30 Hour Famine 2008

The camp was carried out differently this year as we spent the first 26 hours in UTAR where the D.I.Y camp was organised by the Psychology students. I was so saddened with how the whole camp was being conducted by a bunch of inexperience and ego people. It was simply a big let down. I should not expect too much from them but I thought it supposed to be an educational camp that touches the heart of all participants? The Emcees suck! The programmes Sucks! The facilitators/helpers Sucks! The president Sucks! The vice-president SUCKSSS! Can you imagine that they actually had the game instructions hand-written and with mistakes all over? All in all the camp was just so not professionally done! I'm truly disappointed.

No matter how bad the situation turned out to be, the three of us managed to get entertained with their actions and were laughing our ass off. HARD!

My groupmates whom I only talked to 3 out of 8. Ok. I am a freak.

We spent the last 4 hours at the Bukit Jalil Hockey Stadium where all participants from all over the country gathered for the final countdown. And that was when I feel all the excitement and feeling that I was looking for ; the power from everybody! I really love this kind of feeling when everybody gathered together to do the same meaningful thing and the spirit of making things happen.

I love what I'm doing and I'm going to do this again next year =)

I didn't know if I would ever love hiking until the very first experience that I had for Gunung Nuang. Hiking is some mental game that I challenge myself, it's some sort of force in me that I may not know. It's where I know exactly how far I can do or go. It's a test.

For it's a test of self-discipline and self-determination. I controlled the consumption of water so that I do not have to respond to the call of nature. I tried not to stop for a rest unless I really need to catch some breath. I walked alone in the complete darkness with the aid of my little torchlight though I did cried to myself while i was left all alone walking because I was really scare and my legs were trembling. I had only me myself to overcome all those thing that I was very aftraid of - darkness and all kind of sounds that came along just beside my ears. I prayed hard, I talked and sang to myself to get me distracted. Since then, I am so much braver than before. No kidding. If u were to know me well, you will see the drastic changes in me.

The second experience of hiking - Gunung Datuk. I went all alone without any companion (not refering to any new friends made from the trip).

*Brief information on G.Datuk*
Location : Rembau, Negeri Sembilan

Height : 870m /2900ft

The trail was not as tough as G.Nuang as it took less than 2 hours to reach our campsite. The treks are clean and all the way straight up to the peak. Hate to admit this but the whole journey to the peak was not a very pleasant one because something was so amissed. I couldn't help but to compare the whole experience with Nuang's. It was as if I take my own bus to Rembau and start hiking on my own. At most of the time I was alone. I missed him.

And it's going to be over soon. Very soon I tell myself.