Grik trip to BGCC

Note: Wanted to write this sooner, forgot somehow and only remembered back when i saw a giant fish at the pasar yesterday.

Before puasa I went with a couple of other colleagues (Jebat and Saiful) up to Grik for so-called work matter. I was more keen running away from the office. Even though I went there during my off days just so that i wont be available to come in. Cant even have peace during our off days. But enough about that...

Considering Grik as a former communist infiltrated area, i didnt really know what to expect. There wasnt much of a difference compared to other small towns apart from the high presence of army personnel. Everywhere we looked there were soldiers. There were lining up at ATMS, filling gas, at the warongs etc etc. There was one corner we turned to (looked like a dead end at first) and it seemed like 20 of them sitting on the curbs eating ice-cream and kuih-muih. It looked funny at first, but looking at their sunburned black man-eating ugly faces, no-doubt fit bodies and their ability to kill us at an instant (probably know how to dispose a body properly without trace) it was daunting and horrifying. Wished i thought of leaving Saiful (the new guy) there just to see his reactions.

Before going more into Grik, i have to advertise our lunch. Above are a few pics. The place is called Restoran Tasik Raban and its located about 30 minutes from Kuala Kangsar on the way to Grik and about 5 minutes after the Raja Nazrin bridge. The restaurant is really out of no where. Theres jungle and more jungle and then poof.. a nice looking restaurant at the side this long road. A pleasant sight if your hungry and have been driving for hours. Thanks Izwan (ask him about food and directions all over Semanjung - you will never be let downed, experienced gained from being a TNB staff and traveling all over) for the suggestion. Their specialty is ikan air tawar bakar especially Tenggalan (RM40 sekilo). You wont get Tenggalan in KL easily. We bought half a head of Tenggalan and surprisingly the amount of meat is about 3 times a chicken breast maybe more. Even had trouble finishing it. Lauk to go with it pun berlambak-lambak-lambak-lambakkk.. This restoran is a must in my opinion. Do try it yourself.

Getting back at Grik.. nothing much. Really nottthiiingggg muccchh. We stayed at rumah rehat Grik. No wonder they dont call themselves hotel, cause it will be shameful to do so but i still think it was comfortable and ok apart from the weird smelling blankets and pillows. Didnt do much apart from playing snooker. Jebat hated the snooker place. Imagine 30 mat rempits, gambling, smoking (no ventilation), cursing at each other the whole time but they didnt bother us (obviously outsiders due to slang and clothing). So later on we just played cards in the room. I introduced them to Texas Hold Em. Everybody got the hang of it real fast. Lots of emotions showed especially when you see all your chips taken away but lets not get into details.. takut yg kalah emo lagi. I'm not worried cause i win all the time - right Jebat?? hahahhahaha...

The next day we went to Bersia Hydro Power Station. The normal stuff. Got to see people and naturally knowing we were from NLDC they treated us extremely nice. Showed us whatever we wanted to see. I was also trying to share what little I know with Jebat and Saiful. Some of it were the CT explosion in the switchyard, the dam operations, the control schemes et al. The peak event was the water release. Got a video of it. Will try and post it soon. Water release is always looked as a waste and dangerous, but in this case it was a sample and warning had been issued, siren and all. After that it was the normal power station visit. Jebat and Saiful headed up to Temenggor Hydro Power Station but i bailed out (had to work the following day and there was at least 5 hours drive back left). I remembered the last time I went up the winding, isolated and dangerous road. You can sometimes see wild elephants on the way. I asked Saiful and Jebat about seeing any. They answered they just had to make do seeing the elephants poop instead.

So thats the story.. not really much of a story but better than being suffocated in the office wouldnt you think. Pics and video are being uploaded and as usual taking a hell of a long time