My First Conquered Hill

It all happened on Thaipusam day. It was a holiday in UTP as well. On the night before, we had an all-nite prayer meeting. We prayed from 10pm on the night before Thaipusam til 5am on Thaipusam morning. Had a great time just seeking God. Pastor said he wanted to train us to seek God and worship him without the help of any instruments...he wanted us to do it out of our own heart....and not just sing songs because the song is nice or catching. It was amazing how we could pray and pray for so long. This shows that it is possible for us to pray for such long hours.

Felix, James, Xiao Qi and I returned to campus at 5am. I went back to the room, woke Peck Koon up, and got ready for the next agenda. :P Was real excited about the hike up Bukit Keledang. We gathered at our village carpark at 5:15am and started off to Menglembu at 5:30am. All was still dark. I dared not close my eyes throughout the journey, for fear that I might not be able to wake up again since I had not slept a wink all night.

To be frank, I didn't expect it to be like real hiking...Suet Yeng had told me that it would be easy...walking up a slightly sloped tar road... However, it definitely wasn't so. We did walk on the tar road for a while. The stars were twinkling in the sky...the town below was all lighted up...it was Ipoh town, I think... hehe. :P

At first, it was a bit tough...being quite dark and the road a dark colour. But with the help of torch lights and friends who gave a helping hand every now and then, it was still bearable.... Until we started using the steps. by that time, it had already started to be brighter. We could see without any torches. But my....were those steps steep.....and endless too. We climbed and climbed...til we were out of breath. (Koonie still had breath to greet the uncles who came down "Cho San") At last, after around 2 hours I think...we reached...!!! We were the last ones to reach...Peck Koon, James, Claryn (sorry i mispelled your name), and I. But Peck Koon and James could have reached earlier if it wasn't for me and claryn. Thanks!!! :) The rest were already there...Angie, Teck Hooi, Khai Yi, Jackie, Joey, Kian Tat. I really thought I had reached the top. But they told us the others...had gone even higher up. We didn't go any farther. I was too out of breath to even shout for joy. I just sat there and absorb the wonderful view. It really was beautiful...and cool. There were several exercising equipments to use too. We saw the sun rise!!!!! I watched it come out....from a thin orange line...until looked like an egg yoke. It was my first time... :) After some photo taking and resting, we walked down using the tar road. This road went round and round the hill...it seemed to continue forever and ever....

We stopped by at a waterfall halfway and dipped our feet in it. The water was freezing cold and very clear too. We caught some peacock fish there...ten of them. James kept them in a banana leaf...and we let them free later. Was fun.

Later, we had Dim Sum in Menglembu. It was yummy!!! Their speciality was deep fried Char Siew Pau. It was at the Dim Sum place that I saw the hill from down below. Couldn't imagine I had climbed so high... It was unimaginable!!!!! On the way back, we dropped by to buy Debbie a birthday cake. Happy Birthday, Debbie!!! I was nodding all the way back to campus. Slept from 12noon til 7:30pm. After Debbies birthday party, I went back to our room and slept again. Hehe. I really can sleep!!!! :P

Hmmm....I have to admit I didn't reach the top...but hey...only five of us did reach the very top. (San Yin, Shean Chuan, Xiao Qi, Tsae Yng and.......oh mannnnn....I forgot the 5th one.)