EB run away!
From 22nd Feb night to 25th Feb, the EBs (Executive Board) have decided to run away from the bustling Singapore cities into the deep mysterious forests of Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. Oh yeah, there were also Dominic (HKU LCP who's doing exchange in NTU) and Allison (VP Finance elect from McMaster Uni who's doing exchange in NTU, infamous for his hilarious email regarding the 'super interesting conference in Malaysia')
Since yours truly is the earliest to return to her home while the rest are still rocking their way back to Singapore, yours truly shall take on the responsibility to report faithfully.
So the story begins... finally
On the 22nd night, the EBs, with luggage varying in weight and size, took off at Golden Mile Complex to head north - Malaysia - A land of landscape and beauty. Of course, we were really noisy in the bus. Not only were we taking pictures, but also eating, sharing food, spotlighting people, telling jokes etc. And all these were done across rows of seats.
I pitied the other passengers.. But I think later everyone started falling asleep, cuz I fell asleep too.
At around 6am, we arrived at Brinchang, one of the three towns in Cameron Highlands. The weather didn't present itself as what I predicted. It was much colder than the coldest SAC! Shivering, all of us wobbled into a Chinese eatery for breakfast. The prawn mee and kuay teow warmed us up!
Hmm then what happened?
Oh we started hunting for accommodation, and ended up in a shabby but clean apartment.
At boarding. 
This is the fun we had in the bus. 
At rose centre. With practically seas of roses and their relatives!
Apparently the guys were more interested in making themselves statue-like rather than appreciating flowers.
See how guys perceive fun.
The following pictures describe how creative people can be with statues.
More!
The cinderella and the 7 dwarfs (and the absent 4). Pay special attention to the pretty cinderella! 
The models sunbathing.
Don't you think the SUNSHINE is so handsome? 
The girls at their best.
There were so many beautiful pictures that I wish to post here, but I realised that will be 100 pics! So I have to restrain myself. Enjoy this.
The ICX league at their coolest.
Help! Wira sank!
At honeybee farm and the garden of sunflowers.
Self-plucking strawberry farm. All of us couldn't resist the redness and started plucking at all the nurseries before reaching the plucking site! tsk tsk.
Selecting the best and the brightest.
And being happy with your selection! Sadly they were all crushed and thrown away due to our ungentle treatment! RM100 worth of it!
At butterfly park which seemed to have more reptiles, insects, birds and flowers. Introducing some huge beetle.
At butterfly park. Doesn't this look like Sylvester and Tweety? Say yes!
Can you see the word AIESEC? Say yes! 
Day 2 - We attempted the highest mountain in Cameron Highlands - Mount Brinchang stading tall at 6666 meters. Here, Nash, our nature tourguide, introducing to us the wonder of nature.
Not in the middle of HDB this time, but in the middle of forest! Say yay!
The city man turns Tarzan.
And the journey got harder..
And more challenging! But we are going fine!
And we finally reached! 6666 feet, the highest peak in Cameron Highlands.
While some are engulfing the beauty of nature at this height,
Please agree that this is a nice picture. So visionary right? 
But agree with me that this looks nicer right?
On our way down, we are greeted yet by more scenic beauty! Look at the depth of the landscape! And of course, the two pretty hospitality people in the foreground.
Boyband under A REALLY BEAUTIFUL TREE. 
The tired souls enjoying the mega-watt sunshine.
The panoramic view of tea plantation. We winded through almost the entire area. Breath-taking. Full of zen-ness and source of inspiration.
And that marked the end of our 7-hour trekking, or so we thought. When we were taking bus down back to Brinchang, the bus tyre exploded! And yes thank you, we had to walk like 30 minutes more back to our apartment. I pitied Nash the tourguide. He practically had to sweet talked us so that we moved our lactic-acid-filled legs. And at the end, Wenfeng, Alvin and Dominic decided to use their BEAUTIFUL voice to seduce everyone to move faster and faster, which I think really served the effect, as everyone was trying to move away from them. :p
Look at the greedy look of the guys. Unfortunately yours truly fell ill that night and was unable to join in the extravaganza.. :(
There is one very important episode that I thought I should probably mentioned it here. On the 2nd night, after the 7 hour trekking, yours truly fell sick. Fever and sorethroat. Imagine Little Cute Princess not being able to make noise! Terrible.. But nah this is not the very important part of the episode. The important thing was that, through this I got to see how nice everyone is. When I was walking down the mountain, the girls kept accompanying me so that I don't feel left out (since I decided to walk along, since can't talk!). Han Ling and Grace tried to decipher my sign language, and that was really hilarious. When we were finally back to the apartment, Zhang Ning came to test my temperature, and talked to me. Then Alvin offered to buy me food, since I didn't join them for steamboat dinner. When I finally get out of the bed, Zhang Ning and Grace practically held my hands to walk me to the living room. Wenfeng helped me to wash up the bowls. And after the trip, the first question they asked me on msn is 'Are you feeling better now?' So sweet, so touched. For me, this was the high note of the entire trip. Even though I missed out a lot, I got to see so much more. I got to see what the EB team is truly about. Not the high efficiency, not the everlasting passion, not the crazy and fun, but a heart of kindness and generosity for people around. Thanks everyone for everything~ The end of the VERY SHORT picture story. There are a lot more stories I wanna tell here, but I have already spent 4 hours doing this, and so logic tells me to stop. If you are interested, don't ask me for the pictures, let's organize another trip! ok? There's another taller montain to trek, called Mount Irau. Heard it's really fun! And anyone interested in Redang? Woohoo!
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posted by w a n x i n at 7:00 PM
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