Things u do for ur parents.

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Everything in literature must have an opening. Irregardless if its
logical or not. There is always a beginning to a story.

So... Here I am.. 2 days after my trip from Miri to Kangar (Padang
Katong to be more exact). So... heh.. plane trip was normal fare.
Nothing happened. Bought a cup of coffee. Played with my laptop
at thousands of feet in the air. Usual stuff la.

Atak picked me up as promised. Man.. I really appreciate having
him as a friend. Arrived at midnite. Went home. Went to sleep. Got
up at 10 in da morning. First thing I did was.. visit my aunt next
door.. Yes.. my aunt (Mak Ndak) lives 3 doors down. I kid you not.
Got fabulous news about my cousins. The first one just recently
got married and moved to JB. Now his wife is pregnant. My second
and third cousin got sponsorship from Nike to play basketball,
nationally. AND.. last but not least.. no 4, the youngest (aged 12)
has just received a scholarship to do tahfiz in Mekah for a whole
month of Ramadhan... Now.. this would've been good news already
for any parent. Tapi sebab my aunts family ni, well my uncle's a
retired public servant, and she's a house wife. Living in KL, it's not
really easy with the amount of funds that they have, and the
number of kids that they have to raise. So... this is AWESOME
news!! :) :) :)

I'm really happy for her. Things are turning out well for her. She
had lots of hardships to face and i guess in some ways its bearing
fruit.

Anyways.. back to my trip (sorry bout the digression). So.. after
the visit.. I took a cab straight to the train station. I'm taking the
tracks back home baby!.. Last time i was on a train, I was 17 yrs
old, and it was semester break. Imagine.. lama gila tak naik train.
So.. the train trip is at 8pm.. which means i had ample time to
muddle about.. which i did.. checked out subang parade only tho..
no time for anywhere else.. suffice to say... my own back yard
didn't change much... but much i have heard about KL.. (monorail,
and Berjaya Times Square).. sigh.. will check them out too.

So while walking about.. I did purchase for my father, a bottle of
fine perfume, by Mont Blanc. Bloody bottle cost a fortune.. but
hey.. how many times in ones life do you actually spend for dad,
right?

So.. dah lepas tu.. i headed on straight to KL Central la.. and
awaited boarding. Of course.. when riding a train, you have to
take things in perspective. There will always be that travel time
problem. There will always be that family with the whiny kids. There
will always be problems. But u have to take things to heart...
Anyways.. that's not too bad though..

As most of you in West Malaysia know.. it's raining hard over on
these parts. And floods are quite common now in Utara. Heheh..
so.. tetiba jaga kat Tanjung Malim... conductor kejut.. cakap..,"
Dik, turun ya. Ada trek tenggelam dekat depan tu. Kita kena tukar
naik bas sampai ke Ipoh. Lepas tu ada train tunggu sana, sambung
balik". So.. naik la bas... (at 1pm) and nodded off on the bus.

An hour later.. sampai la kat Ipoh train station. And funny enough
I took some pictures of the place (historical site weh). Ada yang
funny.. ada yang creepy. For y'all out there. There's a hotel there
and it's RM40 for 4 hours daytime. :)

So.. we've waited for the train to come. And that took another hour.
And again.. we're off!! slowly.. luckily by 3am.. whiny kids
were too tired to be whiny.. heheh.. I was tired to listen anyways.
then... by 8.30am... there we were.. in Taiping.. 4 hours behind
schedule.. And... we're stopping again. :) Apparently the better
part of Kedahs tracks were flooded too. Figures.. :) So what else
to do then prepare busses for the passengers to continue by road.
Haaa... tengok tu.. susah payah tanak naik bas.. last last naik
gak bas. :)

So.. another 2 hour wait was upon us before the busses came.
At this point, my handphone dah abis battery. My laptop dah abis
battery. And i've read 3 magazines, and 1 newspaper. (oh.. another
side story, I read an article in the Star about my 2 cousins,
mentioned previously, doing freestyle basketball stunts. heh..
masuk paper siout.. :P) I was bored... Good thing the bus came in
time.. and all i did on that bus was.. try to sleep.. not much
success when you're cramped for space. But I did catch some winks.
It was between napping and thinking bout going to the
Linkin Park concert.. with a special someone. :P

Sampai sampai Kangar.. (AT LAST!)... It was 3pm.. and it was raining... :)
Tapi takpe... dah sampai rumah.. my turf.. u can leave
me there in the middle of the street with a toothpick, and I can
survive... So.. I managed la to call up my mom to pick me up.

The train was suppose to reach Arau around 8.40am. I arrived in
Kangar at 3.30pm. heheh.. 6+ hours of extra travel time. It was
almost like travelling between US and KL... except, there was no
in flight service, no stewardess, and whiny children didn't take
18 hour plane trips. :)

But man.. it was ALL worth it.. balik rumah.. I had Turkey Biryani.
As in ayam belanda.. from our lil farm in the back yard.. slaughtered
fresh, and cooked into biryani. Hoh!.. best! Of course.. it was for
my dads birthday la. But hehehe.. i can take some selfish pleasure
too, right? Oh.. and someone told my dad i was coming home.
(bugger!) It was suppose to be a surprise.. oh well.. at least he
was surprised to hear about it... :)

So what now? Well.. a long a well deserved rest in Perlis. Nothing
to do except simple household chores.. Pegi pasar.. baya bill..
amik adik kat skolah.. hehe.. .relax....

Oh.. my brother finished his PMR today. Tomorrow I'll try and take
him to KFC or something. Celebrate la, dah abis periksa.

all rite... dah.. nak sambung relax.. ciao..