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Today is a beautiful day indeed. Why I say that because today I still have the pleasure to wake up and breath the fresh air that God have be given to us. Today I still can walk freely to anywhere my heart desire (well almost anywhere I think). But the greatest gift of all is to live in a wonderful and peaceful country called MALAYSIA. And a few days from now we will celebrate our 51^th years of independence.

So what does it means to a youth like me to celebrate this historical event for our nation. Im not even half of our independence age, people my age were born when our first national car were produced (Proton Saga back in 1985), we never have to endure the hardship of our older generation who lived under colonization era and the communist period. To some of us the independence mean we can :

· Hang out at the Mamak stalls until the wee hours

· Enjoy a delicious Nasi Lemak for only RM1 (only in someplace laa)

· Free internet usage at Hotspots (for wireless internet only)

But surely it means a lot more than that….and for me it’s the peace and prosperity we enjoy all this years. Where else in this world we can see so many races (Malay, Chinese, Indian and The pribumi of the peninsular, Sabah & Sarawak) live peacefully and working together hand by hand. Even people who have the same skin color, share the same language and eat the same type of food quarrel and fight all the time, such example is what is happening in the middle east. To make matter worse some people who used to live together as a nation, share the same culture have now break ties and bonds just for the reason they don’t share the same ideology anymore. This is what have happened to the Koreans after the Americans came to their land in the name of liberation (DAMN those called kononnya freedom fighters). Just look at the result, those two called NORTH and SOUTH are now threatening each other with……..

E = MC²

(The equation that made the destructive effect of nuclear bomb possible)

Back in our homeland each of our race have their own unique culture that represent themselves.

	MALAY	CHINESE	INDIAN
Clothing	Baju Melayu	Chiongsam	Sari
Food	Nasi Lemak	Chicken Rice	Roti Canai
Famous landmark	Shah Alam Mosque	Penang Great Temple	Batu Caves Temple
Celebration	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	Chinese New Year	Deepavalli

And even thought every race have their own identities we all still can seat side by side and enjoy each other presence. Example of this true unique bond is warmly felt at big holiday celebrations such as the Hari Raya open house event hold by the Malays. As for myself I can’t forget an incident from my childhood days when a good hearted Chinese women sent me home from school after I have miss my school bus. And while i was waiting in line to see the doctor after my tragic accident a few years ago, I still can remember how an old Indian lady was very concern about my injuries and had given me some words of encouragement. Also how could I forget the kindness and friendliness of the Sarawak people when I came to pursue my study in UNIMAS. The racial mix that makes our country very unique and beautiful.

Maybe the same feeling is not felt by some of us especially the younger generations and the prejudice felt among the different race here in Malaysia is the biggest threat to our nation. So as a countrymen that love his country dearly, I urge every Malaysians to put our differences behind and celebrated our 51^th independence together-gether (a true Malaysian way of saying bersama2 hehe)To me this is what I as a Malaysian treasure the most.

Agak pelik jugak tajuk post akukali ni….Apekah erti sebenar menawan sebuah menara gading? Adekah ianya beerti aku telah grad dgn CGPA 4 Flat atau bangunan chanselori tempat aku menuntut ilmu telah dirampas, ala2 terorrist??? Adekah2 itu semua tadi sebenarnya x ade kait mengait dgn tajuk tersebut (Intro yg jauh terpesong)

Kejadian sebenar disebalik tajuk diatas  adalah berkisar ttg keberjayaan (ade ke dlm kamus DBP?) ak menawan puncak ke 7 sepanjang karier aku sebagai mount

climber ala2 kadar gitu….dan kini tambah title O.K.U di belakangnya…. Sebelum ni ak telah dgn penuh penat lelah memanjat G. Lumut (Jhr), G. Ledang 4x (Jhr) dan jg G. Kinabalu (Sabah, maklumat tbaru menyatakan ianya gng ke-4 ttinggi di A. Tenggara). Sedikit fakta berkaitan Gng Gading: terletak di daerah Lundu Swk, 956m dr paras laut, merupakan rizab kawasan hutan Negara, terkenal dgn air terjunnya….

Perjalanan ke Gng Gading memakan mase 2 jam dr Unimas….setibanya di kaki gng ahli2 xpdc tanpa membuang mase membuat persiapan mendaki dgn bergambar sampai puas, membuang segala apa yg terpendam di tandas terakhir sblm pendakian dan x dilupakan sedikit regangan otot sebagai cukup syarat….hehehe. Kami mulamendaki kire pkl 11 pg. Permulaan trek ke puncak di alas dgn bongkah2 batu tetapi x lame kemudian permukaan muke bumi sebenar gng gading mengambil alih tugas tempat kaki berjejak. Semakin menghampiri kawasan air terjun ke-7 (destinasi pertama), permukaan yg perlu didaki menjadi semakin cerun. Akhirnya 1 stgh jam selepas bertolak kami pun sampei k kawasan air terjun….

`Aik sik kan sampei ctok jak. Sik naik sampei puncak kah pok?’ Ak bertanye

dgn bahase swk yg sedikit sengau kpd pihak penganjur….`Kitak mauk naik sampei puncak kah?’ nya bertanya kembali pd aku…`Aaoookkkkk’ ak reply…Setelah mendapat undian hampir 1/3 dewan parlimen, pihak penganjur akhirnya bersetuju membawa insan2 berjiwe kental, emosi tahan physco dan kaki x kenal letih ke puncak menara gading. Ttp sblm pendakian pihak penganjur dgn kerasnya menyatakan bahawa pendakian ke puncak akan dilakukan tanpa henti bagi menjimatkan mase….malah ade dikalangan mereka dgn nada sedikit bongkak mengatakan hanya dirinya dpt sampei di puncak dlm mase yg ditetapkan….(eh2 konon ko pakai baju sponser powerbar ko nak ek…rilek ar pengalaman mengatakan kekuatan fizikal bukan semata2 faktor penentu keberjayaan seseorang dlm xpdc pendakian mcm ni….ak bekate dlm hati)

Kire2 tiga puluh org meneruskan pendakian utk sampai ke puncak manakala selebihnya tinggal utk bermain air di kwsn air terjun. Perjalanan ke puncak lebih sukar dgn permukaan yg lebih cerun dan bahaye…. Pendakian tanpa henti ternyata mencabar beberapa ahli xpdc yg x bersedia utk aktvt2 lasak spt ini. Ak cb menberi dorongan kpd mereka yg sudah terlalu keletihan dn mula menyesali keputusan utk ikut pendakian hingga ke puncak. Kire2 setengah perjalanan utk sampai ke puncak kumpulan xpdc tlh terpecah kpd 3. Tanpa ak sedari aku sebenarnya berada di kumpulan hadapan, bile sampai kat puncak br tahu siapa depan dan blkg. Kire2 pukul 2 suku ak sampai ke puncak G. Gading…. Tertulis di situ Gng Gading Summit 3.8km! (Jgn terkezut 3.8km tu bkn ketinggian gng tp jarak dr base camp di kaki gunung hingga ke puncak….pelik jugak ak mule2 tgk)

Setelah duduk melepaskan lelah dan bergambar dgn pelbagai aksi selama 20 minit kami memulakan misi turun ke air terjun 7. Mase turun ke kwsn air terjun mengambil mase hampir 1 jam. Setibanya di situ kelihatan kump yg x ikut ke puncak sudah bersiap sedia utk turun k base camp…. Kerna menunggu sebilangan ahli kumpl k puncak yg msh blm sampai, kt org yg tiba lebih awal mengambil kesempatan utk menikmati kesejukkan air terjun tersebut. Tp ak menolak nafsu utk mandi dan sekadar bermain air gitu2 je sbb risau berendam terlalu lame mengundang kekejangan otot. 15 minit kemudian kita org kumpulan di belakang memulakan penurunan baki 1.5km utk sampei di kaki gunung. Tepat pukul 5 ptg aku pun sampai di base camp. Setelah berehat dan menjamu hidangan tgh hr (bygkn naik hingga ke puncak hanya
beralaskan bbrp potong kuih dan 1 bar cokelat) pkl 6 ptg kami pun bertolak
kembali ke unimas.

Sedikit pergulungan dr aku pendaki gng amature….jika dibezakan dgn pendakian2 aku sblm ni, sememangnya G. Gading antr puncak terendah yg telah aku tawan….Tetapi pendakian ke puncak x semudah yg disangka….antara faktor yg menguji ketahan aku kali ini adalah kepantasan proses pendakian ini

dilakukan….Jika sblm ni, aktvt2 pendakian yg ak ikuti disertakan sekali dgn
upacara camping yakni bermalam dipertengahan gng sblm meneruskan perjalanan k puncak. Tp kali ini pendakian hingga ke puncak dan turun kembali mengambil mase hanya 6 jam. Selain dari itu aku agak hampa dgn view di puncak pendakian kali ini….bukan ape jika jika sblm ni aku takjub melihat keindahan ciptaan tuhan dr puncak gng2 yg aku daki ttp sayang sekali puncak gng gading di kelilingi pohon rendang yg menghalang panorama di sekeliling gunung. Namun di penghujung pendakian aku tetap PUAS! Kerna sejak dr awal tibanya aku di bumi kenyalang aku tlh menanam azam utk menikmati keindahan flora dan fauna tanah bertuah ini….Harap lps ni ak berkesempatan utk pergi menjelajah taman Negara Miri yg terkenal dgn gua Niah pula…=D

Suddenly I’ve just realise that I got some strange obsession for SHOES,
SANDALS and what we call it here seliper…. when i counted all kinds of
footwear i have in my possession right now…. WOW, An astonishing total of 7
pair!… in detail 2 of them are running shoes (Adidas), a pair of snicker (New
Balance),leather shoes (Camel) and sandal (Bata) plus 2 slippers (Asadi and
unknown brand seliper jamban huhuhu). Oh yeah almost forgot the ones I left back home : 1 basketball sport shoe (Adidas), 1 outdoor shoe (Bata) and 1 just recently purchased Asadi slipper. A total of 10 footwear in my belongings…. quite a lot laa for a guy i think (Hehe maybe more than an average gurl maybe)

A little overdose of footwear here a shoe doctor might labelled me…. but i think the cause for this bundle of kasut and selipar are my eagerness to have the right kind of footwear for the right occasion. Running shoe for my exercise routines, snicker for my lab work and jalan2, black leather shoe for formal occasion, outdoor shoe for my outdoor activities, sandals for casual/‘santai’ mood and of course seliper jamban u know for what i guess… Hehe of course the right shoe for my attire (no fashion critics will caught me wearing unmatched shoes and clothing lorrr)

But sometimes it can get a little out of hand…. what i mean is that sometimes i buy shoes i seldom use (One think for d record, im not a shoe collector. Every shoes ive buy ill wear them). Usually this will happen when i got extra cash…. the temptation for a new slick pair of sport shoe can get into me (So please don’t bring me near to a sport store when MOSTI scholarship hv been
deposit into my account eh). Hehe action talk louder than words… just recently
i bought a pair of running shoe and slipper. And this semester also i got a
pair of snicker. 3 new footwear in 2 months time (tu duit blm msk lagi kalo dah
x tau lah huhuhu)

Even though i got a lot of shoes im no match for the Philippines x 1^st lady Imelda Marcos who have thousands and thousands of footwear. And im have no intention to break her record….Just enough for my active lifestyle. But in my opinion people tend to take for granted the important of wearing the right shoe for the activity their engaging with. For example a snicker with a thin and flat base is not a suitable footwear for jungle tracking and hiking activity (judging from my outdoor experience). Basically just put it like this: Your shoes are the only thing between ur foot and the direct contact with the environment. So think carefully before u put on ur shoe next time eh mate. (Haha maybe ill be a shoe store taukey one day =P

(Sorry no pics this time guys…admin say i have reach my account limit….sucks)

Kemuncak pengajian di menara gading semestinya adalah detik menerima ijazah ketika upaca konvokesyen. Pada 10hb 8 yg lps aku jua telah bergelar seorang graduan universiti. Setelah gigih menuntut ilmu selama 3 stgh thn di UKM, berprogram di seluruh pelosok Malaysia, menawan 4 puncak gunung dan koma 4 hari…. kemanisan ketika ijazah diserahkan ke tangan ku memang telah lama aku idamkan. Alhamdulillah…

Disini aku nak ucapkan perhargaan ku kpd insan2 yg tlh byk berjasa dalam misi aku utk bergelar graduan. Pertama tentunya aku amat terhutang budi kpd kedua ibu-bapa yg telah mengasuh dn mendidik aku dr kecil hinggalah berjaya ke IPTA. Juga kpd adik-beradik ku yg banyak membantu dan member dorongan utk aku pegi lebih jauh. Jutaan terima kasih buat keluagaku atas segala pengorbanan mereka.

Seterusnya terima kasih juga buat rakan2 ku dr alam persekolahan hinggalah ke peringkat U. Khasnya ditujukan kpd teman2 seperjuangan Urusetia Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Batch 18 yg berada disisiku ketika susah dn senang semasa di UKM. X dilupakan guru2 serta seluruh para pendidik yg telah mengajar ku dr dulu hingga kini.

Akhirnya kepada sesiapa sahaja yg pernah mengenali diri ini, antaranya ialah Pak guard yg tlg ak mase sesat kt shopping mall kecik2 dulu , aunty Chinese yg hantar ak blk mase kena tinggal bas zmn sek ren dulu serta para doktor dan nurse yg merawat ak lps accident. =D