12/27/2005 09:45:00 PM
Paddle Paddle After Gobble Gobble!
After 5 days in a row of Christmas party dinners; some form of physical exercise would be in order – so I decided to organize a kayak trip to Rambungan on Boxing Day. I had also promised to take the ‘super-nagging-machine no.2’, a.k.a. Robin to go kayaking; killing two birds with one stone so to speak!
It was a glorious morning as the four of us launched our kayaks onto Sg Rayu. Law, sick and tired of being always last on every trip in his sluggish inflatable’ squirted off in my perception squirt and was no where to be seen until we reached the beach at Kuala Rambungan. When we caught up with him and asked him why he was in such a hurry, he replied that he didn’t want to be last as he is using the shortest kayak!
Meanwhile Law and I practiced surf launching and landing; after which we decided to go for a swim. Robin hesitantly joined us after a while; worrying about losing his contact lens in the surf.
It had been raining everyday and true to form, dark clouds gathered in the distance and so we decided to go back. As we were nearing the jetty; it began to rain bucketfuls. Law again sprinted ahead followed by Joseph while I waited for Robin, half expecting brickbats if not complaints of being soaked from head to toe, but he was still his usual cheerful effervescent self; or perhaps he was just too out of breath to talk!
Labels: Kuching Kayaking
Stumble It!20 Comments:
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 
bonnie said:
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 Robin said:
It was great fun and definitely a trip where you can add into your life experiences in kayaking.
The paddling down the river was most pleasant. You can see the mangrove trees and their intimidating roots. The Napa palms were a great attraction too.
The peace, the calm river, the tranquility, the occasionally call of the monkeys and birds blended with the humming of the insects. I did have alot of peace in the middle of the water.
As the flow of stamina could only reach my arm, I have to take many breaks in between and enjoy the scenery.
Isn't that similiar to life, we should slow down and smell the flowers at interval...
Peace, Love and Compassion
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 Happysurfer said:
Hey Robin, I certainly agree with the peace and tranquility aspect of such an outing in such a remote, Godforsaken (Cantonese say 'so faraway that even lightning doesn't strike there') corner of the earth. ;)
FH2o, love the first picture - so picture-perfect like a postcard. The one with the beach reminds me of sea-shells - so cute and lovely.
Peace.
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 FH2O said:
'bin - glad u enjoyed it despite the slight 'struggle' back and the blisters (didnt know that - lend u gloves nxt time ok)
happy - join us one fine day (dun worry - i'll put robin on a slower kayak; so u'll be safe!) Hey! I thought all my photos look like postcards! ;o)
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 Robin said:
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 FH2O said:
btw are u sure u didn't skip lectures when 'invasion of privacy', 'libel laws' and 'harrassment' were being taught? kekeke
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 Pandabonium said:
Godforsaken, Happysurfer? I think maybe you have it backwards. ;^)
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 Cuthess said:
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 agus said:
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 Robin said:
(oops, Madame fH2o better dun read this part or else you may have one ear left)
Ok, Rejang River.. our next trip!
more pics here!
http://robin33.blogspot.com/2005/12/step-by-step-guide-to-good-kayaking.html
Aiyo ,must pull customer mah... hehe..
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 FH2O said:
oh, robin was good company too! ;o)
cuthess - as a matter of fact we had seriously thought about doing a first descent of the mighty Batang Rajang with my other spore friend Huey, from source to sea, but we gave up the idea as it would be too depressing an expedition to see this great river (the longest in Sarawak) being spoilt by the siltation and soil erosion caused by excessive logging and construction of that needless huge dam upstream. The once clear and green water are now 'teh tarik' in colour along its ENTIRE 565kms length!
agus - i use a Pentax Optio43WR 4MP camera. an affordable and rather basic water resistant camera (not waterproof but rain is fine)
U have great taste; I liked that pic 2!
folks - for your information, Robin behaves like a kid in person too, not just on the blog! Luckily I have 3 kids of my own - so i know how to handle this juvenile ... tsk tsk
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 Robin said:
Your Brat!
At Wednesday, 28 December, 2005 FH2O said:
I rest my case, your honour!
At Thursday, 29 December, 2005 day-dreamer said:
Keep it up, man!
At Thursday, 29 December, 2005 FH2O said:
but next time pl don't comment on the OBVIOUS thing! ;o) LOL!
juz kidding robin, now pl don't start cry in front of all these nice people here!
At Thursday, 29 December, 2005 Robin said:
See fH2o also did not put his name big big in all his 'beautiful' pics, unlike some other super kiasu bloggers.
kekeke... oops, no case?
At Thursday, 29 December, 2005 day-dreamer said:
If you hadn't noticed, I've kept mine to the smallest as possible. No BIG harm done.
At Thursday, 29 December, 2005 FH2O said:
yar lor, 'bin very kiasu one. haven't u noticed that he must always have the last word? and sometimes its the first and last words as well! sigh!
peace bro! ;o)
At Thursday, 29 December, 2005 Robin said:
But still very dreamy looking leh, maybe that's why she is called Daydreamer
At Saturday, 31 December, 2005 day-dreamer said:
It's just that having used the old picture for so long, it's time for a change. It is, after all, the arrival of the new year! LOL.