Hiking Up Bkt Bendera

Bkt Bendera has long been overdue.

We went to Bkt Bendera last Sunday to stretch our legs and take in some clean air. Instead of taking the cable car up like other pansys do, we opted to hike up instead.

It was a 3 hour hike with 1 and a half hours mountain trail and the other half hell... i mean paved roads.

Mountain Trail.

We left campus at 0600 wanting to beat the traffic and the scorching sun rays. Everyone was psyched up and ready to go. The only thing left was breakfast.

Breakfast was a let down, it wasn't tasty nor even up to par. But then again, we were at Tanjung Bungah. A place i reckon to be the beginning of the tourist area.

We began our journey at 0830 from the foot of the hill, trekking up what seems to me to be spectacularly easy. This was nthg when compared to Bkt Tabor. It was tiring nonetheless.

We started off with ten, only one came out alive..... Sry, lame attempt.

The guys : Kit hock, me, Cj, Clement, Teikz, Wei bing,( Soon young mia)
Girls : Catherine, Siew Cheng, Yie Sue

5 minutes in and everyone was still psyched and started to camwhore.

Piece of cake.

15 mins in and we were still going strong.

Easy as 1, 2,3.

The trail was picking up after 45 mins and the strain on the legs was beginning to make their presence known to some of us. Nonetheless with that crazy fit ass Soon Young at the front, we just had to keep going to catch up.

Are we there yet?

I brought up the rear to prevent any slackers. And obviously to allow myself to slack off sometimes too. It's the prerogative.

An hour in and the photos began to stop coming in. The camera bearer was well, busy with other things. ;)

After an hour and a half of relatively uneventful trek, we finally reached the rest house that marks the beginning of the paved roads where we began our trail of hell. We took a pit stop at the rest house, eating some breads and drinking mountain water for free. But a donation is very much appreciated. =)'

Please get me off!!!!

We refilled our empty bottles and gave our muscles much needed rest to prepare for the trek

Lousy.

that would eventually win me four (4) teh-o-ais limau. To you losers, i'm still waiting for it!

Since kit hock told us with so much confidence that the naked uncle working there definitely wanted some money or *ahem* token of appreciation. We began scavenging for money. After finally finding 50 cents or so, i rather smartly threw it into an empty canister which i took to be the donation box.

It was not.

Now, picture this. You're in the middle of nowhere with a naked uncle sitting on a bench nearby and you just did smth stupid. What do you do?

Rrrrrrrrrrr !!!!

3 words registered in my head and it all sounded like RUN! RUN! RUN!

You could see the uncle with his hands in the... tea pot -.- collecting the 50 cents.

Look what i found! 50 cents!!!!!!

The road up was not be to taken lightly. It measured a 30 degrees ascend. It looked more like 45 to us.

It reads 30. My balls were swinging at 45.

There were a total of 4 pictures taken whilst conquering this 1 and a half hour ascend. It was tiring. So much so that once again i have to state, i won 4 teh-o-ais limau on it.

Does it look like 30? Look at them dying. ;)

The first thing i saw on reaching the top was an Indian temple. How potong stim that was. Damn you indians!! The next was a sign leading towards a surau. Damn you chinese, stop thinking about making money and start building some temples where you dont need em!

The seven guys.

There was actually nothing much to explore at the top.

Get your hands off my canon!

Except my humongus canon.

It was windy, yes, but the scorching sun rays all but negates the cooling effect.

I don't know what's up with the V. Does it make you look better? *vomits*


The guys. Again.

We decided to grab a drink and rest. The only thing i found worthy of the hike up was the orange juice that's 70% sugar water at the end of it.

Got juice?

No, it was the view. The view of the whole city of the Penang plus the bridge. Hazy and definitely no what i'll call beautiful but i have to find smth worthy!!

2 jackasses looking the Haze.

Some wanted to take the cable car down but thats way out of the way. We would be on the other side of the hill with our cars on the other.

I cried because....

...I was in the mind that we descend the way we ascend. We walk! We gotta balance up the muscle usage people!

I'm wasnt scratching my humungus canon! Honest!

So after a concensus and reasoning that we would end up too far from our cars if we took the cable, we began our descend.

Somehow, the descend always feels faster. It always does!

By forming trains and marching bands, we were at the botanical gardens in no time!

They say it makes it easier to descend. I say bollocks!

They make me wonder why i have friends like these! Hahahaha

4 of us guys, Soon Young, Clement, Teikz and myself took our time enjoying the hydrotherapy of the man made waterfall while the other 6 used the toilet without showers.

Boy was that waterfall relaxing. Our muscles dont ache one bit and it didnt feel like we just made a 6 hour trek up and down Bkt Bendera.

It's was around 4 when we left the waterfalls. We took our delayed lunch and headed back to campus for a good sleep at night.

Let's race!

Michael Schumacher will be rubbing shoulders with Lewis Hamilton on the grids for the European Grand prix in 3 weeks time.

7 Times world champion? You're my hero man.

He will be replacing Massa for as long as he's still unfit for racing.

That's gonna be a race to look forward to.

and..

The Taking Of Pelham 123,

Awesome show. Good acting by Denzel washington and crazy antics by Travolta. Not to be missed!!

USM CLOSED

USM is officially closed for A week.

And the Pengarah Kampus got caught lying by saying there isn't any cases of H1N1.

We had 8 and 20 suspected.

You're burned.

Swine plz stay away!

There has been sufficient rumours spreading about the spread of AH1N1 (Swine Flu) cases around campus.

There is apparently 10 suspected cases and hostels are performing health checks on students. Although my hostel hasnt conducted any yet eventhough Lembaran has done it yesterday.

It's believe that UUM has already been closed and the most recent was the closure of UNIMAP. Our Pharmacy faculty has also been closed for a week hence those losers will have to forego their mid-sem break.

Will USM Engineering campus be next?

Will we all turn into pigs?

Oink! Oink!

I dont wanna miss my mid-sem break! Damn it! I've already bought my...... eh, i didnt buy any bus tickets. But i digress, that's not the point! I just dont want to miss my mid-sem break just because some idiot has a runny nose and is hot headed.

It's just a flu by the way to all you wankers our there who are fretting. Just get a jab and you're almost immune to it.

But then again, the thought of some turning into pigs they already are is rather enticing indeed. Maybe we might witness some efficiency around this place.

God bless the swine!

I need a bad day.

Fridays are good days. Minimal hours of lecture in which those you can just sleep in anyway. Friday prayers makes the area even dead-er and more quiet thus making it ideal to fall asleep.

It's just as though the whole campus sleeps with you.

Until you reach for your bed to find it seared. Lying down anyway felt extremely comforting for a couple of minutes. Then the legs get burnt and you start sweating.

You ignore the salt building up on the pores of your skin and continue forcing your mind into slumber.

and here comes the B*tch and the F*ck and the whole motherload of words you kept for emergencies like this.

Once again, i've come to a conclusion that i'll never get any afternoon sleep unless dark clouds swarm over my campus turning my good day into a bad one.

Happy Birthday Nash ganesan Arunachalam.

May you have a good day.

=)

and
A Good Year.

-Weed out-

After 10 years

Tune in Here for a great love story.


Not exactly made up as it's in the News.

Now..

Cupid,

where's mine?

Stupid-er & ignorant-er

I really despise stupid and ignorant lecturers. If the amount of really can express my feelings, you'll be looking at one whole page of really before the word despise shows up.

There's one who told us to write a one page discussion of the extent of application of English Common Law as applied in Malaysia. With the word application already in front, is there a need for the applied behind? Redundant..

And her one page requires examples and she had to say more examples = more marks. Now everyone's gonna jam their assignment with examples making one page more like ten. I'll just submit my miserable 3.

IT'S NO LONGER ONE PAGE!!!!!!

There's another humpty dumpty and what makes it worse is that it's a black humpty dumpty. If he fell and broke at night, the king's horses and men wont fail to put him back. They wont even be able to find him!

and that Eggshell has a profound problem with people talking. Even a little. I'm guessing that he's those who sat at the front row alone, directly in front of the teacher's table purring everytime they look at him.

With no one willing to talk to him, he speaks to himself..... telephatically.

But then again, if those stupid ignorant people are lecturing me? Aren't i stupid-er and ignorant-er than them?

DAMN!

Of Grey Geese and Moets

You spin my head right round right round and i hate you for that. I have totally gone awry last night and i deem my mission as a total failure.

It's not that i couldn't control but when i'm with my fellow assholes i did not want to control. And there were 8 gathered!! You assholes!

Of moets and grey gooses, horrid things created for man's leisure i will resist the latter to the letter in the future.

I am a teetotalling drunkard and this is my half confession.

We are always able to go crazy when we hang out be it playing football in cemeteries or clubbing on weekends. As though there's smth shepherding us, some charm, some bitch ass voodoo.

It compels us to go all out and have maximum fun, maximum leisure. Maybe it's because we trust each other so much to know that we'll look after one another. It's just too fucking sorry i don't trust myself in a club. Which is why i like to have someone with a cool head to stick by me.

That cool head went hot last night too i wager. You weren't of much use liks! You were s'posed to control me!

I blame the damn voodoo.

Now let's look forward to our next big thing.

You England kuat doh!!

The government has reverted the teaching of Sci & Maths back to BM. A proposal tabled by those who figured that the kebanggaan bahasa is more important compared to the country's development; economics and social.

English in Sci & Maths!

This is i believe, contrary to the wants of the rakyat which the government is so wanting to please. If only this year is an election year, the results would've been.... more far-sighted.

Old and diminishing...eyesight, do you sometimes wonder if we've made the right choice? When the will of people is not respects and conveyed, where does the fault lay? With the people themselves, or the electorate which the people elected?

It's seems to me and many that we are de-progressing and is lead astray with the move.

How saddening; on one hand we are challenged with the KPI to improve and hyprocritically on the other we are suppressed.

Now if you want to play a role, - albeit a very minor one- plz visit Mahathir's blog Here and vote.

My racquet!

Mightily fucked up when you lose something you expected to be there when you get back.

Whichever asshole who stole my badminton racquet, pray u dont meet me or that i do not recognize my racquet if i see it.

I will cry in front of you...

or maybe pay u half to get it back.

Ahh, 5th of july and i'm back in my hellhole. Just cleaned up the cupboards and arranged the stuff accordingly. Back-breaking. Doing RA is way easier.... rite danny? ;)

Got myself the better of the lousy rooms. Tiled floors and it's 3 per room instead of the old 4. Hence, more space, less odour, less heat making BETTER SLEEP!

I am gonna go steal a table of myself and later plan my return to kl next week. Insya Allah!

Oh, i didnt know i was invisible... =)

Broken and shattered.