CG Trip To Cameron Highlands.

Last weekend, my CG and I took a trip to Cameron Highlands for a 3 day 2 nights outing for some fun, fellowship and sightseeing. Trip was planned by our leaders Lazarus, Pinx and MingWei; big 姐姐 s Laura

and Joanne were there to look after us and we left on a happy Saturday morning. Since a picture says a thousand words, I'll let you all take a look at pics of the trip as I tell the story, save me from typing an IELTS level essay.. =p

Anyway, Day 1, Saturday, breakfast..

Guess what..? It just had to be

BakKutTeh..

Then we set off.. That Handsome

Hunk is Ming Wei, my driver.

We drove to Ipoh, Simpang Pulai to be exact then cut across it to start up Cameron Highlands.

Trip took about 3 hours. I was having a mild cold and so had pumped myself up with Clarinase to try to prevent others from catching it too.

Unfortunately, some of them caught it. Clarinase made me so unresponsive during that whole day.. Anyway, Cameron Green,

Boungainvilla. Our home for 2 nights. Great place.

Looks just like any apartment from

the outside..

But the outside view from the balcony

was awesome/breathtaking..

The block had 3 bedrooms, 2 of

which had personal bathrooms; a kitchen; a living room; and a dining area.. This

is the room I shared with 3 other guys. Since there were 5 girls, they split and

shared the other 2 bedrooms.. (I think they were bullying us.. =p)

Living room.. Cosy..

First night dinner menu: Steamboat.

Seems like it was a must for anyone coming to cool places like Cameron, Frasers or even Genting.. Lazarus proposed less quantity and more variety. Glad he said that. We still

ended up with leftovers eventhough the quantity was already greatly decreased.. Great dinner.

Look at all the happy faces. =] Except

me, the photographer of course..

After the steamboat dinner, we gathered in the living room for a small "service" of our own since we would miss church on the next day. I

was doing the sharing and I talked about realising and noticing and giving thanks for the "left hand of God at work".

That's me. I just had to take a picture

of myself since I was getting rather annoyed at not being in a lot of photographs

taken.. =p

We had free time after the "service"..

And the poor wash up crew.. Sis and

Lazarus..

The next day, the guys got up early to spend some Quality time with God. Lazarus who got up at 8am and entered the bathroom woke all the guys up. After he was

done, Ming Wei went into the bathroom. So I snoozed until he came

out then it was my turn to get ready. And lastly, Danny. And even after our personal devotions with God, the girls were still in

dreamland and we were getting hungry. So Ming Wei started playing his guitar, I started singing. Or rather, screaming out those

Hillsongs/Planet Shakers songs in high key. That got the girls up. And we had our breakfast soon.. =p

After breakfast, we began our sightseeing by going to Parit Falls.

Here was where we parked and

started to use our legs.

Crossed a bridge.. (I'm the

photographer again..) >=[

Nice place.. All flora, quiet and peaceful.. Love

places like that.. Gives me space to think..

Second bridge. This one overlooking

the falls. But we couldn't see anything from up there.

That's Parit Falls. Behind the guy

trying to look cool, below the bridge.

There. A close up.

From above. Not as clean as the falls

in Sarawak where people go to bathe though..

Then someone got hungry,

someone wanted to go eat icecream pancakes, so to humor someone,

we went to go try out this so called "good" pancakes. I tell you, it WAS

GOOD! Wow, miss it already. The owner and his wife were both deaf

people. But they were so homely and so nice, made us feel so

welcome.

Next up, Bala's Chalet..

And the English Tea Garden that was

for the Chalet guests to use. We just snuck in to take pictures.. =p

The teahouse.

Does that bird remind you of

someone? =p

Great plants they have.. Must be the cool

weather.. I can never get results like this back home..

Gotta love the quaint antique style

homes they have.

After the tea garden, we went to the

smokehouse. It's supposedly an English-left-behind artifact which is

now preserved for all to see and enjoy.

Amazed at the variety of plants and

flowers they had.

Building structure.. (I'm not much of

an antique lover, but I know how to appreciate fine art when I see them)

They speak for themselves. =)

She so totally ruined what could have

been a nice picture.. Nice one Pinx.. =p

Group photo. =D

Someone's getting bored. XD

Another group photo. The best one of

all, if I say so myself..

Next up, the strawberry farm.

It was right beside cactus valley.

Never knew that tomato plants could grow so

high..

And there were grapes growing

above us. Literally above us wherever we walked..

Did I mention I love watching fish

swim? I can stare at them for hours and feel so refreshed after that.

That is one BIG cactus. *Must be the

fertilizer or some growth potion or something..*

We couldn't resist..

Now there were 2 bored fellas. ;p

Couldn't resist either. =D

Strawberries on the left; Hydroponic

vegetables on the right; Grapes on top. =]

I don't remember what that was, but

it looks cool.

Our final stop of the day, 'BOH' tea

centre. Sungai Palas.

We had to pass a great many

tea plantations along the way though a long narrow winding road.

As above.

A close up.

Even after parking, we still had

to climb up to the tea centre. That dirt trail was pretty dangerous.

Luckily no injuries occured.

Group photo at the top.

More bored people.

After the tea centre, we went back home for some rest and recreation

before dinner. Most slept, but some energy filled youngsters turned on

the TV. We visited the pasar malam for dinner. CharKueyTeow, fried

sotong, steamed corn, fried veggies/mushrooms, asam laksa, Ramli

burgers etc were on our menu that night. We bought our stuff and

drove back to the apartment to feast together. Then, after dinner was

a free for all. Some of us played, some of us fellowshipped, some of us

watched TV, and some of us disappeared and were never seen again

until the very next day. =p

I stayed up to watch a few episodes of CSI and House since I love those

series and don't have Astro at home. It was 3am when I turned off the

TV.

Day 3. Again, the guys were up

before the girls. But this time, Joanne was there with us before Danny

got up. I made some kind of soup with the leftover fishballs and

beancurd from the steamboat and cooked "yee mee" for some of

them. We packed, loaded the cars and after force turning off the TV,

we left for the morning market. Some people wanted fresh veggies.

Look at the amount of stuff sold..

We came down from Cameron to a HOT CALM BURNING afternoon in

Ipoh. Went to Kong Hee for late lunch. Ipoh "Sar Hor Fun" is just the

best. =p Then someone wanted "Yim Kok Kai" (Salted chicken), so I

took the advantage of getting one myself, for I had never tried it

before, although I was born in Ipoh.. It was rather disappointing to find

that it wasn't anything special and unknowingly, I had already figured

out that secret to salted chicken 2 years ago in Russia. =p

It was a great trip.

God's blessing was there.

I'm sure everyone had fun.

Good night people. =]