Assalamualaikum.
After a long
hiatus on this blog, here I am again.
Just so you
know, I’ve been very busy with final year (yerr rightt) and that would be the
main reason for this long hiatus. Secondly I lost that sensation in writing
blog again. Nowadays it is easier to just tweet or just write up a status about
anything we encounter in life. So I’m done with my degree now and waiting for
Convocation on middle of October 2014. My last semester result has come out and
all praised to Allah, I managed to get my targeted pointer for this final
semester. Having manage to climb up from 2nd class lower to 2nd
class upper, man, im more than grateful for all this good news. Enough about this, lets get back to the main topic.
If you did not
follow my instagram/ twitter account you might not notice that im on a
solo-mission of backpacking around Peninsular Malaysia. By the time I’ve post
this online, im sure I already completed my journey and have a good night sleep
at home.
I got this thing
of traveling throughout the peninsular back before my internship begins but at
that time, I planned on going with few of my colleague. Long story short, the
plan did not work out. We have too many ideas, to many conflict and in the end,
the plan crumbles and disappear into thin air.
So during my
final exam week, I had this thought, much similar to any other student, instead
of focusing on final exam, we are much more excited to plan on what to do after
the exam ends. Some have great travel plan, some have their own bucket list to
complete and some, well, some just stay quiet because they are broke. Haha.
So after putting
some thought, I decided to go on with the peninsular trip. I began with listing
out each and every attraction in each city. Most of the information is
retrieved from Google, travel blog, TripAdvisor and friends. At this particular
time, budget is still not the main concern because I have saved some money
specifically to be used for any travel plan after I finish my study. It wasn’t
much but I think I can survive with it.
Once the
research is done, next is to contact friends and family of contact in each city
for their assistant in traveling in the city. Before the trip begins, I
already accept the fact that I will do most of the traveling on foot. Because
of that I have listed down only places that are within 10km radius from the
city center. That was the initial plan.
But after getting in contact with some close and long lost friend, I managed to ask them to assist me in this journey. Their help is
forever will be in my dept. At this time, I was more excited to plan the trip
rather than studying for my final exam. Sure there are times where I’m scared
of the fact of travelling all by myself and thinking of putting of the plan but
in the end I muster up my courage and just let the plan goes.
Here are the
stuff that I carried together for the first half of the trip
Luggage
Deuter Trans Alpine
30L
EASTPAK Out of
Office Backpack
Camera Gear
Canon 450D +
17-70mm f/2.8-4 OS USM
China-made 120
degree sportscam + 32 GB micro-SD
4GB SD & 2GB
SD
1x extra battery
for dslr
Cheap tripod
Apparel
Sunglass +
Glasses
Timex Expedition
watch
2x collar Tee
2x collar shirt
1x
sweater/windbreaker/raincoat
2x roundneck Tee
microfiber
1x long sleeve
shirt
2x pair of
khakis
1x shorts
1x Kain Pelikat
3x boxer
1x pair of socks
1x Bath Towel
Miscellaneous
Acer aspire one
(netbook) + charger
16000 mAh
powerbank + cables
3 hardbound
books (for fyp submission) – first half journey only
4 text book –
ridiculous I know, but I need to sell them for monehhh ;)
1x logbook
1x reading
material
1x waterproof
case for smartphone
Set of medicine
for emergency
1x Powergel for
emergency
2x torchlight
(one on each bag)
2x Multitool
(one on each bag)
1x pair of shoe
laces (I don’t know why, probably for emergency case)
1x cellophane
tape (misplace inside bag)
And on the night
of 12th September, I embark on a self-journey around Peninsular
Malaysia. Next post will be all about Kelantan :)
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