M'sia trip
Tuesday, May 02, 2006 / 1:49 AM
harlow pple...i'm back from the trip...gotta update some parts of my entire journey. So sit back and relax. N do expected this to be a long post k. Well...actually my mum and i wanted to wake up early on sat morning for our trip. Maybe, i came home late on friday night, still have to pack bag etc, so didnt sleep well. And cause of this, we overslept till 6 plus when we intended to wake up at 5 plus. My dad send us to kranji there, at first everything was okay, no long queue appear yet. When the bus was on the way to the checkpoint, the traffic jam seemed clearer. The traffic was to the extend of, moving not even an inch. It was terrible bad. Then passengers on the bus began to press the bus bell and alight. I was thinking not to alight first, cause was still a very long way to the custom. But seeing the people on the bus and my patience getting lesser. I told my mum to alight. This time round was tough, without my dad around. I need to carry my bagpack and my mum luggage. It was a dreadful 30 mins walk. I remember there was a part, whereby there's no path ahead and needed to jump down from a height in order to proceed on. Actually, i got height fright. But i hide my fear, bcoz i have to. I put down all my things n jump, then i hold my mum down coz she's wearing heels. There's no overbridge around, so i began to led my mum in between the congested traffic. Singapore checkpoint was okay,m'sia checkpoint was alright too, not much of a jam. Actually m'sians r the ones making up the higher percentage of people going into. Maybe is time for them, to visit their hometown ba.Okay la, straight to the point, to 'LARKIN', which is place name whereby i get to buy my bus tickets to muar. My mum and i plucked up our courage, to ask around.I reached there at 9 plus, so hope to get tickets with the earliest time possible. When i went to the counter, i told the person, 'muar,12pm..dua(two in malay). wah..then the person understand me lehz...not bad ah..pple understand my language. So we have two hours to spare, my mum and i went to take a bite. Noddles, 3RM per bowl plus roti(got kaya de)..not bad ba. Still have much time to spare, so began to take out my hmewk n do. Den my mum say me' why u bring your work and do' .kana scold sia..haha..After that we boarded the bus which stated,'johor-muar'. At first, i was v happy, thought everything can go smoothly for now, but the bus stop in the middle of the highway an hour later cause engine belt spoilt. And we were delay for an hour too. If not we can reach muar early. I reached there at bout 4pm. My relative came n fetch us, on the way to their hse, the radio in the car is playing 'tian hui', i was like, 'wah, in m'sia..oso 'bu fang guo wo'. hhaha...as usual, my relative prepared food for us, there was never a minute i feel hungry. On sat night, when i was bathing in the 2nd storey toilet(The house has two storeys). When i was about to wear my shirt and go out, the lights went off. IT WAS A BACKOUT. oh my the goodeness. But i still managed to wear my shirt la. I stood there for a moment, still wishing the lights can turn on v soon. Try to imagine if u were me, alone in the 2nd storey, bathing when the lights went off. Totally black. I wanted to scream n shout, but that only make mi more scare. I wanted to chant the buddha thing..but i duno how. About 5 mins later, my younger cousin brought a torch light to the room, den i began to open the door and went down with her.The others were downstairs, my mum told mi she was peeing when the lights went off. haha. then she added if she were me, she will call for help. she thought i will scare like heaven, so she keep shouting,'Bu yao pa'..but i didnt hear her. Since we cant do anything at home, my relatives decided to go shopping, if not we will suffocate at home. The next moment, we went up the stairs together, close the door, back face one another and began to change clothes. HAHA..since the lights were off, and we cant see each other. soon after we went shopping etc as usual, house visitings...n eating.Sunday activities was about the same, with my dad joining us.They brought us to a place at night, the food was nice. And guess what, it has one chef only in the 'so call kitchen'.I heard from my relaive saying that, if he feels he has earn enough for the day, he will chase customers back n close the stall. This was my first time hearing pple turn down on money. hmm..maybe that's make them special ba, be contented in life, enjoying the process happily, and not earning money bitterly. I hope to stay there longer, still i have to face life ba, i still have to come back. The traffic back home, i think u all can imagine in ur mind le ba. i've learned some values from them which are cherishing kinship, be contented in life. Heard from my mum, maybe have to go back again for my cousin wedding two weeks later, whereby they hope my mum will come and attend. well...enough for the nightmares, let me take a sleep now..very tired...i try to elaborate as much, singlish alot, too tired to ammend, hope you enjoyed..eunice
