dear emilyn...
it's finally my last day here in kt...heh...didn't do much at all...pretty much slept the whole day through...laziness finally caught up with us...heh...so yeah that's basically it really...woke up late...watched tv...bathed n had breakfast...watched more tv...slept again...had lunch...watched even more tv...slept again...heh...it's a wonder how cherap can stay so thin with his current holiday lifestyle n the amount that he eats...breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner n supper...heh
anywayz...had to do something before i wasted my last day here...so at about 5.oo pm in the evening...woke asyraf up...had tea...picked up azam n shue...n went down to the beach near shue's house...scenery was spectacular n refreshing...especially for a typical townie such s myself...we took some really great photos...priceless...heh...
at about 7.00 pm...sent shue home...stopped by for cherap n azam to perform their maghrib prayers at the surau in front of her house...while i waited by the car...guess i looked like some up-to-no-good chinese gangster slouching around the area after being high on drugs or something...received a few stares from the people around...heh...thank goodness shue invited me into her house...away from their accusing stares...i wonder if it's because i'm a chinese...yeesh no wonder the government's still worried about national unity...
anywayz...after their prayers...cherap n azam joined me...they got a very warm welcome from shue's siblings n cousins...heh...enjoyed ourselves there...but we didn't really stayed long as we wanted to have our dinner outside...so we left shortly after finishing our drinks...heh...went to a roadside restaurant n had dinner...talked among ourselves...just the three of us...reminiscing on our 2 years in mcb...our choral speaking english presentation...heh...n our tok presentation...heh...never will i ever forget those moments...heh...nice...
anywayz...that's it for now...currently at azam's place...crashing here before the both of us catch the 8.30 am bus tomorrow morning to kb...where we'll meet up with naim...who'll b our guide around kb...woo hoo!...can't wait...till next time then...take care
k
ps...i'm not too sure if naim has internet connection in kb...so if u don't hear from me for some time...it's probably because i don't have the means to write u...so far...cherap n azam has streamyx...even in alor i'm not too sure if adlan has streamyx...but don't worry...i'll write u s soon s i have the opportunity...cheers
Tuesday 31 May 2005
kt: day two
dear emilyn...
continuing my nationwide malaysian tour with my second day at kt...cherap, azam n i went into town itself...situated at the terengganu river estuary...typical coastal town bordering the sea n lining the river...with fishing as its main source of economy...
so we rented a boat n went upstream...which was very cool...coz it seemed like a time travel to me...from the hustle n bustle of modern kt...to the slumbering fishing villages along the river...to the virgin jungles upriver...caught a glimpse of what the olden days must've been for the terengganese...children bathing in the river while adults mend their boats...
we went all the way up to the state muzium...reputedly the largest muzium in southeast asia...its old architecture made it seem like n ancient ruin rising above the threatening jungle...lonely n foreboding...cool!...like something out of conrad's heart of darkness...
so anywayz...spent n hour on the river...half upstream n half downstream...with the sun tanning my skin...wind styling my hair...water spraying my face...friends talking n laughing together...truly n enjoyable moment...
so after that...we walked around town...revisiting the places that cherap n azam used to visit...heh...they introduced me to the various specialized sections of kt...heh...which was rather weird to me...having a whole row of digital shops here...a whole row of shoe shops there...n a whole row of barbers there...heh...really weird compared to the commercial styles of kl in its expansive shopping complexes such s midvalley n klcc...
but i think the funniest thing was the fact that cherap n azam seemed like foreigners to me too...although this was their birthplace...coz they themselves did not notice the changes in kt...like which buildings were gone n which buildings were newly built...which shops were there n which weren't...heh...
i'll never forget the time when azam wanted to buy some dvds from this shop...only to realize that the shop was gone...heh...the sheer surprise in his voice n face: priceless...heh...but i can understand them...seeing as they've been studying in boarding schools since secondary school...n only to return home once or twice every year...n even then...to stay at home n pay back their sleep debt...heh...what'll happen when they leave kt only to return after 3 years?...heh...only time will tell...
so that's about it...actually come to think of it...we didn't really do much today...just around town really...but it was really fun n cool...anywayz...till tomorrow then...for day three...but don't expect much coz i think i'll b taking it easy too...
k
continuing my nationwide malaysian tour with my second day at kt...cherap, azam n i went into town itself...situated at the terengganu river estuary...typical coastal town bordering the sea n lining the river...with fishing as its main source of economy...
so we rented a boat n went upstream...which was very cool...coz it seemed like a time travel to me...from the hustle n bustle of modern kt...to the slumbering fishing villages along the river...to the virgin jungles upriver...caught a glimpse of what the olden days must've been for the terengganese...children bathing in the river while adults mend their boats...
we went all the way up to the state muzium...reputedly the largest muzium in southeast asia...its old architecture made it seem like n ancient ruin rising above the threatening jungle...lonely n foreboding...cool!...like something out of conrad's heart of darkness...
so anywayz...spent n hour on the river...half upstream n half downstream...with the sun tanning my skin...wind styling my hair...water spraying my face...friends talking n laughing together...truly n enjoyable moment...
so after that...we walked around town...revisiting the places that cherap n azam used to visit...heh...they introduced me to the various specialized sections of kt...heh...which was rather weird to me...having a whole row of digital shops here...a whole row of shoe shops there...n a whole row of barbers there...heh...really weird compared to the commercial styles of kl in its expansive shopping complexes such s midvalley n klcc...
but i think the funniest thing was the fact that cherap n azam seemed like foreigners to me too...although this was their birthplace...coz they themselves did not notice the changes in kt...like which buildings were gone n which buildings were newly built...which shops were there n which weren't...heh...
i'll never forget the time when azam wanted to buy some dvds from this shop...only to realize that the shop was gone...heh...the sheer surprise in his voice n face: priceless...heh...but i can understand them...seeing as they've been studying in boarding schools since secondary school...n only to return home once or twice every year...n even then...to stay at home n pay back their sleep debt...heh...what'll happen when they leave kt only to return after 3 years?...heh...only time will tell...
so that's about it...actually come to think of it...we didn't really do much today...just around town really...but it was really fun n cool...anywayz...till tomorrow then...for day three...but don't expect much coz i think i'll b taking it easy too...
k
Monday 30 May 2005
kt: day one
dear emilyn...
as planned...cherap n i left for kt from the putra bus station...bus was 40 minutes late...so departed at 11.40 pm...typical malaysian punctuality...anywayz...thank God for my windbreaker...bus' sub-zero temperature would've frozen me to death...but couldn't sleep anywayz...friggin bus driver probably thought he was n f1 friver...driving at a reckless speed on roads that were being repaired n corneering without brakes...so there i was...drifting in n out of sleep...worrying bout my life...heh...
anywayz...arrived safely in kt the next morning at about 7.15 am...cherap's dad took us home...nice place...a fusion of a modern brickhouse n a traditional wooden house fashioned like a typical malay kampung house...fascinating!...spooky: his house is situated in front of a graveyard...anywyaz...had some breakfast...kt style...cheap but portions r friggin small...so u end up spending the same amount for two or three portions to satisfy the same diet requirement...anywayz, finally got some good quality shut-eye till bout noon...
later...went to a kenduri kahwin with cherap's family...thank God i learnt how to eat with my hands in college or i'd have made a fool out of myself since no forks or spoons were provided...obviously, they weren't expecting a chinese guy for lunch...heh...only problem was my long nails...not that they were dirty but it made eating quite hard...realized it too late...gonna cut them off after writing this...
in the evening...picked up azam, shue n her lil sis from their houses with cherap's car...got lost at shue's...heh...who'd have thought she lived in such n isolated place on the far outskirts of town...heh...we were all asking her if she had electricity n phone access there...heh...poor girl to get stuck with us teasers...anywayz...went to this beach carnival at pantai batu burok...basically like a pasar malam by the beach...lots of stalls selling stuffs such as food, clothes n all...had n interesting dinner of aiskrim goreng...heh...a paradoxical name, don't u think...unbelievable but not impossible...later took a stroll on the beach...sound of waves n touch of wind...sand under feat n stars above head...company of best friends at the eastern coast on a moonlit night...what more could u have asked for?...it is times like these that i just thank God for the simple things in life that we can take pleasure of...
about 10.30 pm...sent shue home...half excited n half afraid...driving down a long, dark n desolate road...no incident though...not sure if i should b thankful or disappointed...didn't go into shue's house...was late n we didn't want her folks to start having any pre-conceived thoughts...anywayz...sent azam back next...stopped by his house...pretty much the same like cherap's but much more modern...didn't c much of the insides though...jus the living room as his parents served us some late supper of cake n coffee... before cherap n i headed home
that's about it actually...there's so much more that i could write...but it would probably bore u to death...what with my thoughts, opinions, emotions n all...so i guess i'll just stop here...wait for day two...heh
k
as planned...cherap n i left for kt from the putra bus station...bus was 40 minutes late...so departed at 11.40 pm...typical malaysian punctuality...anywayz...thank God for my windbreaker...bus' sub-zero temperature would've frozen me to death...but couldn't sleep anywayz...friggin bus driver probably thought he was n f1 friver...driving at a reckless speed on roads that were being repaired n corneering without brakes...so there i was...drifting in n out of sleep...worrying bout my life...heh...
anywayz...arrived safely in kt the next morning at about 7.15 am...cherap's dad took us home...nice place...a fusion of a modern brickhouse n a traditional wooden house fashioned like a typical malay kampung house...fascinating!...spooky: his house is situated in front of a graveyard...anywyaz...had some breakfast...kt style...cheap but portions r friggin small...so u end up spending the same amount for two or three portions to satisfy the same diet requirement...anywayz, finally got some good quality shut-eye till bout noon...
later...went to a kenduri kahwin with cherap's family...thank God i learnt how to eat with my hands in college or i'd have made a fool out of myself since no forks or spoons were provided...obviously, they weren't expecting a chinese guy for lunch...heh...only problem was my long nails...not that they were dirty but it made eating quite hard...realized it too late...gonna cut them off after writing this...
in the evening...picked up azam, shue n her lil sis from their houses with cherap's car...got lost at shue's...heh...who'd have thought she lived in such n isolated place on the far outskirts of town...heh...we were all asking her if she had electricity n phone access there...heh...poor girl to get stuck with us teasers...anywayz...went to this beach carnival at pantai batu burok...basically like a pasar malam by the beach...lots of stalls selling stuffs such as food, clothes n all...had n interesting dinner of aiskrim goreng...heh...a paradoxical name, don't u think...unbelievable but not impossible...later took a stroll on the beach...sound of waves n touch of wind...sand under feat n stars above head...company of best friends at the eastern coast on a moonlit night...what more could u have asked for?...it is times like these that i just thank God for the simple things in life that we can take pleasure of...
about 10.30 pm...sent shue home...half excited n half afraid...driving down a long, dark n desolate road...no incident though...not sure if i should b thankful or disappointed...didn't go into shue's house...was late n we didn't want her folks to start having any pre-conceived thoughts...anywayz...sent azam back next...stopped by his house...pretty much the same like cherap's but much more modern...didn't c much of the insides though...jus the living room as his parents served us some late supper of cake n coffee... before cherap n i headed home
that's about it actually...there's so much more that i could write...but it would probably bore u to death...what with my thoughts, opinions, emotions n all...so i guess i'll just stop here...wait for day two...heh
k
Saturday 28 May 2005
holiday plan
dear emilyn...
planning to travel around malaysia...so here's the tentative plan for my hols (at least for the first week...the rest'll b decided shortly after):
kuala lumpur
28 may - leave kl
leavin with cherap
kuala terengganu
29 may - reach kt
29-31 may - kt
1 june - leave kt
goin with cherap...stayin with him...hanging out with him, azam n mushu (shue)...lol...leavin with azam
kota bharu
1 june - reach kb
1-2 june - kb
3 june - leave kb
goin with azam...stayin with naim...chillin with the both of them...leavin alone
alor setar
3 june - reach alor
3-6 june - alor
7 june - leave alor
goin alone...stayin with adlan...leavin alone
m still planning whether to drop by penang or perak along the way home...but prob is i dun have anyone to stay with...or take me out...so tht'll b on the spur of the moment i guess...
planning to conquer mt kinabalu...somewhere in the middle of june...after my btn...so i'll update u s i go along lar...lol...take care n God bless
k
planning to travel around malaysia...so here's the tentative plan for my hols (at least for the first week...the rest'll b decided shortly after):
kuala lumpur
28 may - leave kl
leavin with cherap
kuala terengganu
29 may - reach kt
29-31 may - kt
1 june - leave kt
goin with cherap...stayin with him...hanging out with him, azam n mushu (shue)...lol...leavin with azam
kota bharu
1 june - reach kb
1-2 june - kb
3 june - leave kb
goin with azam...stayin with naim...chillin with the both of them...leavin alone
alor setar
3 june - reach alor
3-6 june - alor
7 june - leave alor
goin alone...stayin with adlan...leavin alone
m still planning whether to drop by penang or perak along the way home...but prob is i dun have anyone to stay with...or take me out...so tht'll b on the spur of the moment i guess...
planning to conquer mt kinabalu...somewhere in the middle of june...after my btn...so i'll update u s i go along lar...lol...take care n God bless
k
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