Post Merdeka Day

In the wee hours of 30th August, I conquered Broga Hill (yea la... I know... 'conquered' is not so much of a justifiable word in this case, if you compare with the likes of Mt KK or Mt Everest, so to speak).

But well... I woke up like 3.30am in the morning, had breakfast, and started our journey to Semenyih, and started our hike at like, 5+am! In the dark, okay. Without knowing what we were stepping on okay. (And ignoring the fact that it was the seventh month of chinese calendar, okay). Oh, Oh! And we so bercita-cita tinggi some more ... we didn't stop at the 1st peak... and no, not the 2nd peak neither, we went all the way to the 3rd peak okay! All that for the sake of watching a sunrise. So yeah... I super CONQUERED Broga Hill, okay! Convinced or not now? Haha. Let me show you some pics...

Time check : 6.22am - we were halfway up. I was err... already catching my breath. (Yea yea, laugh all you want). Haha.

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Time check : 7.17am. Unfortunately, this was as good as we could catch a glimpse of.

Cloud was pretty heavy that morning, signalling a heavy rainfall to follow.

We actually saw lightnings already on our way to Semenyih that morning, and we were quite lucky to have sensed the damp atmosphere, so we headed down to the foot of the hill just in time before the downpour started.

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You see those tiny spots of ppl standing on top of the big rock? That was where we were at the peak.

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Yeah.. It was a long weekend, there were more crowd that it usually attracts.
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A closer look of the crowd. Crowd was lessening already by then - strong winds and signs of drizzle.

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Headed downhill, went for breakfast (again). And......... went karaoke - with our muddy & sweaty attire (cheap mah, early morning, LOL).

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That night was Merdeka countdown celebration. Guess where I spent my merdeka eve at?

G-e-n-t-i-n-g. Yup. For fireworks - crowd was crazy. Very much crazier than the usual sardine-packed monorail on peak hours. No pictures to show (no space for hands to take photos also by the way). We're just so patriotic, aren't we?