Things can change so easily, isn't it. I still remember how you helped me to overcome my downturn, helped me in my soul searching. But now, I feel helpless because I can't do the same for you, when you're in trouble.
I hate it when I can't do anything for you; I hate it when I no longer can give advices to you and make you feel better; and what I hate he most is, I've become one of your troubles.
I really miss those days when we both cracked into laughters with the lame jokes we shared. Talking bout stupid things in our boring life, as simple as what we had for lunch and how my tummy is feeling warm and round from good dinners.
I really miss this special friend, who is always there for me. During my ups, and my downs. I wish I can be there too for you. But, if time is what you need, I shall give you that.
I don't really pray, but this time from the deepest of my heart, I wish you can be strong, you can find your happiness and smile again. Just like you always do! *hugs*
KJ: I'll remember you as a very nice person, impatient, very family oriented.
JT: My most lovely gf
KJ: A very fun person to hang out with no matter what the occasion is. A very capable singer and a fun loving person.
AR: A lively girl. Has a nice voice. Joyful and sociable most of the time. (Add on, pretty, cute sometimes, and attractive)
JL: Capable, smart, intuitive
EL: Someone i can talk to. Good listener. Hear me san. Sometimes can give good advice. Ok most of the time. Haha. Have matured thinking yet there are times quite sampat
CH: Happiness is important to u and ur family orientated, generally ur a nice girl
Whenever I'm down, whenever I fall, I'm glad that I've always been beautiful and great in your eyes.
Time required: 3/10 (trek in one hour, same route to trek out)
Scenic: 7/10
Accessibility: 7/10 (one hour drive from KL, road condition is good. Sedan car is good to go)
Parking: Open car park or can park at roadside
Cleanliness: 8/10 (except for the public toilets, manage your expectation)
Guide: Not required
Fee: RM1 per entrance. Require to pay deposit depending on how much food/plastics/bottles/cans you're bringing in; this is a control to ensure you won't litter. Refundable when you leave.
Opening hours: Fri - Sat 8.00am to 6.00pm
What's better than having a short road trip to celebrate a long weekend?! Again, organizer, YAR managed to pull bunch of awesome ppl to organize this trip to Chiling Waterfall on this lovely saturday morning. There was another meaningful event which I wish I could go, wish I can contribute to the country by supporting the hope for a better future. I love my country, but i love my parents too; I can't afford to see them got worried of me. Maybe next time, when I'm able to give confidence to them that I'll be fine! Love you Malaysia! Happy independence day! Sun will shine again after the darkest storm. Strongly believe in it.
11 of us, went in 4 cars. I was car pooling with YAR and SKJ, my closest friends from KPMG. It has been years since we last met each other. Although our body sizes changed, our face sagged; they are still cool and fun as usual. That's friendship isn't it? It doesn't matter how often you contact each other or meeting each other, you'll still share the happiness and joy whenever we meet up.
After dim sum breakfast at Aman Suria, we departed at around 8.15am. SKJ, the sleepyhead, has been sleeping non-stop in the car. Me, keeping YAR, the driver entertained throughout the whole journey to Chiling and helping with the map and direction. It took us one hour plus to reach Chiling.
The sun was already hot, we immediately 'let go' using the public toilet to make sure we won't pollute the spring water later. The trek took us another hour to reach level 2 waterfall. The journey was memorable, and so much dramas:
Drama 1: SKJ's slipper that attempted to do waterfall diving. It was accidentally dropped into the stream and the current was so strong, washing it away to the cliff. All of us were stunned, looking at it and thinking it's gonna be flushed away and SKJ gonna walk home with only one slipper later. At this critical moment, an unknown Malay stranger, the HERO ran and jumped into the stream, swam and trying his very best to save this slipper of SKJ. We got so worried because the stream is not deep enough for swimming and there are lots of sharp rocks at river bed. I do not know what gave him the courage and the will to do this, but he made it and we gave him a big round of applause from the deepest of our heart. Again, I can't stop feeling sentimental and relates this to politics and our country. SO MANY friends or strangers I've met from different races, they are all helpful disregards of what skin color that we're having. We all live in harmony and we care, we help. That makes us, true Malaysians. Why let the bad people to divide us!
Drama 2: Chiling waterfall, the slipper murderer, ko-ed AS's slipper as well. With no extra shoes/slippers, AS survived to trek down with bare and injured feet. Salute! Remind me of my first tabur west hike, when WK also hiked the whole trip with bare feet cause his shoes spoiled at the starting point of the hike. Jinx?
Drama 3: NC, the brave. Met him during tabur hike, my impression to him is fit, brave and outgoing person, a macho guy. But now I only know his bravery shrink drastically when he's dealing with water. First, he asked us to lead and walk first when we were playing in the pool, he was afraid that the river bed will suddenly goes very deep. Then, he took more than 5 mins just to prepare himself to jump off from a low cliff (which we've already jumped and assured him that it's safe and the water is not deep). That was pretty epic when he was repeating the action of taking deep breathe, getting ready to jump and backing out. It was looping for five minutes with all the eyes on him and encouraging him to jump. Of course, he didn't let us down and finally he jumped off from the cliff and when he landed into the pool, the water level was just at his chest. He laughed on himself and immediately he started to ask around, "come, let's do it again". What a funny guy! You're still cool and fun even after we get to see this side of you! =D
Drama 4: Persuading AS to take off his top. He was shivering ever since he went into the pool. With a small part of good intention, we advised him to take off of his wet shirt so that he can get warm faster; it also comes with a big part of selfish intention to check out his naked upper body (to clarify, it's the guys' idea! of course, benefiting me as well =P). And after hesitating for a while, he did. I didn't really get to check him out as.. I'm shy la. I just got to know him on the first day, must act like a lady a bit. hahaha. Instead of checking out his abs and body, we 'studied' his tattoo on his arm and shoulder. It's something that he's proud of, a piece of macho art done by his favourite tattoo artist. But we all burst into laughter when NC asked, "why is the samurai sniffing the sakura"? NC just nailed it, from a piece of cool and macho art, he made it sound so sissified.
Drama 5: SKJ, the big eater. He basically finished all of our food! No wonder his tummy grow so much bigger from the last time i saw him.
I had so so so so much fun with this bunch of people. It's a moment when I don't need to get worried of how people will judge or worried of what to say next to keep the conversation going. I can't ask for more. That's why, I'm writing this down. A memory to keep. A blog entry that will make me laugh again in the future. Goodnight!
Overall rating: 8/10
Difficulty: 7/10
Time required: 5/10 (3 to 4 hours)
Scenic: 8/10
Accessibility: 8/10 (I think there's no public transport to here, but for locals, it's easy to drive in)
Parking: No open carpark. Park at roadside.
Cleanliness: 8/10
Guide: Not required. However, there's no signboard, suggest to go with experienced hikers.
Fee: FOC
On this normal, boring, typical working day of mine, I've been complaining to an old friend of mine about how much I would like to do something crazier to spice up my life such as a night hike to catch sunrise; camping or whatever crazy hardcore shit. I'm glad that I actually complained to him, and YES! We made it happened!
We managed to ask for another 3 more friends and a mother, one of his, two friends and fitmama of mine. Waking up at 3.25am on a saturday morning and there it goes, our first night walk on this dangerous hill which killed several hikers who missed their steps. (It's really saddening and may them rest in peace).
Met up at 4.30am at this mamak which is very near to the entrance (About 5 mins drive), had some light breakfast, geared up ourselves with headlamps and ready to rock at 5.10am.
@photo credits to yar
It was still pitch dark at this hour, by lacking of two headlamps in our team, we slowed down our hike to make sure everyone is safe. Plus, one of our friends had a not-so-light breakfast (two packets of maggie goreng), she started to feel sick.
The beginning part of the trail was quite steep but not that dangerous. Just crossing the wood but I had a hard time catching the speed and I started to sweat like a cow. Luckily it wasn't that long, probably 10 mins non-stop hike to reach an open space which we can catch a breath and enjoy the night sky. It was probably the first time I saw that many stars in this light polluted city. By the time we reached, there were already two hikers lying down on the rocks enjoying the cool breeze and night sky.
With the kiasu-ness in our mind, we continued to hike up worrying that we'll miss the sunrise. Being slow and steady, we've reached the spot where we believed it's the spot where all the tabur sunrise photos were taken based on our google results. We reached at 6.10am, clearly, we underestimated ourselves and for that, we had to sit and wait for an hour for the sunrise (based on weather forecast, sunrise is at 7.10am). The spot is easy to spot, basically it's the place where you first encounter lots of boulders after crossing the woods.
This photo was probably taken at around 6.30am
Selfie with my mum. It wasn't that cold, hence, don't worry about the accessories. Headlamp is enough. Or maybe can consider gloves if you have silky smooth skin to protect your palms during rock climbing. For me, I think it was ok even without gloves.
Over viewing Klang Gates Dam
So here it is! Breaking dawn, with Klang gates dam on your left and Tabur East on the right.
*Big shout out* BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLLLLL! @photo credit to yar
Couldn't believe that such a beautiful view is that accessible to all the KL-ians and Selangor-ians. Located right in the middle of one of the busiest areas at Wangsa Maju, SO BLESSED!
Unfortunately, it was abit cloudy, we missed the 'egg yolk'; else it would be perfect! Then, we continued the remaining 70% of the hike. The fun part has just started after we enjoyed the cool morning breeze and romantic sunrise (not so romantic for me, cause first, i need to get myself a bf to share the lovey-dovey)
This photo was taken during my first hike at Tabur west back in July'15. Just to show the fun part of this trail, a mini rock climbing.
Sun is finally out! There are several spots with nice views as we climbed higher
@photo credit to yar
Err... okay, just to prove that we're here. Wefie with these awesome gang of friends and family. Special thanks to NC and YAR for leading the way and keeping us safe!
I'm so in love with the moss! (i think they are moss..right?) So cute! I'm a mossy girl, one of the reasons why I desperately wanna try gunung Irau and mossy forest. It must be so beautiful to see the whole forest is covered with moss.
Good news is, you don't need to climb down the same route to get back to your cars. There's an easier way to walk down through the jungle. We managed to get down by 9.30am, which was about 5 hours hike including the 1.5 hours which we just sat down and chillax while waiting for the sunrise. Else, the whole trails should be able to finish in 3 to 4 hours for beginner to average hikers.
So.. is the trail really dangerous and challenging? Yes and no?
YES because there are certain parts which you really need to watch your steps, make sure both hands and feet to have firm grips before you move your next step. Don't JUMP! Even if it's not that high, it can easily sprain our ankles (TQ NC for highlighting to me when I tried to jump down from a boulder). For beginner, maybe it's a bit challenging as this is not just trekking, but it requires courage and strength to climb rocks, walking by the cliffs and getting down by rope.
NO because even I can do it! Haha.. okay. It's not that difficult as the trail is not too long and there are several spots where you can rest. Also, it's a popular trail where you can meet a lot of cool and friendly hikers there. Just ask for help if you need! People are friendly. Once I was stuck on this slanted boulder where my shoes were too slippery to climb up on my own; without even asking for help, there's this friendly hiker who offered his hand and pulled me up. *thumbs up*
What do you need to bring?
1. Plenty of water, keep yourself hydrated. I don't drink much, and i'm a lazy bum, don't want to carry heavy bag, 500ml was enough for me.
2. Strong grip shoes. I've climbed twice with my running shoes, managed to survive but I do strongly recommend to get a proper hiking shoes for this trail because the rocks can be very slippery.
3. Cap or hat? Try not to start the hike after 8am, it can be really hot! Not much shades at the later part of the trail
4. Gloves. As mentioned earlier, optional. To protect your palms.
5. Long pants. Optional, to protect your pretty legs from scratches by sharp rocks
6. Last but not least, your SMART PHONE/CAMERA! Instant sharing/show off of the beautiful sceneries.
I really enjoyed the hike and good luck to those who would like to give it a try. Here's a short clip I've recorded during the hike (first time using yi camera, fogging on the casing was bad! and battery drained up super fast). Apologies for not having enough time to edit the video yet. Will get back with a better version soon.. i hope. Enjoy!
Saying goodbye to our memories, our past and our promises
Yesterday, I've finally braved up myself and asked my ex on this question; "Are you seeing anyone now? Is she Amanda?"
This question has been in my mind ever since we broke up in more than a year ago. Amanda is this 'good friend' of him who he has been caring alot even when we were together. He has never admitted that he has a crush on her or anything. But for what I felt was, they both care about each other, it's just that they are both attached, out of responsibility, they called themselves 'good friends'.
Not long ago, probably 3 to 4 months back, I heard the news that Amanda had broke up with her bf. Somehow, my intuition is telling me, that's it. That's the time when he will appear by her side, and he will finally move on and fall in love. I know this is absolutely fine, we are both single, he's a nice guy, he does deserve to be loved.
I really appreciate his honesty. He said, "yes, we've been hanging out a lot, but nothing is going on yet"; "Are we still friends, hmm.. I'm sorry". Don't know why, it felt like a sharp knife to me. Although I know this will happen eventually, it's still hard for me to listen to this kinda confession. An officially goodbye to all the strings between us. An official moving on.
I took a long night to 'mourn' for our relationship; cried as much as i can when I recall the memories of us, from the beginning till the end. After an emotional night, I finally understand what's my emotion is about, it's not that I'm still not over him, but it's more to I'm saying goodbye to our memories, our past and our promises. Time to keep them into a different zone in my brain. A zone to keep them as beautiful memory with a guy who i used to love.
I replied to him, "sure, we are still friends, there's no need to say sorry to me, you've done nothing wrong". "We both know we will move on eventually, it's just who will move on first, and the other person would probably be sad for the one last time and move on too". And the latter, is me.
I have to thank this friend of mine, who brought me out for a movie on this terrible night. We didn't have any deep talk on this, although he knows what happened and he knows i was feeling emotional. Thank you for accompanying and letting me know, it's time to be good, be strong again.
I can do it. And from deep down of my heart, I wish both of us to be happy with our own lives, best wishes to my ex, a great guy who I used to loved.
How silly, I've totally forgotten about this blog of mine!
I still remember I set up this blog to write down my feelings, my experience and to mark down some words to myself; hoping the future me will burst into laughter when i read back all those stupid things i wrote back then.
It's quite late at night now when i found out this blog, and tomorrow will still have to get back to work. Sigh (sigh deleted, promised myself to reduce my 'sighness' in 2015!)
Well, let's just have a quick update on myself then.
Can't believe how much i've been through since my last post here, that was still in Sandakan, probably... in 2012? My life was like a roller coaster in these two years. Relocated to several places, SDK-SGP-KL; get to travel quite abit when i was earning big bucks in Singapore, also very lucky to have work trips in London, for TWICE! It was probably one of the best thing that happened to me in these two years, something proud that i should tell my kids, and my grandchildren. Haha.
Now I'm finally back to KL for good, after a detour in life, a detour in career, a detour in my relationship. Single again, SHSLGP (probably there's only one person in the world would know what this stands for, and this person is gonna be back soon, let's hope we can have a catch up soon).
Not sure if i'm doing good now, but one thing to be sure of, i'm doing much better than the time when i was in Singapore.
I guess that's all for today? Since i'll be having more free time with my new job now, I think it's time to update more about my experience here! Stay tune, my only audience, my future me. =)
Maybe i should write down some of my love stories here...
Maybe i should write down some of the silly ways i've tried to get over my relationship..
Maybe i should write down some of the passerby who i've met...
Maybe i should write down how i managed to gain so much weight during these two years...
aww.... so many things to update!
* attached with a drawing of mine which i drew with my Note 2 after work. Too free with nth to do. =.=
