22nd Dec came & went, before I knew it 25th Dec came & it's time to head back to S'pore!!! *sigh* Wished my vacation was longer!!
Oh well, nevertheless, syukur Alhamdulillah, we - Mom, my cousin Umairah & I) - went & came back safely. Albeit encountering floods in Kuantan on our 1st night. It was exciting coz I've nvr really seen a real flood my whole life, where ppl & cars are stuck by the road & only big vehicles (like buses) was allowed to pass through!! That too, when I look far ahead from the front windscreen of the bus, it looked like our bus was crossing the river!! I feel like Krrish walking on the waters!!! Hehehe...
Oh ya, if I didn't get to take the Cable Car @ Langkawi last yr...this yr, I didn't get to see turtles coz it wasn't the egg-laying season!! :-(
All that aside, there were no other irritatedness (esp in the bus) throughout the 4 days, despite having at least 3 kids aged between 1-5yrs in the bus! Really, no crankiness, no wailings, not even from the baby!! Surprisingly. I had my period 5 days prior departure, so the migraine-for-no-ram-reason phase (those who know me well enuf will know what I'm talking abt here!) was way over. I did get h/ache whenever I get stressed up, eg. by conning shop vendors or poor service, but I was quick enough to pop a panadol xtra & get some sleep in the bus. Plus, we're usually back to the resort by 5pm (to give the kids time to play at the pool) so the free 'n' easy agenda was a plus point & wasn't too tiring. I even managed to get a massage @ the Spa!
Fri, 22 Dec 2006 - Day 1 (rather, Nite 1); Departed @ 8.30pm
The butt joke of the trip was: We didn't tell or asked my Mak Besar along, coz Nizam shifted to own flat after marriage, Makni's maid has gone off back to Indonesia, so there's no one to take care of Granny, obviously she can't go. Errmm, there are other (valid) reasons also why we didn't ask her along (usually we go vacation together, until the last couple of yrs). Guess what?! While waiting for our bus to depart after Immigration @ S'pore, we saw Mak Besar & hubby in the next bus!! We bumped into each other @ JB Immigration, and found out from that we were going to the same destination, staying @ the same resort albeit different travel agent (but usually, the itinerary are the same). Kwang kwang kwang...
Haha...anyways, at JB checkpoint, our bus cldn't depart coz the 2nd bus is still stuck @ Choa Chu Kang meeting point coz 2 pax didn't arrive. After some time, we learnt that the 2 missing pax were actually in our bus!!! They shld've taken the 2nd bus instead. *sigh* So now, we had to wait for the 2nd bus to reach JB to transfer those 2 & then both buses can depart together. That was abt all the irritating hiccups we encountered, which wasted our time! But it was gd, at least we reached Kuantan @ 5-ish instead of 4am!! They played Mujhse Dosti Karoge to kill 6hrs in the bus...but I didn't watch...I decided to catch some sleep.
Sat, 23 Dec 2006 - Day 2; Reached Kuantan @ 5.45am
Reached Kuantan & stopped by a surau for Fajr prayers. After that, we had b/fast (I had pratha). After that, the M'sian Guide brought us to Telok Chempedak beach since it stopped raining. Just in case we don't get to enjoy the beach if the rain doesn't stop the whole wkend. After that, we headed to Terengganu (3hrs), had lunch along the way & then checked-in at Awana Kijal arnd 3pm. After that it was free 'n' easy. We finally got our keys & got into our Room 533 arnd 3-ish. We checked the rm, called the maintenance to fix the faulty toilet door etc & settled dwn almost 5pm, afterwhich I rang the Spa & asked if there's a freak chance I cld visit them for a massage & they said YES! So I went dwn & got myself a 1hr well-deserved massage, which was really worth my RM120 (S$50). Luckily I opted for "medium" Javanese massage, in case "soft" massage wldn't be worth the money & "hard" massage wld kill!! In the 1st place, I can't believe I was able to go to the spa impromptu...usually such places require prior reservation, right?! To top that, I was the only 1 in the room (for 2), so it was indeed peaceful & relaxing for me!
After massage, since Umairah & my mom (who took a nap when I went to the spa) were already up, after they did their solat maghrib, we walked to a nearby shop for dinner. Back to room by 9pm & we all settled dwn. Mom & Umairah slept early, I was the only insomniac & TV addict...plus they had cable channels which I don't have back at home, so I wanted to make full use of it!! Hehe.
Sun, 24 Dec 2006 - Day 3; Terengganu tour
Day started early, earlier for Mom & Umairah who had to pray, but 7am for me!! That's early ok! I only opened my eyes when Mom told me it's SIMON BIRCH showing on TV. I love that movie! After that I woke up & got ready & we left for b/fast arnd 7.45am. Bus leaving @ 8.30am. Our 1st stop was the Noor Arfa Batik factory. After that went to the Pasar Besar Payang (which reminded me of Tekka market!) & that's when the tiring time of the trip was. Coz it's crazy shopping time for Mom & we had to also have our lunch in that span of 2hrs given...so it was a mad rush esp after wasting almost 1/2hr trying to find a money-changer or Maybank ATM but to no avail. So by lunch, I was getting a slight h/ache so I popped a panadol in bus while on the way to our 3rd stop, ie. the Masjid Terapong (floating mosque). After that, back to resort arnd 4-ish & the time is all ours agn. I wanted to go cycling since we can nvr find time to go to the beach to cycle in S'pore. Luckily Umairah cycles, so I've a partner. Waited for the sun to go dwn while I sleep off my h/ache. Arnd 6-ish we left...took a slow walk to the beach & reached the bicycle station @ 6.30pm. Guess what I saw on the signboard "opens 9am-6.30pm". Damnit!! So disappointing!! There goes our cycling plan. But since there's no souls on the beach, Umairah & I just strolled while Mom sat dwn & listen to her mp3. By 7pm we made our way back to our room & settled dwn. Umairah ordered ice-cream while Mom & I just had kuaci & Tiger biscuits with tea/coffee for dinner. After that...they did some reading while I watched TV...then they slept while I still watched my TV! What can u expect from a couch potato huh!? Nothing much really! I slept arnd 11-ish.
Mon, 25 Dec 2006 - Day 4; Time to go home!
Another early morning for me. This time even earlier coz Mom was really forcing me to wake up when it was just 6.30am. It's check-out day, so she wanted me to have more time for packing up. But I had already done my packing up the night b4, so I just needed to iron my clothes & keep my toiletries after I'm done. But oh well, since she was making a lot of noise, I might as well just get off the bed. Bathed, ironed, got ready & left the room by 7.20am. Bye bye room! Met Mak Besar agn @ b/fast table. After b/fast, Mom sat wif Mak Besar while Umairah accompanied me to the back of the resort (the pool/golf/beach area) to fulfill my final photography craze!! We had fun posing for photos & video-ing the resort.
After that it's time to go home. Interestingly, it was a straight journey (no more shopping), except for breaks for solat/lunch. The only stop we took was at Gelang Patah which was abt 5pm, which means we'd be in S'pore b4 7pm (expected 2b in S'pore arnd 10-11pm & home by midnight as per our normal trips). So we bought Roti John/Murtabak @ Gelang Patah for dinner @ home. Reached S'pore safely @ 6.30pm, msg-ed Dad & Sis. Dad offered to fetch us, Sis told me to tell Mom she & Amsyar will come on Tues morning. I know Mom was quite disappointed at the idea of not seeing Amsyar (she's been missing him)...but I've been telling her since Sun night when she called Sis & asked her to come over wif Amsyar on Mon night when we're back home, that it's no pt having Amsyar home just to fulfill her desire, but she wont have time to sit & play wif him; it's not fair for him, he doesn't wanna see our faces only, he wanna be carried & played wif!! So it's best we have time to do our unpacking/washing/settling dwn & then give all our time to Amsyar on Tues, which she agreed.
Dad fetched us @ Bedok drop-off point @ 7.30pm & we were home-sweet-home b4 8pm. I opened the door & got a shock seeing Sis folding clothes wif Amsyar sleeping on the floor!! Blardy hell...she lied to me! But it was a pleasant X'mas surprise from Santa!! Hehe.
And guess what? Dad painted his room green!! What the hell was wrong wif him, in our absence?!!? I mean, he hasn't painted for more than a decade now (I only remember him painting when I was a li'l kid, that too in the previous hse, this hse, NVR!)!! It has always been Mom doing the painting in the hse. Mom went in to shower but still didn't realise, till I asked Dad "what happened to your room?!"
All's well that ends well...I'm now enjoying my leave, today & tomorrow. After that, Thurs, 28 Dec, it's back to office...and the mundane routine of life. Till my nxt vacation 365 days from today, Insyallah!
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