Friday, March 23, 2007

A day at Lanchang

My paediatric posting which started last monday is to be done in Temerloh hospital 4 days a week and then back to Kuantan, a 1 & a half hour drive away for a lecture or seminar with our IIUM lecturers. then back to temerloh again.

Why do we have to go all the way to Temerloh? becoz the ward in HTAA Kuantan is small and packed. so they only allow 5ths years to go to the ward and follow the ward rounds. especially since they have only a month left until the final professional exam. hmm, actually, this decision kinda works for us coz then we get to travel a lot and go to a more beautiful hopsital and stay at a house with a TV, a fridge and a washing machine. and we get to play with kids and babies.

last monday, whne we all gathered waiting for the briefing and introduction to the posting, one brother got up and asked excitedly: " so where do you all want to go jalan2?". wow, tak sangka, i guess the brothers have been thinking of nothing else during the hols. one option was deerland. a place in lanchang, about 30 mins drive away. the two previous bacthes went there and everyone was so hyped to go. the question was when to go? one person suggested that we go the very 1st oppurtunity that we had. apparently, that afternoon, was free since the meeting with the hospital director was postpned.

right after the meeting, we went back to our houses, changed clothes, and headed off for Deerland. when we finally got there, after a few wrong turns, it was really worth it. we got to feed the very tame deers. and then, play with a small honeybear called hitam. there was a bigger bear named Muda. we took turns having our honey-lathered hands licked by Muda. Geli sgt. we also fed the ostriches there and held the snakes. ada 2 snakes only. a big python and a small python. ada jugak brotheres yg takut snakes. i thot girls je.

then, we went to an elephant reserve where we rode on the elepahants. i went on the baby elephant yg laju rather than the adult elephant yg slow and steady. then, i went and petted the baby elephants which were bathing. after that we wanted to go to the waterfall but couldnt get in. darn! must find another waterfall to go to. despite that, we came home satisfied! hari pertama skolah dah pegi jalan2 :P

the place is very interesting. i highly recommend it if you'd like to bring ur families for an outing.
with the 3 clever ostriches. they only ate the leaves and not the branches that we fed them

these baby ellies were very playful.

this elephant is very much alive. dia baring just for the pic

macam berani je tp sebenanye penakut gile. just posing for the camera je ni

that my friends was reeeeally verrrry scary. nasib the bear was distracted with the honey.

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