Huffing and Puffing Up the Hill

It has been more than a year since I woke up so early on a Sunday morning. 6.30am to be exact, and without the alarm clock set, mind you. What got into me?

CY and I had planned, very spontaneously (which has become a little bit more common in our lifestyles, of late) to go trekking up Bukit Gasing. I vaguely remember doing so about 6 years ago, while still in high school and I remembered that I wasn’t very impressed with the gradient of the hill, nor the track. So, I got dressed, drove over to his place, not really feeling overly excited. In fact, I was actually expecting to take a nice stroll. On the other hand, I think CY thought we would be jogging uphill. Due to our crazy work schedules, we hadn’t been exercising for some time. By “some time”, I mean, approximately 1 year? So, of course I didn’t really think highly of how much exercise we would accomplish. But being the dutiful girlfriend that I was, I acquiesced to the idea. Heh.

When we arrived, we were quite surprised that there was actually a crowd of people; but it wasn’t too packed – just nice. We had 4 tracks to choose from. Me, being the gungho kind, was up for the longest and most challenging track. After all, we had made all the effort (and “effort” meaning getting, more like persuading/begging/forcing CY to wake up in the morning on a Sunday, or weekends for that matter) to come all the way, might as well make the best out of the moment right?  ‘Coz secretly, I didn’t expect to come back again, because I thought that there would be more exciting places to go to.

The entire trail took about 1 hour. But I reckon it’s coz we weren’t fit. If we were in good shape, I think we could have easily finished it in less than 45 minutes. It sure beats running on the treadmill, which to me is so much work! Climbing up a hill, is so much more fascinating and it actually feels like we’re heading somewhere. There’s even a view. Not to mention, the fresh air is so invigorating, which makes me ask, “What have I been missing out on all these while?!”. Makes me want to wake up every morning.

(Of course, I being the relatively fitter one, huffed and puffed significantly less than the Boyfriend.)

Anyone interested? You’re welcome to try it out. It is mighty fun!