friday..

as i've promised, to those who were/are very curious as to what has happened to me and the other passengers of the road-trip back to JB last friday; here goes the story..my Friday, 6th Jan 2006



kak Bie
(my very-dear-seni0r-fren-since skolah lagi)
got to use her dad's car to balik JB..so i guess, since we made plans to go back togetha2 (even if we naik bus), she invited me along..since there was a lot more seats available
(macam lah naik kapal terbang ek..)
kak una, salwa and Dalilah (kak Bie' cousin) joined the party..
(or it cud be that it was me who joined the party. hehe)
..whichever lah..



anyhow, anyways...so we planned to leave at 6pm coz we had to wait for sal coz her class ends at 6 for the day. but then, it was raining and we presumed (knowingly) that the traffic wun be so good on our way out, so, kak Bie, with full authority as the driver decided to delay our 'flight'..




we left our beloved campus nearing maghrib time. since kak Bie had to make a stop at her place in Tiara to pick her mom's dresses, it was decided that everyone's to pray maghrib there, jama' and all. senang settle dah our obligation bila dah mula journey..
(in terms of prayers for the day lah..)

so, after maghrib, we left..
(sempat watch Blast Off's reruns kejap plak tuh..)



it was raining..altho not 'catS and dogS' kind, it was still raining..kinda renyai2..so we decided,
( tho kak Bie drive, as Muslims who holds on to the principles of the Islamic teachings, we always resort to syura..keh2...)
to take our time..bak kate pepatah melayu, "biar lambat asal selamat.." ye tak? hehe..and anyways, by taking our time, we could enjoy and appreciate God's creations along the highway..there are soo many trees, leaves, stars and raindrops to count kaan.. keh2..
(memandailah aku mengayat)
actually,we chatted like nobody's business all the way! hehe..with the company of the radio yg sgt ntah pape thnx to the poor coverage kat highway tuh..



we stopped at Ayer Keroh Jejantas R&R for dinner..yeah, our dinner was actually 'round supper time..1030-ish.oh well, hidup mesti diteruskan..after that, i dare say about 1130 we left the R&R to continue with our journey tO JB..we were like so excited to reach home..especially me and sal lah..we both x balik2 rumah since the 1st day of this sem..yea, iiu nearly every monday dapat cuti..christmas la, new year la, bday sultan la, but still i cudn't balik..there was always sumthing that kept me occupied..



nways, it was raining all the way. we reached JB around 1.20am..we went to Larkin to send Dalilah. making a u-turn dpn umah Dalilah, THE CAR'S FRONT TIRE GOT STUCK IN A HOLE!!! yeah, it did. it was a big hole, and after so many attempts to reverse and all..nothing happened. the smell of rubber burning was very strong and that freaked us out. i guess i was expecting the tyre to suddenly burst or terbakar. and plus, we were standing in the rain. the car wouldn't even budge a little!! then, dalilah's dad came out. he had a go with the car too. makin kuat lah kaan bau tayar terbakor!! salwa pulak tak reti duduk diam la plak. ade dia beria2 nak tolak the car dari belakang. pastu dia nak angkat the car kat bahagian tayar lah. haduih..sayang oi..penat we tried convincing her that it's not working or even helping huhu..i was actually quite bengang (marah) bcoz the neighbour x come out to help. i understood lah its 1 o'clock in the morning but kalau dah terjenguk2 kat tingkap tuh, keluar aje la..haish. but then, later one pakcik from anor house came out to help. (it was a kawasan rumah tanah sendiri. ade 4 je rumah there.)
after much struggle and battle with the tyre, the soil, the rain and the hole itself, the tyre alhamdulillah successfully dapat dikeluarkan..habis planks patah2 in the effort nak keluarkan tyre. tyre's out, brake pulak stuck. we laughed over everything. we were just too tired out to panic.but then, after several pulling and pressing attempt, the brake was okay again. alhamdulillah..



kak bie drove slowly. we decided that the car shudn't go any faster than 60km/h. we had around 30minutes more of journey before we'll reach our residential area.me,sal, kak bie and kak una live in the same area.x jauh mane. so yeah, we didn't even dare to turn on the air-cond. the burnt-rubber smell was strong. and plus becoz the pakcik yg helped tu kate its better that we dun turn on the air-cond. (we took his words la. tak kan lah kot pakcik tu nak kelentong kitorang kaan.) so sepanjang jalan balik tu, we buka tingkap. it was fun! its been so long since the last time i naik car and buka tingkap! (my dad never allowed me to buka tingkap kereta) and plus, driving around dari the city centre to skudai was fun! cantik sungguh. n the jalan wasn't so kosong as we expected which was good becoz, shud anything happen to the car, iAllah there'll be people to notice us and help. but alhamdulillah, till UTM, the car was fine. cume ye lah, bau terbakar tuh, and the slow ride. when we were nearing kak una's house (dlm kwsn UTM), i began to hear some weird sound from the back of the car. i peered at the tyres from my side of the window but saw nothing. there was some mamats on motorbikes belakang us but they didn't seem to give any signal or call out to us as they shud, if they noticed that sumthing was wrong with the car. so we drove on je la. it was laready about 2am. then, depan umah kak una, we decided to turun and, my dear, things just cudnt get anymore exciting for us that night..tayar belakang pancit. flat habis. the sound we heard was the flop-flopp'ing of the tyre slapping on the ground everytime the wheel turned. without much hesitation, we decided on leaving the car there for the night and that kak una will be driving us back home. and so we all pon 'transit' flight ..dari volvo ke waja haha.. ur ryte i'm tired! sangat2 ohkeyh..but we still managed to laugh over our 'road-trip' that day. alhamdulillah i reached home safely. my dad was waiting for me at the door. (sangat chomel ayahku dgn muka ngantuk dia keh2..)



later i found out that ryte away after kak una hantar kak bie, kak bie, her bro and her dad drove back to kak una's house to ganti the flat tyre and drove it back to their home. kuat semangat! they wudn't wait for tomorrow. (i dunno why lah)



i found the whole road-trip back to JB sgt exciting! it was fun! and i wudnt mind doing it all over again. kalau tyre nak masuk lubang lagi, janji ada org nak tolonglah. but please, minus the bau tayar terbakar.



owh! u know what was in my head spnjg pjalanan balik smelling the 'smell'? i was thinking, "my god, this must be the exact mell that the people in Palestine smell everyday when they burn tyres so the smoke'll hide them from the Israel soldiers".. so that got me quiet for a while. muhasabah sekejap.



i have to give credits to kak bie! she's the lady of the mo! she drove all the way to JB alone. no co-pilots taking over.

(i offered ohkey hehe. cume tak cukup umur kot keh2)

for being brave and all! she was like our leader.( yeah! we were like a team competing in an explorace! that's fun..)

for all the stops. thanx a lot..makasih banyak2..lain kali buat lagi? *wink2*



to all the people who kept me company thruout my whole journey back home, Apid, xiansheng, daad, adik (sampai tertidur yeh u waited for me to tiba *xtra hug 4 u* ), my umi n abah, all u people, mentioned here nad not; for ur texts, calls, doa and ape2 lah; i thank God for ur existence! ..hehe..bagi acceptance speech la plak.



with that, i end my 3 episodes story.daa!