The past few weeks have been busy as we prepare for the Awakening Enlightenment Meditation Retreat, also known as “The Opening”. This is the first time this event is being held in Asia, specifically in Summerset Resort, Kuala Rompin, Malaysia. This is a great way to get away from the work stress and take a mini holiday vacation where you can experience self realization. In addition, we had dinner at a great fresh seafood restaurant.
Setting Hearts Free
Many people trade the adventure of life for safety and security and continue living life in a box. Is that what you desire in your life?
Imagine what your world will be like if you:-
• Are more successful in all areas of your life including your business and relationships
• Have a wonderful clarity on your life’s purpose
• Can live your life with more passion than ever before
• Experience joy as your natural state of being
• Discover the deep inner peace already within you
• Truly understand what’s important to others
• Know how to be fully received by others
• And much, much more…
That is what the Awakening Enlightenment Meditation Retreat is all about and much more.
As the 2 master facilitators who flew in all the way from Canada were putting up at our partner’s house in Bukit Batok, we were to meet there for breakfast. Leaving our house at 0615 hrs so that we would avoid the traffic build up and slow traffic, our first stop was the petrol station. We then made our way towards West Coast and dropped by Mother’s place for a short time, as we were still early.
Moving off at 0730 hrs, we arrived at our partner’s house ten minutes later and attended to some logistical issues before having some pork porridge for breakfast.
Our original plan was to leave at 0900 hrs so that we could reach Summerset Resort in Kuala Rompin by 1400 hrs as we had asked the hotel’s secretary to arrange for a meeting with the staff at that time. However when we checked Google map online, we saw that there was still a traffic jam at the Woodlands Checkpoint Causeway. Thus we decided to push back our departure.
Woodlands Checkpoint Causeway
We finally pushed off at 0930 hrs in 2 vehicles and headed for Woodlands Checkpoint. The coast was quite clear on the Singapore end but with heavy traffic on the Malaysian end, we only cleared customs and immigration for both Singapore and Malaysia just before 1100 hrs.
Looking forward to our holiday vacation
With slow traffic and most of the roads being one lane per direction, we reached Mersing only at 1300 hrs.
Time for a nap :)
Entering Mersing town
Stopping at Hai Soon Restaurant for lunch, we enjoyed our fishball noodle lunch. It was a good and simple lunch and cost RM27 (USD8.40) for the 6 of us, including a glass of herbal tea all round.
Hai Soon Restaurant
With our master facilitators
Yummy food
Carrying on with our journey to Summerset Resort in Rompin, we finally arrived at our destination just before 1500 hrs. Fortunately we had called to push the meeting for 1500 hrs.
Summerset Resort, Kuala Rompin
On arrival at the beach resort Summerset Rompin, refreshing and cold welcome drinks awaited us. We were then shown the function rooms, as there were some last minute changes before we proceeded for the meeting with the staff from the various departments.
It was a fruitful and productive meeting with the staff where most of the tiny and last minute details were clarified. We even managed to get all the room numbers that were assigned to our group, as well as the keys, although our participants were only arriving the next day.
We then proceeded to unload our luggage to our bedroom after which we went to walk around the Summerset Resort and checked out the beach and surrounding areas.
Sad to see the beach erosion
Breakwater to ease further beach erosion
Unloading our luggage
Our accommodation
Next, we proceeded to the function room that they had prepared for our secretariat room and started to unload our stuff and set up.
Controlling traffic?
After a short meeting with our master and the rest of our team members, we left for dinner at 1900 hrs. As usual, whilst in Rompin, we headed for Rompin Village Seafood Restaurant, a great place for inexpensive and most importantly, fresh seafood, especially the marmite crabs. However, we were disappointed that they had no crabs this evening as they were out of stock. So we ordered the steamed fish, steamed prawns, sambal kangkong (chilli water spinach), sambal petai (chilli stink beans) and squids.
Hurray for great & fresh seafood restaurant! At wonderful and friendly prices...
Now what the heck is this drink?
Sambal kang kong
Sambal petai
Deep fried Squids
Steamed fish
Steamed prawns
These were all great tasting and the seafood, especially the prawns and the fish, were wonderfully cooked to perfection.
Even our Canadian friends loved the food which cost us RM151 for the 6 of us including 12 glasses of drinks.
We enjoyed our dinner thoroughly. With the good food and great company, we headed back to our beach resort Summerset at Rompin and continued with a small group discussion and checking of equipment.
Testing out the equipment
We were all looking forward to the next day, the start of Day 1 of our Awakening Enlightenment Meditation Retreat; also know as The Opening Asia. A self realization workshop cum holiday vacation where you can release your work stress and emerge with more clarity in your life. The fresh seafood restaurant where we had dinner was an added bonus for all of us.
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Setting Hearts Free
Lunch
Having fun! 
Having a discussion
Time for video taking
Getting ready for the group photo
Our masters and senior monitor who looked after the participants and guided them in their path of self realization
With Masitah, from F&B department
Chef who looked after all our meals
Beautiful serene picture of the lake at the entrance to Summerset Resort Rompin
Local crew with Martin Hahn
MYL Tandoori House
Lamb curry
Chickpea curry
Little gecko
