Wednesday, April 7, 2010
:i love brunei!
28 March 10: The day that I'm excited about! THE TRIP TO BRUNEI! YAHOO!!! Went out early to meet THE CLICK5 w/o Sue & Yan. Had my last dinner at PizzaHut Compass Point, a treat from Yaya and Omar I think. Haha. Thanks guys! =)Head off to the airport after that but we took I don't know how many minutes to find the bus stop! THANKS TO NORA LAH! lolx! As usual we took alot of funny pictures when we reach there, kept snapping here and there! Huhu! Terima kasih korang sudi hantar aku walaupun sekejap jer. Touching biler korang "BYE! BYE ALWI! BYE!" non stop! Kelakar pon ade. haha! THANKS! =)
29 March 10: This is where my 9 days journey begin! First time taking a earoplane was nerve racking! I thought it will be a smooth ride but it wasn't! Now I got trauma already! haha. Bump into my friend, Hilmi who is going to Brunei too but he will be staying there until ORD I think. He is a MP so good luck to him there. Amin. It's time to go in and I'm feeling "SUPA" excited! Board the plane with "jakon-ness" on my face. haha. The plane was kinda small and it is free sitting so we sat near the window as we want a good view from the top. It's time to take off~~!!! Sometimes it's quite scary when the plane start to shake. haha. The foods was yummy! Western delight! After eating I went to take a rest but I can't coz the plane keep on shaking. I thought it was normal but when they asked us to use the seat belt and be seated I feel abit uncomfortable. SUDDENLY, the plane started to shake like nobody business! Okay this part is super SCARY!!! The plane when UPPP..... and DOWN like a roller coaster! I was like YA'ALLAH!!! You know the feeling when the roller coaster went down with speed?! Macam tu lah rase-nye! My heart was beating damn fast! Everyone was looking at each other with a face telling that "What was that all about?!" haha you should experience it! They said due to bad stormy weather thats why like that. Aiyo first time taking the plane like that already!Alhamdulillah I landed safely in Brunei. It took 5 plus hours to reached to our camp, Lakiun Camp. We travel by land and sea! haha. First day nothing much, just admin stuffs. Helping out with the medical stuffs and stores.
This insect is everywhere!!! I HATE YOU CICADA's! haha! Keep on flying inside our long squeezing bunk! And they make noise too! Bising nak mampos! haha. Oh well the cadets was also scared of them, hmmm I think we all scared of them! HAHAHA! =)30 March 10: 2nd day, woke up late coz my cover start at 10:45am. My cover was pretty okay luckily the signaler was damn funny. I got entertainment! hehe. It start to pour heavily and we start to ran like mad people! haha. Back to camp nothing much to do so we lepak at the canteen. After that we help our dearest Warrant Yeo in the store! haha.
31 March 10: 3rd day and I'm OFF!!! Huhu! Actually they need a medic but they cancel it at the last minute. So yet again I'm slacking in camp! haha. At night I start to pack my 'Alice Bag' for tomorrow 2 days 1 night outfield. The load is damn heavy!!!
1 and 2 April 10: This is where I need to use my physical and mental to concour the hills of COLDFEET! I was choosen to go up there with accompany of 1 instructor and 1 signaler. I didn't expect to be that tough! With 15kg of stuffs on my back, i have to walk up hill to reach to our checkpoint. Up and down! Up and down! OMG! Shag to the max! But my instructor was super supportive, he keep motivating me alot. Thanks to him I reached the TOP!!! hahaha! I had a great time with them, talking gossiping joking laughing, all in one package! They really take care of me, I don't why. My instructor even woke up in the middle of the night and walk to me and asked "Alwi are you okay?" Coz was feeling restless and I kept tossing around. I can really feel the bonding between the three of us. Feel like brothers! We even have "movie screening"!!! Using the signaler PSP! We made the jungle like our home. HAHA! Thank you guys, I will remember the things that we do to keep ourself entertaint! YOU GUYS ROCK! =)"Congratz guys! You should be happy coz you have concour the small part of the jungle."
- The Instructor
3 and 4 April 10: Went to 2 days 1 night outfield again! But this time is quite easy! Just seat at the checkpoint and wait for my others medic to pick me up and ride on the boat! Cool or wat! haha. The cadets have to cross the river and i have to take care of them when they reach the other side. I don't know why the cadets got soooo much energy to do all the tracking stuffs! If I already drop out sak! Imagine I have to treat 3 casualty in 1 boat! Heat cramp la asthma la heat rasher la! Macam2! hahaha. But I'm proud of them loh! They manage to complete the jungle orientation with flying colors! CONGRATZ GUYS!
5 April 10: Again slacking at camp! I think I eat alot sak! Keep on eating and eating when we are free. The canteen is like the lepak corner for us! I missed burger and chips! haha. Then continue helping out with the admin stuffs and stores.
6 April 10: Site seing day! huhu! I have learn alot about Brunei. They really love the Sultan alot. We went to various Musium around Brunei, the Palace, Mosque's (just outside). The interesting part is when we took the boat to the Water Village. The cadets is sooo damn funny! They made me laugh all the time! The clumsiness!!! This is where we started to mingle around with the warrants, instructors, cadets, signalers, medics and lifeguards. We may looked mature but our heart is still young and crazy! haha especially me! =)
Desmond and Leonard said I looked like the Proboscis Monkey! Thanks lah guys! HAHAHA! When they saw any pictures of this monkey, they will get excited over it! The funny part is when the tourguide said "The Proboscis Monkey can only be found in Borneo Island. Only one was transported to S'pore ZOO!" I tap Leonard shoulder and said "HEY IT'S ME LA!" We three started to laugh so loud in the bus! HAHAHA! Thanks again la guys! =)
Water Village was very interesting! Walking on the ply wood path feels like anytime I cant fall into the water. Went to one of the "pakcik" house to have some Kueh and Teh. Imagine all of us inside the house! Da macam Hari Raye! BEST!!! haha. Then we have 3hrs to spend inside the Brunei biggest shopping centre, THE MALL! From the outside view it's kinda big but when you go inside it is sooo damn small, like West Mall! HAHA! Really! Nothing much inside. Most of them went to watch 'The Titans'. It's cheap of coz, only $4! For the first time I tried DQ IceCream! Kinda nice! Then me, Ishaq and Desmond went to explored outside the shopping centre. Also the same nothing! One of the instructor asked me where i go? Then i said walk2 loh outside, so boring!!! haha. I bought myself a malay novel, Bila Lampu Padam. It's cheap, only $11. I haven read it yet but I think it's a ghost story. I wanted to buy Cinta Laksa & Ubi but the story is short. Oh btw the lunch and dinner was superb! Buffer paradise! I think I have gain weight! Keep on eating non stop for don't know how many days! haha. Rezeki jangan ditolak! =)7 April 10: Okay it's time! SAD! After 9 days of covers, finally I'm back! Back at the airport when the plane touched down, Alhamdulillah I'm back safely. I was overwhelmed but lots of emotions. Some were sours, some were sweet and some were bitter. The trip to Brunei is definitely very fruitful. I learnt about myself, I learnt about others and I think I have grown up abit since the trip! I think only lah! HAHA! I have made alots of friends, from unknown to well known. Thanks guys for the wonderful experience! Miss you guys, and of coz, BRUNEI! =)
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