From left to right: Aida, Fareez, Zubir, me, Abah,and Hafiz
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Hari Raya 2004
After all the kuih raya,lemang, ketupat, rendang and all the other stuff which made my mid section grew horizontally, and the last minute rush of preparing the thesis proposal (just completed it last night, hope Faisal will remember to print and submit it to Capt. Manni), I'm finally writing a new entry.
The Journey
Me and the guys (Abu, Qam, Munir and Pali) starts to head north in my Unser in the early morning of Thursday, sometime around 1 a.m. Actually we went out the house at exactly midnight, but after a short stop at section 6's 7-E and burger stall, which took ages to be prepared considering we only ordered 5 burgers, we were somewhat delayed. But after that, it was al smooth. We entered the PPLUS hiway from Kota Damansara and starts to head North. I had some reservation early on about driving long distance at night, considering the fact that my eyesight aren't as good as I'd like them to be at night and that I've never done it before. However, having the guys as company did help tremendously and I must say that Abu is a great 'co-driver'. ;P
We made our first stop at Sg. perak so that i can fill some gas for the car. After that, we continued the journey before stopping again at Bukit Gantang 'coz i need to take a leak. Along the way, traffic we smooth and there was not much problem for me except for a few cars which irritates me by having their lights on high beams. But the sheer volume of people at the rest stops along the was quite unbelievable. All the major rest area are full and so does the rest of the smaller rest stops.
We finally arrived at penang around 4.30 a.m and decided to drop Qam at the Island and also to have sahur there. We went to Pelita Nasi Kandar restaurant at Sg. Dua at waited while Qam's family came to fetch him. They arrived some time after 5 a.m. and soon we were back on the mainland. Abu's House was the next stop after that.
Continuing the journey, I was beginning to feel sleepy. Maybe it was because of the heavy sahur which makes me feel like I want to mengular..lol..Munir kept me company after that while Pali took a nap. We exited at Sg. Petani's north exit and drop Munir at his house.After that, it was only me and Pali. We got back to the highway at Gurun and by that time, the sun was already rising. The scene were really beautiful, seeing those low lying clouds, the fog, and the picteresque view of paddy fields. Too bad I couldn't stop to take some pictures.
We arrived at Alor Setar at about 8 a.m and went straight to Shahab Perdana as Pali wanted to buy the ticket to goback to ALAM. Pali cam to tok's house after that to get some rest while waiting for 10 o'clock (Pali wanted to go to Pekan Rabu for some 'business'..hehehe). Finally, I sent Pali to Kuala Kedah jetty.
The Celebration
The house was recently renovated and it made it much more confortable to live in, considering the number of people that is had to accommodate. Since Kak Suhaina had her wedding on the 4th of raya, most of my relatives came back to Alor Setar to celebrate Hari Raya. The 1st day was like usual. I had shower and put on my black baju melayu with sampin and went for sembahyang raya. After that, we took turns to take family photos. As usual, abah was the photographer on duty. I only took a few pic since I know that dad love the job so much. We also did all the usual thing like minta maaf among each other,hand out duit raya and eat! And Boy did I eat a lot. Seems like all the flab that have went away a bit during the fasting month came back that morning.hehe....After that, we did the usual relatives houses tour to beraya.
The 2nd day of Raya was the most special for me I guess.It's the first time that I'm celebrating raya with some one important to me....Besides that, I also paid a visit to Abu's house. Met Qam there to give him the bag that he left in the car.
3rd Day. Today is the day for Kak Suhaina's nikah ceremony. I went with the other relatives to see the ceremony at the mosque near sultanah asma seconday school (can't remember the name of the mosque). Anyway, it was quite entertaining to see how that guy didn't even managed to say a word for the first akad...He stumbles for a few more times before the kadi told him to relax a bit and take a breather....I was grinning from ear to ear by then,seeing how funny the situation was. That is until Boy turned to me and says that the same thing could happen to me latter. That managed to put things into perspective for me..lol...Anyway, after a change of place, being a bit further from the crowd especially the females, that guy managed to say his akad perfectly and Kak Suhaina is officially married.
4th day of raya was the bersanding ceremony at the brides house.
Coming Back
Iwan, Shafeeq and me went back to KL on thursday, the 5th day of raya. I knew something was wrong that day, but couldn't really figured what it was. I found out about the first thing as I was just about to get into the Highway. I realised that the car was low on gas and was nearly empty. I had to exit at the Alor Setar's south exit and look for a gas station. Thank god that the car had enough gas to reach there.
After that, we continued the journey. Made a quick stop at Abbas's house in Sg. Petani 'coz the boys wanted to pick upsome BMX parts.
The next stop was Sg. Dua, Penang. Ros's House :)
It was also a very brief stop. Just for me to pick up some of her stuff that she wants to bring to KL. But shortly after I left her house, she called and told me to turn back 'coz I forgot to take the chocolate cake. I don't know why, but at the same time, I also suddenly realized that I left my file containing materials that I needed for the thesis proposal at Alor Setar. Anyway, I turn around, got the cake, say good bye to Ros for the second time and called mom to remind her to bring the file when they are coming back.
We made a stopped at Mak Su's House in Tronoh to beraya and spend the night there. The next morning, we,together with Mak su's family, continued our journey to Kl. When we reached KL, we directly went to Cheras to see Atok. Haven't seen her for quite sometime since she went for umrah for the whole of Ramadhan and only came back to Malaysia a day before.
The Journey
Me and the guys (Abu, Qam, Munir and Pali) starts to head north in my Unser in the early morning of Thursday, sometime around 1 a.m. Actually we went out the house at exactly midnight, but after a short stop at section 6's 7-E and burger stall, which took ages to be prepared considering we only ordered 5 burgers, we were somewhat delayed. But after that, it was al smooth. We entered the PPLUS hiway from Kota Damansara and starts to head North. I had some reservation early on about driving long distance at night, considering the fact that my eyesight aren't as good as I'd like them to be at night and that I've never done it before. However, having the guys as company did help tremendously and I must say that Abu is a great 'co-driver'. ;P
We made our first stop at Sg. perak so that i can fill some gas for the car. After that, we continued the journey before stopping again at Bukit Gantang 'coz i need to take a leak. Along the way, traffic we smooth and there was not much problem for me except for a few cars which irritates me by having their lights on high beams. But the sheer volume of people at the rest stops along the was quite unbelievable. All the major rest area are full and so does the rest of the smaller rest stops.
We finally arrived at penang around 4.30 a.m and decided to drop Qam at the Island and also to have sahur there. We went to Pelita Nasi Kandar restaurant at Sg. Dua at waited while Qam's family came to fetch him. They arrived some time after 5 a.m. and soon we were back on the mainland. Abu's House was the next stop after that.
Continuing the journey, I was beginning to feel sleepy. Maybe it was because of the heavy sahur which makes me feel like I want to mengular..lol..Munir kept me company after that while Pali took a nap. We exited at Sg. Petani's north exit and drop Munir at his house.After that, it was only me and Pali. We got back to the highway at Gurun and by that time, the sun was already rising. The scene were really beautiful, seeing those low lying clouds, the fog, and the picteresque view of paddy fields. Too bad I couldn't stop to take some pictures.
We arrived at Alor Setar at about 8 a.m and went straight to Shahab Perdana as Pali wanted to buy the ticket to goback to ALAM. Pali cam to tok's house after that to get some rest while waiting for 10 o'clock (Pali wanted to go to Pekan Rabu for some 'business'..hehehe). Finally, I sent Pali to Kuala Kedah jetty.
The Celebration
The house was recently renovated and it made it much more confortable to live in, considering the number of people that is had to accommodate. Since Kak Suhaina had her wedding on the 4th of raya, most of my relatives came back to Alor Setar to celebrate Hari Raya. The 1st day was like usual. I had shower and put on my black baju melayu with sampin and went for sembahyang raya. After that, we took turns to take family photos. As usual, abah was the photographer on duty. I only took a few pic since I know that dad love the job so much. We also did all the usual thing like minta maaf among each other,hand out duit raya and eat! And Boy did I eat a lot. Seems like all the flab that have went away a bit during the fasting month came back that morning.hehe....After that, we did the usual relatives houses tour to beraya.
The 2nd day of Raya was the most special for me I guess.It's the first time that I'm celebrating raya with some one important to me....Besides that, I also paid a visit to Abu's house. Met Qam there to give him the bag that he left in the car.
3rd Day. Today is the day for Kak Suhaina's nikah ceremony. I went with the other relatives to see the ceremony at the mosque near sultanah asma seconday school (can't remember the name of the mosque). Anyway, it was quite entertaining to see how that guy didn't even managed to say a word for the first akad...He stumbles for a few more times before the kadi told him to relax a bit and take a breather....I was grinning from ear to ear by then,seeing how funny the situation was. That is until Boy turned to me and says that the same thing could happen to me latter. That managed to put things into perspective for me..lol...Anyway, after a change of place, being a bit further from the crowd especially the females, that guy managed to say his akad perfectly and Kak Suhaina is officially married.
4th day of raya was the bersanding ceremony at the brides house.
Coming Back
Iwan, Shafeeq and me went back to KL on thursday, the 5th day of raya. I knew something was wrong that day, but couldn't really figured what it was. I found out about the first thing as I was just about to get into the Highway. I realised that the car was low on gas and was nearly empty. I had to exit at the Alor Setar's south exit and look for a gas station. Thank god that the car had enough gas to reach there.
After that, we continued the journey. Made a quick stop at Abbas's house in Sg. Petani 'coz the boys wanted to pick upsome BMX parts.
The next stop was Sg. Dua, Penang. Ros's House :)
It was also a very brief stop. Just for me to pick up some of her stuff that she wants to bring to KL. But shortly after I left her house, she called and told me to turn back 'coz I forgot to take the chocolate cake. I don't know why, but at the same time, I also suddenly realized that I left my file containing materials that I needed for the thesis proposal at Alor Setar. Anyway, I turn around, got the cake, say good bye to Ros for the second time and called mom to remind her to bring the file when they are coming back.
We made a stopped at Mak Su's House in Tronoh to beraya and spend the night there. The next morning, we,together with Mak su's family, continued our journey to Kl. When we reached KL, we directly went to Cheras to see Atok. Haven't seen her for quite sometime since she went for umrah for the whole of Ramadhan and only came back to Malaysia a day before.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Balik Kampung
I got back from ALAM yesterday. Tonight, Pali, Abu, Munir, Qam and myself will head north for balik kampung. I will be driving the Unser and we're planning to depart sometime after midnight to avoid the traffic. Hope everything will go well. I will be dropping Abu and Qam @ Penang, Munir @ Sungai Petani and Pali in Alor Setar.
I don't know whether I'm gonna be able to go online or not when I'm at Alor Setar. So,just in case I don't, I wish each and every one of you out there Selamat Hari Raya and Maaf Zahir Batin. If you happens to be in the around (Alor Setar or kl after next friday), feel free to drop by at my house. Give me a call if you need directions. Meh la beraya woi!!!!
I don't know whether I'm gonna be able to go online or not when I'm at Alor Setar. So,just in case I don't, I wish each and every one of you out there Selamat Hari Raya and Maaf Zahir Batin. If you happens to be in the around (Alor Setar or kl after next friday), feel free to drop by at my house. Give me a call if you need directions. Meh la beraya woi!!!!
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Friday, November 05, 2004
Flash flood woes....
Just got back fromUTM yesterday. Finished with the last paper at about 12. Got back, packed my stuff and headed to KL at about 2.30 pm. Had Bawang as my co-driver. Stopped at machap rest area for awhile where I met with the DCN08 bikers convoy. After that, I continue with the journey. Started raining at Tangkak if I'm not mistaken and after that, it was wet all the day. Sometimes it rained so hard that I can't see shit. BTW, I hate those drivers who switched on their hazard light when its raining while their car is still moving, especially when they switch lanes..makes me damned confused.
reached Sg. Besi toll plaza around 6 and straight away, there was a massive traffic crawl heding to kl. Took me nearly 45 minutes to get to the junction going to the mines race track. Usually, it doest even took 5 minutes. Can you imagine how bad it was? Even then, there was a pool of water at that junction and a lot of ppl changed their mind about going there. But I was damn tensed that I couldn't care less. I decided to go straight to it. Only then do I realized how deep it was. My heart skipped a beat and I prayed hard that the car wouldn't stall.... It didn't, thank god. From there, I head on straight for USJ. Passed by a fallen tree, a couple of accidents and a minor mud slide. Talking 'bout mudslides, it really gives me the creeps nowadays when i drive by a hill side during rainy days. Sheesh...
Got on to LDP where i faced with another traffic jam. By the time we reached that 'penang bridge', it was already time for buka puasa. Just great. There we were, stuck in a traffic jam with my stomachs grumbling so hard, demanding to be filled. Of all day, why did I had to wake up late and didn't have my sahur today?? The traffic only become bearable after passing uptown.
Stopped at OU after that to get something to eat. Got myself a double BBQ cheeseburger set at burger king and finished the whole thing in less than 5mins. Break fasting never felt so good.nikmat...hehehe.
walked around OU after that. While we were at the perfume section of UParkson, we stopped by to sample a few perfume. There was one bapuk promoter named Amy Abadi. Some name huh??hehehe (No, I didn't asked her/his name, I just read it from his/her tag). He/she was promoting this J.lo perfume at bawang and at the same time, dropping suggestive hints at bawang. What's with the body gesture and suggestive/double meaning remark. I was dying trying not to laugh...heh.....bawang was cursing like hell. You should have seen his face.lol
After that,we head back. Made a short stop at petronas where bawang bought something from A&W. Dropped Bawang at his home and then head back to mine...what a long day.
reached Sg. Besi toll plaza around 6 and straight away, there was a massive traffic crawl heding to kl. Took me nearly 45 minutes to get to the junction going to the mines race track. Usually, it doest even took 5 minutes. Can you imagine how bad it was? Even then, there was a pool of water at that junction and a lot of ppl changed their mind about going there. But I was damn tensed that I couldn't care less. I decided to go straight to it. Only then do I realized how deep it was. My heart skipped a beat and I prayed hard that the car wouldn't stall.... It didn't, thank god. From there, I head on straight for USJ. Passed by a fallen tree, a couple of accidents and a minor mud slide. Talking 'bout mudslides, it really gives me the creeps nowadays when i drive by a hill side during rainy days. Sheesh...
Got on to LDP where i faced with another traffic jam. By the time we reached that 'penang bridge', it was already time for buka puasa. Just great. There we were, stuck in a traffic jam with my stomachs grumbling so hard, demanding to be filled. Of all day, why did I had to wake up late and didn't have my sahur today?? The traffic only become bearable after passing uptown.
Stopped at OU after that to get something to eat. Got myself a double BBQ cheeseburger set at burger king and finished the whole thing in less than 5mins. Break fasting never felt so good.nikmat...hehehe.
walked around OU after that. While we were at the perfume section of UParkson, we stopped by to sample a few perfume. There was one bapuk promoter named Amy Abadi. Some name huh??hehehe (No, I didn't asked her/his name, I just read it from his/her tag). He/she was promoting this J.lo perfume at bawang and at the same time, dropping suggestive hints at bawang. What's with the body gesture and suggestive/double meaning remark. I was dying trying not to laugh...heh.....bawang was cursing like hell. You should have seen his face.lol
After that,we head back. Made a short stop at petronas where bawang bought something from A&W. Dropped Bawang at his home and then head back to mine...what a long day.
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