Thursday, July 12, 2007
@Thursday, July 12, 2007
Lol finally back from OBS Lumut... Lotsa things happened, but basically we trekked 70km up and down Mt Bubu, and to my disappointmet or relief (i dunno which), no leeches bit me. Lol. But i did see many of them around, including 2 giant leeches and 1 tiger leech which seemed to be attracted to trudy's bag and back. =P Leo and tab got bitten by a leech in the stomach (ouch) and wendy near her ass. Haha. The rest probably got one or two bites on their legs or something while other lucky ones like me din get anything. Yayy.
The next expedition ended quite shortly, you could say, for me, and after a day it ended my tanning spree. Lol. So i didnt get the chance to get much tanner but i'm fine with that. So as long as i'm still living here. You see there was this really sudden storm on the first day of sea ex and trud and i got sucked into the rocks. OMG. The horror. We crashed and crashed into the rocks on our kayak and trud and i screamed and screamed like we never screamed before. I thought i was gonna die. Really. Oh mann. To die at a tender age of 16 is not the way to go. In the stormy sea somemore. So then after a lotta crashed and bangs and screams, the boat capsized and i was so scared of capsizing and all my belongings (on the boat) were lost. Rocks and huge boulders were no joke mann. Super scary. They're super slippery on the surface and you slip on them everytime you try to step onto them. And then when you slip down, there'll be spikey barnacles waiting for you at the near bottom of the rocks. So got cuts and battlescars. Luckily trud sos-ed fast enough and rescue came swiftly. The cuts really do sting in the seawater but at that time i didnt really care 'cuz i was fearing for my life more than anything else. Woah. It really felt like those hollywood movies where the ship crashed into an iceberg or rocks or somthing and then we were screaming for our lives. Aacks. Yep so trud and i had to cross over the rocky island where we crashed nearby to get to the safety boat. So more cuts. Lucky for me, i wore long pants, long sleeves and gloves, so it wasnt so bad. SO in the end me n trud got sent back to base and then to the clinic to get our wound stitched up. 3 STITCHES! I must say, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! I'm so freaked out when typing this now. And to those people who said i was lucky to have such an experience, i would say that i'd rather not have it at all. Hope all the others injured during the storm get well soon too. xP
So that was about all the drama for the trip. I kinda overcame my fear of heights in this trip thing, and really learnt to be more alert and to treasure my life more. Really. Unexpected things happen the least when you expect it. Durr. That's why its called unexpected... Got to know a whole lotta people better too! So i guess this round's OBS was worth it, plus with the blue peter badge and the OBS Lumut Malaysia badge awarded to us (i am so proud of it), i'm really glad i went for this trip! Lol. And as Fauzi says, HIP HOP HOOREY! haha. Someone inform me when the lumuters blog is finally set up! xD
