Monday, July 13, 2009
This post is divided into two sections and will be all about Jungle Trekking. I know I have blogged about Tasek for so so many times already but in this post, I will introduce you 2 routes which are still new. But if it's boring for you, then I'm sorry.
Roughly more than a month ago, me, Andy and Thedoric went to Tasek after I told them about the 'new' jungle trek route.
This route is not so new actually. It has been 'opened' for probably six or seven months already. (Or maybe longer? Anyone know?)
This route starts from the right side of the reservoir. I know many people would mistakenly think it's the left of the reservoir but I repeat, it's the right.
For first timers, this route would be a lot of fun, but could be very tiring too.
Very soon after entering, you'll find yourself at the foot of a high and rocky hill.
At this part, I think it would be rightfully called as 'hiking', because you're really climbing a hill with rocky surface.
It's high, but it's not very steep. Experienced ones would find it easy I think.
And to our surprise (only me actually), there were pitcher plants!
Dead pitcher plants.
I never thought I would see pitcher plants in Tasek. Be it dead or alive.
Now I'm hoping to find Rafflesia at Tasek the next time I go there.
Atop of the hill, you'll find yourself standing tall, overlooking a nice view of the forests and the reservoir.
It would've been better if it's higher, but this is okay already.
Just look at Andy and Thedoric's expression, really delighted.
Thedoric's so happy that it seems as if he's promoting the bottle of 100 Plus he's holding, and Andy is just playing with his..........
bottle.
And as you proceed on further, you'll most likely have to do a lot of ascend and descends, which is really really tiring. At some point, you'll find yourself at a really really low area, covered by trees where 75% of the sunlight cannot shine in.
One thing I like about this route is that it's very 'jungle-ry'.
Thedoric climbing..
You'll also get to Bukit Sarang Helang. It's named this way because there's a gigantic eagle nest up a very very tall tree.
I only noticed the eagle nest on my 5th visit, but so far I've never seen any eagles. :(
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And now I'll talk about Bukit Markuching.
It can actually be reached from Tasek Lama but it would take up to more than 2 hours.
We started the route from Bukit Markuching, Subok itself, which is near Andy's house.
The road looks a bit slithery.
The one thing I noticed at Markuching is that, there are these huts/pondoks almost every 30 steps.
At first, I even thought the huts are some fruit stalls.
There'll be a large blue tank at the side of every pondok. And one of them were infested with tadpoles. I have no idea how did they get there.
The trees here look a bit special too and like no other, one of them is shaped like a dinosaur species, Brachiosaurus.
Amazing, isn't it?
A tree with a big nest.
The views in Markuching are so far outstanding compared to Tasek.
But still, there's always a downside.
Although the view may be nice, I felt Markuching is less challenging than Tasek, and I mean it.
Maybe it's just me or Andy took us to an easier route, I think we completed the trek very quickly.
Overall: Tasek has nice views too, but Markuching has better ones. Tasek Lama is more tough than Markuching.
Maybe soon, I'll try going to Markuching from Tasek Lama. Anyone wanna join?
And now I'll talk about Bukit Markuching.
It can actually be reached from Tasek Lama but it would take up to more than 2 hours.
We started the route from Bukit Markuching, Subok itself, which is near Andy's house.
The road looks a bit slithery.
The one thing I noticed at Markuching is that, there are these huts/pondoks almost every 30 steps.
At first, I even thought the huts are some fruit stalls.
There'll be a large blue tank at the side of every pondok. And one of them were infested with tadpoles. I have no idea how did they get there.
The trees here look a bit special too and like no other, one of them is shaped like a dinosaur species, Brachiosaurus.
Amazing, isn't it?
A tree with a big nest.
The views in Markuching are so far outstanding compared to Tasek.
But still, there's always a downside.
Although the view may be nice, I felt Markuching is less challenging than Tasek, and I mean it.
Maybe it's just me or Andy took us to an easier route, I think we completed the trek very quickly.
Overall: Tasek has nice views too, but Markuching has better ones. Tasek Lama is more tough than Markuching.
Maybe soon, I'll try going to Markuching from Tasek Lama. Anyone wanna join?
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Anybody watched Michael Jackson's funeral last night?
The King of Pop was not only a superb singer and a creative dancer, but also a boundary-breaker, a kind-hearted person, someone who cared for the world.
He gathered various singers to sing "We Are The World" in order to raise funds to help famine-relief in Ethiopia, back in 1984. "Heal The World" and "Earth Song" are his other messages to create awareness. It doesn't matter if he's "Black or White". Racism doesn't exist in his world.
Such is the nobility of Michael Jackson.
The famous Moonwalk
Michael Jackson is truly a legend, an irreplaceable entity in the face of music, and society.
Thank you for everything. May you rest in peace...
My top three favourite songs of MJ:
3. You Are Not Alone
2. Smooth Criminal
1. Black Or White
Back to H1N1.
With increasing warriness as to the case of swine flu in Brunei, Thedorico Franchi Chong Cheng Shiong, the latest Bruneian poet (and was interested to join force with DENcorp a few months back :p) composed a poem.
Have a read on it. I thought it's well constructed and humorous at the same time ;)
Thedorico Franchi Chong Sheng Shiong - H1N1 a.k.a Swine Flu Poem
Yet once again its that time of the year again
When the lowly flu exceeds your bargain
Who else can tell us where it came from
When a sneeze sounds louder than a bomb!
Anxious faces emerge all around
Shielded behind hot-selling masks
Inhaling each breath with muffled sound
Warily going about their tasks.
Is it really as deadly as they say?
Even if it smells of holiday
Cases keep soaring in the bulletin
Fear has driven most into quarantine.
The paranoia grows ever so thick
If you cough and cough today
And the next day I fall so sick
I will think of you everyday! =)
Lighten up your day :)
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
It has been a really long holiday indeed, especially after our 2-weeks holiday has been further extended to another week, which makes it 3-weeks in total.
I have to say, I really enjoyed the holiday, although I have done nothing much lately.
Any outdoor activities will also have to limited ever since the outbreak of Influenza A(H1N1), and yes, I'm sure all of you know that's the reason why our holiday got extended.
Despite Ministry of Health's endless advice and precautions, new cases of people infected with H1N1 continues to increase everyday.
It seems that most likely, the victims are close contacts of those already infected.
I have gathered every possible ways from the internet on how to prevent H1N1.
Some of the side-effects may include coughing, sneezing, headaches, fever, sore-throat, chills, and aches and pains.
The disease can spread prior to these symptoms. Many of these symptoms may also be caused by hay-fever or a more common cold.
One way to prevent it is, of course, stay away from the infected and their close contacts.
Avoid social activities like going to parties, gatherings, shopping complexes, markets and of course swimming pools!
Avoid traveling to any known parts of the world that are infected.
Although this is very basic, you must know that there are strands of the disease that are airborne and just being in the immediate presence of the flu can infect you.
Cleanliness is going to be your new motto until this whole mess passes by. You should definitely wash your hands and face frequently with soap and water.
Washing your hands in hot water for more then 20 seconds will kill some of the germs that could potentially be passed from person to person.
Another method of washing your hands with alcohol based sanitizer is known to kill a high percentage of germs that we carry as well.
Make sure you do wash your hands too before you eat. It is important that we all do our best to cover the basics during this time.
Avoid sharing cutlery, glasses, apparels and so on.
Use a tissue to cover mouth and nose when coughing.
Dispose of the tissue immediately.
Avoid touching your mouth, eyes, nose, or any open wounds.
This will only heighten your chances of the flu entering your body. If you do HAVE to remove something from your eye, make sure to wash your hands before doing so!
And last but not least, if you are sick, please, stay at home.
Everyone is also advised to wear masks, so if you don't have one yet, just get it already from Guardian!
Please do your part to help prevent the spreading of this deadly flu and make sure to keep you family informed on how to recognize the symptoms.
Like the old saying.. "Be a man, do the right thing..!" ;)
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Some of you may know, and some of you may not know.
The date December 21st, 2012 A.D. (that’s 13.0.0.0.0 Long Count), is the end day of the Mayan Long count calender and is believed by many to be the end of the world as we know it.
If you don't know who the Mayans are, well, they are indigenous peoples in parts of Mexico and Central America.
The Mayans were very advanced stargazers and throughout history had never made a single wrong prediction.
That's the scary thing about the Mayans calendar is that everyone who’s ever studied the Mayan calender agrees that they were trying to give us a warning about the events of 2012.
Massive floods and earthquakes will occur. Earth's crust will shift, sweeping continents thousands of miles away from their present positions.
If you wanna know more about the 2012 doomsday prediction, you might as well wanna catch the movie 2012.
And here's the trailer.
You can get more info from here or simply google search '2012'.
This video is interesting too by the way.
If this news sounds very bad for you, maybe you can visit the 2012 page on uncyclopedia. That might cheer you up a bit.
So where do you think you will be in 2012?
After knowing this 2012 doomsday, do you think you'll be having insomnia???
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Friday, June 19, 2009
So we went to Gwen's potluck BBQ birthday party at her place last Saturday night.
Special thanks to Gary as he took the trouble of having to pick up me, Nazrin, Guan and Thedoric from our houses respectively.
We had trouble trying to locate Gwen's house because we were all so unfamiliar with the roads at her kampong. We eventually made a few wrong turns and ended up in a basketball court up a very tall hill where a group of semi-naked foreign workers were playing basketball and they all looked so fierce.
We didn't bother to ask them for directions because we thought they might challenge us to a game of basketball before they could point us the address to Gwen's house.
We made another few more rounds and finally found the right place. It turns out that we've missed her house initially and went further instead.
Anyway, as the invitation card had suggested, this is a 'potluck' BBQ party. I had no idea what it meant until Nazrin and Gary told me.
Ironically, everyone except Thedoric brought foods instead of presents whereas Thedoric was the only one who bought present instead of foods.
Nazrin brought sausages, Gary brought fried sotong balls, Guan brought soft drinks and me crab sticks. Very petty of me I know.
Someone more generous brought fried noodles.
Some brought macaronis.
And cupcakes!
Guan thinks the cupcakes are nice, and so do I. =)
There were people who brought beers and liquors as well. That's not a bad idea. Why didn't I think of that before? =p
Other than us, the attendees include Gwen's brother's friends, maybe a few of her relatives, and her ex-STPRI friends.
One of Gwen's ex-STPRIan friend brought a very canggih type of Rubik's cube.
And Guan was crazy about it.
Happy Guan.
After BBQ-ing and eating and so on, of course, it is time to cut the birthday cake.
There should be more candles on cake, don't you think so?
And then, after blowing out the candles from the birthday cake, Gwen popped a bottle of champagne which resulted in some of the guys daring her to finish the remaining quarter of the champagne left.
She was very hesitant to do so.
But with all the "encouragements" from some of the guys, she had no choice but to drink..
Almost finishing...
Ta-daa!
I'm not exactly sure how much wine was left in that champagne bottle because Gwen did not show any signs of drunkenness.
Turns out, Nazrin is the one who became drunk.
Just kidding. Nazrin is a good Muslim and doesn't drink.
On the same night, we've made friend with a guy named Jason.
He's our senior in MD last year and if I'm not mistaken, I think I've met him at Andrew's birthday party last year.
He may look like a decent bookworm who remembers every line from the biology textbook, but on that night, that guy's half-drunk from downing a considerable amount of vodka!
What is he doing??
Armed with his digital camera, it is without a doubt that he took the most pictures that night.
Photography so cool, he actually made the foods do a million poses.
And throughout the night, he keeps doing the "peace" sign.
To be honest, I never knew that's the 'peace' sign.
He tried to balance the cupcakes on Gwen's head as well.
And then he became sleepy as we all prepare to go home..
Moral of the story: Do not get too drunk in a party. ;)
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Monday, June 15, 2009
I've got an important announcement to make.
There will be a futsal match this WEDNESDAY, 17th June at Harun's Gym, 9am onwards. If you 're not happy with the date, then we will switch to THURSDAY, 18th June!You decide. But for convenience sake and decisiveness, let's just make it on Wednesday.
This futsal match is open to anyone who wanna join in, be it Mr. Yap, ex-5sc2, Hua Ho's grandson, Japan dude, anyone.
Dencorp welcomes you all :)
The match is part of Huzai's 1735th testimonial match (Yeah, Huzai's testimonial matches are endless :p), as he will be leaving for Kuala Lumpur under government sponsorship this coming Friday.
So yeah, there you go, I've done my part. You guys gotta tell the others about this quick!
People I will be expecting:
i) Huzai (duh~)
ii) Me!
iii) Desmond
iv) Edison
v) Gary
vi) Andy
vii) Thed
viii) Mr Yap
ix) Wafi
x) Izzat
xi) Nazreen
xii) Asnawi
xiii) ZulHF
xiv) Hamid
xv) Khairil
xvi) Jimbo
xvii) Najaah
xviii) Hadri
xix) Hafiy
xx) Renzo (perhaps?)
xxi) Hafizan
Oh, we are not gonna play using the big court for some specific reason (we don't want to risk getting injured before the SMSUA match). So if there are alot of people, then we will play 2 small courts. What say you, savvy?
To Hamid: msg tia durang si Izzat apa ;)
To ZulHF: Creditmu banyak, ko msg yg lain ;p
To the rest of the people: Sorry for continuously posting up boring posts (futsals)!
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:: Posted by DENCORPORATION at 9:21 PM | 0 comments
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Seriously man, check this out:
HAHA! Now that's a really weird and funny music video!
Bah, enjoy your holidays everyone! There will be updates soon!
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