Sunday, August 17, 2008

Weddings





I have been to two wedding receptions in two weekends in a row. The first one (9/8/08) was Kak Aa's (aka EO) in Jengka 5. There were a convoy of 4 cars actually. Mine, office staff's, Sister Faudziah's and Sharizan the driver's. Kak Faridah from Dapur tumpang me since her husband was oncall. Her boy Aman tagged along too :) The journey took about 0.5 hour je. There's this story behind her wedding actually. She married a duda who used to work in Hospital Jengka about a year ago. She was with someone else and he is still married at that time. They kinda hooked up after their relationship ended. I have no problem with their relationship since they're both single but you know, Melayu. All the cakap2 behind is so not welcoming from my ear therefore i wud kinda pissed when all the people around start bitching/umpating about them. Just leave them alone ok! Dah selamat dah pun. Although if i am in her shoes , it wud take my biggest strength to endure all the susah-payah before she finally made it to the arms of her man. Definite no no kot for me.
Anyway, the second wedding was just a few hours ago. Rusarina aka Ina from Store got hitched today. Nothing much to write about. Went there with Hawa, Faiz and Pok Jak's clan. The ride took only 0.5 hour since Pok Jak showed the shortcut jalan but the jalan.... masyaallah. All the lubang-lubangs, taik lembus, rosak kereta aku! Anyway here's the pics from the weddings

Pics from Tioman

sini lor

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Tioman Trip

sudah hitam legam diriku. rasa cam nigger lak. haha.
pegi Pekan ngan Azrin untuk tidur kt umah Ana pada hari Khamis. Her quaters house is so damn cantik man. Dah la ader furniture and everything, bilik air pun ader heater! Itu pun Ana masih nak pindah lagi. Try being in Jengka la, sure dier nangis punya. Anyway, Jumaat pagi2 tu kitoang kuar sbb nak kejar feri kul 10.30am. Naik kat Mersing. So pegi Rompin dari Pekan lebih kurang sejam, makan bekpes kat umah Liya n zroom pegi Mersing which took another one hour ngan Liya's driving (oh die sudah habis tempoh P. wooho!). Sampai je kat Mersing, kitoang carik tiket n tunggu la feri sampai. Igtkan dah lambat dah since sampai quite late tapi feri lagi lambat. Naik feri dalam kul 11 n feri depart dalam kul 11 lebih nearing 12. Punya la hangat! :(
Satu perkara yang aku belajar tentang diriku pada 1 ogos itu adalah yang aku ni mabuk laut. Nak tau camne aku tau? Sebab aku muntah dalam feri tu. Actually Azrin yang mula2 muntah dulu but she was quite prepared. Tak macam aku yang all of a sudden terus muntah kat tangan dan habis kotor tudung, baju ngan suar ku. Cis dah mekap lawa2 pastu muntah plak. Takpe2 dugaan. Abang feri tu siap kata lagi, "ai dah nak dekat baru muntah plak?" Aparaa punya abang, dah la lambat bagi plastik, siap kata camtu lak. Kecik ati aku. Dalam kul 2 lebih sampai ke Salang, the last station feri tu berhenti and it was all worth it. All the mabuk laut, the muntah, the sarcasm remark is all forgotten once aku sampai. The view was marvellous, breathtaking and the ocean! Memang out of the ordinary la. Aku pun tak pernah pegi jalan2 pulau ni so this one is very new to me. Terjadik la aku jakun sekejap.
Program kitorang petang Jumaat lepas sampai Tioman tu adalah utk board feri lagi untuk ke Tekek, part of Tioman. It was Liya's main reason to be in Tioman actually. Dier kene wat lawatan penyeliaan untuk farmasi kat klinik kesihatan tekek sana. We were just tagging along. 4 pharmacists untuk wat penyeliaan sana, sungguh hebat! KK Tekek takde la besa sgt. in fact sgt kecik sampai takder kaunter utk dispens ubat, yang ada hanyalah meja dan kusi. Sgt sempoi n sempit. Tapi mebe quite enough utk tampung berapa ramai sgt patient kat sana. N kalu nak refer case pun kat Hospital Mersing yang masih memerlukan feri/bot (that's why ader jawatan Jurumudi sana ala2 pemandu la). It was quite refreshing la seeing other facilities yang sgt2 tak modern n peaceful compared to busy surroundings, long queues and angry faces kat hospital2 besar. Anyway, we made a new fren who hails from KT. Kesian gak die ni lepas grad pharmacy school jek terus tercampak kat tempat ulu ni. Liya cakap first time die jumpa budak ni, budak ni nangis ngadu kat dier. Dah la sensorang, sangap lak tu. Aku yang pegawai ni pun belum tentu leh survive kat tpt2 macam ni yang lack of everything, tak kembang n nak jalan2 pun aduh mak jauhnya. Kitorang balik ke Salang semula around 8 something, had dinner and went to bed early.
Keesokan harinya adalah hari untuk snorkeling! Memula igtkan hotel tu dah sediakan snorkeling gear utk semua customernya rupanya tak. Kene la sewa goggle, fin ngan jacket sendiri, around rm19 seorang. Bot jalan kul 10.00 ke tiga tempat (yang aku tak igt namanya) n i have to say snorkeling is so much fun! Memula memang la tak biasa sgt tapi azrin is such a wonderful instructor that i cud master this (ewah) in no time. Aku tak berani sgt nak wander around jejauh tapi the experience of snorkeling was superb. The view was so tantalizing, fishes, sotongs, corals, semua lah. bila dah seronok sket tetiba orang tu suruh naik bot balik. Alaa potong stim sungguh la pakcik ni..the snorkeling took about 3 hours plus and bila balik jer tgk masing2 dah itam legam, ader yg kene gigit la, tapi memang syok gile la. Lepas lunch, naik atas bilik, mandi2 n solat, terus tido jap. Cadang nak pegi jalan2 tapi memasing dah penat. Kuar balik pegi beli burger (yang berharga rm5!) dan makan kat tepi pantai. Aku, Ana ngan Liya mandi2 lagi while Azrin dok kat tepi pantai. Malam tu kitorang dapat free bbQ inclusive in the package, ader ayam, ikan, sotong, nasik goreng, buah dan air. Order lagi tomyam ngan sayur kailan goreng belacan. Melantak tak igt! Dapat jugak la makan sedap kat Tioman nii. So malam yang terakhir tu kitorang lepak2 kat tepi jetty campak roti kat ikan, shopping for souvenirs kat kedai2 di Salang n balik tido.
The very dreaded next day tu aku n Azrin dah well prepared. 1 tab of Stemetil after breakfast and another one before boarding. Aku telan 1 tab Maxolon after Stemetil just to be on the safe side. Alhamdulillah kitorang selamat tanpa muntahan atau drowsiness. That very awful feeling masa muntah tu sangat traumatic sampai aku fikir byk kali b4 nak naik bot on the way home tu. Mesti macam ni la perasaan orang yang tgh buat chemotherapy. Kesian kan? Anyway lepas sampai kitorang lunch kat Mersing, then singgah Rompin amek ubat utk Jengka before heading back to Pekan. Singgah jap kat Murtabak Mengkasar yang dikatakan feymes itu and Ana yang belanja! Lepas makan anta Ana ke kuarters die, amek ubat n terus head home. Penat giler ah, sampai rumah dalam kul 8 lebih. Mandi2, solat n terus tido. Tak kemas beg pun. Huhu.

Cost incurred

Salang Indah Package including room (2 double bed), breakfast, lunch, dinner and 1 night of bbQ + snorkeling + ferry pergi & balik = RM260
Ferry ke Tekek pergi dan balik = RM 40
Minyak Jengka-Pekan-Rompin-Mersing = RM 100
Tol Jengka-Kuantan = RM 19
Souvenirs = RM 100
Makan2 = RM 50
Sewa snorkeling gear = RM 19

Total cost = ~RM600

but it was all worth it!