Getting away

I needed to be away from everything.....

Woke up on Saturday morning and I packed my stuff and went off to Gopeng with my 2nd sister. We were going to stay at an orang asli settlement...the drive from Penang to Gopeng took me exatcly 2 hours...it was a beautiful weather...I saw a double rainbow and was thinking of a pot of gold :-)

We had to take a 4-wheel-drive to drive to the settlement, parked my car, hopped on the jeep and we were off to the place and from the moment go, I fell in love with the river, the trees, the coolness and etc...it was simply beautiful...

After about 45 minutes, we were in the midst of the village....our dorm was next to the river, after changing into shorts, I just went to the river and until I put my foot in, I did not know how cold the water would be...it was so fresh, clean, cold, basically it was just soooo nice....

We went hiking in the jungle, up the hills to see raflesia but unfortunately could only see a bud but on the way to see the flower, we went to see butterflies....hundreds of them...on the ground...it was so so so beautiful....I can see them now in my mind as I am writing about them and it is bringing a smile on my face...nice....

I mandi sungai....just soaked myself in water....the only visible part of my body was my face....I just submerged myself in the water for an hour....when I got out, I was freezing till to my bones...but I was not complaining....we just did nothing, listened to songs, I was reading something and I just fell asleep.....there was no bed or mattress, just the floor and it was a good nite's sleep that I had...

Morning, started my journey back on my own...2nd sis took a bus to KL and I drove back on my own to Penang......2 hours of driving alone.......made me start thinking.....while I was there I totally shut down everything....no phone, no computers, no internet and most importantly, no thinking.....

Life will be okay...I keep telling myself that....I keep reminding about my new chapter and my pen and my destiny and my life....I pray that I am not lieing to myself....