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Trip 6: Kg. Padnunok, Lamunin, Tutong

Three things happened here that I considered the most challenging for this last trip this semester. The first one was we had to pass by a herd of buffaloes, where one of them was a mother with its cubs, so scary. As what Jeff Corwin said in one of his show in Animal Planet, “…mammals are unpredictable…” But we did pass by them eventually; they looked like they were tame enough not to hurt us. The second challenge was to go (slide was a more correct term) down a very steep slope. It was slippery with only nearby small trees to hold onto. One good advice here was, “Don’t worry getting dirty, safety first…” Yeah, we were getting muddy alright! And the last one was this was the first time that we completed the trekking till about 7 o’clock in the evening. It was really, really late and really, really dark and we didn’t bring any torchlight. Well, for a last trip, it was challenging enough. I hope I’ll see you guys next semester. GO BEAP!!!

Trip 5: Taman Rekreasi Markuching

This place, once you reached at the top of one of the hills (there were a lot of hills there with their own name at each hill), it had a nice view, and I felt the ‘abode of peace’ of Brunei…haha. That’s my opinion. There were a lot of hills that we had to conquered here than the last time but we didn’t have to rush this time. This place should have a rubbish bin on top of each hill (just like the ones in Bukit Shahbandar) so that the visitors would not just throw away their rubbish (especially plastic bottles) on the ground anywhere they felt like throwing. Maybe they were too tired to hold the plastic bottles to bring it to the bottom of the hill. Overall, it was a great experience and I hope I would be able to come back here in the future!

Trip 4: Kg. Serdang, The Big Tree

We had been to Serdang area last semester and it was a challenging trek with its steep slope. But this one was twice as challenging as that one. We walked very briskly that I felt like I was running but it was too hard to do that because it was not a flat, horizontal road, it was a slope and sometimes it was really steep. When we got to the Big Tree, I felt it was worth it to rush it there. Altogether, it took 17 of us holding hands to embrace the Big Tree (that was our own record). It was really dark by the time we return to the starting point.

Trip 3: Jln Mentiri

It took us nearly two hours to complete this trekking. The trek was not hard to walk on but it looked like there was no end to it. It was a good place to jog though. There were a few people that we encountered just doing that. All I could say was it was a very long…long…long walk…it was fun!

Trip 2: Rimba Area

This place was what Dr. Irene called a “young forest”. Once you stepped inside it, you would realise that it was too quiet except the noise that you made. There were no birds chirping, no insects buzzing…simply quiet. One of my friend realise also that there was no tree fruit in there. So this forest could be preserved to be the ‘old forest’ in many, many years to come for the next generation to enjoy...hehe…

Trip 1: Residential Area

After a long break from last semester last trip to Bukit Patoi, it felt good to be back again, hiking and exploring the environment. This first trip was a good ‘warm-up’ for the upcoming trekking. One sad thing I found here was there were a lot of empty plastic bottles left behind. The empty plastic bottles looked like they were left there a long…long…long time ago. Well it was part of our responsibility as the BEAP members to clean them up!