Ever wondered whats the point of hiking, working out, gymming, jogging and other cardiovascular related activities?
Yes, to have fun, banish a sedentary lifestyle & to keep the heart pumpin’ healthily. Then, we are on the right track =)

Over the hills and far away.. i spy..

But if the main point is to lose weight or to burn calories, then I must say that my buddies & I have been hiking & working out for no darn reason!!

My hike to Penang National Park all the way up & down to Kerachut Beach was one of a kind. We stopped and looked at all the wonders of Mother Nature. It’s a good thing I have a fellow photography enthusiast as well for a change cos’ it kinda like, sucks when I’m always the photographer all our activities. =/

So hurrah for us & our picturesque photos!
As promised, here are some of the the abundant gifts of nature:

The rest are in my Facebook album. Check it out – here So we had our silly & adventurous fun for the whole day – 5 hours in total till we arrived at the foot of the hill.
It was already evening!!
Suddenly omfg my phone vibrated like it had a mind of its own and guess what? 28 missed calls and 8 messages.

So here’s something for my loves:

It’s steep at certain parts & alright at some

After the (not-so-strenuous-because-we-stopped-to-take-a-gazillion-pix) hike we rewarded ourselves with a nice lil picnic with the finger-food we brought up

Food in the sand, or sand in the food???

And why did I say it was pointless in burning calories???
The pictures are self-explanatory :

TSK TSK TSK
Look at the greedypigssssss =P

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee… it’s 09.32am and we’re just about to leave for Pantai Kerachut for hiking and a picnic!! =)

Who would crawl out of their bed at 7am on a Sunday morning? That person is in serious need of a tranquilizer!
Yes, I am that deranged. *yawn*

We began our hike for what seemed like hours and I was panting already.

Me: “Are we halfway yet??”
Sim: “Huh? From that station over there, *points at a distance*
           is where all the fellow hikers are supposed to start”
Me: “!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

So yeah. We went ahead and holymotherearth, it was freakishly steep!
Not to mention the amount of moss and webs that got stuck in inimaginable parts of my hair and clothes. I was drenched in my own perspiration from head to toe and it was practically trickling down my forehead! Sweating profusely, all I wanted then, was my bed!

Look at this! I’m not the only one exhausted!

I was climbing on all fours when the angle reached 60degrees steep. The irregular pathway did not help – AT ALL. I was desperately trying to catch my breath and this was what happened:

Sim: “Are you tired yet Jess?”
Jess: “*shoots a sinister glare at Sim* oh… no. I’m perfectly fine. So very fine”

Sim: “Isn’t this the best day of your life? *grins sarcastically*”
Jess: “Well Sim, thank you SO MUCH for making my day even better. *rolls eyes* Let’s climb Mt. Everest tomorrow.”

When we reached the peak, I was indeed thankful. So very thankful in fact. Hey. I did not collapse to the ground like I had envisioned myself to. Oh well, I’m proud of myself! Not bad for one who had her last actual hiking experience 3years ago in a Jamboree.

Malaysia Jessica boleh!

And now… should I go and have some McD big breakfast set, since I never get to wake up in time for it?
No. for that would defeat the purpose of this morning’s torturous misery!!!

My weekend was a blast!

Friday was good, Saturday was good-er and Sunday was the good-est! LOL I think I fail my superlatives when I’m hyper!!

Dubby came over on Friday and we spent a quiet evening together. How funny it turned out to be when moments of nostalgia gradually became a challenge of a ‘How Well Do You Know Me?’ quiz. We took turns asking each other random questions about ourselves and hmm.. results were pretty good =) oh well, looks like the years paid off huh, Dubby? LOL

We got started on our annual project – the Benjica™ album. It was very pretty even after finishing only 3-quarter of it all. Hmm.. and Dubby you reminded me of the our ship and the kitchen model! Yay! Looking forward to all those activities with ya. Oh and, working out with ya too, now that you’ve joined my gym. Body Pump : GOGOGO!! Lovin the adreanalin!

Shopping at Queens after a delicious home-made lunch from Dubby and omfg what a small world! It appears that, my loyal G2000 customer, (whom my boss and I commented on her husband’s rather, abominable appearance. Oh by the way, she is gorgeous. The irony of cupid’s arrows!) a beautiful young lady, whose looks I can’t stop exalting ever since July 2007, happens to be the sister of my boyf’s best friend and the current boss of my childhood friend. Yeah, we bumped into her but neither of us dared to say ‘hi’ because we didn’t exactly KNOW her personally. You could’ve guessed, we slinked away as quietly as we could. Goodness me.

Dinner with the extended family couldn’t be anyMORE interesting don’t you think Hunn? Some people are just  capable of carrying on and on…
and on and on *music fades*

Some lau-juakking around us.
Conversations with her will NEVER end

For the record: Remember I’ve mentioned before about a regurgitating aunt of mine? Yup, she’s the one who came by with her adorable, snowy-white husband. Wow. Dubby and I exchanged 345796535 strange looks altogether until the moment they left. Oh well, I guess these peculiar behaviourisms comes with age, no? =0

Night fell and Dubby took me out for a midnight movie – ‘House’. It was pretty freaky at certain scenes where the deceased’s face was shown when you least expect it. Like,

blablablablablablablablablaBAMMMblablblablablablabla

Oh yeah, we are moving soon. Selling off our current property and settling down into a cosy spot.

That’s Dubby and mum listening

We went scouting around for a spacious apartment/condo unit to move into. Hmm.. a few units caught our eye, including the one located 9-storeys above Dubby’s. What a coincidence

Working out with Dubby around never felt so fun in.. lemme see, 5months? Haha yeah. 45minutes of cardio in many matches in Squash and another 45minutes in the country club’s gym. Ouch.. I’m prepared for the worst when I wake up tomorrow morning!