Broga with Charlieans buddies

Went to Broga for a farewell to Yumin coz she was leaving to UK on Wednesday.

Finally we had our Broga trek. Sorry for keep canceling it. =P We had the plan like few weeks ago. But too hard to find a mutual time where all of us are free. So until the last minute, the day before Yumin's departure, we decided to just go for it no matter how many people can make it. =)

We met at the Mines at 6.15am. Reached Broga at 6.30am. Started to trek at about 6.40am. By that time the sky was already brighter.

Broga is very famous for its scenery. When we reached the first peak, the peak was so packed with people you would think there's no more space for you to stand.




That's the first peak taken from second peak. Can you see the first peak was so freaking full of people?!

Some brought their kids (around 3-4 years old) who climbed with both hands and legs.


Some even brought their dogs to trek along.

So what is Broga so famous about?

Let the photos tell you the answer.


Dawn breaking


Lonely tree on the green slope. Look like one of those scenes in disney animations. And the sentence should start with "Once a upon a time..." and the scene moves towards the tree and beyond it. lol.... Think too much already.


The peak of neighbour hill peeking from the layers of mist


The sun appeared


The dominant plantation of the hill - lalang


A piece of cloud flew off the layer


We were in heaven looking down the Earth


Layers of mountains


Now you know why Broga is so crowded every weekend. Lots of photographers go there to take photos of the scenery.


Here's some photos of us:


I was astonished by the the sunrise


Me and Yumin


Me, Yumin and Elaine


Me, Yumin, Elaine and Adam


Me, Yumin, Adam, Elaine's bro and Elaine's bf (at the back).


Everyone. Taken by Kian Yong whom I bumped into at Broga second peak. lol.. So ngam one.


I took a picture with Kian Yong too. So ngam of course have to take a picture la.. lol. The background look so nice. As if I'm at KK. =P


And my favourite thing to do when I reached the peak the end point - relax and enjoy the serenity. =)

Had great time with the Charlieans. With lesser and lesser Charlieans left in Malaysia I think the fun will be lesser already. Miss the time when we were loud and crazy. I sound like an old lady. hehe..


(Photos courtesy of Elaine and Kian Yong)

Raya shopping spree!

Today's Raya!

I woke up extremely early this morning. Already used to waking up at 7.30am. The stomach started to kacau even when I wanted to sleep back.

So started my day with some horlicks, my medicine and The Sims 3.

Played until my head started to spin and the medicine started to take effects that I had to lie down and let the world spun around me. Waited for Audrey to come home to go jalan-jalan at Ikano.

It was out of our expectations coz the parking lot was full early in the morning, around 10+am! There were quite some crowd there already. But after lunch time it get even more crowdy with lots of Malay guys wearing their traditional Malay costume. That's a very rare scene lo, seeing all Malay guys with their traditional Malay costume walking in shopping malls.

So long never shop already suddenly my purse was very itchy. lol..

Took some photos in Padini Concept Store.



I bought this pink pants at RM44.50.

The specs look nice on me right? Right?! ^^ Looks like Korean. =P The frame was made of wood. Special right? Wanted to buy the specs but I was too rational to buy it. Coz it was freaking expensive! RM59 le.. As an accessory it's considered expensive lo..

After that went to watch The Perfect Getaway with bro and his bestie, Gary, at Pyramid. Before meeting bro, I shopped around for a while and bought this cute piece of dress. =)


Cute right? ^^ Have to find some chance to wear this out already. hehehe...

(Note: Sometimes I just think my short hair doesn't suit dresses.. look so boyish.. hmm..)


Today dunno why I felt like giving happiness to everyone. So, I wished every Malay cashier "Selamat Hari Raya" when I paid the bills. Their responses were surprised at first and then happily thanked me. =)

And today dunno why I felt very cheerful. When I wanted people to give way, I cheerfully said "Excuse me! Thanks!" with a very cheerful tone. I guess despite my masked face they still can see my cheerful expression from my eyes coz I saw their faces lit up when they smiled at me when they gave way.

And I guess maybe I was in such a cheerful mood, the cashier at the Jusco greeted me "gong xi fatt chai" when I paid them the bills. lol.. I'm giving away so much happiness I felt like a Santa Claus today. =P

Happi happi!

Had been coughing since last Thursday. Had too many toast for the diarrhea I had last week I guess.

Went to see doctor this Thursday before work. Doctor was "surprised" why I didn't see doctor as I've been coughing a week ago. Had no fever, no water in lungs but doctor gave me antibiotics also, dunno why. The cough syrup she gave was the black colour one. I had it for a day but didn't feel the difference at all. I still cough after taking that syrup.

So, Friday after work, I went to see the doctor again. The first thing she said was "let me write a letter to hospital and let you see doctor there". I think she wasn't saying that for real, she just want to threaten me but she really did scared me a little. Coz I duwan to go hospital lo, first I have to pay for the checkup, second I might develop H1N1 from there. I asked for a stronger cough syrup this time. Luckily she prescribed me a better one. Now I feel better after taking the syrup. And she gave me two types of medicine for throat itchiness. One for morning and one for night time which will cause drowsiness.

Before I left the room, the doctor smiled mischeviously and said to me "see you then". I was thinking I don't want to see you again lo.. lol.. And she continued "If you come again to see me I'll really write a letter to the hospital, having coughs for more than a week is very unusual, you better have a proper check up in hospital if you still cannot recover."

I recalled what my boss said to me today. "So you have a long holiday to rest for recovering from the sickness".

So... Happy holiday. Yea right.. Sigh..


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David Tao finally releases new song lately! After for so long. =)



Nice song. Sounds like English pop love song lo.

This is the description of this song:

「暗戀」不僅是陶喆自編、自導、自演的同名電影主題曲，
更是專輯裡「身價」最高的1首歌曲，
因為陶喆為了製作3個不同感覺的電影配樂版本，
所花的相關費用加總後確定飆過百萬！
陶喆在恩師兼名製作人王治平的推薦下，
找來英美樂壇的知名樂手Paul Bushnell來負責這首英式抒情搖滾歌曲的貝斯彈奏。
陶喆表示，暗戀的經驗人人都有，
這首歌曲的靈感也來自他的親身經歷，
他希望唱出可以默默喜歡一個人、
卻不一定要擁有他的堅定態度，
並且說：「我想讓大家明白：即使是一段沒有結局的愛情，但這段情感仍是充滿著力量的！ 」

It means:
This song is not only the theme song of a movie self-written, directed and acted by David Tao but also the greatest hit in his latest album... (2 sentences dunno how to translate, skip these sentences.. hehe)... Under the recommendation from a well known producer 王治平, David got to invite Paul Bushnell to play the base for this song. David says everyone has experienced liking someone secretly (dunno how to say 'an lian' in English.. lol), he get the inspiration for this song from his own experience. He hopes to describe the feeling of liking someone secretly despite the necessary of being with him/her. He wants to tell everyone that even though this love does not give an ending, but it gives relatively strong feelings and energy.
(hehe.. very bad in translation. My English had been getting worse due to lack of blogging and reading novels. lol)

Ooo... No wonder it sounds like English love song la. The music was played by Paul Bushnell, a well known composer.

Nuang. Checked.

I conquered Nuang yesterday!

Enjoyed the trek very much because the last part of the trekking trail after Puncak Pengasih is very challenging, some parts have to use hands to climb up the roots. I like! But I dun like the very demoralising trail before Kem Lolo. It looks like a highway to me. You know driving on a highway can be very demoralising and boring right? Imagine walking on that highway for more than 1 hour.. Deflated...

Reached the peak in 5 hours and 25 mins. Used another 5 hours to go down.


The entrance


Starting part of the highway. The plantations already look very different. Those are pine trees I think.

We did not many river crossing there. 2 or 3 I dun remember already. The rivers in Nuang is just so-so. Nothing special to talk about. But according to CK the water is safe to be consumed.

Taking a rest near Kem Pacat


I always caught eating when trekking. lol

It's just normal trekking after Kem Pacat to Puncak Pengasih with a bit of mud





Me have nice pose here =P

Taken from a tree with a hole at the tree trunk. =P

Yesterday the weather at Nuang was very good. Puncak Pengasih is very cooling. Feel like Genting. From time to time we saw a group of mist flying towards us with a gust of wind.

This reminds me of Gunung Irau. Actually from Puncak Pengasih onwards until the peak, it looks exactly like Irau already. Except that Irau is more mossy. The trees and rocks in Irau has more green moss than Nuang.

Yea Irau is more mossy indeed (click for larger view)


I dunno what this signboard is talking about coz it's too old and half of the planks were torn off. I guess it says this is the trail to the summit? So in order to ensure our friends know which way to go, CK put a note at Pengasih.



It actually took us more than 30 mins to the peak coz we rested a lot! =P

When I reached there CK they all had already reached the peak. I reached slightly later.


We were greeted by a very fat squirrel. It's the fattest squirrel I've ever seen. Maybe it's due to the weather or the leftover food by trekkers, or maybe both? =P



Took a group photo at the peak

Actually you can see Genting from Nuang peak. But yesterday was too misty. Genting was covered in mist. Yea. The misty part is Genting. lol...

After scenery viewing I continued my sleep coz woke up too early yesterday. I woke up at 5am =(

CK also sleeping. heheh..


The rest chit-chatting

After a while, we were surprised by an uncle who looks like he's in his 50s landing his feet at the peak with a wave of hand and friendly greetings. Hikers are friendly I must admit. Erhem. I'm a hiker too. Kaka.. We tend to greet each other, ask one another about the trek and give each other encouragements.

The ladies one in her 30s and one in 40s are also very sporting.

They reach the peak in 3 hours plus!! o.O It was fast! They look very professional and experienced though. Actually I hope to be like them in 20 years time. lol..

Going down the mountain is tiring also. Luckily we had a fun dip in the ice cold tiny and shallow pool near Kem Lolo (I think it's Kem Lolo if not mistaken, I think it's not Kem Pacat). At least the water soothed our sore feet and gave a boost to our mental.

The guys splashing each other


The girls getting ready to get into the pool

After lots of splashings and waterfall back-massaging and some photo sessions (photos playing water is yet to be collected) we continued our trek. Here it is folks! The photos of water-splashings.. lol..


Group photos in the pool


The girls (one guy buat kacau at the back) but the guys were splashing water. Couldn't open my eyes when taking this photo


Girls photo with no water splashing

We, the girls, revenged kau kau to the guys. kekeke..


Okla.. Let you take one nice photo la.



After that started to splash like there's no tomorrow. lol..



After the waterfall, when we started to trek back, that's the part where my feet start to feel even more painful. The Kampung Adidas cut my ankle! Damn painful one. And putting two layers of plasters still cannot prevent the shoe from scraping my ankle. I had to limp until the exit throughout the 2 hours trek. =( That was where I feel the 'highway' was really long and deadly. Summore the scenery beside the highway looked all the same to me. Boring... Me and Angie were the last coz both of us wore Kampung Adidas. lol.. She even wore it without socks! Salute her lah... (Note for myself to next Nuang trek if there's any: wear two layers of socks)

When we saw the exit I almost cried out of joy. When we walked out I found that the very pro uncles and the ladies were already washing their shoes and chilling at their van. Goodness gracious! They are really fast! @.@ We went for a shower at the public toilet and off to our dinner at a Malay Kampung near Gabai.

The restaurant was well-known for its ikan bakar. When we reached there the restaurant was already full house coz it was 7.30pm, baru buka puasa. Sorry folks... if we walked faster and shower faster maybe we can reach the restaurant before buka puasa. We waited until around 9pm only started to have our dinner. So cham.

Despite the slow service, insufficient cups and jugs, the restaurant is actually quite special la. The seatings are in a small hut on a lake. There are bridges connecting to the hut for people to walk from the land to the hut. The idea was cool but their desk was very old and dirty, some huts have no light... the customers have to use torchlights to have their meals =.='' And they place the tap water above the lake beside the bridge. So when you wash your hands the dirty water run down the lake. And when cleaning up the tables, the crews just throw all the remaining drinks into the lake. Some kids who were eating there throw fish bones into the lake wishing to feed the fish.. Eeww. I can imagine how dirty the lake is. Anyway, the idea of lake hut is still very romantic if it's designed and maintained properly.

No pictures taken at the restaurants coz everyone was tired already. =P

Reached home at 11pm and K.O. right after shower. Woke up with a very sore leg this morning. I believe this pain will follow me for another 2 days especially walking down the stairs. But hey! I've been to Nuang already! =) I have no regrets pal, no regrets.