First and foremost, I would like to thank my TESL1 student Saint SYL for being my 100th follower. I am sorry because I don’t have any award or gift for you, just some kind words of gratitude and wishes of continuing good health, success and perhaps in the future some fame. Hehehe..
My blog entry today is a bit long, therefore I would like to break it into two parts – I and II.
This incident occurred long-long time ago when I was about 14 or perhaps 15 years old. We were in a hunting party consisting of eleven adults and three teenagers. We were specially “hired” to help carry hunting equipments – spears, parangs, ropes and so forth as the adults will be laden with the carcasses of animals if we ever get any.
The journey was tough, a very exasperating experience – going uphill, downhill, crossing rivers and streams. About two hours in the journey, suddenly the hunting dogs began to bark and men were running in pursue of the poor animal. I couldn’t say for sure what it was – perhaps it could be a wild boar or a deer. My uncle asked us to stay put and to wait for the hunting party to return. Three hours had passed and there were no sign of them. It was getting late and in a few hours it will be dark.
We could not wait for them as we don’t want to spend the night in the jungle, we have to go back now but the problem was that we didn’t know where we were. We are lost!
As member of the Boys’ Scout we knew exactly what to do – desperate situation needs desperate measures.
Survival measure No. 1
Climb on the tallest tree and try to look for clues where are you situated.
Sometimes, measure number 1 will not work, especially if you can only see canopies of trees
Survival measure number 2
Look for a stream or creek. Follow downstream until you get into a bigger stream. Normally the stream will end up in a river. Human settlements were usually found next to a river.
If you finally found a creek, watch out for wild animals coming to the water to drink
Survival measure number 3
Watch out for wild animals. They are particularly ferocious if they have youngs.
Survival measure number 4
When hungry, eat whatever you can get hold of (except toxic). Eat first then ask later.
That is the end of Part One. Ngeeeeeee…
Gunsirit
Dec 18 2010
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ohoiiii…makan dulu baru tanya ka? hahahahhaa……jangan ja kana yg beracun kama…ekekekeke….
p/s- itu lukisan mmg ko buat sendiri kan…siok ooo… ^_^
Pengalaman baitu…at least ko tau mcm mn survive di hutan suda. Bukan mcm siorang yang 'urang bandar' kunun..hahaha!
Eat first and ask later..haha! Really exotic experiences…
Eh, my late granny told me kalu dia tersesat bila masuk hutan, dia kasi cari tu anak2 pokok yang kecil then cabut dia and kasi tanam tabalik! So the akar facing above lah tu…soon after that my granny found her home tau. Miss alot of her Tambunan's story (my family is originally from Kg. Tiong, Tambunan…too bad I never been there)
@Dev: Kalau lapar sudah..makan dulu bah. Ya..sketch sya pakai photoshop saja.eheh
@Wyne:Banyak petua orang2 tua kalau sesat dlm hutan, sya tida pula dingar pasal tanam tabalik..hehe..you shpuld try and visit Kg. Tiong, it is a nice place, sejukk lagi tu…
Now, if I am lost in the jungle now…Im sure gonna lost forever until rescue team finds me. Bagus juga ada ko punya tips in case tersesat di hutan…
thank you sir .. hhehehheh..
@Chegu carol: Tips saya ni okay bah..mesti buli cari jalan balik..ehhe
@Syl: No problem..
hahaha..lucu bh kena serang wogok ni..:P
ahaha sketch number 3 lucu!! napa drg panjat tapi seluar drg teturun? ahaha! kana tarik org d bawah. ahahah!
watch out for wild animal – tau2 kana kajar babi. miahaha!
@Eng and @Deanona: Babi utan baitu..kalau dia ada anak garang butul tu…anjing pun takut..hehe
Babi utan juga la….
Nice tips gunsirit. Lain kali kalau sya tersesat di hutan sya ikut tips ko.. deii..palis2 hahaha…
@Lenn: buli buat pusas kaitu..ahah
@Stella: Ko mana pandai juga masuk hutan…ngeeeee
Hello, gunsirit. Bagus tips ni walaupun kak jarang sudah masuk hutan sekarang. Kalau ada kawan bagus sikit, yg susah tu, kalau kita sorang2 saja. mana mau pigi….hihi…
LOL! sy tidak sbar maw baca part 2 nanti!
Very useful survival lesson…
So funny sketches
@Myfrin: bagus jangan lah masuk hutan..bahaya..ehhe
@Suicedecandy: Part 2 is out already..heeeee
@lina@happyfamily:Thanks you..
Gunsirit….saya nokosirit haha
@donny: semua manusia pun pernah nokosirit bah..hahaha
Ini baru lah…
What a fun way to learn about survival
Comel.. lma ni x kena expose ma bhsa native kta… Hee~