To strengthen bonds
among members , alumni organized a 2D/1N
Adeline's villa stay among the lush
greenery and fresh air in Gopeng, on Oct 20 & 21 2012. Below is the team
who joined the trip. the only torn among the roses was Hooi Kean's energetic
and fun-to-be-with young son.
Day 1
Rain was pounding
heavily and pouring continuously days
before. Some were worried that we have
to call off the trip, however on that Saturday
morning, the weather was exceptionally
kind. The sun shone and smiled brightly upon us, even allowing some to take advantage of the extra time we saved
(due to good and safe road conditions) to stop along the journey to enjoy a slow mid-morning tea/kopi and nasi lemak/dim
sum!
Our first program
upon arriving was... no prize for
guessing correctly....... to MAKAN (
Malaysian's favourite past-time)
Except
for some snacks, one need not bring any other food as breakfast, lunch & dinner are provided ala local buffet style. all home-cook recipes...freshly
caught sea food from wet market, daily
picked vegetables for orang asli's farms, live poultry from a nearby kampung and more, much more. best of all , the
food was prepared , cooked and served hot directly from the woks.
The
woman in the picture is Adeline.....yes, the villa is named after her. Read
further and discover the touching story behind the
founding of the villa.
After over-filling our stomachs with large spread
of deliciously cooked meal , we changed
and were literally TRUCKED to a
waterfall about 20mins away to burn up the added calories....
Memang
berat.....kereta tak boleh tolak - hanya lori boleh !!!
When the sun
slept, the ladies put on their dancing shoes (real or imaginary) and
began to 'boogie' along with the music which was blasting into the night......... mind
you, another group of guests, mainly start-up lawyers in their early/mid
twenties just can't stop themselves from 'admiring'......... ahem!.....a
group of 'grown-up' ladies, who are 'wise' enough to be their mothers having
such a great and fun time.
As the saying
goes...if you can't beat them, join them......which the other group did!!!!! Before
saying Good Night, we took a group photo to remember a wonderful night....
For supper, we had
red-bean soup , DURIANs and tons of
jokes!!! Believe us, this supper
cocktail was good, real good....
Day 2
After breakfast
the next morning, some adventurous ones went for white water rafting , while the rest extended
their breakfast time with 'women yaking'
During practice :
rowing the air.........sooooo easy!!
the
real stuff..........jaw dropping, heart stopping.....totally different from our
practice!!!!!
Wow !
Look at that ! flooded by the rushing water after dropping from a rapid.
Thought all our
nerves were paralysed but luckily still
found some good ones left in our limbs
that enabled us to 'gangnum' away.....
Alumni CBM memang BOLEH !
While checking
out, it started to rain....those from KL
and Sabah proceeded to leave while the rest from BM & Penang stayed
behind listening to Adeline's touching story.
Once upon a
time......ok, to cut a long short, Adeline is a single mother. Her husband
left her behind with 2 young children in
Malaysia for another woman when he went to work in United States.
Heart broken and
devastated, she almost gave up. Her children gave her hope to live on.... Her
perseverance , survival skills, maternal instinct , hard work and support from
her mother molded her into a successful,
humble and very jovial entrepreneur. She
shared with us her back-breaking struggle when she began picking up her life
and business.
It was an
up-lifting and highly motivational story.....a story that tells us not to quit
and that says we woman can succeed on
our own.......option is ours.
Lets begin to enjoy our lives by looking out for ex-CBM friends ......!!!
