thoughts and what not

it's been three months now.
yup. i've been working for three months plus.
surprise. surprise .
even i'm surprised that i lasted this long.

work gradually becomes a routine.
a routine that passes through time . fast .
though it's becoming a routine , i still
i still have trouble waking up early in the morning
trying to stay up in the office is another thing
coffee helps though. coffee helps a lot.

after work , i still
i still get tired
even after a few months
so if i don't go out at night
i eat and retreat to bed .

sometimes i just can't go to sleep
i just stare and lay on my bed
or i read my timeline on twitter
which is normally flooded by insomniac
i shut down at 1.30-2.00pm and wake up at 7.05am

work gradually has been ok
learned quite a lot of things
alhamdulillah .
a few friends joined in the timesquare community
timesquare used to be boring
but now much better :)

i still wonder how people go through their whole life
working from 9 to 5
i'm truly amazed
because for 3 months i felt that
i haven't achieved much .
only thing i can be proud of is that i'm working

i think i can do a lot more
achieve more things
i think i'm not using my whole potential
now i'm stuck in a phase
ok i'm working , what now ??

time
time management is certainly the culprit here
no
no actually
it's procrastinating
i normally have a thousand things to do on my to-do-list
but i end up procrastinating
god help me

i read the papers the other day
the article wrote that a to-do-list can make you even more distracted
instead the article recommends to keep your to-do-list short and
decide what's important and stick to it for the day

the article wrote that we are living in an era of information overload
tweeting while watching tv , flicking through magazines while on the phone
we are living in a media heavy , socially networked life nowadays.
which is mostly true

i tweet when i'm at work
i go online when i'm at home
i'm looking at a screen practically 80 percent of the day
wake up and i will scroll my bb for twitter timeline
-__-!

the article said that in the upcoming book by the author
'sleeping with your smartphones'
argues that phones need to be switched of and 'outsmarted'
ngeh . funny but surprisingly true .
most of the time with the help of technology these days, i procrastinate
and delay things from getting done.

if u are still reading my jibber jabber
my point really is that
if i manage to manage my time, myself ,really well,
i guess i can achieve much more in these few months past

i think time flies really fast
and i should make the most out of it
still am. still trying .
organizing my mind. organize my life .
insyaallah :)

Rumah Terbalik The Upside Down House in Borneo

if u are staying in kotakinabalu

u must have heard all the fuss about Rumah Terbalik , The Upside Down House in Borneo

it was all over the newspapers

even nizam who was here for a holiday saw rumah terbalik on his way up to kundasang,

and he suggested that we go and check it out 

well, me being me, of course i wanna see what's all the hype about 

also, i can proudly say that i've been there, done that

nizam drove . and with my superb instinct and knowledge on roads in sabah,

we arrive after 30 minutes ++ drive from kota kinabalu

and we miss the junction 

because there were no signage at all  

we were quite in a rush since i thought that the rumah terbalik closes at 5pm

and man was i wrong 

we arrived around 4 ish plus

thought that it closes at 5 

but apparently opens till 8 pm

rushing like nobody's business and apparently u open till 8 -____-!

it was drizzling 

-__-!

so pictures are a little bit gloomy 

we were greeted by staffs wearing kain batik sarong and official rumah terbalik polo tshirt 

quite a lot of staff i must say

but maybe it was raining so not much tourist / locals stopping by 

we were charged rm 10 PER PERSON

rm 20 for the both of us 

for foreigners rm 18 

still dirt cheap for them 

but anyway 

the rumah terbalik operates in a way only a group will enter the house 

and then followed by another group 

even though there were not many people around 

so u'll see the staff holding walkie talky

acting all important 

communicating with each other 

like lady gaga is entering the house 

even though there were 2-3 of us around visiting 

the entrance fee includes 

a guided tour of the house

so a guide will follow u around the house 

u can't take pictures in the house 

which is a bummer 

and u can only walk on the designated red carpet path 

the guide will show u around the house 

explaining the area of the house

etc. living room, wash room 

and while u were admiring the whimsicality of the house

and when u were about to get dizzy seeing the world upside down, 

the guide will proceed to next area of the house 

as if pestering u to end the tour quickly 

man i paid rm 10 for this 

at least let me take my own sweet time 

hell, i can't even take pictures inside the house 

and for  rm 10

i get two minutes of guided tour inside the house 

ok exaggerating maybe five minutes 

SO NOT WORTH IT 

such a RIPOFF

god 

the side elevation of the house

nizam taking a picture of the house 

this is me making my rm 10 worth it 

taking picture with a banana tree 

this is at the souvenir shop area 

and there is a cafe too

unfortunately no free drink with the entrance fee

don't be fooled by our facial expressions 

such a disappointing tour 

back elevation 

me again

trying to make my rm 10 worth it 

taken from the souvenir shop area 

to take a picture with this kancil

it's free

so next time if u drop by here

just take a picture of the kancil and the exterior of the house 

from the parking lot area

i just saved u rm10 

me again

trying to make my rm 10 worth it 

nizam's final verdict 

my personal opinion on how to make it better 

maybe the guided tour should not pester us to quickly end the tour 

*let us take our time to admire your hard work 

*it will be more informative if the tour includes the history, idea, construction

i suggest , provide visual/interactive information boards on the history / idea/ construction of the house 

*an area inside the house for visitors to take a picture . at least one area . designated area la. 

great effort to promote tourism , but i'll just go once in my lifetime

rumah terbalik 

location : Kampung Telibong, Batu 21, Jalan Telibong, Tamparuli, district of Tuaran.

operating hours : 8 am till 8 pm