Penang Hill or Hell!!!!

Well its been quite a while I must say since I updated my blog... But I haven't had much to say.. Or maybe too much to say.. Either way keeping silent seemed like the best way to go these past few months.. However now that I've finally come around to sharing something.. Let me tell you how unhealthy I apparently am!!!

I hiked up Penang Hill last Wednesday. With a bunch of College mates. Who I must say turned out to be the kindest and most patient bunch of people I've come across. Considering the fact that I took half a LIFETIME to walk up and having made them wait for me countless times they were VERY nice!

I have always been a person who sat on the side lines while everyone took part in extra curricular activities and lets just say I was the girl sitting under the tent and cheering on my buds on sports day. When I left school it got much worse. Exercising and I never got on. Lets just say we definitely were two peas in a pot! I considered dancing around the house enough exercise and I always ate healthy making the need for exercise seem very insignificant. However I will admit I was sure I'd get my butt kicked if the day ever came! I knew my strength and could probably kick butt pretty well but I knew if the day came running would probably be a safer bet and thank god for me I can run!

Sadly I always considered myself the prim and proper girl, the one that runs in a nice dress and heels, and believe me I can run in my heels! But to hike up a whole hill! Owh no..! This was something I didn't see coming and probably shouldn't have either. However I had to a certain extent suggested it in my most bored hour to a friend who sadly for me decided to put it together and when the phone came ringing I couldn't back out. So I pulled all my guts together and as my pride does not like taking the back seat. I went along with it and prepared myself. Not at all knowing what I had in store for me!

The hike up proved to be a challenge from the start as we took the stairway from Botanical Gardens rather then the road up. Now that was a DISASTER! I literally had to be helped up and thank god for a helping hand whenever I needed one. I guess its really good to have fit friends look out for you..=)

Every time there was a rest area I couldn't help but light up in joy! They humoured me as I was always the last to get off the bench when it was time to go again. Obviously!;)
It had even come to a stage where two of my friends had come up with a CHEER for me, hoping it would help in any way. I must say it made a good laugh and was very sweet but did me no good as all I could feel was my knees giving way. I finally had to tell them to help me pick it up when it crumbled along the way. Which made for a good laugh too!=)

Then came the steeper slopes which drained my soul even by the sight of it! A not so silent SIGH would always follow at every turn we took. Then every time a vehicle passed us I had come up with an idea of ambushing them and driving away! Hahaha.. They must have thought I was nuts! A lot more sighs and dear gods followed as well as encounters with funky looking snakes before we finally reached the top!

I was originally told that we would be taking a lorry down and was looking forward to that, when my hopes and dreams were CRUSHED as we were to walk down instead! As the journey down began the now dubbed "Egyptian Princess" due to my new hairstyle and the fact that I had all 5 of them waiting on me had come to terms with the fact that there was no other way down!
So I put on as bright a smile as possible and went full on. Running down didn't seem like a very good idea as even though I tried a few times, a panic attack always followed as my imagination ran wild and I could see myself going tumbling after a non existent JACK!

So I walked backwards like I was shown by the rest of them and it worked pretty well as the impact was not s bad on the knees. I did this for most of the way down and believe me I was a sight! I honestly must have looked like a backwards walking DUCK! After many pit stops, urges to hijack the vehicles that passed and many downward slopes that always garnered my SIGHS. As the last corner led to an end I could not but help feel a sense of relief dawn upon me like a new day had come after a long thunder storm and the skies had finally cleared! BELIEVE ME I WAS HAPPY!!!=D

As we reached the bottom a applause was given to the "Egyptian Queen" for surviving the hike. I was touched but very very embarrassed as being waited on I must say had a more humbling effect rather then a proud one! Well and believe me I wasn't spared when it came to the making fun of section. But all in good humour I must add. As they had even planned on how they would carry me up in a carriage the next time around and even decided to provide me with a lady in waiting to fan me and a television too top it off! I must say I couldn't be more touched. But I have big plans for hiking up any hill. Just give me another 20 or 30 YEARS!!!!;)

For now THANK YOU guys for putting up with me and not leaving me behind and listening to me grumble and mumble! Cos im sure I drove you guys nuts but you never showed it!

Well for now that's all I have to say.. And im sure I've said more then enough.. And probably need to take some time off to recover as now the backwards walking duck walks like one from the front! Till the next time I do something even worse then! TTFN!=P

Random Things About Me....=P

1) Im obsessed with the colour WHITE.... I have no idea why... I've even had people tell me its
not even a colour... But I love it anyways... to me it symbolises freedom instead of
the general reason its used for,being a sign of surrendering... its so serene...

2) I seem to always paint my nails in absurb colours... To me its normal... But many just don't
seem to digest it... Makes me seriously question my horrid taste... am i that bad... Hmmm...

3) I can't stop talking for the life of me... A friend once called me a chatterbox... I couldn't believe
she said that and I begged to differ... but reality eventually sank in... And I must admit.. she
was totally right...=(

4) I find the television very facinating... Sounds childish I know.. but believe me im not... i guess
its an only child syndrome... But I can't help but watch TV... Whenever I can...

Me, Myself And Trisha

From time to time we sit and reflect on life... I've realised its about time I did too... I've never had a blog before nor considered it at anytime... So honestly I don't know how this works... But as I sit and look back at last year and the years before... I feel a sense of maturity hit me like never before.. I have learnt so much that school could never offer... Its been overwhelming at times and hard to accept... But as we grow older we become more open to change and take the hits as they come... so as I sit in front of my laptop and ponder over everything that has come my way... Good or bad... Its got to be with due reason I console myself to an extent... But the world hasn't been that harsh... I could've had it worse.. I still could have it worse... So im grateful for the better things in life... And look forward to what tomorrow has in store for me... Till then we'll just wait and see...=)