The Return of The Motormouth (with Higher Integrity!)
March 31, 2009 | 215 views| 25 Comments » |
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A plane with propellers …. now, that’s a new one.
Of banana, chocolate and vanilla …. Kenny’s best offerings.
Lunch at Langkawi Airport – Kenny Roger’s Roaster, trusted name? Blah. (RM16.90++ for a quarter chicken with 3 side dishes+one muffin of choice)
Typical dorm beds – 9 to a room, with fans
The communal bathroom + toilet – Fortunately, our much-dreaded expectation of bathing in the open was thwarted. There are separate cubicles with doors and showers.
Notice the HUGE tied-up bags? They contained blankets, mattresses, and pillow cases. Reminded one of prisoners’ lives eh? Plus the dining hall for all the participants
We were provided with a plastic bag filled with a mattress, a blanket, and a pillow case each. You have to do everything on your own here, from making your beds, to washing your own utensils after eating. Funny training independence at this age? 
To protect the innocence, the face was slightly distorted …..
Question : What could possible cause those blisters on my fingers?
A : The Body Through the Spiderwebs Challenge – All members (big/small, fat/slim) MUST pass through the middle ring, supported by other group members on both sides.
B : The Walk on The Wire – Inch your way to the other end, hoping and praying you do not lose balance and fall to the threatening rocks below
C : The Commando Crawl Under The Barb Wires – Self-explanatory. Refrain from looking up or inching up your butt, lest you feel like restructuring either part of your anatomy
D : The Tower of Doom – An ultimate act of bravado, scaling new heights, and abseiling to new lows …. You can never imagine the gratefulness once stepping your feet firmly on the grounds again !!!
The food in the camp wasn’t anything ground-breaking, but managed to satiate hunger pangs at the right moment (SIX meals a day). Amenities aren’t too shabby, save some scary insects, reptiles, and monsters popping up every now and then, at the most inconvenient moment. Fancy having an orange-coloured frog jumping onto your shoulder while you’re doing your ‘business‘? Or a 10-inches long lizard on the cabinet in your room, acting nonchalantly-innocent?
On to a more serious note, we survived with ease, though without the usual luxuries we all have grown accustomed with, namely hot showers, air-conditioners, and people serving you during mealtime, as well as cleaning up after your mess.
The vibrant yet sleepy town of Kuah
Finally some decent grubs! Clockwise from top left : Plum Chicken, Choy Tam, Oyster Omelette and Fried Squid (a meal for 4 at RM52) @ Weng Fung Seafood Restaurant, Kuah, Langkawi – a few shops away from Haji Ismail Group Duty-Free Shopping
Goodbye Langkawi …. til we meet again!
Chocolates and Alcohol – What were we thinking????!!! =P
(P/S : All pictures are credited to KCA, thanks a lot!)
Sounds like a great experience for you all, better than mine last time. The last picture ho, hehe, who bought the most chocolate? So tempting la…
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Ouch!!! Those blisters must be hurting terribly. At least, you will remember Langkawi in a different way.
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o_0 I don’t think I can tahan such toilet!
At least got something soothing to look at – chocs and booze! =P
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That’s a great outdoor experience. Nice of you sharing the pic of the place.
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u mean u guys were only drinking on the last day!!! OMG, i think like kids, we would sneak out n getting outself drunk every nite on rm2 beers!
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You had a long swimming pool in the toilet? top class. I can why many of u are chosen for this in camp…tyre waistline? Sorry for being mean but that looks like you did enjoy yourself for five days saved the blisters that I thot the blister was your finger nails cut short. Gosh
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I thought the camp you meant was a metaphor, e.g. a food camp…. didn’t realise it was a real camp! Yikes!
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You bought that much chocolates? Can give me some Bounty ar? I like it.. hehe..
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Nice experience Motormouth!
Did you gain weight after having 6 meals a day for 5 days? 
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Hahaha I was scrolling down your post, thinking, hmm mediocre mediocre, no change to my blase perception of Langkawi, and then I hit the final booze & choccie picture, BINGO! There is a silver lining over every deterioriating island destination after all!
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Wow… what a great experience!
Euwww… that blister hand must be so ouchy….
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lol.. we were just there.. funny we didn’t bump in2 ya:D
hmmm.. ur blisters .. caused by friction… i am thinking rope? absailing? fire-foxing?
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haha, at first, i thought u went for national service.. ;D
omg, banyak nyer souvenirs!!! is that the best part of the trip? ;D
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Min : you can make a wild guess who bought the most, or you can ask your colleague. haha …
Precious Pea : strangely, I was having fun poking at them, letting the serous fluid squirting out. sadistic, no?
Bangsar-Babe : toilets ok lah … except the intrusion of wild animals sometimes. haha …
ck lam : you're welcomed. that was indeed some experience.
Joe : aiyo, it's a CAMP lah, with guards at the booth, and about 30 mins from town by taxi. with schedule from 7-11 (16 hours/day!), the 1st thing that sprung to mind was SLEEP!
Jencooks : nah … tyre waistline or broomstick proportion, everyone must go. if not cannot naik pangkat leh … hehe …
Life for Beginners : FOOD CAMP? hhaha .. how I wish.
allie : yeah most ppl say Bounty's nice. but i dun like coconut in my choc lah, those were not mine.
iamthewitch : gained weight? i think most lost weight instead.
food's aint what you imagined. and the hectic schedule, plus physical activities, i guess balanced out the 6meals thingie.
550ml jar of faith : yup! pity we didnt have time to go to beaches, watching sunsets and rolling around in the sand.
Selba : initially yes. but then after that they're kinda cool, and at the same time, gross.
Cumi & Ciki : where did you guys stay? but c'mon lah … my 5 days were spent in camp. isolated from civilization. least the booze+choc combo saved the day.
Nic: National Service? jahahaha… you thought i'm THAT young meh?
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sounds like fun worrr
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I think Teckiee likes all these stuff. I would have bring gloves along if I need to climb around.
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babe_kl : in some ways.
jason : wei I WAS wearing leather gloves lah! still got abrasion that bad … wonder if gloveless, sure fingers also came off … hehe…
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Team Building?
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open your eyes to a new world.
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I’d say it was a SuPeRb experience for all of us… Ch33Rzz for our GreAtEsT achievement ya.. hehe..
so, how’s ur ChoYa’s effect?? become ‘PreTtiEr’?? more ‘CharMiNg’?? or still the same?? =P
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NKOTB : erm, team building and everything else. nobody’s perfect yet, so we need to instil some other values in us. or so it seems …
foodbin : yeah, a new world of Langkawi. hahahah ..where countless others have trudged, stepped, enjoyed and even got sick of.
KCA : eh, no time to drink yet lah. maybe later. but i felt younger … though the physical test revealed otherwise. =P
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look interesting…some kind of team building ?
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ling239 : team building and more. more to ‘perpaduan kaum’ … unity among the community.
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LOL! I know what you mean…it’s fun poking the blister and see those liquid inside moving around..and finally to prick it open. I do that too!! *high 5*
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Those blisters are called Herpetic Whitlow. Very common. A strain of Herpes but not the same as Genital. However do not touch your genitals while you have it, it can spread.
Try a 2 week cycle of Valtrex or Acyclovir.
Good luck.
Dr. Lau
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