Last Fri my department travelled to Cameron Highlands to have our annual planning session. Upon getting off the cab at the peak, we were taken aback by how cold the weather there was. Only an hour's drive from the foot of the highlands to the top and the temperature fell drastically from 30 plus degrees to 11 degrees. It seemed a world out of place. Below are some photos I've taken during the trip.
This is the apartment where we stayed. The interior is very spacious and the charges are cheap. However, there is no internal heating so it can get very cold. Well, you get what you paid for.
After settling down, some of us relaxed by slouching on the sofa and sipping a cup of warm tea as boring soap operas play on the TV.
Others like me, were more keen on exploring our surrounding from the balcony.
After some rest, we took a short walk to the strawberry farm near our apartment. There we saw various kinds of strawberry products including strawberry jam, strawberry-cream biscuits, dried strawberries, strawberry-flavoured lollipops and the most savory of them all... strawberry ice-stick!
Strawberries grow on wooden frames like grapes in a vineyard. You can pay 40 riggit to pluck them and keep them but I wonder where's the thrill in that.
We went slightly downhill to the market area of Cameron Highlands after we were done with the strawberry farm. Besides strawberries, the hills bring vegetables, flowers and other agriculture produce as well. Fresher vegetables I have never tasted. For one, the maize was juicy and sweet, better than any found in Singapore.
Strawberries were sold everywhere. The locals depended heavily on selling these reddies to tourists hellbent on buying local products in order to sustain their living.
The weather up at Cameron Highlands is volatile. All of a sudden, the sky looked like the boiling surface of a witch's cauldron. I couldn't resist but vainly try to capture the majesty of the clouds with my camera. Of all of God's created natural world, the sky enchants me the most. You will never grow bored of watching the sky. It is constantly in flux, it is ever varied. No two sunsets are alike and no two pieces of cloud similar. Yet, despite the sky's diversity, it is also the most consistent presence, the most enduring picture. Like its Maker, it is a certainty in an uncertain world.
All the walking and sight seeing had made us tired, so we went to the town for food. Our manager brought us to this cafe which he heard prepares the best beef steak. The steak lived up to its name, and the mutton was excellant as well. After the main course, we all shared lemon cheesecakes, scones, mud pies, and the famous strawberry cheesecakes.
This is my godmom and also, my fellow sister in Christ. She has a very kind heart and is generous to people. One of the many things I admire in her is that she greets every security guard, food stall aunty and cleaner she meets and befriends them. People like her in return; the food stall aunty always gives her extra portions -laughs-
Finally, after a long day of touring, we returned to our apartment for official business. People are dozing off as the manager goes on and on.
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