Picnic day at FRIM

It's Deepavali today. Instead of sleeping in till the sun shines on our butts, we went for a picnic with 2 other families at FRIM (Forest Research Institute of Malaysia) in Kepong.

Each of the family would bring some food and share among us. One of them made sandwiches and a pot of leong-sui! The other brought fried meehoon, charkoay, tarts and milo. I made 2 types of muffins, choc chip and vanilla raisins, together with some fried sausages, boiled eggs, milo and coffee for our picnic pleasure. Not forgetting the rest of the tidbits and junk food we brought along, there were TOO MUCH of food spread on the picnic mat! In fact, more than half of the mat were occupied with these food. I was so over the top when they complimented my muffins and the coffee that I made. It made all the time and effort truly worthwhile.

It was our first time at FRIM, and I found it surprisingly very pleasant and back to nature. The drive was smooth as it was basically empty on the roads, and it wasn't very difficult to locate the place. It took only about a slightly more than 30 mins drive.

There's a guard post at the entrance, passing out our entrance ticket to us. Each car is charged RM5 inclusive of the driver, and additional adult is charged RM1 per head. Quite a fair fees to pay for, which gives a peace of mind to fellow picnickers like us. We can pay at the souvenir center inside the forest, or we can opt to pay as we exit.

There's also a canopy walk somewhere and other attractions probably in FRIM. A lot of joggers were seen creating a very relaxing atmosphere.

We headed straight to the picnic area, following the sign "Tempat Perkelahan Sg. Kroh". My friend had already "chup" one picnic spot for us just a few mins before we arrived, and we get started by spreading all the food around the mat and EAT! I was so busy eating I forgot to take pictures of all the good looking food we had.

The area reminded me so much of the little stream I grew up playing in with my brothers, in my small hometown. The kids played so much of computer games, Wii, at the pools, in nice resorts, that this nature seems so very new to them, but "old and familiar" with me. I just felt like transported back to the old times of dipping in the cold stream, splashing water, playing just-don't-know-what for endless hours there. But we had fun so much so that 4 hours just passed like a breeze.

As for me, I just love taking all their pictures and looking at them over and over again when I'm home. It was pleasant knowing a new friend too, and spending a nice time on a nature outing like this one.

Carrying our picnic box. See how heavy it is? Need 2 people to carry it.

Sun shining on top of our heads but it wasn't hot as
the shade from the trees made the place so cooling.

A pool for dipping. Oh, I didn't get myself wet though, because of, umm.. "inconvenient issues".

It was unfortunate I didn't bring their swimsuits along,
as such meimei was VERY reluctant to get herself wet.
See-la, the difference between our generations.

Teamwork and hardwork gets the job done, that is to play hard.

A visitor came over to our picnic mats. Eewww.. it was so gross,
I was almost sweating in my pants as it came very near to us.

That's the crowd in that little spot of play area.

He had enough in the water, and wanted to change,

but so shy to expose his "privacy" in the forest.
I had so much fun teasing him.

Before we knew it, the whole place was jammed with picnickers like us.
So many people!

That's our territory! Half of the food was "sapu"-ed,
leaving the other half for on and off snacking.

We went up the trail upstream for a little while.

I don't mind doing this another time. Anyone likes to join me?