Sungai Chilling, Kuala Kubu Bharu

Assalamualaikum!

Last Sat, I went for a team building activity at Sungai Chilling organised by my company and it was awesome! We had a very hilarious & bubbly host and other facilitators to guide us through this team building activities. I would definitely go there again!!

We had plenty of fun games & out of all these games, I enjoyed the tug of war games in the stream! I scraped my toes because of the friction with the hard sand under the water when struggling to tug to the blanket (yes we used 2 blankets tied together instead of a rope lol). We won in the first round but lost in the 2nd round and had to settle as the 1st runner up. The loser got water thrown at them by the winner and I was soaking wet from head to toe because of this!

The beautiful stream where we played tug of war

By the way, my friend told me that there were fishes in that stream (pic above) but I didn't get the chance to play around with them or snapped a few photos of them. Time constraint here which was a shame.

So we started hiking towards the famous waterfall. I believe it's famous because it's beautiful, got a lot of fishes, a reserved area and did I say beautiful? For a nature lover like me, this is an amazing experience.

Anyway, the hiking roughly took about 45 minutes or so? I can't really remember haha. We crossed about 5-6 rivers? I can't really remember because my mind was obviously too occupied with the majestic surrounding. 

The deepest of the river can go as high as my waist (I'm 160 cm tall). It was quite slippery and there were a lot of rocks so one needs to be extremely careful especially since the current can be quite strong at times. 

In addition, I strongly recommend you to wear rubber shoes - crocs for example. I was stubborn plus stingy (not a good combo I tell ya) thus I wore whatever shoes available, which was my hiking shoes. Although it provided a powerful traction particularly when crossing the river, but the EVIL SANDS happily got into my shoes. I still didn't mind at that time but when we reached our destination which was the waterfall, I washed my shoes but didn't feel like putting on my socks back when we were about to leave as they were wet. So returning back to our starting point was quite hellish because the sands got into my shoes and the friction between the sand and my bare feet got me blisters :-( Plus I scrapped my toes earlier and that had gotten worse & swollen! Anyway, the trails along the way were wet and muddy so yeah it's best to wear rubber shoes.

Subhanallah the view~

Our destination. Pencemaran mata di situ if you look carefully. LMFAO.

 I guess I want to give out a few tips when you go to this place:

1. Wear comfortable clothes. Typical me, I'd wear something black/dark especially when you know that you'll get wet. I hate it if my bra lines were showing etc. For Muslim women, it's probably best if you wear hijab that covers your chest. So unless if you don't care about all these things, skip to the next tips.
2. Wear rubber shoes. Crocs for examples because along the way it's very muddy & wet. Not very advisable to wear normal shoes.
3. Bring a change of clothings. You can change in the toilet which consists of 3 cubicles. There's no mirror by the way. Therefore, bring your own if you're particular about your look.
4. There's a surau but it's unisex. LOL. So maybe you want to play osom or onetwojus (ie rock-paper-scissors) between boys and girls on who got to pray first?
5. Don't litter please! The place is conserved. Even the toilets, lamp posts etc were operated by solar systems solar energy systems!
6. Bring your own snacks. There was a solitary stall selling some snacks but according to my friends, it was quite expensive. I'm guessing because they monopolise the business giving them the liberty to step-up the price. You can leave them in your car although there is some distance between the parking area (which is at the side of the road btw) and the real entrance (maybe about 10 mins walk). 
7. Beware of monkeys!! Therefore you can't just leave your stuffs at the compound while you happily go hiking.

We are #ohsem engineers!!!!

Horse Riding

Last Sunday, we went horse riding at Extreme PD Buggy Trek - AS Equestrian Center (Mantin, Negeri Sembilan). Now I can scratch off "horse riding" from my to-do list! It was fantastic! I felt like making it a hobby except it's an expensive hobby D:

I bought vouchers for this horse riding activities from Groupon for a value of RM125 (if I'm not mistaken). The trainers were nice and friendly. The horse I rode was a handsome one and his name is King. It reminds me of my then hamster which I named King.

Practise makes perfect!

We practise riding the horse in the compound (as pic above) for about 30 mins or so. It's not as easy as it might look. Even mounting the horse proved to be a challenge.

In addition, the horse can be stubborn and wouldn't budge even if you kicked its side (which is a gesture you made to make the horse moving). Manoeuvring can be quite difficult too but I reckon once you get used to it, it'd be easy as ABC.

My horse is called "King" and that striped shirt guy was the owner

 After that, we went into the jungle for about 30 minutes or so. It was an amazing experience. Later when we returned back to the compound, we are taught how to trot. Boy that hurt! As in my bums!!!!! I don't know whether it's because I was doing it wrongly but it hurt!

It'd be great to do horse riding again. Well maybe when I have the cash :-)

Teater Badai Semalam

Malas nak update tapi rase cam nak merakamkan detik-detik memori first time pergi tengok theatre :P

I went to watch Badai Semalam with my mum :-)

It was my first time watching a theater so I was esctatic!!

However a lot of things happened that really tested my patience.. One of them was when my payment was not captured. So we had to exchange our original seats that were worth RM150 and settled for cheaper ones which cost RM70 :-( They returned back our balance money thankfully.. Otherwise I'd have created a major scene. Yeah right. Haha.

It was my first time going to Istana Budaya. Kurang kekelasan. Harap maklum. Anda yang ada kelas tu sila dok sana diam2. Macam rusa masuk kampung pon ade.

I looked fat... I AM FAT :'(

Really they need to improve on the signage. There's no clear direction as to where is the entrance to the Istana Budaya, or entrance to the theatre, or direction to the cafeteria. For somebody jakun like us, memang felt a bit difficult to breeze through.

My take on the story: Ceritanya boleh tahan.. Typical Malay story. Not much impact on me probably the script pun too short. Cannot really see the development of the characters. I was bored at some points because I bukan berjiwa sastera so I don't appreciate the poetic phrases used. It wasn't a total snooze fest though because there were some comic relief moments occasionally. I enjoyed their performances nevertheless, which is a given since they're all A-list actors. Love the OST but did not manage to get my hands on the CD :'( There's one particular song that I really like, which was sung by Fizz Fairuz, when Zaki's heart got broken by Mazni...

Conclusion: I reckon melodrama is not really my cup of tea. If I were to watch another theater, it'd be a funny musical like Lat The Musical. Sekian :)