CAVE EXPLORATION - GUA TEMPURUNG

It was a start for the year 2013 when Diya popped out an idea to visit Gua Tempurung at Perak. At first I thought it was just like a normal caving exploration, you know go inside the cave... walk through the platform, probably a bit of stairs involved and admiring the beauty of nature inside. Never did I expected when Fizah & hubby (Fairul) decided to join, they suggested us to take the most challenging amongst the other tours. There are 4 tours into Gua Tempurung depending on its difficulty levels. You may read about them HERE. THE GRAND TOUR, which is the hardest and strenuous will take about 3.5hrs to complete and the fee is RM22/adult. Dry and wet on the same time, it is such a challenge that we're looking for. Excited and anticipated, this is our story...........................


Gua Tempurung, Perak

Last Saturday on the 5th Jan, Diya & me departed from office around 7.15am using the PLUS highway to the north. We met up Fizah, Fairul and Diya's brother at R&R Sg Buloh around 8am. Had a quick breakfast then continued our journey to Gua Tempurung. Easy drive, not too much of a traffic however there were 2 things that made me a bit nervous that time. 1st was the time as we needed to reach there before the registration close which at 11am. Speed up a little bit (my speed indicator already reached 140km/hr). The other thing which was my greatest worry .... the weather.

It was raining all the way started from we left Sg Buloh and it's getting heavier once we exited at Gopeng. It's quite easy to locate the place from here as the signs were adequate. We reached Gua Tempurung successfully at 10am (as per our estimated time) however a bit frustrated as the rain still didn't show any sign to subside.

Holding to our "moto" that day, Alang2 menyeluk pekasam, biar sampai ke pangkal lengan.. we tried our luck. We went to the registration counter and asked the staff there on the possibility to enter the cave in heavy rain. A bit upset when they told us to wait as it all depends on the rain condition. Malu la dgn kawan2 lain yg tau kami nak gi sini klau x jadi masuk gua. Nevertheless, nothing much we can do except pray for our luck..

At the counter..



Gua tempurung map on the left. Right : Others xtvt available here and fees



After about 1/2 an hour of waiting finally the guide called and gave us both good and bad news. The good news was we were granted to enter the cave for the 4th level challenge, however it would be a little bit detour on the route as we cannot go to the lower part of the cave. The river was in high tide so it's quite dangerous takut2 ade yg lemas. Supposed there will be a crawling xtvt at the bottom of the cave, but since its already drown by water we will have a bit of climbing plak. Katanya lagi mencabar... so we'll wait and see ok.

Proceed.... We had a short brief given by the guard. Oh ya all the valuable items needed to be kept inside the locker. Camera was not advisable to bring, tp klau degil gak nak bwk, it's under your own risk ok!
Nampakkan arus sungai laju macam teh tarik kaler dia.



Bismillahirahmanirrahim, so we entered the cave.............
There were many many stairs, they looked kinda intimidating and some seemed to go on forever . But don’t worry, you may get a little out of breath but you don’t have to be superfit for this as the guide provide ample time for rest and catching your breath.



We saw various stalactites and stalagmites. The guard informed us on how precious these are – Its grow an inch in a hundred years and took million years to form entire cave. That is why it is important for us to preserve it... Our precious, our treasure. Imagine if it's been destroyed, we have to wait for another million years to get a new formation. That if we can wait that long, even this galaxy has it's time limit ok....

But still, ada jugak some uneducated people who just stupid enough to left their "marks" on the wall cave. The kind of people who didn't know how to value the nature. What they did was just bullshit even there were lots of notice and even warning from the guide to not scratching the wall...

Pathetic was it??
See, dustbin was available so do not litter!!



Some photos of the formation...



The lighting add colours to the rocks and its look so amazing!



This is where your imagination is highly required. The guide will show you a lots of formation that bears some resemblance to animals (fish, horse's leg, turtle) and even foods (bowl of ice kacang, drumstick etc ). We were like "owhh... ya...nampak..!!". Sometime I saw it, sometime my brain cannot process to imagine the thing. I tried to take some pics however it was dark and my little camera was just not powerful enough to capture the image also.

Can you spot a woman face below?? Looks scary rite? That was the best and clear photo I managed to take.

Our group gathered here, tried to see what is the hidden images under this nature caused. In the darkness on the platform I cannot imagined how far we were from the bottom of the cave. All I knew that we were pretty high, top of the world as the package called it, anyone who fall will definitely got no chance to survive.

Now, the next part of our adventure was the moments that I've waited for! This was when all of us will get wet and dirty.... muahahahah!



We skipped the stairs & platform and started to walk and clambered over muddy paths until at one place we stop. Jeng....jeng....jeng...
Guess what waited us there...????? AN ALMOST 45deg SLIDE uolssss !!!



We were lucky as together with us was one group of college students (boys of course) in this trip. They helped the guide during the slide to hold our feet once we reached the end of the slope coz we might fell as it was quite high. Then, another guide also came to support us which made we have 2 guides already. Personally I don't think 1 guide was enough as what we encountered was really challenging and maybe because it was raining so the track was a bit difficult than ussual.

I passed the slide easily, ceh berlagak tp kesian dgn adik college yg nk kena menyambut kat bawah slide. Nasib baik x patah tgn support my weight yg "ringan" ini. Hahahahaha....

We continued to climb, crawled over rocky holes and slid down slippery stones on a physical. Kuar masuk lobang yg muat2 one man size until we saw a ray of light. Means that we already came to the end of the cave. Alhamdulillah....

But was it really the end. Estimated time of our tour said to be 3.5hrs.... we just been there about 1.5hrs. Were we that fast??? Hmmmm lets took a break first.



Now you see why we cannot go to the bottom of the cave. The water level was high, and imagine if we have to crawl... we will absolutely 100% drown in the water.



More photo...



After about half an hour, we were called to continue our expedition.

Us...



Ok, I thought our journey back was passing through this path inside the forest... How wrong was I as we actually went back to the cave for more adventure!!!

Honestly I had enough with all the climbing and sliding xtvt. Plus my pants actually already torn at the back (so beware girls, xtvt sliding bole menipiskan seluar anda jd advisable to wear thicker pants).

We just climbed and slid in the cave which looks to be forever. Squatting along the path was really tiring and nearly got my leg cramp. More slopes that needed to pass through with others help, plus our wet condition and permukaan tanah yg licin, I fell few times. There was one unforgettable moment when I suddenly slipped at the edge of the cave while climbing and one of the guard quickly came in rescue and grabbed my hand. However due to the slippy muddy surface, he also fell. Luckily the second guard managed to pull us together. Imagine that time both of us dah berguling kat situ mcm cite hindustan. Cuma klau hindustan happy ending, my story tragic ending la jawabnya.

Dah penat2 panjat....

Kena slide balik pulak.... But the last one was the most fun of all. Slide smpai bawah sakit gak la my ass bila terhentak kt tanah tu... This time xde sape sambut2, gelongsor la smpai terlajak mana pun. Huhuhuhu.

Alhamdulillah, finally we were back to the stairs and climbed up to exit using the same route we entered the cave before which for me was just a relief.

By the time we went out, everybody was extremely wet, dirty and errr should I put.... STINK! Very glad to see the light at the end of the tunnel hehe.

Finally went out from the cave at 2.30pm. They will lock the cave everyday after the tour finished. We quickly took several photos before they closed the gate.



We went to clean ourselves and change our clothes... (Jenuh gile bilas baju n badan sbb lumpur tebal).
Then we took final photo at the signboard and replica of Gua Tempurung.

We headed back to KL around 4pm. Starving... we stopped at Tapah for lunch+tea, pray and straight home afterward.

Smpai rumah, baju tudung, seluar ngan underwear2 skali suma kena buang sbb even the stain dh hilang but the smell still ade. Ape2 pun no regret at all. Relief and satisfied as one of my target this year has been accomplished. Hope to involve in more adventure xtvt after this. Insyaallah. Till then, see ya in next post. BYE.

Lawak Ke Der 2 pulokss..!

Geng Concert (Lina, Kayrie and me of course) had watched the Lawak Ke Der Concert last year (LKD). Read HERE. So when we read about the LKD II was going to hit Istana Budaya once again, we got all excited and started to plan for it.

This time, LKD II featured Harith Iskander, JOZAN, Nabil & BOBOI. We were pretty excited as last time we didn't watch JOZAN (we went for OSBON instead), so probably ade kelainan skit this time.

Bought the tixs straight away as soon as it was available via tickets2u.biz. As ussual we took the cheapest one (cheapskate huh!!) at RM43. The seats ade skit berterabur since this show was a hit so ramai org dh book earlier than us.

Oh ya, mcm biasa juga we went for the Friday night show on 28th Sep 2012 and our theme that night was FISH. Yes....u read it right. A FISH. Why fish...? Saje cipta kelainan. Actually last time when we watched LKD1, we met this one lady so daring with her island T-shirt. U know when we went to Pulau Pangkor ke, Redang ke ade byk tcet2 print gambar ikan kan. So that was what she wore. Since she was so proud and looked cool pkai t-shirt mcm tu, we came out with that idea suggested initially by Kayrie. Well, we never miss to set a theme each time we went somewhere. Tema itu penting ya uolsss.. Baru meriahkan.

Back to the show, We arrived at IB a bit late since we were stuck in the traffic. Well what do you expect on Friday night kan.... :P As it was nearly 15 minutes left before the show started, we quickly queued to redeem the tickets and straight went up to the upper circle (nasib baik dh hafal selok belok IB nie :D)

Once got our seats, we were so ready to laugh! :))

The opening act presented by Nabil, and he did a great job that night! If in LKD1 Nabil introduced the show with "I am Sexy and I know it" song - this time he chosed "Gangnam Style" as his opening song. Haha! Comel okeh :P

The show started with BOBOI, ya with new member, Nabil. Their first slot was a scene in a cheap flight - Redha Air and the 2nd was Datin Seekers. To me, their performances in both slot were so-so compared to their performance in LKD1. Afdlin & Harun Salim Bachik already lost their touch and already out of idea. Maybe we already familiar with their direction of jokes so we could predict all the punch lines. Nabil appearance helps a bit but since he's still new in the group, chemistry blum berapa nak ade. Imagine pnya bosan smpai Lina pun bole tertido. Kikikiki......

Jozan kicked off the 2nd show with a scene with three character Nazmi, Nazman and Nazmida (played by both Johan and Zizan alternately). Although the whole story took more time than the other slot, it was the best. Jozan successfully made the audience laughing non-stop! There were times we laughed not because of their dialogue but because of their actions. I loved when they did the lawak spontaneously to cover up things that accidentally happened (e.g: when Zizan suddenly tripped while dancing that he fell off the sofa or when he accidentally wore the tudung the wrong side). It was hilarious! :))

However, there were some acts that I found in-appropriate. Ye la, we have kids and VIP guess.... so ade certain benda yg nk kena cover skit ye. Terutama aksi2 "panas", double meaning language and etc.

Harith came in on the 3rd slot with his stand-up comedy. He was good! I knew I can always look forward for his show :) His stand-up comedy in both LKD and LKD II were equally entertaining. Just love the part he shared 5 things men should know about women in a relationship. Mmg kdg2 kena batang hidung sendiri!!

The show ended at about 11pm. As the previous LKD show, the handsome Hans Isaac made an appearance together with the rest of the cast on stage for the closing.

Overall, we were a bit frustrated as it was not as good as the first LKD and lets say if there is a sequel after this, we will think twice to watch it. Cukup, cukup sudah, cukup smpai di sini saja.... Fair x my review. Hehehehhehe..........

Nak amik gamba pun x excited. Unlike LKD1, this time xde sesi bertemu peminat. So we just took few photos only :

With Kayrie. Ikan dia tertutup kat perut.

Kali ni Lina yg ngelat. Just wore a fish earing. X aci....!!

Rasanya Im the one who committed bab2 menepati tema ni. Sanggup pkai tcet Pulau Tioman tu. BDW semangat Kayrie yg sanggup survey Wangsa Walk cari t-cet ikan pun harus di puji. Well done gals!!

Ok, the story isn't finished yet. It was 28th, so by the time we had a late dinner+supper at nearby stall I was been surprised by a birthday present from Lina & Kayrie. No wonder tiba2 Lina nk amik brg kt keta. Amik hadiah rupanya. One day earlier from my birthday (dh masuk 29th time tu), I was overwhelmed as I never expected that. Nevertheless, I really love the gift. A silk shawl, so elegant and mak datin. Thank u olsss....!!!




-LOVELEEN-

Back form Hiatus

Finally, we are reaching the end of the YEAR 2012. Phew! God, this blog has been quiet for ages. Kept promising myself to post but keep failing. This is a problem when the "LAZY" virus attacked. It's not that I haven't been productive, infact there are a lots of places I went, many activities I did during this year. Lots of story to share indeed. Lost of interest?? I don't think so as the first thing came in my mind everytime I completed my holiday or xtvt was to update my beloved blog. Certainly that was it, and still is... L to the a to the Z the Y syndrome. And to add one more excuse, B-U-S-Y. Yes I was busy almost throughout this year. Went back home very late from office, exhausted...... I can't narrate even one sentence of story. :(

So this is my new year's target. To update my blog as much as I can. And of course, complete all my pending posts. (Yeah I have bad habit in completing my post. Redang, PD trip.. are among my posts that still "hanging"). Oh my, that's not included the trip for this year. All waiting in line to be published. Xpe2, take it slowly... Chaiyo2!

Below are the list of post that I need to update. Wish I can get the spirit to active back in writing. Pray for me ya...


To complete
i) Redang Trip Post with Serayans (2010)
ii) PD Trip Post with SWG (2011)

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iii) Futsal Tournament @ Kuantan, Pahang (end 2011)
iv) Singapore with GLem (end 2011)
v) New Year Dinner @ Istana Hotel with SWG (2012)
vi) Fraser Hill trip with SWG (2012)
v) Ella & Awie concert with Geng Concert @ IB (2012)
vi) Singapore USS with family (2012)
vii) NAZA carnival with Geng Gedik (2012)
viii)Lawak Ke Der II with Geng Concert (2012)
ix)Krabi Trip with GLem (2012)


Till then thanks for reading my blog and Happy New Year for all of you. Hope this coming year will bring you prosperity and joy!!!

-LOVELeen-

Ahlan Wasahlan Ya Ramadhan

ASSALAMUALAIKUM WARAHMATULLAH..............

It's been quite a while since we have our last Ramadhan and now my FAV month of the year is BACK!! To all Muslim in the world, I wish you Salam Ramadhan Al-Mubarak. Minimize any behavior/xtvt that can leads to sins and not only optimize, but MAXIMIZE our ibadah to achieve as much rewards (pahala) as we can during this holy month. It's the only month which full of blessing from Allah and any good deeds that we made will be guaranteed a double rewards from HIM. It's like when there's offer from any Shopping Mall to give discount/harga runtuh or what so ever, we all will rush to grab the offer. So the same like Ramadhan, offer "pahala" from The Mercifull Allah....... of course it is something that we really cannot miss!!

Coz sharing is caring, to all my relatives MUSLIM..... I attached herewith lafaz niat puasa and berbuka, and a nice image on Do and Don't on Ramadhan as a reminder for us. Hopefully this comes as helpfull especially for those who might be forgotten. Ye la pose setahun sekali kan... :P

Take it as my little social responsibility to encourage people and together we strengthen our "Iman" and improve ourself to be a better muslim/muslimah. Insyaallah......

Before I end my post, I pray that all of us will be blessed by Allah S.W.T and may this Ramadhan give more blessing and better than previous year! AMEEN.........

PD Final Episode - Teluk Kemang with SWG

The most awaited time for all of us. After visited the Tg Tuan Light House (read HERE), we went to Teluk Kemang for the closing ceremony.

Since swimming was not in our agenda here, we went to fill up our stomach first. There are lots of stall available for lunch.

Ehem, everybody was so excited to know who is the winner for the SWG PD challenge 2011. Is it TEAM A or TEAM B? Even it's quite obvious that TEAM A had conquered all the points from outdoor xtvt especially BINGO, the points from "group cheering" were still undisclosed yet. Who knows it might change the result right as the points allocated for the cheering were quite high... (Crossed my finger :D)

Muka confident TEAM A.... Cepat2 diaorg cop tempat dulu!!

Abg Yus as a jury took on his duty to announce the points for each group. Drum rolls please......




As expected, 1st runner up gave to.................. TEAM B!!!!




TEAM B members except Fairul with present. A note book (bukan notebook laptop hokey!!). The most happening TEAM ever. (Ceh dah kalah pandai2 lak nak bg award kat team sendiri :P) BDW, we won the group cheering, AUUMMM!

Which left the one and only team, leading with just 2 points and the champion was TEAM A!!!




Team A with their present, a water flask & note book!!

TEAM A & TEAM B. Well Kami x gaduh!! Dlm hati lepas nie siap korang TEAM B will revenge. Awuummm!!!)

This trip memang BEST!!

Owh, don't go anywhere. It isn't finished yet. We still have another exciting xtvt here. What was it?? Kita survey snacks dulu!!!




OK, munchy2 dah ade, next we find a place to start another agenda which was organized by ZT.

Sambil menjamah goreng pisang, we all tekun menantikan kezutan.

Adoi suma dah suspen time nie...

Wow ape tu. Banyaknya hadiah... Well this was the interesting part. Besides the game, we also had a lucky draw xtvt. This time, each of us took one number randomly given by ZT from 1-8 ( as we got only 8 peoples right?). We didn't have any idea what's the presents like, so we're kind of excited to wait for the calls from her. Opss, baru pasan muka Fizah terselit di situ. Abaikan sahaja....

Yeah, we didn't have such a big budget to buy a very "grand" prizes, but for me these were more than acceptable. Some more, it was just for fun. The concept was simple, everyone will get something. So if you're lucky, you will get the main prize but not to say "un-lucky" la.. if you are not "fortunate" enough, you will get consolation prize like me la :D

What, a laundry basket??? Yeah 4 of us... Fizah, Nor, Abg Mau and me received the consolation prize. And as reflected from our face, we were really happy to got it. Sape kata x berguna, so far for me sgt2 berguna tau!




Ok these were the faces who got the main price. Dhiya with Cofee Maker, Abg Yus got an Iron, Fairul got a Cocktail set and ZT received a jug set (Uitss organizer pun dapat gak? Yeah dun forget our concept... suma dapat!!)




Bestkan join SWG grup??? How to be a member?? Fill up the form dulu ya. Yuran tahunan bayar kat saya. OK just kidding... :D


I've told ya... we really pleased and appreciated to get a laundry basket. Mari kita ke ladang... hei!!! Eh silap, mari kita ke sungai membasuh baju. From left : Aduka, Melur, Melati, Kenanga dan Cempaka versi millenium.

Aiks td kata proud skrg dah aib..?? Jaga2, we're 1st class criminals. Mcm2 hal lah SWG. Smpai Abg mau pun layan kitaorg yg mmg perangai 3 suku nie... Thanks Abg Mau for your "sporting"ness. (Is there a word?? Bantai je la janji mesej sampai)

Last but not least, group photo taken...

SWG was here, Teluk Kemang Port Dickson.

Aksi over before got back to the car.

Finally I went back to KL with Nor and Dhiya. We stopped at the R&R Seremban and I bought this....

PAU KAYA

We reached UPM/Serdang exit around 5pm. Nor dropped me at the office where I parked my car, and I went straight back home.

Pheww... what a day. Finally another holiday with SWG succeeded. I really enjoyed each moments I spent with them. Can't wait for another trip insyaallah. Till then hope you enjoy reading my post. Sign off!