The Climb ~

I don't think i can ever forget how the nine of us made our way up and down Broga Hill. Well, it can be said one of the craziest thing i've done so far! Have never been more adventurous than this. 

Everything went according to our plan, met up at Su Ann's house, then to Eugene's place for a "sleepover" and off to Broga at Semenyih!

This was outside of Su Ann's house, felt super excited that time and started doing silly stuff in the car :P

At Eugene's house, none of us actually slept. Glad that Yanz and Su Ann recovered from the headache and tommy ache. Then, we had a little chat after that which i personally find very nice, reminds me of "emo night".

Not long after, it was time to leave the house of KOO. Had our light breakfast at a mamak and left at around 4am. The entire journey to Broga was quiet, with no other cars on the road besides a few lorries or cars zooming past occasionally. With the help of Dennis, the human GPS and Hock Kuan's GPS, we managed to find our way there without getting lost. Saw the ultimately gross rabbit satay shop too, yucks. 

The moment we stepped out of the car, it was completely pitch black! Couldn't believe that we were actually going to start climbing from there cause i could barely see a clear path for us to walk on. Everywhere was just so dark!

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It was very bumpy and uneven at the beginning, but the road was still very broad. Then as we moved deeper in, it became steeper and narrower. When i turned to my right, i saw a thick bush of many different plants all growing together; on my left was less bushy, but it's very steep down, it's like if i happened to slip and fall from there, i would be rolling all the way down. That's when i got scared, probably because i imagine too much. 

On a brighter note, the little lights from the houses and shops and buildings below were really pretty, like many many stationary fireflies motivating us to continue with the climb. Oh, and the bugs there like lights too! They kept following wherever the torchlight shines. :)

As we moved on, something that got all of us worried happened. Hey Herng was cold sweating and her lips turned kinda purplish (similar to the colour when we come out from a very cold classroom). Not sure if it's the effect of not sleeping, roti bakar, or both. Su Ann was holding her at first, then we stopped so she could sit and rest. At one point, Dennis even thought of bringing her back to the car since he's been there twice already. Such good friends...



In the end, nobody had to turn back to the car. We continued our way up TOGETHER, with Eugene and Dennis supporting Hey Herng.

And that's how we managed to reach the second peak!
Not forgetting all the motivations from each other too, "10 steps only 10 steps only~"

Then from the second peak, we went on to the third peak, then up to the fourth peak! I was quite shocked to see the big rock there though, had to use a rope to climb over it.

Right at the peakest peak of Broga...
great sense of  accomplishment~!

What a scenic view... Can see lots of green trees, houses, roads, and more mountains far far away, all shrouded in mist~

I think we all look very HAPPY here! :D

When the SUN is rising up! We didn't get a very good view of sun rise though, all blocked by trees.

Going back down to where we started this tiring but fun climb~

On the way down, my legs were shaking already, each time i stopped it'll tremble haha. Halfway down, Su Ann accidentally sprained her ankle, felt very painful for her cause it's so steep. But i guess the power of love helped her relieve the pain on her ankle :P

NICE :D

I'm glad my first time climbing a hill turned out to be such an amazing experience. How we mentally and physically supported each other was something i really appreciate. 

Like this picture a lot! lalang and sun :D

A lot of thank yous to say too, 

thanks Su Ann for letting us gather at your house and for holding me when i almost slipped; 

thanks Peter for driving us with the cute hedgehog in the car; 

thanks Hock Kuan for fetching me from my house and all the beautiful pictures taken with your dslr;

thanks Eugene for letting us spend a night at your big "terrace" and leading us throughout the climb; 

thanks Yanz for telling me where to be careful and where to step when you walked before me; 

thanks Hey Herng for playing silly stuff in the car with me and i really admire your never-give-up spirit;
thanks Dennis for helping me up and down those steep parts and the big rock; 

thanks Denesh for helping me a lot too when i'm so scared i might fall.

One last beautiful picture to end the post. :)