Tell It To The Mountains, I'm Coming!

I just don't know where to start.
If not for the state I am now, I wouldn't believe that I just climbed up the Gunung Batu Putih, way up at 2,131m above sea level.

Gunung Batu Putih is the eighth highest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia and definitely on the "wish list" of those who want to conquer the country's 10 highest peaks.
Mind you, I never knew Gunung Putih existed until I was invited to experience mount climbing.

Straddling the Perak-Pahang border, this mountain is accessed via the Kuala Woh Recreation Park, 10km from Tapah, on the Cameron Highlands road. After passing Kuala Woh Reservoir, the road ends at Kuala Woh Dam -- that's where we parked our vehicles & spent a night in there and got ready the next day.

We were a team of 13 people - 5 ladies, 8 guys & they were all experienced climbers. The last mountain that they went was Mount K.Kinabalu, last July. I was obviously a newbie, but was fortunate to get all the equipments fully sponsored by a good friend :')

We started our journey around 9.30 am, with our heavy backpacks, mostly with bottled waters and our food rations, towards Gua Azan where we will be staying our nights there.

Along the hike trail, we could see the Orang Asli's village, with dogs running around but we were so focused on getting to the first campsite before the targeted time.

Being so new to mountain climbing AND not physically prepared for it, I really took time to get use to the trail and the heavy pack. Sweating gloriously, I was super glad that the team didn't even once mention how I was slowing down them. I kinda forced myself not to be a burden to them but somehow got comfortable enough when they were able to wait up for me and making fun of me, which I don't mind as I realised this was part of the fun -- membahan budak baru :P

The trail got deeper and deeper, with bigger roots and trees to avoid and step on, thank god for the comfortable hiking shoes I wore.
It rained the night before so there trails were slippery and muddy, it was hard to hike up.
On the other hand,the mosquitoes seems to have a whale of time, but I was concerned more about the leeches and that sort.

We stopped several times for short breaks just to check on how others doing and I was really thankful that I was not the only one who is struggling to keep up.

Well, at least I didnt puke like some of other girls did,hihi.


Short breaks are like 5 minutes top, that's when you have to drink and at least take a bite of choc or biscuits for energy. Jangan mengada takde selera bagai time ni, you just can't be selfish towards yourself for your body will suffer later. So time ni, deep breath, recharge and off you go again!

One tip I learnt while climbing upwards was not to look up.
Even if you have to look up, don't look straight where you are going for you'll be psyched with the trail in front of you.
Kira untuk mengelakkan saiko diri yang jalan kat depan tu cam dah tinggi 90 darjah, with your backpack, your mind says go, but your body dah kecut takut tamau naik dah -- so avoid that.
Pandang kiri kanan, or what's best, pandang belakang and see how far you went.

Konfem puas hati :')

We hiked for nearly 3 hours when we came across a river.
Either we cross the river or climb across slippery bamboo shoots to get to the other side.

Obviously we the ladies just don't wanna get wet yet so we opted for the bamboo bridge -- without knowing how slippery it was!!

With backpacks and all, it was far more challenging but it was too late to turn back since we were the last few ones who havent cross over yet. Even when the guys were gentleman and all, we ladies just knew we had to do it ourselves.

But heh, we made it!!

The trail got a bit friendlier with us, it was just a straight path to the first campsite where we had our first lunch in the woods!
Maggi mee couldn't be any yummier up here, hihi.


Now that we've eaten and all, the senior ones briefed us on the next target which is straight to Gua Azan, another 4-5 hours away.
I was checking on my shoes when I realised it was split into two!
Dem!

Abang Man tied up my shoe, hoping it would last me till the cave.
The right side was showing signs too but it was bad enough, but I was worried what will I wear to hike down later on if both pair are giving ways now.

We continued our journey and it rained that we had to wear our raincoats, and it was mentally challenging as you could not see clearly what's in front of you.
The muddy trail just got to your ankle's deep and it slows you down every bit, with bigger trees and roots to avoid.

I was practically struggling and dragging my foot after the 7th hour as I thought it was too much. Siap timbul rasa menyesal and I began being upset with myself for not being fit and sort. Z took care of my backpack while Abang Man & Abang Roslaili forever giving morale support that I just had to continue whatever is left.

Berjalan pakai tongkat kayu helped me find balance in the steep trail, especially when you had to walk by the lereng-lereng gunung, and you find yourself clinging to every root in your way.

I learnt that every tree and roots in our path has it's significant use for us climbers to hold on and step on to, maka ada benarnya setiap kejadian Tuhan itu ada hikmahNya :')

Sampai Gua Azan, it was around 630pm where we washed ourselves di air terjun kecil, comel sangat but it was downhill from the cave.
Maka by the time dari tempat mandi ke gua semula dah berpeluh-peluh balik haha!
No pictures from my camera on this place as I was just too tired, nanti Along cuba carik from the others.
The water was icy cool but very refreshing, I even washed my hair there haha!

And then it was dinner time!

Kak Su, Aifaa & Kak Jim cooked us rice, fried chicken, omelets and even tom yam!
Since Nadia & I were among the latecomers, we were excused from cooking hihi.

Getting all comfy in the cave :')

Since the ladies did the cooking, the guys helped by washing the dishes and taking turns getting clean water for all of us.
Jokes and stories were shared, I seriously felt I knew them for years.
And I'm missing them this very moment!!

Since it was our first night, we tucked in early for the next day's activity, which is to climb up to the top!

Not all will be going since some just don't feel like climbing, and I was torn between whether I should or not.
Pikir punya pikir sampai tertidur, haha.

Above is room 302, as the boys called it.
One if the sleeping spots in the cave, mine was much more ke dalam, thank god for sleeping mats and sleeping bags, it was super cold throughout the night!

I even had to sapu minyak panas just to keep my legs warm up so that it wouldn't stay cramp for long but with the help of ponstant pills, I slept like a baby, hihi.

So that was our first day climbing up, spending the first night in Gua Azan.
Whether I manage to climb up to the top, you peeps have to stay in tune!!

I need to collect the pictures from others by then, and yeah, menukar plaster di kaki ku ini -_-"
Oh, and last day entry for 2009 coming right up, if not tomorrow haha!





Bet you didn't expect all this from the skinny muka berparut jerawat me kan?
Heh.

Kerja Gila Terakhir Tahun Ini

It couldn't be a greater ending to all my crazy doings in 2009, deep down I would never regret being selfish for this once.

Looking at the bruises and cuts over my body, I am thankful that I manage to come back in one piece, alhamdulillah.

But every pulled muscles reminds me of them -- and how I am missing the unselfishness, the team spirit, the loyalty and the love for simple things in life in each and every one of them.

I miss them, so very much.
I miss the one that should never be missed but I still do.



And as usual, they will never know my true feelings for them.
:')

Buat Aku Tersenyum

Along diajak memeriahkan makan malam sempena sambutan ulangtahun yang ke 40 orang tua Aie, teman Farina dari Jakarta.

Aie adalah isteri Brian, drummer SO7 and this is my first time meeting her, finally.
All this while Along banyak dengar kisah Aie dari Farina, I felt I knew her already -- cuma tiada kesempatan bertemu.

But since I did & I felt she's so pretty, sampai Along segan nak bercakap dengan dia haha.
Even when dapat salam peluk cium pipi tuh cam ah, segan weh -_-"

They were here for a holiday trip dan Farina langsung ajak jumpa.
Tatau camne nak describe the feeling of being part of the occasion.
Sepertinya menonton sinetron tanpa skrin TV front row gitu, teruja!

And to meet the kids, comel sangat derang cakap bahasa Indonesia :')

Enjoy the pics!

Sampai juga Along ke Restoran Tupai Tupai, terima kasih kerana mengajak sekalian ya?

Untuk orang tua Aie, jutaan tahniah dan moga kekal romantik sampai kapan² :')

Masa Depan Lebih Menakutkan Dari Hantu-hantu

Semua dah nak cuti sampai tahun depan, Along je lah rajin sangat jadi pekerja cemerlang dengan bekerja lagi minggu depan.

Tapi dapat special attention bila sikit sikit ada orang singgah depan cubicle and tanya;

"Eh you tak cuti kan next week?"

Dan Along yang jujur lagi bendul ni pun jawablah "Ha ah, tak."

"Ha, in that case I need you to help me on this and this and..."

T_____T

Kalau tak bagus appraisal Along tahun ni tatau ah.
Eceh, nak berkira plak, haha.

I don't mind actually, I like being in the office for reasons yang Along tatau kenapa, just don't bloody ask la weh.
Eh tetiba emo haha.

Jennyto's coming home this Saturday and I'm afraid I won't be around -- InsyaAllah, kakakmu akan pulang jua.
Ditunggu aja dongg, kita beli tiket pesawat sama-sama okay?

Zaki has officially been accepted to an all boys school in N.Sembilan, alhamdulillah.
Hari tuh baru interview lite-lite, get to know session kiranya.
Bila ditanya Zaki nak ke pergi dok boarding school, dia senyum dan jawab "Tak sabar."

Haish,still can't accept he's going away, menjadi remaja, pastu konfem jadi lagi tinggi dari kakaknya.
Ada sedikit rasa nak menangis pun ada ni.

Kalau Along cakap macam baru semalam dia masuk darjah satu, mesti korang kata Along emosi lebih mengalahkan ibu mengandung but fedulik hafe haku, adik Along weh.
Siapa yang basuh kasut sekolah, gosok baju sekolah dia kalau bukan Along sendiri?
Along mesti rindu nak check homework dia, pastu suka suka nak wat pop kuiz sifir 7, pastu bebel bebel kat dia beli cepat betul minyak rambut dia habis ah rindu rindu adik lelaki ku itu nanti pastinya.

Oh lupa ada adik sorang lagi.
T___T


Choy, gila mix feelings dah ni weh!
I guess it's because 2009 is almost over and ada sedikit excited lagi nervous with new year segalanya.
Mungkin.
Mungkin tidak.

I don't know, dah kata mix feelings kan?

I haven't been a good blogger lately -- dan bukan bermaksud I have been a good one before, but there are so many times yang I niat nak share kat sini but end up dalam drafts je.
Ada yang setakat niat je lah, pastu malas terus.
Biar je -- unless korang nak la baca entry basi, Along gigihkan la buat tapi letak gambar je, aci tak?

See, very the pemalas these days.

But pemalas in writings.
Alhamdulillah, I'm still doing activities with my good friends, masih tak reti dok diam, masih tak mencari-cari orang yang korang harap akan dipaparkan di blog ni.
Ya, masih-masih begitu.

Some occasions terpaksa dirahsiakan segala -- which it has been made into password protected entries, some tak menyempat nak diblogkan, some memang Along sengaja simpan sebab ARGH, malas kot nak citer sebab kalau citer konfem konfem lah kata Along tak sedar diri bagai hai hai hai.

Writing short entries and penuh makna is just not my forte so yes, salahkan je lah Along.
You guys are superb with one liners, one paragraph & one photo entries and I salute you for that.
But I just love to ramble here, walhal di luar sana Along pendiam dan muka ketat lagi berparut jerawat yang mengerikan hence the kepayahan mencari pengganti hatiwtf.

Weh, gila downgrade diri sendiri tuh -_-"
But like I care, kan?

No, I don't care but others care.
So I must must must change.
A bit.
Saya memang dilahirkan pendiam dan muka ketat haha.
Kena selalu dengar Ray & Hanif pagi pagi di XFm -- lawak derang bangang but they made me laughing all the way to work.

Biarlah kalau dicop gila sebab ketawa sorang-sorang sambil pukul pukul stering, biarlah -_-"

Next year is about drastic changes yang Along dah start dua bulan lepas haha -- ai memang advance, basically.
Which only my close friends will know what and segala.
2009 dah cukup bermain dan berlibur tanpa pikir konsekuens, maka tahun depan kena kurangkan aktiviti main redaaaaaaaaah ikut suka hati.

Unless menang pergi Bali lagi tuh lain citer lah kan hahaha.
Tahun depan kita try contest lain lak, okay?
:')

Which reminds me how grateful I am to have friends with so many things to do and what's important, mahukan Along to be part of it -- biarpun yang dah berkahwin dan beranak pinak and so forth.

Thank you sayang-sayangku. *peluk super kuat*

Thinking of closing the blog pun ada.
Ada masanya siap bercita-cita nak ada dot com sendiri tapi sebab memikirkan Along dah makin malas, idea tutup blog tu je yang rasa cam ahhh bestnya.

Obviously there's nothing more to share dah.
Other blogs are super way interesting, I spent more time reading others than updating mine haha.

And blame on twitter too, I update there more often.
Biarpun tak berberi beri hitam (lagi).


I'm just restless today.
Maaf jika ini bukan entry Selamat Hari Natal dan Selamat Bercuti yang korang cari.
I have lost the passion to update mengikut apa yang terjadi semalam akan diblog esok pagi, itu semua bukan Along lagi dah.



Okay now that I have let it all out, I'm off for one last adventure for 2009 tonight.


Dah, didoakan semuanya selamat ya?
:')

Because I Love You Yes, I Love You Yes.

Your welcome One Hot Minute!

I tell ya, that site is flooded with more and more oh mai god comel sangat organizers every single day!

So go and checkidaut, peeps.

Along masih rambang mata as usual haha.
Eh, bukan as usual itu maksudnya cheapskate?
-_-"


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Entry ini seharusnya untuk kamu-kamu yang sedang membaca di sini.
Yang masih dan tetap membaca di sini.

Terima kasih kerana memberi respon pada tiap apa Along rapekkan di sini.
Along kongsi dan sampaikan saja, so it's up to you if you wanna click on the links or websites I've shared :')


But thank you for still reading here despite how delusional I can be at times, eh all the time.
And I realised I've not been replying to your comments lately too.
Bukan malas, bukan sengaja.

Along kekadang terkekek-kekek gelak sendirian baca comment yang ditinggalkan.
I really appreciate the comments left, ya iyalah itu maksudnya Along tidak meroyan sendirian kan?

Tapi tiap kali Along nak balas komen, ini yang muncul..

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So I can update from the office but I can't view it.
Mungkin sebab URL address Along ada tanda underscore tuh, tsk.
Ada yang meroyan tukar blog address ni karang tapi malas nyeeeeh nak pikir nama blog baru.

Bukan Along je ada problem viewing it, some friends bilang blog Along ini under category porn and advertisement bagai, maka diblock terus -_-"

Maka memang nak mereply comment dan-dan itu memang payah.
Kalo di rumah, memang kirim salam lah.
Jarang sekali dapat online sebab tak kuasa nak berebut PC dengan adik-adik T__T
By the time I find the luxury to do that, comments itu sudah basi berhari-hari.
Kekadang berminggu, waduh ampuuuun!



Yelah yelah, pasni dapat duit Nuffnang buat beli laptop.


Akan ku cuba reply the comments jika itu kalian mahu ok?
Kalau tidak, ampunkan saja.
Eyh?
:')




Tak pun follow saja Along di Twitter.

Konfem KONFEM ha yang tu KONFEM bereply, hihi.

Awan Dania Elysha

Along tak malu untuk mengaku yang ada masanya Along suka berada dalam keadaan perasan muat mana - mana baju yang dicapai hanya untuk mengaplikasikan konsep Free Size pada kebanyakan baju - baju yang dijual.

Eh tipu.

Along memang suka perasan, sekian terima kasih.

Tengah perasan leh muat dress for 12 years old.

Cek Su di sebelah bukan main lagi pujuk suruh letak balik dress tu.

Ni lagi supeeeeeeeer oveeeeeeer perasan boleh muat baju baby ni.
Mulut tengah mengomel mintak Fiza blanje sehelai baju jumper itu untuk kegunaan anakku di masa hadapan -- tengah 20% diskaun pun makcik itu sangatlah berkira.

Lawak bila tengok balik all this pictures.
This were all circa 2008, zaman Along bekerja di Jalan Yap Kwan Seng dulu.
Zaman suka suka je nak kuar dengan bebudak ofis pakai uniform naik LRT reramai.

Time ni tengah temankan Fiza beli baju newborn dia, now she's a proud mom to cutesy Qaisara :')

Beria-ia memasing..

...sampai tertonggeng-tonggeng -_-"

Along dah mula restless HELP HELP I wanna do something else!

Usually Jemah will always ready to melayan my merapekness, makanya...

"Eh Jemah, ce kau try ni. Cam sesuai je tuk ko, kan?"

Seswaiii sangats!
Gosh I miss her so much!!


But that was soooo last year.
Jemah got married & was expecting months later!

Time flies super fast these days, I don't know where it went.
Super fast that I kinda got lost track & time to be with Jemah when she gave birth to Dania Elysha on the 15th October 2009.

I joked with Jemah before, her baby will be born in October, sebagai tanda sayang Jemah pada Along kononnya (takde kaitan, as usual Along kan kuat merapek)

Jemah jerit -- "Tamau aku, nanti anak aku sama emo cam ko nanti."

T_____T

Senyum manis cam Along, takkan emo-lah!

Looking at Jemah bathing Dania, I still couldn't believe she's a mom now.
Sangat super proud and happy at the same time.

And to see the outcome product, cam arggggh, gile ah kawan aku ni!

First sign of ignoring my merapeks. Bagus.

Inspecting my parut jerawat. Demlah.

Okay, tengah pujuk hati ai balik la tuh. Not buying it.

Okaaaaaaay, Dania menang! Along kalah!!

Sape kalah kene bagi minum susu tralalala.

Nenen ni takde isi lagi haha.

Ah can't wait till Dania can wear dresses and have ponytails, I'll spoil her by then!

Jems, ai can still nangis nangis at you if I want to kan?
Kan?

Haha, god I love you Jemah, wishing you have a great mommyhood!


And to Mommy Tym & Mommy Ena who recently gave birth to their handsome sons, congrats!!