Jungle trekking on the week 10 at Diplomatic Resident area - 18 / 10/ 2009

Like usual, this was the third times we having a jungle trekking for this month. For this week we all were allocated to have a trekking somewhere at Jalan Yayasan named Diplomatic Resident. This week trekking, I was volunteered as a bin manager. What this position have to do is, as a bin manager, i have to provide bin plastics bag to collect the rubbish while and during the trekking. Example cans, bottles, plastics and other rubbish. This is because to prevent and also avoid littering the environment as well as make the environment turn to ugly site. Another responsibilities is to dispose or dump the rubbish in recycling or provided bins at UBD after returning from the trekking. This task quiet interesting job and easy.

Like previous trekking, we all have to assemble at the SHBIE parking to off to the destination. Unfortunately, we all off a bit late this time because of transport problem. The bus having a break problem so that it have to be changed as soon as possible. Its involved our safety and its very dangerous. By 6.35 am we all met Dr. Irene, Dr. Asmah and two our members at the place.Nothing much have changed, we all were again set up into a group. I was in malek's group. as well as my two other member which are Mohammad asri as our sweeper and Mohammad Azmey as a follower. I as a bin manager contributed a plastic bags to each group before we all make a move. It is for them to collect the rubbish while and during the trekking like what we have been brief by Dr. Irene. Be in Malek's group at first was quiet fun because I'm the only girl joined their group. we in the middle group to make a trekking.

It is no doubt that, what i have been through this time trekking was like crazy and challenge my capability. Its not like easy as what we had before. Trekking at Lucky garden and Rimba quiet challenged myself also but not for this trekking. Trekking at Diplomatic Resident was very hard and too many circumstances we have to pass. With a lot of dead trees and fell trees we have to pass through. Not forgetting also, slippery path and rocks we had crossed. What challenged me most was steep hill. I have to hike this steep hill about 3 times which were during and before the finishing point. And then I was quiet scared with the dead trees, afraid it might be fall down at any time and it is risky to our life. Now i can feel how being a follower. A follower which have to follow what ever the leader go and what he have said. I was like just depending my life to the leader and trust him. But as we go along, malek was like a bit confused and sometimes asked asri which of the way we have to follow. Until we have the time that we almost lost the way. Way which lead to somewhere else. The place called Marakucing not far away from subok area. Luckily Dr. irene called us and asked us to come back at the point we missed the marking. We continue again until we back at where we started. But we not off with all of our members, Azmey have to come along with Dr. irene to get back Group1 out from the jungle. Because they were lost too like what we did. Luckily everyone back from the jungle like before and safe. After that we all sit and had a rest for awhile while back to UBD again. But for me, i still continue my job to collect all the rubbish from other group and put separately with the rubbish which can be recycle example plastics, bottles and cans. After we came back again to UBD, the rubbish that we collected then we dipose it at the recycling bin that provided at UBD.

steep hill

biggest pandan leaves i ever seen

What i have found and learnt from the trekking:
1. i found there a lot of streams we have to cross.
2. too many dead trees and very dense tropical rainforest.
3. steep hills
4. slippery surface and rocks because of algae
5. biggest pandan leaves i ever seen
6. ant nest that grow up to the tree.
7. A lot of ants move along the dead trees and fall trees.
8. Mushroom grown at the dead trees.

slippery rocks

dead trees

Lesson for the day:
Not our instinct is true. sometimes we have to follow what we have been taught. follow the mark we made and not to follow the usual tracks blindly.

all and all, collecting rubbish is fun job. at least we can reduce littering the environment. it can teach us to be responsible and be a clean person not to litter the rubbish everywhere. Then dipose it at appropriate bins. Recycling activities also can reduce from wasting paper which we have to cut alot of trees to make a trees. Deforestation may lead to greenhouse effect as well as global warming. This kind of disaster we are now experienced. The weather now changing. its stated that ice in the south and north pole are begin to melt. Then because of weather changing, there are too many countries experience to natural disaster examples typhoon, drought and storms. Not just reduce paper, economically, it save money rather than we just dump the thing that can recycled. As well as save the environment.

This kind of activity are now grow larger and been follow by many countries especially developed countries now. Not forgetting, UBD now a days make a project named UBD GREEN PROJECT and their slogan is REDUCE, REUSE,RECYLCE. The project was started on Monday, 19th October 2009 and lauched by Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Muda Mahkota Pengiran Muda (Dr.) Haji Al- Muhtadee Billah.