Post Lembing

We spent around 2 hours at the waterfall frolicking in the water, posing for photographs, munching on snacks, sunbathing to keep warm. When the crowd started coming in, we opted to leave as the place was not big enough to accommodate all comfortably. We were a little heavy hearted to part with this beauty but every event always has to come to an end.

Atmosphere was slightly solemn as we began our descend. However, things began to change as we hopped onto the lorry. It was going to be another bumpy tough joy ride. This time, we were taken in for a better surprise. As the lorry was "cruising" along, we swayed to the left as the tyre went into a pot hole. We thought it was going to overturn but thank goodness it just stopped at that angle. Our happiness was short-lived when we realized that we were stuck! The lorry couldn't budge no matter how his foot hit on the accelerator. We were stuck right in the middle of a puddle of mud. The guys volunteered to help push the lorry while the driver navigated it. We girls were ordered to remain on the other side of the lorry hoping that our weight would be able to assist them too. They pushed and pushed and the lorry went "vroom vroom" but we remained stuck. We tried all sorts of methods, jumping on the lorry while they guys pushed, getting off the lorry to reduce weight, all of us including the guys jumping in the lorry but to no avail. In the end, we could merely enjoy basking in the sun while waiting for saviour.


We were finishing up our remaining food when we heard the purring of an engine approaching. Yippie, here comes our chance. It was a jeep. Even though we were skeptical but we had to give it a try. The guys tied the rope between the jeep and our lorry. The jeep then revved its engine with full force but the lorry just wouldn't move. The mud didn't want to release its grip on the tyre. This jeep was too small, we needed something bigger, something meaner and voila, a hilux came along to our rescue when the jeep was still trying in vain to pull the lorry out.

The jeep excused itself as he realized that there was nothing he could do. We thanked them profusely. Now, all attention was turned to hilux. Can he live up to our expectation? Can he pull us out from the ditch? We watched in trepidation ( of course only the girls can stand aside and watch, the guys had to do hands on to assist :D ). The first attempt failed when the rope broke. All the guys were immersed in mud to push the lorry while the hilux pulled it. With a final shove from the guys and a final tug from hilux, lorry finally surfaced! It was such a memorable, touching, joyous and victorious moment for all of us. You could feel the harmony and beauty in human beings. The kindness shown by those people who lent a helping hand in times of need, the team work and good spirit exhibited by all the guys stuck in this predicament goes on to prove that human beings are angels in nature. There is still goodness in human. At that moment, all strangers are friends. It didn't matter that they did not know us in person, it didn't matter that they were on their way to enjoy their picnic at the waterfall, they still stopped by to help us out. Kindness is very scarce in our very competitive society but if only everyone slows down a little bit to show some kindness here and there, the world will be such a beautiful place. Oops, going off track a little. Haha. Anyway, we carried on with our journey and arrived physically in one piece but at the same time torn into pieces because of fatigue.