got back from TEMBURONG, one word..SHIT!!

as in man, was it probably the most muscle-aching thing i have ever done, and at first it may seem like gooodddd fun, but after alll that, i come back and muscles ache really bad.

tell u guys what we did....agak-agak

Day 1: when we got there, we took some breakfast i tink, so first we all gathered at the jetty, then took about a 45 min boat ride to another jetty where we got onto a bus and it was probably about 30-40 mins to the OBBD area.
once we got there we got separated into groups of 2, with about 16 students in each group. then we got our group instructor to brief us on some stuff.
then had breakfast, rested for awhile, then had a boring first-aid lesson, it was only at about 3 that the activity began, which wasnt like Permai when we got there we began immendiately. so yea, 3 someting we got suited up for the

this pic is from Temburong but i googled it, so probably someone else..LOL.

this is what it was, but we wore a life jacket as well, as we were going across a river...

this activity is called the FLYING FOX
probably the best activity i did in the trip.
but i had to wait until the second day, as it was pouring rain, now the rain wasnt the problem, cuz the first group manage to finish up theirs, then LIGHTNING came and then we had to stop..
so anyways, we all got dried up for another activity, which was basically sorting out what we were going to bring the next day for our camping/trekking.
it took sooooooo long as we had to bring
food=canned foods, bread instant food,etc
cooking utensils, little stove, containers
fuel, tent equipment, knives,
and a whole shitload of stuff..
that plus ur own luggage, so all in all it was a challenge to begin with... we didnt sleep until about 11-12, as the instructor wanted to teach us how to navigate, cuz he would just be following us, and only correcting us when are wrong.

manage to get about 4-5 hours of sleep, on a table like bed, in a sort of cabin, and when i say cabin, it's more like the beginning stages of the cabin when being built.

Day 2: we got up to a very enthusiastic annoying fire drill, where the instructors were ringing the fire bell and calling out in a monotonous tone ,"fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, etc" as u knw la, we all strolled, took our time to get to the assembly point. once we reached there, the instructor asked us why we were strolling like we were at DUHH MALL! then again his tone wasnt very well rehearsed, but the goal was achieved, which was to wake us up!
we were soooooo up by then, a tad groggy, but we got our stuff packed up and got some breakfast, and finish up the flying fox, and got suited up for some water activity, which was called DIP and FLOAT where we as a group went to the river, and as we held each others life vest by the side strap dip into the collllddd chilling water. but before we dipped in we had to greet out loud, "SELAMAT PAGI, SUNGAI TEMBURONG!!!!!!". then diiiiipppppp, mannnnnn was it the dip of my life, freakking cold.....then after getting wet and dipping about 3 times, the instructor, taught us how to float, if we were to capsize and couldnt swim, the we all tried out floating one by one...which was alright, as the current was calm, and sorta slow.

once we learned that, we got ready for our trekking activity, after some lunch, just to let u knw the food was good, some ants get in the way, but pretty local, the downside was that we were given plates and cups and fork and spoons, so that isnt exactly my forte, as im pretty sensitive to all this theory of having to share stuff and wash it, and at first the stuff we dirty... so it kinda put me off.

so after lunch, we got dressed, and other than the minor adjustments and briefing we were off at about 11.30. in between we took 5 min breaks and a mid-way 30 mins break, the trail wasnt straightforward, and i slipped about a million times, by the time i got there it looked like i had taken a bath in mud, that was how dirty i was and how terrible i was in trekking. when we got to our campsite, which was around 4.30, we still had to setup camp, and cook and stuff, so after trekking for about 5 hours, we tried our bestest to set it up, as rain was set to come in about an hour, my frens and i got ours set up just in time for it to rain, but we still hadnt change and we were smelly and dirty and sweaty and wet!
so some of us decided to get a coooolllld nice dip in the river to at least clean off watever dirt could be washed off. the dip earlier was easy, so this in the pouring rain wasnt any easier...but we manage to get some dip time, and relax for awhile, before i got changed, and my frens got the tent dried up, while that happened i also managed to slip in some tuna snadwich, where we had to open a can of tuna, with a POCKET KNIFE mind you..

the other group arrived as we finished our tent setup, and as for dinner, well let's just say, we were tired to the max, to even consider taking out stuff to cook in. so by 8 most of us were fast asleep. my sleep was pretty good, but had difficulties in sleeping, as i had a pain somewhere didnt knw wat happened to my upper thigh, but it was definitely from all that slipping and sliding from trekking.

DAY 3: someone dcided to be very cheeky and wake us up by mentioning in a MONOTONOUS tone, "wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,etc" man u just wanted to kill the guy, but it got us up anyway, and it was about 5 i tink, so we had until 6.30 to get out stuff packed and tents away, we managed to get it all done, bring our bags to the river bank and wait for the instructor, who told us to start inflating out own kayak boats, then once that was outta the way we waited for the other group and got our lesson on dangers and paddling and stuf..
the kayakin was damn dangerous and tiring and scary. i at one point was about to quit, cuz it was a nightmare, overalll, really hard, but i did finish, the kayaking wasnt like permai where it was calm seas and a proper boat, and we had all the time in the world stuff... it was the total opposite.

so...basically we trekked for 5 hours, kayaked back 7km and still manage to stay alive...

however once we reached back, we had to wash our equipment and make sure it was all accounted for, which was taking pretty long cuz of the drying of stuff, and people taking turns in bath and the counting of stuff altogther, we finished up by 3 something and at the end of the day we got out phones and wallets and life back and filled out a form, based on our 3 day course and how we rate specific sections on a scale of 1-7, mine were up and down the order...
i cudnt wait to go back home and just see my family, reached the jetty by 5.30 and went straight home!

as for today, everyone had to attend school, as the IB coordinator said, it was necesary and that it u dont , it defeats the purpose of going to a trip like Temburong, but i didnt go anyways, as i had the pain from the camping/trekking activity, and i went to a really good place for therapy to see wat the problem was, turns out i tore some parts of my muscle leg, but it isnt as bad as it seemed, it wud heal in 24 hours provided i can walk slow....

so up until that point, sigh it was a long weekend,




sunburned, until baked crispy insde and out, plus i got some cuts by due to plants, u blive it?? plants?? cuttin me??

man, what a weekend, overall now sitting down reflecting back it was an experience nevertheless, but if had to do it again?? maybe not, unless ive been paid!
before the trip optimistic, after the trip tired,demotivated,aching,all the negative words u a can tink of...

sigh, another day again!!!!!!!!

melissa signed off at 3:38:00 PM