Bangun! Bangun! itulah perkataan untuk mengejutkan semua orang yang sedap tido. hihihi. After we had our breakfast, all of us including Faris dress up for trip to Monsopiad Culture Village and Lok Kawi Wildlife Park. Actually trip ni disponsor semuanya oleh Ms Diana, dulu dia aku jaga dia masa kat Research Division dulu. Alhamdulillah save skit duit. Esp duit transport. One more thing, Tourism Malaysia's staff get free admission to this Monsopiad Culture Village (jangan mareeee yee). Sbbnya kitaorg selalu bawak group ke sana, so kira a gift from themlah. Kalau nak masuk, banyak gak kena byr, RM45 (adult), RM15 (child 6-12 years) and FOC kalau below 6 years. So kira aku n family save dlm RM120 lah utk masuk tmpt ni je.
Front Desk call our room informing us that the van is here to pick us up. So we all teruslah turun and jumpa dgn driver yang tgh tunggu tu. Van persiaran ni kira di charter utk aku 1 family. A brief descriptions on MCV (Monsopiad Cultural Village), it is a living museum located 16 km or about half an hour away from the KK City Centre. Monsopiad was a fearsome warrior who lived in the village of Kuai nearly 200 years ago. He is a reknown warrior/headhunter of the Kadazandusun people. In the existing house in which the skulls are kept (House of Skulls), we can see all 42 'trophies' of Monsopiad hang from the rafters.
Tiba kat MCV, aku terus mendaftar di sana, as a visitor. And kedatangan kami memang telah dinantikan oleh Admin/Operation Manager di sana iaitu En Awad B.A. Bajrai. After a minute of business deal (exchange name card lahhhh), diapun jemput aku n family for a welcome drink sambil2 dia cerita skit tentang sejarah MCV ni.
Sharp at 9.30am, we all are invited to a hall where they will perform a culture dance of difference ethnics in Sabah. Dalam kul 9.45 mcm tu baru lah nampak muka2 tourists yang lain dtg join kat hall tu. Tarian tu memang telah dijadualkan dan sesiapa yang datang ke sini dijemput melihat dan memeriahkannya. After the performance, Encik Awad introduce me to his brother, En Agil, Managing Director of MCV ni, then accompany us to have a look around the village while explaining some info n history of each event. So dapatlah aku mencuba menyumpit, lastik, kalau berani bleh try makan ulat sagu and mcm-mcm lagi. Ika n Nana teruja tgk salah seorang pekerja kat situ buat demo makan ulat sagu tu depan diaorang. Mamat tu lak saja je main-mainkan ulat sagu tu kat mulut dia. Dah makan, kepala je dia buang... (boleh tak korang imagine???) Yang paling aku takut meniti atas jambatan gantung yang diperbuat dari kayu untuk menyeberang sungai.... Uhhhh seram, dan berpeluh-peluh aku. Nasib cuma separuh jalan je, lepas ambik gambar, kena patah balik. So En Awad nilah yang jadi cameraman keluarga aku. One thing yang paling ketara kat Sabah ni ialah budi bahasa orang-orangnya.... Memang no 1. Kalau dia tau kita tetamu tempat dia, lagilah dia layan betul-betul. Bukan En Awad je tau, majoriti orang Sabah.
Next destination to Lok Kawi Wildlife Park. Actually tempat ni ZOOlah in other words. It was officially open to the public on the 17th February 2007 and located along the Penampang-Papar old road and is fully developed by the Sabah Wildlife Department. The journey to Lok Kawi Wildlife Park takes 30 minutes to an hour’s drive from KK (dalam 20 km rasanya).
Seperti biasalah kat Zoo, so kena lah berjalan lagi. Ika n Nanalah yang paling happy. Dapat lak tgk show dia kat auditorium.. Tunjuk parrot, orang utan dgn telatah masing-masing. Bila performer tu bwk masuk ular jeee dalam tu, lagi meriah dgn jeritan mereka2 yang takur n geli dengan ular. After the show, all of us take a rest while eating ice cream at the cafe before continue our journey. Lagi satu yang budak2 ni suka, burung tiong bercakap. Dia ckp "Hi", "Hello", "Bye Bye" and the most interesting singing "NEGARAKU".
Lepas dah tawaf 1 Lok Kawi tu, perutpun terasa lapar. Decide nak cari tempat makan nearby, but the van driver said that it will be difficult to find Muslim food nearby Penampang, so kitaorg stop by kat kedai nasi ayam (muslim) along the way. Arrive hotel at about 3pm and take a good rest. Sbbnya malam nanti aku nak pi beli kristal lagi. Silap tul aku tk ambik gambar pasar kristal tu.... BUKAN kat Pasar Filipina tau, tapi just beside Le Meridian Hotel. Kat situ lagi murah compare dgn kat pasar Filipina tu. Same quality. Tomorrow, another day to go.
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