people love travel, so do I. I always wish that I could travel to oversea in order to explore everything which I have never explore yet. And I firmly believe that by traveling and exploring the others' lifestyle, people can only then understand how tiny they are in this world.
if travel can be categorized as a hobby, let it be mine. However, this hobby is strictly restricted by the money matter. You want to travel? 'course you can if you got the money! It is simply undeniable that money does matter. Thus I have decided to save up a lot of money for holidays trips to somewhere farther.
in the process of saving up money to somewhere farther, I had traveled with friends to somewhere nearer and apparently it did not cost me too much of money.
it was a nation of flower. Nation?! Hmmm... countryside to be exact. All the veggie and fruits there are as fresh as daisy. Everyday.
according to Wikipedia, Cameron Highlands is actually a district in Pahang. I, as a geography-idiot, always believe that it is located in the state of Perak. Shame on me to be a Malaysian for 24 years. And luckily I never teach geography in school. Otherwise I will definitely failing the students.
back to the main topic. It was a 3-days-2-nights-trip. Without Lin Fang's relatives, I think the friends and I would not be able to make the trip so successfully. Don't you believe? Well, just continue the reading.
Day 1: An Inexcusable Oversight
woke up at 0300 hours. I was overjoyed. It was the maiden travel with friends. Purely organized by us, not under any organization like before. Just try to imagine my feeling at the moment. Lin Fang came to pick me up at around 0430 hours. She was late. However she was not the culprit but Kai Ying. Kai Ying was sick. That was utterly not a good news in the morning. It would be better for her to rest at home. So that her eye would not swollen on the following days.
Lin Fang drove all the way down to Batu Pahat to meet up with her mama and relatives first. Then we continued the journey to our destination -- Cameron Highlands. Meanwhile we stopped at Bidor to fill up our stomachs.
along the way to Cameron Highlands, many petrol stations are found. However the 4 of us never thought of adding fuel. And the result can be predicted. Yes. We were run out of fuel when we were at the middle of mountain. Less than 5 kilometers away to the rental apartment. Good news is that we went to Cameron Highlands with Lin Fang's relatives. They bought us some fuel after we were forced to stop the car. And fortunately there was a retail store. Lin Fang parked the car at there. We pretended like nothing happened and went inside the store to buy some snacks while we were waiting for the rescue team anxiety to rescue us.
waiting is a torturing process. We decided to occupy the time by taking photos and enjoying the snacks we had bought.
frankly speaking, I cannot imagine if Lin Fang's relatives were not around, what should we do at the moment. Thanks for having them. Sincerely.
Day 2: I'm A Vegetarian
perhaps it sounds a 'lil bit absurd. But I have to say... I feel like I am a vegetarian at Cameron Highlands. I am merely cannot imagine how the residents there live under the circumstance like that. Maybe they like the way they live, who knows?! Meat... was unavailable at there, except those steamboat shops. Even at the night market, I did not find any stall which sells fried chicken. Neither the egg. What they have the most? Corns corns corns... broccoli broccoli broccoli... strawberry strawberry strawberry... lettuce lettuce lettuce... cabbage cabbage cabbage... carrot carrot carrot... and variety of veggie and fruits. Uncountable. Actually I wondered whether the residents love to eat the veggie or not. Everyday the same veggie, same fruits. Will they sick of them? Just try to imagine... everyday you eat the salad. And the ingredients are all the same every week, not to say everyday, for sure you will sick of it, doesn't it? Okay... that is only my wild guess. Who knows there would be someone in this world love to eat the salad with same ingredients everyday?!
by the way, there is a fact that I was kinda boring on that day and eventually analyzed why the meats are unavailable at there. And I had came out with this conclusion: It could be very expensive as the meats need to be transported to there. Fees are charged and customers have to share the burden of transportation fee. Typically businesses and economics issues. And forgive me as I cannot explain the relationship between the goods and customers in details. I am not a business student. True.
thanks Lin Fang's relatives for preparing the steamboat for us. It was tasty and good to have it under the cold climate at there. Without them, I think we just got corns to eat only.
Day 3: Home Sweet Home
time to go back home. I just simply could not wait. Why? I need a good sleep. I need to sleep so badly as I did not sleep well in the past 2 days. Yeah, the cold climate made me trembled in the midnight and unable to sleep at all. It was too cold. Also, I missed the old mama. And the dishes she cooked for me too.
in the process of saving up money to somewhere farther, I had traveled with friends to somewhere nearer and apparently it did not cost me too much of money.
it was a nation of flower. Nation?! Hmmm... countryside to be exact. All the veggie and fruits there are as fresh as daisy. Everyday.
according to Wikipedia, Cameron Highlands is actually a district in Pahang. I, as a geography-idiot, always believe that it is located in the state of Perak. Shame on me to be a Malaysian for 24 years. And luckily I never teach geography in school. Otherwise I will definitely failing the students.
back to the main topic. It was a 3-days-2-nights-trip. Without Lin Fang's relatives, I think the friends and I would not be able to make the trip so successfully. Don't you believe? Well, just continue the reading.
Day 1: An Inexcusable Oversight
woke up at 0300 hours. I was overjoyed. It was the maiden travel with friends. Purely organized by us, not under any organization like before. Just try to imagine my feeling at the moment. Lin Fang came to pick me up at around 0430 hours. She was late. However she was not the culprit but Kai Ying. Kai Ying was sick. That was utterly not a good news in the morning. It would be better for her to rest at home. So that her eye would not swollen on the following days.
Lin Fang drove all the way down to Batu Pahat to meet up with her mama and relatives first. Then we continued the journey to our destination -- Cameron Highlands. Meanwhile we stopped at Bidor to fill up our stomachs.
along the way to Cameron Highlands, many petrol stations are found. However the 4 of us never thought of adding fuel. And the result can be predicted. Yes. We were run out of fuel when we were at the middle of mountain. Less than 5 kilometers away to the rental apartment. Good news is that we went to Cameron Highlands with Lin Fang's relatives. They bought us some fuel after we were forced to stop the car. And fortunately there was a retail store. Lin Fang parked the car at there. We pretended like nothing happened and went inside the store to buy some snacks while we were waiting for the rescue team anxiety to rescue us.
waiting is a torturing process. We decided to occupy the time by taking photos and enjoying the snacks we had bought.
frankly speaking, I cannot imagine if Lin Fang's relatives were not around, what should we do at the moment. Thanks for having them. Sincerely.
Day 2: I'm A Vegetarian
perhaps it sounds a 'lil bit absurd. But I have to say... I feel like I am a vegetarian at Cameron Highlands. I am merely cannot imagine how the residents there live under the circumstance like that. Maybe they like the way they live, who knows?! Meat... was unavailable at there, except those steamboat shops. Even at the night market, I did not find any stall which sells fried chicken. Neither the egg. What they have the most? Corns corns corns... broccoli broccoli broccoli... strawberry strawberry strawberry... lettuce lettuce lettuce... cabbage cabbage cabbage... carrot carrot carrot... and variety of veggie and fruits. Uncountable. Actually I wondered whether the residents love to eat the veggie or not. Everyday the same veggie, same fruits. Will they sick of them? Just try to imagine... everyday you eat the salad. And the ingredients are all the same every week, not to say everyday, for sure you will sick of it, doesn't it? Okay... that is only my wild guess. Who knows there would be someone in this world love to eat the salad with same ingredients everyday?!
by the way, there is a fact that I was kinda boring on that day and eventually analyzed why the meats are unavailable at there. And I had came out with this conclusion: It could be very expensive as the meats need to be transported to there. Fees are charged and customers have to share the burden of transportation fee. Typically businesses and economics issues. And forgive me as I cannot explain the relationship between the goods and customers in details. I am not a business student. True.
thanks Lin Fang's relatives for preparing the steamboat for us. It was tasty and good to have it under the cold climate at there. Without them, I think we just got corns to eat only.
Day 3: Home Sweet Home
time to go back home. I just simply could not wait. Why? I need a good sleep. I need to sleep so badly as I did not sleep well in the past 2 days. Yeah, the cold climate made me trembled in the midnight and unable to sleep at all. It was too cold. Also, I missed the old mama. And the dishes she cooked for me too.
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