Saturday, January 2, 2010

day 2 in LD

i am officially at the other side of 'my' world.

31st Dec - 2015 left KL, as the plane was taking off.. the girl going LD with me cried wei.. *oh god.. tahan!* touched down at KKIA at 2240, tumpang at Sek. Men Sains Sabah for a night. i heard the sound of fireworks but i was too tired to go out and see, more of like not in the mood for anything. then the next morning i reached Lahad Datu at about 1130, the school bus came to get us from the airport. it was a 20 minutes drive from the airport to my school, Sek Men Sains Lahad Datu.

i am staying in the teachers' quarters. 4th floor, highest. no fan, coz the ceiling fan in the living room has been ROSAK for a year. the room, no fan also, urgently need a stand fan. it's like a furncae here. TV - die, can't watch anything wan. the bathroom reminded me of the neriton bathroom *gasp*. there are lots and lots of droppings of swallows along the staircase. and i think i can get bird's nest tooo. there are many big spiders, not to mention their spiderwebssssss. ants here and there. lizards and their droppings. i met two cockroaches last night. one of them had the same colour as the floor! :( i still haven't cleaned my wardrobe. i want to pengsan when i looked at it coz it has been 'home' for a few big spiders.

the sight of the place quite put me off. seriously and honestly. and no choice, i have to display my OCD-ness. super looking forward to cny and quickly fly back. trying to book the tickets but the internet is so slow, it has been 'processing transaction' for almost an hour.

Not that LD is not nice or what.. and not that i don't like LD but i just wonder how people can like that place, unless that's your hometown. i am giving myself 2-3 years here, hope not making it to 4 years. i will try to survive the years quarter by quarter... open hearts and happy thoughts, jiaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

ah.. thank God the housemate is from Sabah and knows how to get to places. thank God for Rainbows; for lame jokes from family and friends; for connections; for safe flight. thank God for family friends, hehe, thanks for sending me off. haih, thank God for a spacious apartment that i will call 'home' for at least many months ahead, despite the *ahem* condition.
ahaha, and Digi Yellow Man is proving his worth. ;)

what else...?

tomorrow got work in school. the kids are coming back. my, heard that all new teachers have to be class teachers. oh wells.

4 comments:

ericacaca said...

wow..i din know ur posted to LD. that's a really brave step :) hope u'll shine strongly in LD and bring lots of hope and joy to your new students. all the best :)

sediment Igneous said...

hi,....all the best!!! sabah is a great place...and lahad datu has some fine geology ooutcrops...you know!!! sabah is a geological haven ...i wished i was staying there........(yeah right....if i were in your situation...i would have wrote what you wrote too...)
anyway i told 'the panjang' to caution you not to get hooked tp any guy there....come back and marry a chinese or an indian macha....better still if he was a marthomite...

praying you and 'the panjang' and the other sweetie have a great teaching experience nevertheless...treat this as an adventure...
god bless you.
luv
'the panjang's' wonderful sista.

penjang said...

b strong, sis

*hugs*

Jia said...

Hey to Panjang's wonderful and tyrannical sista! LOL.. marthomite ah.. you help me to cari la.. hehe. First day of school has been good. Thank God! ;)

Penjang! I will see you in ipoh!!!!