Mini Reunion

A mini reunion for the batch 1999 of SK Sri Langat was held at Sate R & K restaurant. The attendees were me, my sister Husna, Aizat Pardi, Akmal Zamri, Uzair, Syafiq Ibrahim, Arbaiyah, Syahidah Hussein and Afiqah. We gathered at around 11.00 a.m and the menu for that day was beef and chicken satays.

The aim of the reunion was to gathert as much as former students especially batch 1999 of SK Sri Langat. I hope those who were studying abroad will read this post and cry for being unable to join us that day. Pity you!

But, unfortunately I cannot post you the pictures as the pictures taken were accidentally deleted before I managed to download it to my PC. Sorry guys. :(

Fret not; there will be another gathering soon as Akma will return from Egypt for holiday. I hope many will have oppurtunity to attend this gathering. The best part is, her family owns the famous Selera 7 restaurant in Banting. Maybe we can arrange something there (read: free meals!). See you in the next post!

Back to Nature

Last Friday, I manage to ask for my mom to include me in the 2 days 1 night Motivational Camp for the Prefects of SMK Sultan Abdul Samad (where my mom is one of the guru penasihat) at Warisan Ulu Bernam Heritage (2-in-1 name, I guess) camp in Ulu Bernam, Selangor. Don’t get me wrong, I did not take part in any of the teambuilding programs or being facilitator for the program. I just want to enjoy the beauty of lush green tropical forest here in Malaysia. Being free of charge, this camp should not be missed.

The compound of the camp

The journey took around 4 hours including one stop at Rawang RSA, thanks to the clueless bus driver who had taken wrong way and bring us around KL before we manage to get into PLUS expressway and took Tg. Malim exit to the camp.

The camp is located about 2 kilometers from the KL-Ipoh trunk road and all the students were taken to the camp by lorry. Once we arrived there, the participants were given the usual boring briefing before they were taken to their dorms. The teachers were given 2 chalets, for the male and female teachers respectively. After lunch, at about 2.00 p.m, we started our first activity, jungle trekking. Distance wise, it is quite short compared to the previous trekking I had done before, but the best part was there were many river crossings along the way, making it different from other trips that I had been to. There were river crossings using bamboo and tree root. Crossing the heavy river stream using tree root were the most challenging for me.

Taking a break during jungle trekking

Thanks to the jungle trekking, 4 leeches were fed with my blood till they are full. I did not notice the leeches until one of the students notify me as he saw blood oozing out from my back and stained my shirt. When I checked thoroughly, I found another 3 leech bites at my right foot. While the students were enjoying their dinner at 6.00 p.m after the trekking, I dip myself in the cold Ulu Bernam river stream to wash myself and my shirt from the blood stains. The night was filled with boring motivational talk by the school’s counselor which I did not join.

On the next day, after breakfast the students participated in the team building activities while I dip myself again in the river. Then, the most interesting activities caught my attention. The students were participated in the activity called ‘tubing’. I did not miss this chance and had opportunity tubing along the Ulu Bernam River with the teachers and the students.

The tubing instructor showed how it should be done...

We left the camp at about 2.00 p.m and arrived in Banting at around 6.00 p.m. Although the camp was not so exciting due to time constraint, it helps me to fill my boring semester break. But the camp can be an attractive tourist spot for those who love nature and the adventure in the jungle.

Semester Break Update

It’s been a while since I update my post in this blog. For those who don’t know, the absence of internet connection at home is the root cause of my long silence here. So, I’ll try to compile what is happening during the semester break and I hope with the presence of my dad’s new digital camera (it’s a Panasonic Lumix LS80 8.1Mpx though) will help me to spice up the content of this blog with pictures to give you more information about the post. It’ll not be lame text-only posts from now on. :)

What can I say about my semester break at home? Believe me, it is damn boring. No friends to hang out with; either they are doing part time job, working (Aizat’s job is repairing airplane, mind you) or they have been far away abroad. My neighbourhood is more like a zone of alienation for me. Only school kids are there, going to and coming back from school. As for me, fetching my sisters from school is my daily job now. It has John Statham’s feel from The Transporters movie. Ok, ok, I know that a little bit exaggerating. To put it in one word, boring (pronounce it like Homer from The Simpsons).

Ouch, it hurts!

Maybe that will come out if my dad’s Kembara can speak. For those who don’t know, my dad’s Kembara now is about one month old and last week it had been hit by a motorcycle when he was on his way to fetch my mom who is working as a teacher at SMK Sultan Abdul Samad. It’s quite frustrating for my dad to see the deep dent at the left rear door caused by the impact made by the motorcycle. To add to the frustration, the motorcyclist did not want to admit his fault and when the accident was reported to the police, my dad was fined for hitting the motorcycle. How ridiculous is that? Lesson learnt: be defensive on the road. You would not involve in accident by hitting people, but you may get involved in accident when other careless road user hits you.

So, I wish my dad good luck in working on the procedure to get insurance claim for the accident.

The dent

Fuel Price Hike

As we all know, the price of fuel in Malaysia is increased for 7th time I think (correct me if I’m wrong). For petrol, the price has gone up to RM 2.70/liter and for diesel, RM 2.58/liter. Typical Malaysians style, they would flock the petrol stations available throughout the country (that includes me!) during the night where the announcement of price hikes was made. Me and my dad, driving a Kembara and a Kancil respectively to a Petronas Service Station at Bukit Changgang (that is about 20 kilometers from Banting) to fill up the tanks with the old price of RM 1.92/liter. As expected, this service station was also congested with road users despite its remote location. But the congestion was not as bad as the petrol stations in Banting. After all, we live with the new rates now, and that really affect the budget for fuel now. Maybe to fill up the tank of a Proton Waja now will rise up to RM 130 compared to RM 110 before. As for motorcycle, RM 10 now is not enough to fill up the tank, and that’s really hurts.

Most of the people blamed Petronas for the price hikes. Without any intention to defend Petronas in any way (I’m sponsored by Petronas for my study in UTP), Petronas is not responsible for subsidizing the fuel in Malaysia. The Government of Malaysia is the one who decide on the fuel subsidy for the Malaysians. Petronas has never failed to pay the income tax from its operation in oil and gas. Mind you that Government of Malaysia as the biggest share holder in Petronas. Thus, apart from receiving revenue in the form of income tax, the Malaysian Government is also receiving revenue in the form of profit as a share holder in Petronas every year. I’m not good in business study but generally, this is the basic operation of company with share holders. So, the power of making decisions will fall to the one who holds the most shares in the company and in this case, the Malaysian Government. I’m not trying to be political in this matter, my point is, if you want to blame someone for the price hike, don’t blame Tan Sri Hassan Merican and his team of management in Petronas. If Petronas is gaining profits from this, I will surely fight for monthly allowance increase from Petronas due to fuel price hike. :)


Mini Reunion

To alleviate boredom during the semester break, I call all my childhood friends (sape2 yg skola kat SK Sri Langat dulu) to come back to your hometown as we will have a mini reunion this weekend. The reunion will take place in Satay R & K restaurant, located in the shop lots in front of the Kuala Langat IPD a.k.a Balai Polis Banting site which is under reconstruction now, on this Sunday, 10.30 a.m. For further information, you may call me at 0176973959, Afiqah at 0176160314 and Arbaiyah at 0129241742. I really urge you to come and make this event enjoyable and meaningful.

Cuti yg boring

Exam da lame abeh. Ade la dlm 3 minggu aku da cuti tp xdpt nk update blog sgt pasal kat umah aku xde net.. Lgsg terputus hubungan dengan peradaban dunie~ Huhuhu~ Exam aritu ok la kot. Harap2 la ok, aku da la cuak gler sbenanye nih. Just dok kat umah diam2 ler jwbnye~ Xpe2, aku tgh kumpol material. Nnt aku update ok. Kpade mereke yg tgh bercuti, selamat bercuti. Njoy ur holiday. Tunggu~