On Thursday 25th December 2014, I woke at 6.30 a.m. in the morning for a trip to the flora packed paradise of FRIM. It took a few struggles to get to the area. When we first arrived, it started to drizzle. So we took shelter near to FRIM kiosk where cyclists were coming for breakfast. Gradually the drizzle stopped and soon we were in the normal sunny Malaysia again. First, we traipsed our way down to Rover Track and into the jungle walk. We then strolled down a ferny walkway and down into a trail that had an aroma of olives. Maybe somebody could be eating olives, but wherever would he or she be getting them from? Whatever the smell was like, the jungle walk was not itself at all. So we bumped our way down to a nearby waterfall. I could not believe my eyes when I saw one of my school friends playing in the stream.
After a quick chat, we headed our way down to a tough terrain trail with ponds of water, muddy traps and most dangerous of all - BIG ANTS. The ants had a swollen red bump on its back like a tasty, tempting, ripe berry that a bird will never want to miss. It really looked like a worm had laid its eggs inside the ant’s body.
Halfway down, we came to a little stream. Its water trickled down nicely creating a mini pool at the bottom. Then we continued our steps until we met another stream. It was located next to a steep slope and the water flowed down like fluid flowing down a new water dispenser.
After that, we went further down until we met a tougher trail full of mud floes, water ponds and menacing ants. I nearly got trapped in one mud floe and I was staring danger in the face when I jumped over the trail full of ants - it could be an agonizing pain of a bulldog ant that will last for 24 hours. Finally, my mother took a photo of me in the garden of a kampung-like house. We got back to the car to drive to Bank Negara Museum for brunch. My first experience at FRIM was great and I vowed to go back there again in the near future.
Written by:
Koh Chee Yuan
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