AN ADVENTURE
with What's Left of Nature
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Open Invitation by Pahlawan
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AN ADVENTURE with What's Left of Nature An
Open Invitation by Pahlawan
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When was the last
time you had a dip in a river or played by a waterfall? - the real thing
I mean, not the artificial or chlorinated ones like in Sunway Lagoon -
and - there's no entrance fee? ;)
You're invited to have some fun in the sun (and rain, if it pours!). It's going to be a water-play/dip-in-the-water by a waterfall along the historical Sungai Selangor. Bring your friends, family and extended families along... children, godchildren, nephews and nieces too! Unlike textbooks, you bet this is going to be a fun-filled learning experience... On the way to the waterfall, we will make a stop to see the site of the proposed Sg Selangor Dam (100 metres high, 800 metres wide) and will be passing through an Orang Asli village. Pahlawan Minister of Saving Mother Nature Sonia Radhawa, will give us a rundown on the effects of the dam(n) on the environment, IF the project goes through. The site, formerly known as Ampang Pecah, got its name from the collapse of the then much smaller dam in 1883 which took 25 lives. Errr, for the rest of the story... JOIN
US! Saturday, November 6, 1999
Pahlawan Minister of Getting Us to Our Destination Fanny Chu, will lead the convoy of cars. Alternatively, make your own way there. Head towards Fraser's Hill. Along the road, just after an eco-tourism place (Tracks), after a bridge, meet you at the car park at 12.30pm sharp. Things to bring: Food (for picnic), swimming gear, extra change of clothes, towels, floats for children, sun block lotion and perhaps mosquito repellant. Leave your corporate attire at home. Super casual - t-shirts, shorts, caps and most important - comfortable walking shoes. If you wanna look cool, sunglasses too! The rest is left to your imagination! Those who would like to trek to the Chiling Waterfalls takes about 45 minutes and you have to cross the river several times. Children below 10, if any, are best left to the care of a few guardians at the picnic site. It will be safer to come in walking shoes - no slippers, if possible. Feel free to stay there forever, leave when everyone decides to leave, or leave whenever YOU decide it's time to go! Don't expect too much - we're just a group of think-terror' Pahlawans getting together to enjoy a bit of the countryside! Would appreciate if you could e-mail Pahlawan Minister of Cool Fun and Adventure Dora Khoo at kdora@ppp.nasionet.net so we have a rough idea of the number joining in this trip. Errrr...
What They Say Last Trip - September 25, 1999 View Pics! Pat
Lu wrote:
On the serious side, gosh, whatelse are our children missing out? Text books instead of fun-filled learning experiences. More on what our next generation is missing out, read What Does the Recent Meteor Shower Tells Us about Leadership at Schools and Us? Dora!! organize more Advertures with What's Left of Nature!! Where shall we go next? Cheers!
Cho Liang Yong wrote: FYI, I was that KKB-born guy who wore the black “No Dam” T-shirt last Saturday. Pat, your nothing-is-impossible face was in several of the jpg pics posted by Gene. I have saved one of the pics on Sg Selangor as a wallpaper for my PCs. The scenes were simply beautiful. Well, bugs on your son’s feet and he screamed for his mama? Have you heard from the lady participant, who wore a tudung last Saturday, talking about her children? It seems that their only interest was their PC and they grudgingly came along to the river with their parents. The mother coaxed the children to give their PC a rest and insisted that they come along to see some green. The minute they arrived at the Pertak carpark near the Tracks Outdoors, one of the children said in protest, “Mak, now that you have reached the place and you ‘dah nampak hijau’, let’s go home!” We are in a sorry state where
computers and text books are the only universe known to the young ones
these days. Nothing else interests them. The same can be said
of my own city-born children. My son, in particular, needed a fair
bit of coaxing from me to make him see that there is life beyond his perceived
It is a 360 degree change
from our good old days (I am talking to and about all you nothing-is-impossible
old folks in the same league as yours truly.) I remember on many
Sundays when I was in primary school (standard 4 onwards), I have to discreetly
sneak out of my KKB home in my bicycle to join my pals in our cycling trip
to the river for a ...emmm... wonderful swim at Sg Selangor. Mum must not
know about the cycling cum swimming trip, or else it meant big trouble
- rotan and all. (This is a "Story Not for
Ai say man! It is the reverse now. You may need a rotan to make your children get up from their desks nowadays. For those of you who did not attend the SOS Selangor forum at Chinese Assembly Hall last week, you have missed a lucid narration on heaven on earth by Antares, in more or less a simliar vein by Foong Wai Fong’s article in Pahlawan website. Saturday’s trip to Sungai
Selangor did a lot of good to all our
Regards
Feedback,
ideas for future trips Welcomed!
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