The day we’ve
been waiting finally arrived but not because of the Mayan doomsday (the world
was supposed to end today!). Parents were already here, after arriving in
Gombak at 3pm the day earlier, driving the green Proton filled with
fruits....mangosteen, dokong, rambutan etc. On the other hand, Ira and her
mom could not make it...too bad but the show has too go on.
We woke up early
and it was a beautiful day, sunny and bright. It hasn’t rain too much in the
last few days which make it safer to drive up the hill, less likelihood of a landslide. Everyone came
over to Gombak for breakfast except for Bob and Jae, who went straight to the
intended meeting point at Petronas Bandar Baru Selayang 2. We planned to take the
Hulu Yam – Batang Kali – Kuala Kubu Bharu and Fraser’s Hill, a total distance
of 83 km (not that far away from KL).
All of us met at
the meeting point at around 10:30 AM, as planned. The organisers distributed the travel booklet containing info of the the trip, the room pairing, the programme and the agenda. Thanks to Ibu for preparing this!
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| The Travel Booklet |
We were supposed to do an Explorace to make the journey more fun. 4 cars were competing....Bob and his family, Min and his family plus Tok Mama and Pak Su (new car), Bak with his family together with Faiz and Tok Abah and lastly Tok Jae with his family. Every car was full with people, food and all other stuff!!! We had a short briefing at the starting point before the Explorace started to highlight the rules of the game. Here are the questions and answers we prepared for the Explorace!
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EXPLORACE TO FRASER’S HILL
21 December 2012
CAR NO (pls circle)
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1 2 3 4 5
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NAME (pls circle)
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BOB MIN BAK JAE IRA
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INSTRUCTIONS
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‘Zero’ your trip meter before you start the
journey to Fraser’s Hill from here.
§
You should have one person to monitor the
distance and questions while the driver should be focused on driving safely on
the road.
§
There are a total of 20 questions, made up of 9
‘pink’ questions and 11 ‘blue’
questions.
9
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General Questions, straight forward,
based on general knowledge. You can answer anytime during the travel, not
specific to the location, may need to access internet.
Q1,
Q2, Q4, Q10, Q11, Q12, Q16, Q17, Q18
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11
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Questions with clues, not so straight
forward & require some thinking. Answers are very much related to the
location and need to be answered while you’re there.
Q3,
Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q13, Q14, Q15, Q19, Q20
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§
All answers related to the questions with clues are
visible from inside the car.
§
Avoid turning back as this will disturb your
trip meter and makes it difficult to find clues to your next questions. If you
miss, better stop and walk back, if you need to……….it’s up to you.
§
The race ends upon arrival at Pekan Bungalow for
registration. Please submit forms to IQ.
§
The most correct answers will win & everyone
should participate.
QUESTIONS
KM
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Landmark
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Questions
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Answers
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No
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Details
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0
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Petronas station
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Race starts
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NA
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0.4
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Batu Dam
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1
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Apakah 2 kegunaan utama empangan ini?
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Bekalan air & tembatan
banjir
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0.4
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Batu Dam
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2
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Empangan ini terletak di hilir pertemuan Sg __ & Sg __
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Sg Batu & Sg Tua
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6.0
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3
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Hutan Lipur yang telah bersatu
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HUTLISTA
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9.9
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4
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Apakah nama air terjun ini?
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Air Terjun Sg Tua
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16.3
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5
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Tiger tidak mungkin boleh menggunakan alamat ini sewaktu Tun Razak
menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia
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woods.resort.com.my
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18.6
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6
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Lim Goh Tong berbaik dengan Sultan Selangor dan berpakat untuk
berniaga
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Genting Ehsan Sdn Bhd
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20.4
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7
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Air di atas tidak turun seperti hujan, bagaikan menamatkan perlumbaan
F1 remaja di litar pendidikan yang cerok
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Tangki Air di SMS Hulu Selangor
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22.2
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8
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Mungkin tempat terakhir dilawati Henry berkaitan komunis dan orang
Cina di Malaya
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Kg Baru Gurney
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27
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9
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Cara nak jimatkan penggunaan letrik akibat penghawa dingin
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Econsave
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10
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Fraser’s Hill mengambil sempena nama siapa?
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Louis James Fraser
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29.9
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Junction
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Turn right
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NA
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34.3
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Junction KKB
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Turn right
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NA
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40
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11
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Tempat ini adalah lokasi asal
Kuala Kubu yang dimusnahkan banjir besar tahun 1883
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Ampang Pecah
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40
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Darul Quran
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12
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Apakah nama asal Darul Quran?
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Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran
Wal-Qiraat
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42.4
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Junction
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Turn right
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NA
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48.2
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13
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Kedengaran seperti sesuatu
jatuh atau menggelungsur ke dalam air
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SPLASH
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50
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Rest Area - Lake view
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Boleh berhenti rehat dan
bergambar di sini
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NA
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52
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14
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Tempat ini bunyinya seperti jambatan di Calantano
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Pertak
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60.7
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15
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Penghuni tidak memberikan amaran ini. Siapakah mereka?
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Rusa, Tapir & Monyet
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65.2
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Sg Mangkuk Waterfall
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16
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Sg. ini mengambil nama sempena nama gunungnya. Apakah nama gunungnya?
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Gunung Hulu Semangkok (1394m)
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17
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Fraser’s Hill terdiri
dari 7 puncak, berapakah ketinggian puncak tertinggi?
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1500 - 1524m
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73
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GAP
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Boleh berhenti rehat
Turn left uphill
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NA
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18
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Berapakah ketinggian GAP dari permukaan laut?
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800m
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73
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19
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Ke arah matahari terbit di kaki gunung untuk mengukur kuantiti emas.
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Raub
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82
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20
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Ketika tiba di ikon Fraser’s Hill.
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Time on the clock tower
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82
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Clock tower
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Turn right at roundabout
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NA
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Thank you for participating. Hope you have learnt something
useful today.
DRIVE SAFELY
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Everyone was
into it and we had fun watching them stopping and slowing down to look for the answers to the
Explorace questions...some had to turn back although we advised them not to since that would cause their trip meters chaos as they had to put their trip meter at '0' when they start their journey!! There
were 20 questions where 9 were direct general knowledge about the route and the
destination while the other 11 questions were trickier with only clues and
distance given.
We stopped by at
the Sg Selangor dam, the Gap and the Semangkok waterfall for rest and photos.
Overall, no major complaint except for some travel sickness due to the winding
road (some people still can’t take it although have been up there a few times).
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| 4 blackies and 1 silver @ the Explorace |
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| Pit Stop at Selangor Dam |
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| The girls |
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| The Boys with Pak Su |
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| Next stop at Air Terjun Semangkok |
We wanted to
check in early but the bungalow was not yet ready so we decided to come back at
2 PM. The men attended the Jumaat prayer at Sultan Abu Bakar’s mosque (a nice little
mosque) while the ladies took time to rest and entertain the kids.
Done with the
prayer, we registered ourselves at the office (at Pekan Bungalow and the same
arogant lady was there...but we’re not going to let her spoil our holiday) and
then checked into Raub bungalow...nice and clean and the lawn has been nicely
trimmed.
We unloaded our
stuff, allocated the rooms and had our lunch....the kids were already going
helter skelter. We then had a soft opening with some briefing and speeches from
the main organizer, a wonderful doa recited by Faiz and finally going through the
explorace results....which was really interesting. Instead of checking the
answers ourselves, we exchanged the papers so everyone checked someone
else’s answer....and you guess it, there were all kind of answers and we broke
into big laughters. Bak and Faiz won the Explorace with score of 17/20 and Jae came second 15/20. Pak Ngah scored 12/20 and Pak Lang managed to get only 10 correct answers! It was the
first experience for some of them but they all enjoyed it and they have also
learnt something new.
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| Road to the mosque |
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| Raub Bungalow |
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| Lunch Time |
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| Lunch brought from homes |
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| Tok Mama, Shida, Ana and the girls room |
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| Tok Abah, Abah, Pak Lang and Pak Teh room |
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| Pak Ngah, Tok Jae, Pak Su and the Boys hibernation place! |
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| The Boss cum Organiser! |
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| The Explorace Winner |
Later in the
evening, it started to rain and it got cooler....again, as we had wished.
However, we were supposed to have a BBQ dinner outside but due to the rain, we
had to do it at the back of the kitchen, outside the house under a roof....no
choice and the caretaker gave his permission. It was ok.
While the BBQ
was being prepared, we started our next game ie a PS2 football competition
dubbed the FH Cup 2012, specially for the boys. It was the preliminary rounds,
where 8 teams competed on a 12 minute sudden death game, with the offside;
injury mode ‘ON’ and each game were played at ‘Wembley on a fine night’.
Results of
preliminary round were as follows:
Game
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Results
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Winners
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Next game
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Barcelona (Naif) vs Liverpool
(Thaqif)
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3 – 2
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Barcelona (Naif)
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Semifinal 1
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Real Madrid (Muqhis) vs
Manchester United (Qiin)
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5 - 0
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Real Madrid (Muqhis)
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Manchester City (Atif) vs Bayern
Munich (Naquib)
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4 -1
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Manchester City (Atif)
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Semifinal 2
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Chelsea (Faiz) vs Borussia Dortmund
(Min and Thaqif)
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4 – 4
Chelsea
won on penalty
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Chelsea (Faiz)
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We enjoyed our dinner while the games were going on...it was noisy,
emotional...just like watching the real EPL matches. But overall, everyone showed good
sportsmanship. Everyone was very tired by the end of session and it was good
time for bed. Saying good night at around 11 PM, the temperature was hovering
around 19C....and all kinds of noises made up a late night orchestra.
The world did not end today, instead it grew stronger as far as our
world is concerned....the world will eventually end but obviously not today.
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