~Taman Negara1~

I'm back after a tiring days trip to taman negara..namely the national park which everyone goes oohhh-ahh about..i seriously dun see whats the hype about it,but i did enjoyed my trip there anyhow..the day starts all spoilt wen we went down too early for our own good..we went down n saw the Malay guys so they told us to teman Matsuse Sensei first at the guard house cuz he arrived way to early..and thats wen my mood of going to National Park was dampened..as usual after the normal greeting and chit chat,we quiet down n i hissed to Min Ley to start a conversation to Sensei cuz its damn awkward to be quiet at the whole time..and guess wat?she asked (no suprised there)about our god damn results..and my mood was all downhill from there..why?i got above 10th position..thats y..i suck big time now..i dun mind my results usually as long as its within the top 10..but no,this time,i sucked..big time..

So,the journey to National Park was not a pleasant one for me..yea,i was cheerful alright,before and after we head off..but during..sigh,the 3 hours seems longer than the 5 hours of bus ride to Penang..the 3 hours was like eternity,i switched between half-asleep n awake,feeling all bored when i'm awake.And i got irked by some ppl,namely...nvm.why do i have to go down with her to the convenince store,wen i went di?is going alone something unbeareable?can't she see im reading the paper,wen i say i dun want anything from the store,which part of the language she doesn't understand??i'm not broke k?i just dun wan anything,dun offer to belanja me as if i'm some cheap fren wanting to jump at every "belanja" offered,its an insult..and do u hv to stick to me like a leech???argghhhh..nm nm..calm down calm down..side track di..

Anyway,we finally reached the destination,dragging our oh-so light luggage with us.and we checked into our rooms after lunch..it was not what i had in mind,the Terasek Motel..i thought we'll be surrounded by trees,in the middle of the park,but no,it was kinda like a small village n we have to cross a river to actually go to the park.And as expected,Digi has no line while the rest of the Hotlink n Celcome users were like smirking like idiots..i know some who did k..while others breathe a sigh of relief as if not using handphone is like the end of the world..And my,the route downhill to the river was pretty steep and there's a clearing with rocks n uneven shores,and curse the damn rock that cut my toe..ouch..and as usual,i got a room wtih min ley,thank goodness it was an air-con room..advantage of being a gal..haha..some guys got non,and share a double bed(in this case,even Matsuse Sensei n Nakamura Sensei..eww...)and before that a dragging session of Chinese history with sensei after lunch while the malays went for their prayers,dun ask me how we got there..i think it begins with us asking Clement to write his Chinese name in Chinese characters..+)

Anyhow,the first activity after lunch was briefing n more briefing,and went to a small river for some cooling down..thats where we went half jungle trekking cuz,damn!the river was far!and we were all in slippers,and it made the journey hard cuz it was slippery,the route..anyhow,we finally made it there and was all sweaty and ready to jump in..it was a little dissapointment to see that its all murky but luckily it doesn't stink so..it was clean but the colour doesn't look inviting..the gals were all so hyped about jumping in while i..for the first time was the reluctant one and hold back before jumping in..cuz i heard enuf stories about leeches in rivers so...haha..anyway,yoshida sensei wanted to actually swim so i..followed her upstream where all the boys were undressing *ahem! and was already in the river...well,i was a bit reluctant cz the water was so...nvm,i went in anyhow,brave it through cuz sensei seems like,persuading me in..so off i went after her(this Aqurian ego or shall we say independence is really killing me..=p)..man,i really salute her,how can someone swim in an ankle length skirt??!!?my,and pretty steady too,lucky i went with the flow and manged to go across the river to the bundle of rocks opposite..usual cheering of guys from behind,it was kinda spooky cuz i never expected the current to alter me from the straight line i intended to..learned from physics so,can managed to swim slowly but steadily across..the route back however was not all so smooth-sailing,damn i got nervous when reached the boys and i still can't land my feet,it was still deep,and the current is taking me away..and Yoshida sensei's voice like,"tasuteage tasuketeage!!"made me felt more nervous n i struggled while panicking..i know i can do it but,i panicked and went down for awhile and the guys saw this as a sign and Arif pulled me up..no,i din drown,i was up the whole time so i need to go under awhile to swim over,holding my head up was too tiring.yeah,i was a little afraid to cuz the current was strong..i din swim the second time...sat there like a fool..and stop asking me why Min Ley was not there with me lar!!arrgh,i'm not her nanny for goodness sake and its not weird to be the oni 3 female there k!!Cik Min n Yosida Sensei there wat!!well,i had my usual bit of fun chatting with the guys n knowing them better..i even tried skipping rocks on water..managed a pathetic 2 but was happy with it!!haha

Then it was back to the motel where we clean up..on the minor part,i was going quick,getting sick of the boring few who is acting way too immature for their own good(n i was not suprised to see them act that way..guys,grow up!)n joined the malay guys instead..That night after dinner,we had a night watch of deers..this time it was pitch dark n u can hardly see ur five fingers or..the person in front..thank goodness for Luqman who stayed by me as we walked the narrow trail with the guides in front..they din tell us to get ready torches so it was like,Luq,Kim Shing,Chiang Shen,James n I sharing 1 torch..damn,and i nearly tripped a few tmes..it was pretty nice having some fren who care about ur welfare,reminding u to take precaution every step u take..thanks Luq,for the"romantic"walk that night..haha..well,we did managed to see the EYES of the deer then nothing...we head back n slept..after spending almost 1 hour searching for the damn deers with the deem shadow of the 3 so-not powerful torch lights..and again Luq made sure i reached the end of the trip safely while he went off later cuz he din signed up for the night safari which cost a cut-throat RM25!!(but it was later downed toRM20)thanks a bunch to him..i was pretty touched n flattered by his gentleman gesture unlike the immature bunch..side track side track..

And my,Day 1 din end there..we waited a whole 2 hours for the goddamn jip to arrive to fetch us for the night safari and almost went to bed pissed off..it was already 11.30pm wen they promised us 9pm!anyway,i again detached myself from the gang of Chinese and opt to follow the Malay gals instead(in my case,i like no strings attached n like to find new...er..."routes" be it friendship or my routine..ironic huh?)..and though our jip was the lousiest one..it was worth it..the guide used a super strong spot light to spot the night animals while sitting on the rooftop of the jip!i feared for his safety while the guy seems less so..whoa..anyway,the breeze was super duper cooling n refreshing as we hit the road..and my the stars that night!It was AWESOME!!its lke the whole galaxy of stars decided to show their best that night and i cud almost swear i can see the cloud of the milky way..super duper awesome..even if i saw no animals that night,i wudn't have mind paying the 20bucks..but "night life" we did saw..a whole lot of them too...

First we saw a grey leopard,a cub actually,but cudn't really see it clearly cuz it was dark..i actually learned from the guide that wen u shine light to these animals,they won't run but stand still...well,we can hardly make out the outline of the red eye mammal (female) or was it blue?(male) but only shadows of it..hmm..then we saw quite a lot,including snake,bird,2 super cute stripped cat family mammal which i dun remember the name..bulls...and I was the only one that went berserk seeing those bulls..it was a huge group of them,all white n i can see clearly their long curve horns..why was i the only one?cuz the rest saw almost everyday in their hometown..ouch..yeah yeah i know,i'm more kampung than them and it was idiotic of me to actually get so excited,but hey,it was dark and it took like...sometimes half n hour before the guide can spot anything that moves...so..i was yeah,i love to admit,pretty excited to see all WHITE bulls..i mean,i saw bulls before,ugly brown ones..this is beautiful!and we saw a mammal like erm,dunno whats its name,feasting and it was so cute!!it was like the overseas er...squirrel like cat and it has small hands.definetly cute..and we saw deer,an owl taking flight and the eyes of...musang..splendid i wud say..i wud say our jip was better cuz our guide,seeing we're his last customers n locals,gave us n extra n took us to a spot where he noticed an animal where even he doesn't know its name...too bad our luck ran dry there..and we din see the cute animal he claimed..by then,it was already 1.30am and we soon head back..on the way,we gave way to fatigue and except for Matsuse sensei n Min ley,the rest of the heads were already flowing with the rhythm of the wind as we leave the rocky n bumpy mud road n hit the smooth tar road home to the motel..suyasuya neta..and i really cherish every single moment there,the wind of the cooling breeze,the animals we saw,the jokes we shared,the dissapointment that the animals escaped,the young guides' explanation..every single moment of the Night Safari was there,carved in my mind and i will savour every single second of it...even the straight plopping down on the lousy bed due to exhaustion but felt fulfilled n grateful to be given the chance to enjoy the nature..

As for now,i'm tired out about day 1,and i've just came back today..will cont day 2 in the next blog..so...nites ppl..