Sabah II

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I had missed the dawn. My day started early and it would end very late. The researchers, the doc­tors and the dom­i­na­tri­ces and the dons, they were not an easy audi­ence and I must enter­tain and edu­cate them. We were clois­tered up in an enor­mous and enor­mously chilly ball­room in one of the pret­ti­est resorts in Sabah but nary a bit of that nat­ural beauty would we spy given our impos­si­bly packed schedule.

Yet it would be mad­ness to miss this magic.

We had an hour or less to freshen up and have din­ner before the evening ses­sions began. I escaped and ran out to the beach. The sand, the sea and the dying sun. The slow breeze slip­ping through my hair, the grit between my toes. The hori­zon, a pair of friends (lovers?) walk toward each other.

As the clouds close in, one final bril­liant burst of light breaks over them before night takes over. I pray that their hands would find each other, fin­gers encir­cling, as mine would over yours. Some day we shall walk this par­adise together from dusk till dawn all the way till ever after.

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Pho­to­graph taken by Kenny Mah by the beach @ Shangri-la Rasa Ria Resort, Tuaran, Sabah.
( Also: My first visit to Sabah. )

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Notes:
1. For those of you read­ing this via RSS, you might want to take a look at the newly revamped front page here. Recon­structed after all your val­ued feed­back, dear read­ers!
2. Full ver­sion of the beach image above.

77 Comments

  • Kenny, do you have a brother or uncle who is sin­gle and avail­able and able to woo me with words like yours? :P

    Your beloved is so damn lucky and I am truly envi­ous. ;)

  • Some day we shall walk this par­adise together from dusk till dawn all the way till ever after.

    sigh ~melts~ makes me miss my guy very much right now. ah well…

    hope you’re hav­ing a great time in sabah! i love sabah. a very good friend of mine stays there :)

  • OK! i’ll send my uncle to the audi­tion. maybe fly in my cousins from Thai­land for audi­tion too. Kenny, be easy with them ok! let see.. who else is sin­gle?? LOL

    mak­ing plans.. Sabah or Sarawak? Sarawak or Sabah?

    damn it.. such a nice scenery! I wouldn’t mind sit­ting, doing noth­ing, look­ing at the beach!

  • jeff lee wrote:

    you are really one seri­ous roman­tic dude…!!

    I pray that their hands would find each other, fin­gers encir­cling, as mine would over yours. Some day we shall walk this par­adise together from dusk till dawn all the way till ever after.”

    wah liao..if i was a woman, i will hand­cuff your hands to mine and throw the key away into the sea…
    you keep on writ­ing like this, you gonna make a woman out of me…hahahahhaha

    :D

  • Ahhh the grav­i­ta­tion towards the ocean escapes no one, not even the walled up ball­room sesh attendee… I don’t know how you man­age to turn every­one within your periph­eral vision into a clas­sic roman­tic, but I’m sold… here’s hop­ing the cou­ple in the pic has that moment you cap­tured to last a lifetime.

  • wow.. so that’s where you’ve been. and that’s what you’ve been busy doing.. tak­ing beau­ti­ful shots of the beach.. ! no won­der long time no c ler.. :D

  • the_lighthouse wrote:

    what a gor­geous vista! thanks for remind­ing me of what nat­ural won­ders malaysia still has in store! =)

  • Cool dude, your mind act play more than actual sit­u­a­tion but u were not wrong lol, golden aged lovers with young man in Act 3, Scene 1 hahaha

    Nice sun­set for lovers to come into the scene. Looks like Sutera Harbour?

  • Poh Chu wrote:

    Very nice new front page, love the splash image! Feels like I’m at the beach myself! :D

  • Beau­ti­ful. Good that you assigned more space for the pic than the words. Twi­light and dawn hold so much promise. I like both.

  • I’ve been to a num­ber of beaches in my time. But sunset’s by the beaches in Sabah is right up there amongst my top three. Lovely post and pic bro.

  • Kenneth wrote:

    As I sit here sip­ping my steam­ing cuppa … I can’t help but be trans­ported again to the beach that you described. I’ve been to Sabah innu­mer­able times to visit my Sis … and I under­stand the innate beauty that you describe. It’s like vel­vet meld­ing into silk … like the joy of hot cocoa on a cold win­ter day.

    Have you sat on the veran­dah of the Chalet fac­ing Mount Kin­a­balu in Kin­a­balu park … ? Behold her in all her glory and feel the won­der of the Universe.

    Read­ing your post Kenny has made me that much hap­pier today that another being has seen the beauty in the small­est thing … found love in the slight­est human con­tact … and your other half is truly blessed. *sigh* =)

    Thank you for bright­en­ing at least one person’s day today. :)

  • yes, sabah is beau­ti­ful.. hope the devel­op­ments there doesn’t kill it all…

  • kristopher wrote:

    i want to be on that sandy beach too! time for a hol­i­day! =P

  • Janvier wrote:

    One hour at the beach is not enough! But bet­ter one hour than none! Next time take an extra day off to enjoy it all.

  • woah, i think i lost track of your where­about already la.

    but it’s good to know that you are doing well. them good pho­tos show. ;D

  • You did cap­tured the beau­ti­ful Sabah sun­set and the way you described it , makes it look so peace­ful and relax­ing… way to go. Have an enjoy­able time there.

  • lol some seri­ous edu­ca­tion there dude! jt tell them to come to ur site– saves u the speeches ;p

  • Aww.…my beau­ti­ful Sabah once more!
    You even had time to sneaked out just awhile to cap­ture this.
    Nice shot man! :)

    Sorry didn’t get to see u while you are here!

    p/s : An audi­tion for sin­gle read­ers? you gotta be kid­ding me! heehe ;p

  • next spot for hol­i­day; shangri la sabah? yummy sky…brilliant for the camera’s appetite

  • Kaya MeeKoo wrote:

    Kenny, its time.
    Time for you to be the ulti­mate match­maker we all know you are!!

    Sorry, have been MIA for many many weeks…out of town …ah, I have a lot of posts to catch up on.

  • Kaya MeeKoo wrote:

    You say that, but we all know the truth..you are a die hard roman­tic and thus you must be a one waman man! ;)

    P/s: Yes, I believe I have lost a few mar­bles try­ing to catch up on all my work.

  • Kaya MeeKoo wrote:

    see what I mean? woman becomes waman! Sigh…

  • Free­dom is to be in the Land Below the Wind , with the most hap­pi­est peo­ple in the world

    Who just reminds you only once…
    Have fun dear

  • I didnt stay at any beach resort on my last Sabah trip but I stay at Kun­dasang, can see the mag­nif­i­cent Mount Kinabalu~~

  • What a beau­ti­ful scene…

  • The Red Queenne wrote:

    Is this beach near Kota Kin­a­balu? Or is it some­where more remote? It’s very beautiful.

  • jayson wrote:

    what did u do on that beach? play vol­ley­ball, swim­ming? looks so nice…

  • Kampai23 wrote:

    Beau­ti­ful… Take me there one day, won’t you? ;)

  • what a beau­ti­ful pur­ple sky.….

  • you have such a way with words and the way you cap­ture the essence of sim­ple, every­day moments and paint a pic­ture in the reader’s mind is captivating.

    thank you for shar­ing your life with us and help­ing to remind us all of the beauty in our lives.

    God bless you. =)

    Crys­tal

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Let’s see. My only sib­ling is an older sis­ter and she’s mar­ried with three kids. All my uncles are mar­ried too, also with kids. I guess, in my fam­ily, we’re the mar­ry­ing type. The bor­ing, old-fashioned, set­tling down type.

    And I cer­tainly hope I’m for­tu­nate enough to be that type too. :)

    Thanks for your kind words — I hope my bet­ter half reads your com­ment! Hahaha…

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    P.S. Any­one else have sin­gle and avail­able broth­ers or uncles who does courtship by the cheap (i.e. with words instead of flow­ers and choco­lates and all things nice)? We should have an audi­tion for the sin­gle read­ers of LFB, maybe? :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    I had a great time in Sabah, but back in the penin­sula now. Maybe I’ll get a chance to head to the Land Beneath the Winds again after May, after my long awaited UK trip. We’ll see.

    And I know how it feels to miss your beloved… Hang on there, dear!

  • Words are not cheap!
    As Shake­speare wrote:
    So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
    So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” ;)

    Audi­tion??? So that we can let you have a chance to be Simon Cow­ell? :P

    No, thanks! *chick­en­ing out* :lol:

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    I stand cor­rected! I guess words aren’t really cheap at all… we come by those pre­cious few that we release out to the world as mis­sives of our hearts through blood and tears and nights spent in sweat and tumble…

    No, not cheap at all. :)

    As for being Simon Cow­ell, I already sorta have his job after a fash­ion, albeit in a com­pletely dif­fer­ent indus­try, hehe. Sure you don’t wanna audition?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Wow, that’s some sup­port and some fam­ily too! An inter­na­tional net­work of sin­gles? Keep them com­ing! Hahaha…

    As for Sabah vs. Sarawak, I think you’ll dis­cover some­thing spe­cial about both states… beau­ti­ful in their own ways. Uhm, did I men­tion I’m head­ing to Sarawak again next month? :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Eeks! I’m not sure I want that on my résumé: “Kenny Mah — he turns men into women.” :P

    And I’m kinda con­cerned about your predilec­tion for hand­cuffs, my friend. Does your lady friends know about this feistier side of you? Ahem. :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    I actu­ally man­aged to talk to that cou­ple on that beach… They helped me take a pic of me against that bril­liant sun­set.. A mar­ried cou­ple in their golden years, him Irish and her Scot­tish and they live in Eng­land where I’m vis­it­ing soon… Gave me plenty of good tips too… Like NOT drink­ing the bath water in Bath, for one… :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Nay, I’ve just been busy work­ing and trav­el­ling — trust me, this sin­gle shot of the beach is few and far between con­sid­er­ing my hours. And when I’m back in the city, most of time is spent catch­ing up and pam­per­ing my bet­ter half… I’m not turn­ing anti­so­cial, believe me!

  • the_lighthouse wrote:

    i would have audi­tion but my wife will kill me! =P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Well, you can always ask her to join in.. but I guess then she’d pro­lly want to kill me too! :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    I love all our coun­try has to offer in terms of our great nat­ural beauty… bound­less! Let’s go Cuti-Cuti Malaysia! :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Nope, not Sutera Har­bour (though that was where I stayed the first time I was in Sabah). This is Tuaran; I stayed at the Shangri-la Rasa Ria Resort. Sim­ply gorgeous.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    That’s the whole idea… an unlim­ited (almost) vista of all that is laid out there in the wild… :)

  • jeff lee wrote:

    kekekekkekekekekee.….u are one damn funny dude too…

    p/s: ooo..i nor­mally use whips, but hand­cuffs are reserved for u…hahahahhaha

    :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Hand­cuffs just for me? What ever did I do to deserve such “spe­cial” treatment?

    *pauses*

    … I mean, seri­ously, what did I do? LOL

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Some­times, the words just don’t hold a can­dle to the pic­ture. At least, there are some words here — in the first Sabah post, there weren’t any words at all! :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    There’s just some­thing spe­cial about a Sabah sun­set hor? I sus­pect it’s some­thing in the air there… ;)

  • jeff lee wrote:

    u make every­one happy mah..so u deserve spe­cial treatment..

    :P

    p/s; oklah, oklah, dont want hand­cuffs mah nvm lor..but u must keep these won­der­ful sto­ries com­ing everyday.….

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Do I make every­one happy? I remem­ber as a kid, all I did was ANNOY every­one.. but that made me happy back then… does that count? :P

    P.S. More sto­ries to come, once I find the time for them, promise! No hand­cuffs, please!

  • kristopher wrote:

    and why not drink the water in Bath??

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Well for one thing, I don’t wanna taste any­thing after some­one has washed him­self in it prior… :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Couldn’t agree more. I could sure do with one too. Sabah doesn’t count when it’s for work, work, work. :(

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    They’re doing fairly well with the con­ser­va­tion, methinks. Let’s keep our (green) fin­gers crossed.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    That view of Mount Kin­a­balu? I know exactly what you mean; just need to grab a chance and cap­ture that magic on cam­era. One day soon, one day.

    P.S. Glad you had a good day rem­i­nisc­ing with your steam­ing cuppa! :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Er, actu­ally I had less than one hour at the beach, but no com­plaints here. Even a few min­utes of that won­drous beauty is magic enough. :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Haha, you’re not the only one. I think I’m begin­ning to lose track of where I am sup­posed to be and where I should be head­ing too… :(

    But it’s all for a good cause — the hard work will pay off one day, I believe that. And in the mean­time, maybe I’ll get the occa­sional good shots too…

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    I had a lovely time there, even if it were only less than 60 min­utes snuck out from a very long day of work. Right now though, I’m in Perlis, an almost for­got­ten jewel of Malaysia way up north… I’m guess­ing that by the end of my road­shows I can be a spokesper­son for our Cuti-Cuti Malaysia cam­paign! :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Hahaha, I’m not sure if my blog is the right place to edu­cate them about entre­pre­neur­ship and com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion — for one thing, I’m not earn­ing a sin­gle cent from this site! :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    No wor­ries, dear… it was nice enough of you to mes­sage me and offer to meet up. I had a very hec­tic sched­ule too. Maybe the sec­ond half of this year when I return? I love Sabah so much I want to make sure I go back as often as I can! :)

    P.S. Of course I’m not kid­ding! Let the audi­tions BEGIN! Hehe.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    And your camera’s always crav­ing, rite? ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Me, a match­maker? I’ll pro­lly grab all the sin­gles for a date myself! So greedy hor? :P

    P.S. Wel­come back! I know how it feels like being out of town… :(

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Am I a diehard roman­tic? Really? Hmm…

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    I love waman too… :lol:

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    The most hap­pi­est peo­ple in the world… Heh, I won­der where you got that idea from? ;)

  • kristopher wrote:

    go back for a vaca­tion then. u sure deserve one after so much traveling!

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    I will, one day, with my boo. Sabah’s too beau­ti­ful not to re-visit over and over again! :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Hehe, we were sup­posed to go for Kun­dasang but had a last-min change of venue. Maybe next time… I hear it’s GORGEOUS. :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    It’s all about the expe­ri­ence, dear. Have you vis­ited Sabah before?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Not exactly near, but not too far off in nearby Tuaran. Less than an hour away, maybe?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    All I had time for was to run in, snap a few shots and run out… Too bad it was a work­ing trip. But I did have a proper vaca­tion at a beach this week­end, yay! More on that in the next blog post! :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Ooh, but what will my bet­ter half say? Scandalous-nye pro­posal ni… LOL

  • Gunung Kin­a­balu should be one of Malaysia’s her­itage sites if it isn’t already.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    I think it is, isn’t it? It ought be. :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Reminds one of Bar­ney the Dinosaur, no? :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Thanks, Crys­tal. Your words sure made my day! :)

    Hope you’re hav­ing a great week!

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