dare you to move.

It was midnight at Fraser’s Hill.

Anuja, Tai Jih, Shao Yang, Timothy, Jamie, Michael, Teck Seng, Jesse and I were at the own centre, doing nothing. Finally, I opened my mouth. 

“Let’s do something crazy.”

“What?”

“Let’s walk into the jungle trail.”

“What? We have no torchlight and wearing slippers. Don’t want la…”

“Yup I know. Use handphone light la. Let’s go.”

“But that’s crazy!”

“Exactly.”

Somehow I managed to convince/con the whole group into following my idea. Throughout the night and on the way to the jungle trail, Timothy was trying to “pour cold water” into our plan. Haha, he was so funny.

We decided to take the Hemmant’s trail. We managed to find it’s entrance at an obscure and dark area after much difficulty. We couldn’t see anything at all in front of us. It was pitch black.

There was a signboard nearby that says:

1.        Inform the local information counter or police station if you are taking the jungle trails.

2.         Wear shoes and bring a jacket.

3.         Wear proper attire and long sleeve shirts.

4.        Bring adequate food, supplies and water that can last a few days.

5.         Bring a guide map.

6.         Get a local guide to follow you.

7.         Bring a handphone.

We only brought our handphones and a photostated map of the ENTIRE Fraser’s Hill area. We were wearing slippers, short pants and tshirts as if we were going for mamak.

“You sure you wanna go in? What if we got lost?” Anuja asked.

“Well, then we won’t do it again NEXT time. Let’s go.”

We numbered ourselves so that we won’t get lost.

“1!”

“2!”

“3!”

“4!”

“5!”

“6!”

“7!”

“8!”

“9….”

I looked back. Timothy was No. 9. No wonder, it sounded less excited. Haha.

We began our track.

First step. I felt the ground sinking beneath. Yuck, mud. I looked at my leather shoes (that I wear to uni).

Second step. Branches crack under my feet. My poor shoes. The path ahead was totally obscure. Mosquitoes abound. Leaves and branches blocked our way.

Suddenly someone said:

“Sleepy la dei…”

“What if we got lost ah?”

“Hey my phone light gonna go off d…”

“I’m hungry…”

I turned towards them and said something they really like to hear:

“Shall we go back? I’m also hungry.”

The resounding “yes” afterwards was totally unsurprising. They seemed to walk much faster on the way back as if they couldn’t wait to get away from the jungle before Gary changes his mind.