Adakah kita berbangga dengan bahasa ibunda kita

Kawan2,

Selalunya saya menulis dengan menggunakan bahasa Inggeris sehingga saya agak kekok untuk menaip dalam bahasa Melayu...(masih lagi kekok ketika menulis artikel ini)....adakah kita berbangga dengan bahasa ibunda kita.

Setiap kali saya ke luar negara, terutama negara2 yang tidak menggunakan inggeris sebagai bahasa perantaraan....saya menghadapi kesukaran untuk berkomunikasi dan saya akan menyalahkan rakyat negara tersebut kenapa tak mahu belajar bahasa inggeris...kan senang nak melayan pelancong macam saya...

tapi dari satu sudut lain, saya kagum dengan keyakinan mereka yang sangat berbangga menggunakan bahasa ibunda mereka sendiri. Dan sikap mereka ini membuatkan saya malu pada diri sendiri yang kadang kala terlupa menggunakan bahasa ibunda saya. Secara logiknya, kalau anda datang ke tempat saya, anda perlu menggunakan bahasa saya untuk berkomunikasi. dan begitu jugak sebaliknya..

Pengalaman saya di France, Jepun dan German, semasa saya sibuk menggunakkan inggeris untuk mencari arah atau bertanya harga barangan,mereka buat tak tahu je sehingga saya menggunakkan bahasa melayu dan terus diorang respon dan diorang tanya, Do u speak english? barulah diorang layan saya sebab diorang sedar saya memang tak tahu bahasa mereka.

Semasa di Filipina, pemandu teksi memarahi saya dan rakan2 kerana bercakap inggeris dengan nya...Dia kata, kami orang muda berlagak , tak nak guna tagalog, sibuk guna Inggeris....selepas saya terangkan yang kami semua orang malaysia, baru dia ok ... kejadian yang sama berlaku di Bangkok..(nak buat cemana, profile saya sama je dgn orang thai dan filipine)..

Di sini, Kuala Lumpur , kebanyakan restoran di pusat2 membeli belah atau hotel2 mengambil orang luar bekerja sebagai pelayan. Pelayan2 ni tak tahu pun berbahasa melayu. nak minta menu dalam bahasa melayu pun tak faham dan mereka bekerja di Malaysia. Kalau kita bekerja di France contohnya dan menjadi pelayan..sah2 lah kena belajar bahasa france...sedangkan pergi Indonesia pun kita dah terikut2 bahasa sana...

tapi kat sini, kita ok je dengan pekerja2 luar yang tak tahu langsung berbahasa melayu. Kita masih layan mereka ini dalam inggeris..

KITA SEBENARNYA BERBANGGA YANG KITA FASIH BERBAHASA INGGERIS TAPI TIDAK SEDIKIT PUN RASA MALU SEKIRANYA BAHASA MELAYU KITA TONGGANG LANGGANG...DAN KITA MASIH MENGAKU KITA RAKYAT MALAYSIA YANG BAHASA MELAYU ADALAH BAHASA RASMI???

Tidak mustahil generasi akan datang terus lupa berbahasa Melayu dan hanya berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggeris...

FIKIR2 KAN LAH....PERINGATAN UNTUK SAYA DAN ANDA SEMUA...

What happen recently...

1. Saturday...raya open house started. 2 houses to cover in a day and1 to be cover at night. Only Malaysian (if I'm not mistaken) have this culture. Only in Malaysia too we have Pasar/Bazar Ramadhan. The first house was my ex-colleague, 1st time ever had raya open house. We arrive very early(first guest in fact) ,well I am punctual..We left when most of my ex-colleague starting to show up..Sometimes whenever it become an ex-....better not to interact anymore.. ;-)
2nd house was my ex-schoolmate (primary school). This is fun but I have to wait for an hour for other friends to arrive due to bad traffic everwhere in KL on saturday..to make it worse, its raya season.
3rd house...my long lost best friend.. her house is in my neighbourhood. 3 min driving. Me and her living at the same neighbourhood for almost 2 1/2 years but never bum to each other. How I found her...YESSSS..FB. We talk and talk and talk and talk from 8pm till...2am in the morning. The last time I met her was during her wedding and now she got 3 kids (eldest 6yrs old).... plus minus I havent meet her almost 7 years. Now, as I found her..We promise to keep in touch as long as we can...Insyaallah.. next plan to bring her and kids to have a garden picnic and play kites on one of those weekend..(since her hubby working abroad)

2. On a very peace Sunday afternoon, I witnessed A french man reverting to Islam. I attended the ceremony incidently. During the event, strange but wonderful feeling run through my vain. My heart beeping hard, I feel sad at the same time almost drop a tears. It mades my faith stronger and reminding myself I am also still green in my own religion. This guy comes alone without his friends and family but go home with strong faith of Allah, Muslim friends and family.

3. My bro lepak my house so frequent recently since he started his job at Bandar Utama...Its near to go to my office from ur house,he said..but I know the main reason he stay in my house is because I cooked for dinner and his water supply being cut off (forgot to pay bills. this is what happen if you so used to have PA to run an errands). We both love home cooking. If we want to have meal outside we prefer something different like sushi, dimsum, western food, pasta...something that I am not good to cook...;-D

We had a chat while watching TV and I flip through GLAM magazine he brought back from his office when suddenly my eyes catch a designer handbag that I really love...I said out loud " this is the handbag I am looking for,this design.." And my lovely bro take a look.."u have such a very high taste, do u know how much is that?" I was just smile....He continued "Its Birkin Hermes,not simply a handbag..Dato' Siti have 3, Fazura have 1..maybe permaisuri Agong and other kerabat Raja..let alone Victoria Beckham and other Hollywood celebs...the cheapest is RM50k...and 5 years waiting list in Malaysia....HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA...in US, waiting list is 1 year-2 years,cost USD10k and above...So, I decided to have a wanna be Birkin only which cost me thousands as well.. ;-) Havent got yet...insyaallah.

I havent realise I am into expensive handbag but I do notice my handbag collection are luxury. Yes, I only have 4 handbags but all are designer brand. Why is it very rare I buy handbag..Because I only interested in design which cost me thousands..and I have not realise it untill the day I fall in love with Birkin...*sigh*..and yet I am simple and fun living creature but can be very deatil n particular on certain things.

Puisiku II

Kasih dan SaYang.....LoVe and Cinta

Kasih dan Sayang

Elemen kehidupan yang sangat penting

Tapi sering diabaikan

Kekeliruan sering berlaku apabila

kasih pada keluarga di bentuk dengan keganasan rumah tangga

Penderaan kanak-kanak

Pengabaian ibu bapa.

Love dan Cinta

Sering DiUcap tatkala ikatan

Belum disimpul

Sering Dilupa tatkala ikatan

sudah kukuh Kerana

Memiliki tidak perlu di lindungi..

Menanam tidak perlu dibaja....adakah begitu

Limpahkan kasih setulusnya

Kepada yang bergelar insan

Tua,muda,saudara dan seteru

Luahkan sayang setiap masa

Kerana masa yang mendatang

Belum tentu kita sempat merasa

Rasa cinta hanya untuk Yang Esa

Kerana hanya Dia bersama kita

Di kala susah dan senang

Derita dan Bahagia

Gundah dan Gembira

Semai lah rasa kasih dan sayang

Agar rasa cinta akan terus berkekalan

Puisiku I

Tiba - tiba terasa nak tulis puisi..heheheh..bear with me ya...i know its broken Puisi..tapi teringin nak tulis jugak... :-D

Sepi

Sepi
Sering datang menerpa
Di saat aku sendirian
Mengenang kisah silam yang menggamit masa depan

Sunyi
Menyelubungi diri
Tatkala hari melabuhkan tirai senja
Di waktu dinihari mula menyerlahkan fajarnya

Namun
Semua itu hanya menjelma
Di kala aku dibelenggu keresahan
Gelisah mengungguli diri
Yang tiada berpenghujung

Mujur ada teman
Masih setia menanti
Masih setia disisi
Menemani dan menyayangi diri ini......

The Greatest Lost.....our Storyteller..Late Yasmin Ahmad

Not too late to extent my deep condolence to Yasmin Ahmad family. I'm nobody to her. But she is something to me. I feels connected via her movie,her work,her pieces. She had left so many precious masterpieces to Malaysian. I'm so inspired,so moved,so touch by her movie.

I started knows her work piece from Film Rabun. The first time I watch it, i knew she is one of a kind. After that I became her follower...I keep waiting whats next. Keep reading her blog which now, No More. Sepet,Gubra,Mukhsin,Muallaf(havent watch this yet and sooooo dissapointed of our Lembaga Penapisan),Talentime.......I watch it all and I love it all. I always want to be the first to watch her movie.

She is sincere,honest,brave enough to voice out her opinion and all of that being portrayed in her movie. She deliver the fact of life, teach u how to appreciate yourself and others surrounds you,live a life to the fullest without being judgemental, without follow what is norm but follow what is fact because....norm does not always right...and norm does not always the fact. If you want ONE MALAYSIA, she already set it and deliver it. iTs either you realised it or not.

HOwever..like people always said, True might hurt, true might makes us feel uncomfortable..She's been said invited controversy from her film,and yet she's been recognised abroad. I am not surprise if her movie being Recognised locally after this because She Is GONE..the Norm in our country,oNce u gone, then we recogniselah. And give her all those title...forget it..

I will definitely missing her Iklan Hari Raya...Her iklan kemerdekaan...Her brilliant movie....and the moment me and my friends seat down, having tea discussing about the her movie everytime we come back from watching it..

May Allah Bless you Yasmin.....Semoga Anda di tempat kan bersama orang2 yg di kasihi Allah...Al-Fatihah....

I wonder who can continue her legacy.......

SushiGroove is Now TokYo G

Yeah..sushigroove is now Tokyo G..same menu,in fact have additional but still nice...still love it. Just change the name. I went there for 3rd time (will be more)nad had different menu this time. Let me post the photo..its a bit shaky cos I'm soooo hungry while taking this picture..

Below is AVATAR ROLL...consists of tuna,salmon,unagi,telur ikan(dont know what its call)

Above is SMOKE SALMON ROLL.....this is the best so far....highly recommended

BABY DRAGON ROLL..ada udang..

SALMON SKIN ROLL..sedap jugak

ZIGGY ROLL..ada cili padi...very asean

Eneryone who has not try it....u should. The service is slow ...(yes,like waiting forever) but once u receive ur order, it keeps going. While waiting ur order its best to have A bowl of kind of nuts..I dont remember the name. It will occupy ur waiting time..

Its just a job,not a career...

Hi frens...blogger...whoever...

Most of the times, when I get too tense with my job..I started dreaming of new job. Why is that? I think because I look at it as a job.....not my career. At the age of almost 32, I have not get my dream job/career that I proud of. I only go to work everyday...get it done and go home...I'm tired but I'm working and I'm still not satisfied.

I used to think maybe if I earn more money, bigger paycheque I will be happy. But its not. I had that moment where I got BIG paycheque but end of every month I'm still not happy not because less money but less time for myself.

How many of us lucky enough to have her/his job as a career for them to go on and on and on....To me, as long as I look at my job only as a job.....there is no room for me to feel satisfied and to look at what I am doing now as a career..this is not what I wanted.

When I was a little girl..I always dream of being young boss...going to the office wt briefcase...wear a suit....then when I was teenager, being so close to my dad, my ambition changed......I want to be an engineer (my dad was a technician, technical guy who doesnt know how to express love but he's very sensitive and cool in his own way).

My dad wants me to be an accountant ( i dont know where he got the idea)....luckily I'm not a good girl obey to all what parents say....I choose engineering...and here I am.

I am happy of what I have now but I am not satisfied because this is only a JOB not A CAREER...

Activity terkini

Its been almost 2 months I havent visit this site. SOOOO busy with life..have to cope with work and lifestyle at the same time. So many events lately.

1. Mother's day :

Me and my bro went back to celebrate with our lovely angel. As all mother in the world, her kids/children/daughter/son are the most precious gift they ever get. Same goes to my mother. She sooo happy to be surrounded by us..its transparent on her face..she cooked all our fav meal...she didnt rest for the whole weken..Sometimes I feel bad bcos I came back,she didnt rest...and she exhausted when we go back KL. MOther's day became childrens day cos she celebrate our homecoming instead of we celebrate her by coming home....I LOVE U MAMA..WE LOVE U MORE THAN OUR LIFE(I actually cried while writing this)

2. Father's day :

We didnt go home this time. My mom on vacation n my dad at home. ;-).....By knowing me literally people can see my dad. I am the mirror of him. I'm not talking about looks perse but the behaviour,my hot temper,my friendliness....the difference btwn me and my dad...I'm more stubborn...and of course more comel..hahahahhahha...I LOVE U PAPA..U like it or not, I Inherite a lot from u...I AM PROUD TO BE YOUR DAUGHTER..A NAVY DAUGHTER..

3. My grandfather passed away :

Yap..also happen in this couple of month. Frankly speaking, I dont really close to him due to some reason but I do respect him. He was very sick for a few months before the end of his life. I always pray to Allah , let him rest in peace soon to avoid he's been more suffer. Finally on 1oth June 2009....thats the ending of his Life. daripadaNya kita datang kepadaNya kita kembali...Semoga dia di tempatkan bersama org2 yg tinggi darjatnye di sisi Allah..amin. Now, my grandmother living alone but she's not lonely I hope..her house surrounded by 4 other houses which belongs to her siblings...all widows except for the youngest Grandauntie.

4. Weken at Sg Gabai and Hannah Montana :

'Suddenly I was feeling depressed, I was Utterly and totally stressed' Cebisan liriks from Animal Instinct by Cranberries. So , what did I do? I invite my cousin and my auntie who happen to be in KL visiting my cousin to spend wonderfull saturday at Sg Gabai Waterfall. Its SOOOO far than I ever imagine...Starting a day with heavy rain..keep going...sesat lagi...when we reach there at almost 12.30 noon....the rain has stop, sun comes up..all seems ok. We berendam, makan nasi lemak (sambal best giler),berendam lagi...and by 4pm, we heading home.

After maghrib..we decided to bring my niece...to watch Hannah Montana at Mid valley...she insisted to go actually..and thanks to her bcos I enjoy the show more than she did...hahahhhhaha...its soooo good..really.. I love it..all the songs just so nice to listen to. ;-D

5. Makan durian at my Kampung :

After few days my grandfather passed away, I went back to pay a visit to my Grandmother. My parents still there..my dad wants to spend sometimes wt his mum. The best part is, nobody else at kampung that time, durian starts falling down....everyday more than 5..average 7 per day. I was extremely happy pick it up durian..eat it straigth away...wonderful taste...yummy...the worse part is my little orangee smell durian for more than a week while i collect all durian and bring it back to KL..horrible smell , briliant taste...

6. Birthday party & Wedding :

The highlight event of the month....Me and a group of good friends have a weken trip to PD to celebrate 5 ppls bday. Before the event, we stop by one of our close fren's wedding at Seremban. Good food,simple and elegant wedding..everything looks so pure. You can actually feel love is in the air....

At about 3pm, we arrive our rented bungalow. NOT NICE. I DONT LIKE AND NO 2ND TIME DEFINITELY. However, my fren used to say, the place not so importance as long as u have such a lovely,cheerful friends surrounded you....and in this case, I totally agree on that. We had BBQ, had b'day gift giveaway ceremony,we sleep together in that ugly bungalow....next day we proceed enjoy Transformers movie...OVerall, we had such an amazing weken. My dear Friends...I LOVE U ALL..THANKS for being there for me,for better and for worse...(mcm wedding speech pulak..hahahahhahah)

Arip the Teddy wedding....my teddy bear dah naik pelamin..congrats Dude..!!!!!

Teamwork is the key to success.... ;-p

GIft moment...all b'day girl and boy dapat

Singles ladies everyone...except for one .....heheheeheh

The whole 'Family'....showing off everyone b'day gift

Selamat Hari Guru

To all my beloved teachers...Happy Teacher's Day.

Besides my lovely parents, Teachers is my best guidance throughout my kids year, adolescent year and graduate year....

During my primary school, My teacher named Mrs Rokiah (Standard 1-3). Very softspoken but garang jugak. I got my denda Rotan as early as standard 2. Balik rumah mmg tak inform parents cos takut kena marah. Thats the beauty of learning at school those days. Kena rotan pun takpe and tak pulak marah teacher. relax je. Why I kena rotan masa standard 2? heheehheeheh...knowing that I am very talkative, I had been rotan due to that as well..hahahhaahah...Mrs Rokiah is explaining something in front of the class and I help my friend to understand what she talking about...so, Mrs Rokiah tot I wasnt pay attention and she Rotan me..Fine, no revenge..;-). I was fav student after all.... ;-D.

Second denda when I was in standard 4. Ni mmg nakal punya pasal lah. I bergendang in my class during end of year exam. hahahahahha...I tot the time was over, then we start chatting (mmg suka bercakap)...singing (it was last paper), I played drum that time. After a while, dah chaos dah ni...Mr Wahab masuk. Semua kena cubit yg kaw-kaw punye....sampai lebam lengan..hahahahahahhha..yet,no revenge Sir..and I was ur best student..always number 1... ;-P

3rd time when I was in standard 6. My class teacher name Pn Rohana Jalil. No kidding, memang tulah nama dia. Garang giler ok tapi baik. She's the best maths teacher I ever have. She will give us maths homework every day without fail. 1 mistake, 5 rotan kat tapak tgn. The most I ever get is 20 rotan..10 left/10 right. Because 4 out of 50 question wrong. Sakit wooo sampai menggigil tgn, nak tulis pun susah. Yet no complain from parents, nak mengadu memang kena marah lagi ada. As a result, our class get 100% A in UPSR for maths. Subject lain, ada lah B.
~Thank you so much teacher Rohana by giving me a very good fundamental of Maths.~

Secondary School pun ada cerita menarik jugak. I kena rotan sekali je masa Form 2. ni pasal tak reti tulis essay BM. Form 3 was the best period. Masa ni ,konon2 mcm dah besar. I categorised myself Nakal at school. Kena marah dgn Guru Disiplin ,Selalu. My name always in Prefect book (my big bro as head prefect will padam my name, Thanks Love). Pernah kena denda jalan Itik from class to Science Lab (the whole class). Selalu kena sound dgn Ustazah and compare me wt my softspoken brother(of course lah I yg jahat), yet I was popular due to my academic n sports achievement. (show off pulak....hahahahahaah)

thanks to my maths teacher (Maths is my fav subject)Pn Sharizan, Pn Mashitah..my geography teacher who called me ADIK, Pn Zalina(tak sure lah pulak)

~ my big bro so popular in school bcos he is very handsome and gentlement and teacher's pet.~

Form 4~5 masuk MRSM,boarding school. My homeroom teacher called Mr Jidin. Sgt baik. Teach Fizik. I have 1 fav teacher kat MRSM. PN Azizah, history Teacher. Dapat A1 ye my history. She was a fav teacher among student, strick but mommy kind of style. Well , u live in hostel, u need mother figure to soften u a bit. It works for me....I miss her..I do. Hope we can meet one find day.
~Thanks so much teacher Azizah for being there for me during my identity/image confuse period~

MARA College Banting. I have fav teacher too. Thanks to Pn Saa'idah who were there all the time. She was my psychology teacher. Yes I took Psychology as a subject. Banyak rahsia I share with her. MOst teachers in Banting so lovely and I miss them. I am still nakal when I was in college. I tolak anak warden sampai jatuh basikal, I throw this little kid bicycle into the big drain(I marah dgn college warden ni cos suka2 je scold me when I was just came back from playing badminton and this warden mmg anti dgn I), kena diri atas kerusi cos tak bawak buku exercise but I did the exercise,kena masuk bilik principle pasal Warden ni Dengki lah jugak,yet principle let me go at the end,keluar curi2 panjat pagar after curfew, kena marah dgn my block Warden K.Ros(she's nice actually and she's the one back me up every time college warden have thing on me) bcos masak maggi dlm block guna rice cooker. So many rules and I became So rebellious I would say.
~Kak Ros and teacher Saa'idah, thanks for everything and all your support during my rebellious time~

University...no more intimate relationship with teachers. everybody treated you as an adult. If u do have close relationship wt lecturer, maybe u have an affair. and thats not right....less rules, i became normal person. No more rebel, concentrate in study, less entertaiment(main bowling pun tak pernah except final year started), tgk movie je lah. clubbing pun tak pergi, apparently my clubbing life started after I got my first paycheck....now dah slow down, dah tua...:-D pergi kelas agama pulak...hahahahah...

Looking back all those memories, I want to thanked all teachers who are responsible taught me to be who I am today. NO REGRETS TEACHERS....I AM A GOOD DAUGHTER,GOOD CITIZEN,GOOD EMPLOYEE,GOOD SISTER, GOOD NIECE AND GOOD FRIEND....soon to be good wife and mummy..insyaallah. ;-D (how soon is soon?)

HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY. I LOVE YOU TEACHERS.....

Back to Nature Endau Rompin III

The 3rd day of Endau trip...Everybody sleeps well? nah, not really..mcm seram jugak kat hutan ni. What did we do on 3rd day....oh yes,Kind of relaxing day, going to trek back to Kuala Jasin after lunch,observing ppl who get ready to torture themselves on Buaya Sangkut hiking.....BUt first, dissamble our tent, packing up all stuff, and have a morning shower at Upih Guling.Upih Guling not that far from campsite. take only 10-15 min and we have to cross one river. Cetek je but the current strong jugak for shallow river. I was thinking not to swim this time cos i dont wanna get wet and this is the pieces I will wear for journet back to Kuala Jasin.

Not much to tell along the route to Upih Guling. Just small chit chat btwn gang, the pacat still there, and we reach a stream which believe to have kind of medicine impact for someone who drink it. Me and Mia just wash our face hoping that our face will be berseri2...hahahahahah..

Look at Ubai face berseri2 just before step into stream. Me and Mia test the water and hopefully no jerawat tumbuh afterwards....

After few minutes, we arrive UPIH GULING WATERFALL.

I have mention at the beginning I dont want to swim this time. Thought that I had enough waterfall...but hey, look at the pool and water..so inviting,irresistable....

So..i jump into it..yohoooo...the rock so slippery and I actually tergelincir ..sakit woo..Mia as usual will look for pelampung. Knowing Mia, she will definitely go for it ....she will not let us left her behind in this kind of activity

Mia the MIkel. Semua org kena jaga dia. We rotate to hold the tali just to make sure she didnt move freely with current. Me and Ubai at last malas nak pegang tali tu and leave her in the pool..(there is private pool up there and we actually climb the slippery rock to be there. Its consists of 1 big pool, one small pool divided by short tunnel. nice place to be...)

here's the chronology of how I struggle to get out from the water. MIa dgn berbesar hati nak tolong but I was afraid if I grab her hand, and she slip off into water, cannot swim...who going to save her...dah jadi hal lain pulak.

THen she handed me the rope.....Nizam came to help and Ubai still struggling himself to be nearer....

tot that the guy going to help..but..hmmmm just laugh....but seriously it was so funny and I felt so hopeless. After gain several bruises on my knee and leg..I get myself up. mmg melutut,tertiarap semua gaya ada just to get up there. Anyway, thanks to Mia yg nak jugak membantu and NIzam and Ubai for being there....Just in case I terslip ke kan..ada jugak yg nampak. (tayang body je kwn2 lelaki I ni..heheheheh)

Happy, at last dapat jugak sampai atas tu. Si Ubai ni, masa tulah nak lalu..siap senyum pulak tu.

Nizam tried to slide but its not slippery enough. So he actually jump into the pool. this is the pool I talk about earlier. Since camera with Ome, so we cannot capture the view of the private pool.

I decided to free fall.
















Left : 4 of us in the pool..mia push me with the pelampung
Right : Mia going to cross the big pool. Budak kecik tu pun tak pakai pelampung. Nizam dgn sabar pegang tali .....
After all this action, we head back to the campsite. have Lunch..the best ever because we had sambal belacan and ikan masin..what a combination...sooooo goood...mcm biasa, Tambah nasi lah kan. I trek back to Kuala Jasin with that wet clothes. Dont bother to change since everything has being pack up and it will be sweat a lot anyway plus 2 rivers to be cross as well.
Our journey back to Kuala jasin turn out very fast. Seems every body cant wait to leave the place and back to modernisation. We enjoy the peace, silence but not too long. Well, we are an urban kiddo...heheheheheh..















Arrive Kuala Jasin canteen..hehehehehehehh...on right, Ome tidur. ke tu.lahhhh. Nizam happily play org asli game.

There u go. After had couple of drink, relax a bit, time to clean our campsite. There's actually the reason why we have to clean up the leaves. A group of giant ant live in between the leaves,therefore we need to get rid of the leaves in order to get rid of the ants....When I said giant,it is really a giant ant and I get bite...ooouuch..it hurt.. ;-(

Our tent is ready. Endau Rompin has so many waterfall from the big one till the smallest we should called stream.





We had our evening pre shower at one of this stream. Just lepak there, play around till we ready to have real shower at public toilet.
Dinner will be ready by 8pm. Then we will be going for night jungle trekking to view any active animal in the woods in the dark.
Meanwhile waiting for dinner to be ready, we had a nice rest in out tent. Nizam, doesnt want to be left out as Ubai nowhere to be seen, join us in our tent. We talked about WAX, talked about girl stuff considering Nizam as one of our girl friend...hahhahaahahha...Dila, elegantly set up her own beauty salon outside. Touch up her face, kemaskan eyebrow,menicure, pedicure semua complete. Thats a circle of fren I have and they are just being themselves...honest, sincere...

the view from inside the tent. Thats where Dila set up her beauty parlor.

Remember I mention earlier we going to have night walk. So we did. Everybody seems scared and so quiet while entering the jungle. Me and Dila notice a ring on the ground but dont dare to take. Mia, I think scared moment makes her so stress become so garang and nak marah semua org including the other guide, Pak Seman. At one point in the mid of the jungle, Eddy ask us to stop and shut off the light. So dark of course, I recite every surah I can remember correctly non stop. I try to look around to see any animal but really hope I didnt see anyting I dont want to see.

Eddy taught us how to survive in darkness of the jungle, how to look for light, which plant can help us to see and so on and so forth. While Eddy showing us on of the bamboo, Dila want to see it nearer and incindentally step on Ubai foot.Ubai was shocked but suddenly realise what is happening. "Kau pijak kaki aku" Ubai whispered. Dila immediately move her leg. At that point of time, nobody dare to make a sound or nay noise cos we have been warn by Eddy. Well, its really a jungle and at night. I was about to smile but dont dare also....hehehehehehhe...

What did we catch after that..many leeches. Not much to do after that, just have a cup of coffee, try to finish up as much as possible all the food and have a very good night sleep on last night at jungle. Tomorrow we will be back to our life and our city.....

Just before we aboard into the train on the next day, we had tea break at Famous Kluang station. The nasi lemak so sedap. each of us had 3 bungkus. ice lemon tea also good. The best ever is very cheap...

Back to Nature Endau Rompin II

This is the second episode of Geng Pengembaraan adventure.

1st may...

Our day starts as early as 6.30am. Have maggi goreng and telur mata as bfast, we are ready to go. Ome decided to stay so, she will wait for us at the end of the day.....(in the middle of my trekking, I do think of how brilliant Ome is decided not to join.Its damn exhausted..but well, Ome miss the fun in some ways...heheheheh)

Starting point Kuala Marong to Buaya Sangkut. This trek is known as the most difficult but we couldnt imagine how difficult it can be...so, here we are. Bear in mind, 5.5km is not flat trek..its go up,go down,go up, go down, go down go up and so on.

The journey started by climbing the stairs..to the hanging bridge and enter the jungle. At this point everybody still energetic, excited and free our mind not to think how difficult the trek will be. Our aim only to be at Buaya Sangkut waterfall at 12 noon and be back before dark....

We enter the woods. The trek still consider easy,still flat surface,still can smile widely.

After a few steps..we found fresh tiger print. According to Eddy, our guide...its approximately 50kg weight of tiger. I felt excited and nervous at the same time. Well, its a wild tiger anyway. Not the one in cage at zoo.

Continue...we found fresh,lively periuk kera. This trip educate me to value our jungles, our wild life so that our children can see what we experience now. Still, at this point..we are all ok. Pacat, yes, they started their adventure too.

This is our first stop after 1.5 hours trek. Everybody busy get rid of pacat. Nizam collected the most since he didnt wear any socks,just sandal and shorts.

Our first stop actually called Batu Hampar...

Buaya Sangkut 4km....Takah Kunyit 3km... this is actually the first 45 deg trek..doesnt look like that anyway..but the tiredness while climb it..definitely 45 deg slope..

left : this is 10 years old mushroom.... right : this is the first river waterfall cross

batu tu licin so kena extra carefull masa crossing. Me, at first I tried to step on the rock and when i have difficulties to balance myself, I just take off my shoes and cross through the water..easy and faster.. and this is our second stop after...i lost count of hours by then.

Nizam has been forced to become the 'tree' for Mia to hold to while crossing. He wear sandal so he is so 'kerek' cross the river...heheheheheh...

Dilla busy checking on how many pacat she actually catched.....look at the socks, fashionable is a must and I think that attracts pacat.... ;-)

We rest for a while. Eddy started his story about his friends died during white water rafting in Slim River. She was flying out from the raft....the current so fast...they cannot do anything and suddenly he saw the clear water become red....her helmet crash into pieces...What a sad story in the jungle..so Mia asked..."cerita lah yg happy2 sikit, tak nak cerita org mati"...then Eddy smiled and said " Saya jumpa harimau masa kat ........(mana ntah, I tak ingat).Harimau tu besar saya." So itulah happy moment Eddy which me and Mia trying to be happy too....(jumpa harimau pun happy ke....takut lagi ada)

TipS : Eddy said if we face to face with tiger, stare at her eyes,step forward so she knows we are not scared of her and she will go away. Dont ever turn your back because Tiger will attack you as she sees your back....(mcm dlm Beastmaster..anybody watching that series..)my question, ada berani????

at about 11am ++...we arrived Takah Kunyit. Masa ni mmg dah penat tahap gaban and berpeluh mcm habis air satu badan but when we see the sign..lagi 1km Buaya Sangkut..kind of relieve pasal dah dekat. and this consider our 3rd stop.

Penat macam mana pun, tetap maintain senyum. Look at Nizam..dah almost hilang seri senyuman....heheheeheh..do u see the hill behind us..thats is the one we have to climb up afterwards.... pokok di bawah tu adalah Kacip Fatimah...


consider as our 4th stop because too tired after climbed up the most steep hill of entire journey..(mcm poyo je bunyinye but memang mcm nak putus nyawa) While climbing this hill, I was mumbling asking why this buaya tersangkut tinggi sangat. Kat bawah2 sudahlah kan..Ada pacat near my armpit after I sandar kat pokok tu....manage to buang anyway...

finally, we arrived Buaya Sangkut Waterfall at 12.30pm

some photos taken over the victory of conquering the Buaya Sangkut. HAhahahahahaha.....but where's the Buaya Sangkut???

Look at the big rock horizontal there...That is the head of Buaya yang tersangkut. Based on the story, in short version ya, once upon a time, there is a father and daughter. The daughter are believe to be kill by Buaya when she grows up. So the father brought her to the highest place as possible to avoid Buaya. One day, the daughter said she saw buaya tersangkut at waterfall...and her father quickly kill the crocs, took the body and skin and made Gendang out of crocs skin. When the Gendang is completed, he hang it at his daughter room above her head. Next morning, her daughter found dead due to Gendang fall over her head. So, the rock that in the photo is believe to be the head of Buaya yang tersangkut tu....Based on the head size, can u imagine how big the overall crocs is????

after 4 hours of trekking, just take photo???no no no no...we settle down here for a while

this is our swimming pool at Buaya Sangkut. A little bit uphill...less current, more secure.

prepare our lunch....just tuna sandwich and instant noodles

we can swim down here. at the top where Ubai is...the current so fast. and beyond that is actually a big lake ,80ft deep. too calm and its scary. we dont have photo while we swim because dare enough to risk bringing the camera across the water....we have to swim and with camera...forget it. So, the memories remains in our mind.

After spending about 2.5 hours there...we heading back at 3pm and target to reach campsite before dark. According to Eddy,before 7pm.

Way back somehow not that difficult because more downhill than uphill. So, a little bit faster.

we arrive campsite in one piece before dark...Alhamdullilah...and Ome welcoming us.Apparently, while we went for hiking, Ome by default became a manager of the place. People who came in this place ask her about Buaya Sangkut, how far is Batu Hampar from here and she even forbid people to have bath at the river...u can mandi manda but no shampoo and soap please....she did an excellant job and we did ask her how many groups has arrived..so on and so on...she can answer all of it fluently as if she's been there quite a while....Well Done Manager.. ;-)

At night, we had dinner yang dah lupa apa tapi Semua org tambah nasi at least once lah....perhaps we are so tired and hungry too. Habislah nasi yg di masak and all lauk pauk...before I forget, there is one item in here which really make u having a big appetite. Its Kicap Manis ABC...makan dgn apa pun sodap..betul, mmg sedap and thats is actually our main menu on top of all dishes...

After dinner and before end of the night.....we had campfire,drink tea,makan biskut and share story about Sang kancil & gajah, filem2 P ramlee and nyanyi lagi anuar zain(our guide big fan Anuar zain).

thats the end of 2nd day......3rd and 4th day to be continue....