Our Merdeka Trip Making a Headline

After 10++ years not doing any hiking activities, a few frenz and i decided to go hiking during the merdeka day. The last hiking trip i went to was Gunung Ledang and i was dozens of pounds lighter than i am now.. Frankly, i was not really keen of going, knowing that i didn't get enuff sleep since early of the week and not fit.. i will definitely pancit in no time.. :D

Anyhow, i still woke up that morning around quarter past 6 after my handphone rang more than 5 times. I think Alice was so annoyed that i didn't pick her 'wake-up' call.. Sorry mate, u know i have problem waking up.. Especially when i can only shuts my nervous system at 3am.. :D

Ina and her frens already waited for us @ hentian kinrara before 6. We arrived at kaki gunung nuang around 8am.. Need to wait for another car on our way... There were 9 of us, 3 of them are my colleague/x-colleagues and their frens. Alice being a great organizer had prepared a name & contacts list that we passed to nearby police station and the ranger.

The weather was great and there were quite a number of people heading their way up. Walking up to the 1st check point -Lolo (not really up to Lolo, but almost there) it was a track can be accessed by 4WD. i didn't even make it there.. :D.. kaakakakka... on our way to Lolo, after probably less than an hour, my legs were really in pain, and my left knee is killing me.. thanx to the 'stupid accident' that happened last year... my knee is really in bad shape now.. can't even stand cold wheather and also 'not so high' heels...

I decided to call it a quit and asked the others to proceed. If i carried on, i was afraid i will slow them down and probably injured myself and menyusahkan org later on.. Seriously i was pancit. If u plan to go hiking please get enuff sleep especially if u r not young anymore.. kakakaka terasa tua sgt plak.. :D...The 3 guys that joined us were fit since this is just a training for them before going to kinabalu in January. Alice followed me down, she said that she can't take it.. well frankly i guess dia tak sampai hati letting me wait for her sampai ptg (since i came with her car).

We headed home and i was really looking forward to doze off in front of the TV. I planned to go to Iman's b'day party in the evening since i was home early, but had a terrible headache (sbb dah 3-4 hari tido 2-3 jam). Slept until 6 and instead of waking up fresh, i had gastric and my headache was getting worst.. took medicine and cook some simple dishes to go with the rice..

Slept early last nite around 11.30.. that is early ok... And this morning i received a call from Bt. 18 police station.. 5 of my frens were stranded on nuang.. the police was asking all sort of questions. Alice was worst, the police called her at 5.30 am, and not only one police station, kajang, bt. 18 and also bukit aman.. she was worried and ask me if i would accompany her to go nuang. i don't really have anything planned for today except for meeting GG in the afternoon. But i told her, i believe they are doing ok, i believe they were not lost, but something must have made them decide to wait for the next day.

The only thing that worries me was their shelter and food. If there is still no news by 12pm then only we will go. Because if they overnite on Nuang, it will still take sometime to get down. But after calling Zie (who went down by 1.30pm yesterday and decided not to make it to the top because she doesn't want to be back too late or else it will be dark) i felt a bit relieved. Zie told us there were a few big groups went up yesterday and most of them plan to camp. So at least i know that they have a shelter and food.

After Alice & I had our breakfast, we headed back to my place and just wait for calls. At 11.30 we called the police station just know the latest update. They were brought down safe and sound by a 4WD from Lolo. It happen to be that one of the girls was injured and it was too late for them to make it before dark.

They were in 1.30 news and niteline .. Tak pasal2 glamer.. hahahhahaa..