....one of the beautiful roses found in Capt Zainal's garden....Come end of June saw members of Sikit2 Untong in three cars making a streamline for Cameron Highlands along the North-South Highway heading for Ipoh ( ...Ipoh mali.. ) and eventually branching-off at Simpang Pulai Interchange moving uphill for Kg Raja - Brinchang and finally Tanah Rata our main objective.
The S2U members line-up that managed to fulfil this latest trip to Cameron for another golf-outing were Kelvin, Gary, Mike, Steve, Willie, Charlie, Allen and Andy.
With their golf bags and outfits not forgetting their dark jackets with S2U identity plus the ever recognised red caps safely and nicely tucked in the trunks, the group met at their planned RV at the Rawang Rest Area. After a quick ...hi hi hi... and sarapan pagi, we rolled-out, keeping to the speed limit - not so much we hated speed but minyak mahal ho....fuel cost naik.
Cruising along the less busy highway ( apparently it was a Monday and not on a weekend ), we crept into the winding link towards the hill resort and after an hour climb, arriving at our hide-out- The Heritage Apartment Tanah Rata. It was certainly nice to be back in the lovely cool air as compared to the constantly busy, stressful concrete jungle of KL.
The three-room apartment Heritage, through the good contacts/membership of Steve, is a warm and cosy place to put up especially with its provision of tv, radio, water heater (much needed-mandi sejuk yo...), coffee mixer, etc.
After a quick lunch at one of the mamak restaurant, off we went to the Cameron Highlands Golf Club. As we were informed, the club house has been bulldozed and a new club house is in the making - so, in the mean time for a period of a year plus, we had to make do with the temporary shelters of which standard wise I would say is reasonably good and acceptable by members.
The course on the whole I would say is much better as compared to our last visit. The grass along the fairways certainly are well trimmed and of which included the numerous baru row of fresh flowers and trees. Some parts are still soggy and you can't avoid ball plugs.
Another interesting point noted was the inclusion of female caddies among the seasoned males. Our President, Kelvin however had a good encounter with one of the newly caddies - after the tee-off, Kelvin asked ....mana bola pegi?......Well, what do you know.....the answer he received was .....mana saya tau.....( yes awak yang pukol, mana saya tau...). Never mind, all these make the world goes round and more interesting to go by.....is it?
So, on the first day in Cameron we merely had a 9-hole warm-up prior to our full 18-hole competition the next day. After a quick shower and changed, we had a round of steam-boat for dinner in Brinchang. It was certainly a nice warm and quite dinner with wine and beers to down with before piping-down for the night and a deserving rest.
No comments:
Post a Comment