Gunung Dato

Successfully conquered yet another mountain - Gunung Dato. At the height of 2,900 feet or 884 meters, this mountain is the 220th highest mountain in Malaysia.

This is a list of top 300 highest mountain in Malaysia:-
http://www.malaysia-traveller.com/malaysia-mountains.html.
The following are some of the mountain that I have climbed.
Rank 1: Mount KK – 4,100 meters
Rank 6: Mount Tahan – 2,190 meters
Rank 220: Gunung Dato – 884 meters
Rank 241: Gunung Angsi – 824 meters
Rank 291: Bukit Tabur (Melawati) – 446 meters
Rank 296: Bukit Saga – 421 meters

Gunung Mulu National Park

Located near Miri of Sarawak, Gunung Mulu National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is famous for the Pinnacles and Caves.

There are many tours available, including

[1] Pinnacles Only
http://www.mulunationalpark.com/tour-packages-3D2N-Mulu-Pinnacles.php
Day 1: Airport - Longboat - 3 hours jungle trek to 'Camp 5'
Day 2: Ascend 3 hours to Gunung Api with view of Pinnacles and return to Camp 5
Day 3: Back home using the same way.

[2] Caves & Pinnacles
http://www.journeymalaysia.com/rainmulupinnacles.htm
Day 1: Airport - Deer Cave & Lang Cave
Day 2: Longboat - Wind Cave & Clear Water Cave - 3hour jungle trek to 'camp 5'
Day 3: Ascend 3 hours to Gunung Api with view of Pinnacles and return to Camp 5
Day 4: Back home

Sound easy enough, there are a warning issued by the tour agency however, that the climb is difficult and consist of many vertical climbs and that one afraid of heights are not recommended. I am seriously considering if this is something I should strive for even with plenty of training; if so this would be mission 2013.

Birthday Party

Baby Hong Yi first year old party is held over the weekend. Thank you everyone for their participation and gifts. I am sure he has a good time. For those who miss out, his real birth date is on the 15th. Never too late for another presents :)

Culture

Australian's favorite introduction topic - Weather. Oh its beautiful, its freezing, its freaking hot, bla bla bla.

Malaysian's favorite introduction topic - Traffic. Its Jam, its very Jam, its super unbelievably not movable, yada yada yada..

Take note or you'll be cultural shock!

Username and Password

What has been really troubling me lately is on all the websites username and password. To me its an absolute hustle and frustration. First of all is the username issue. Its hard to get a username for all the websites as some requires full email address and some username has already been taken up. The password is even more frustrating as it constantly forcing one to change password. How in the world are we going to remember tens of username and password, particularly if one need to constantly change their password and the old password cannot be re-used in the future? (Yes I am particularly referring to you- stupid Hong Leong Bank!!)