The Last Trek: Big Trees

25th October 2009, the last trek was so so challenging because from we started the trek, where we have to climb a hill that make me exhausted (of course not only me, mizah, imelda, nuh, ayiee were exhausted too, we were in one group). The path that we are trekking is like a 'Lollypop' shape which is, we are going out at the same way we entered the trek and at some point we were going around the jungle.

As we went deeper in the jungle, there is a small river with a waterfall which is very interesting and beautiful view which developed by nature. There's also a big wall of stone (I don't know where they come from, I think it's already there since the earth exist, probably) and of course the big trees. The Big tree aged more than 100-200 years, probably the biggest tree I ever seen in Brunei forest, its' took more than 10 people joining hand by hand around the tree. It was very interesting experiences to share. We also saw an Ixora flower (some called it xoxo), 'sumboi-sumboi', ants, spider and others nature habitat.

We noticed that the first group was lost, luckily Dr Irene found them and managed to bring them out of the jungle, thanks God they are safe...

To sum up the points from our first trekking activities 'Lucky Garden' till the the last trekking 'Big Trees', I learned that Dr. Irene wished to design and exposed more experiences that would help me and the other group members get outside themselves to a greater extend and develope a greater sense of responsibility and empathy for others and also help us to become better stewards of environment and would not only benefit the communities they live in but would also offer us the important personal experiences in raising consciousness, increasing self-esteem through competency and developing a positive self-concept that includes a heightened sense of caring and empathy for the people and things in their environment.

We began our journey with enthusiasm, from observers appreciating nature, awareness of abuse in nature, understanding the nature and toward preserving the environment.