Roadtrip Gone Wrong

Basically I had tis picture painted in my mind.. we'll wake up early in d morning.. get breakie on d way.. stop in bandar muadzam shah for a break.. head straight to kuantan for lunch.. head on somemore to paka or dungun for tea.. reach kuala terengganu in d evening.. pack dinner.. head straight to Binjai Rendah.. meet grandma..

D picture seems normal.. do-able rite?? well wrong!! i seriously dunno y.. it happens vy frequently nowadays.. every single trip tat we make.. sure d car somethin will happen.. haih.. don believe?? well a few examples i can recall:

1. trip to penang
Dreadful, painful, sticky trip.. we started d journey like normal la.. tapi the next thing u kno.. d car buat hal.. aircond not working!! somemore tat day d weather was like freaking hot!! my gawd!! bear with it for almost half a trip la.. with window open n hot air blowing in.. but worst of all was the worried face of my dad thinkin d car will break down anytime soon.. that happened last year.. about this time oso la!! in penang.. just be4 i left for sabah.. jie will remember it clearly.. free sauna..

2. trip back from klia
dad just got his car back from workshop.. apparently some lady din watch the petronas ad of pandang kanan-pandang kiri-pandang kanan sebelum jln (i kno i still hv difficulty differentiating right n left, but i lepas pandang kanan will pandang kiri again wat), drive straight out.. the rest is history.. so that day la dad's car suddenly when drive, loud noise la.. d whole trip back was just 1 heck of a worrying trip.. n imagine jln d road kat sepang.. surrounding u all oil palm plantation.. kalau betul2 breakdown (that time din kno was mud flap prob), habisla.. so worry la..

well just to make things short, basically everytime we travel, that's d time d car choose to protest.. haih.. this trip oso sama la.. we started d trip quite smoothly i wud say.. act in d morning when papa started d car can hear some sound d.. but we jz ignored it as jz another sound.. it wud go off.. when we made d stop at muadzam shah, the sound got louder.. we ignored it yet again cos d sound wud go off once we started driving.. but i knew every1 started to worry d.. then when we stop for petrol in kuantan, d car like totally gave up on us.. i cant even begin to describe d sound it made.. so cari la si mechanic.. luckily we found an eon service centre.. they oso dunno wat exactly is the prob.. 1 say aircond.. another say pulley loose d.. then another say another thing.. summary, u all stay in kuantan 1 nite while we figure it out.. latest by tmr noon u'd get d car.. let's hope they stick wit their words..

Then the worry really begin.. cham la.. where to go?? then dad n mom remembered their fren in kuantan.. then pandai both nv save the no in their fon.. call directory.. got a no.. called.. kena marah.. takde org macam ni di sini.. kenapa panggil sini.. wtf!! we malaysians r courteous ppl okie.. haiyo.. try directory another time... another no.. keeping fingers crossed.. jz as dad was abt to hang up calling d no, a man answered!! thank god he din change no!! so there he came.. brought us to his house.. then check in to hotel.. had tea.. then later freshen up be4 dinner.. visit another of dad's old fren.. then here i m.. in d hotel..

wow i din kno i felt all those emotions.. the more i described d more angry i got.. lol.. control control.. okie la.. we think positively.. i got to meet my dad's close fren back then.. the couple which my mom n dad match made (imagine my mom n dad as match makers.. lol).. got to listen to the funny stories of my parents back in d days.. it was fun la i admit.. met their kids.. 1 who was a former student in ums (graduated last year when i jz entered).. as well as his daughter who is the same age as me who has the sweetest smile ever.. then another of my dad's kid who is now plannin to do his phd (permanent head damage) in ntu.. got to drive around kuantan (although my bearing is still quite bad here).. all in it is still a good experience la.. but i don wanna get stuck here another nite!! i jz don like depending on ppl tat's all.. cos keluar hv to call him.. wanna get car hv to call him.. like vy problematic for him like tat although the uncle is a vy nice man.. haih..

so now all i hope is the mechanic keeps his promise n d car is done by tmr.. please please!! then we can continue on the trip back to terengganu.. till the next post.. (i tot the next post i was supposed to be back from terengganu.. looks like not..)

p/s: blessing in disguise kot.. they kno i hadn't update my blo frequent.. give me free wifi to update more often..