~*angie's lil reverie*~

A hectic month

I had been working for 12 consecutive days with no rest. All I can say is, I am feeling very very tired. Imagine working for 12 consecutive days from 8 plus to 8 plus. While most people have weekends to rest, I work on weekends too. It's madness, isn't it?

Thanks to Chan Chan and Zainon, I could take half day off yesterday and this morning. If not, I would have to work till Friday. Though it's a short rest, I am thankful for it.

I just hope that September will come soon!

I need to have some life back. I want to spend time with my family, friends and my boyfriend.

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Angeline winks
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Sunday, August 07, 2011

I'm back!

I am back from a wonderful trekking trip with a bunch of fun people. There were a total of 11 of us - Teck Loon & Jiaqi, Liewen and Kalyn, YY & Meiying, Jianhui & me, Biru, Shuling and Vivien. We had lots of fun and laughter. Most importantly, it was a relaxing trip for all of us. Just nature and us. =p

We met up at Marsiling MRT station on Friday at 12am. After doing some last minute packing, we were all ready to go. I feel kinda guilty as most of their bags are much bigger and heavier than me. Ops. :) Thanks to Jianhui, I don't have to carry so much things. *Happy*

As usual, I couldn't sleep at all on the mini van though I was feeling really very tired. I was surprised that it was only 6am when we reached Meran and we ate happy breakfast before starting our trekking trip. Breakfast was good and then we continued on our journey to the starting point. At the starting point, we started to get changed to get ready for the trekking. Soon, the 4WD came and it was like a big lorry with 4 wheels. Hmm...

We are all ready for the trekking!

On the 4WD

It was a bumpy 45mins to 1hr ride. We were too happy when we finally reached the base of Jerangkang waterfall. And so we started the climb with Jianhui leading us. To our surprise, it was a short 35 minutes trekking to the waterfall. We were so tired that we just wanted to settle down and set up our tents. :) We just got to admit that we are no longer that young to venture further.

After settling down, we went for a dip at the waterfall! It was freezing cold but fun! :) After playing for a while, we started to feel hungry and so we cooked maggie mee with hotdog! It was really nice, eating maggie mee at such place. After lunch, the zZzz monster seemed to attack us. One by one, we fell asleep on the breakwater.

Some of us went for a 2nd dip before we decided to bathe in the evening. It was quite an experience bathing at the waterfall. I even washed my hair. haha. After bathing, we started to cook dinner. We're having pasta with carbonara or tomato, whipped potato, luncheon meat and cold fruit cocktail. It's a fantastic dinner, isn't it?

Everything was perfect until it started to rain at around 8 plus. Somehow, our tent was flooded... We tried to scoop some of the water out and then we tried to find dry spot for us to sleep. Luckily, the rain stopped after a while and we went out to boil some water for coffee. It was totally a luxury to drink hot coffee on a cold weather like this.

At around 10 plus, we went back to our tents to sleep. Though I didn't really sleep, at least I managed to catch a bit of sleep. The ground was hard, so I had difficulty trying to find a comfortable position.

We woke up around 7 plus. We started to wash up and prepared breakfast. And of course, we must take a group photo before leaving this peaceful place!

Around 9, we were all ready to descend. Due to the rain, the route was a bit slippery and so we had to go slow. After about 45 minutes trekking, we finally reached the base. We were so happy to see our lorry-like 4WD. Haha.

This time round, the ride was even more bumpy. But, I guess we shouldn't complain since we we would definitely prefer to take this ride rather than walking our way out of this place. :) Then, the mini van came to pick us up at the same meeting place.

We had lunch at the same place where we had breakfast. We had chicken rice which was quite comforting as I am craving for rice. Haha. As per our plan, we would have lunch, then we would sleep all the way and then we will have dinner in JB before going back to Singapore.

The driver brought us to a seafood restaurant with seaview of Singapore. We ordered a lot of food and it was definitely a satisfying dinner. I even ate papaya so that it will help me in digesting after eating so much for the past 2 days. Haha.

Surprisingly, it was a smooth ride back to Singapore with no jam. :)

I'm so happy to be home at 8pm! It's time for me to relax and prepare for a hectic day at work tomorrow.

All in all, it was a great trip. I've truly enjoyed myself tremendously and it was a good break from work. =p

* My whole body is aching! My butt hurts, my back hurts and my arms hurt too! My goodness. I am really getting old! A trekking trip like this is enough to cause "damage" to my body!

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Angeline winks
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Friday, August 05, 2011

I've totally gotten myself in deep shit.

For the past few days, I have been feeling really stressed, vexed, depressed and troubled. In fact, I think I am going crazy if not for the support from my family, friends and my understanding boyfriend.

I'll be going for a trekking trip this weekend and this is a good break at a right time. With no connection with the world, I think I will be able to think better and most importantly, just relax.

Hopefully, I will feel much better after the trip.

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Angeline winks
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