A HUMBLING LESSON

I was supposed to visit sifu, a few days ago, but was not able to, because she had visitors and prior dinner enggagement. So last nite was her free day, as she was not suppose to do extreme sports and excercise. We made an appointment for dinner around 7.30pm or so but I was caught in a bad jam and worst I overshot passed her house. Usually I will totally rely on waze to take me to places I am not familiar with. I have been to her place a couple of times and passed by her housing area when ever to go to putra jaya, so I was so confidence I could find it.  Unfortunately I bypassed it and only reliase it too late and there was no u-turn back.It was a long drive all the way to putra jaya before I could get to her house. By the time I got there, it was too late and we had to wait for anothter rock climbing friend, who was to meet up to inspect some of her rock climbing equipments which she had bought on line. We chat abit while waiting for the friend to show up. Over the years, we had gone beyond sifu-member relationship. We had become very good friends .Further more we shared some similiar hobbies, like hiking and rock climbing. Having a meal after her class with some other members was quite a regular thing. I have  read it is not advisable to have our meal after 7.00pm or so, but sleeping on an empty stomach is hard. I tried eating a meal before class a few times- big mistakes, it makes me so uncomfortable during the class.Not only I was not able to enjoy the class, I was not able to put in my best. So now I will have my dinner after class. Finally the friend arrived.
Together with went through inspecting them and learnt some fine points of checking and taking care of the equipment. After an hour we were done and the friend left ,since he had dinner earlier.Only the two of us had dinner at a nearby Indian restaurant.
What lesson did I learnt ? Well never to be over confident and never be afraid to seek help if you need it.


Note:Good friends are hard to find. value them.


some of the items she bought and we did the checking.

carabiner

Quickdraws

Climbing rope

WHICH HILLS?

There are so many hills in malaysia which I have yet to explore. Last week I was at Datuk,which is in Rembau, Negeri sembilan. Tomorow I will try out Mount Angsi, also in Negeri sembilan. Then the day after that it will be at Tokwan, which is after the 4th peak of Broga. unfortunately there is no other way yet and we have to climb broga before we can get to Tokwan.  After this I will return to my favourite hills Tabur which is in Taman melawati. With so many hills and some which I  have yet conquered, how to remember the route?  I found this site very useful as it has all the Gps coordination, which is just the thing I need.

Preparations For Gunung Angsi, Via Shortcut

Location : Negeri Sembilan

GPS Coordinates : N2 43.644 E102 03.376

Directions :

Exit at Senawang on NSE and continue onto Senawang, J
Turn right onto Hwy 51	7.5km
Continue on Hwy 51	8.0km

The coordinates given are pretty much the exact location of where the trail starts. Should you not have a GPS unit, if you are coming from Senawang, continue until you see a large signboard that says “Selamat Datang Ke Kuala Pilah”. Make a u-turn and continue until you see the green colour signboard in the photo below.

The entrance is about 20 metres before that signboard, hidden behind the tree trunk of the 5th tree before that signboard.

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