Can't stop walking: Part IV

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamualaikum.

Let's continue with the journey, shall we? :)

On to the fifth day Wednesday, I decided to go visit my old matriculation in PJ. Center for Foundation Studies, IIUM PJ. Went there alone, my sis didn't come along. I did ask Syafiq to join me when I've arrived there.

Of course, I went there using public transport. First from LRT Taman Jaya, I exited at LRT University. There, I waited for a bus that frequents my CFS. Used to do that lots of times before, so there should be no reason for me to be scared. Well, I admit, I was a bit scared. Must be because I'm alone.

Once I arrived, I was actually nervous as I had to walk pass the guards. But somehow when I did that, guards just ignored me. Heh, maybe because I was dressed quite modestly that day. So I walked in, and quickly started snatching photos. It'll be useful when I'm telling stories about my experiences as a VP2.

Other than going around reminiscing about the old days, the ZC cafe, the classes where we used to have meetings...I went to the LTD to check for ustaz Nadzri, our FRC advisor, but apparently he was taking that day off. That's most probably because the day after that was a holiday, the new year. Well, should've expected that. I messaged Syafiq, telling him about that. Well, Syafiq couldn't come too as his bike broke down in a middle of a highway. Hopefully everything'll be okay for him.

Go back to ZC Cafe to have my lunch...saw ex-IIUMK classmate eating alone there. Not wasting anytime, I greeted her and joined her. Won't feel awkward now that I had company. She was there as an exam invigilator. We talked for a bit, then I headed home. Waited for the bus outside the campus, stopped that green PJ bus that was supposed to be free, but the driver waved his hand to me saying no. I don't know, maybe I waited at the wrong bus stand. Welp. I took a different bus and traced back my way to my uncle's apartment.

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Thursday was the day we decided that we should go home. At first after breakfast my uncle said he would send me to the LRT station as I already knew the way to Pekeliling bus station. But somehow we were running late from planned time, he sent me straight to Pekeliling. He didn't have to fo that far for me, I said, bu he said it was okay. My aunt was unwell, she had a fever. Turned out it was dengue!(･_･;

Arriving at Pekeliling, we quickly surveyed the counters for any who sells tickets to Kuantan. Only PlusLiner had them, and the alternative route they'll take to avoid the flood would take 7 hours long! God, that's plus 3 more hours than what we usually have. Luckily the price was unchanged. Well, like it or not, I took the offer and bought the tickets as mom wanted us to be home as soon as we can. I'm not quite sure what she was worried about, but she didn't like us being away for a long time.

Bought the tickets, boarding time was 2pm if I'm not mistaken. Or was it 1.30pm? Can't remember. But we did have some free time after buying the tickets, so we said our farewells to our uncle and cousin, then we headed to Berjaya Time Square to fill our time. From Pekeliling, we just took the monorail straight to Imbi, no need to exchange line or anything.

We walked around Time Square, at that time there were not a lot of people, and some of the shops were just opening. I guess we came a bit early. We walked around the Cosmo World, little Taiwan (I think that's the name), that place where you get to enter a room and solve mysteries in it (for quite a price of course), and I noticed there was an archery range here too. Wasn't there when I last came, about...4 years ago? Lol.

Tried the piano stairs too, and that sort of pressure tiles...? When you step on it, the coloured liquid inside moves. Got tired of walking, stopped by a KFC and ordered their newly introduced desserts. I ordered the tiramisu. So-so I might say. Typical for a fast food franchise. Besides, KFC is not cake expert. Heh. Spend quite some time here, as at Pekeliling it's not as comfy.

When the time came, we left and headed back to Pekeliling, boarded our bus...the bus stopped at weird resting area! I has to speed pray at a petrol station, believing that it won't be stopping at all, and when it did, it was somewhere by the roadside with the toilets at the edge of some plantations. God, it must be scarier at night. I wanted to eat here as there was a food stall, but I couldn't find anything I want. There's not even snacks sold there.

Inside the bus for a 7 hours long trip, I couldn't help but feel bored. I slept, listened to music, looked outside the windown...hmm. Can't remember exact time we arrived in Kuanfan. But it was already night. Got home...haa, finally, time to rest!

Can't stop walking: Part 3

Bismillah.

So on the third day we spent the morning playing with our young cousins. After cooking and having lunch together, our uncle suggested to bring us to Sunway Pyramid. Hurray! I've never been to Sunway before, so this chance was sure not to be missed. There, I got to finally see the ice skating rim in the middle of the mall, but we're not there for that. We headed to the archery shooting range first at the third floor. The price is RM25 per entry, and you get to shoot 10 or 15 arrows, I can't remember. The bows provided for adults and children are different, children got a much simpler bow while adults' bows are much more...let's just say tougher.

To the left was my cousin

 I made a mistake of wearing two layers of clothes when they put on my archery gears, causing me to feel fatigued after some time. The blood on my arm was unable to flow freely, the bow felt heavier after shooting a few arrows. Should remember that next time. Most of the arrows of course...miss the target board completely. Lol.

After playing there, we proceeded to the bowling alley! 🎳Haha oh no I don't have good good first experience in this sport. This would be my second time playing, where in my first time, I totally lost with most of the turns were zeros. Now, let see what happened this time...

At first, of course, I was scoring zeros. But not for long. My uncle told me how to throw the ball correctly. For beginners like me, I should just sort of push the ball and let it roll freely instead of throwing it from taller height. Lol I've been trying to copy what I saw from the experts, the pose was good, but the accuracy was in the drain 😅. So I listened to my uncle and lowered my pose, threw the ball with more grace and gentleness and just gave it a small push. Sure enough, the ball finally managed to hit those pins! Score! 😆 Haha. Though I can't get a strike, that,ll be good enough for a beginner, right? Finally, I get it!

At the end of the game, my uncle won at the top with score too far for me to overtake at the second place. And my cousin, 14 years younger than me, came at third place with a close one 😥. My sister got last place, this was her first time playing bowling. Haha whatever. I had fun that day.

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On the the next day! Uhh what day was it...? Oh yes, fourth day of me and my sister staying in KL. I kinda get anxious waiting for when the highway's going to be opened because my mom's already asked when were we going to get back to Kuantan 😥. So on the fourth day me and my sister took the bus and then the LRT to get to KL Sentral for one purpose: to find a place with free wifi. Lol you might wonder why go that far to get internet. First, I don't have a mobile phone equipped with internet data plan. Second, my uncle's house has no internet (and I'm too embarrassed to borrow his phone to browse the internet). Third, I don't my uncle's place that much, nor do I have the courage to go around looking for free wifi.

 So there I was, at Nü Sentral. We walked around first, in order to get familiar with the place and see what shops are there. There are a total of 10 floors, the tenth being a cinema yet to be opened. The roof's supposed to be a garden, but we couldn't get there, the signs said there were some renovations going on. Most of the shops are high class, so I'll only be window shopping. There is also MPH Bookstore there, quite nice but still new and a bit small compared to MPH in Midvalley Megamall. Now, the food floor...haha, is where all the food, fast food, beverages  and desserts are situated. Hmm I can't remember which floor it was.

Once we're on that floor, we quickly browse for a food place with free wifi. We went around looking for that free wifi symbol on the shop's glass display. There's this shop that sells macaroons, which I really wanted to try, but that place got no wifi 😣. So at the end...we went to DubuDubu, a Korean food restaurant.

Here's what we ordered. Can't remember the name.

One meal, shared with two persons. I can't afford the price 😥. This one came at RM22 if I remembered correctly. Moreover, the taste is...weird...not the usual food you get to eat every day. The rice and the tofu soup were okay (though somehow it tasted like instant noodles' soup), the anchovies were...not as expected. Not the same anchovies we eat in nasi lemak. And of course, the kimchi (the smaller bowl in the middle). That was the first time I tasted kimchi and...I'm not sure if I wanted to eat it again. The kimchi (made from cabbage) was mixed with ginger...which is far from my favourite. But anyway, me and my sister both managed to empty our bowls. We are not ones of the food wasters, especially meals as expensive as this!

See! Cleaned! Now if only we could get free refill...lol

In contrast, this was what ordered by the table beside us (and the table beside them). Both tables were two-persons.

Seeing they left the shop with THAT much food on the tables...I could only stare in disbelief. Here I was, sharing one meal with two people but there you were, ordering three meals but couldn't even finish one?! 😱😱😱 Now if only I didn't have self-restrained...I would've just take it to our tables and fill our stomachs happily. I was VERY tempted to do just that. Really. Oh my God. People, please don't waste food. Please. The pain I felt was magnified as the food was expensive and we were sharing it.

Ugh. Okay, this is a reminder for me too.

After eating, we turned on our wifi and browsed the internet while sipping our iced tea away. I began searching for more news on the flood on the highway. Turned out the flood just got worse 😭. We couldn't go back as soon as we wanted. Oh God. Well, what to do. This was already planned by Him, right? On to more walking, then! Haha!👣👣👣👣

Can't stop walking: 2nd day

Bismillah.

A continuation for a previos post with the same name.

So on the second day, kitorang gerak keluar dari UPM pukul 10.30am. Ambik Sarah kat masjid, guba GPS, sampai ke surau Kuarters Polis Seksyen 20 lebih kurang pukul 11 lebih. Dengar ceramah kat situ tentang hak anak ke atas ibu bapa. Antaranya ialah hak diajar menulis membaca, hak diajar ibadah, hak diajar amal maaruf nahi munkar...banyak, ada 20. Tapi time kitorang sampai tu dah yang ke 9 ke 10 dah.

 Ceramah habis pukul 12, perut dah bunyi-bunyi dah. Haha. Lepas tu selawat sikit, tahnik, pastu dah boleh makan!!! Sedap woo makanan dia. Macam nasik arab! Daging kambing yang empuk, ayam merah, acar timun fresh..umpphhh rasa macam nak bungkus bawak balik Kuantan je! Haha.

Siap makan, bagi hadiah kat Falaha, tangkap gambar sikit...pastu mintak izin nak balik. Sebab aku nak kejar bas awal, baru boleh sampai Kuantan siang. Kalau ambik bas lambat, sampai Kuantan malam, susah sikit mak aku nak ambik. Kebetulan time tu Sopek and Naimah pun dah nak balik sekali, diorang tolong hantar ke stesen KTM Shah Alam. Sampai kat situ dalam pukul 1 lebih jugak la. From KTM Shah Alam, we went straight to KL Sentral. The journey took more than half an hour, so we arrived at KL Sentral at 2 something.

Pergi rushing solat semua, we rode monorail from KL Sentral to Titiwangsa at 3pm. At Pekeliling bus station, we searched for buses to Kuantan at 3.30 but...guess what? None of the counters offered tickets to East Coast! Maksudnya kitorang tak boleh balik la! It was all because of LPT being closed down due to flood. Allah. Nak ke mana pulak aku dengan adik aku ni. Huhu.

Last last kitorang pun ikut la nasihat mak aku yang dok suruh aku tido rumah bapak sedara akur daripada tido bilik Wan kat UPM. Aku pun call bapak sedara aku yang duduk kat PJ, mintak nak tumpang. Haha hadoi lawak pulak twist of fate ni. Mak sedara aku suruh naik LRT sampai Universiti.

But no no no. Aku yang tengah frust tak dapat balik time tu, cakap ngan mak sedara aku, kitorang nak gi jalan jap dulu. Aku pun ape lagi, bawak adik aku gi jalan KLCC! Sebab kebetulan time tu ada Comic Fest, Nik semalam jumpa kat KTM Serdang sebab dia pergi Comic Fest tu la! Haha jeles kot aku. From Pekeliling bus station, I took the monorail to Bukit Nanas station. There, I exchanged to Kelana Jaya LRT line, you'd have to walk out of the station for a bit until you arrive at Dang Wangi LRT station. From there, we rode on the LRT to KLCC station.

Haha, sampai sampai je...pergh ramai nye orang! Of course la, ada event kat KLCC. Kitorang dah mula nampak dah cosplayer-cosplayer kat situ. Aku ape lagi, tarik adik aku bawak pegi Convention Centre tu cepat-cepat. Sampai je situ...

Assassin's Creed

Lonely Kurosaki Ichigo (lol)

SWAT and female Jiraiya (is it?)

Seems familiar...hmmm

Joker. He looked like a natural entertainer, quickly got into pose when I wanted to take pictures.

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) gundam version

 

Ada yang aku kenal, aku kenal la. Miku, Gintama, Naruto, Jiraiya...yang aku tak kenal pun banyak. Tapi aku punya la excited, sebab ni first time aku pegi anime event macam ni. Ni baru kat luar hall, belum masuk dalam lagi. Aku tanya la orang yang jual tiket tu, berapa harganya. RM21. Haha adoi tak jadi la aku nak masuk. Lagipun tu dah petang, event dia pun dah nak habis. Nanti-nanti je la aku pergi lagi.

So pukul 5 tu aku pun bergerak pulang ke rumah pak sedara aku di PJ. From that KLCC LRT station, I took the LRT to Universiti station. No need to exchange line or go to KL Sentral pun. Sampai situ, tunggu pak sedara aku datang ambik. Bila dia sampai, rupa-rupanya aku salah stesen. Patutnya stesen Taman Jaya yang lagi dekat. Oh well.

Sampai rumah pak sedara aku, makan, tido. Fuhhh penat beb. Tambah dengan frust tak dapat balik lagi. Tengok berita, air makin naik di Temerloh. Nampak gayanya duduk lama la aku kat sini...

Can't stop walking: 1st day

Bismillah.

I am a lazy person. Yes, I am. I got no motivation to do things. I might do it, but with little interest or passion.

But one thing I can't stop doing.

Walking.

I love walking. But only if I know where I'm going of course. I feel like if I started walking, I couldn't stop.

A few days before, I went on a walking trip. Well, at first it wasn't supposed to be a five days 'walking' trip, but it turned out to be that way because of the flood.

And when I returned home, I felt like I wanna go out and just walk again.

My feet just need to move. I usually don't feel this way. Well, maybe it's because I've been spending half a year crouching in front of my laptop. But still, here where I'm living, there's not much interesting places to visit, and the public transportation is not as efficient as KL. Hmm. Now I'm missing KL already.

So now, I'm going to tell you about that five, or actually six, days of walking to various places in KL.

On the first day, hari pertama, actually sebab aku datang KL is to melawat anak Falaha, Rayyan. The aqiqah was on Sunday, but Syafiq ajak aku datang Sabtu sebab dia ada exam Ahad tu, so dia takleh datang aqiqah. So aku datang la awal sehari. From Kuantan, initially I wanted to buy bus ticket straight to Shah Alam, but I came to the terminal at 10 while ticket to Shah Alam is at 8.30am so... I guess we'll go to KL first.

So we (me and my sister) managed to buy Plusliner tickets to KL at 10, even though the clock almost struck 10. Haha last minute punya orang. Well, from Kuantan there are a lot of buses going to KL at various times, so there's no need to worry much. So kitorang pun naik bas, bertolak semua...tak sangka pulak banjir atas highway tu tengah jalan! Yes, the highway was flooded around Temerloh exit. Well, it is supposedly common for LPT highway to be flooded near the end of the year, rainy season in Malaysia, but aku yang tak biasa jalan ke KL akhir tahun ni mane la tau. Haha. 

Last last that bus got stuck in traffic for two hours I tell you! The journey which supposedly only took 3 to 4 hours (so we should arrive in KL at 2pm at most), ended us arriving at Pekeliling bus station at almost 4 o'clock! God, penatnye tambah bosan dok menunggu dalam bas tak bergerak. Fuh. Nasib baik adik aku ada, boleh aku main usik-usik. Haha aku rasa orang yang duduk seat belakang and sebelah aku tu mesti dengar je kitorang gelak-gelak.

So from Pekeliling, we took the monorail from that Titiwangsa station straight to  KL Sentral. It took almost half an hour. Arriving at KL Sentral, we quickly went to the fourth floor to pray at the musolla there. Surau tingkat 4 kat KL Sentral memang best sikit, lengang. Toilet kat situ pun lengang. So, siap solat kat situ, turun bawah ke tingkat 1 semula...carik KTM pulak untuk ke Shah Alam. At first I thought  I wanna ride bus Rapid U80 to Shah Alam, but Falaha said you need to have Touch n Go to ride the buses. Oh well. We shall ride KTM then.

We went to KTM, bought tickets to Shah Alam station...time tu dah pukul 5. Huhu. Janji ngan Syafiq nak sampai lebih kurang pukul 4.30. Nak buat macam mana, banjir punya pasal. The trip on the train from KL Sentral to Shah Alam took 45 minutes! If I took the Rapid bus...I don't know at what time would I arrive at Shah Alam. Probably longer, because of the traffic.

So, we arrived at Shah Alam KTM station in Section 19 at almost six. Pastu dok menunggu kat situ Syafiq and Majdi datang jemput...huhu penat punya pasal, aku rasa macam dah nak balik semula ke Kuantan dah. Lapar, nak tido, semua ada. Nasib baik Syafiq and Majdi sampai pukul 6 lebih, lepas tu straight pegi rumah Falaha. Haaa kat rumah Falaha apa lagi, makan la! Hehe.

Lepak kat rumah Falaha, tengok baby, lepas tu dalam pukul 7.30pm pergi masjid. Solat semua, nak dekat pukul 8.30 kitorang gerak semula. Aku ajak diorang makan, Syafiq kata nak belanja. Haha yesss! Tapi tak tau pulak nak makan kat mana. Last last pegi KL Sentral je, makan Subway kat situ.

Pergh...sedap! Haha ye la sedap, tak payah bayar! Pastu siap makan nak dekat pukul 10, went straight to KTM counter, bought tickets to Serdang. The train will arrive at 10 something, then babai kat Syafiq and Majdi, turun la kat bawah tempat menunggu. Pergi Serdang sebab ingat nak tido bilik Wan kat UPM. Nanti Nik Je ambik kat stesen Serdang. Tengok-tengok Nik Je ada sedang molek tunggu KTM nak balik Serdang jugak! Haha. Alhamdulillah. Allah jaga aku sepanjang di KL Sentral.

Bukan apa, sebab baca di FB IIUM On9, banyak rupanya kes perempuan kena ikut dengan strangers. Huhu. Lepas baca kes kes tu, cuak jugak aku. Tapi aku ada gak bawak weapon dalam handbag. Ni dia:

Haha nampak tak hujung pisau dia tu? Tajam la jugak. Aku beli masa jalan-jalan Melaka dulu. Beli kat GM Klang, harga RM13. Dia ada hujung silencer jugak, tapi aku pasang hujung pisau. Boleh buat alat mempertahankan diri.

So kitorang naik KTM, to Serdang it took less than half an hour I think. Sampai sana, naik kereta Nik, balik UPM, Timah sambut. Masuk bilik Wan, borak-borak macam zaman CFS dulu...haha. Wan cerita kisah hati dia. Wan, aku doakan ko moga ada jodoh inshaAllah hehe. Pastu tido...sebab esok, aku akan ikut diorang pergi Aqiqah anak Falaha pulak! Okay? To be continued...

Refreshed, by Gombak

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
UIA Gombak. 4-6 March 2011. Naik bas UIA. Sempena Ummatic Week.

Dalam bas (foreigner yang ramai), aku, Falaha, Wan, Co’ot, Arina, Ida ngn Aisyah je budak Malaysia…haha. Sampai-sampai je dia hantar terus ke hostel Mariam (yang paling hujung =_=’)


Macamni lah hostelnye. Tak ramai penghuni pun. Satu compartment katil double decker. Kotor, sebab bilik takde orang duduk. Tapi redha je la.

Sampai-sampai je…serbu cafe!!! Lapa dow…jumpe Pa’in kat Cafe HS…dan ter’serempak’ dengan beberapa orang yang Wan kenal (akibat mulut masin Wan)

Siap makan…jalan la!!! Alang-alang dah ada camera baru…snap sana snap sini…oh la la . Suasana malam yang cantik…library dan juga masjid.

Singgah jugak kejap kat Forum Comparative Religion kat Main Audi (bak suggestion Hilmi yang terserempak di Cafe) tapi tak sempat nak masuk pun, terjumpa junior kat luar Main Audi. Borak punya borak, talknye dah habis dulu. Ahahai melepas…

Banyak giler poster and program yang diorganise kat Gombak ni. Macam-macam! Tinggal pilih je nak pergi ke tak…oh yeah
Second day, 5 March, lepas sarapan terus ajak Pa’in pergi library. Wan, Arina, Co’od, Aisyah ngan Ida go outing, tinggal aku sorang-sorang kat UIA Gombak. Naseb baek Pa’in ada. I luv U lah Pa’in!

Excited gile-gile aku jalan kat library dia. Pergh wualamak memang mantop meletup best tahap cipan tak ingat! Nak banding dengan library Kuantan…memang macam kek chocolate moist dengan biskut mayat! 4 tingkat! Penuh dengan buku! Mau aku boleh habiskan dari pagi sampai malam kat situ la gamaknye!


Yeah…buku by Al-Khawarizmi jangan dilupa…Kitab Al-Jabr Wal- Muqobalah…

Pa’in juge sedang khusyok menelek buku kegemarannye…

Hah yang ni level 1, level khas untuk budak Law je. Penuh buku, kulit sama kaler je suma. Siap Pa’in jumpe buku yang dah rosak dimakan anai-anai dah pun. Mantop…mantop budak-budak Law ni studi…hehe. Budak Math pun nak demand la satu level kat library Kuantan ni. We’re waiting for that new library…

Leisure reading area yang siap boleh baring-baring lagi dalamnye...best..best…

Ahah! Tetibe jumpa buku yang tajuknye best. Hehe. Takdelah. Yang aku geramnye, banyak giler buku rujukan Math kat sini! Hantarkan je la ke Kuantan! Adoi.

Penat meronda library, solat jap pastu meronda lagi kat tempat yang tak sempat nak ronda malam semalam. Gambar bangunan yang dalam arch tu seingat aku Kuliyyah IRK rasenye. Pastu tangga sebelah ni ialah tangga Batu Caves UIA. Hehe. Wan kata 121 anak tangga. (takde keje aku nak panjattingginye…)

Gi jalan kat kompleks sukan. Kolam renang olimpik size, kedalaman dari 1.5 hingga 2.0 meter. Nak masuk kena pakai baju renang spesifik ea, takleh main-main. And ade gelanggang skuash!

Pa’in, at the directory (yang besar) dan kat court banyak-banyak dekat ngan kompleks sukan.

Nyum, nyum…tenaga perlu dipulihkan…Kuay teow kungfu kat cafe Hafsah, RM4.20. UIA Kuantan menang dari segi kemurahan harga makanan…yeah. Then malam Sabtu tu aku gi tengok Brothers’ Cultural Night kat CAC Hall. Pergh first time aku jalan sorang-sorang lepas Maghrib dari mahallah Mariam ke masjid UIA. Dahla first time aku datang UIA Gombak ni. Huaa…satu pencapaian yang bagus)

Logo yang dibuat (yeke logo?) and gambar orang Turkey kat booth dia. Best la jugak malam ni. Rase macam tak duduk kat Malaysia je. Keliling aku semua penuh muka foreigner. Tengok diorang buat tarian diorang sume…Ahha…bahagia…haha.
The third day at Gombak, 6 March, Sunday, last day. Pergi umah Pa’in jap kat Sepang. Pastu bid farewell to Gombak.

Huhu. Rasa macam nak stay lagi dua tiga hari je, nak teman Pa’in masuk kelas belajar Engin. Tak cukup 3 hari je untuk rasa kesibukan di Gombak ni. Hehe. Takpe Pa’in, ada jodoh, aku datang lagi! Yeah…

Gombak, I WILL come back. InsyaAllah. Tunggu!!!
Adios…