Mid Autumn Festival aka Mooncake Festival aka Lantern Festival

Hmm...has been a very long time...

I didn't hold a lantern...

Bringing it walking all around the small town...

Walking in a group of children...

Shouting out loudly as a group...

Shouting: A..li...ma...li...poh...oh...oh...oh...

Then if came across other groups of children...

And we will start shouting louder and louder...

Competing among each other...

To see who is louder...haha...

Missed all those childhood moments...

Now where are all those shouts...???

I have not heard of it for some years back till now...

Now here is something special to be shared...

During my outdoor outing last weekend in Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan at Kampung Chennah...

I saw something that really surprised me and remind me of my childhood memories although there was no shouting of "a...li...ma...li...po...oh...oh...oh..."

When I was at there, the Malays children were holding the lantern...

Going around...walking around...cycling around...with the lantern...

Something I have not seen even when I was in my hometown during my childhood life...

So, this is what we call Malaysia...1 Malaysia...

Happy Mooncake Festival aka Happy Lantern Festival to everyone in Malaysia...

Amal Merdeka de' Broga

Date : 30 & 31 August 2010
Location : Broga Hill, Semenyih, Selangor

For the first time in my life as a Malaysian, I went out for a celebration for our Independence Day with friends from UPSI and getting along with new outdoor friends (all over from KL, Selangor, Port Dickson, Batu Pahat, Ipoh)...

We celebrated the day at Broga Hill with more than 50 participants on top of the hill.
Went up hiking the hill after "berbuka" and while waiting for the time to struck at 12:00am, there were BBQ and entertainment up there.

Other than that, of course for the Muslims they did not forget their "solat terawih"...
So, for outdoor people there is always a way on how to fulfill the responsibility as a God's follower.

When the time struck, firecrackers and fireworks were all around and what I'm impressed most at that time was the singing of our national anthem by all of us.
This shows that we are truly Malaysian regardless of who we are and where we are from...

Last but not least, there was also an additional event which is to raise some fund for an eight years old child suffering from nerve cancer (http://adamstumor.blogspot.com/)...

Around 1:30am we went down and gather at a "mamak" restaurant for some drink and even "sahur" then everybody went their own way back to the respective destination.

One of my memorable Merdeka Celebration in my life...
Thanks to Encik Zainul Fikri, the organiser of the event...

View at night (from the first peak)...



"Solat terawih"...

BBQ...

Caving with Kenaboi Adventure Team (2+1 Teams)

Date : 31 July 2010
Location : Kenaboi, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan

Was kinda busy and that's why being late in updating this post.
There were 3 teams altogether having activities at the Sungai Kekabu campsite from 31 July 2010 to 1 August 2010.

2 of the teams which were in smaller group combined together for the caving and tubing activities where else the other team is 1 single big group (the Motibina group)...
I was together with the Motibina group for the whole program.

This group was the very first big group to have caving activity at here.
They consisted of young children (the youngest at 6 years old) and adults (family group with colleagues)...

It was kinda adventurous and challenging event for this group during the caving activity as there were various level and group of people (special child as well)...

It was so great to see this group in such a high motivated environment with a very strong supporting bond among them in going through all the obstacles and difficulties.
A big applause to this group as it is not an easy task for first timers like them...

Although they were very tired and kinda down in mental halfway of the trip but in the end everybody is satisfied and enjoy it...
I also enjoy joining this group and get to exchange view with some of them at night before they went to sleep and get ready for the next activity on the following day...thank you...

The group arriving at campsite with their own 4WD...

The rare species found at campsite...

Ice breaking moments before activity kicked off...

Get ready for the caving trip...

On the way to the caving location...

Reached at the leading way to the cave...

Trekking through the nature before reaching the cave...



At the cave's entrance...



In the cave...

Gotcha...!!!

One of the challenging obstacles...

First check point (rest)...

Continue on...

Original "nature curtain"...




Another challenging obstacles (narrow space)...




Random shots...


The toughest obstacles...


Rest point and motivation support...

One last final minor obstacle...




Out of the cave and everyone is so relieved...end of the caving activity...

Back to Childhood Memories...

Yesterday was attending a class at the faculty's microteaching room.
While waiting for the lecturer to arrive, I was looking down from the second floor of the building.

Down there...there were some children playing around at the playground.
Some were on the swing...
Some were on the slide...
Some just running around chasing each other...

When looking at those happy faces of the children, do remind me of my childhood days...
There were no worries...
There were no tension...
There were no problems...
Those days were filled with enjoyment and happiness mingling around with friends...

How I wish that the condition now is fill with all the happiness with no worries...
But then yea...we get older day by day and definitely more challenging obstacles for us to go through...

Live the life and go through it with positive approach...
Back then was just memories left...
Live in the reality now and move forward...
More await ahead...
Climb up and reach out...

Cave Exploration...

Date : 18 July 2010
Location : Kenaboi, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan

The actual plan was to enter the cave that the Kenaboi Adventure Team (KAT) had explored previously.
But then, because of uncertainty of the route...we explored another route (following Alang's "friend" guidance)...

All the way of the exploration, got to capture some nice shots...
So, let the photos tell everything of the exploration...

Start to explore...

Hehe...the original spiderman (Alang)...

The real exploration began...


The ancient pot...

All the way of the exploration...






Exploring through the cave...







Panda image...???

Human face image...???

Finding way out...



Finally...

A very nice and interesting adventure outing with the team...