Your lucky day

Today is your lucky day - because I'm about to post some pictures of my Institute taken yesterday during the Larian Mesra 1 Malaysia 2013 which my cohort organized.



Behold the boys' block at 6.40a.m.
Fork in the road with misty mountains and a lone lighted lamp post. How poetic.

Nothing poetic about this. Jo and I were checkpoint officers (this was not our checkpoint teehee).
Hope you had your fill of scenery today!

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