Monday, April 23, 2012

Gunung Gap - Ulu Semangkuk

Trip Gunung GAP-Ulu Semangkuk ni Geng from SOS yang organize, lead by Jejai.Plan asal semua berkumpul kat LRT Gombak jam 7.30am tapi memandangkan Dot, lan & awin dari rawang so we decided to meet them dekat Kaki Fraser Hill aje. Muhammad, my cousin and Eja dtg tido rumah Dot.

As early as 7:45am kami dah bergerak ke Bukit Sentosa to pick up Lan and Awin.Around 8:30am we started our journey to Kaki Fraser Hill.We need to gather at GAP House, rumah rehat tinggalan British yang sepatutnya dinaik taraf and projek patutnya siap by 2009.Tapi terbengkalai.Menariknya Fraser Hill ni terletak antara 2 negeri.GAP house terletak di negeri Selangor dan sebaik melangkah ke pintu gerbang, yang hanya 20 langkah jaraknya anda akan tiba di negeri Pahang Darul Makmur.




At around 9:30am we have arrived at GAP House.Jejai sms bgtahu yang diorang baru tiba KKB untuk breakfast.Memang confirm akan sgt lambat.So, we take the chance utk berphotoshoot sakan kat GAP  House and jambatan gantung, depan GAP House.Senibina GAP house ni cantik, kami naik sehingga ke tingkat atas dan photoshoot lagi!

Puas phoshoot segala ceruk kaki Fraser Hill, kami lepak di gerai GAP.Lan blanje beger separuh.haha.Around 11:00am diorang tak sampai lagi.Cuaca dah la sejuk, angin meniup terbaikkk.Dot terus masuk kereta tidur.Tapi pukul 11:45am macam tu, Jejai pun sampai dan kami terus bawak kereta ke area GAP house and get ready untuk hiking.



After briefing dari Jejai, tepat jam 12:15 kami memulakan perjalanan.Macam biasala sape lambat kene la trekking depan-depan sebab confirm2 lepas tu pewai dan bagi orang belakang jalan dulu.Mengiku Jejai paling lewat tiba di puncak GAP adalah 1jam 30minit.Alhamdulillah Dot and Eja ambil masa 1jam.Puncak GAP ditanda dengan batu dan pokoknya tinggi-tinggi, view tak berapa nak ada.



Rehat dalam 30 minit, kami teruskan perjalanan ke puncak Ulu Semangkuk pula.Mengikut anggaran Jejai, ia akan ambil masa 2 jam.Alhamdulillah Dot and Eja ambil masa 1jam 30min.Puncak Ulu Semangkuk ditanda dengan beirut.Catatan masa Lan, Muhammad & Awin pun xmengecewakan.Syabas korang! Setibanya di puncak Ulu Semangkuk, terus nampak beberapa org peserta lelaki solat berjemaah.Jarang2 nak jumpa orang solat berjemaah dalam trip.So Dot & Eja trus tumpang tpt solat selepas diorang selesai.

Tengah hari tu masing-masing makan bekalan sendiri & yg best sekali organizer pikul 3 biji tembikai.Kembung perut makan.Sedappp.Selepas photoshoot, kami terus bergerak pulang.Dot&Eja paling suka time turun sebab nak uji ketahanan kaki untuk trekking cepat.Alhamdulillah dalam 1 jam berjaya tiba di puncak GAP.

Tiba di puncak GAP hujan mula turun dengan lebatnye.Perjalanan ke starting poibnt bertambah mencabar dek kerana org depan dah sondol habis trek.Rasa dan macam menuruni air terjun pun ada.Dot & Eja tak dapat trekking laju masa ni.Sasaran 30 minit tersasar extra 10 minit. Jam 5:45 petang kami tiba di starting point.Lan, Awin dan Muhammad tiba pada jam 7:00 petang.

Overall trip ni memang santai dan sesuai untuk beginner.Cuaca hujan lebat tu sebenarnya menguji kekuatan beginner untuk merasai sedikit cabaran untuk trekking yang ambil masa lama.Tahniah kepada semua line up.Sempat kenal Jejai, Botak, Is, Haida.yang lain2 perasan muka, borak2 tengah trek.A huge thanks to SOS sebab organize trip free ni.Murah rezeki korang!



Akhiru kalam, memetik kata-kata abang amad, "Jangan Bilang Ini Yang Terakhir". Well done geng! 


Sunday, April 8, 2012

Open Water Dive - Scuba Diving International


Alhamdulillah.I made it.Im a certified diver together with Kak Emyl and Pijah.Two days of a very hard work, telan air masin sekali pakej lemas diselamatkan dive master. Perasaan sgt awesome to be deep under water. Macam citer nemo pon ade, sea food pon ade, subhanallah cantik!



Day 1 # 30/3/2012

Petang tu dah stand by rumah Kak Emyl @ Seksyen 3 bangi tggu pijah habis keje. Keje keras budak ni dah pukul 5.30 ptg tak sampai-sampai lagi.Jawabnye melayan cite Azura dgn mak Kak Emyl. Dekat pukul 6 Pijah sampai and terus gerak ke Warta. Si kakak Emyl memborong makanan mcm xpenah jumpe junk food tu. Sudahnya pukul 7.30 malam baru gerak. Sekitar pukul 9.30 mlm tiba Restoren Jejantas, makan, buang-buang masa then gerak semula. Exit tol Ayer Hitam terus cari signboard Mersing. Since tak tau jalan terus blasah jalan Hutan Jemaluang rasanya, jauh pusingnye. Sampai pulau baru tahu kawasan tu kawasan gajah melintas.

Around 2am tiba Jeti Mersing, tunggu uncle and divemaster lain and divers lain. Pukul 3am naik feri, terbaik punya tido dalam feri yang nak dekat 2 jam berjalan finally we reached Salang, Pulau Tioman dalam pukul 5.30-6.00am kot. Lepas subuh, dapat check in bilik, rehat sampai 10.30am


Rasanya chalet Salang Pusaka :)


Azmi Dive Centre.Ada platform cantik lagi utk divers senang setup gear


Day 2 # 31/3/2012

10.30 am tu we gathered dekat depan Azmi Dive Centre, ada a very nice platform kat situ and everyone set up their gadgets. Haruslah dah lupa mcm mana nak setup sebab last kelas was 2 months ago. Divemasters abang wan and abang mail was very nice to tunjukkan apa yang salah. Day 1 at Tioman, ade 2 sessions of diving.

So after 1st session diving tu, we had lunch dekat Salang Pusaka kot, sedaplah food dia, not bad.Sambil-sambil makan, clearkan hutang pengajian dekat uncle and uncle brief sikit-sikit pasal exam utk malam tu.

That night we did some sort of exam lah.Tapi uncle tanya, uncle jawab.Haha.Nice.Tulis jawapan je you all. 1st day dive badan xleh blah punya sakit. Masuk angin.Masing-masing melayan teh halia.

Part takleh blah, lepas second session dive, uncle trus cakap "you are now a diver!" Semua blur diam aje. Second time uncle repeat barulah semua paham. Simple je.

Day 3 # 1/4/2012

Final day dive ni pun ade 2 sessions and this time pegi into deep sea.Subhanallah i told you, sangat-sangat lah cantik.Im glad that I am able to dive and see the creatures underwater dengan my own eyes ni.Alhamdulillah.

Around 3pm, tak sempat lunch terus rush mandi and we took ferry at 4.30pm and reached mainland dalam maghrib mcm tu. Makan malam sesama sambil ambik photo kenangan. Diving us hard but it is seriously fun. Berbaloi-baloi lah 1k yang dilaburkan.


Underwater photos using NIKON AW100

Sunset at Kampung Salang

Study for exam

Foods

Hadiah graduation untuk new divers :) from Uncle


Total cost spent :

Diving Course (Meet Uncle Hussain Dive School) = RM890 (License+theory class+pool session+ferry+makan)
Penginapan (Salang Pusaka) = RM450(sharing with 8divers)
Tol +Minyak ke Mersing = RM117 (pesona)

All together below 1k. So untungla kalau ambil lesen dengan uncle.Murah dan rileks dan santai :)

** Banyak lupa port diving tu punya nama.Nanti rajin i update :p


Its really great to get to know Kak Iris, the divemasters Abg Wan and Abg Mail, the roomates and divers gang, Kak Yat, Kak Jijah, Jill comel, Yana Gojes, Kak Fieda and of course seronok dpt spend time with my buddy Kak Emil and Pijah Pelangi!

The End

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Apam polkadot

Haritu order apam polka dot dari Nano. Sedap Ano buat.Gebu.Then one fine day ni saje la nak test skills kedapuran gitu.So google resipi and mostly sama je resepi.


So here are the full recipe (Source) :

Bahan-bahan:

275 gm tepung gandum
220 gm gula halus
150 ml susu segar atau susu cair
3 sudu teh baking powder = diayak sekali
3 biji telur sejuk dari peti ais
1 sudu kecil ovelette
1 sudu esen vanilla
Filling/perasa adalah mengikut citarasa masing =)
Pewarna adalah terpulang, janji yang dibenarkan =)

Langkah-langkah:

1. Pukul telur putih sehingga kembang elok.
2. Kemudian masukkan ovelette, kuning telur dan esen vanilla, pukul sampai kembang lagi.
3. Masukkan gula, pukul sampai kembang lagi.
4. Masukkan tepung dan baking powder diselang seli dengan susu kemudian gaulkan.
5. Bahagikan adunan kepada beberapa bahagian dan titiskan pewarna.
6. Masukkan setiap warna dlm piping bag atau plastik bersih.
7. Picit adunan ke dalam mangkuk kertas.
8. Letakkan filling yang digemari, untuk lebih mudah masukan ke dalam plastik kemudian picit.
9. Picitkan lagi adunan yang sama sehingga penuh dan kemudian dot-dot kan dengan warna pilihan.
10. Kukus 10-15 minit sehingga masak.


Nak membancuh adunan die senang.Yang cabaran tak terkata tu time nak kukus die.Kene pandai-pandai adjust time n api.Sakit gak pinggang ni.hasilnya beberapa yang cantik dan sebanyaknye yang jadik apam mekar :)




Taman Metropolitan

During weekend ayah suka ajak mak dating riadah.Sebutla segala taman tasik, trek jogging yang ada kat KL, Selangor tu semua dia dah terjah. So masa cuti sekolah baru-baru ni, i ajak my little sister paling bongsu izzati untuk jog kat Taman Millenium.Taman ni dekat area kepong and very well known sebagai tempat main layang-layang.Kalau weekend memang jem.


I went jog dengan adik, sangat luas trek dia, ada banyak naik turun so good for training. Ada kawasan mcm hutan simpan kecil, preserve utk nature, menara tinjau and superb scenery of burung bangau. Tasik luas and banyak sgt org fishing kat sini. Taman ni dikenali jugak as Taman Layang-layang.



Alai Coconut Shake

The other day we went to Klebang for this Coconut Shake. This time around we tried Alai's Coconut Shake. I think I like Klebang's version better. More ice cream and kelapa tak hancur sangat so it mix well dalam mulut.Yummeyh!


The Mammoth Book of inside The Elite Forces

Who knows it all start from here? a book to remember :)


Vanessa Carlton-More Than This with Lyrics


A song that give me strength years ago, May 2009

"More Than This"

Cradling stones hold fire bright
As crickets call out to the moonlight
As you lean in to steal a kiss
I'll never need more than this

We all share the pain of our histories
But the ache goes away if you could see
This night under stars, well, I call it peace
If you say, I'll never need more than this

The trees grow so thick
You can barely see through
But the forest bestows the simplest of truths
You think you'll be happy if granted one more wish
But the truth is you'll never need more,
You'll never need more
You'll never need more than this

Want so much in this life,
There's so much to be
We sail through our youth so impatiently
Until we see
That the years move along
And soldiers and heroes come home
And they carry a song,

Don't live in forgotten times
May this always remind you
Of the sea under the skies blue looking glass
Let's make this our story, let's live in the glory
Time, it fades away,
Precious as a song
Cause someday we'll be gone

Cradling stones hold fire bright
As we watch the glow of the morning light
Someday our bones here they will lie, and so we sing

As the years move along and soldiers and heroes come home
And they carry a song
Let's make this our story,
Let's live in the glory
Time, it fades away,
Precious as a song
Cause someday we'll be gone