[Third Day Of MM]

“Ringgggggggg!” went the alarm clock. It was now the third day of MM, and we knew that today shall be filled with fun too. We packed our luggage as we will be changing hotel today. When we went down to the lobby, it was raining heavily. After we loaded our luggage onto the trolley, some helpful guys wore their raincoat and helped our teacher load the luggage onto the coach.

After that, we went for breakfast. It consisted of toast, fried rice, potato and others. It was quite delicious, but some people didn’t like the vegetable as it did not look fresh. Thankfully, no one fell sick after eating it. Soon after breakfast, we climbed into our coach, waiting for the arrival of our destination—the deer land.

The trip was long. We spent most of our time on the coach sleeping, as we were still tired from yesterday’s activities. I drifted off to sleep. Suddenly, the tour guide gave us our wake up call. I felt only a few minutes passed, but it was actually two hours! How your mind can play tricks on you!

After spraying our bodies with insect repellent, we walked through the entrance of the deer land. Firstly, we saw a sun bear in a cage. We wanted to stop and look at it, but the tour guide rushed us on, saying that we can look at it later. The place smelled a little, but we did not mind it. After walking along the path for a while, we saw what we came here for. The deers.

We walked forward and touched the deer. They were harmless, according to the guide, but still some of us were afraid to pat them. I think this was because they were bigger than us. The people there brought us yam stripes and asked us to feed the deers with them. I took a piece, and before I could offer it, a deer stood on its hind legs and snatched it from me! What a surprise!

After taking pictures with the deer, we left and looked at other animals. There were monkeys, chickens and many many more. One scary animal was the ostrich. Their legs were strong, and although they were in cages, we were still a bit scared of them. We fed them leaves, and they ate it happily.

We walked out of the entrance, and to our surprise, the coach was gone! Then the teachers told us that we will be going for our broad walk, which is a stone’s throw away. We walked there and found out that the planks were only about 15cm in width! One of my friend was scared, but went on nevertheless. Mr. Lim, our group teacher, helped another teacher carry her handbag. How caring!

After we went through the broad walk, we arrived at the flying fox. We selected two group mates to go on it. What a fun experience! After we finished the flying fox, we boarded the coach and it took us to our next checkpoint—the elephant sanctuary.

After a short nap, we arrived and went down the coach. We walked on the sandy path and saw the elephants. They WERE humongous. We observed the workers there bath the elephants, and when one of the elephants shook its body, the worker slapped the elephant on the face. How daring! Teachers gave students tickets for the elephant ride, but sadly the tickets were given out in the blink of an eye, and I missed it. Never mind though! I can just watch from below.

We fed the elephants with fruits. They took it from our hands with its trunk, and sent it into its mouth. I had a glimpse of its tongue. It was as long as my arm and as wide as my stomach. That gave me a shock. A playful student picked up a full water melon from the basket and offered it to the elephant, thinking that it cannot eat it as it was too big. However, the elephant had its own ways. It stomped on the melon with its feet, and ate up the crushed pieces. How clever!

After the elephant ride we had our lunch. It was scrumptious. Then we had our interview with one of the elephant keepers. We asked him questions and he provided us with professional answers. We boarded the coach again, and the trip lasted all the way till seven thirty. The sky was dark and it was hard to see. We spent the time on the coach singing. Our own “Group eleven superstar”!

We arrived at Muaazam Shah for our dinner, and the food there was definitely great. I had two servings and three cups of drink. One of my friend accidentally knocked into another guy and that guy spilt bandung onto my friend’s shirt. His shirt turned red, and I teased him about it.

We reached our second hotel, the Lanjut resort at nine thirty. All of us were sleepy and tired, and soon after we got our room keys, we bathed and went straight to sleep.