9/10/09-week 9 trekking at Rimba Forest Area

Another trekking was organised for theweek 9. we were allocated at Rimba Forest, Jalan Tungku Link not far away from UBD Building. Same goes with the previously trekking, before we having actual trek, leaders/scouts and sweepers have to be performed during the recce time. It is surely believed that, this week trekking might be much harder than the week 8. Like usual, before trekking, everyone should held one responsiblity. My responsiblity for week 9 is as a leader. This is my new experience since I never held this position before. In short, it is my first time. I am sure that, this position is not easy as we thought. I have to carry for example safety of the members, performance during the trekking, confidence to bring the member signing in and out of the jungle, lead the member in the front line and also focus on what I am doing by following the marked.

During the recce, all the leaders must stay not far away from Dr. Irene. Its is because, she wants to show us the right pathways to follow and put our own marking. Obviously, as we go along, Dr. Irene will show us plants or flowers or other kind of species of animals and flowers we found in the jungle. we found species of orchid and somboi - somboi. But usually somboi- somboi that i know is large. instead of large, I saw somboi- somboi grow in small size. Its mesmerised me and given me shocked. No doubt, trekking this time is more challenging than before. The grass has grown highly and fast until one of our leader have to cut the grass and make the way to countinue our trekking. Then we finished an hour after that.

On friday, during our actual trekking,all of us met at SHBIE parking and by there we went by bus to the Rimba Forest. we started our trekking around 6.40 am. Like usual,we divided into 3 groups. for this week our groups were the last group to enter the jungle included Dr. irene stand at back line. Telling the truth, its scared me and at first i was mostly lost my confident to lead them. Along way we go, i nearly lost the way. thanks to my sweeper Mohammad azmey by helping me find the mark he made before. I have told before, task as a leader is not easy like its look. This is what teamwork is all about. But finally, i managed to bring my group safe out of the jungle.What I have done during that time, I have showed my member the flower like semboi-semboi, orchid, simpur flower, paku ular and pelambah.I also gave my member alert of danger example slippery and hole we found.

After having a rest for awhile, Dr irene showed us again the new way since its still early and everyone agree with it. This new way much interesting and more harder. And again we have to cut the grass to make a way to pass through. even I have cut my hand because of overgrown grass and dense grass. along we go, we found the beacon foot prints. It was so big prints. And also its place to drink and bath. What else I found and much more intersting was abondoned buildings. Its surprised all of us. what a waste of money to built undone building. The area aslo so messy with waste tools and rubbish from the construction. where they put their manner and responsible?they just dumped all the rubbish and tools there. they just made the environment turn to ugly. This showed that there still people acting like this.leaving the undone building behind just like that.They should destroy it and let the grass or forest grown there again. Then we finally finished at 8.40 a.m. it took all of us out from the new way about an hour and half minutes.
pictures above showed what i have found, abondoned buildings and wasted tools.

Through the experience this time, i can feel the environment itself. The smell of the forest we have missed. The smell fresh of leaves and forest. the fresh makes me feel better and calm.we can breath clean air more this time rather than breathing air from the cities that too much polluted already by industrial, fire burning and transport fumes mostly from cars.

From my finding and research, the orchid that we found during the trekking named bee orchid or bejinorchis.picture above showed the picture i have taken. 'Bee Orchid'.

As we know, bunga simpur and somboi-somboi can found at Brunei notes which are 5 and 10 Brunei notes.its shows that Brunei still reserve these two kind of species plants by putting the pictures through the notes. And also to let people as well as people from outsider example tourist knowing that Brunei have rich of these species and protect this endangered plants. Moreover, its pictures of Brunei symbolic. As advantage, More tourist attraction and wanted to know better about it as well as boost Brunei economy through tourism attraction. Another tourism attraction, as well as local people, Brunei have made recreational park named Hutan simpan Berakas where it rich of somboi-somboi plant. We can see at the main junction the statue of Somboi- somboi plants.

[retrived from www.banknotes.com]

Again, all and all what i have learnt, 1.leadership 2. teamwork 3. confidence 4. focus 5. responsible 6. displince 7. more mature 8. good learner