The Toblater Story
October 31, 2009
Hostage at The Table
October 30, 2009
The birth of Toblater
HAHHAHAHAHHAAHA.
I laughed THAT hard when I saw the class picture. 5 out of 8 Toblaters were together in the first form (sans Temah, Rokiah & Enon). Well, 6 including Mess, of course.
Try and spot us!
We have Odah & Esah to thank - for being bright/creative/mischievous 13 year old, who coined up TOBLATER. Maybe if they are up for it, they'll blog about how it came about - the history behind 'TOBLATER'. That's 15 years worth of history for you. (Ey Esah/Odahh~~?)
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. And who would've thought I'd grow up to be 30kg heavier since 1994! (I imagined I was 40kg then - but not really sure of that though. HAHA. Maybe heavier/lighter? But ohh let's just pretend I was 40kg!). Out of curiosity, to other Toblaters, how much did you guys gain since 1994??? :D :D
Since I'm about 155cm, my ideal weight would be 47kg. Oh gawddd, I can't remember when I was ever below 50kg. (*Gulp* This would be a lot harder than I thought) Ok Senah, I'm all set to work out for Bali! Get Team 2 rollinn'! Roki has already drawn up Team 1's workout regime! This cannot jadi ok. We should be all gung-ho too!
You peeps just watchouttt for my 23 kg transformation! HAHAHAHAHHAAH
(Who am I kiddingggg? I can barely lose 5 kg for my wedding ini kan pulak 23kg?eeeekkk!!)
xox,
Gayah
October 29, 2009
How to be astounded by a 13 year old boy
Super talented, and cute too.
October 26, 2009
Gotta get my nose back on the grindstone!!! And keep it there! Gotta!!!
O-dah, from the land far far away.
October 25, 2009
Post Session 3 - Update 1
October 22, 2009
No More Superhuman Senses
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I was pregnant. And it was the most magical & surreal feeling ever.
And last night when I found out that it was over, despite preparing myself mentally over and over about it, there's nothing that the doc or the husband could say to stop my sobbing or even make me feel better. The husband knows me well enough. He didn't have to say much and just held my hands throughout and we just hugged for longest time once we were back home.
It was heartbreaking. My chest felt it would burst right open, I just can't quite describe. But now here I am. Still feeling pretty crappy, just... much much better .
Was supposed to go for check-up tomorrow with another doc. (Shoot! Which reminds me I should cancel it now!) So you bet I had a different plans altogether on how to break the news on Toblater - coupled with a cute cute sonogram of my 10 weeks foetus. (Right~~ before Beyonce & the weigh-in!!) I even wanted to knight MessAziz as an official Toblatorian to replace me! I probably still should, I am so far off, I can't catch up the the girls any more. Sorry Team 2!
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I saw fireworks on our way back last night. I've always loved fireworks. I take it that is God's way to let me know it's all going to be all right..and to just cheer me up a notch. That AND the fact that Benyonce's been cancelled.. hehe. Would expect loose waterworks every now and then in the next few weeks. But don't feel so bad for me girls. I'm pretty much set to be positive. Ohhhmmmmmm!
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Now, Esah. Take me to Starbucks when I'm all better. (That's an order)
I haven't had coffee/tea in 2 months!
Guilt-free Dessert?
I am happy :D. And healthy?
Ikan Kotak
It's that time of the month where I will have to work late; sampai rumah dgn busuk tak mandi nya *yes, euuuwww* & terus zZZzzzz………. (nota sangat kecik: sometimes no dinner yo!) :P
Annnnd I realised that whenever I'm under stressed at work, I tend to look at this in my phone and sengih sorang2. Not once, tapi several times a day!
I blame this all to my recent dive trip to Tenggol. At an untouched, extremely gorgeous site called Moonraker the boxfish played hide and seek with me under water. I gerak left, it went right and vice versa. Hihi, comel OK.
Demmit , I dah jadi like one of those boring divers who talked non stop about diving. HELPPP! *sambil inflate sausage*
Ermm, Sipadan in December anyone? Haha
October 18, 2009
Session 3 for the TBLs
You can run, breeze walk, puasa or starve yourselves as much as you like for the next one week (or better still, hoping for it to be cancelled! Teehehhe) but Session 3 is still on, y'all!
I will bring the Judge (the dreaded weighing scale-lah!) to Odah's house next week and Session 3 will be held there. As Odah is organising an open house that day, please do not forget to come and bring extra clothes for the....
BEYONCE "I AM" WORLD TOUR!!! *whilst humming to "Survivor" and "Single Ladies" in the background*
To Team 1 - All the best girls, you guys can do it again this time. Don't worry too much, eh? (dalam hati - kalau tak menang, sah kena drill dengan Instructor Team 1 lepas ni. Kiara Hills lepas ni memang kena lari non-stop la jawapya! Odah, INCLUDING YOU walaupun jauh di perkampungan orang asli! Hahaha!)
To be fair to Team 2 - All the best to you girls, too! I'm sure you guys can do it! You have a very dedicated Instructor, yo - who is quite strict to her anak-anak buah!
Saya Rok(iah)!
October 17, 2009
Tenggol Illustrated: The FINAL part
*Again, photos are courtesy of enon, temah, ayud, art, farah & azwar*
Monday, October 12th 2009
Woke up to the soothing morning breeze and chirping sounds of the birds (And soooo relieved it wasn't the squeaky sounds of Mr Rat!). Our final dive of the trip, was to go where the James Bond movie Moon Raker was shot (or so I was told). I'm obviously not a J. Bond buff, so I couldn't tell fact from fiction. For more info on the 11th installation of the James Bond spy movie series starring Roger Moore (not Sean Connery yo!), click here.
And so we started getting ready to go to this relatively new dive site, The Moonraker. It's reef apparantly stands 10m tall and has amazing nudibranches. This was the most relaxing dive throughout the whole trip and I really enjoyed myself this dive.
[caption id="attachment_408" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="DM zro helping me sort my weights out, me don't wanna be that 'Shooting Star' no mo'!"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_409" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="zul, art, zol, sa'ad, enon and farah"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_448" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Bond Girls"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_410" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="me chasing temah's 1 red, 1 white fins hehe"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_412" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="moonraker dive site"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_413" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="jebon"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_414" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="halle berry version sarawak"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_415" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="temah, ayud, farah & zul"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_417" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="happy dah surface"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_418" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="ayud pun happy juga"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_420" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="but someone is not too happy :( "][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_419" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="art yang kesejukan"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_421" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="and then it was time to put our diving gear on hiatus :("][/caption]
Back on surface, we freshened up and made our farewell bids to all.
[caption id="attachment_426" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="temah & salim ;P"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_424" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="OK? OK!"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_425" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="for the sweet couple in brown ;P"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_429" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="dive crew group photo"][/caption]
and it was time to head back to Dungun
[caption id="attachment_430" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="view from the boat transfer ;P"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_431" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="farah, temah, zul, enon, hazrul, ayud & art"][/caption]
On the drive home, we made a pit stop at Dungun town for some Nasi Kukus Ayam Rempah which was excellent but soooooo the pedas!!
[caption id="attachment_434" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="nasi putih kukus, sayur nenas, ikan kering, ayam rempah with a tsunami of sambal belacan. Youchh!!!"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_435" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="ayud's sirap limau laici ais"][/caption]
We then stopped for some keropok lekor shopping at Geliga (Temah ;P) Pantai Mak Nik atau nama Mat Salleh nye, Monica Bay. No joke, Monica Bay.
[caption id="attachment_446" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="kedai kak yam @ kg geliga, kemaman"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_436" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="beli kopok lekor jgn tak beli"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_442" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="keropok lekor lady- 10 keping 5 ringgit ye!"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_439" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="candid yang x sempat candid"][/caption]
And freshly made Satar Bakar with Keropok Lekor was our final pitstop in Terengganu.
[caption id="attachment_441" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Dok Try, Dok Ahu!"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_443" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Back in July..2 hours..cuti..claim..ayat sedap..hmmm..Mana Satar nih?"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_445" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="kekenyangan satar & keropok lekor"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_444" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="makang ABC, sorry teacher! ;P"][/caption]
And so that concludes our Tenggol trip! We had great fun, thanks to all the divers and organisers. Can't wait to go diving again, but the thought of having to wait till next year just kills me!!!!!!!
Tenggol Illustrated: Part 2
*Pictures are courtesy of Enon, temah, ayud & farah*
Sunday October 11th
Awoke, afresh after 9 hours of uninterrupted beauty sleep. We headed to Tokong Timur that morning hoping to bump into this:
[caption id="attachment_363" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="whale shark"][/caption]
or this:
[caption id="attachment_364" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Manta ray"][/caption]
We were unlucky however, apparently according to local sources these giant creatures have ventured off to other oceans by the time we came. Well, hope we have better luck next season then!
And so upon return for another surface interval, we gobbled down the nasi goreng served by the resort. (x sedap, but we were out of options so whaddeheck!)
[caption id="attachment_365" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="notice the size of our plates and our servings yo! hehehe"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_366" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="farah and her camera"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_371" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="the rest of the dive crew"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_372" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="and more dive crew"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_373" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="ayud n i"][/caption]
For our 2nd dive, temah opted out due to seasickness and her craving for mee maggi (I think she just wanted to Take A Break, Have a KitKat) hehehe seeing that her Cadbury chocolate bar become rat food, so bagi can-lah dia nk makan hehehe. Somehow Temah managed to fish out a cup of instant Maggi Curry Mee from one of the Boatmen who ended up being Temah's personal 'friend' yo!;P
So, temah hung out on the beach on photo duty as we went for our next dive to Teluk Nakhoda. The outcome:
[caption id="attachment_378" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="treasure hunt to find....."][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_374" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Cepat dimasak, lebih sedap dimakan (lagi2 kalau Salim yang kasi ;P)"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_377" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="off we go!"][/caption]
And so, after we completed all 3 dives of the day (Last dive was to Tanjung Gemok but this time it was at Pasir Tenggara), we all freshened up and hung out at the restaurant till dusk talking bout various random things, including some horror stories about giving enemas to constipated old ladies! hahaha
[caption id="attachment_379" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="enon & farah"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_380" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="who datt?"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_381" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="filling in my dive log while waiting for others to bersiap & dinner to be served"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_382" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="and dinner was finally served"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_383" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="oooppsss...licin yo!"][/caption]
Selepas makan, it was then lepak2 and mini-karoeke session @ dive centre pulak.
[caption id="attachment_385" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="rnt + abt = TBT (tiru buku tau!)"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_386" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="DM Hazrol penning down his autograph"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_392" align="aligncenter" width="112" caption="our dive sites"][/caption]
And that concludes Day 2. If you're wondering why gambar Temah sikit sangat, tanya dia as several beautiful and carefully planned photographs of her has been extinguished by 'tuan punya badan'. Temah Notti, eh! ;P