Road Trip

Good news people. I am staying for another semester in college (and hopefully, still staying for the next semester and the next and the next oh you got the picture). Syukur alhamdulillah, our prayers were answered by Him. I don't even care how my result will look like later. As far as i am concerned, for now, i am safe. :)

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I finished my finals a week ago, and last weekend me and my homies went for an epic roadtrip to the north! I feel like writing about the trip in every little details but heck who would wanna read a bloody diary, so i guess i'm gonna skip some unimportant stuff. But this post is still gonna be a long one, i warn you.

The trip started with me screwing things up. We were supposed to move at 8.30am but being the Snorlax i am, i was still sleeping at that time. Everyone was all geared up and ready to go, waiting for me in the car, while i was still in my pajamas sleeping like a true Sleeping Beauty. So instead of waiting for me getting ready, they decided to go to college and submit our line tracer report before picking me up again (which was so not in the schedule). I was given angry glares by them as soon as i entered the car. Can't really blame them though, i think i deserved it. I felt bad actually, since Faitz, Ciktiqz and Syamim arrived late from Terengganu and Penang respectively the night before. And Damia, Zuley and Adilin were up the whole night waiting to pick them up from the bus station (and getting their hair dyed!). Basically none of them got enough sleep the night before. Me, on the other hand....

Oh well. They love me too much, they can't stay mad at me for too long. Haha. Then we made our way to Bukit Tinggi, snapped some pictures, strolled around and then straight away went to Penang. Actually we were not supposed to stop by Penang on that day but since that certain someone *coughSyamimcough* mengada wants to take his stuff at home, we had to make a stop. Why in the world did he came to KL without bringing his clothes was still a mystery. After Penang, we went to Kedah and spent the night there. Watched Transformers late that night but only Ciktiqz and i stayed awake throughout the entire movie while the rest just snores.

It was later that evening that i realized i haven't submitted Syahira's report. Everything was so messed up that morning that we forgot to submit it. So Syahira, if you're reading this, i hope you forgive me because i am truly sorry and didn't mean to disappoint you. To her teammates, Sufi and Hamzah, i apologize too.

Muh homies

The view in Bukit Tinggi

The next day we went to Padang Besar in Perlis to do some cheap shopping. Well, i didn't shop. But the others did. After that, we head up to Penang again, this time, the island. Rode the ferry and pity Zuley, he never knew ferries could carry cars. Noob. We had our lunch at the famous Nasi Kandar Line Clear and did some jeruk shopping nearby. Later that night, we were supposed to go to the Bon Odori festival but we failed to reach there in time because the traffic jam was beyond horrible! The sight of the fireworks (a sign that the festival is ending tsk tsk) from our car really broke my heart since i wanted to go so bad. But oh well, the trip must go on. Later, we went to Hard Rock Hotel and Batu Feringghi beach before heading back to the mainland to get a good night rest.

On the ferry

Nasi Kandar Line Clear

Padang Besar

The next morning, we went up the Bukit Bendera and had a yet another camwhoring session. Some tourists there thought we were from Thailand cause we were wearing the same "Hatyai" tshirt that we bought together at Padang Besar. Someone even mistaken Damia as Siamese! Okay okay you can stop rolling on the floor now. The Toy Museum was our next stop. Honestly, i think the museum was filled with pure awesomeness. It reminds me of my almost ending childhood and being in there makes me feel like a child again. All of the toys from my cartoon days (okay fine i am still having my cartoon days at the age 19) are displayed there. Rugrats, Pokemon, Doraemon, Chuckie, Furbee, Tarzan, Woody, Sailormoon, you name it. So it was not really surprising that when we entered, we instantly went..

"OMG! That's Po! It's hugeeee."

"Awwhh i remembered these."

"WTF THIS PLACE IS SO COOL. I WANT TO LIVE HERE."

..and running around like a bunch of retarded kids. I swear we wear noisier than the kids there. Okay maybe that was just me. Whatever.

Getting henna done

Us in matching tshirts and henna designs

"OMG! That's Po! It's hugeeee."

But, all good things must come to an end. Before heading back to Shah Alam, we made a stop at Sunway Penang and watched a movie, just because we don't want to go back early. We watched Flat 3A, a Malaysian ghost story. That movie was seriously the best Malaysian movie i have ever watched ok who am i kidding natang haram movie ni bosan nak mampus okay. Didn't know why we picked it in the first place.

And so that was the end of our epic journey. On our way back home, we played cards in the car. It was hilarious, we got to do funny dares and got smacked whenever we did something wrong. We had such great time that we didn't even realize how fast time is passing by.


But that's just not it. You know how in the movies, that a group of friends went for a roadtrip and suddenly everything went wrong and their car was wrecked and they were being chased by a group of hungry cannibals and had nowhere to go? Yeah it happened to us, well, minus the "being chased by cannibals" part. Despite all the good moments, we had some bad moments too. Screw that, not just some. A lot, to be exact.

Where do i start?

1. Our hotel bookings were all messed up. The hotel we were supposed to be staying at in Kedah was a total disaster, while the one in Penang suddenly got cancelled. So we basically hit town without any any idea where to stay.

2. We constantly got lost. Thank God for smartphones. And guys who can actually read maps. And smartphones with sufficient batteries.

3. The aircond in our car broke down. Can't get it fixed since the damage was too bad and it'll cost us huge cash. Had the window open the entire journey. We were looking vogue from the outside, not so vogue on the inside.

4. Had several accidents. We weren't injured, thank God, but the car did get some scratches.

5. Didn't get to go to Bon Odori. I was very looking forward to this event. We were all looking forward to it. The sushis, the dancing, the Japanese surroundings. We missed it all. What made it worse was that we were stuck in the hideous traffic jam for hours.

6. Didn't get to karaoke cause the rooms were full. We were pretty heartbroken.

So our trip was quite a disaster but definitely a memorable one. Hey, it's these disasters that'll make us remember this trip forever. Sure, we had complications. But we sure do had fun too. After all, it's not the what we do or what we spent our money on that counts. It's the times that we spent together as friends. In the car, together solving problems, laughing and having fun.

So Damia, Ciktiqz, Faitz, Syamim, Zuley and Adilin. We should totally do this again! Soon!