Teroka

Posting this music video because it was in my playlist but never really knew what the song was all about until recently. Love the melody, although it is way too melodramatic for my taste right now.

I’ve never heard of the artiste before this, but not bad of a song eh?

Ni stok tangkap-leleh-amik-razor-kerat-tangan punya lagu.

And also, Carissa Putri, the actress from Ayat-Ayat Cinta is in this music video. She’s beautiful I’m telling you!! Arghh..

Sort of an adventure race held in Sungai Sedim, Kedah by Malaysian Tourism and Discovery Sport and I was invited to join a team competing in the Open Category. By the end of the whole event, I was satisfied, and glad that I joined. Met lotsa great individual that shared the same passion for the outdoors. Would definitely do it again. And hopefully, would win the next time.

While I was in Sungai Sedim, Kulim, a wedding of a friend was held there as well. The bride was a fellow actress, and I’ve worked with her before. She had always love doing something out of the ordinary. Very bubbly and sure do love the attention. She had a reception back home a couple of days earlier, and was in Kedah for a different kind of celebration.

The bride and groom, had to do flying fox to get to the pelamin, which was set up nearby. It had leaves and everything. Obviously it was a green/jungle theme wedding. It was fun to be there. To see both of them in green. Even the pengapit had kipas made out of leaves.

I was invited to join for and event held by Malaysia Tourism and Discovery Sport. Honestly, I have very little information on what it is all about. All I knew, was that it was going to be something I’d enjoy, and that it was related to the outdoors.

So I went, not knowing what awaits, but at least I had a friend with me, and that is always a plus.

In a whole, it was great. I get to do a lot of things there, things that I enjoyed very much.

There were abseiling, rope ascending, rope traversing, flying fox, obstacle course, cycling, tubbing. And every team of four would compete, and I’m not so sure on how many teams there were, but there were a lot.

It was held in Sungai Sedim near Kulim in which I went to a boarding school there, so it was nice to have that feeling of going back there.

The first day, it was pouring rain, but that didn’t stop us from doing what we had to do, which was to win the competition. We also had to camp outside (which was pretty sweet) with tents and all, and were supposed to cook our own meals. I was on the Artiste team of four, and we were taken care of pretty well. We had tents and meals, everything taken care of, so we had no problems. Honestly, it wouldn’t have been any different either way. I’d like to think that I have enough skills to survive moderately when going camping.

My team consists of 4 members. 2 recording artistes, a bass player from a band, and I. I knew Elyana well enough to know that she’d be okay with everything. Aesar and Hafiz on the other hand, I don’t know them that well enough to know what to expect from them. But they were so easy to work with, I’m telling you. And they did more than great. For most event that required us to work in pairs, my partner in crime, Hafiz, performed extraordinary. I knew he’d be good at this, but he was actually great, not just good. He and I worked so well together, that by the end of one event, I couldn’t stop smiling because we managed to do, just what we wanted, and the outcome were even better.

The second day started differently. A friend was getting married, and the reception were done there. Right after that, we had a series of competitions waiting for us. For the cycling/tubbing discipline, Elyana was my partner, and she was great too. We qualified, just in time to finish the whole thing. She cycled, ran, carried a durian, paddled, answered questions, and even did some weight lifting as well. Her points just went through the roof in my eyes after that.

I never thought I’d have so much fun at the event. I met an old acquittance, Pyan too. It wasn’t entirely a surprise, I knew it’d be his thing too (and his team won 1st place overall).

I met a lot of people that shared the same thing that I love too. And I’m looking forward to see them again. I’m sure I will.

Oh, did I mention my team got a decent placing/ranking in the competition too? I hope we made our fellows actors and actresses proud.

I was in Jakarta to see a couple of friends. Some new, some came all the way from Jogja. I spent a bit of time exploring Jakarta on my own. And it was weird being away in a different country, but still managed to check out on how they work too. I always forgot to snap pictures whenever I travel alone. Darn!

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