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Just got back from a huge family reunion in Kelantan. The journey was interesting...the actual trip not so much. On the way there we saw a lorry carrying an elephant. The guy was HUGE! We of course were fascinated and took pictures of its butt. Labels: Holiday
On the way we stopped at a shop. We were supposed to eat there but then the place had no electricity. Apparently electric wires don't go up to that part of the state (Perak). So they bought a big bottle of 100+ and ice, and also lots of snacks to keep us from being hungry. Then we stopped by this nice place to eat about 5 minutes away from the electricity-less place. I had half a senduk of rice, a whole ikan keli and half a salted egg. It cost me RM3.80. My cousin had a whole plate of rice, a piece of fried chicken wing and half a salted egg. It cost him RM3.80. His brother had a whole plate of rice, a whole fish and half a salted egg. RM3.80. And my other cousin had a whole plate of rice, some beef, a piece of fried chicken and half a salted egg. I bet you can't guess how much it cost. Heheh. Photo below taken by Muhammad Khaliq bin Kamaruzzaman (Cousin from Changlun).
By this time, my cousin who was driving must have been very tired. His phone rang and he picked it up. When he picked up the phone, he turned off the air-cond. We were wondering why it was suddenly hot, the radio was still blaring loudly, and he was talking loudly. He also seemed puzzled as to why the radio was still loud. It was hilarious. The air-cond switch was right above the radio buttons. Hahaha.
On the road we passed a JPJ roadblock, but it was empty. There was just the berhenti sign, and cones, but no officers. Weird. And stupid.
A few..or many, actually, winding roads later, we arrived at our resort. Whatever our family paid for the rooms it was too much. Our drain was blocked so the water from the shower didn't drain out. There was a huge lizard hiding behind the mirror in the bathroom. When my brother hung up his shirt and pulled it back down, and old cigarette fell off from the windowsill. The hot water was really hot though. Could have cooked Maggi with it. The room was dark, most of the lights had burnt out. But the next day they were replaced so okey-lah. And when we were watching tv a huge cockroach crawled out from under the dresser. It then attached itself to my brother's carrier for his kid. We discovered this when we were outside so we threw it far far away from the room. One less cockroach there. The TV only had national channels, and bad reception at that. The bed I slept on was quite comfortable, though. But the other bed attacked my sis-in-law with its springs. She was rolling about when the springs suddenly stuck up out of the mattress. Ouch!
Not so much in activities. Shopping, shopping, and more shopping. Oh..and eating. We went to a steamboat place..the food was quite goodand the chilli was surprisingly pedas. GILE. My cousin went and poured a whole lot in my soup. I literally teared up when I was done. It was like cili sabah for those who know what that tastes like. I bought some stuff which I shall upload photos of when I've taken photos of them.
I went for a walk on the beach with SIL this morning. Yesterday belle-mere said it was dangerous to swim in the sea. This morning we saw why. The waves were huge! I think that was the first time I actually saw curling waves. It was amazing. And we saw a very interesting cloud.
10 minutes to 11, my cousin called to say we were leaving at 11. I was, of course, very much PO'd. I absolutely hate being rushed! Then we walked past the pool to watch my brother and his son swimming. SIL didn't want to be seen so she hid behind me. My evil brother pointed to us and said "Look! There's mummy!" His son looked at us and saw that there was no mummy so he started crying and said "No! No mummy! No mummy!" and then went on happily splashing about. Everytime my brother tried to show mummy to him he would start crying. Huhuhu.
The journey home wasn't very interesting. We stopped by this shop with classic bottled drinks. They didn't taste half bad either. 90 cents per bottle!
We were driving behind my aunt's car, then my cousin cut in front of their car because there was a lorry in front. We had left them far behind then we stopped near a lake (Tasik Belum) to eat. We sat there for about half an hour then continued our journey. A few minutes after that we saw their car in front of us. And my cousin cut in front of them again. We arrived at about 6pm. They arrived an hour later.
And that concludes our trip to Kelantan. More pictures coming soon.
Spent the weekend at Port Dickson. It was quite fun. I was the official babysitter for my brother's kid since we were roomies. But I didn't mind at all. I rather enjoyed it. Especially since I don't see him very often so I like to spend as much time as possible with him. In fact, I blatantly refused to return him to his mummy. Hehehe. We went to the ostrich farm & mini zoo. We also went to the beach by the hotel and then the hotel swimming pool. It's been a long time since I splashed about so I enjoyed myself very much. Also, me, my brother & my sis-in-law took little Iddy to a ball pool. Me & my brother, having never played in such places when we were kids, jumped in as well and had a blast tossing balls about and sitting in a sea of balls. We were later joined by my sister & her family, and so we buried her baby in balls since he was so small. In the end only his head was visible. Teeheehee. The hotel room was really nice, but it was a bit weird. It was divided into 2 sections. 1 section was like a bathroom, the other section was the sleeping area. What was weird about it was the bathroom section was in the front, so as soon as you entered the door you would enter the bathroom first. To get to the sleeping area you have to go through another door. Although when you think about it, this is actually a practical design since people usually go to the beach or pool and would enter the room dripping wet, so it would make sense for them to put a bathroom as the first place you enter. All in all, it was a nice trip. Labels: Holiday
It's been quite a few days since I've been back from Sabah, but finally I can blog! We stayed at the Tang Dynasty, and it was probably the worst hotel I've ever stayed in. I don't know if it's normally like that, or it was only that time. Firt of all, the bathroom didn't have a bathtub, but it was stated in the brochure that each room was supposed to have one. When asked, the receptionist said it was because of renovation in progress. Then, later we asked the housekeeping people, they said the room memang takde bathtub. Also, we asked for extra bed because there were three of us kan, but they didn't have any. Instead they providd a mattress which wasn't even comfortable! I would rather have stayd on in my sis-in-law's place. And when housekeeping made up the room, they didn't even make the mattress. Tak layak kot. And, the glasses they provided to drink with weren't clean. They looked like they weren't even washed. Yuck. But other than that, I had a great time. We went to this nice seafood place called Gayang. It's in Tuaran, a bit off the road, but anyone who goes anywhere near the area should look for it. Then we went to a kopitiam (I know..go all the way to Sabah and eat at kopitiam? Not my idea...ikut je). There was this wonderful yoghurt ice-cream..it was so yummy! We even took the numbr of the company (Jeny's) to see if they had any in KL. Also, that's when I discovered that if you go to any restaurant/mamak/kopitiam in Sabah you can order Nestum. Nestum! Amazing. And, as usual, no trip to Sabah is complete without avocado. Yumyum. But we forgot to eat Sabah oysters. Next trip. Next sem hols hopefully. Sabah is really a nice place. Labels: Holiday
I'm in Sabah now! Arrived on Sunday. With my dad, stepmom, sis in law and nephew. My bro couldn't come along coz he had too much work to do. Stayed at my sis in law's place for the last two nights while waiting for the parental units to come down from the mountain. Her mom prepared a room for me so I could have a room all to myself (Thank You, Aunty!). And also cooked great food. I can feel myself growing fatter just staying here. The plane ride was good..slept almost the whole way. As usual, little nephew was being very cute. There were a few anecdotes I wanted to put in, but forgot. All day today he was saying "daddy! daddy!" I think he probably misses his daddy already. Labels: Holiday
Yesterday I was drinking this tutti frutti cordial thingy and he wanted some, but I didn't give him any coz he doesn't know how to sip from a cup. He then came up with an idea to taste it. When I wasn't looking, he dipped his pacifier in it and put it back in his mouth. Eek. Also, he's been very manja...more than usual. But he doesn't seem to want to eat much here. Maybe he misses home. Btw, brother dear, if you read this, don't cry. Hehehehe.
