Weekends

I have been so busy recently that I was hardly to blog...
This weekend was so incredible
My initial plan for Friday night is actually to start working out with the Adobe Premiere which I have just installed and have never touched it before
However when I was just about to open the software
I got a message from the chief editor
He told me to follow up with Amirah of a lightning strike news
I was so puzzled and replied him with a "o?"
He rang me up and asked me to cover the news and post it as the editors weren't in Kampar
I called CEO then and asked him to meet me at Amirah's friend(who kena lightning strike)'s house
Yet CEO told me there's an accident in front of Ah Ba's house and asked me to go the accident scene first as it is serious
I drove fast, hope that i can reach there as fast as possible to get 独家
When I was there, I rushed to the victims
There left the male victim
I could see his deep injuries on his leg, and he looked so suffering
I saw CEO was busy taking photo there that I decided to start my work
I asked people around whether there was any on the spot witness
I tried all ways I could
I asked uncle, I asked students, I asked the First Aid people
No one see the real happening
Suddenly, an uncle told me: " You go to ask the driver la, he is over there"
"He is the oldtown doctor" he added.
I quickly ran toward him without hesitated
I just pretending and stood beside him and asked: " Ei, what happen ah?"
He looked at me and said:"The motor overtook the car in front and didn't turn on the lights that I could not see him and we banged."
I saw his emotion was so helpless
Then a policeman approached him and I heard their conversation (I am not unethical but they spoke so loud until I can hear mah)
It is just the story he told me
When the policeman left, I approached him again and revealed to him that I am student journalist, want to ask more questions
I found he was shocked and started to stay far from me
He rejected my request and said" Let police to do the work. I don't want to say much before the report is lodged."
I could even see his diffident through his gesture and emotion
He don't even look at me
When everything were almost settled, CEO, Ah Wen and I decided to go police station for further information
As everything was so blur that the accident scene could not really match the explanation given by the driver
It even disappointed when we reached Police Station that we thought we can get more info which in return we got nothing
But something funny but impressed is my dear CEO revealed himself as the student representative when the policeman asked us
CEO, I am proud of you, seriously
We then went to hospital which I have never been before
The hospital location is so speechless dangerous, for me
We met the female victim's brother there in hospital and talked to them for a while then left
Hope you guys can recover fast...
Bless you!
By the way, this is my first time to cover accident news
Friends said that they found hard to see the accidents
Yet for me, I am not cold hearted or cold blooded but I still manage to face it ( couldn't imagine if there is someone died, how would I do)
I know this is life, we could not do much
What we can do is to face it
Then the next day, is another hard day
We went to UTAR to have our Creative Strategy video shooting
It was tiring and torturing yet fun
We spent one and the half days to do the shooting
I edited it straight after the shooting which spent me more than three hours to finish it
Thanks to those who help us to share and promote the video
Especially the chief editor. Thank you very much!!!!!
Here is it. Please view it in Youtube and share it~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctwza1NMDHk

The day as student reporter (1)

I came back from my Pasar Malam and dinner journey at around 9.30pm(if i am not mistaken)
And I heard a break news from my housemate, Fish...
She told me that her friend's friend was crashed by a car yesterday.
The cyclist, Low told me that she was on her way to new town and lifting her friend behind. They were on the straight road where a car came out suddenly and bumped against them.
The car is a red colour Gen 2 and the car ran away after throwing few words to the two victims.
She told the two when they asked her to bring them to hospital, “I am rushing back home for lunch that I did not eat for the whole morning. Some more I do not know the way to Kampar Hospital."
=.=" this is funny, you make it.
Then she left the victims.
Luckily the victims managed to get to the Poliklinik of Mr Manoof where cheated me before. They got helps from some Samaritans.
Meanwhile, the Samaritans could spot the motorist that they went to seek for her and bring her to the clinic.
The motorist, who is a lecturer of my universiti, Chuah told them that she initially wants to go back to the spot after having her lunch.
Low then told me that is there anyone who will lay down at the spot bleeding to wait for her.
She made her point in fact. Second joke made me laugh.
Low and her friend wanted to go to hospital for checkup as it is too pain(internal) and asked her to go with them. Yet Chuah did not turn up but luckily she went to police station at last.
They lodged a report in the police station and asked Chuah to compensate for the medicine charge and repairing fees.
However, Chuah refused and asked them to claim from insurance whilst complained to the police that her car was spoilt as well
At which, according to Low, Chuah's car is spoilt but with the car plat number dropped. And Low's motor is worse than Chuah.
Low spent RM85 for her medical treatment in the clinic and Chuah refused to pay for it.
Besides, Low told Chuah that her cellphone was spoilt as well during the accident.
You know what Chuah told her. She said that Low has already spoilt it before. So does she means that Low intended to cheat her?
The poor Low told me that she does not know how to claim from insurance and police does not help with the payment stuffs. (weird, I thought every time it is police who does those stuffs?)
The most dramatic part came. After lodging the police report, the both parties went back respectively.
Low's parents then came Kampar from Selangor for their daughter.They went to Chuah's house. She rejected to turn up but called police and claimed that the parents want to hit her....=.=
Seriously, I kept laughing when I was chatting with the girl.
But I hope it does not affect any parties above...and hope everyone can give a space to them. Let them handle it themselves. But not posting it through Facebook just for the intention of revenge.

Let's wish Low get well soon...and hope she can do well in her Final.

All the best, girl....(I think we can be friend..haha...)..
The girl is so friendly. I think is the most friendly interviewee I have ever met so far.
I asked her a lot of questions and still asking her question repeatedly after the interview. When I apologised to her, she replied me "Aiya, is ok!"
When I asked her to take photo for me, she is ok as well. I felt so guilty because asking a patient to do so much works.
The hardest part in my previous interviews of the victim, they always refused to take photo of themselves.
Yet Low is different. She is open with that. (some more is taken by herself....aiz.sorry...)
Thank you girl~
My original study plan was ruined by the incident. I got to catch up as fast as possible and study hard lo~~
All the best~

Exploration to Green Ridge (2)

Now it is the second day to Green Ridge

I called CEO around 10am yet he told me that he was too tired to go...

I felt so disappointed seriously. I thought that why he can be so irresponsible...xp..can simply said too tired then not going

As what we planed, this time we gathered in front of steamboat restaurant at 11am and waited for Ah Ba to come

Mosquito came just after we arrived

Oh...by the way, we got another two new members this time who were big sister and professor yeen...

Big sister refused to go the day before because she pantang of the date

Jool bro brought salt this time and he wore long pants,so do mosquito

Meanwhile, Ah Ba arrived by CEO's motor!!!

CEO came at last..I scolded him for bluffing me...aiz...><

Ok, now seven of us were here that we started our tour

All shoes this time

Everyone were wearing sport shoes finally...You know la...people are always very gatal...need to get some lesson only they willing to be prepared...

New trend created by Mr. PC...Tun, you should learn this...^^

Ah Ba wore long pants as well and hid his pants into his long socks..=.=(i would rather been sucked by leech,haha...)

We changed our route this time that we climb the drain behind to get to the hill

We saw the place where CEO climbed up yesterday and where he said nothing

There was a half-way building tablet and some benches

A secret staircase was found after the tablet

Suddenly, one of us saw a hidden staircase at the left hand side of the tablet

We were so excited and mounted it with big steps

"This must be the right way this time", I think all of us thought this at that time. It was 11.30am.

We kept climbing and climbing that soon we started to feel our heavily breathing

We started tired. Nevertheless, none of us shouted to rest

We were too excited to climb up following the vividly pathway up to the hill

The pathway can be seen clearly...

I saw a trench in the half way.

I looked at mosquito and gave her some hint

The trench that made both mosquito and I communicate using heart..^^

"Don't you think it is like something...", I asked.

"Yeah Yeah.." mosquito answered. We were so tacit understanding each other as we have made an agreement that no any words of "war, japanese, british.." spoken in the jungle.

We continued to walk further into the jungle

The white bandaged left after which we used as a guidance to us

We saw some white bandage on the tree and it might be the hint left by the hikers before, perhaps Mr. Chye I thought.

Who is Mr. Chye? Alright, he is a war historian who did a lot of researches on the battle of Kampar for years.

He likes to introduce Green Ridge to the people to prevent people from forgetting the epic and important war. Heard that many army officers came to him to get his lecturing.

Bamboo was seen in the jungle as well

Come back to where we stop. we saw bamboo in the jungle as well which we thought that quite unique to find bamboo in jungle.

The road became harder that we passed by another huge trench. It probably was a river(maybe).

There we saw a well just after the trench.

The well which impressed me a lot

We stayed at there for awhile to take photo

Big sister kept saying that there must be someone lived at here in the past.otherwise why there's well here

I now remembered that I did not tell her the background story of Green Ridge.

We pretended nothing and kept walking into the jungle

until to another blind alley that no path can be found

O...another things that i have forgotten...we saw many forks in the road that we have to choose the way

We kept turning and turning in the jungle to find our "destination"

We thought there will be a monument or kubu in the top of the hill

After few rounds turning in the jungle, everyone were exhausted and almost giving up

I decided to send a msg to Tun, telling him that we could not find the kubu

Besides, I also asked CEO to ask Shu who came before the map

Tun asked me to ask elween (senior) of the road yet the point is he has never been here before.(CEO then called him and told him that we were in Green Ridge XD)

Shu called me back after he got my message. He told CEO the way but everything were too abstract

The staircase built by the British I think

He also told CEO that it was his local friend who brought him into the jungle previously

I asked him to ask his friend for detail....however....

After waiting for almost an hour in the jungle, we decided to leave the jungle

However, Ah Ba, CEO and I could not admit the defeat and we kept searching for ways yet it was useless

What we got is more injuries from the thorn of the plant...
I can remember what Jool Bro said, "how can I earn money with my leg hurt"
Thus that means that other than legs, his another part cannot face people...

Thorn that hurt our beautiful leg

At last we went back to where the tablet was and took the picture of the tablet

Then only we went back to Tesco, our base, to have our lunch~

At night, when I google-ed the Green Ridge again... I find no any words of kubu or monument in the jungle

What i got is only trenches and holes where British army hid to shoot Japanese troops can be found in the jungle...=.=...so it means that we were there already

Wow...we managed to get there without any guidance of the local and with bare hand...

This is the spirit of us...I guessed..

By the way, while we were in the jungle, my friends told me" Your chief editor treated u so good hor...ask you to come here to play."

Some even told me that I should have invited him to here...Yeah...I should..><..haha...

Gave tribute to them who killed

Throughout the journey, honestly I don't feel any strong sorrowness while I passing through those trenches...

I think it is because I was not there and I could not feel the feeling they got

What I can do is to pray fro them and hope them to rest in peace...

Buddha bless them....

Spirit of satu padu is important in a jungle hiking

The drain where we started our journey

 

Exploration to Green Ridge(1)

It was 25th of August. Ah Ba, Jool Bro and I have our breakfast at Bamboo around 10.30am(our plan was to gather at East Ocean restaurant at 10.30am）

You know la, our CEO always being late one...^^

Then we gathered at the steamboat restaurant which near to Tesco

where we parked our iron horse

CEO told us that it is just in front us and asked us to park our bicycle there

"What!!" three of us shouted it out "I thought we were cycling into?"

CEO pointed to the hill just in front of us and said "There is Green Ridge,how do you cycle in?"

The hidden entrance to Green Ridge

We looked at the drection he pointed and found nothing.
Nevertheless, without complaining any single of word, we parked our iron horse and followed CEO

We walked across the road (quite fun) and here we arrived the entrance

Now move closer to the entrance way

We got five members altogether that day(CEO, Ah ba,Jool Bro, Mosquito and I)

And realised that we all were really "well-prepared"

Except me, all of them were wearing sandals

Shoe vs Sandals

And none of us wore long pants which is a MUST for a hiker

After a round of photo session, we entered the jungle with fully excitement

A long pathway can be seen clearly once you enter the jungle

The pathway into the jungle

I felt relieve as it is not as hard as what I thought

I personally like the jungle indeed 

The sunlight is at everywhere

There are beautiful fresh grass and huge tree

We walked according to the pathway until we faced a dilemma

Chin Eng went up and told us there's nothing uo there

There was a slope in our right hand side which leading to uphill and there was a path leading to the front

CEO offered himself to run up to the slope and he told us there was nothing other than some stone that seems like being developed by someone else

OK, then we decided to walk forward instead of standing there to think more

Yet, the more we walked further, the tiny the pathway is

We did not think much that time

It seems be normal as no such thing like easy way in a jungle

Especially when it has been abandoned for years and was a war site previously

Until we reached to the blind alley, CEO asked us to turn right and climb up

He said that he saw the instruction from internet

This is the beginning of sesat

Without any suspection, we followed his instruction. We climbed up to the hill.

I saw the trees there were being cut and wrapped by someone

It enhanced my belief that we were in the right way to our destination

However, the road became harder and harder that we could not move further anymore

CEO ran up to the hill where no pathway at all whilst Ah Ba checked another direction if got any road

Ah Ba then walked back and told me that he saw a huge lizard(四脚蛇）

While CEO returned back I saw he shouted and scratched his toe

Concurrently I saw Mosquito grabbing something from her leg but failed

I immediately helped her to grab it and threw away

I've been told that it is leech soon after I threw it

This was my first time touching the leech..who knows that I got more chances to meet it after all

While we were thinking of the pathway problem, Ah Ba's slipper broke

We did have a common understanding after this

Without any dispute, we decided to withdraw from the jungle

It might be not a hint but it does to us

We left the jungle using the factory road

Exit to the factory beside

The workers were curious of us but we ignored them

I wanted to tegur sapa to them but CEO said they will not know about Green Ridge

That's all our first day in Green Ridge

We decided to do more research in internet then only explore the place the next day

Besides, we wanted to be well-prepared only enter the jungle again

We went to back to Tesco at which Jool Bro's bicycle tyre broke

This is the third accident happened to us in just two days...

Beautiful big tree

We saw the board only after we came out...=.=

Soon after we came out from the factory, we found something!!!
Jool Bro realised that his toe was bleeding and so to Ah Ba...
And they saw leech on their toe!!!
I lower my head and found that my leg was bleeding as well but the leech has gone
Ah Ba just called my name and he was stunned
I quickly helped him to grab the leech from his toe and threw on the road
Now I became the expert of catching leech...^^
Yet my way was wrong...i barely remembered my mum was once told me that if leech sucked your blood, you cannot directly pull it from your body but pour salt to it
Meanwhile, their toes kept bleeding, non stop...haha...so do my pity leg...
Hence, next time do remember to bring salt before you entered a jungle...^^...

Pre-Exploration to Green Ridge

I got a mission from our Mr. chief editor last two week
Is it mission impossible?No~it is mission possible...in fact I don't think it is any hard to me
Mr. C. editor(Tun) told me to form my group and visit to Green Ridge to crazy crazy( I remembered this sentence clearly-go crazy crazy..XD)
I was once saw the words 'Green ridge' in CEO's facebook
Frankly speaking, I have no idea of where it is and even what it is
I only know that it is at somewhere in Kampar
I have been in Kampar for a year and more yet I have never heard about it
Tun sent me a link where I found more detail regarding Green Ridge

This is the link that Tun sent me

O.o...it was a battle site during World War ll from 30th Dec 1941 to 2th January 1942
I have never studied about the Battle of Kampar in my secondary's history class
Lucky I now got the opportunity to study it(thanks internet)
It apparently was a hard battle among the British troops and Japanese army
The cruel Japanese army intended to invade Kampar and took it as a new year gift to their Emperor Hirohito（天皇）
Kampar was a rich tin miner town. I think this is the main reason why Japanese wanted to capture Kampar
A highlight that worth people to do research is British army(indian and punjabi) managed to defend the ridge from the ferocious Japanese forces...you think it is great but not so surprise?Let's hear the number.3000 British troops managed to defeat 6000 Japanese troops in the epic battle.
British army was stranded in the ridge where Japanese army has surrounded them.
Just imagine, the British army could not get any help from outside while the Japanese kept changing their forces 24 hours and supplement their weapon and food.
I got to know that Green Ridge was the only place that managed to defeat Japanese troops during WW ll (although sad story happened when the British troops dashed to Teluk Anson(if not mistaken), Captain Graham the leader was killed). Besides, it is the only one that is being preserved until today Other battlesite such as Cemetary Ridge and Thompson Ridge have been developed this few years.
My curiosity and interest toward Green Ridge were being stimulated after viewing all stories
I decided to go into the battle site and see it with my own eyes
I undertook the offer(since chief editor has already voiced out,as a nobody, we couldn't say no i think...XD)
I asked CEO to go along and he is the one who more excited than me
Then I asked Ah Ba and Zhu bro to join me,they promised to go with me without any single second of consideration....thanks, Bro!
I initially plan to go by 27/8 yet everyone wanted to go back hometown than we changed the plan to 24th of August
Until the day before 24th of August, Big sister told us that it was the 15th July of lunar calender.
She asked us not to go in Green Ridge at the very day
You know, I was always be so obstinate that I refused to change the plan
I was too busy that time
I got to rush for my assignment that I don't bother to adjust any plan already
That night, I drove Ms.Z's Myvi to new town and print my mock newspaper then something happened
The Myvi was being bumped by a blue color Proton Iswara
I heard the passer by said that the car plat is JCV xxxx(forgot d..=.=")
I was so calm, seriously calm that Ah ba kept asking me ok or not
Until today, I was thinking is it a sign for me?

Confession of UTAR protector

I have got the chance of approaching our campus guard yesterday.
I always think to have a good rapport with them as I understand I will need them one day especially when I am major in Journalism, this very course.
Furthermore, I am nice to them because I understand their pity.
Just think, they are the one who receiving order from the authority. They could not have maintained their job if they disobey their mission.
They are also the one who deal with the students.
When there is unsatisfaction from students, just think, who will be the one receiving the complaints? Who will be the one being scolded or hate by the students?
Guards, they are the one.
We all UTAR students, understand the situation.
Our campus does not have enough parking lots for the students. Yet the amount of students is increasing drastically when there are no decreasing.
The response from the campus is that they do not expect this tremendous amount of student in their initial plan.
Hello, you are building an university, but not a tadika. Please consider carefully when you speak that next time. What a ridiculous reason you got for our students, we are no longer a naive student who live in our own imagination, ok?
Back to my topic, I was talking with a guard supervisor yesterday.
I saw his passionate through his eyes and his way of speaking.
"Students hate guard. I know they were talking about me when they saw me."
I feel sad when I heard this. Students hate the guard, unreasonably(for my thinking).
Do you know the role of the guard? They are carrying the responsibilty of our safety.
They have to be strict in order to ensure our properties and so on and so off are safe.
"Student's safety is our first job." this is what the supervisor told me.
People are thinking of our good but what do we who take it granted do?
We kept complaining and revolting instead of thinking of others.
Miss Mok said that we got rules everywhere. We have country's rules and regulations and it is so apply to our university. This is our campus rules, we can only enter the campus with the car sticker.
No matter how hard you argue with the guard, it is useless. They do not given the authority to issued you a car sticker.
If there is no way, why don't we just obey the rules.
If you felt it no way for you to obey, you have two alternatives. One is to complain to the authority, the upper department but those who walking order, ask our campus to give us another better facilities and offer. Then secondly is you can choose to leave this campus.
For my opinion, I always think that is helpless for you to make things difficult for the guards, the less authority one. They have to fulfulled their work, this is part of their job and responsibilty.
People, think twice when you do something.
Always think of others when you want to complain, when you want to do what you like.

It is hard to report truth

I received a message when I woke up this morning.
The content is
 "If the blog post is not taken down, please, do not be alarmed if it is referred to the sergeant in charged. I have repeatedly said over and over again to danny and whoever this is, the problem has been under police attention and both the sergeant and the parent has already said, it is a p n c matter, the post that has been put up is considered slander, if no respond is given, by tomorrow, the sergeant in charged will be notified."

Seriously, i got this message when I just opened my eyes and wanted to smell the fresh air.
Apparently, this is my first time to receive this kind of message...before I stepped into the society.
I have no idea what I can do in fact. Yet, I believe in truth. This is what I heard from Ravi when I interviewed him yesterday.
Initially, both jie ee and I decided to report the news in a more neutral way. Everything is about to report little and little. We do not dare to make it big big. Until when the draft came to our chief editor's hand, he added my msn.
He asked me to tell him more what I got from Ravi.
Well, obviously, he wanted to play big big. Ok, no problem, I accompanied him to play this game.
This is what makes me receiving this message this morning.
I did not feel any fear when I got this message this morning. I thought that he could not have done anything to us since we are reporting the truth.
We have the right to speak out the truth. I always think that.
I opened my laptop then and browsed Facebook, the notorious social networking(say only, i oso addicted with it)
I saw our chief editor's post. He tagged both of our name and our former chief editor yesterday.
Obviously, it is about the things la. I guessed he wanted to talk to us about it.
I have no idea what I can do now.
So just see the situation going la..