how'd often do you get a view liddat mann, it so totally rocks la, hahahahaha, mann, like perera said: "its the small things at the end that make it all worth it"

arrgh, still dunno how to blog about the trip, hahahahahaha, so on high now =D , we all started out quite high, no doubt thanks to the fish and co dinner we had, which some people kept turning up late, eh erm, some leec...h, oops, hahaha, amazingly the bus ride to ipoh was quite comfy, leg rest, arm rest...blahh....arrived in the morning at the foot of korbu for A 4WD RIDE, hahahaha, best car ride of me life so far, the uncle almost drift like in Initial D la, hahahaha with leech, shi bo, willy, sze han and me hanging on for dear life at the back, getting slapped around by palm leaves, fianlly reached some broken bridge that heralded the start of the trek up. started out with lotsa leech attacks, hahahaha, liwen was screaming like madd, hopping around so much that you can't even pluck off the leech happily sucking away, hahahahaha, burst one on my leg and saw a pool of blood, heck it, worst part was that the bleeding wun stop and started to form major stalactites on my feet, which further attracted more leeches, great =)

walked quite alot, like 8 to 9 hrs on the first day, came across like 20 million low branches (i counted), said about 20 million vulgarities (weird coincidence), saw quite a few leeches, best part was the water crossings, i love it, to the dismay of liwen, hahaha, her and her leeches. then it began to rain. being caught in the rain is quite normal, but trekking through rain in a rainforest with a poncho is really one heck of an experience. the poncho's getting ripped to bits, you still have bout a few km to cover, the wind's blowing, and you have to crawl under branches, not a good combination. finally reached some clearing, where leeches were rampant and the weather was still wet, somehow, we never pitched tents so fast before, hahahahhaha, all huddled in our tent, examining our bloody legs, waists and eh ermz, groins for some, hahahaha, the blood just kept coming, hahahaha. went out into the freezing, rainy night to collect water with ys, willy, liwen and miss ng, had a leech fiesta on my leg, i swear 2 leeches were making out on my leg, hahahaha, the nerve of them. due to the rain, hot food was off the list, had to make do with 3 packets of 3-in-1 milo and khong guan, bless creators of milo and khong guan, you rock mann, after the first night, i felt as if there can't be worse shit that this, hhahahaha

woke up the in morning to begin a schelduled 9 hr hike, poured blood water out of my kluang adidas, first time i saw that happen, boy it was erm, (paraphrase nice here). the rest was a blur of branches, leeches and falls, audrey and lala apparently almost fell off the cliff, luckily fan fan and willy caught them, gd job guys =) hahahahaha, almost fell off myself when my foothold gave way into nothingness, haha, scrambled back up like mad. somehow liwen and me became the first pair and followed topoi to the top, mann, he's fast, no wonder he's a commando, hahahahahaha, crawled in ankle deep mud, in rainy weather and darkness, gosh, a perfect R & R location, hahahahaha, the view at the top was nice when the clouds parted to allow us a fleeting glance of Ipoh below, dammn, it felt good. was freezing at the top, we all realised the importance of quick tent pitching mann, 3 layers of clothes and its still cold, imagine that without shelter, brrrrrr. had some sort of foodfest that night, buter cookies, heavenly mackeral in teriyaki, baked beans....and milo..hahahaha, somehow the tent next to us did not get any pasta, they were having froot loops (best ceral in the world) and chunky, god, that night was unforgettable in its own right, wore socks in the middle of the night cuz i couldn't feel my toes, cold like shit

woke up in the morning to Am's voice, telling us to wake up to see the view that we had climbed 2183 meters for, and it was great mann, see the pictures for urself, felt as if you were on the top of the world, had some hamster food for breakfast, courtesy of dennis, hahaha, made some stupid videos, took quite alot of pics before setting off, hahaha

the coming down part was quite fun, all of us were in high spirits, somehow the descent was easier, though i had 5 butt to ground experiences, but sara still beat me by having 7 hahahahahahah, somehow we split up into 2 groups, we had quite a few rests compared to the second group, finally reached the waterfall rest point again, wuz quite glad to find a toilet, hahahahahaha, trek down the first base camp quz quite unevenful, other than alvin injuring his leg, some people told us that it was either a dislocated or broken knee, but he kept on going, never say die eh, hahahaha. had a wonderful dinner that night, lotsa pasta for everyone, a slight rain did not dampen out spirits at all, food Ics were camped out in the shelter, constantly bringing hot food to us, thanks food Is!!!!!

woke at 5.47 am on the last day on korbu, dunno why also, kept having weird dreams of the trek down, hahahaha, as if i revisited the way down again, maybe i was sleepwalking =p saw the magnificent view of the stars in the early morning, though not as nice as on kota, but it'll have to do. all of us were in super high spirits as we descended the last part of our korbu journey, leech bites were still rampent, we all suffered, legs were bloodied (in the case of hui hui), but we all just chionged on, literally, running full speed into low branches (ouch), but i guess we didn't give a dammn, after quite sometime, THE BROKEN BRIDGE CAME INTO VIEW AGAIN, many of us did the 100m dash, 100% satisfaction. we all broke into cheers, nursed our broke backs in the water, wahhhhh, heavenly sia, mr seet did something with his pants which i shalt not mention, hhahahaha, soaked in the water for 1 hr plus before going on the 4WD back to civilisation, mannn, it wass good

as we waited for the coach, suggestions were abundant on where we should go for the Dec OT, hmmm...maybe everest? hahahahahaha, just jokin, liwen wanted to climb korbu again, gosh, being near a monster sure helps, hahahaha somehow, it felt weird being back into civilisation again, you feel more insecure than in the jungle, or maybe its just me, checked into robin hotel, where i had my first bath with tap water for 4 days, let's just say spring water felt better. had food fest that night, crazy angels and mortals passing food around like nobody's buisness, hmmm...ys showed he was another kx, hahahahaa, i had let's see, rojak, dumplings, fries, kuay teow, chicken wings, ice kachang, ramly burger, watermelon juice, coke, sprite ice...blah blah. watched the 6-0 massacare of Serb by the argentinians that night, hahahaha went to sleep after the first half, too tired, felt uncomfortable having a soft bed also, hahahaha, weird ain't it

white water rafting and caving was on the agenda of the last day, dammn, i kept missing korbu, hahahaha, the bus ride to the rapids was short, most people were sleeping, split up into rafts, my boat got mr seet, me and yongsheng at first, hahahaha, that would have been one heck of powerboat, the rapids were quite fun, but we kept getting stuck...awww...flew out of the raft once, hahahaha, somehow wilson flew over alvin in his raft, somehow, after i joined odac and rcc, nothing seems impossible. the yellow raft reached first, me and ys got two chances at drifting down river, it was so fun, hahahaaha

took a lorry to the caving are after that, saw this guy cutting grass in the middle of the forest, mann, they have weird hobbies and pasttimes there, reached the caves, mann, its a paradise for me that is, caving, rock climbing, abseiling, blah blah blah, you name it, they have it, the caves were awesome, it really makes you wonder whether god really exists or not, after seeing all these spectacular stuff. the fun part was when we had to crawl and slide down holes, me and alvin caught almost everyone sliding down, though we missed a few =p sorri, some parts were real dark, plus we had to crawl in water, hahahaha, one of a kind experience again

after that went to parkson grand for the boring old buisness of shopping again, yawnz, hahaha nothing much to do there, apparently never go try marybrown or sushi king there, or so the guide and the rest of odac told us, hahahahaha boarded the coach back to singapore, wahhhh i want to go back to KORBU =(

reached school at 4. freaking O clock, so much for the expected jam, haha, everyone found a place to sleep in the canteen or somewhere else, me and eugene found a place in the treehouse where i finally found a use for my mat, hahahaha woke up 1 hr later to go to toilet and eugene thought that i had rolled off the treehouse, jokes, hahahahaha everyone woke up at like 7 plus to clean up and stuff, then we all sat in the treehouse talking crap, eating mac deliveries before the debrief.

somehow, the debrief was the most impt part of all, we reflected and remembered...all the shit we had, and all the fun we had, sigh, when will we have it again, like what mr seet said, its these kinda things that sets us apart from the rest of the school, all our "stripes" earned from the korbu plants, "badges" graciously earned from the leeches, we might forget all these one day, or be disbanded worlds apart, but we're still the odac 23rd batch that lasted thru korbu for 4 days. everyone's strong, i'd have to admit it, no one gave up, greatest respect goes to the girls of ODAC, some of you are stronger than the guys, me included, hahahahahahahahaaha.

there were times when all felt pretty demoralised i guess, me too, felt quite useless at times, when you just don't have the power of the will, felt like the lowest lifeform on earth, but then i looked at the rest of odac, and felt strength go through me again, strength lies not in 1 person, but in a group =)

been pondering this question, do we determine fate or do we let fate determine us? maybe i should ask KI for the answer to this, hahaha