i woke up as early as 5am. so did my family. they planned to leave klantan right after subuh prayer while i needed to catch the 650am bus to kubang kerian. bus to ipoh was scheduled at 930am. why would they rush when usually we had breakfast at 8am before leaving, and why would i catch that morning bus when the trip is only around 45min from pasir puteh? this is why.
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remember hafiz's engagement day on friday? yea, so the whole family including paklong, pakngah and paksu left klantan on saturday around 1pm after makan2 and eat2 and chitchat.
4 cars all together. after saying goodbye and all, ibu called paksu at 5pm just to know where they were at that time.
ibu: Ampa kat mana dah ni?
paksu: Hah, lagi 5 kilo lagi..
ibu: 5 kilo nak sampai mana?
paksu: Lagi 5 kilo nak masuk Tanah Merah.
ibu terdiam. baru tanah merah? sokmo2 stengah jam je dari pasir puteh, i thought.
jam la tu. kesian pulak kat diorg. babies kembar tu mana bleh dok diam.
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so i took the 650am bus (which arrived at 705am that morn) to kubang kerian. arrived ard 8am and waited for the ipoh bus. tunggu punya tunggu, pukul 10 pun belum sampai. ish, jam jugak ke ni? too early for jam, i thought. uncle sham who is my uncle and also a person who works with Transnasional, came to me and said that my bus was in workshop. hence the delay. kito gi KB terus la, tunggu bas kat sano, dio oyak. maka naiklah saya bersama dia on another bus and arrived kb ard 10am.
tunggu punya tunggu, uncle sham still belum give any sign that my bus da sampai. mengantuk sgt2 da ni, lapar pun ada. so i went ard the place searching for food or anything to be eaten on the bus later on. takpe hajar, pukul 12 kot bas sampai. tunggu punya tunggu, pukul 1 baru nampak bas. pukul 130 bertolak. seb baik bas double decker.
alhamdulillah, the journey was surprisingly smooth. there was a 15min bumper-to-bumper crawl which i dont remember where it was, and that was it. it rained a bit, so the bus slowed down for about half an hr. we had a stop just before arriving gerik for 1hr for evening prayers and small snacks. all in all, ipoh bus station was in front of me at 8pm sharp. i called helmi, a cousin who lives in ipoh, to send me to seri iskandar. dont call cabs if u arrive late, ibu had texted me earlier. got home at 915pm. effa and ezhan were already there having dinner.
penat taktipu. more on emotionally penat. waving goodbye when my family left klantan was a bit touching (me being sensitive n all). i took my time, a longgg time, to enjoy my dinner and logged in fb to see if sofia was online or not.
ok dah bye. hahahaha.
oh, cemana paksu and the geng punya story? they arrived penang at 1am that day. imagine 12 hrs in the car! kan slalu 5 jam je perjalanan. ksian lagi2 kalau drive manual car. mane nak handle clutch nye, brek nye, kang ter-press minyak...~ tsk, teruk betul la.
