Gombak I

This week, I went to Gombak for 3 days.

"Why would you go to such a faraway rural place?" you ask. Or rather, "Where/What is Gombak...?" Well people, I went there to visit the Orang Asli hospital there; the JHEOA Hospital or as we call it, the Gombak hospital. FYI, Orang Asli literally means 'original people', thus this refers to the aboriginals in Peninsular Malaysia. The hospital is specifically tailored to them, as these people live in the deep jungles and would be very uncomfortable and ill-suited to the common, modern-day hospitals. Therefore, how this hospital works and handles its patients (all their patients are Orang Asli; those non-Orang Asli are treated at the Out-Patient department, unless they came for antenatal care) are quite different.

The trip TO and FROM the hospital itself was entertaining enough; we kept getting LOST. XD transportation was up to us, so most of us car-pooled. Those who had cars suddenly found themselves surrounded by friends. LOL. So, I car-pooled with Izaidi who borrowed a car from his housemate, and Miral came with us. This fella... people get BETTER; he gets WORSE. And his passengers (the gals) weren't helping either. LOL. It went like this :

First day : Got lost on the way to Gombak. Understandable, since it was our first time going there.... We left the uni at 6.15am and reached at 7.50am. Another group left later than us and arrived earlier. =_=" We got home without mishap.

Second day : We left at 6.30am, and didn't get lost. In a way, it was good... but we arrived there at 7am. We were supposed to start at 8am. =_____=" so do what? They slept in the car. LOL. I tried to read up a bit and listened to the birds sing. LOL. Our going back trip was more... everntful. XD We had a roadtrip. We were all laughing in the car so hard... and then I realised that the buildings and the road looked... different. We ended up all the way into KL! We passed by the Dataran Merdeka, past the Sogo shopping complex... and none of us had any idea how to get out of there. We picked roads at random and I don't think you can find three happier lost people in the world. We just kept laughing the whole way once we realised we were lost. One will start giggling, then the other two will join in and we'd all laugh and crack jokes till our cheeks hurt. XD But either Izaidi had a homing system that lagged in his head or we were damn lucky with picking random roads, we managed to get out of the loop and head home. XD

Third day : Mira and I were secretly betting we WILL get lost. Again. And... we DID. XD XD We got lost ON the way; but only for a short while, 'cos Izaidi did a quick turn about immediately after the wrong turn. We left at 7am, and reached around 7.35am. LOL. On the way BACK, yep, we took another roadtrip. OMG... XD At least we didn't get as lost as we were the 2nd day... and later dropped by Carrefour for lunch. XD

So yeah, I went on 'roadtrips' this week. XD We were joking how we would end up in Malacca or in Genting, or maybe on a beach somewhere. LOL.

Okay. Talking about the Gombak hospital. It's also called the JHEOA Hospital, which stands for Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli. To me, it reminded me of Final Fantasy. LOL. 'cos JHEOA is quite similar to JENOVA. TO ME. LOL. If only they had a Sephiroth-lookalike doctor there... >:D

LOL. This post is getting kinda looong. And my fingers are cold. So I'll continue tomorrow. =D

Congrats to M107!!! You all passed!