Visiting Bali

For the first time I visit Bali at the first week of July... I stayed there for 5 days

Now I'll just uploads the pics so u can see it, later on I'll write the story chronologically...


trying to play traditional instrument


If i'm not mistaken the name is Batur


Sunset at Kuta



A monkey @ bali


With the bat


Tanah lot beach


Garuda Wisnu Kencana Statue...  A huge statue, but it is statue is not finished yet....


Tari Barong


Jumping at Lovina Beach


on the Buddhist Temple at Bali


Great views of Hindu's Temple




here are some nice flowers that I found @ Bali






After Visiting Bali.. I traveled to depok to meet my family, and this is a pic of me with my little bro

Trekking Club T-Shirt

I'M ADDICTED... TAKE ME HIGH UP THE MOUNTAIN





So, Who wants one?... Selling it for RM30 each... no discount..

Mr.TMC will kill me if I didn't sell 50 of it... so HELP ME by buying it... ^^

Climbing up "Gunung Mei Fong"

Announcement...
"Gunung Mei Fong" is actually Bukit Tabur.. I change the name of Bukit Tabur into "Gunung Mei Fong" because Mei requested it.. I dunno what is the reason that make she want to make bukit tabur into "Gunung Mei Fong", maybe because the place near her home.. I Don't really know..

For Mr.TMC, pls don't bother about the name thing...

On Wednesday night, 19 March 2008, during My "Busy" time, I checked my E-Mail and found a letter send by Mr.Tan, Said that he planned to go to Bukit tabur on 21st of march, friday.. but, because I have replacement class at that day, I said to him that I can't go.....

On Thursday, I met with Mei at sunway lobby foyer while I was going back to Condo.
She said that the trek is only from 5am to 10am, so I can still go to my class, Then I called Mr.Tan, but I need some confirmation first be4 I can go, because he was waiting for reply from the other 2 fellas...
I called him again at night, and he said that probably I can't go to my class if I join the trek.. Then I call steffie whom is my groupwork teammate, I said that I can't come to class because I need to go somewhere, and with humble I ask her to change my presentation time to next week.. luckily the kind steffie allowed me to go, but I know that she prefer me not to go, because she didn't prepare for presentation (as if I prepare for the presentation, lol).. then I call Mr.Tan once again confirm that I would go..

so, on 21st of march I went Up "Gunung Mei Fong" a.k.a Bukit Tabur..

It was my second time climbing up there.. But this time, we climbed from the other side..

At 5am sharp, I was waiting for Mr.Tan to pick me up at condo Main Gate, The view was quite nice at that time, The Full Moon was so big and beautifull..



then, TMC came with Mei and Amir by using "god knows who"'s car..

not so long after that, another fella came, zubyr was his name..

Then later we pick up andrew on the way..

Just the six of us, TMC, Mei Fong, Amir, Andrew, Zubyr, and me..

We start the trek around 6am, It was very dark at the time, and we need torch light to light our way.. and unFORTUNATELY, I didn't bring my torchlight while the others have one with them.. so I have to use my night vision mode on my eyes during the trek..

The trek was easier at first, because I didn't carry a lot of things, light is the only problem for me..

We were lost a bit when we start, but not long after that we find the right way..

we were lost because we miss the hole on the fence...

because we miss this tiny little hole, we went the wrong way..

after 30minutes trek, we got a nice view of the city near klang gates at night..



then, After another 30 minutes trek, we reach the top and we can see the mist of bukit tabur, and the sunrise..


 
U can see that, Mr.Tan as usual force other people to give their water to be used to cooked his food.. Look at Mei sad expression (Mei: My water.. Hiks hiks..).. lol.. jk


Choco Crunch and the sunrise

after we ate sausages and choco crunch.. relax our body, chit chat, then continue our journey to higher peak of Gunung Mei Fong

to reach this peak, you need the guts, going up was damn scary, and going down a lot more scarier..

Everybody said that this trek is more tiring than G.Datuk except me.. I dunno why, maybe I'm Just not good enough to climb up datuk, but somehow, I love that mountain, maybe because of the memories...  but this is not really a problem, I once heard from Rita that G.ledang was a lot more tiring that Gunung Than.. = =

I think I'll cut the story here, too Lazy to explain about all the things happened...
It was A fun trek with a lot of Annoying ants on the way down, a lot of rubbish, and dirty river....

Members of the Trek

The Pretty Queen of "Gunung Mei Fong", the only lady who join the trek


Me


Amir (Amir, if you see this, please praise me, cause the pic are really cool)


Mr. Tan Meng Chwen


Andrew without pony tail anymore


Zubyr



Some pics were taken by me, and some other were taken and stolen from Amir's camera and blog

G.datuk once again

On 14 march I went up Gunung Datuk for the second time..

around 3 pm, arwin, arie, and I met on side gate to meet with the other trekkers at sunway lobby foyer..

on the lobby foyer, I saw many "new" faces and "old" faces. Some of them have trek with me several times, they are Amir, Scott, Mr.TMC, and Mr.Varga.

It was a very enjoyable trek, many friendly CIMPans

Gunung Datuk was never an easy trek for me
The first time I went up Gunung Datuk is my first time trekking, I'm dying going up, and for the second time, Gunung Datuk killing me again. I underestimated this mountain and take too much load on my bag.. I brought up 3 litres water, 1 huge plastic floormat, 1 4-men tent, 4 apples, 3 breads which turned into mashed breads because I squeezed it in my bag, 1 rocky, 2 cadburry, 2 Cup Ramen, 1 gas, 2 pan, and 1 Sleeping bag.

but I admit that I need to train more so that I can be the best beast of burden and able to help my fellas to carry the loads.

My sweat starts raining all over my body since the first twenty minutes of the trek. Gunung datuk just have a long steep section which make me sooo tired..

This trek brings back the memories from my first trek to Gunung datuk, I miss some of my buddies that trek with me at that time, they are Aloy, Nini, Fani, Kourosh, and Farah.

At the time I reach the peak in this trek, some tent have been set up, then I helped to set some tents and one of them was set on a "Isolated" area which was very windy (this tent was blown up by the wind at the night, and those guys who slept on this tent move to other tent except steve who chose to sleep on the peak)

after set all the tent, we cook, we eat, and all of us gather together and talk to each other. we sang a song which called "row row your boat" and I also have a duet with Mr.Varga singing "Wherever you will go" from "the calling".  some people tell jokes and ghost story.

after the night gathering, I chose to go to the peak to meet Mr.TMC, and on a night I count that I go up and down from the camp site to the peak 4 times.
-the first time with Mr.Varga, we went to meet Mr.Tan on the peak, and found Mr.Marc Andre was up there too.
-the second time was with Mr.Tan, Mr.Varga, and Mei
-the third time was with gabby, leon, and smita, and Mr.Tan
-the fourth was with steve, amir, Mr.Tan

Amos and Nee On come at 3.15 to the peak which surprise me, these to fellas are crazy trekkers..

everybody went down the peak around 4am, except steve and me, yeah we are the only survivor.. Hell yeah

can't sleep at all on the peak till morning come, it was very cold and windy.. the stars are great up there, but nothing beats the stars on Gunung tahan, it was brighter and also a lot more stars there..

we did some cleaning up, fill some plastic bag with rubbish, but the last plastic bag is very small because I felt lazy filling it ALONE
I fill the plastic bag while the others busy taking pics and chit chat, but I know some of them busy cleaning up their tent, so can not blame it on them, they also have the right not to clean up the mountain because its their choice, and I have to accept it.

on the way down, I walk together with TMC and Mei
Mei really is a nature lover,this young maiden collect all the rubbish that she found on the way, and her act amaze TMC and me.

enought talk, here are the pics (most of them are the pics that I got from CIMP blackboard.. LOL)

P.S=
-somehow I felt bad that I post G.Datuk story for the second time and still choosing not to post story about G.Tahan which was my best trekking experience so far. The long journey on Tahan really is too long to be written, and the experience is just MORE THAN WORDS

-while I was writing this blog I felt a bit upset because it was raining outside which make me can't play frisbee with my friends

Chiling waterfall with CIMP

well..
I haven't write my blog for a long time... due to some reason..
1. lazy
2. no trekking
3. no picture..

actually there have been 2 trekking activity before, but I just feel don't like it to post the story...
they are gunung tahan, and chiling with monash..
basically, I didn't write the story of gunung tahan because there are just too much to tell, and it makes me lazy to write the whole thing..
for chiling trek with monash, its the opposite of gunung tahan, theres nothing to tell about that trek, and i have post chiling pics also, so no point in posting that one..

In 26 Jan 2008, I have a trek with CIMPans

I was chosen by Mr.Varga to lead the way to go to our destination to the 3rd waterfall. It is a big responsibility that have been put on my back, and I didn't meet their expectation as a leader on the trek. Why?, it is because I was leading to the WRONG WAY, we are out of the trail. due to that,  Mr.Varga becomes worried, everybody getting tired, and frustrated. Everybody rest at one point where there is a small river. While the other getting some rest, Mr.Varga, Mr.Marc-Andre, Scott (Scott = Hamed, he changed his name due to some reasons), and me searching for the right way. I followed Up the river to the top, But It is a dead end, theres a big wall of rock with water comings out of it, probably it the source of water for chiling. Can you believe it??, we trek until the source of the waterfall, it really makes me guilty to make them follow me to the wrong way. went to the wrong trail in chiling waterfall had mad me worry so much that it is scarier than the feeling when i'm running down from the peak of gunung tahan to kem kor. but, when if I think about it on the bright side, I got a new adventure, the path is very challenging, dangerous and messy, it really testing your strenght and your guts.

as we know that we already past the waterfall, we go back from the wrong trail and keep
searching for the correct path.
At the current time, I stay at the back and just chit chatting with scott, and some of the new lecturer. 
I stay at the back because I feel guilty, and it destroy my will and my mood to lead.

Then, we found a checkpoint sign, and it makes everyone happy, we follow the path and Finally we reach the waterfall.
When we reach the waterfall, all of the CIMP students run to the pool and swimming eagerly. they have a lot of fun, relaxing their body and mind, forget about the stress, and have some fun.
While they were swimming, and play with the water, I dry my cloth, shoes, and socks, and then have a nice bite of an apple with Scott besides me eating his double cheese burger.

when scott and me finish eating, We went straight to the pool, Climb up the rock near the waterfall, then jump to the water. unfortunately, we only have 45 minutes to relax, because we spent to much time on the trail.

on the way back, everything went just fine, in addition I meet with Mr.Tan Ying Oon which is the math lecturer of monash University. we have a small chat, and at the time, I talk about kinabalu and korbu trek with him. I hope one of them will be my next trek.

In conslusion
It was a fun, realaxing, a bit sad, chilling, stressing, worrying, and nice trek.

Note: I don't bring my camera, but I'll get One picture from Mr.Varga ASAP