Finally, returned from the 'taman negara camp' in malaysia
quite an irony though, its named 'taman negara camp' but the whole trip
only half a day in taman negara, out of the whole 5 days
so we should jus call it a pahang camp instead... well who cares anyway
The first day was good, bus all the way from singapore, bus and bus and bus
got a little boring but chose a good spot on the bus, thanks to someone...
good for me and the guy who sits beside me known as lim ming chuen
well, i must say i had a better place cos i took the outer seat and could talk easier
i was surrounded by girls, literally, every corner every side
there's sheryl and waiping in front of me, japphire behind me on the left
on the right, there's xitong and yuhyan, jiaqi and yihui, juinli and shermin
during the long long bus trip to the Tekam Resort, we stopped 3 times
toilet breaks for everyone, so that they would hav the nature's call on the bus
realised that Agape, Blessing, Grace and Faith was going to the cave 1st
instead of bunking in with us in the Tekam Resort... Well at least Endurance was here
had basically nothing to do as it was already evening when we reached
tai dee all the way, even on the bus itself... cos it was really too boring...
hope u could guess who are my opponents in tai dee on the bus(look on top)
nightime activity on the first day was kinda boring if u didn't know how to do it
which unfortunately i dun... weaving... sounds like woman's business to me
haha... and i slacked throughout the damn session cos i didn't do a thing
ended up with vines and leaves while others have beautiful weaves...
the plan i had was to sleep thoughout the whole night in my bunk
unfortunately, that was impossible, other people 'sleeping' in the bunk was talking
and unfortunately, they attracted mr. julian lau's attention...
and came knocking on my bunk's door 5 times...
pity joey, kok chin, ming chuen and myself for having to suffer that
without causing any noise at all... harrison came by asking for some1
i asked him whether he wants to take a walk since i couldn't sleep anyway
which eventually turns out to be a very good thing
i went into the integrity's bunk for tai dee and eventually slept there
so much more quiet and easier to sleep... i knew i made the right decision
The second day was not bad either, had to move off to taman negara...
first climbed this bukit teresek, which i think means mount teresek
i loved the trip up although it seriously requires large amount of energy
i was forced to stop and rest for a while during the whole trek
but everntually reached the submit, siyang and ming chuen gave up
they both stopped at the last 400m... the scenery up the mountain was beautiful
seriously beautiful, no joking, defitenly better view than the bukit timah 1
the trek down however was even more 'fun'... had kinda big difficulties
managed not to fall down at all though, which was quite gd cos lots of ppl fell
walked through the canopy walk which was quite a big challenge for me
my fear of heights was known by the whole 2 integrity and 3 humility was surprised
they dun seem to believe some1 as tall as me could be scared of heights...wadever
i liked the canopy walk however, its something that once u stepped out...
no more turning back, die there if you have to, so it was kinda fun
i walked behind mr chew, which was quite challenging, he was heavy
real heavy, i was swaying behind him... every step of him shook the 'brigde'
he allowed me to overtake him at the tower...only to torture me at the last part
i walked slow and steady and when i almost reached the end
he was to come running like a gorilla and made the whole 'brigde' sway so much
after the trek and the canopy walk, was the activity i ranked 'most fun'
the rapid shooting... it was a water activity which requires YOU to get WET
AND requires YOU to try and get the OTHERS to get WET
joey sat beside me and infront of us was mrs lim and her 2 sons
i dunno how to spell their names but i think is eaten and e-earn...sounds like that ok?
so off we went into the sungal tembeling... for the rapid shooting
the 'guides' encouraged us to spray water as each other and created rivarly
through what? by spraying water at us... the technique is simple
when your boat is fast, placing a finger in the water forcefully...
causes water to be sprayed up forcefully... and the 'guides' uses their oars
so imagine the waves that came towards me and joey, besides that,
eaten, kept forcefully putting 1 finger into the river, when its an area,
you can control the direction of the water spraying...
but when its just 1 finger, it sprays to the back, and both me and joey were drenched
plus all the rivarly spraying from the other boats,
both joey and i were sitting in a pool of water up to my belly button... no joke
throughoutly wet, drenched from every single angle... very fun and irritated
well, at least this was more fun than those man-made entertainment things you can find in 'wild wild wet'... agreed? if you went for the rapid shooting, you'll agree...
was damn tired due to the rapid shooting and slept in the bus...
when we reached the cave, i realised that it was raining...
the next instruction was... take your bags and rush to the cave
some idiot told me it was a 5 minutes walk, so i had to wear my only poncho
realised it was a 30 second sprint and wanted to beat that idiot up.
night walk was fun, we're supposed to hav one candle for 1 whole group
and tried to walk a distance of about 1km i think... perhaps more...
i was the one who held the candle and walked all the way without looking
all i could see was the flame, i couldn't c the roads and relied purely on the people behind
they say 'right!' den i would move more to the right...
'left!' and more to the left i would go... kinda irritating, not used to being a puppet
at last 400metres or so, i decided to play a small trick which unexpectedly...
no one was scared... i decied to blow out the candle! with a trick.
a trick that made everyone think it blew out by itself... HAHA!
well, of cos i didn't make any sound as i expected it to blow out
but wad was unexpected was that none of the group members shouted
and i was surprised... even the guides behind were surprised
well they kinda saw through my trick as they said
'dunno is they purposely blow out the candle or what, they didn't make any noise when the candle went out, stay orderly and as a group... displayed a good regulation of rules'
(the above was not the exact speech, but was how i interpret it)
had a good night sleep with no interuptions... the people ytd very far away... haha
but apparently i snored abit too loud... siyang said he couldn't sleep...
thanks to me(SO SORRY!) and ming chuen was abit more exaggerated...
esp when he wasn't even in my tent, he said he heard a bear...(funny? laugh lo)
The third day was 1 fun day too, requires quite a large amount of energy though
this was the first time i tried abesiling, and on a cliff, instead of on a flat surface
to me who is damn scared of heights, it was a challenge that was overcomed
i seriously was only thinking of 1 thing during the whole abesiling...
and that is, to quickly get it done with, though i still did it comparatively slow
next was the caving, which was very very fun, seriously(diff ppl may not think so)
we had to climb up and down, high and low, squeeze through small holes
and i oftenly had to bent down due to my height, and ppl were cheering
for wad? for saying that being short has it's advantages too... o wadever
but the caving part requires something that can help you alot
LONG LEGS!!! while people have to squeeze to find a footing
i could jus step on it... haha... too bad for short people =P
went back to the dear Tekam Resort and realised that Integrity was not there
realised that i may not be able to sleep again, due to my bunk's activities
LUCKILY... Grace & Faith was there... so was Agape & Blessing
had to learn knots during the night for the next day's rafting...
i seriously dun fully understand... i mean i do, but i dunno when to apply
decided to bunk in with the Faith people, in that bunk, there was a mix
60% Faith, 30% Grace, 10% humility(percent estimation)
decided not to sleep which eventually did...
slept on the wooden bed... which was actually very comfortable
in contrast to the common thinking that a mattress was needed.
The fouth day, the day which everyone was expecting the night
i wasn't... i was expecting the flying fox and the rafting...
i, who mentioned at least 2 times that i am scared of heights...
was going to face another high rope activity again... kinda crap though
i was like, OK, choing arh, get it done with but then ended up chickening out
haiz... Nah, jus kidding, i did chicken out, but at last decided to giv it a try
and realised it was kinda sian as compared... cos it was slow...
14 seconds for 100m... world class sprinter could beat that...
next came the rafting... 33 ppl, 3 groups, 11 each group
had 6 girls and 3 guys in the start... but the teachers was unhappy
ended with 5 girls and 6 guys... kinda stupid, we traded away a nice girl
but came back with 3 slackers... kinda irritated... at least the girl could cheer
the 3 slackers can't really help much and refused to go down the water...
irritated us all and end up the person who contributed the most...
and had been wearing his last pants has to go, Gregory... wad a hero
juin li came down too... even with a bee sting on a hand...
waiping came down, even though she was the knots 'expert'
ming chuen went down, since a fifth person was needed
the fourth was me, since i didn't do much and had extra clothes
if you counted... the remaining others couldn't come down
11 people, 5 in the water, 6 remaining... 3 slackers
3 remaining... yihui, xitong and jiaqi... jiaqi was injured, yihui was looking after her
xitong had a problem which i do not wish to mention, i dun hav the right to
jus thinking about this made me mad, i jus felt that the 3 slackers seriously !@#$
but the raft turned out to be fine, it didn't collapse, and its the 1st time(for me)
i was happy and forgot the grudges, till i reached home... lol
night activity was playing 'cheat' in the Faith's bunk(the 1 i slept in)
we were all waiting, for the glorious moment to board the bus
after the bus, to board the train, after the train, to board the trip to home
gathered at 10.40 in the 'parade square' and got scolded, the whole bunch of us
for littering in the bunks and making them damn dirty...
the original plan was to board the buses to the train station at 11
in the end, the scolding finished at 11.30 and we were kinda late
for the bus though, cos the train was sceduled 2.27 and it was early
as in, early when we reached the train station, about 12 plus only
and so we waited and waited for the train to come and when it finally did
everyone was happy and gay and wanted to board the train as fast as possible
so it was kinda fast, the speed of everyone on the train... haha
the train trip was long........ very very long........
count... 2.27 start... reached at around 11am the morning... so damn long la
but everyone was excited, as excited as before the train came
everyone was waiting for the moment to alight the train and go HOME
i wasn't really affected as i didn't mind going home late
there was nothing at home to do anyway, ended off the camp with a custom check
and den im in my home sweet home now... haha
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