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Sail the river...

The weather was getting hotter in the afternoon. I am glad that my office has an air-cond. While Kev was panting all the way in his room, haha...poor Kev. I could also see the rest were resting themselves along the balcony so to get some cool air.

crystal clear

Last week, we went to a nearby river for a bath. It wasn't that near actually. In fact, it's 45 mins from the place we are and the roads are without lamp posts. We arrived in the afternoon, just right for a cool bath under the hot scorching sun. It was Da's idea as they knew I'd always wanted to have a cool bath. Sue went along and she was supposed to go to the big city for shopping but later decided to come along and she cooked the whole morning just for our meal during this picnic. How nice.

so much food!

Serene

The river was nice and seemed clean to me. But there were alot of rocks! I hurt my feet most. Da got her both knees bruised. And the current was so fast that I was swept away few times while attempting to go further up. It was really nice cooling myself and enjoying the nature. People here are mostly local, some aborigines. But they won't care about you even if you were naked, hmmm...that one is still controversial.

People hanging out


Shampoo and cleaning


You could see naked children running around, and people were washing their hair with shampoo in the stream! How natural, hehe... Then from a distance, I could see the moon shying away in the sky. Hello, but it's only 4pm!


Shy moonlighting

Then, 5, then 6, we were still waiting for sue's friend. So, we decided to build the fire, and when the night came, we went for another night swim. It was just like in the movie. The moonlight was bright enough to show us the stream. It was fun. We ate, we drank and we laughed the whole night. Just missing the musics. Maybe next time we'll recruit a musician, hehe.

Me, Sue n Da (Mee Sudah..hehe)


We are looking forward for another trip after I come back from my course in the city. Da is going to arrange it coz it's Sue's Bday. In fact, it's next week but I can't make it coz I will still be away. So, they decided to postpone till the following 2weeks after I come home.

Building fire

Tonight, I have so much to pack. Leaving tomorrow for sometime. Clothes to iron and things to get ready. Gotta stop by at the head office for some documentation stuff and then proceed to the big city tomorrow. Whereas tonight, gotta attend another dinner invitation. Multitasking now.

Until then, some pics to show:

People claim this can coz laughing non-stop...izzit?

Clear rocky river

This mother carrying her baby while smoking, so macho eh? puke

Slowly the night crept in

So, that's the moon lighting our way swimming in the dark

Far reachable Home...

Where is the home?

where everyone calls a home.

Is this the home?

where I've so long forgotten and left.

Is this the home?

where tears mean nothing but frustration.

Is this the home?

where love is thinning, like the air on the mountain.

Is this the home?

where guilt finds its path at every corner, every edge.

Is this the home?

where lies masquerade the truth, and truth buries with fantasy.

Is this the home?

which is far from reachable, beyond the furthest star.

PS: I won't be back for the coming holiday....

Work again

The working hours was stretched till the edge today. I was simply exhausted because I worked non-stop since morning and there were so extremely many unnecessary cases seen. I am gonna make some noise in the coming staff meeting to save me from madness, haha.

Then, suddenly someone dropped me a pack of chicken rice >< . Time was against me, so I gulped all at once but I was glad I filled up my stomach before the afternoon session started again. Somehow, my feeling told me that I am going to face a big dilemma sooner or later.

When I arrived home, it was already evening. Exhausted and tired. I just wanna rest on my couch undisturbed. Then, msg came in asking me if I wanna go for another home visit this evening. Er..I guess I need to pass on that coz I was looking forward to relax at home after work. Maybe next time. Oh yes, I had this tray of cookies given by a staff, very nice this morning.

As nice as it could be, life's still sucks....

Life sucks when.....

Life sucks,
when you hoped for the best,
and you tumbled at the 11th hour.

Life sucks,
when you planned a life,
and your life ruined your plan.

Life sucks,
when you worked so hard to live,
and others merely need to care much bout living.

Life sucks,
when you run miles away from problems,
and problems are still a stone away.

Life sucks,
when you yearn to be loved,
and love is so far from reachable.

Life sucks,
when you are still breathing,
and you wished you were dead.

Let's go Raya..

Day 4, or is it day 5 Raya. Lost count. One week of excessive eating and late nights, finally succumbed to flu. Diagnosis: Sinusitis secondary to upper respiratory tract infection secondary to inadequate of rest. Took a tab of actifed and was later pulled to another function and later got so drowsy. Serious, this med is so strong, at least for me it is. I remembered taking it few months ago and I went blackout, hehe.




I was hesitating initially but my flu was so bad. I just needed some rest that evening. I felt part of my body was like paralysed and then collapsed on my couch. Then, another call came later. I felt so much better and then got ready for a night drink. It was raining and so chill.

Yesterday afternoon, we drove to another city for a home visit at a police officer residence. Nice guy, humble and family man. I don't know but I'd always thought that high ranked police officers look very stern. Then I realized, we are afterall human under the skin.

It's already towards the weekend now, people are still so busy visiting. But I am very sure, things are going to slow down soon as tomorrow everyone will recommence working. I can't wait to start working and get back to my routine life, haha. I am just so exhausted. Doctor says I should rest more, hehe... But I am always so grateful of all these generous invites.

Opss...another sms just arrived.

Variety of kuihs:

Raya Day 1

Just woke up with a stomachache in the morning. Last night came home so late that I immediately dozed off right away. After having my cuppa choco drink, feel so much better and fresh now.

Nice lil' kampung house

Another one just below the hill

Yesterday was quite a heavy day. Home visit started quite late, so there was so much rushing to do. I have already lost counts on how many houses we went to. Let's see..1,2,3,4...forgot already. The houses here are so nice. The atmosphere was so much like those days during the black and white tv time. The kampung is so untouched and you see oil lamps are lit around the house. Also not forgetting the view of paddy fields. The smell of the woods can be so surreal and natural.

Traditional food

Satay and many more

Then we were served the foods! There was a galore of food as if the supply would never deplete. I like the fact that most foods are originally made and also each family has their own specialty. Mini's house is specialized for her satay, Ribo's house is good at Jawa mee, Siti's mum served us the Semenanjung style of Asam laksa, Hasna cooked us Chicken Rice ala Pahang style, Sher's kampung prepared rendang with lemang, and the list goes on.

Look, the table is always long to accommodate the food

We lost our way while figuring our how to get back to the mainroad from the bushes

Later we also stopped by at Big Sis house for another round of supper. Here the specialty is pork, opps. They don't celebrate Raya, but ChrisLAM wor..haha. She's a Christian but we can always have food for gatherings anytime. Nice, nice. Sis house serves the most and strongest alcohol. They kept serving whisky of 45 or 47% of alcohol. Some drunk but I was still steady. Even had time to take a pic with this cute lil' puppy. Ehem...(what was I trying to do?) In the end, I could feel the food touching the neck already, wa..so exaggerating!!

Cute, aint?


Then, the big kids just refused to sleep. The night was still young it seemed. So, the tour continued up to the hill where we met with the others for another round of drink and dancing and singing. Sher's went up the stage with the mic, and we had to go dancing again and again. But people here really could sing well. Me, ehem, got so much training to do still, hehe.

Ok, that yeos only for decorative purposes, haha, courtesy of the petrol kiosk owner.

Ok, that's the TIGER table

It's the second day of raya here and I have already got invitation for tomorrow. It's not only the food that I've enjoyed but the warmth and generosity that people show us that I feel so much missing from the life in big cities. It's like rediscovering basic human values that has long been buried under the tarred road in the city years ago. Looking forward to more food tonight!