" I eat rice everyday and I say -lah in everything. I'm a Malaysian! "
Well, personally I don't eat rice everyday but I couldn't deny the fact that I said -lah in my almost every conversation. Sometimes even in text messages! So yeah, I would say that I'm a proud Malaysian :) Anyway...
Selamat Hari Malaysia, my fellow Malaysians!
So, how did you spend your one day holiday?
Initially, we planned to have a JJCM ( Jalan Jalan Cari Makan @ Food Hunt ) in Melaka with the other fellow Projek Kalsom's clans. That and because I always told Akhfar how I want to visit Melaka again since I can't remember when was the last time I went there. He just can't understand my fascination towards some old buildings and historical museum. I guess he prefer the craze for him and him only heh.However, due to the crazy haze that caused schools in Melaka, NS and KL shut down yesterday we decided to cancel the plan tsk tsk.
Anyway, this morning after a very groggy super unattractive morning phone call from him I managed to wake up, showered and get dressed decently cause apparently he told me he had planned for something special.
First stop, One City Mall @ Subang. Another craze of mine is I loooovvvveeee heights while he is afraid of heights. Oh the irony! To be honest , I never really mentioned this to him but he knows what the girl wants and hehe here we are. It was our first time there and to be honest the mall seems to be very unfinished despite the craze it had caused for the past few months. I dont know, I can still feel the feeling of a newly open building plus, most of the shops and offices are still empty. However, I do love the interior feeling of it, the concept of an open space mall where everything is ventilated naturally I guess? ( Tho it caused him to complain along the way saying why there's no aircond in a mall? pfft )
The open space concept of the mall
( Source : Google )
So we went up, to the most top floor - Skypark. Imagine the picture above, but you're looking down while walking on a thick tempered glass. Yup. I didn't have any picture tho but feel free to google it yourself. I couldn't say much on the place, let just say we were there at 1pm-ish while the sun was right above our pretty little head and the haze, let's not start on the haze. I love the decor tho,I can imagine how romantic it would be to have a dinner for two on the Skypark overlooking a half bald mountain due to the greediness of some people the nearby neighboring city overlooking a beautiful sunset just to set in the romantic feels.
After wandering about the place, there was nothing else to do. The only recognizable F&B are Starbucks so we decide to skip that. He randomly suggested we go to Fraser Hill. I'm like whatt?? Isn't it far far away in the land of no-one knows? But after some consolidation we found ourselves to be en route to Fraser Hill. lol.
Arrived there around 3pm, we could arrived earlier tho but due to several pit stops it took us longer.It was our first time there as well, so no one knows what to expect except from the little information I managed to read while on the way there. As were driving uphill, you could feel how the temperature drops down and the air feel fresher.Halfway along the journey we turned off the air-cond and enjoyed the fresh air instead.
As you get into the little town of Fraser Hill, you will see the famous clock tower. From the pictures I saw I expected it to be huge and something fancy but in real life it is just this super cute stone tomb in the middle if the road covered with little green leaves.
With no proper plan, we drove to the first interesting thing on the signboard we saw - Air Terjun Jerial. What we thought was a short 10 minutes drive from the town turns out to be a good 30 minutes drive along a very small and long winding road. It was not as expected tho, nothing fancy like the 5m Tanah Aina waterfall or the rocky FRIM waterfall that I went before. It looks like er.. Sungai Congkak? There's not even a single waterfall in sight! Lol, maybe there are further inside but we walked halfway caused I was wearing my wedges ( thus, the impromptu hutan trip ) but maybe there's the said waterfall deeper into the jungle. Maybe.
After like 20 mins of hiking in and out of the little 'jungle' we decide to get back to the town. Off to the long and winding road weee~ Halfway through, we stopped at a small trail just beside the road. I can't remember what its called neither do I have a picture of it. According to a signboard near the entrance the trail takes only 10-30 minutes with abundance of unique flora and fauna along the way. We did went down for a few steps to the point where the lady in wedges couldn't descend any more, from the place where we stopped we could see a small village at the end of the trail. At that point, I feel like taking off my wedges and go on the trail barefooted. The view from the top of the trail was super amazing too and we stood there for a good 30-40 minutes? Just stand there enjoying the view of the opposite Banjaran Titiwangsa and some deep conversations that only both of us could understand. It was quite romantic in some way hehe.
Even after the hike, the halfway hutan trip it was freezing cold for both of us. To one point, we tried to make a fog out of our breath lol, acah acah oversea. He suggested that we go and find something hot before both if us die from the cold ( irony : Malaysia ) And we did, we found this cute little cafe ( the one and only there I guess ) it's called Mimi Strawberry. Its situated right behind the clock tower so the view was pretty amazing. To be honest, the food was alright so I didn't bother to take any photo of it.We sat there for a good two hours, talking about everything and everything else I mean there's a lot to catch up after a year of being apart hehe. By the time we walked out from the cafe it was almost 7, and the fog was already covering the surrounding. For a short second, it almost brought me back to Namsan Tower back in Korea but this time I have my SO next to me :p
And..anyway we went back and reached UM at around 9pm. As we drove into the city, the haze greeted us and I wish we were back in Fraser Hill. Soon, we'll come back again.
That's the end of our short, impromptu yet meaningful trip. Total spending : RM 20! ( excluding toll and petrol , we only spent once at the cafe )
Where else could you have a vacation at such price? Totally worth it.
The fog that covers the area by the time we got back
Next trip, a mission for the waterfall!
