Spent the weekend visiting some old frens in some village deep in the jungles of Pahang. Was looking forward to it - it has been around 2 years since i went there. And i was going there wif some of me close mates too!
In some ways, it was a disappointment. Things have changed so much!!!! Modernisation!!!!! We stayed in a brick house wif tiled floors - and electricity was available from 7 pm til 7 am!!!! There was running water! The land next to the house was cleared and even at nite, we could hear the sound of motorcycles sooming pass. As one of me mates said, it has lost the "jungle experience feel" - where we used to stay in a wooden house on stilts, bath with the water from the river, made do wif limited electricity - and depended a lot on me maglite, enjoyed the jungle noises at nite and have grenery all around us.
But as if just to remind us we were in the jungle, the water supply was cut off - and the nicely tiled floor was covered wif bugs of all kinds all nite long!!!!
Still, the place only played a small part - it was the people. And we had a good time wif them. We also had a good time among ourselves, as we sat up late, drinking tea, tried to kill the flying insects using Yujin's "electric racquet", and chatted til the wee hours of the morning.
Sure, we felt uncomfortable not being able to bathe in such humid conditions, and our hair itched (the humidity was so bad that i felt i was like Monica in Barbados), but while the waters run dry, the conversation didn't.
Oh, we had fun we my new toy too! :-)
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