Season 5, Episode 8: Superb Saturday!

Snapshot: At the site of Gua Tambun to witness something spectacular.

" Uncharted waters. "

Last Saturday was probably the most happening Saturday since i entered uni. It wasn't that i was off to another day-trip nearby. Or that i participated in a makan spree. Or that i was going for a concert. It wasn't any one of the mentioned; it was all together, summed up into one, long, tiring but superb Saturday!

It started with a field trip for Reservoir Geoscience. I always like field trip because at the same time, we are actually having fun outside campus, looking at things we don't usually see. And when we go for field trips, we see what we need to see, not just on the appearance and learn something outside the book.

Our first visit was in Seri Iskandar. It was alright, sand and shale. Oxidation at surface. Then, it was Gua Tambun. This place is special. If not for this field trip, i would never have thought that it exists so close to us. Ancient drawings on the cave walls. Yes, ancient drawings and from where we stood, we could see tortoise, rat, dugong like sketches. Amazing, right? And from this cave, it tells us the past environment- that Ipoh could be nearly submerged in water.

Field trip also means lots of posing for shots!

Following our lecturer, taking down notes as he explains. Shading from the sun by the outcrop.

Ancient drawings on the wall. Perhaps, i can become an archaeologist since i had interpreted some of these drawings based on my own imagination!

We had lunch in Ipoh, so that covers the makan part. It's a new place to explore and surely, we were hungry. My friend recommended the Fish Noodle and i can tell you, it's delicious! It's costly but definitely worth the price. Talking about it make my mouth water. And don't miss the soy bean, tau foo far and tong yuan combo. It's one-of-a-kind and to say the least, interesting. This place is in Stadium and apart from the mentioned, you can find curry noodles, wan tan mee, among others that are not bad too!

This is good! It's RM 2.

My lunch. It was good lunch! Recommended if you're visiting the place.

Third stop was Kek Lok Toong cave temple. Due to a night event, i needed to skip this stop and head back to uni for rehearsal. There; ends the suspense. I was the emcee, informal, for the UTP Deepavali and Cultural Night. It was my first experience hosting an event in uni. It was tiring and heart-pounding. Even if i had been on stage many many times, during the last five minutes to time, i get cold feet and butterflies.

With the other emcees backstage waiting for cue to come front.

My co-host, M, at the dinner.

Nevertheless, my partners and i managed to put off an amazing show.

All dressed up beautifully for the night!

With A, the Head of Department, after the event.

It was a night to remember.

Hosting is really something new to me. I need to prepare for last minute changes and be spontaneous when these changes are made. During the event, there were many changes to the event flow and thus, our pre-planned script. So much so, we had to come up with our own words and facial expression, to the least, so that the show can continue on smoothly. But when the show ended, it was a feeling of pure satisfaction- that all the nerves have turned into energy for the remaining of the night. The after-party.

Kolam greeting at the entrance.

Deepavali's coming... wc10 can't wait for the delicious food, though on stage, M says, "Deepavali is not all about food."