Alamak, Blimey!

Last week, I took the invitation to go up to Fraser's for a short two-days holiday of sorts, with a pretty rag-tag bunch of people. I had assignments in mind, and there were some other appointments with other friends to manage. So quite a few times I had wanted to just pull out and stay at home instead, but I tagged along in the end, and yes, I made the right choice indeed :)

I had the impression that there really isn't much that you can do in Fraser's. And I still think so. Clearly there's only so much flora to see, and so much strolling you can do. But the X factor in the trip, or any trip to anywhere for that matter; was clearly the company. I didn't think much of the combination of Elena, Jon and Ann together, since they're the Footstool bunch so to speak and I'm the odd one out joining the trip. Until the three of them started poking at each other of course xD At almost every turn and corner, there were plenty of smiles exchanged, laughs traded and jokes shared. I certainly didn't sign myself up for so much entertainment, hahaha.

Once we got to the Gap house and were on our way up, the familiar cold mountain breeze came in through the windows, and even though it's not the first time I've been up these highlands, there's just nothing quite like leaving all that uncouth 'civilisation' behind and soaking up the refreshing misty air. Forget Genting, Fraser's is the place to be to chill and relax (I'm not gonna use that combination word, thank you).

For some reasons, when you're up there, you seem to subscribe to a different time-space continuum. Time moves a whole lot slower and you'll feel like you're entirely removed from the cities just down below (Point proven when Ann said "When you get back to Malaysia....."). It sounds like escapism and hints at 'I-don't-wanna-face-my-troubles-so-I'm-just-gonna-run-away' attitudes but it was really more like...slowing down. Lowering the external noise. 3 days without the Internet proved to be a great puasa of sorts, like how fasting can give your stomach a rest. With our minds off Facebook, there were plenty of real interaction and 'poking' going around. Wall-to-wall comments were face-to-face for a change, and yes, it sure beats having your conversation indexed by the search engine and end up being searched by others xD

I had fun. I really did. Thank you so much Ann Choo for the apartment, the chit-chats, the food and the great tours around Buona Vista :D

Thank you so much Jon Tan for the comfortable (well, mostly) ride up and down and all over Fraser's and for the steamboat, great fun having it so high up in the hills xD

Thank you so much Elena, for all the comic relief and entertainment provided. Twiggies on me, hahahaha.

And thank you so much guys, for inviting me along for the trip. Best three days spent in Fraser's since the committee retreat, definitely.

If Jon had smiled this would be the perfect photo to end the post with...oh well :)

*A huge apology to all the people that I had to ditch in the last minute because of the extended stay in Fraser's.*

*For more pics, take a look at Elena's Fraser's Trip Pics*