Save Our Waterfalls 2

Went to "Save Our Waterfalls" campaign yesterday.

Didn't know it was gonna be that grand. Almost 200 people joined. Jabatan Perhutanan Awan, Jabatan Bomba & Penyelamat, Jabatan Pertahanan Awam and an ambulance were standbying at the base when we reached there. Music was blasting. MC was giving speeches. Medias like NTV7, TV3 and Utusan were there.


President (Joe Yap) being interviewed by NTV7

The crowd was big, ranged from kids to old folks. Breakfast, lunch and tea break were served. Free mineral water too.




Stretching the muscles before going for a walk

There were 4 categories to be chosen by the public to involve in:
A - Have to climb around 1 hour plus to the top of the waterfall and start picking rubbish from there down the hill. This category got A1-A4 (if not mistaken)
B - Climb to the middle and start picking around the area. This category also got a few sub-category la. But i dun remember got how many already.
C - Start picking near the base area
D - Sort out the rubbish

At first I wanted to choose A2 coz the organizers say A1 very tough. I scare I cannot make it and bring trouble to the organizers. But Soon insisted wanna join A1. Then I terpaksa la have to choose A1. Turned out A1 was even easier than Saga trek. -_- Luckily I didn't choose A2, later sure regret.

So we trekked up the hill and started picking up rubbish at the top.


Everyone busy picking up rubbish


After picking up rubbish A1 and A2 team took a picture at the top

Then going down have to pass down all the rubbish by human chain. We need a very very long human chain to pass down 3 tonnes of rubbish. Yes. We collected roughly 3 tonnes of rubbish that day.


Bomba also helped passing down the rubbish. =)





Sometimes during the passing down the rubbish process, the rubbish bag would tear and we had to change the rubbish bag. It took a lot of hard work..

And it ended with a group photo after we got the rubbish down at the base and had our lunch and goodies bags.

The group photos of everyone. The participants and organizers.


Photos courtesy of Leo Khang Meng and Asmazi Omar.