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Mm... first day of school today.. but felt like a holiday. why? cos i went to school at 8 and left at 9.. No No.. i didnt pon class, but class pon me..or rather, the class ended at 9.. hence , having no lessons after that, i left!Had prawn mee at jalan sultan with Dad.. dang i missed the noodles there.. Amazingly, the auntie knows my dad there.. commented i look better than he did.. wahahaha.. =P

Anyway, what i wanted to blog about was the last few days of my hols.. Praise God, i managed to hike Macritchie at long last! woot. Let house at 10.. about an hour later than what i expected, but all in good time. Sky looked threatening, but i Prayed over it and left the weather to my Father's hands. Reached macritchie abt 30 mins after leaving home with my bro.. armed with my backpack, jungle boonie and 2 bottles of drink, we embarked upon the great crusade.. Right.. anyhow, it was a 4.5km hike to the tree top walk and we completed that in abt an hours time, bypassing countles aunties and uncle, a couple of enthusiastic ang mohs who actually ran on that trecherous path.. by the time we reached the enterance of the treetop walk, i was gasping for breath.. the last kilometer(they had markers along th way) to the summit was the worst. Took a 5 min break before proceeding onto the treetop walk.
250m long and 25m above ground, it was scary. i could see everything below that suspension bridge.. although it was supose to be sturdy, the cynical side of me made me grab hold of the railings and adrenaline made me hold on to it despite all thoughts of just letting go and enjoy the panaromic view that surrounded me.. i actually took a minute break in between the bridge and turned my eyes to the surroundings. it may have disrupted the 250m dash those pesky kids behind me were trying to conduct but ah kids will be kids. Damn. Damn. it. was. breath-taking. Green trees surrounded you. the once familiar concrete jungle was now a literal jungle of fawn & flora. Every breath u took was that humid, fresh jungle 02. A look beneath the see thru platform i was standing on made me snap back to reality and the hands were back on the railing. Sigh. Altophobia.
Came to the end of the bridge and took the long winding stairs down to ground level.. Believe it or not, i saw this monkey beside me on my descent, sitting on the railing, staring at me ever so nonchalently. His posture and look gave me the impression he was used to seeing sweaty red face people pass him on a daily basis. Ah well, prime apes. The next stop was jelutong(i hope i got the name right.) tower. i was abit apprehensive as ache was starting to be acquainted with my thighs. But my adenterous bro decided to check it out and boy was i not dissapointed, Macritchie had to give me another retinal gift at the top of the tower. This time however, spoilt slightly by the view of people tee-ing off at the nearby range, which happened to be the next destination on our map, on the round trip back to macritchie. Met some helpful trekkers and a polite caucasian golfer who actually bothered to say a cheery "Good Afternoon" to this sweaty, stinky Asian.
The last gift macritchie gave to me was a 2km walk along a bridge right next to the macritchie resevoir. With the water gently splashing mere inches to my left, and trees and plant to my right, i was downright spoilt. It was soothing. It was rejuvenating. I finally understood the magnitude of God's creation. The sound of an imminent thunderstorm quickened our pace and we completed the 11km round trip around macritchie, before draggin our sore bodies home.
I saw 3 monitor lizards, and lucky enuff to see one of them hunting prey. 2 baby squirels and a dozen monkeys which were more than happy to bare their arses at me. It wa a great day. And true to being faithful to His word, Not a single raindrop touched me during that trip. =]
Even though i ended this trip with 2 blisters on my feet, it was damned worth it. going back in october. Any takers? =]