All Modes of Transport

Yesterday, we made the journey from Bidor down to KL and then up again the East Coast to Kerteh. We drove down in the morning using Adiknor's car, went for lunch at my auntie's house in Kg Tunku, then back for a while to Bangsar, then took the train from KL Sentral to KLIA, flew to Kuantan and finally drove home on my trusty Honda. I would be lying if I say that it wasn't tiring but I suppose it beats driving any other day. Awi also felt the fatigue and we're not really looking forward to the traveling that we have to do again this weekend. Don't get me wrong, I love to be in KL but the journey can literally kill you. If not the road accident, the fatigue can really put you off balance for a few days. Especially for a mother like Awi, it is not easy to do all those. I hope we can rest for a few weeks after this because there'll be more events coming up in June pulak.

We went down to KL for a few functions. The main one being to attend Awi's best friend, Amy's wedding. They were housemates in Kerteh for four years before Awi got married. We were at the akad nikah on Friday night. It was kind of boring because Awi left me alone waiting outside while she went up to the bride's room with Haziq. There weren't many people who I know, in fact none. :) So the groom came and did all those akad nikah's stuff, took pictures, I'm sure some women must've cried and we proceeded to dinner, which was quite a delicious affair, masakan ala kampung dgn kerabu and sambal belacan.

The next morning, we had breakfast with the new couple on the street, Razi and Adiknor. My parents with Cu and Ucop went for a short holiday in Langkawi. It was a long weekend due to Labour Day, Maulidur-Rasul and Wesak Day happening on 3 consecutive days. The original plan was to have Kak Nik and Razif also but Razif got the fever, so it was just the 5 of us.

After breakfast, we then drove up to Bidor to visit Awi's parents. Usually the journey took max 2 hours but it took me almost 4 hours to get there, plus the stops I made to take a nap. Many cityfolks took the opportunity to balik kampung like we did so in resulted in a major highway jam. Only in Malaysia, I believe this could happen. A traffic jam along a highway!!

On Sunday, I drove up to Kuala Kangsar to visit my good friend and ex-housemate, Basheer. His wife, Sarah just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Fatima something. We both got married in the same year, 2002 and I haven't seen him since then because he then went to Japan to work. He's back in Malaysia now and I hope we can meet up more often after this.

So, all in all, it was quite an eventful weekend. Tomorrow, I will start work as an iPerintis staff. I do feel some sort of excitement and some unsureness but I hope to give the best I can in my new position. I foresee more responsibilities and challenges. However, it is good for my career and the most important thing to remember is that I chose this path so I must make sure that things will go well. It is within my powers to do so, with God's assistance of course.

PS: Do check out my photoblog. Got loads of pics there from the wedding and events over the weekend.