Whitewater Rafting Adventure

After about 2 weeks of thinking, I decided to just go for it. Hehe.. Bila lagi mau enjoy sama kawan2 kan?

This is my first ever trip at West Malaysia that I went with my university buddies.

One week prior to the trip, I actually still hesitating whether I want to join or not but after TC mentioned in Facebook that we need to pay the deposit, I must make up my mind since there’s no turning back. I paid anyway. Hehe.. :)

Next question, since the bus will be departed at 8.30 am in Puduraya, where will I stay for the night before the trip? I won’t put myself in a rush and frustrate myself to take the earliest bus from Melaka all the way to Pudu and then to Perak. No no no…

So, I put status on my Facebook asking for a place to stay and no one reply.. =( What to do.. So, since I don’t know their exact location, I started to ask around. Ask Arep, Mao (didn’t reply) and Koyot (didn’t reply on Facebook). I have to thank TC for this coz she managed to call Koyot and asked for me. So there, I got a place to stay. Hehe..

Since this is my first time travel to Bangi, I asked very detail questions about how to go around from Melaka all the way to Bangi. Haha.. I don’t want to get confused coz I really suck at keeping my direction and end up stuck and sleeping at Puduraya instead.. LOL..

Koyot told me to stop whether at Hentian Bas Kajang or UKM KTM Station. I asked my dad about it and he gave me suggestion to go to Pudu and then back to Kajang, which is not to my liking since it’s jumping bus.. I hate jumping from bus to bus which I don’t know why.. However, I got a really nice plan that is to go to Seremban, catch a commuter to UKM.. Sambil2 tu boleh la hang out dgn budak2 Seremban dulu.. Hehe..

24/01/2010

Off I went to Seremban by bus, leaving at 1.30pm.

Kept messaging Seqam about where should I meet him. He kept giving me confusing directions. End up staying at the Terminal 2 waiting for him to pick me up.

Seqam drove me around city of Seremban, although I’ve been there a couple of times, he drove me like I’ve never been there before, showing me places.. HAHA!

Ate at A&W near to Seremban Parade and met Komeng there. We hung out until 5.00pm and then off I went to the KTM Seremban.

My very noob moments started here.. at the KTM..

This was my very first time taking a commuter. So, bear with me. I was really nervous and there were a lot of people.

I reached the counter and mentioned UKM as my destination and since this is my first time, I asked the lady at the counter which train should I hop on.

With a cynical smile, she said, “In your opinion, which train should you take?”

I backed out a bit and then I saw the board. There’s only two trains; destination: RAWANG and SINGAPORE.

=.=

I felt really hopeless and soulless..

The rail and the surrounding really blend together and the composition of colour is really cool. If only I can take better picture of this.

A lot of hot chicks around me but I don’t dare taking any picture.. LOL

Anyway, I arrived in UKM around 6.30pm and Koyot drove me to his house. Besar weh rumah dia.. Hoho.. Jakun first time datang.. His mom served me with karipap..

Contacted Mao and he drove over his dad’s Naza Ria together with Kerol and Ammar. Before masuk kereta, I told the story about my noob moment and they laughed.. they laughed hard.. T_T

Around 9.00pm, out from Koyot’s house and went to Warta (kot) in Bangi. Ate dinner in Rasamas, Koyot’s treat.

Next hang out at the Big Glass, near Koyot’s house, watching FA Cup Stoke vs. Arsenal where Mao gave out an idea to stay at his house since it’s easier to reach Pudu than rushing to take the first commuter at UKM. (I think in Mao’s head he already made his decision to come with us when he offered us a place to stay but keep asking us whether he want to join or not. =.=)

Big weh the glass. No wonder Big Glass. And someone so idiotic (^^) suggesting that the price is just RM2.50 which is actually RM5.00.

Around 12.30am, back to Koyot’s house, took our items and out we went, sending Ammar at Kajang and Kerol at Balakong.

Then, Mao drove me around and we went to Taman Bukit Permai. The view of Kuala Lumpur is just magnificent.. WITH NO FOG!!

 

Ooh.. My butt!

Around 2.30am we arrived at Mao’s house. His family already sleeping and we outside made quite a noise.

Cannot sleep because we shared the bed. I never have a good sleep for about a week anyway so I kept waking up and checked the clock.

25/01/2010

(I know. According to me, the day started at 6.00am; my blog, my rule ^^)

Mao’s little brother woke us up at 6.30am and we took a bath and had bakso for breakfast!

Koyot and I didn’t dare to take the spicy stuff since both of us has stomach ache that morning.

Mao’s dad took us to STAR LRT Station and we went straight to Plaza Rakyat. Met Syepah there. Walked to Puduraya.

Met with the others and hung out while waiting for the bus.

8.30am-ish – Yahoo! Started our journey to Perak. There’s only us in the bus, slept most of the time.

Nearly 11.30pm, we arrived at Medan Gopeng, Perak. I saw a crocodile in the drain but I was the only one that saw it, so I can’t share the fun with anyone. =(

Shahul from Penang already waiting for us there and 10 minutes later, the agents of the rafting group arrived. Introduced themselves as Amy, Sherry (I think so and he’s a guy) and Pakcik TC which I also forgot his name.

They drove us straight to the caving site, for cave exploration. Gua Kandu is the name of the cave.

 

 

 Cilaka sibat kata aku macam Teletubbies –.-‘’

After we were soaked with our own sweat, next activity: WHITEWATER RAFTING YO!!

Before we did just that, we stopped for a while at Rumah Rehat Adeline, for girls to change into more proper attire, not the i-want-to-go-shopping-complex-kinda-attire-with-crocs-summore if yu know what I mean. LOL

 

We were given a crash course on how to survive in the raft (not exactly a raft, more like a boat). How to handle the paddle and all, how to wear the safety vest properly, what we should and shouldn’t do in the boat. We were so excited! Haha!

 See Wani behind Kim? She wore the vest but realize that the vest is too big for her. LOL. She got to wear the ‘budak kecik’ size.

 Yeah.. Listening to the instructors.

Yeah.. Enough said.. Picture time.. Go ahead and indulge. And get jealous!

(More pictures are in Wani’s, Kim’s, TC’s, Amy’s and my Facebook)

We enjoyed to the max. Period. We were rafting around 13km along Sg. Kampar and the adventure ended after 2 hours of forward paddle, back-paddling, hold on to the Oh Shit (OS) line, boom-boom, shake the boat and intentionally capsized the boat. Oh.. and saving Yana’s CROCS.

Sampai je to our destination, we were out from the bloody cold water and terus makan! But that time, I don’t have the urge to makan banyak. I’ve lost my appetite and only managed to eat a little of the fried noodle. We ate at the gazebo and waited for our accommodation. I forgot what happened at that time coz my mind was on something else.

 Our place to stay. Girls got their own place. Looks like a big chicken coop. LOL

So that night, ada sorang pakcik ni offer us all to join them for dinner. Kampung-style! Woo! It’s been too long since I’ve ever tasted masakan kampung.

8.30pm – We rode the two cars and headed to the pakcik’s house. (Sorry la, on that day, semua nama orang I lupak. Hehe..)

The food are all ready. They’re only waiting for us to eat.. Ada macam2 weh.. Ikan bakar, sambal petai dengan ikan bilis, labu masak lemak kuning, tempoyak ikan bilis, ulam-ulaman, ikan masak kicap, asam pedas, and for our dessert, bubur pulut hitam. Slurrp.. Come on.. indulge.. :)

 

After eating, there’s nothing else worth mentioning here.. I didn’t get much sleep, I woke up and then hung out with the instructor, played ping-pong with them and back to the room at 4.00am, still kenot sleep, just staring blankly at the ceiling. LOL.. So yeah, moved on to the next day..

26/01/2010

I got out from the room around 8.00am, just walking around the chalet area, enjoying the cool breeze and then lepak again with the instructors.. He mentioned that we’ll be going to the waterfall around 10.00am.

I just jalan2 bodoh je until around 9.00am, before Kim ajak me to join her play ping-pong.

10.00am-ish.. Off we go to the waterfall. It’s Ulu Geruntum waterfall. The view was just magnificent.

  Ada macam 90210 punya DVD cover tak? ^_^

The current is really strong.. At the place where the guys were there, it felt like a thousand bricks falling on you. But it’s really cold and fun, so we don’t mind all that. Hehehe..

They went for breakfast, supplied by the pakcik yg offered us dinner yesterday. I only have drinks. Again, coz I really don’t feel like eating.

We moved out from there around 1.30pm, went back to our chalet, picked our things and the whitewater rafting adventure was officially done!

We arrived at Medan Gopeng around 2.15pm and straight bought the ticket back to Kuala Lumpur and the bus will depart at 2.30pm. We rushed to the bus and off we went back to KL.

 Kalau like this also sejuk lagi, I don’t know what to say dah.. Hehe..

Around 6 we arrived at the station, grabbed our light dinner before we all went our own direction; Syepah and Wani to Gombak, me to Melaka etc. (I forgot how the rest got home. LOL)

Catching bus to Melaka at 7.00pm, slept almost the whole journey and feel a bit gloomy coz the adventure is finally ended.

But I really have fun with you guys, hope we can organize something like this again. Although my leg macam ini, I still want to enjoy like you guys. LOL..

Thank you to TC and the rest for the lovely pictures and also for lovely companions.

“An adventure full of joy, laughter, pain and a lot of experiences gained.”

=)

Vacation.

My first vacation of the year sadly to say.

I’ll be offline and not online as much as I did.

Won’t be updating till Tuesday.

Cheerio~

You guys too have fun, aight’?

=)

*Up we go packing my bag and everything.. Weehuu*

Aurora

I’m so wish that I am in the Arctic region right now.

The new sunspot area on the sun is facing the Earth  and it’s crackling with solar flare.

The solar flare cause a change in solar wind stream and it hits the magnetic field of the earth, sparking auroras around the Arctic Circle.

The solar flare incident *gasp*

Since the sunspot just turning towards the earth, more auroras can be seen in this month onwards.

You can search about the aurora in wikipedia etc.

So, a reminder to all sky watchers who are in the Arctic now, snap more photos please.

Me begging you so that I can enjoy the beauty too.

I wanted to be an astronomer before. I dreamt about being an astronomer; watching beautiful stars, observing the beauty of our planet and others etc. Well, looks like we cannot always follow our dreams because most of us have his or her path chosen for you.

 

(Too nerdy for your liking? Buzz off, please..me want no violence in this blog thank you)

=)

Courtesy of: Space Weather

Piece of memories..

I spanked.

They gasped in shock.

He tried to ask me what am I doing.

I ignored him.

Continue watching flamingoes and other animals.

Went back to our origin.

 

Moral of the story: Don’t simply spank people in public. They have eyes.

LOL

Forgive me of my ignorance.

Biggest Moment Part 3: The Finale

Previously on Biggest Moment..

**Zweeaaaaaa** (Sound effect from Heroes)

While he was explaining the procedure, the attendant was busy preparing the syringe.. I asked what is that.. then he said, “Morphine..” while grinning at me..

Biggest Moment continue….

Meanwhile, Azfar asked the doctor how long do I have to stay in the hospital because the teaching weeks are not over yet. And to his shock, the doctor said 2 weeks.

I mumbled quite loudly to myself about how am I going to the class, will I miss a lot, I got lot of assignments to do.. Azfar dah risau.. Wakaka.. He asked to release me as soon as possible and the doctor said that if nothing happens during the treatment, I can be released in 4-5 days.

He injected the syringe and suddenly I felt happy~ and carefree~ and relax~

Hahaha.. I don’t know whether this story is true or not but Fariq told me that Azfar mentioned to him that I asked for a lot of things such as laptop, clean clothes, hand phone, toiletries etc. but as I was list all the things I needed, I mumbled all the way and suddenly passed out.. LOL.. Maybe the morphine is too strong for me to handle.. ;) and as a good Malaysian citizen,

“Say NO to drugs..”

I passed out for quite some time..

Mmm.. Let’s see, we arrived at the hospital at 10.00pm, did this and did that, give or take 11.00pm, I woke up again and asked the nurse for the time and it was 1.00am..

The first thing I searched when I regain consciousness is my left leg.. Wuh.. It’s still there and it’s straight again.. But I was shocked to see what the two nurses is doing with me leg.

They were SHAVING IT!! OMG~ tidak pernah kakiku dishave.. T_T

I was struggling with my dizziness and yet I still like bising-bising asking what the hell are  they doing.. The ketua nurse yang kerepot itu told me that they need to shave to put 1kg weight.. The reason: to keep my leg straight. I just nodded and agreed to what she said and relieved that I felt comfortable again.

Then, came Fariq and Chendol with all the stuff I requested. I totally forgot that I asked and asked them to bring them all back, except my personal items such as wallet and hand phone. At this time lah Fariq told me what Azfar has told him. LOL.. It was so funny. But I was too tired maybe because of the drug, and it was late. So they left and before I sleep, I called my dad to break the news to him.

The nurse around kept waking me up every 4 hours, to do check-up on me; i.e. my leg, my blood pressure and my well-being.. i guess..

Hospital Day 1 (Sunday)

I woke up at around 6-7.00am coz my phone was ringing.. Gala called me, asking me what did I want for breakfast coz his mom want to visit. He wanted me to choose mihun goreng or roti canai but I can’t decide so I just said apa-apa lah.

Around 1 hour later, they arrived with tons of stuff. His mom is really generous you know.. 2 bottles of mineral water 1.5L, 3 Chipsmore, paper cup, some snack and for my breakfast, BOTH mihun goreng and roti canai.. THANK YOU GALA and HIS MOM! :D They visit me before they go to the church.. Huhu.. I’m really touched.

The time passed by really damn slow here.. Around me in the orthopedic ward, semua orang tua-tua except one, the bed in front of me, PMR student if I still remembered; his leg broke in three places, forgot what happened. Anyway, because of the environment yang x best and all, I listened to my XpressMusic while taking pictures.. LOL..

  My sight for the whole day everyday.

I messaged Koyot, Mau and others asking them when they are going to visit me. LOL, demanding much.. And on that day, I had to do an x-ray, to make sure that they put my hip back into the socket correctly with no broken or cracked whip.. eh.. hip.. So, I dibawa ke hulu ke hilir with my trusty mobile bed. Hihi.

Waiting for my turn to use the x-ray

Sadly, the ‘X-Ray Girl’ was not there. So I’d been attended by a medic student with his supervisor. The supervisor keep asking where is this part and that part and how to properly take x-ray picture while he kept poking me, giving answer.

I was like the anatomy dummy for a while.. >_<

It’s back inside bebeh! Wuhu! 

No one visited me for the whole day and Azfar kept telling me that he will come and visit me but he got a lot of assignments on that day. But, later that night Mr. Mawi, our CRC advisor, visited me, asking me about my well-being.. Just for a while only but it’s okay.

For the whole day, I did not take any heavy meal. From the tray that was given to me, I only took one suap of rice and chicken.. No vegetables. Coz I can’t go to the toilet and I am too embarrassed to show my private parts to the young nurse.. Mau berak bagaimana woah.. So, I have to cut out the meal. Minum air sahaja..

Hospital Day 2 (Monday)

The next day, Koyot, Afiq, Mau, Syaha, TC, Syepah, Safiq, Sofia, Shinaz, Amer and Alya visited me.

They are looking for my ward and bed

Actually I played for Ground Zero F.C. and only managed to play one game that semester and without jersey summore.. So, they visited me, brought me KFC; which I finished no matter what and gave me jersey.. Here’s the picture, taken from Koyot’s camera.

    I am telling touching story about a man and his hip

Hospital Day 3 (Tuesday)

Since I can’t stand or go to toilet, I don’t take a bath.. At all.. And with me still in rugby shorts, yu get the idea how filthy am I at that moment. Thank you to my housemate; Fariq, Chendol, Sedut and Syabil coz they yg mandikan me that night, and asked for new green hospital clothes. I can’t wear anything else apparently. Zzzz…

The Ending : Hospital Day 4 (Wednesday)

I really want to go home.. I want to have a good shower.. I want to poop really bad.. Tak tahan already.. Imagine what must I go through if I stay until 2 weeks. Isk..Isk..

So, early morning, the boss of the orthopedic surgeon, a nice Indian doctor visited me and asked the nurse for my new x-ray. After he looked at it for a while, he agreed to release me.. I was in bundle of joy.. Hurraah! I can go back now.. I grabbed my phone and called Azfar to tell the great news. He told me that around 10.00am, he will pick me up..

Sadly, he got another problem lol.. He asked Gala to pick me up instead. But in the meantime, they searched for Joe’s crutches for me to borrow. Rupa-rupanya, at 3.00pm baru diorg sampai.. >_<

I got onto the wheelchair and the nurse asked me not to step on the left foot, coz the bone still soft and don’t want to break it. I was really careful not to touch the floor langsung.. But the IV tube was still in my wrist.. Coz she’s new there, she don’t know what to do and due to my ‘macho’ness, I just pulled it out from my wrist.. The tube was about 2 inches inside my hand yo! Saket rupanya.. Got needle lagi..

So the nurse pushed me.. err.. using the wheelchair… err.. with me on the wheelchair of coz.. to Gala’s car.. Chendol was also there to assist me since Gala drove Land Rover that day.. =.=’’

And from there, I lived as a disabled person, using the crutches for 3 months.. and since I got MC for 2 weeks.. I skipped the 2-week classes, which pissed Azfar off.. LOL.. Penat dia risau aku tak pegi kelas, dah kluar hospital tak pegi jugak..  :D

After I got back to my room in CV, I quickly surfed the internet about my injuries. To my shock, I found this on the website:

“Patients with posterior hip dislocation should meet his/her treatments within 6 hours to prevent nerve damage around the hip mainly the sciatic nerve”

I was in the hospital 5 hours after the incident occurred.

Luck? Perhaps.

My leg still not getting better though. In fact, it’s getting worse.

Well, gloomy aside, I still have my leg intact.