Taman Negara Trip
My first trip to Taman Negara! Sound exciting? It does to me, or so I thought....
Last Saturday, my father and I, along with some school governors (a.k.a. "Dong Shi" in Chinese) embarked on a trip to the Taman Negara by bus. The night before I slept at 3 a.m. so I was extremely tired, and then the road was extremely bumpy (like riding a horse, but I've never ride a horse, so I don't know), so I did nothing at the bus (can't read because my mata is bouncing like a bola keranjang) except sleeping.
We stayed at the Woodland Resort. The food, despite served as buffet, wasn't nice, my mother's cooking is at least a million times nicer (You go, mum!) 2 hours later or so, we went for the Canopy Walkway, for which we have to pay RM30 to walk (Damn cutthroats), We took a boat there which is about 10 minutes.
And so, we walked the hanging bridge, which was quite a new experience to me. The bridge kept on swaying here and there but there's no danger. The whole bridge was wrapped by safety nets and ropes that you have to literally jump out of there in order to fall down. Safe, too safe perhaps. The absence of any animal was a major disappointment. It's a bore to look at trees and plants all the time, especially when there were no exotic species to look at (like Rafflesia). I asked to tour guide about our relatives (we're animals also) and he told me that they only show up at night (ow, man! What a waste).
With nothing much to look at or to do except taking some not-very-interesting pictures, I finished the journey. So much for the longest hanging bridge in the world (well, according to the guide). I think sitting on the boat and playing with water is much more fun.
Later when we returned to the resort, I discovered the greatest secret - it's not a tour at all, but
a conference on Chinese education and Chinese school governors' awareness campaign! Holy smokes, not my stuff at all. No no no no no no no no no no x100! I've been so very tricked! You got me this time, dad.
I decided to play along (one of the most important thing of surviving in the society nowadays) and listen to the talks. I didn't like it at all. I picked up some interesting things though. I found out that the governors, technically speaking, have more power than the headmaster!! Some of the people even condemned a few Chinese politicians for being indifferent and infirm in protecting and upholding the rights of Chinese schools. Then a lot of comments about discriminations towards Chinese and et cetera (basically, racist talks). I'm not going to reveal the names of the incompetent politicians since the government has vowed to punish those who slander through their blog (wow, scary!)
Most of the school governers strikingly resemble the baddies in Hong Kong martial arts drama. Despite that, I was reminded that appearances are deceiving, a theme emphasized in books I learned in my English course at Taylor's. Perhaps they are wise, capable men. Who knows? I only know that they show great enthusiasm in the food.
The next day was almost the same, only more boring. I even slept when people are giving talks (yeah, me is bad!). I'm sorry to say, this is a waste of time, not that playing very nice computer gmaes like Oblivion is not, but at least it gives me great satisfaction. However, I've learnt a hard lesson: Don't sign up for anything unless you know where you're getting yourself into.
p/s: I'll upload the un-interesting photos when I feel more like it
Last Saturday, my father and I, along with some school governors (a.k.a. "Dong Shi" in Chinese) embarked on a trip to the Taman Negara by bus. The night before I slept at 3 a.m. so I was extremely tired, and then the road was extremely bumpy (like riding a horse, but I've never ride a horse, so I don't know), so I did nothing at the bus (can't read because my mata is bouncing like a bola keranjang) except sleeping.
We stayed at the Woodland Resort. The food, despite served as buffet, wasn't nice, my mother's cooking is at least a million times nicer (You go, mum!) 2 hours later or so, we went for the Canopy Walkway, for which we have to pay RM30 to walk (Damn cutthroats), We took a boat there which is about 10 minutes.
And so, we walked the hanging bridge, which was quite a new experience to me. The bridge kept on swaying here and there but there's no danger. The whole bridge was wrapped by safety nets and ropes that you have to literally jump out of there in order to fall down. Safe, too safe perhaps. The absence of any animal was a major disappointment. It's a bore to look at trees and plants all the time, especially when there were no exotic species to look at (like Rafflesia). I asked to tour guide about our relatives (we're animals also) and he told me that they only show up at night (ow, man! What a waste).
With nothing much to look at or to do except taking some not-very-interesting pictures, I finished the journey. So much for the longest hanging bridge in the world (well, according to the guide). I think sitting on the boat and playing with water is much more fun.
Later when we returned to the resort, I discovered the greatest secret - it's not a tour at all, but
a conference on Chinese education and Chinese school governors' awareness campaign! Holy smokes, not my stuff at all. No no no no no no no no no no x100! I've been so very tricked! You got me this time, dad.
I decided to play along (one of the most important thing of surviving in the society nowadays) and listen to the talks. I didn't like it at all. I picked up some interesting things though. I found out that the governors, technically speaking, have more power than the headmaster!! Some of the people even condemned a few Chinese politicians for being indifferent and infirm in protecting and upholding the rights of Chinese schools. Then a lot of comments about discriminations towards Chinese and et cetera (basically, racist talks). I'm not going to reveal the names of the incompetent politicians since the government has vowed to punish those who slander through their blog (wow, scary!)
Most of the school governers strikingly resemble the baddies in Hong Kong martial arts drama. Despite that, I was reminded that appearances are deceiving, a theme emphasized in books I learned in my English course at Taylor's. Perhaps they are wise, capable men. Who knows? I only know that they show great enthusiasm in the food.
The next day was almost the same, only more boring. I even slept when people are giving talks (yeah, me is bad!). I'm sorry to say, this is a waste of time, not that playing very nice computer gmaes like Oblivion is not, but at least it gives me great satisfaction. However, I've learnt a hard lesson: Don't sign up for anything unless you know where you're getting yourself into.
p/s: I'll upload the un-interesting photos when I feel more like it