['-...Leaving this place, for my dreams...-']

`'`Saturday, December 30, 2006`'`

Kijal - Kluang Trip 2006
1st Day (Monday)
We set off to Kijal, Terengganu at 930 am leaving our 2 beloved dogs behind under he care of our trusted driver, uncle Sam..it’s a long and boring 5 hours ride there, we took our time getting there..
When we got there, dad immediately checked out some fishing spots nearby and at one of the jetty’s there were people selling crabs and so my mom bought a few for dinner.. *yum yum*

then we went to our apartment bringin bk old memories of when I was here with my friends..miss them so much!! Especially Elaine!! Hehe..Gein, I dun miss u cz I see u almost everyday.. Haha..
We settled down and parents had a deserving rest after that long drive while sis n I went and played football with the local kids next door.. They trashed us.. Haha..
We got back after the 5-4 defeated just in time to see mom prepare dinner. Have a look for urself..
*earthquake in taiwan has disrupted youtube services so ul hafta wait for the video.. NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!*
* BEWARN - PARENTAL SUPERVISION IS ADVISED *
Dinner was splendid!! Mom really knows how to cook!! Sis n I sat on the floor using the chopin knife to break open the shells to reach the meat.. haha.. It is so fresh!! Yum yum..
After dinner, we went to the beach for a walk, it’s monsoon season now so the waves AS expected, was 10 feet high just like when I was here last time. So that meant no swimming for us.. Boo hoo.. The wind was strong water droplets was constantly hitting our faces.. We didn’t stay long.. I saw a group of friends there, that really brought back memories!!

- happening elsewhere * flood starts in Segamat *

2nd Day (Tuesday)

*a pic of us at the jetty with gushing winds n massive waves*
Today, our plan is mainly FISHING!! Hehe.. Dad is having a bad fever now.. For months d.. it’s a very contagious fever.. Fever to FISH! Haha.. He passed it to my mom.. She is always accompanying my dad whenever he goes fishing..I be they do more than fishing. Hehe.. They come bk at 1 sometimes 2 in the morning k? I stay up till they get bk to make sure they are alright.. Haha.. Now I know how to feel when I come bk home at 3 or 4 in th morning. Hehe..
We went to a nearby jetty where we bought the crabs from the day before to fish and after awhile, my dad caught an eel!!

Ikan belut I think.. I estimated it was around one feet long.. First time catching one for us. Hehe.. After lunch, we got bored of that place and so we wanted to change place and so we went further up north to Temasik, it’s a realy romantic hotspot for the locals, there are so many ‘parked’ cars.. If u noe wat I mean.. hehe.. I can understand why, ocean view, sea breeze and a magnificent ambience there.. Of course it’s romantic.. Wanna bring my b there when we grow old together.. Haha..

*my parents are so romantic!! hehe.. *

*sis n i camwhoring.. check out the wave at the background.. perfect timing*

Mom caught a small fishy!! Sis n I pleaded to my dad to free it and so he did.. But dad was suppose to through it back into the water but he missed and it landed on the grass so I went to help it.. While helping it, it struggled a little and it poked my thumb with it’s fin and it started bleeding!! I was so pissed!! But I still saved it.. But i doubt it survived.. Later dad caught another one of the same sort.. Small too.. And he let it go..
On the way back we bought some fishes from the market for dinner and I learnt how to cook it from mom.. It was again DELICIOIUS!!

-happening elsewhere * flood worsens in Segamat *

3rd Day (Wednesday)
We woke up early cause sis n I wanna go to the Jacuzzi at the hotel.. We braved the down pour to get to the hotel but was disappointed to find out that the shower provide hotter water than the Jacuzzi.. Haha.. We went to play at the beach too .. But was shoo-ed away buy the lifeguard, I should stress that it’s a guy in his 50s weighing around 180kg.. And not a hot 30 year old chick like we see in baywatch.. Haha.. Wat a turn off.. :P just saying k b?? hehe.. U still my number one!! Haha..
We were suppose to go fishing after lunch but the whole family suddenly got hooked on watching Coach Carter on astro.. Haha.. So we left later in the afternoon.. It was a fruitless day for us.. Haha.. Sobsob.. Well.. My dad always say.. If we lose, we lose nothing but If the fish loses, it loses it’s life.. Haha.. Oh so true..
We ate out today because it was already really late when we packed up..

4th day (Thursday)

*something i saw by the road.. Malaysia Boleh huh.. sigh... *
We are to leave for our hometown in kluang today,. After we collected our laundry from the launrette, we took off. Stopping by places to buy stuff or look at people fish by the road side.. Oh.. It was raining the WHOLE DAY!!! Everywhere is flooded, and we heard from people that it was flooded in segamat.. The worse affected place in Malaysia.. Dad was thinking if we should head back to KL first then only go kluang the day after or go straight back hometown through segamat.. Haha.. For the sane family, the answer would be clear by now, but sis n I wanted to have some ADVENTURE and so dad made a decision to head towards the one place that everyone is dying to get out off.. Haha.. We didn’t know how severe it was until we got there.. Once we got to the town, we were all starving d so we kept looking for a place to eat but all was closed so we were being really ignorant bout the severity of the situation, we all thought that the flood had passed but till we got to the lower part of town did we know how serious it was.. The train tracks was literally swept out of place, cars, lorries, bikes all thrown around, cars stalled everywhere, trucks lying on their sides, some in drains, some in the river, some upside down.. We told the locals that we saw a lot of cars half submerged in water.. And they gave a really good answer, ‘ there are more that you don’t see.. They are IN the water..’ haha.. Mom and I kept laughin at the response.. Haha..

*the pic tat was in newspaper nationwide..whee!!! i got it.. haha.. poor dude*

*cars are meant to be ON the road!!*

*boats are meant to be IN the water.. HELLO!!!*
Have you watched Twister the movie?? I now know wat it feels to be driving through a place that was just torn apart by a natural disaster.. It’s not a pretty site. People walking around feeling hopeless and lost, all their belongings destroyed. Sigh.. If only I can help..

It wasn’t all bad for the residents, there were lots of ppl fishing on the ROAD!! Haha.. They were casting nets and let me tell u, there were lots of fish man. Haha.. We were suppose to pass a certain road but it was flooded about 2 feet high.. Dad was thinking if he shud try out mom’s car.. Haha.. To me, I think we wud hv made it, but dad chickened out.. So we decided to go bk from where we came from.. BUT it was flooded as well.. Haha.. Ok.. I mite be laughing now but that time I was quite worried. Haha.. We asked a few ppl if there are other ways to get out, we tried, BUT again, they were all flooded!! Oh my gosh! We were surrounded by water water and more water!! Sharks.. Then we asked this guy and he told us that the kenyir damn cracked and lots of water is coming down and he said to my dad ‘ aiya, you dunit to go anywhere d la, ul be here for 4 to 5 days!!’ my dad n I gave a look.. And that was a blank n shocked look.. Dad was really worried.. Sis kept buggin him to get to higher ground.. N we tried road after road but no luck..
It was then dinenr time and we found a place to eat, because during a disaster like this, the water supply has been cut and certain places electricity as well.. So the restaurant had no water supply so they improvised and used what they have most.. RAIN WATER!! Haha.. They use that to cook rice and wash plates.. Haha.. I pretended that I was wrong.. :P mom and dad called their relatives to tell them bout the situation and they all laughed at us because they told us not to go there but we din listen.. Haha.. dad also called his brother to ask for help because he used to work around this area.. And after a while, he phoned back and said that we should leave as soon as we finish our dinner and head towards batu anam to find his friend, we can find shelter there.. Or so we thought.. But when we got there, a guy showed up and gave us a map, of how to get out of that place.. EVEN BETTER!! Haha.. He made it quite clear to us tat there was no flood around there and if they do, we can always head bk to find him.. Haha.. We had to make a long detour due to a broken bridge.. Hohoho.. ADVENTURE is what we got.. Haha..
Braving heavy rain and poor visibility we made it out of that place and we passed by a few other states to get to kluang. Haha.. Sis counted that we passed through around 10 states in total!! Haha.. This is what I call cuti-cuti Malaysia.. Haha.. We reached out hometown 12 in the morning, we’ve been in the car for more than 12 hours!! OMG!!

THIS is definitely the highlight of the trip.. And something to tell my kids about.. Haha..

the rest of the trip was with family.. bonding sessions all the time.. hehe.. i finally got to collect my iPod!! yeah!!! there was a flood near my hometown as well and a fish farm had overflowed and 5 tonnes of fishes swam out and villagers everywhere went there to SCOOP them up from the road!! tats how easy it was!! OMG!! then they were selling it rite by the road!!.. there were also ppl tat laid out fish nets in the oil palm plantation!! haha.. really funny to think bout it.. hehe..

*a rare sight indeed.. someone missing a bumper??*

sis looks cute.. hehe.. tats me cousin

*the grandkids*

-Ending Msg...-
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