another fork in the wood,

and they decided to each explore their chosen paths,

each carrying opposite ends of a thread

that would lead them back to each other, back to the fork

So off they went,

marvels and wonders greets one,

the discovery of a calling,

a wide-eyed journey of excitement

off went the other, with his back bent,

mundane forests said their routine hellos,

an arduous road, no short of falling,

the same ol' walk of abandonment

down came the blanket of night,

and both travelers remembered their plight,

exiting opposite ends of their respective paths in the wood,

they suddenly felt the tug of a thread, awakening is rude

much to share, so much to tell,

much to do, so much too cover,

another decision, a ringing line felt,

follow the string, or snip the ring, thought each other

"go by faith, and not by sight",

so trudged one from the other side,

back to the unrecognizable fork in the wood,

the place where they both once stood

what awaits our traveler,

who faithfully held and followed the thread?

a mirror image closing in to the fork?

a forest too dark to penetrate?

a single ended thread, forlorn from the fork?

Once again, we walk from the fork,

walk the walk and talk the talk

Another Audio Addiction...

From the very unlikely source of....

Rihanna!

"Why ai ai ai yahh?"

Hatin' on the Club

Dextral... Sinistral?

Hi, this was me when I was 17 and cute

*smile*

Then, my face was split into two, and each side regenerated to produce identical halves, so that there were two of me.

Meet the Right side of me. So cute right? Mr. Dextral.

Now meet my left side, Mr. Sinistral.

>_<

Man, even I think it looks ugly/evil. It's really no wonder that ancient people of so many cultures always condemn left-handedness, sometimes seen as evil. I can relate. Sinister.

Together, these two guys, make me

*smile*

RE:UNION 2010 Finale

Tonight, I shed my first ever genuine tear for Jesus Christ.

Today, I was blessed with a friend, Sheng from my secondary school, who comes before me in Acts Church as a changed man in Jesus' name. While he claimed he wishes to see more signs and miracles, he knew not that in my mind, seeing him as he is today compared to his past, he already is the living miracle. All glory to God!

Praise the Lord.

ps. It was the right eye, may the left one learn to love you better, Lord.

"God you are so, so good..

..there is just none, like You,

You make me sing, out loud for joy,

Lord I'm so grateful"

Song by Rev. Kenneth Chin, Senior Pastor of Acts Church, written within an hour, one morning as he took his morning stroll in the park, crying and praying out to the Lord about the new building that the church are in the process of acquiring, but are faced with a huge sum to pay off. Background is, the pastor's not musically adept/gifted or anything. He accredits all of it to the Holy Spirit (he barely sings and knows 3 chords on guitar) putting it on his mind. Hehe, how awesome that a bloke like him who laughs at his own musical (non)sense could write such a wonderful song.

It's such a beautiful song that hits all the right spots and makes me wanna float about in pretty meadows like a butterfly on cloud nine. I bought the CD, whee!

Conference (RE:UNION) is awesome thus far =p

RE:UNION

RE:UNION begins today (Conference by Acts Church, the church I attend). Gonna start tonight and finish on Saturday night, whew whew. Ready for the word of God? =p Lalalalala~

And that's about it for marking this semester, praise God

~_~

Night sessions are free, check it out =p

In Defence of Malaysia

Indirect, but true. Many people (mostly Malaysians, people like our parents and ourselves) take jibes at our country's pro-Muslim policies; about how "freedom of religion" really does not involve those who are Muslim or born Muslim. Very often, these are the same people who will come up and criticize you, be it your parents or friends, when you decide to practice your right of freedom of religion. i.e. when I accepted Christ. Your family and extended family who talks about such issues, especially during get togethers just to gossip about the country would be the ones who suddenly lose sight of the policy of "freedom of religion". Not that I hate any of them for any of that.

Malaysia, you ain't that bad,

don't let the hypocrites put you down.

Satan, you naughty boy

*I am feeling random & melancholic*

em pleh suseJ

I've been intensively marking papers since morning.. and I feel like throwing up on them. hahaha =p

Thank You, Lord, for Your miracles. May You bless me with Your Holy Spirit and help me finish these papers.... In Jesus name, Amen....

Ok ah, promise ah? Please laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Old and Gay Grey

These are times when I know and can't help but feel rather gay. Here I am sitting in OldTown and then this old Taiwanese song plays, and I remember it from the 90s, more than 10 years ago, when my mom used to listen to this song a lot. And all of a sudden I look up more about this song online (Youtube, translations, etc) and am currently in a love-hate relationship with it. Hooked. Haha. Hate to use the word, but if there was one word that'd describe the mood of the song (& lyrics), it'd be "EMO". Good gay song though.

Jeff Chang - Bu yao dui ta shuo (Obviously, I don't write Chinese)

Times when you wonder "what did this guy do to have such a high voice?"

Mulu 3 - Creepy Crawlies

So here comes the Creepy Crawlies of Mulu. After trimming down the shots to the best presentable few I found, there isn't so many after all (guess it says something about my photography skills, ouch). Haha. Decided to name them Creepy Crawlies since not all of them fit into the 'bugs' or 'insects' category. Bugs really only include a specific family of insects, while insects... only include 6-legged stuff, so Creepy Crawlies would cover all (spiders, milipedes etc). So here we go, beginning with a bug-graveyard shot at the research centre, some researcher's work.

A Bug's Nightmare

Guess who? When you mess up your settings and the flash is set to full blast... The poor praying mantis suffers. It looks rather cute though, haha. Sorry dude.

We actually spent a good deal of time letting this guy crawl all over our hands

And these beautiful exhibitionists, ever present in groups if you were to walk through the boardwalks through the jungle in the morning-noon. They tend to congregate in sunny spots. Raja Brooke butterflies, real gliding beauties when they're flying. Wing span measures about 15 cm sometimes, yup, they're pretty big. That's why Brooke named them after himself (ya know, how males/kings tend to associate big things to 'themselves').

And always, Cheryl and I would notice this particular outcast butterfly who'll be hanging out nearby the congregation, looking rather emotional alone. Like a case of the ugly duckling, only, I kinda like how its body is spotted.

And here ya go, first of the furry caterpillars. They're deadlier than you think. Let the video do the talking. Where big active ant loses to lazy furry caterpillar.

Don't mess with the caterpillar.

Almost got fooled thinking these guys were part of the plant.

Leaf insect in the dark, nightwalk. This one was at least 15 cm long, big guy.

Zoomed shot of this flatworm, slimy, hammerheaded and somewhat handsome. Too bad it was too far and dark to get a better picture.

Pseudoscorpions, which were rather big. They're known to be ~4mm in length. These guys were at least 8-10 cm each. Interesting bunch of creepy crawlies. Not actual scorpions, nor do they fit as insects/spiders. They're in their own Order, known as Pseudoscorpionida.

Order Blattodea.... also commonly known as cockroaches. haha
Moth
Naughty, naughty..

"Night time, sharpens,heightens each sensation"

(Phantom of the Opera)

Mating stick insects.

"Night time.."

*hit by flying slipper*

Whew.. Mating milipedes, hooha!

Spider! I forgot what it was, but I think this was some 'Headhunter/Hunter spider' or something, which was a lot rarer than the usual wolf spider we see all over the place. About 3+ inches long from leg to leg.
Leaf insect.
A whole bunch of baby milipedes by tufts of moss. I'm particularly proud of this picture because it looked a lot like a picture I saw in a Mulu book depicting these creatures too *puffs chest*

(got lucky)
Cicada
Look closer, a whole army of baby spiders. Man, what a party.

Mama Spider.

Check out the egg sack it's carrying beneath its chin. Awesome stuff.
Shiny lil beetle.
Most of the pictures were taken at the plank walk, either day or night, as you can see from lighting conditions (flash usually employed for night shots). This one... was taken at our toilet. Blue.. butterfly? I can't really tell.
The orange-coloured cousin of the earlier hammer-headed flatworm. These guys were pretty common.
Naga Terbang

Dragonfly.

An ugly, fly-larvae look-alike (maybe) hanging on a stalk of green. Think twice before grabbing anything here.
Wolf spider on a cave wall. Moonmilk cave, if my memory doesn't fail me.
Ol' Ant finally prepared to get rid of its wings to settle down.
Red leaf insect (see why it's called leaf insect?) walking.. Limping actually, it's missing two of its left legs.
Look closely. This is actually a dead hammer-head worm, dried and half eaten in that groove in the plank walk. Inside the groove, I see gleaming lil creepy crawlies I cannot discern; either ants or baby scorpions.

One mini 6-legger I cannot identify. Fluffy, white, six-legged, seemingly furry... I don't know, but it's cute (~0.5 cm long)
Now back to mean-faced furry caterpillars.
And the same kind of fat-assed ant from before, but with its wings still attached and hiding beneath a leaf.
Ladybug?
You almost fooled me... almost.

Long, long stick insect. I had to peek real hard to make out which end was its face. There ya go (easily 30 cm long). I almost stepped on it.
What's this? I don't know, but it was walking.
Hello, orange worm.

The Almost Grabbed-erpillar Case

So I was trying to continue snapping pictures of the orange worm above as it crawled to the outside railing of the boardwalk and thought I'd just lean my arm over it on the other side so I can snap back towards myself to catch the worm. Nearly a big mistake. I had a gut feeling telling me to check what's on the other side before I leaned my arm over and wah lah....

Furry Caterpillar, Green. I nearly squashed you with my elbow. Thank the Lord for His mercy. hehe. Sidetrack, Cheryl once grabbed this mean, really spiky and furry looking brown caterpillar in Cameron Highlands. It stung her hand, which swelled up for a couple of days. And she was down with fever for at least a day.
Lesson of the post?
Grab no furry caterpillars.

Notice that maroon-white background above the wooden platform that the worm's crawling on? Well, that's my shirt. I was in cam-whore position with this worm.

-end-

Fur..
..ry, mean-faced caterpillar. Their faces reminds me of 'Sobi Masks' from Warcraft.
Another one of those unidentified fluffy whites, this time with a tinge of electric blue.

In Tse Yuen's words "It's the most cooperative dragonfly species around"
I must agree, this dragonfly would pose for you about as long as you want it to.
Another nasty looking caterpillar that looks like it could cause some real damage.
Nasty grab-me-nots.

Big fat juicy snail hanging on a stalk of plant. 3" diameter at least, so tempting to squeeze it. Ah man I'm such a sicko.
More fluffies.
Look above. Tse Yuen spotting his favourite nasty furry caterpillars (he's mortally terrified by fury caterpillars). Do try looking up once in awhile, they may very well be right above you, dangling on a branch, just waiting for their chance to pounce on you
Remember this?

The teaser from before..

..and so comes an end to the Creepy Crawlies of Mulu.. With eight legs we began, with eight legs we finish.

Next up, Mulu Caves.