treetop waLk 10/9/05

heyy there, i've just showered and dried my hair after coming back from the treetop waLk 2dae.. yupp.

2dae's the third dae of the Sec 2 junioR nco course, which means, the hiKe from treetop walk 2 macritchie reservoir.. yupp, same tink, training began at 8am, we had them finish up all the push-ups they owed us, be it mr lee or anyone one of us nCos, the totaL was 180! so much! but i tink they were late, den when asked how they wan 2 return it, they said 2 double the actual number tat they owed, so.. yupp. loLs. =)) they could choose how they wanted 2 return it. in the end, they decided on 180 haLf-squats. =D smart kids. =D

the bus came at 9am, and we were off 2 the entrance of the trail 2 the HSBC treetop walk. i still can rmb the fantastic view from last yeaR's incredians training in deceMber, it's realli breath-taking. =D this time we didn't go the same rouTe as last year though, from treetop waLk, we went all the wae through trails, footpaths and broadwalks 2 end at Macritchie Reservoir, veRi different from last year.

fiRz, there wasn't tat canal over a stream we had 2 cross over this time, tat canal was kinda dangerous as i rmb..? yupp. but this year is veRi much hotter and VERI humid inside the 'forest'!! i tink if got wind oso all blocked by the tall trees le ba..? loLs! =D cuz we're like encLosed in the thick of nature, no sight of civilisation man. =D also probably bcuz it's the month of sePtember, one of the hottest months in the year, and when it was december last year, it was much moRe cooling, got slight breezes now and then ba. =))

we were on this broadwalk when we came down from the treetop walk, and we came 2 this stream running underneath, and surprise surprise, got this tortoise crossing the broadwalk too. =) but there was quite some distance from the broadwalk and the side bank, considered quite big distance for the tortoise! and it juz sort of tumbled off the broadwalk, slided and cracked all the wae down to the stream, and all the girLs went, "oH my god!" haHaha, all of us sort of stoNed there 4 awhile, cuz it's like, the *cRaCk*! and we were all going, it's so cute, and it's like, man, it muz hav hurt 4 the tortoise! loLs!

we had lunch at a mini fitness coRner, well. half-lunch, i suppose? =D cuz monkeys decided tat we had aLot of nice-smelling food, and they invaded our lunch-time. daMn the monkeys. =)) everyone was like enjoying their packed beeHoon, sandwiches, chips, bread stuffings, and suddenly they were hopping down all over the place. loLs. =D we had to stuff all the unfinished food in sight into our bags, veRi rushed. so wasted? daMn the monkeys. =)) there was some paNic over at the sec 2 girLs there, cuz the monkeys veri brave sia, hop non-stop 4ward towards them, and the girls veri fast, grab everytink and run away. =D actualli, there was initially one or two, and they cleared off, and there was some peace, den little did we noe, they had gone off for ‘backup’! siao liao, come back with even bigger number! jialat.

den at one point of time both kian wei and me eating halfwae den quickly turn behind at the same time 2 see if got monkeys behind or not, haHaha, so funni, cuz aLot of them is in front of us, den the same thought muz hav hit us, "shit, BEHIND got or not?!" den we turn back, relieved, realized we were having the same reaction. loLs. =D

it wasn't til auggy weiwen and leongcheng they all used the dowel poles 2 flail and fake-jab at them, den did they run off. my, did we clear off from the place fast man. and again, daMn the monkeys. =D

this time there was also this grey-metallic staircase tower, called the jeLutong tower it was after we had completed the treetop walk when we came 2 it, it's like our Chinese 'Jin Zi Ta', onLi not tat grand larr, obviously. =D u had 2 climb many windings of stairs, and when u came 2 the top, it's like open air, no sheLter, with a 360 deGrees view of everytink in the distance, so beautifuL...! =) but at the top, some of us were sitting down, and we looked at the side railings, and they like, sort of MOVING?! loLs, and we were like asking each other, "so is our eyes got problem, or the whole tower structure unstable?" loLs.. =D we had a short rest there, and we moved on..

the most amazing view, i tink, tat we didn't get 2 see, but saw this time, was on the broadwalk aLong Macritchie Reservoir. it was like rocks, rocks, rocks, trees, trees, brushes, and monkeys [ yes, mOnkeYs =)) ], then we came 2 a clearing and into open air, and the reservoir came into sight, and it's like realli, WOW. =D i try 2 capture the view into words, it's like ripples are travelling across the water surfaces, and there are little waves breaking under ur feet, under the wooden planks u are walking on, so niCe lorr, the view. =D

by the wae, i realli hav 2 sae i peifu the sec 2s sia, throughout the hike, they talk and talk and talk, all craps, we thought by the middle of the hike, they would be tired out, but NEVER! talk and talk, non-stop! bth! haHaha..

we went reach the main park, found a big big shelter [by the wae, one of fans spoil until hanging upside down! the park management oso never go and change, should be spoil veri long liao, it's rusty, dusty!]

the sec 2s played games, den after tat, we boarded the bus and went back to sch, gave out best traiNee, in our words is our version of Jue Dui Superstar, loLs [miLfred =D]

we had our nCo debrief, veri happie with the tinks mr lee said, gan dao hen xin wei.. =))
but also, sad, cuz the course is over, can sae we had fun.. den the six of us went 2 compass 2 eat maC AGAIN, made aLot of noise.. loLs..

by the wae, throughout this whole course, for every dae de lunch and dinner, i've been eating maCdonalds de mcNugget student meaL! loLs, i'm a nugget freak. =)

by the wae, i'm hungry liao, now.. currently craving 4 fried bee hoon, stopping here now! dae aft tmL sch jiu reopen le, exams going 2 come le.. yupp. kae den, bye bye! =D