A hike up penang hill

Woke up at 6 today morning...crazy right
but its for a good reason haha
today i am going hiking from moon gate
all the way up to penang hill
The reason why i make it a point to wake up
that early is because the day before
navnith...who is the organizer sent me this msg

IF you are confirm going up penang hill
tomorrow please reply this message and be at the
moon gate by 8.15 or we will leave without you

pay attention the the be at the moon gate by 8.15
or we will leave you...why??continue reading

I reach moon gate at 7.30 because my dad had to fetch
my mum to work,so i was just wondering around
reminiscing about my not so distant past in coronation
which to my horror instead of becoming a what they call
projek bambosela-sumthing instead it has become PAS's
hq!!!WTF!!yes PAS...the political party that whats to turn
malaysia into an islamic country run by islamic laws...
i am not gona comment about them but for all the reason
the goverment bared the rights of all the scouts in penang
to have a surreal camping experience in the wilderness
they had to make it into a park....i dont mind the park
seriously but if they want to make a park then MAKE IT INTO
A PARK!!why the hell is it PAS's hq!! argh that really piss me off
Anyways i walk back up to moon gate around 7.45 and saw paalan
has arrive..followed shortly by meng jiang and chulan...
guess what time navnith came...
...
...
8.30!!!!
ish we actually called him
and threaten to leave without him
of course we didnt mean it hahaha
he had some official business with the loo
apparently it was about some awesome mutton curry he eat
yesterday and wanted to share some of whats left...in his stomach..
with the loo...how kind of him =.=
But then alls not lost
as even if the organiser was here...the guide wasnt
so we were force to wait for him who was bringing
keshav and narinder along with him lol

It was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG
journey of course and it was filled with nonsence and adventure
chulan and meng jiang went on and on all the way to the top of the hill
about their room companions in college...apparently meng is heading
to the same college as chulan which is H.E.L.P college....that says alot by itself.
meng was saying about how the college room was so small and expensive
because it was the size of an average veranda and he had to share it with
a room mate with the rent of 500..On the other hand if he rent an house
then it would be much cheaper because its ok la in size and the rent is only
450 with no roommates...which he then quickly add that he had to share it
with a Vietnamese couple and another 2 Vietnamese guys...no roommates huh
the conversation that followed had alot of sx-18 rated elements to it and is
not suitable to the delicate eyes of who ever who is reading this

not long after we started out our journey
we stumbled upon our 1st great and probably the greatest obstacle of all
which is the stairway to hell...in metaphorical terms....
There was just SOOOO many steps up and they were SOOOO steep
every step we took...or at least i took..required an herculean effort
but we manage to pull through i suppose haha
after that very annoying part of the journey,
we stumbled onto a rock with the word

149 the 9 look like this €
<--

me and chulan were debating what in the world that sign meant
i came to the conclusion it meant that we were 149feet above sea level
but then the 9 look like this € which in short look like the logo for cent
so we both agreed it was a toll booth and were required to pay 14 cent
to pass it....we didnt of course...

not long after that we manage to reach to our 1st pit stop along the
journey .We sat there about 5-10 minutes over there releasing
some steam before we started our journey
we had some coffee which was made up there
it was very good
i honestly suspect it was filled with 3/5 of sugar
because it was really really sweet
but it was really one of the best coffee i had hahaha

we started to move again when just after we were moving out
from the pit stop we ended in a wide plane of land
the guys went wild running around playing tag for awhile
until they found a sepak takraw ball by the side of the recliner
this was what happen

Jerome:Oi jeong take the ball then we play sepak
Jeong mark went and take the ball and start kicking
Narinder:Ok guys dont kick too hard ar(in his indianish accent)
right after that jeong mark super kick the ball and it fly
right over the cliff wall
Narinder:I told u not to hit so hard right
jeong:oopssss
after that we all had a short laugh
and narinder volunteered to take the ball down
jeongmark went up with him...god knows why
but as they came down
jeongmark was asked to wash the ball because it was already
dirty..(they were planing to keep it).
And so jeong mark went down to the pit stop
which was just near by to wash it
as soon as he did he came walk towards us
and kick the ball the the ground..=.=
everyone laugh their ass off because
now jeong mark has to wash the ball again lol
now as he came up with the washed ball again
he went and throw the ball to the spot where we found it
and once again we laugh our ass off at the fact
jeong mark once again has to wash the ball AGAIN!!

We continued our journey to the summit of the hill
the 2nd league of the journey was filled with treacherous pathway
one of the pathway had be smashed off by a landslide
leaving only a fraction of the path...enough space for one foot only
but we manage to went on i guess
about now i was so far in front i didnt manage to eavesdrop
on anybodies conversation...oh well..
But MAN!! leading was anoying
i was walking half way with my jaw slightly open due to fatigue
when a leaf pratically moving at 45kmph flew right into my mouth
....it was disgusting ok...
after that incident my mouth was firmly shut
but that wasn't a factor to deter mother nature as not long after
a small cotton/moth/seed ball flew about 30kmh into my nose
this time it was reallly annoying as it took me about 5 minutes
of blowing my nose to get it out....eeewwww

the road was long but flat so it was nice and relaxing
it wasnt long before we reach our next pit stop
and probably the last pit stop in a building
over there we took a really long rest
about 20 minutes or so
during that time
narinder much on a sandwich his mum made for him
chulan,meng jeong was eating some chips i assume chulan brought along
i can barely remember what everyone else was doing
but we snap some pictures of our ass facing the sun
and maby our faces as well
i wonder why they even bother as all they could see was black darkness
of course unless they meant to use it to insult vimalesh then it was
TOTALLY reasonable i guess
after that we debated to either take the road up
or the trail....against our logic we decided to take the trail
which we absolutely did not regret...at least after we reach he top

this new train was fairly annoying with it steep slopes
but it was fine i guess.During our walk
i notice there were a few fallen trees which lie on top of each other
which make them look like gate ways...they were sooo cool
i remember seeing about 9 of them along the way
weird thing is to some religions
it is believe that there are 9 gates of hell
hmmm 9 gates of hell....9 gates on the way to penang hill
INTERESTING!!!

it wasnt long before we decided to take a rest
i was at the middle station...we took the liberty to sit on the stairs
and just talk...of course there were monorail comming and going
fetching passengers up and down the hill
narinder,meng and jeong got all euphoric and ecstatic and started
shouting and waving to them
some of the monorail-er were friendly enough to wave back
some merely thought we were crazy
one of them was waving at us when jeong mark started saying
lu lau ah pek aaaaa
which in chinese means u old man aaaaa
then there was one where they didnt wave back and meng
shouted OOOIII!!! at them.......lol
accompanying these crazy stunts jerome and navnith
were looking at girls on the monorail
they comented on afew of them and hope to see some of
them on top
but it never came true...
(even if it did i doubt they would DARE to come near us...we STINK!!)

we continued our journey
this time we were following the trail
beside a raging flow of water down hill
narinder jokingly said he wanted to test the effects of gravity
so he took a leaf and threw it into the drain...well it went down so fast
we couldnt see it..so he took a stone the size of half your fist
and threw it down the drain...it to went down like an
obese falling down an bungee jump...it was fast
and not long after we all heard a BOOOMM!!
coincidence?? i think not....

not even a few feet up the trail..we found out a huge tree
has collapse on to it so there was no passing it
so keshav asked us to use a detour.....which is to
walk pass it via the water drain around the tree
the drain was SOOOO slippery thanks to water flow
but once again we manage to pull through
i was leading the about till the half point where the road
changed into stairs again...NOOOOOOO!!!!!T.T
but thank god because that was the last stretch because
as soon as those steps was over it was the sight of heaven it self
we have reached to summit...finally
all our grumbling and past discontentment were all swept
away by a great sense of achievement and fulfillment
however the pain remained as a reminder
of the price we pay to achieve the things we wanted

the first stop upon reaching there was no other that the
food court haha.all of us drank like a horse and eat like a bear.
the food there was awesome...well the fact that we just hike all
the way up probably made it felt awesome haha
everyone else was one table away from our table
the reason was obvious...we stink ok
the aunty that was selling water at that small domain thought
that we her business was bad due to racial reasons and thank
us for eating there when everybody was not....little did she know
that we were the cause of it lol

the guys wanted to go to the canopy walk however it was still
undergoing repairs...if memory serves me correct
it was still under repair 2 years ago when i was form 2
and with our countries efficiency, god knows how long more
will it stay that way...haiz

well we all went our separate ways as we head down the monorail
i hitchhike navnith's mum home however i think
i might have somehow offended them lol
if i did then sorry nav..
a nice bath and a good sleep will do good for me
as i have badminton tomorrow
and having legs the weight of 1 ton wont help me tomorrow
so good night

ps: i dont have the pictures but i feel like drawing some of the "gates"
i saw on the way so i will post it up as soon as i am done
tata