Saturday, April 04, 2009

omg I LOVE Sg Lembing!

I love the whole oldskool atmosphere of the place, how when you're there it's like taking a step back into the past. It is almost untouched and the scenery especially from the top of the hill is just breathtaking. Totally refreshing for a change.

But the hike up, OMG, is so freaking tiring. We (or at least I) were initially scared cos the path was pitch black and I had expected it to be lit. But no, it was so dark that even with our 2 torchlights we still can't see our way properly. What to do? Of course la use hp's lamp. Now I love my hp even more cos it prevented me from tripping on the uneven steps *strokes hp lovingly

So we started our journey (at 4.55am wtf) and hike, and hike,

'are we there yet?'
'no'

and hike,

'are we there yet?'
'almost'

and continued hiking,

'where is the pondok?'
'reaching'

and still hiking...

Walau eh at that time my legs are almost like jelly and my heart beating so hard against my ribs till it resonates to my head. Still...we weren't there yet. At the last quarter of the journey I was so near to giving up and even asked Sew if she's really sure that the last pondok is really there. Haha.

At last we reached a kind of clearing and decided that we should walk no further cos the path seems to be going downhill and at that time (5.30am) it's still pitch black. I was really scared throughout the whole thing because in such darkness one can never perceive what could happen. I kept on imagining predators jumping out of the bush, some baddies wanna hurt us and seeing ghost. Stupid I know, but I can't help it at that time. All I could do was to keep on flashing the torchlight around now and then.

So we all sat down and just pass time until others are there before deciding our next step. Boy am I glad we reached early (earliest) cos the sky is blanketed with stars. Never have I seen sssoooo many stars together at once before. Not exaggerating ok.

Then a group of people came....and another....and another....and yet another. I was very proud of us (roomies and I) cos we were the smallest in number and yet we had the guts to brave through the darkness to hike up *beams with pride. Sammo it's us girls only le. No guys to protect us. LOL.

The view, like I said earlier, is simply awesome. On one side we cannot see the town below cos there was a thick layer of mist making us feel as though we were very very high up but actually we were probably as high as Maxwell Hill's second pondok. On the other side pula is where the sun is suppose to rise. The greens are so vast that as though there're no roads or whatsoever but only trees and more trees down there.

In the end we didn't really get to see the sun as how we expected cos it was rather cloudy where the sun is suppose to rise. No orange coloured yoke but just shades of it. Sigh. But it's still beautiful nevertheless =)

Damn pek chek earlier on just before we started hiking. My camera's battery decided to die on me just as I was going to start taking pictures. Walau eh! Annoying tahap melampau sia! My fault also la actually cos I forgot to check the battery's life and didn't bring extras *emo. So all of our pics were taken using hp cameras =.= Not the best quality but I think Sew's 5MP one is quite decent.

Stayed till 8 something then we were too hungry to wait for the sun to rise any higher. The hike down, OMG again, was horrible. Just 5 minutes into the hike down my legs starts to shake ed. Quite scary cos I was worried that I won't be able to last all the way down but anyway in the end we all reached flat land without any incident. Yay!

However, it won't be anytime soon before I go there again. It's definitely not for the faint hearted and one should be decently fit before trying to take on the hill. It was a good experience nevertheless =D

Then, breakfast!!! So many people and the aunties are even stressed. Haha! Had their curry noodles and tofu. Yum! My noodles with 5 yong tau foo is only RM 2.80. So cheap! The tofu is 60 cents each. Cheap again! I'm a sucker for cheap stuffs. Hehe.
But I couldn't finish my noodles cos I was somehow not hungry even after the grueling hike. Heh.

After that Fun left with Tai Lou cos he and another 2 came for breakfast while the three of us went exploring. It's quite an interesting town, really, with their jambatan gantung where the folks actually ride their bikes on it even thought it's really long and shaky. The museum pula, was just okay since I'm no big fan of history.

Went back after that and all of us totally knocked out.

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