Hello fellow SCIENCESS friends!
Well yeah, what’s new and
exciting thing for us to share with you guys this time? Hmm… let us think, oh
yes! 101/102 Biotech students' field trip to Taman Negeri Endau Rompin, Pahang. Under Natural
Resources Management (NRM) course lead by the beloved Dr. Kamil, followed by few staffs, Biotech 3rd year lecturers and postgraduates students, the 3 days 2 night getaway promised to be the most unforgettable field trip ever.
On 12th April 2013, around 107 students excitingly gathered in front of
the KOS since 8 am in the morning, fully packed with travel bags and bag packs,
ready to start their sunny Friday morning on a journey to Endau Rompin,
Pahang. The journey took up about 3 hours by bus, three buses were used to
carry students, staffs, postgraduates and lecturers. Oh, and don’t forget our
food supplies!
Arrived there safely past noon, the first day
of the trip spent by the students to clean and set up their own tent according
to the group divided. The night was filled with the question and answer time with
the precious forest rangers to expose the students more about the state park and also answer all the curiosity of the
students about the oldest reserved forest in South East Asia.
The second day was said to be the
most exciting day for their trip. The Environment concentration students were
all excited to collect their samples for their Biodiversity sampling meanwhile
the Marine and Food students were just planning to enjoy their hiking
experience. Getting ready early, being packed with lunch box, the students all
gathered to do some stretching and preparing themselves mentally and physically
for the hiking that was claimed to be scary by some students. Why? Because of
the leeches! The hiking path were like leeches road, left, right, up, down,
everywhere! Yup, you heard it right, you were entering the leeches territory. Keep your sense in alert mode guys!
But still, some manage to enjoy
it, and here are some picture collections during the thrill hiking day. Rejoice~!
After a tiring two hours of
journey, the students were served with the fantastic, breath-taking view of the
fountain.The boys take this chance to do some stunt while the girls take this chance for them to dip in their worn out feet into the cold water and some even just leisurely dipping into the clean water.
One hour spent for the student to relax, dipping into the cold, clean
river and had their lunch before they finally climb up, getting ready to depart back and some who are still physically fit, getting ready to the beautiful natural crystal cave.
The night was spent with full of
laughter and entertainment. Students were served with delicious chicken BBQ and
also their task for the culture night. Laughter and joy filled the night until
finally the student were spent tiredly in their tent past the midnight. They sang, play games, acted and even dance on the stage to relax and just enjoy the last night in the nature.
The last day was somehow the most
unforgetful experienced for the students. After two days of sun and cool air,
their third day somehow were thrill with heavy rain and wind, causing the rangers
and the staff in charge gathering every student to a safer place. Because of
the weather somehow the students were not able to do the promising ‘water
safety’ activity due to the rain that cause the raise of the river water.
Spending last day packing and
cleaning the site to go back, the students were all excited to go back to their
room sweet dorm. They reach IIUM late the evening. The journey back also filled
with thrilling challenge but still the students and staffs reached IIUM safely.
This field trip was said to be
the first and largest trip for the KOS students. The thrill, experience and
lesson learned from this field trip were very useful for the future. The students
were exposed a lot to the amazing of the nature and the living things behind
the unseen. Laughter, scream and sigh for the long three days trip were unforgettable
and will be remembered even until ten years to come. Thank you to all those who
participate, the lecturers and staffs who spent their day off to take care of
the students and to the postgraduates who prepared the food for the three days
long. Thank you for the lovely getaway! Syukran.
Well,
isn’t it exciting to be a part of SCIENCESS students?
Wait
for your NRM subject soon. Dr. Kamil promise to plan a more thrill field trip
for the future batch!
WATCH
OUT GUYS! GET YOURSELF READY!!
There’s
nothing boring about Biotech in IIUM, that is for sure!
Sincerely,
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