8/4/2019 UNITEN & UNMC ICE Broga Hill Trip Report
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Getting closer to Mother Nature, feel the early morning breeze
and enjoy the spectacular sunrise on top
of the hill. These were the unforgettable memories among the
Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Student Chapter members and
also University Nottingham Malaysia
Campus (UNMC) Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Student
Chapter members.
In collaboration with UNMC ICE Student Chapter, UNITEN ICE
Student Chapter had the first hill climbing
trip with the members and also UNITEN ICE Student Chapters
advisor, Dr Chua Kok Hua on 18th
February 2011. After arriving at the entrance of Broga Hill at
6.30 am, a short and brief introduction had
been conducted to make sure that all of the participants will
follow the safety measures.
The way up to the hill was tough and steep. Everyone was taking
small steps at a time and slowly climb
up the hill. At around 7.30 am, everybody reached on the first
peak of Broga Hill and the sun was
shining bright and beautiful. After taking group photos, some of
the members continue to climb up tothe second, third and forth peak
to enjoy more overwhelming scenery from the top of the hill. We
could
see the view of Semenyih Town and also UNMC from the top of the
hill.
Climbing down from the hill was not as easy as we thought. At
certain part of the hill, because of the
steep slope, we had to slide down from the top. Although sounds
dangerous, but most of us were
enjoying it. At around 9.00 am, we departed from Broga Hill to
UNMC, which was not far from the hill
for a visit.
After arriving at UNMC, we had a mini Build and Break
Competition with UNMC ICE Student Chapter.
Mixing with them to work in a group to build a bridge from lidi
and satay stick was fun because we
got to interact and communicate with each other more than usual.
The competition last for 1 hour and
45 minutes and the bridge from each group was tested by slowly
increasing the water in the 5 liter
water bottle. If the bridge can sustain the heaviest load until
5 kg, the group will be the winner of the
competition.
This was a tiring but memorable trip for both UNITEN ICE Student
Chapter and UNMC ICE Student
Chapter because we are closer to each other after the hill
climbing and the ice breaking session. We
hope that we would have more events that can collaborate with
UNMC ICE Student Chapter in future.
