Be one with nature

This week I write about how strange humans can be when it comes to being one with nature, or at least we tried. Below are the top 5 list of strange behaviours of trekkers based on my personal observations throughout my treks.

No. 5: There are those who speaks loudly and never respects the serene jungle. How sad when you get a noisy group deep in the jungle. Keep your noise pollution to the city or your Karaoke joints, thanks.

No. 4: There are serious trekkers who will never smile, guess they are just too engrossed with the trek and needed full concentration while working on their fancy footwork on difficult terrains. We understand.

No 3: There are those who seem to always be late for some appointments and rushing somewhere. In the middle of the jungle, time should have stood still and should be the least of our worries. Maybe sometimes we should just stop and smell the flowers. Some tramples through the trail and breathes down your neck, clearly saying that your are slow and blocking their way. Maybe all you need to say is a nice 'excuse me' and everyone is happy. I trek light and tend not to disturb the vegetation on trample on the ground too much to avoid degradation, existence of human in nature is bad enough, at least we try to minimise our impact.

No 2: There are those who gives you deadly stares when you reach a particular check point of a trek. Sometimes I just wonder what I did wrong?

...and the No 1 is: There are those who brings the kitchen to the jungle. How strange when you get a group of trekkers cooking gourmet dishes in the jungle. Not to say you can't, but its just strange or is it just a show off that they can cook an 8 course meal in the jungle? Maybe we can just keep the cooking at home or at least share some with tired trekkers along the trail :)

(Note: Trekked Nuang today, rained heavily at about 5pm)

Mini Piranhas

The Fish Spa! Now very popular in Malaysia and have been mushrooming in major shopping complexes. Interesting concept, with little Piranhas looking fish that nibbles the dead skin off your legs. Guess the biggest question is definitely hygiene, is it clean and can one contract some gross skin disease from the common soaking tanks? I don't know?

The name of the fish species that they use is called the Garra rufa originated from Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. If they can survive the harsh environment of those countries, I'm sure they are living in heaven feeding off yummy leg peels in Malaysia.

The Amazing Ball

This little device is quite clever and may have been originally designed by some engineer for some scientific purpose. The idea would have probably been stolen by some Chinese entrepreneur and mass produced it as a toy.

I got this little toy from a street peddler for RM7 for my daughter. She had hours of fun with this simple yet entertaining toy. All you need to do is just kick it or toss it around and it will expand and contract back to its normal size. Cute.

CFO (Clown Financial Officer)

Cleverly engineered promotions and offers are everywhere, but you will never suspect that a supposedly 'Happy Meal' will turn out to be not so happy after all.

Being an occasional fan of the Clown Breakfast, I was asked to purchase a "Breakfast Privilege Card". Mornings made easier, according to the card. The usual breakfast meals are at a good discount, at RM4.90 you can get a Sausage Mcmuffin with Egg & Regular Premium Roast Coffee...until you do the maths, you will discover that the Clown is not that dumb after all!

Normal Price for Sausage with Egg (comes with Large Coffee & Hash Brown) - RM7.80 + 5% tax comes to RM8.20

Using the privilege card: sausage with egg & regular coffee (which is actually a very small cup of coffee) - RM4.90 + 5% tax comes to RM5.15 If you want to add a hash brown it will cost you RM2.60 totalling RM7.75 If you want a large coffee, they will probably charge you another RM1 for it. Check out the website as well and they do offer the RM4 meals to non card holders anyway! Not so privileged after all!

Spray on Condom???

Came across the "Spray on Condom" in this CSI scene...a product of Germany! I'm not surprised, hey after all they already have spray on cheese or butter! Wonder what they will think of next? Spray on underwear?... now that will be useful for the frequent travellers.

Try being creative and spray it on someone's eyes when they are sleeping!!! Strange, weird but TURE!

Does fish eat pretzels?

All it takes is an outing in the urban city to find out a little bit more about the so called urbanites who lived in it!

I was in One Utama today with my family and it was indeed a fun filled day for my daughter, who had a crazy time at the Starship Galactica play zone! She went nuts with all the other kids...guess I was also one of the bigger kid in there.


Later in the afternoon I took my daughter to the infamous Koi pond, a great place for kids to enjoy the fish. That's where I spotted a guy giving Auntie Anne's pretzels to the daughter to feed the Koi fish!!! Shocking to see such mentality in an uptown area like One Utama. That's not all, as we walked along, we passed by a group of young mothers sharing some weekenders and to our horror one of them actually asked the kid to pee near the Koi pond garden! At that time I had enough with such shocking sights! I left the place feeling sorry for the Koi Fish, One Utama Management to have to deal with such people and the people who have such low mentality. Wonder if others have seen such things happening in One Utama or other shopping complexes in town. Sad but TRUE folks!