~~~The Journey~~~
18/6/06
In the middle of the night, 3 cars sped along NKVE highway towards north. It was more like a police car chase coz the gold Honda sped like there's no tomorrow and the two Wajas were desperately trying the catch up. One fast car, 2 furious cars…
“Over, over, the Honda can drive slower a bit or not? Waja is only 1.6cc…” Posh and Baby took their turns to warn CK.
Already few hours on the road, some bubbles were sleeping soundly while the others were trying to stay awake to entertain the drivers. Jolly had to talk non-stop and Baby practically had to nudge BH every 5 minutes to keep him from dozing off. Of coz, we did stop for the washrooms and also driver change.
Around 4 am, we lodged ourselves in a 24 hours mamak shop along the highway for our late supper. It was pitch dark outside except for the blinding neon lights from the mamak shop. While the others were glad that they could come out to breathe some fresh air, stretch their legs and pat their stiff buttocks; Groovy didn't bulge a single muscle. What a pig! She actually stayed in the humid car ALONE continued dreaming whereas the others ate away gleefully.
We continued our long, long journey till dawn crept up on us slowly.
In the middle of the night, 3 cars sped along NKVE highway towards north. It was more like a police car chase coz the gold Honda sped like there's no tomorrow and the two Wajas were desperately trying the catch up. One fast car, 2 furious cars…
“Over, over, the Honda can drive slower a bit or not? Waja is only 1.6cc…” Posh and Baby took their turns to warn CK.
Already few hours on the road, some bubbles were sleeping soundly while the others were trying to stay awake to entertain the drivers. Jolly had to talk non-stop and Baby practically had to nudge BH every 5 minutes to keep him from dozing off. Of coz, we did stop for the washrooms and also driver change.
Around 4 am, we lodged ourselves in a 24 hours mamak shop along the highway for our late supper. It was pitch dark outside except for the blinding neon lights from the mamak shop. While the others were glad that they could come out to breathe some fresh air, stretch their legs and pat their stiff buttocks; Groovy didn't bulge a single muscle. What a pig! She actually stayed in the humid car ALONE continued dreaming whereas the others ate away gleefully.
We continued our long, long journey till dawn crept up on us slowly.
We reached the Kuala Terengganu Jetty at 7 am but we had to wait for the boat to arrive. We parked our cars at the guarded parking space. Most ppl came by buses and they looked extremely fresh compared to us. Though our eyes were puffy, hair was messy and muscles were aching, we still felt a sense of triumph.
As CK, Vince and Gutsy took the advantage to nap for a while, the rest of the bubbles went around and shopping. Stalls selling colourful beach shorts, T-shirts, sarongs, hats and souvenirs were already set up to attract tourists. In fact, all the stalls were selling the similar things. It all depends on which stall owner was more “easygoing” to let us bargain all the way…
The boat to Laguna Redang Island Resort arrived at 8.30am. We carried our luggage (not only clothing, but also food and alcohol) and went on board. Some of us were lucky to be seated on the deck.The day was sunny and the sea was calm. As the boat sailed through the surface of the sea, the sea breeze caressed us. AAaaahHH…how wonderful. Nonetheless, it was another golden opportunity for some of us to rest again.
We passed by island after island, mostly remote islands, till we reached the destination. The sight was oh-so-familiar and it greeted us with such warmness that all our fatigue instantaneously disappeared…
TO BE CONTINUED...
2 comments:
aiyo..da writer was sleeping in da car therefore she mizz out da mamak stall funny part..shhshh..miao miao ... cat soup cat soup.. wahhhhh...
tat's y lo. I cannot be reporter
coz too piggy...wan to sleep...
So some parts will b left out...
hahahah...
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