hello internet :):

so happy new year and a happy lunar new year to all of you. did you guys get a lot of red packets this year? i'm back home from my visit to kedah and it looks like i've fallen sick. it's probably a heatstroke but i'll say it's because from all the heaty chinese new year food i ate (no regrets tho). i'm in my comfy wear, drinking some tea whilst blogging away on today's post.

to kick start the new year, i went overseas! okay maybe not exactly overseas, it was more of a domestic flight in the country. i went to sabah with my college friends to meet our sabah friends (yay reunion). honestly it just started off as a simple joking suggestion but who knew it would really happen, huh. we were only able to do this because the flight tickets were on discount actually. unfortunately, not the whole gang was able to come with us. there were six of us: me, sther, zr, janice, charles and keen. it was still a fun trip regardless but we would always loved the experience more if everyone was able to be together, just at least little longer. so we booked our tickets, kinda planned half-way hahaha (that's what you get, we're kids). and to sabah here we go!

sabah was my first trip overseas on my own. i mean it was with friends, yes but, it was my first time going out alone, on a plane, to a foreign place without my parents. even though i went to sabah once, the experience is definitely different when you're travelling alone. this is when i truly felt that i'm a fully functioning adult! i was doing what i want and wow the freedom just felt incredible. and what makes it better is that i'm able to share this journey with my newfound friends.

Day 1; Chill Day-Out

the morning of the start of the journey, we sat on the 7AM bus from One Utama to KLIA2. who knew they had buses that bring you to the airport there, am i right? i arrived at the site first and bought tickets for me and esther. one ticket only costs like rm15 (thx public transport). the bus was fairly punctual which is a good thing! we even arrived at the airport earlier than expected. tip: you should take this bus instead of a taxi to the airport because it's honestly WAY cheaper. my face literally lit up when i saw esther arriving, i haven't seen her in so long i miss her T-T. and her mom brought pineapple tarts! bless mama low.

KLIA2 is honestly a good place to shop for stuff. we haven't even started our trip to sabah and esther already bought socks from the store, redeye lol. AND THEN WE REUNITED WITH ZR AND JANICE. zr's face got brighter because she dyed her hair ahahaha. had a nice catch-up sesh with them when esther was eating her breakfast. i wore a black tee and cool-ass sweatpants, i should've taken a picture. maybe i could've done an ootd for my sabah trip. take note: ootd pics for next trip. after all the walking and crazy toilet breaks, we got on the plane and zooooom.

in the plane: me and esther first started off talking casually to sleeping until the most annoying case scenario happened. we were sleeping super soundly until this flight attendant keeps calling for a boarding pass loudly. i woke up following esther and followed exactly what esther did: giving the boarding pass to the stewardess half-conscious. to find out that, the stewardess was only requesting the pass for the third person sitting next to us. turns out they needed that in order to get airplane food. but boy, did that get me and esther pissed lol. so we played the uno cards esther brought and played "heart attack". zr and janice could hear us slapping on the plane as we play the game lol.