Explore in Seri Alam Jungle Park

Late post again, thanks to the laziness. 

Now that no where can go. Midnight come to moody again. So lets update the blog. 

After many attempts of Mount Pulai hiking, recently we feel lazy to travel to Pulai hence we been trying to explore different ones over last few months.

Here is one and only after Elephant Hill, Seri Alam Jungle Park. Heard that the Blue Lake is somewhere around too. 

17 Oct 2020 - Blue sky always make a good photo. 

It was our first time visiting the Jungle Park.

We chose to go on Saturday morning, where we can follow the crowds to enter the jungle.

HERE is where the people lead us to and hike up. 

We get shocked because it was really steep and slippery, 

We have to hold tight to the rope and hike up.

Especially at the top, I lost my focus and don't know how to land, 

hence scratched my hand. 

Within 5-10 min, you can reach the first checkpoint.

We get phobia with the steep road but dont know how to go down using another path as it was our first visit. So we follow others again.

Luck was not at our side this time, they actually go to another hill. 

There is a big rock climbing and it look scary to walk down from there, 

we decided not to go up and try to find our way down again. 

We follow the path back to the first checkpoint, and finally saw Angie! 

I did inform Angie that we are coming here to try the route in that morning. 

However, she took the longer path to go up, that's why we didn't meet. 

She wanted to go to see the next view point. 

So we got to wait for her to come down and lead us. 

Hence we waited at the checkpoint. 

Saw a video which introduce the route says this is a golden rock~

To show that we really wait and growing mushroom. 

Get a few attempt but failed.

Finally, Angie is back!

We continue our journey to explore. Then we got lost. 

Angie found that we went to a path that is different from where she came up when we crossed a bridge. 

We ask the people who passed by, she told us that we can follow the route and go to the next checkpoint- The Green Tunnel. 

With the trust to the human and the fact that the hill is not that high, 

we continue to the direction that showed by the lady.

Walk passed a palm tree plantation and found a good scene. 

And yay! we successfully reach to the Green Tunnel!!! 

Try to get a jumping style but too bad it is blurry. 

End of the explore and now it comes the raining season of the year

and also another lockdown. 

Ex landlord been complaining my photography skills has become worse since not travel. However she doesn't know that my photography indeed bad, only that during travel, visiting good scenery, any angle will look nice easily.

Let me emo emo 就好。 

Hope that everyone be safe and we can travel out soon!

Throwback 2019: Feb Trip to visit Elizabeth at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

I realized I haven't been updating my blog in 2019, which means a good thing, I have been living my life hard and no time for it. 

2019 was indeed a good one, with tones of memories and travel. 

Last year valentine's day, I kidnapped someone's girlfriend to Kota Kinabalu, to meet my long lost buddy, Eli. It is my second trip to Kota Kinabalu. 

Eli is my university first room mate, course mate and makan buddy for the four years. Having a friend who enjoy food is indeed a blessing. You will not feel guilty when eating with her. We have a few food trips together, in Penang of course. I also travel with her at Melaka, Kota Kinabalu, KL, and Langkawi if I remember correctly. Eat too much until I feel guilty. Forcing her to go jogging with me during that time, but end up we still eat more than we workout. Life is just as simple, laughing at one another. I remember I used to tease her and another coursemate. XDDDDDD

After graduate, she returned to her hometown, and the once computer addict vanished in our life, not reachable in Facebook and Instagram, what is more worrying, she even not having access to WhatsApp! For sometime, some gatherings with friends will also talk about her, as no one able to contact her. 

I forgot after how long the situation goes, she finally contacted me. Then, I keep telling her that if she is not coming to visit me in West Malaysia, I am going to fly to KK. 

Another crazy university friend of mine, Sue Anne, who is not my roommate, nor coursemate, is the one got kidnapped from last year valentine. I actually joked to her that since both of us are single (when we decided the trip), then lets go somewhere during the valentine. Then she got coupled! 

14th Feb 2019: 

Since drag her during valentine, so we get ourselves a romantic place for dinner during valentine. 

The harbourfront is indeed a good place  

15th Feb 2019

The next day, we went for a tour package day trip to the Mount KK, stop by at the Upside Down House, Desa Dairy Farm (really got the feel of New Zealand!),and go to the little part of the National Park but not for the hiking just some intro about the flora and fauna there.

At night, we walk around the local market below our hostel and get to enjoy some local music which reminds me of my secondary school time on the Caklempong and Gamelan. 

16th Feb 2019：

Eli come and join us and we revisit the place we went before. Monsopiad Cultural Village and Lok Kawi Wildlife park. Back in uni time, there is no GrabCar around, I remember that it is much more expensive to take a taxi or it will be really troublesome to take a local bus to travel. Now with the ease of the Grab, we travel at much more convenient way. 

It is however, not as happening as I could remember. 

Monsopiad Cultural Village : http://www.monsopiad.org/aboutus.asp

Good as in it is not that much of crowds compared to the other cultural village and at a much cheaper price. We did get the chance to walk around and try around the games. It took much shorter time as there is a little quiet on the day we visit.

Another place is the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, I cannot find the official webpage. But I am surprised to see all the bad reviews on the Trip Advisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_Review-g4340243-d1823791-Reviews-Lok_Kawi_Wildlife_Park-Penampang_Sabah.html#REVIEWS

We came here to see the Orang Utan, there are a few other animals and we managed to spend a few hours here and excited as a school kids. 

To end the day, we went to the Tanjung Aru Beach for the Sunset, and get the BBQ chicken wings. 

17th Feb 2019

Eli brought us to get the ferry to the beach within KK, we found a lot of diff package to the beach and I forgotten how we choose at the end, we went to three beaches if not mistaken. It was a good day to get sunbath. But Sue Anne get bored with both Eli and me didnt really want to get wet in the water. 

 

Not to forget the usual routine of my travel journey, to eat the local cuisine. 

For some I forgotten the name.

Tuaran Noodle

 Laksa

Mixed Beef Noodle,

Sabah ShengRou Mee (生肉面)

and dont know which ethnic traditional meal.

Last but not least, to end the post, my buddy tam chiak face when she finally see the food! And we end up play a lot of times of monopoly and the birthday girl kept getting the birthday card for us to pay her!

古来象石山 Part 2 - 2020年 9 月20日

继上周末去了古来象石山探路之后，屋主和薇薇再度成为游客来打卡，这次用主要的入口进入。抵达位于Perkampungan Felda Ulu Tebrau 的Petron加油站， 你会看到大大的布条告诉你进口处在此，距离也更新了。 这条路共长3.3公里。

和上周末明显的有不同，大象石头在被报道后爆红，来打卡游客暴增，突然本来停车的地方，多了一些指示牌和负责人，停一辆车要价5 令吉，比普莱山贵，没有厕所，只有光秃秃的路和棕油园。 

这次没有转三个弯到，有好多个弯，一路去的时候有在几个分叉路口标明方向，不过回程时比较不明显，还好还是有惊无险。屋主的第六感棒棒哒。

来回有过一万步，全程6.6公里。

路有变长，没有太难，就是不能太迟，我们7点半开始，拍了照，上次的小石头被4个游客占据太久，薇薇和屋主放弃等待，下山开始变热，9点半回到起点。

今天就献上屋主骄傲的样子

和薇薇娇羞的样子。

被报导的象石

石头上满满的人头

往下看就是长这样，当时天气有点灰，不过下山之后变得好蓝。皮肤颜色应该有至少一个色差。

本来想上载4个游客在小石头上也要拍很久的特写镜头，但是看了看还是觉得屋主和薇薇随便拍还是美多了之报告到此结束。

这一路，除了人类，也看到了很多蜈蚣，和有老鼠的出没。还有上次的蛇皮。大家有空要好好欣赏。

古来象石山游记- 2020年9月12日

最近，大家不约而同地分享古来象石山的报道，屋主要我就顺便更新部落格来报导一下。

以下是当天的好天气，拍照还是不错的，石头上满满的人儿，大象在哪儿大伙儿自己想象吧。照片是谷歌自己P图让我欣赏，看看不错所以下载下来了。

话说首先是一粒先生分享中国报报道： http://johor.chinapress.com.my/?p=808558，然后是梅花姐，还发了邮件给我。 

刚好最近太常爬普莱山，爬到最后往下走的时候，无聊到快要睡着。

人生太无聊所以我决定告诉屋主，看看她是否有兴趣一起去看看。看看这里是否可以开拓新的爬山路线。

在去之前，通知爬山队友们，又有分享来说本来的步道被封了，最后决定就只和屋主先来探路。

封路原因是私人范围，但是网络上查的另一个地址去到了Ulu Tiram， 和我们所知道的古来相差甚远，最后决定往封了的步道去探个究竟。

两个傻傻的女人就这样去了，还好还是有不少车子停在那里，就下车去看看。

起个大早，结果就爬了几个弯就完了。

很多坑坑洼洼的石头路

第一个弯

第二个弯

然后就往山丘去，这是个不错的打卡行程，不用走太远就可以拍照了，不过就是人太多。

大象的头上挤了满满的人潮，那里有好几个石头，在石头上是看不到大象的，不过拍照往下看一片片棕油园还是不错滴。

起了个大早，15分钟的路程在普莱山就是连山路也还没进到，但既然来到了就来个游客照打卡，象石上人潮拥挤，我们往另一个没人的小石头上装装样子。

一如既往，屋主美美斯文的拍照。

薇薇则起了个大早，啥都没干的在问苍天：我是谁，我在哪里。

话说，下山的时候，也顺便查了一下，通告那里说的加油站的确就在Ulu Tiram, 导航说两公里的距离，我们之后尝试开车到那里看看，是有大大的招牌写着Batu Gajah (象山）。

在上山路上遇到的前同事刚好从那条路出来，满头大汗，预计30分钟的路程吧，然后是光秃秃的步道。下次要去真的要请早。刚好那里没有停车位了，我们就找了个好借口打道回府。

顺便记录一下，路上有看到一个完整的蛇皮，由于是油棕园，大家也要好好小心。

也顺便记录，九月份闷太久没出门没旅游人生了无生趣的日子，无聊没事，太懒惰太软烂后，一口气，参加了爬山高度一公里挑战，凯爱瑞从南马新山走到北马槟城计划，雀巢走一百万英里计划，再度逼迫大家陪我爬山，累死自己。

每天一万步的记录两个星期，还顺便开始和每天走路的邻居打招呼。

开始期待下一个旅程。

Blog update

 2020 has become chaos when the covid 19 started in Jan, which affected a lot especially my co-worker in China initially during the Chinese New Year. And before they control the situation, it has been spread to the whole world. This situation reflected the best how the globalization has effect on the era now. 

Last year, I finally managed to get the spirit on for sports e.g. badminton at least 2 times a week, bi-weekly hiking, quarterly marathon events and occasionally swimming. But this year it has stop me from doing all the activities at least from Mar - May. From Mar, I have not go to badminton nor swimming. Marathon events are all cancelled or postponed to next year. Luckily, now can go for hiking already. So went for the hiking at least once a month wherever possible. 

This year, is the only year that I have not step out of Malaysia for the whole year, not even the 30 minutes away Singapore. Whether lucky or unlucky, I haven't bought any ticket this year. Wanted to register for the hiking at Mount Kinabalu but all fully booked so didn't get a spot. Was supposed to revisit NZ in Apr and the lockdown started in Mar. What make it worst, thought I can at least go to Penang to visit locally and last minute I got to turn it down. Although I still feel very much to proceed with my plan, I still need to ensure that my visit don't create trouble. >.<

Enough for the negativity, what make it a positive side for this year? 

I get more time to stay at home and to really think again of what is needed. More time for cleaning although it also means more time to make it dirty too!

During the first few weeks, when I was trying to find some different thing to do other than gardening, exercise/ stretching following Youtube, I bought some DIY arts to kill time at home. Bought one pair, so that if the first one spoil then I can do another one. 

Here is the tiny box, completed in May using two of the weekends.

and next is the DIY painting, the first one finished in Jun but the second one finishing only recently. These took much longer time and patience to follow the numbering to paint it. 

The end result is not as good, but not as bad as I thought it could be.

Other than that, cooking has become an essential skill for surviving during this lockdown period. After getting bored with my lazy recipe - noodle with soup, curry chicken and fried rice. 

Recently, happily enjoying in my kitchen making dumpling and kimchi over the weekend, as it can stands for a few weeks. 

Dumpling, can be pan fried, making soup, put into noodle etc etc. 

Had trial twice with different people for making kimchi to make sure the recipe is right and I have my third batch of kimchi making today. so that i can eat it for long long time. 

Other than that, still making curry with the ready japanese curry paste and just make sure the vege are well cooked. 

And until recently, started to try a few attempt on frying noodle. Still a long way to improve but it was all edible. - I dont even get a dark soy sauce at home!

The lockdown has made everyone's life need to re-adjust and reconnect to people far from us. During this period I had also some home alone period, thanks for those who keep on checking out on each other and share some laugh even though far away. 

Now I am still 50% work from home and 50% back to the office. It take time for everything to get back to new normal. At least until now, I am glad to have a bunch of people who cares each other and also the bosses who keep check on me knowing that I am staying alone during the MCO. 

Oh ya, not forgetting, after many years thinking I should not take more language classes, I did start to learn a new language - Spanish recently, although it is still far from understanding and able to speak the language. 

That is a long gap with my last blog. So it is a little messy. Well, hope everyone keep safe and sound. Until we meet again. Ciao!

WFH : Day 28

Two more days to go, it will be officially one month staying alone at home. 

At the beginning, I really don't know what to do at home. I have get used to the daily routine of go to the office and work. Go to badminton twice a week to avoid traffic back home. Go to hiking once a month. Return to hometown once a month. Go to shopping on the rest of the weekend.

2019 has been a contented year, with the three-months once half marathon, travels within Malaysia and internationally, work, weekly sports activities and lastly moving to a new house. It has been a good year staying with ex-owner also, all the laughter, memories and care from her. I will become more and more lazy staying with her as she has been doing most of the cleaning at home. 

So what I did this month WFH? 

WFH, so it is still one week 40-hours of work required Mon to Fri. 

Possibly eating too much snacks over this period. 

I actually spend min time to cook my food and thanks for the microwave at home, I can still reheat it like I used to be at work. 

Over the weekend, it will be one of the morning for groceries shopping. 

For the past few weeks, I was just enjoying the home alone with the unlimited and high speed internet watching shows. Got a new idol recently, Hua Chenyu, a Chinese singer who is the same age as me. 

Now I see another person who is always quiet but full of power when perform on stage. Amazed by the ability of modify songs as well as as the wide tones that he can sings. 

Another one that I salute is Yan RuJing from QiPa Shuo. Another introvert that is very talented. She has got autistic but she found the savior of it, she started to be into debate and found back her confidence in talking to people. 

So, here is me, another introvert in the house, opening the shows : 《王牌对王牌》， 《饭局的诱惑》，《饭局狼人杀》。

Looking at them, I think they are more "Ice Bear" than myself. I have been called as "Ice Bear" among my colleague since Thong found that I am similar to the cartoon characters due to the non facial expressions. 

Well this is the first update to my blog during this Working from Home period. 

Hope that everyone I know are safe and survived from this Covid-19.