18th OCT- Challenging trekking at Diplomatic resident

Diplomatic Resident located in Sungai Akar was our yesterday trekking. The place was quite awesome with much challenging things. Assigned as a Leader for this week was a big responsible for me because Im holding the decision where to go and my members is depending on me. So before we went trekking on the actual day which is on sunday, On friday all the leaders and sweepers were as usual doing the recce thing with Dr Irene. Our job is to make a trail marked for other BEACA members who will doing the trekking on sunday.

For me recce was quite tiring rather than straight away doing trekking because we have to make a trail marked on the tree with parang and it do takes our time much. Each leader will try to make a sign so that later would not be a problem to us to find the right path. The way was quite confusing because there were more than one path to go. Even there was a way which we can reached till Marakucing hill located at Subok. Not to be surprise to know there is also trail marked left by the previous trekker which is paper and it scattered all over the way.

On sunday as usual we wait for others at Shbie Park so that we went to the Sungai Akar together. Although transport problem occured but we manage to reached there safely around 6.35am. There we met up with Dr Irene and Dr Asmah. After done with the grouping we started around 6.45am and my group was the forth one to enter the forest. Each Group will consist four members. As to my group, I have Diana the only member, Nuh my sweeper and Dr Irene.
Since we were the last group then we were the first who picking the rubbish that scattered all over the place.

For several times Dr Irene angry to me because im just following the group infront of us. Like what she said that I remembered was to be leader is to led the members to find the trail marked we made and safely exit the forest, Not to be a follower. You have to search for your own way and not relying to others group. What she said is very true because following the trail marked will help us in getting our way and proven when we were the 1st one who manage to exit before others group.

Along the way some plants we found was like Tongkat Ali, Liana, 'Putat' tree and manymore. some animals we without accidently met was monkeys, ants and even spiderweb. According to Dr Irene some part of the forest especially lowland when it come to Rain the water will rises till our waist and it been proven when the soil is quite muddy around the lowland.

Im glad that I manage to led my group to find the way out because some of the group was lost in the forest but thakfully they also manage to go out although a bit late. This week trekking had given me more lesson than the previous because Im holding a big responsibility.

What I have learn:

1. WATER is important during trekking. Incase you lost then you can survive without food BUT cannot survive without water
2. SEARCH and FOLLOWED the trail marked that had been made during recce DONT just following the marked that have been made by others
3. As a LEADER Be RESPONSIBLE and DONT BE A FOLLOWER
4. Dont take two job as the same time when you are assign to be a leader. Leader is to LED OR ELSE YOU WILL LOST
5. TEAMWORK is Very important especially when you are in small group without anyone to rely on
6. SWEEPER is also holding big rensposibility in helping their leader to find way out.
7. Be PREPARE in what will happened.
8. DONT PANIC!! IF YOU LOST

To conclude, experiencing treeking through Brunei's forest make us more appreciate our forest and environment. BE RESPONSIBLE to not throwing any rubbish inside the forest even if you want to make a trail marked for others and not to DEPEND to others to picking it up for you. I would like to thanks tO NUH and DIANA for their help. without them we might be lose like others and this prove that TEAMWORK is leading to success.

PICTUREs to be upload by the photographer of the day in Groupmail.