I guess you guys wouldn't believe when i said i SURVIVED in the jungle? for 2 nights, yeah, this was serius shizznitz. Haha~~i couldn't believe it too myself. I do love trees, flowers, kg. kemensah but TAMAN NEGARA? oh my~~ this is the OLDEST RAINFOREST JUNGLE for godsakes. I received text message from Adida at 7.58am while i was driving. usually, i would have ignored the morning sms. for just that day, i was stopping for the red light, 2 minutes away from my home. to my surprised, it was from ADIDA. hmm, i smelled smelly fish already. i received 2 misscalled from her last night. when i read the sms it was like OMFG!! they wanted to go TAMAN NEGARA on thursday. Yeah, you read it right. IT WAS THURDAY when we reached there. I took 1 day Medical Chit and 1 day Emergency Leave. I was feeling so bad to leave office like that. so, i went back home. pack my things. my mom was at home. by the time I leave home, she was asleep. that was why i didnt inform her. i drove to fetch hafeesa and made a short stop at the money changer. and straight away to agnes place. we were 4 girls and one mat saleh - Andrei (the green foot ape). I met Andrei again. the first time was a few days back when we had nasi lemak with agnes, mark and joel (agnes guests) in seapark. we stopped at Tesco for lunch and bought something else for camping needs. we started off the journey about 5pm. it took 4 hours or so to reach Taman Negara. i gave a hard look to anyone who's going to sit next to me as i was the driver. as andrei was my co-driver, i told him, please do not sleep while im driving because i tend to open the door and push him out. he was like making wierd face and i pretending that i was so serius about it. he tried so hard not to fall asleep. poor thing. haha.
as soon as we reached there, we straight away to the restaurant for dinner. while waiting for the food, i asked andrei wether he could speak french. he said yes. i showed some word Dom text me many months back and he translated for me. then, i showed another word - merci beaucoup which literally means thank you very much. I just wanted to test him - and guess what, he translated the word something else - very sweet translation until we, all the girls went off screaming. high pitch one. and he was like astonished to our reaction. he said, wait, wait. why are you screaming like that? you really like the guy is it? ahaha he apologised and said yeah merci beaucoup is thank you very much. i really wished that i just could kill him. ever since from that scene, i just said, andrei, i really want to kill you. after dinner, we went to our camping site. just because we arrived late, we had to camp at the kampung side. so, we put up our tent. i really dont know how to do it. this was my very first time camping. what to expect? i even brought my ikea pillow and a blanket. ahaha i know it sounds wierd. i just could help little bit - i feel so bad. took shower and just hang around and talk. and we had fresh free falling mangos (its free). so, agnes & andrei slept in the tent. hafeesa, adida & me just slept under the sky. adida & me, couldnt sleep. so, we just keep talking until mid-morning. suddenly, small drops of water hit me. i really thought it was morning mist. adida said, it's going to rain. i dont believe it. tadaaa it rained. both of us, just pack everything so it wont get wet. just after we shift our things, the rain stopped. muahahaha.
i couldn't get to sleep. im afraid i think. i saw a lot of stars beautifully glued across all over dark blue canvas of the sky. and the half moon was shining bright. it was awesome. suddenly, i saw nothing. it was dark. no more stars & the moon. i passed out. hehe. i think i just shut my eyes for 2 hours. i heard the cluck cluck sounds next to me. i slowly opened my eyes, chickens were just marching in one line outside our tent. i totally freakout. oh, it's already morning. i missed my sunrise :p. i just curious about the chickens. im just afraid that they think that we were their food and start picking our flesh. oh my~~ too much imagination. so, i just sit and watched them. they dont even scared to us. well, 4 people still sleeping. its just me. one of them stop in front of me and gave me a wierd look. (of course, it just a chicken look) ahaha. we had breakfast and get ready for the jungle. i eat the local stuff - kuih cek mek molek made from sweet potato, flour and sugar 
we had to cross the river to get to the park. paid RM1 for the boat crossing. paid another RM2 for the entrance. we started to trek. walking slowly. made a few stops to snap pictures. we paid RM5 for the canopy walk. woo i was walking on 10m high suspension bridge. i was not dare to see below. super crazy. well, i really enjoyed the canopy walk. and i hurt my ankle. and adida said, we need to trekk to lata berkoh taking 4 hours. shoot. how am i going to trekk with hurt ankle. after lunch, we packed our stuffs and head to Lata Berkoh. we took a small boat instead of trekking. it was late afternoon. around 4pm. imagine, if we were supposed to trek to the camping site, walking in dark..wallawey...nevermind, all we did just paid to the boatmen, RM160 per way and the journey saved us 2 hours walking time. i was so tired. i managed to stay awake for the first 20 minutes on the boat. snapped a few pictures. and i heard adida's voice. oh my~~ she was with andrei and hafeesa on the other boat. ohh we were on the river bank full of stones. the boatman said we had to trekk another 10 minutes to the camping base. we went for swimming at the stream. i was very surprised to see the river. the water was very crystal clear yellowish colour. i never seen river like this before. i refused to swim at first but to think back i need to survive one more night there, i slowly sink into the water. hmm not bad. it's cooling though.
we had to cross the river to get to the park. paid RM1 for the boat crossing. paid another RM2 for the entrance. we started to trek. walking slowly. made a few stops to snap pictures. we paid RM5 for the canopy walk. woo i was walking on 10m high suspension bridge. i was not dare to see below. super crazy. well, i really enjoyed the canopy walk. and i hurt my ankle. and adida said, we need to trekk to lata berkoh taking 4 hours. shoot. how am i going to trekk with hurt ankle. after lunch, we packed our stuffs and head to Lata Berkoh. we took a small boat instead of trekking. it was late afternoon. around 4pm. imagine, if we were supposed to trek to the camping site, walking in dark..wallawey...nevermind, all we did just paid to the boatmen, RM160 per way and the journey saved us 2 hours walking time. i was so tired. i managed to stay awake for the first 20 minutes on the boat. snapped a few pictures. and i heard adida's voice. oh my~~ she was with andrei and hafeesa on the other boat. ohh we were on the river bank full of stones. the boatman said we had to trekk another 10 minutes to the camping base. we went for swimming at the stream. i was very surprised to see the river. the water was very crystal clear yellowish colour. i never seen river like this before. i refused to swim at first but to think back i need to survive one more night there, i slowly sink into the water. hmm not bad. it's cooling though.after the swim, we went up to the camp. andrei was setting up for the tent, the mosquito net and the camp fire. the girls were busy cooking for the dinner. adida cooked pasta, sardines and omelette and of course, malaysian all-time favourite, rice. the dinner was nice. after dinner, we just sat around the camp fire and star gazing. hafeesa went to sleep. suddenly, we heard something loud in the jungle nearby. on my mind, i was thinking about big cat/big guy. and i really dont know what was happening but all of us were sitting in the mosquito net. there was 2 minutes silent. i looked at agnes. agnes looked at adida. adida looked at andrei. and Andrei looked so confused. we started to giggles among us. suddenly, andrei say something like this, Girls, girls, relax. why are you running into this net? it cant save you from ANYTHING. its just a falling tree. and i think that was so hilarious. well, yeah..logically....if its some kind of animal, we're happily & peacefully die in the tent anyway. soon after that, i chose to sleep.
i dont know what time i woke up. i opened my eyes little bit. still dark. the fire almost died. i heard something on my side of tent. i forced myself to sleep again because i dont want to think anymore. after awhile, i woke up. i saw some people passing through. it was a relieved sight. i sat outside of the tent. enjoying the morning breeze. it was awesome. then, agnes woke up. then adida and hafeesa. andrei was nicely sleeping. we let him sleep a little bit as he wants to trekk back to the ranger's office. the girls will wait for the boat. adida prepared breakfast - french toast. we packed our things. i didnt take the morning showers because i dont want too. so, we're back to the civilization. as soon as we reached at the campsite, suddenly agnes became so angry, anxious and nervous. she told me that her parents already made a police report regards to her missing. Oh my~~ that was the other part of the story. she checked her facebook account, her friend posted the status regards agnes's missing. that was so history. after lunch at the restaurant, we drove back to kl. to fetch suraya sofian to melaka!! i drove all the way from taman negara to melaka. like 6 hours driving. we surfed at agnes place. nice big house, fierce dog and blue parrot and a few chickens.
the next day, agnes took us to melaka city. at first, i want to eat the asam pedas. we went to the restaurant and it wasn't ready yet. so, agnes took us to baba nyonya food. yeah i like the food there. nice. hehe. i felt like going home you know. visit my grandma and super lovely mak long. well, we spent like most of the day in the city. i didn't have time for the visit. maybe next time. agnes brought us to Alai for seafood dinner. it was awesome dinner but i cant eat so much. my skin got irritated by seafood. i just sit and look at them eating.
we leave melaka around 0000 hours. i drove back to kl. i felt abit sleepy but i had the best co-driver ever - suraya. we were like karaoke-ing in the car. singing our heart out. im out of my coffee. i made a short stop at seremban rest house. bought my coffee and yeay we're off to the highway. we reached kl around 2am. sent off suraya and fetch my car at agnes place, tropicana. super crazy road trip. actually, i didnt bring any money at all. i borrowed some money from adida. thank you mokda for everything. aa well, i will go to taman negara again but no overnight in the jungle. thank you hafeesa, agnes and andrei for making my first ever camping so unforgetable one.
for the first timer for camping: just choose to sleep. if not, you'll be freaking out to think ghosts, snakes or even the elephant. haha.
p.s aa andrei, i still want to kill you. whatever it takes. where ever you are. peace.
