i tried to take simple notes on the journey, here they goes.
20.08.08
1030 @ hentian putra, KL
hentian putra is much less busy than pudu raya, since it only serve pantai timur destination, terengganu and kelantan. my biggest fear is that it will be dark when i arrive @ rantau abang or dungun. i have tried to control all the controllable variables. now, lets just pray that the uncontrolled variables is controlled by the greatest power.
1150 @ bus
wani [my classmate] and fauzan [her bf] are very very much help, although sometimes she's like a pain in the ass when it comes to assignment, but today i love her so much. hahaaaa. fauzan comes from terengganu, and give me guidance through SMS. he said that i'll be arrived in 5-6hrs. and should take local bus heading to KT, stop at rantau abang.
the bus seat is 2-1. i sat on the single seat. thank God, i dont have to worry about sitting next to stanger.
excited, fear, the feeling of uncertainty, the adrenalin, make me wants to smile and cry at the same time.
215 still@bus
i wake up by the tasty delicious smell of someone's lunch. uh,, im hungry. i only brought two bread with me, and i blame my self, why didnt i buy a real food. my feet are cold, and i need to pee. i look outside the window, its all kelapa sawit.
316 @bandar baru chendor
alhamdulillah, i am now full. we stop at this small R&R area in bandar baru chendor. but for me, it is more than enough. i went to toilet, had my zuhur prayer and had my lunch. rice with squid and teh o suam, i try to drink teh o suam on every jouney to avoid sickness. and thank God hat eatng has never been an issue for me. i can eat nearly anything anywhere. haha.
500 @dungun bus stop
it really is a bus stop. just a halte, with some ruko as the background, and across is some ticketing counters. although fauzan said said there will be local bus, but i can not wait for too long, and a pak cik offer me a ride [for some payment of course]. he take me to dahimah's GH. it is located in the middle of dungun-KT main road. he also promise to get a bus ticket to JB for friday nite. the GH is 1km from petronas gas station, and seems to be out of nowhere. food, the man said that puan dahimah herself will take me to food stall nearby petronas station. then i went to the beach, the beach is really a private beach, no body was there. golden sand. quite. turtle? i dont think so.
854 @bed
just had my dinner and isya prayer. getting ready for bed when pak cik called "tiket pergi JB habis, paling cepat rabu minggu depan" and i was like "gila lo gw masih mahasiswa yg punya kewajiban tes dan gw gk punya duit banyak"
858 @bed
he called me again "ada tiket, esok malam pergi KL" and i take it without any second thoughts. so i just just one nite here. tomorrow, thinking to shoot on sunrise, maybe go to KT.
21.08.08
649 @bed
i wake up by series of alarm. i had my subuh prayer and look outside. it is already shining. why sunrise doesnt have an obvious change of color as sunset? so lets just get back to sleep, maybe wake up at 8 or 9 then get going. i am lack of money, i can not afford error.
810 @the beach
i take a brisk walk on the beach, try to take some pictures. then i saw more car parking on the GH. and i thought this is more like a transit place than a destination. KT or marang for today, idk yet. pak ck will pick me at 10pm, what am i gonna do for the next 14hrs?
920
i wait for the local bus to KT, i ve been thinking about stopping a random car and wish for a lift. but i guess its too extreme and not common in MY. they said the bus will come every half an hour, so lets just wait.
930
i am at the bus, 62kms to KT. what am i gonna do in KT, idk yet.
1100 @a kafetaria in KT
walking to where my feet take me. its 1.5hrs journey from rantau abang to KT, i guess i should be back at 3.
i decide to go to pulau duyung, LP said that there is a traditional boat making process. so i guess i'll take some photographs. the cashier from the kafetaria walk me about 500m from the kafetaria to show me the direction. thank you.
1205 @boat
waiting for more passenger. i help a lady with her plastic bag full of groceries. she s really friendly, she even offer me to stop by to her house in pulau duyung. she speak traditional terengganu language i nearly can not understand. i guess i'll just take some picture, go to that lady's house for zuhur prayer, back to mainland, go to taman tamadun islam [vinny recommend this place] and catch a bus around 3. atually there is a place called floating mosque, but my bus passed the mosque, but it doesnt seems like floating due to lack of water and i can see some of its base.
1245
plan change, i went to mak cik's house first take some picture, zuhur prayer get a rest and go back to the mainland. she is 58 years old, her oldest son is 41 years old [so she had her first son when she is 17 years old!!] she has 14 grand children, i met one of them fatim, she is 19. mak cik's youngest daughter is aai [ranina], she is 15 years old [a lil bit confusing that her daughter is younger than her grand daughter]. she really is a nice lady. she gave me an iced syrup and some snacks.
120
back from the what-so-called-traditional boat making process that turn out to be a WORKSHOP. just a workshop.
245 @ small jetty
aai take me to jetty with the motorcycle.
315 @bridge
no boat, we went to the bridge, mak cik said that there are some taxi to KT. but there is no taxi.
410 @hentian bas KT
alhamdulillah, fatim take me there. by motorcycle. aai cant take me because she doesnt have a license. i want to give er some money to buy petrol, but she said "ah, tak tak, tak pe ikhlas" oh my God. i met such a wonderful family. alhamdulillah.
628 @room
i sent sms "mak cik, alhamdulillah, saya dah kat rantau abang. trimakasih banyak atas bantuan mak cik sekeluarga. semoga Allah membalas kebaikan mak cik. amiin"
726 @room
a reply "sekom! nie fatim, aai tak de credit.kteorang skuarge ase syukor la. tau hanin dah slmt sampai, jage diri tau elok2"
alhamdulillah i met this lady. idk what im gonna do that afternoon without her.
845 @room
waiting is really really boring. pak cik will take me at 10, but now idk what to do.
955 @GH
i go to the office to finish the payment, and pak cik already there. thank god.
1135 @ express sani bus
i sit by a [fat] boy maybe around 15. he travels with his mom and younger bro. they sit behind us. he listen to slow melayu rock song, why do i know? because HE IS NOT USING HIS EARPHONE [ahhh,, pencemaran suara..!!!!]
22.08.08
around 4 @highway
that boy accidently wake me when he ask his mom "mak dah sampi mane ni?" and his mom answer wif anger "mane lah mak tau"
505 @hentian putra
it is lot busier than last wednesday. ticket counters are not open yet. i'll wait till 6 and go to pudu
630 @bus
going to pudu. hope i can get earliest bus to JB. i am exhausted.
640 @pudu
transnasional the earliest is 1pm. oh no. i walk through to find an available ticket. there is this s&s counter. now @platform 22. i went there as soon as possible. turn out no bus was there. the bus was outside. thank god the seat was 2-1. alhamdulillah
744 @bus
the bus still not moving anywhere.
801 @bus
alhamdulillah, the bus is moving. bismillah i am going back to jb.
1227 @bus
damn. the bus stop at larkin. it exits on kempas instead of skudai.
115 @taxi
the taxi cost me rm25. damn i said to pak cik taxi "25ringit saya boleh balik ek KL lagi cik" hahaaa. [untung pak cik nya gk marah]
thats all the story.
moral of the story: do not follow this itinerary.
i really thank god that the uncontrollable variable has been controlled by the Almighty perfectly. Alhamdulillah.
balik ke terengganu? asal ke pulau redang, atau pulau perhentian.
balik ke rantau abang lagi? gk deh
emag agak silly,, tapi saya PUAS!!
ini salah satu enaknya solo backpacking, gk perlu takut mengecewakan orang lain, karna tempat tujuan yg kita pilih ternyata not perfect.
yang assignment lah
text book, merangkap bantal
. Dalam soalan ada jawapan."
