Adventures and Misadventures

I'm starting to make my 'out-of-camp-once-a-week' into a habitual thing... don't know if that's good or not.

In any case, i'm out on a Friday! dental appointment this morning and leave in the afternoon. So let's start with my...

++Adventure++

I seem to like to post about my adventures only. oh well!

the long weekend of Labour Day, i managed to join SMUX group on their little trip to malaysia! (thanks Varun) It was an absolute blast! but i'll let the pictures on facebook speak for themselves!

Jasmine's
Agnes's
Mine

just a short photo trip!

so we started at Beach road, and took a long bus ride up to Genting. Reached at 5 am, so killed time at Starbucks (really? of all places >.<) before starting Activity #1!

WIND TUNNELLING

well, they might have spelled my name wrong ("Jonathan Weng", sheesh) but quite the experience nonetheless. the funniest is coming out of the first round drooling all over, because its so dry with all that wind!

Then our chartered bus ($1500 for 2 days, what an interesting way to travel!!!) brought us down to KL for... Activity #2! PAINTBALL

seriously seriously epic games! after talking about it for so long, i finally get my chance to dabble in our paint warfare, and it was a blast running around like a mad man, and going crazy trying to steal the flag for our team!

Pooped i was at the end of the first day, but still, got dragged out to Sugei Wang then Jalan Alor for dinner, but absolutely no regrets at all, just look at part of our dinner feast!


man, that Shiwen can really order! she seemed to know all the best things to get, and she had this voracious appetite that none of us could match!

After a sumptuous dinner, off to bed to recharge for the next day's activities.

We must have a proper breakfast before setting off, and i was lucky enough to be bunked with other guys who shared my enthusiasm! so Dim Sum breakfast at Chinatown (just a short walk from our hotel) YUM!


slept in the bus again on our journey to Malacca for Activity #3

ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV)

we were a little dissapointed when we saw a small little track at the ATV place, but we were not expecting our ATV route to be totally different, and went into the forests and went onto high hills, just awesome, fun as hell, and totally thrilling!

and to round it all off, we ended in Johore with Activity #4

GO-KARTING

I love the go-kart track. its also super out-of-place! its like in the middle of nowhere. in the bus it was like plantation-plantation-plantation-GO KART TRACK?!?! yes, because it was in the middle of nowhere, it was a BIG and WIDE area, with an excellent area to go insane on our go-kart. 10 mins sounded a little short, but it was about right. maybe a little longer and we could have raced a bit, but 10 mins was enough to adjust to the track. and it would be fun to go back with more friends next time!

Ah, i love these little malaysia trips. but too bad they cost so much, if not i would go everyweek if i could. but i like the possibilities of it. i'm gaining more knowledge and experience as i go along, and hopefully i'll be able to organise such a trip in the future too! and maybe be a bit more adventurous in where we go!

Thanks to everyone on the SMUX team! for making it so memorable!

++Mis-adventure++

The plan was to go from my dental appointment at SAFTI MI to Serangoon Gardens to meet Uncle Sebastian, Grandparents came to pick me up. i think there was a hint of lethargy due to the weather, but whether the weather made a difference or not i'm not sure.

So we were off the PIE and onto the CTE. there was this little stretch where there were some road works to the side, and i was going to exit at Bradell Exit. there seemed to be a slight narrow in the road (which i did not realise at all) and i felt the car strike something, then following by a grinding sound.

At this point i'm thinking the paint job on the side of the car is totally gone, so we stop to check the car. And Grandpa points out to me that the front left tyre is completely gone, leaving just the rim. i'm totally feeling guilty at this point but all energy was redirected to changing the tyre and getting our car out of the place.

After struggling damn long with the wheel (its FREAKING hard to change the damn thing >.<) we were still unable to get the spare tyre on, and found that it isn't just a problem with the wheel, but the wheel "tendon", the turning piston of sorts, has snapped, so we can't drive even if we could get the wheel in (the metal around the wheel bent too, so can't get the wheel in)

I don't know if its because i was tired from changing the tyre, or maybe i was a little shook up, but giddy spell hit, and a little short of oxygen at that point. thank goodness that the highway rescue team came, towed our car to Toa Payoh, letting us settle down, get some lunch and get someone to come tow our car to get fixed.

I'm utterly utterly blessed and grateful that no one got hurt, and tough i wish i didn't get into an accident in the first place, but glad that since it happened, there was a lot to learn from it, and the price paid was minimal.

++ My Take++
this month (thus far) i've had my fair share of (mis)adventures, but i guess this is what makes life interesting! i'd rather have all these than mundane routines anyday.

I've got a lot to be thankful for! now to move forward and continue this spirit!