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ARCHIVED MESSAGES
TO TEAM - WEEK 5
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To: Oi Fong (Nenek)
From: Selene and Lip Wai
20th September | Dearest mama, Forgot to ask you how you liked the Yak butter milk or tea? I hope you tasted the Yak steak too. Figured from the trip and camping experience with such wonderful sceneries, you will find living in hotel rooms boring! How we wished we were there. Did you eat mooncakes last few days?
Finding it difficult to trace on our limited map now to show Laura your location. But we tell her that you are camping in the cold like she did a month ago. She said you are brave!
Had my baby scan and baby check up today. Everything is fine and baby is active.
Our imagination joins you while you continue your travels.
By the way, sorry to hear about your speeding fine. On the brighter note, at least they cannot take points off from your driving license. Keep Safe. Regards to all from Sabah. Enjoy!
To: Stingray
From: Bingo Bingo
20th September | I will be in schenzen on the Sept. 27, 2005 to congratulate you and your team there. Before that I will be holidaying in Hong Kong from the 24 to 27. Then I will take a ferry to schenzen.I am coming with my wife shikin. Appreciate if you could book me a room for me till sept. 30. Looking forward to see you. Thanks and regards.
To: Man ( Bongek )
From: Yus (PUO 88 90)
20th September | Assalamualaikum wbt! Apa kabo brother? Firstly aku nak ucap tahniah kat ko kerana dah sampai ke tahap nie, aku surprise gak bila buka website petronas nie ada plak ahli ekspedisi yang aku kenal...anyway aku proud ngan ko,buat apa yang ko rasa nak buat,,tentu banyak experiance yang ko dapat so jadikan lah sebagai bekalan yang paling berguna bila ko dah balik nanti supaya perjalanan hidup untuk hari kemudian lebih diberkati...nanti bila jumpa ko sure banyak benda yang ko boleh khutbah kat aku, lastly aku doakan ko and PAT semuanya selamat. Aku memang tabik spring kat ko.TAHNIAH!!!!!!
To: Ching Lai Huat (Kaiser One)
From: YB & Jasmine
18th September | Hi, the snow around you must want to make you feel like going ice skating or remind you of the gr8 Malaysian ice kachang. Take good care. Greetings from UK.
To: Fatimah
From: CT
18th September | Assalamualaikum.....Hai sayang..cepat la balik rindu dah tak tahan ni...Take Care! I love u..I love u..I love u...I love u... & I missssssssssssss you.. Mmmmmmuuuuuuuaaaaaaahhhhhhh...MOJO JANGAN GERAM.
To: Stingray
From: Baharom Hamzah (Bingo Bingo)
18th September | Dear boss, It looks like i am not able to join you this year. anyway i hope this will not deter me for next year trip. by that time i should be ok.
since i am not able to join, the worst case scenario for me is to join you in schzen. me and zamrus is planning to greet you and your team in schzen.we will be there on the sept 26. we are trying to go to hong kong for 2 days , jalan jalan. tak pernah pergi hk lagi for us.
hari tu fatimah call aku for the first time. dia minta tolong aku jangan apa apakan siti tapi bila aku tanya ujang dgn ustaz dia cakap pulon aje. aku serba salah. macam pepatah melayu telan mati mak tak telan mati bapak.
ok lah see you soon and take care.
To: Ah Tee
From: Family
18th September | Hi,Father.How are you ?We are fine in here.Take care yourself !
To: Kaiser 1 ( Ching Lai Huat )
From: Rachel ( and family )
18th September | Hey, Must be having much fun on your journey to your dream place huh? Juat hope that you'll be back here coz ...................WE MISS U.................................Remember da gifts you promised us , Its a MUST , ok? Bless Ya.
To: Mama (Oi Fong)
From: Lip Wai and Selene
18th September | Dear ma, How are you. Nice to know that you are getting on well, and coping with the cold. You amaze us ma with your expoits!
Laura is enjoying herself now in the school. No more bullying, so an answer to our prayers. The teachers at the new school seem keen, but the school itself is a bit old and run down. They are also starting Saturday classes and we are just wondering if we should enrol Laura to either French or Spanish class. But we wonder how much of a new language a 4 year old will learn. She is already struggling with Mandarin and Cantonese, which we can actually practise with her.
Went to Andrew and Siew Bek's house yesterday. Laura, Emma and Euan really enjoyed playing the chinese lantern (tangloong) for the mooncake festival. Thankfully didn't burn any of the laterns, and didn't burn their house down either. Also had mooncakes, which Lip bought and share with them and another family who was there too. Forgot how filling mooncakes can be, as it has been years since we had some. Laura has been asking to taste the mooncake for weeks!! But when she did taste it she said she didn't like it. Typical. Unfortunately Laura is likely to turn out to be a Malaysia kid who don't like any traditional food inckuding durian. What a waste.
Selene is having a week off next week to prepare for her written exams on the 27 Sept. Hopefully will be able to get some work done. A bit anxious about it. It is such a pain taking exams when you are already so old, and she has a theory that pregnancy actually kills off brain cells, so she has much less brain to concentrate now!! Take care.
To: Assam
From: Su Aziz
18th September | G'day Hon Yuen, Phin was wondering where it went but I'll tell him when I see him although he is mighty busy these days with shoots - that time of the year when all the festivities are happening and so close to each other. To let you know, he is well, down with a slight flu for a bit but soldiering on. You keep well and we MUST go for beers when you are back - only 2 weex, eh? My, how time flies - NOT!
To: mior zebra
From: dzulhishamuddin asmawi
18th September | From EON GLENMARIE staff is wishing you...happy journey and take care!!!! Allah is always beside you and all the members too......MESIA MENANTI KEPULANGAN ANDA!!!!
To: PAT members
From: Mohd Hazli Hassan (Bobo)
17th September | Asalamualaikum and salam sejahtera to all PAT Trans Himalayas expedition members.
Hi ya all doing? Wah dengar sampai main salji, sampai Chief Bala terlentang nak cium salji, hahaha. Tapi Bala aku tak dapat la gambar ko terlentang kat salji tu, Macang tak upload dalam web so aku tak ble nak pakai la, kalau tak mesti aku pakai sebab ko selalu request nak gambar masuk Utusan, mesti contrast giler heheheh jangan marah eh. Anyway, for U guys update, aku dah selamat sampai ke Kuala Lumpur last 14 Sept. Sampai malam. Penat jugak la sebab transit lama kat Bangkok.
Okay, FYI, cerita Everest came out on the 12 September (lewat sikit) dengan heading"Peserta berjaya tawan Kem Pangkalan Everest" dengan dua gambar group with cars and Dr. Khairuddin sedang cek one of those Rongbuk patient (sorry Dr. Avtar sebab Dr Khairuddin punya angle nampak Everest kat belakang hehehe).
Lagi sekali keluar Saturday 17 Sept dengan heading, "Gunung Everest - Pemandangan menakjubkan bagi 64 peserta ekspedisi PAT". Kali ini gambar banyak pakai antaranya gambar Bad, Arif, Wan Mokhtar, Halim, Faruk, Pan Hong, Dr. Khairuddin (again), Latup, Stiven and Chica apart from gambar group again with Everest on the backdrop (Macang aku bagi foto byline untuk ko kali ni).
For you guys info gak, aku sekarang ni baru je telan 2 keping roti canai ngan kuah dal taruk sikit sambal sambil hirup teh tarik gelas besar. Jap lagi aku nak kena nasi kandar kat Pelita Curry House. Sok aku nak try itu nasi ayam kampung kat velodrom cheras hehehe...jangan mare haa...
Bala, Fatimah and Semut Merah, aku dah hantar gak gambar korang tapi kena reject la, sebab page penuh. Tak pe aku akan create lain story on you guys kalau ada peluang sebelum korang balik.
Alpha Bravo and Eagle One, promise is a promise, aku dah kumpul gambar korang untuk story "Pengalaman 17 hari sebagai Sweeper Petronas Trans-Himalayas 2005". (To Eagle One, jangan lupa strobe and siren product write up bila dah balik nanti) and Makasih Man for the 'booster', semua dah aku selesaikan termasuklah aku nya extra baggage and sikit shopping nasib baik ko bagi kalau dak aku kena cuci lantai la kat Airport.
Mojo (thanks for reading this message, I owe you one), ko nye tape-tape dah aku pas pada Jimmy. Lewat sehari la, sebab aku agak jet leg. Anyway aku terkejut gak sebab aku kira ada empat je yang aku bawak termasuk Channel 11 Thai, aku confuse? (betul empat je kan sebab aku lupa kira berapa ko bagi ari tu?).
Bravo Lima Faruk, tiket-tiket pun dah saya pas pada Jimmy.
CD Macang ngan Jimbo pun aku dah pas pada Jimmy, Man.
Bagi Belalang, hai gambar siap dengan oxigen face mask ni apa hal, tu la, orang suh pakai baju tebal ko berlengging je, kan dah AMS. Hahaha..Bongek apa cito kawan kau tu? Korang doro dio masak sampai AMS ko?
Anyway you guys got a long journey to home, drive carefully and dengar cakap Echo Lima, tukar-tukar driver, jangan nak jadi cempion (terutama buat Uniform, sapa nak ganti dia?). Ni dah lalu ribut salji tapi sok korang sampai Chengdu semua yang tebal buang la, sana 29 celcius la hahaha.
InsyaAllah, 19 ni keluar lagi story Belalang kena AMS dan crita korang kena saman kat hiway, apa daaa... Alpha Bravo keep me sms update nanti senang aku nak goreng story.
Harap jumpa semua nanti di Kuala Lumpur dan kalau ada rezeki kita jumpa di Shenzen (tu pun kalau Petmos bagi la). Drive carefully, safely and care for you and your passanger safety.
Lastly, to Echo Lima Stingray and management teams, thanks for all your support and believing for Utusan Malaysia to carry your expedition story.
Sampai jumpa and jumpa lagi cherio bye-bye to all. (I’ll try to do different stories lepas ni and put pictures as much as I can)
p/s: Semut Merah, kalau ada Compact Flash (CF) card 2GB to 6GB atau pen drive yang sampai 2 GB murah (below RM100 la) kat Sehnzen ko tolong la sambar untuk aku barang sekeping dua setiap satu. Kalau ada dekoder murah pada ko pun sambar je.
Stingray, kita nye project Sipadan still on kan? Itu Diki saya tak contact lagi sebab dia outstation la.
To: Sister Oi Fong
From: Brother Tein Nyim
17th September | Great to read about the journey , having lunch besides the Highest Saltwater Lake and travelling in Qinghai-Tibet highway through the snow! You and the whole group must have enjoyed the journey! We are well.Jia Wei has just started his term three holidays.He is busy doing revision preparing for his final high school exams starting on 28 October. Take care.
To: Md.Azmi Jamal
From: ain(baby)
17th September | Asalamualaikum ata , ata apa khabar,aye kat sini sihat, ata jangan lupa beli kat aye mainan barbie.
To: Azman & PAT Members
From: Andy Lee (KUMHO Tires)
17th September | CONGRATULATIONS! Delighted to hear that you guys have made it to the top safely.
KUMHO TIRES GET YOU THERE & BRING YOU BACK.
To: William Wong
From: Sheron (SYdney)
17th September | My dearest Daddy, How are you daddy & how's Oi FOng Aunt, Orang Utan & everybody there? I guess u all must be "on top of the world"!!!! Daddy, i m so glad to hear from u & so enjoy reading your mail. You make me so tempted of the places when i read ur updated news from petronas. The picture was taken so nice & extremely beautiful which make me so tempted to go. I hope i have the chance to join with u daddy. Yes....i would love to have the CD & cant wait to watch them. I will promote Petronasadventure to my freinds & my colleagues of how nice & exciting of the adventure....HEHEHHE...
By the way, did u get fine for car speeding of 100 yuan? HEHEHHE.... Well, i shall off u here for the day & have a safety driving. Looking forward to hear from u again.
To: Yed and Bala
From: Simba (Joyce)
17th September | When I was with the team last year, Harun repeatedly told me to have fun despite all things and that was one of the best advice I received. Well, in his words, I hope you are having fun and counting yourselves extremely privileged to be part of the team. Enjoy the journey and HAVE FUN ;)
To: Yed
From: Simba (Joyce)
17th September | For someone who seemed very doubtful about his writing skills, you have been doing an excellent job with the journals. I enjoy reading your journals.
To: All former Trans Sahara members
From: Simba (Joyce)
17th September | Hi, All! I sent messages earlier but I am not sure whether you received
them. I have been following your progress through the website. I share
your joy in having conquered Mount Everest. I believe it must have been
a feeling of pure estacy to have achieved the impossible, and to add
icing to the cake, you were privileged to see the summit as well.
I am currently at Doha airport, returning from Khartoum after completing
two weeks of community service there - teaching English to Sudanese
students. Being at this airport alone this time, I still remember the
excitement of being with all of you and the priceless memories of the
entire expedition.
Almost everyone I met at PETRONAS Sudan office, Khartoum remembers the
team and asked about you. They send their best wishes to all of you.
They remember the CR programme in the school. Some could even remember
various details of the entire expedition for they told me that they
followed the website closely.
Some told me that they watched the CD of the expedition and were truly
impressed with the journey. They also mentioned that the entire
documentary was very professionally done. Well, I told them that Harun
always does an excellent job and that he is with the team again this
year.
All the very best to all of you. My thoughts and prayers are with you
though from a distant land.
To: Andy (Danok)
From: Marcus
16th September | happy birthday brother, your wish always come true, coz you always wish to be away from us. if u wish to be away next year we will all disown you. ha! ha! ha! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
To: Stingray
From: Adam Abdul Halim
16th September | assalam'mualaikum. hi pa, heard you already passed the everest base camp. must be cold there. anyway, dont worry about your car because b's keeping the keys, HA! and dont worry about its engines too because we let it run for a few minutes weekly. everything is ok here and all is fine. THE HAZE IS BACK!....but only for awhile......long enough to mess up my throat and nose again and i got sick for awhile. evryone else - healthy as a horse. ohya....i also heard that someone got sick....who was it?..Bs asking for that thing....tibetan prayal flag or something....not sure...call la....we all miss you. we had a sembahyang hajat the other day. and we prayed for your safe passage. missing you. p.s: r.s.v.p.....sorry i didnt email any sooner, i kind of forgot my email password..heheh
To: William Wong & Sabahans
From: Wilson Wong
16th September | U guys miss me? HAHA... Yak steak!?! That reminds me of nasi lemak top with beef rendang! Yummy! So, how's my dad, William? Still going on strong? I know he is tough guy. Keep it up. The others? Having the chance to see the Mt. Everest must be damn GREAT! How's the oxygen level? Did you all dress up like the scuba diver? HAHA.. Oh ya! It's the TYT bday in Sabah so I can surf the site abit to know what u guys are up to. So, where're you guys now? No news since 12/09!!! Anyway, hope to hear from you guys soon. Maybe whoever is doing this website can upload a bit of pictures so at least people like me who hasn't been to this kind of adventure can see how actually is like. But I know you should be damn tired by now so.. forget what I have just said. Also, send my regards to my dad, Oii Fong, Anthony Wong, VTS and others. These are the few people that I know well. The others please take care as well and take more pictures for your family to see. Malaysia should be proud of you guys. I think not many countris have this kind of exploration. I thnk in the future, the local newspaper should broadcast such even instead of the country newspaper. This is to highlight to the Malaysian community that we are making the world to know us. Well, take care and ciao.. Till we hear again.
To: Chong Oi Fong (Nenek)
From: Selbyn, Catherine & Cucu Jeriel
16th September | Congratulations for reaching Everest base camp with clear blue sky scenery to enjoy, and without problem with high altitude and low temperatures! Impressive. Though it is considered the highlight of the expedition, we are sure that there are lots more fantastic places and scenery to experience. Greetings to the Sabahans too. Today's message is sent on Sabah's Malaysia independence day and TYT birthday. Everyone is fine at home, with Jeriel struggling at times in the weaning process.
To: Chica
From: Teng
15th September | HelloooOOo! I'm back at work full-time now, so kinda ughh but that means my exams are over and I can have a social life again!! Plus I now have the best parking spot in the building - ahh yes, its the little things that matters.. hahaha.. oh! oh! you'll be happy to know that Britney's just given birth to a baby boy!! I know how you love these little Britney updates!! :) Keep safe and well! and remember to look at the stars each night!!!
To: Tambadau & Tulip
From: Vivian Loh
15th September | hey dad & mom, i'm back in Vancouver and school life is super busy! starting to miss you daddy & mommy, and Carven so much. but guess what, we'll see each other in less than 100 days! glad to know that you're having such a magnificant trip that every scenery is just breath-taking. take good care of yourselves, and i'll see you soon!
love you daddy mommy.
To: Fatimah
From: CT
15th September | Assalamualaikum...hai sayang pekaba?Ct harap abg sihat & happy kat sana.Sori la ct lambat anta email.Bz, kat ofis production tengah bagus.Apa pun kami semua rindu kat abg..tapi ct lebih rindu....so cam ner best ke trip tahun ni?mesti enjoy kan!! Budak2 semua ok.All family kirim salam.Ct ada hal skit fasal Yen.Tapi abg jangan risau,hal tu dah selesai.Nanti bila abang balik ct citer.Banyak lagi story.Boring lah abg tak de.So nak hilang kan boring Ct join Mus & Joe buat sale kat stadium for Liga Malaysia.Ct akan joint sampai final 24/9/05.Harap abg tak kisah ye.Ct pandai jaga diri.. Abg jangan risau.Abg kat sana tu pun jangan noti2.
Hampeh Bingo! nasib baik lah dia tengah sakit..kalau tak rasa mcm nak patahkan lg tulang dia.Abg jgn percaya kata2 c Bingo,dia tak pernah call ct pun.Tak boleh harap!! Take care ct konon..badan sendiri pun tak leh bawak..Call Bingo dia gelak2 je.Tak rasa bersalah langsung.Boleh kata "Alah i gurau je"Ct rasa Bingo alami tekanan perasaan sbb tak dapat join Trip Everest...Bingo marah kat abg sbb tak balas email dia.Kesian Bingo...
Ok sampai sini dulu..Abg take care.........I miss u very much..To all PAT members have fun.Tengok2 skit Fatimah tu.LOVE
To: Ajee (Car No 16)
From: Audrey
15th September | Check your phone settings. It should be set to auto, own no.setting is ON, SMS centre no is +6 016 2999902, then under Menu connectivity data & communication SMS setting set to GSM. After that, switch off your phone for 5 mins and then switch it on again. If it still doesn’t work, try to use your sim card on another phone. If it still doesn’t work, it could be the problem with the China telecom provider or your sim card.
To: Farid
From: Yan
15th September | A'kum Yed. How's the expedition? Hope everythings are a-ok and the engines coping well and have no complains. All of us in the office are fine. A bit tempang because you are not here but we'll try to manage. I've been storying to Luqman and Syahmina about your adventure and that made them melopong a bit. Told them about Everest and had a troubling time when they asked how high is it. Its hard to explain the height in metre concept to the kids and I end up telling them it's hudred times higher than the PETRONAS Twin Towers. This might not be true, but at least they get the picture on how high it is. Ok, Yed, enjoy the rest of the trip and be extra
careful as not to cut your finger again. And all the very best to the rest of the team as well.
To: Rozy
From: Khalidah
14th September | Hi Osy! How're you doing, getting tan or rosier? There's new good /
happy news here, but will have to wait till you come back to tell you. Your mama have been to Melaka twice since you left, so i got some updates from her on your locations. Since, i'm stuck in this hotel as usual, don't really have any adventurous stories to tell you. Ngah kirim salam. You take care, have fun...cheers - long
To: Wan Mokhtar (Eagle One)
From: Evelyne Wan Mokhtar
14th September | Hi daddy, Hope all is well over there. Looking forward to your final trip. Eat well, sleep well and drive safely. Take care see you when you get back! Love, Your first daughter... :) |
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