XPDC Berakit Antarabangsa Sungai Pahang 2009~ \(^^)/

24th May ~ 28th May 2009

In a blink, it's already been a year since XPDC rakit 2008 and I didn't even realized it.. When the date was confirmed about a month ago, I hurried to my laptop to purchase a return ticket.. Don helped me out since I was not familiar with the procedure and don't have any credit card or any debit card.. Swoosh~ Just like that.. RM 285 was sacrificed.. Memang hard core!!!!


This year's XPDC is shorter both in distance and days.. The distance covered was only around 180 km and we have 5 days to complete it whereas last year's was 329 km and the whole XPDC was completed within 8 days..

Temerloh -> Kuala Triang-> Chenor-> Kg Salong-> Kg. Ganchong -> Pekan

New faces joined the XPDC this year, leaving me, Shifaa and Amar as the only participants from last year's team.. There were 17 of us altogether including..

Hassan, Judeng, Jepah, Afiq, Amir, Abe, Syahir, Apip, Cagan, Moja, Shira, Aliyaa, Ainun and Dila

This year's XPDC started at Temerloh.. We spent a night there for preparation and embarked from the jetty in the morning around 9 am.. Mida stayed ardently with us during the preparation.. Lagi sorang hard core sebab this girl sanggup come all the way from Melaka to help us out.. Cayalah!!!!

The ground committee during the first day was Ainun, Moja, Mida, Cagan and myself.. We drove to Kuala Triang.. No transportation was provided by the university, so we used Mida's and Amar's cars to move that day..

Cagan and I went back to Temerloh to shop for stuffs and equipments that were still lacking.. It was quite of an adventure for us both because none of us was familiar with the routes and most shops were already closed at noon.. At the end of the day, Cagan and I had already became the expert of Temerloh town hehe

We lodged at a house located near the jetty.. Our host's name was Kak Nor who live with her husband, her mother and two daughters of hers. They were generous people and had let the girls sleep inside the house..

25th May.. Shifaa's birthday.. My first day to be on the raft.. Em.. I rowed from the start and only stopped for lunch... The distance was 27 km that day and was less tiring compared to last year.. I was rowing and rowing and rowing.. and aik?? tibe tibe je dah sampai... But we were stranded on an island for about an hour before docking because t here were some problems there on the jetty.. I think there was not enough space so they have to arrange the raft slowly slowly hehehe

In Chenor, we stayed in Wan's house who live with her son.. The guys slept in the kitchen while the girls was provided with two comfortable rooms.. Owh sungguh selesa sebab dapat tido on a mattress yang sangat empuk.. In the morning, Wan and pokcik (her son) joined us to see the rakit team... Kemudian bermule lah journey diriku and shifaa yang scary di atas darat dalam mecari jalan ke Kg Salong...

That morning, I was very sure that Bro Asri will be with us but when he told me he was already in Kuantan when I called him, my heart skip a beat.. I got worried even more when Jepah told me the route to Kg Salong was quite complicated.. It might take us more than 2 hours because there was a land slide at the short cut to Kg Salong.. Kami pon bertanye lah direction dari orang kampung yang masih berada di ctu... Rupa2 nya route yang di beri kepada kami itu adalah short cut yang penuh dengan thrill!!!!


The road was so narrow.. and it is used by heavy vehicles to transport logs.. The vehicles was so0o0o0 huge and we have to stop the car sebab tak muat.. Lori tu makan jalan yang amat sangat..

Next there was the land slide with lots of boulders there leaving another narrow route for us to pass.. Lepas tu ada many many damaged roads yang also narrow.. Shifaa and I was so afraid if the Avanza couldn't make it because the road was so0o0o0o0 narrow... Halangan yang paling tak bole blah skali adalah seekor kura2 yang melintas~

In Kg Salong we stayed in Abg Yus and Kak Ida's house.. Mereka sangat baek and we were once again fortunate because all was invited to sleep inside the house.. This was where all of us got so lucky too. The UIA1 raft finished the race at number 37 and won a hamper for that.. I got lucky with the AADK quiz and got a huge hamper.. Shifaa and I was so excited sampai sanggup postpone mandi sebab nak collect hadiah hehe

Kak Ida sangat baek.. When we got back from the so called concert thing, we found out she had just finished washing the guys' clothes.. Adoiyai.. Rasa sangat bersalah lalu kami pon menyambung tugasan itu~ Abg Yus on the other hand is a very responsible young man.. Sangat hardworking.. Pagi2 dia hantar budak2 kampung ke sekolah dan kemudian berniaga di kedai runcit...

Hurm anak Abg Yus and Kak Ida kurang sihat tau~ The day we arrived, they actually just got back from KL for their son's chemotherapy who's only 5 year old...So.. Kawan2 n adik2 jangan lupe doakan kesihatan adik Falah kite ye.. (^^)

The final stop before Pekan was at Kg Ganchong. We've been here last year but had stayed in a different house this year.. That night we slept inside our tent... The next morning Shifaa and I volunteered to stay on land.. We manage to pay a short visit to the house where we lodged last year.. It was sad to find that the Makcik had stroke about 3 months ago.. But alhamdulillah she is recuperating fast and can already walk..

Hurm these are some of my favorite pics.. The left one is on the 4th day where the distance was 40km and the race was quite long.. Sangat banyak rakit yang ditunda pada hari itu namun this raft manage to finish the race with 3 girls and 1 guy rowing hehe.. Kami seperti mendapat suntikan steroid apabila melihat rakit2 yang ditunda... Kami mendayung dan mengayuh dengan gagah skali hehehe how I wish I could post our video here

The right one is during a preparation at Kuala Triang... Tok Empat sedang menunjukkan cara mengikat yang tali yang betol dan kemas...

Overall.. I love this XPDC so much.. Everybody gave their fullest cooperation and commitments throughout the program.. I already mish you guys and the time we had together :)

Hurm.. I really love the feeling in the kampung.. Everybody is still so friendly and generous.. Dorang can simply jempot total strangers to sleep and eat in their house and we can feel their sincerity.. That type of quality is very rare these days sbenanye.. I learn a lot from this trip.. Yes I do~