ANCIPATING

I'm doing my last minute baking... raya biscuits... I'm going off to Batu Pahat tomorow. According to Dad, we will be leaving by noon... but i know it'll always be late afternoon...

I still haven't finished my laundry, so don't ask me about packing yet... Owh I hate packing erghhh... I always end up bringing extra luggage because I couldn't decide on clothes... Luckly I'll be driving my own car...

Looking forward to see the glowing face of my grandma... My mamadah ( she stays at Kelantan, thus I saw her only once a year), Mak Long, Mak Ndak, Mak Uda.. owh i can't mention all of them coz my mom has 13 siblings... haahaha! I miss my cousins... i have about 60 of them..

And I'm looking forward to breathe the kampong air...

I wish all my moslem brothers and sisters.. Eid Mubarak... Hope all of you have a good one... Maaf Zahir dan Batin..

THRILL AND SUSPENSE

Bukit Kutu, Kuala Kubu Bharu...It was indeed an adventure. Especially to the beginners. I thought the "bukit" was not so challenging. I googled some info about the trip. A lot of people been there. Some of them managed to the top, some couldn't find the trail. I heard about several river crossing. And some did mention how steep the trail was.

I was eager to know how true is that. plus there were remains of 2 bungalows on the top of the hill. Used to be the weekend getaway for the British...

Of course my worries was my stamina.. can I really make it to the top? And 2nd was the leeches... I had never bitten by any. Don't know whether it will freak me out...

So we started lil bit late, 10:30. After just about 200-300M of trekking up d hill, I was already panting.... I successfully throwed out my nasi lemak I had for breakfast... lol

Actually felt much better after that...

Indeed, it was steep. According to the Renjer, macam "lemang sandar"...

We managed to get to the summit at 5p.m. I wouldn't recommend it to beginners. we've been told that the journey was considered medium level, but the raining had make it tougher.

At some point the trail were barely visible, some are dangerously steep, some were very edgy, some were slippery. We did had to crawl at certain places, slides at muddy steep tracks.It was suppose to be a day trip, not involving moonlighting. But we were delayed, the weather played a part, plus we were exhausted.

It was getting dark, luckly I had brought a head torch and a torch light. And there were other 2 torch lights in the team. We climbed down... sometimes slides down. We were in a hurry,.. to get out before dark. but the trail were confusing. The Renjer couldn't put it together. Though he's been climbiing up and down Bukit Kutu for nearly 13 years of his life. But nite trekking was different.

Due to the rain, some branches, trees were blocking the trail beside the darkness in the forest. It was tough, walking thru the jungle, without the trail, to be extra careful in the dark.

We managed to get to the trail for several yards then off trail again... At last we found another trail, barely used.. just by the orang asli maybe... and I didn't care, as long as it was leading us out... it was already midnite. My hp been ringing non stop. Occay, f.y.i there's quite good phone reception in the forest! Thank god!

Any way,.. we managed to get out and reach our car at 3a.m. My parents were so worried! My mom was on her sejaddah reading surah Yassin non-stop. Of coz my whole body aches but that was still tolerable! my toes were swollen and d nails wer all blue black. Weeks later,.. I end up losing 5 of my toe nails. Ni belum naik Everest lagi beb! LOL!

Well,.. that's a hell of an adventure for a beginner!!!

Ojet, Dboy and Aida... Hope this will not stop you from going trekking again...

Gadafi has been to Gunung Tahan b4, so I bet this one doesn't kill ya...

Faizal, mana best dari diving?

Hahaha!