back to workouts... cont (10/4)

so we didn't end up in Pg Hill yesterday as planned. it was raining cats and dogs ever since the night before until almost 8.30am so mama text to the friend and cancelled it, and went promptly back to a delicious sleep (always so when you hear the pit-pattering of rain outside). but then mama and papa started feeling guilty towards the afternoon as the overnight rain had left the day clear with a lovely blue sky. lots of cloud tufts still. but at least there were shadows outdoors.

so at a whim, papa suggested to do something different. we went to ckerok tukun this time for a workout. cherok tukun is in Bukit Mertajam, or thereabouts (sorry as am never clear on boundaries.. of any kind). wanted keh pa and keh mak to join but they had left Kulim for the island with little keh-chi Liz (which resulted promptly in mama touting them as "super boring" and keh pa immediately retorted back a suggestion to go up Bkt Jambul instead haha... next time buddy!).

Cherok Tukun turned out to be surprisingly fun. we got there at 5mins past 4pm. there were a lot of ppl hiking and cycling plus about 10m long of fruits vendors at the foothill which made up a quirky quaint festive mood to all. And the hike was accompanied by a breathy soothing wind which was quite new for us as we seldom enjoyed a windy hike in this tropic... for obvious reason. we credited the airiness of the trek to the foothill waterfall, whether true or not is another matter which we didn't bother to confirm.

mama and papa decided to turn back after reaching the first stop. don't know if that was the midpoint but it was getting to 5pm and we wanted to get back down and buy some fruits and be at ah ma and kong-kong's for a shower before dinner. and lo and behold, another wonderful surprise. the fruits were so much cheaper than the ones at gurney cold storage, or even from QMall JJ. and my... does the mango smell delicious!! mama got us cut juicy papaya and half a dozen of whole papayas at the furthest stall and moved down to grab half kg of fresh nangka and half a dozen or so mangoes before bundling into the car to our well-earned showers :) great workout in all!!