Journey to the East Cost....

Initially, when my ex-colleague salmi from ranbaxy ask me to follow her on her outstation working trip to the east coast that includes kuantan, ganu and kelate..to be frank i'm not that excited to join her..but an afterthought of why not? comes after i consider there's nothing much to do in key ell for the time being..so i took her offer a night before we depart with her white SE myvi to kuantan on Monday...

Day 1

so..our journey begins at 7.45am, she picks me up at home..and we took karak highway straight to kuantan..our first destination, on our way to kuantan we stop at temerloh R&R to have breakfast at about 10am..mmm, nothing to bark about the breakfast though..then we reach temerloh, after dropping salmi to the hospital..i and her sister take a short tour in kuantan..lucky to have a gps in my new baby E71..hehe..it helps us a lot..searching for the hospital..then to the nearest mall that we could find..to just kill some time there..nothing much that we could actually see in kuantan..boring la jugak..hahaha..(jangan marah ye orang kuantan)..afterwhich we head straight to salmi's house in paka, ganu..ganu kite la...actually its my very 1st time experience to sleep in a kampung house..however, i'm not accepting any other offer to sleep in a kampung house..ok la tu..tak hipokrit kan?..ehehe..

Day 2

Salmi's sis decided not to follow us to kota bharu today, so only two of us head to kuala terengganu, lepak in batu buruk for nearly 3 hours or so..oh my, the wind slowly set my eyes for a short nap in the car..hehe, tengah jalan2 pun boleh take a nap lagi. At 5pm we drive up to kota bharu or key bee...this time using the gps again..oh b4 i forget to introduce you to my new gps assistant "he's call jack "..sambung, when we arrive in bachok, kelate..my jack pulak pening kapla, dia cakap "not on a road", bertuah punya jack...nasib baikla ade balai polis kat situ, abang polis tu pulak baik hati la sangat siap tunjuk jalan ngan motor dia lagi.."tima kasih abang polis"..lupa lak nak tanya nama..so we arrive la kat Grand Riverview Hotel, key bee..dekat kul 8.30pm gak la..lenguh dan laparnyer tak terkata..jalan kampung weii..bersimpang siur. Oh, one thing that i've noticed since the first day in ganu as well as kelate, they really took their own sweet time when driving on the road (hehe..no offfense ye ganu and kelate people, observation jer..) malam tu salmi call mokcik and pokcik dia..hahaha..so kitorang dinner sedap la malam tu, siakap besor beb, aku ngan salmi je yang settlekan...capable rupanya kitorang abiskan ikang sekor tu..cam tak caya jer..ahaksss..


Day 3

First, i drop salmi in hospital key bee, looks a lot like hkl (hospital besau key ell) though...with the narrow roads, cars park on both side of the road, patients makk oiii..ramai gilaa..

Second...then i head to key bee mall..for a hair wash, gatal dah kulit kepala ni..at first i ask.."how much is wash and blow?"..dia cakap "RM25"..mmm and i was thinking "waa, rate wash and blow kat sini macam key ell la pulok, tapi since i'm desperate for a hair wash..and not much choice of hair saloon around, i give it a go la.."...dah abis basuh, amoi tu tanya.."u nak blow macam mana"..aku cakap" blow curl kat bawah, atas biasa"..dah abis aku pun nak bayar..pastu guess what the chinese guy said to me?.."miss just now, he said the RM25 is for blow straight, if blow curl have to add RM15"..tak agak2 mamat tu, aku tau la aku ni orang key ell bukan key bee, tapi macam la aku tak biasa gi saloon kat key ell for a hair wash..melampau mamat ni nak ketuk aku..then aku cakap kat dia " you should've told me dat earlier, in key ell also if i ask for a blow curl..they won't charge more than additional of RM5"..pastu ade pulak dia reply.."dat one is in key ell"..ape mamat ni ingat aku bebal ke? sejak bila plak benda kat key bee boleh jadi lagi mahal daripada key ell..ape kes?..pastu aku reply "it shouldn't be much more expensive than key ell" then dia give up..and said "Nevermind la..u just pay RM25"..hahaha..dia ingat aku ni anak jutawan ke nak ketuk macam tu skali..i take out RM25, hand it out to him and walk away..satisfied

Thirdly..after dat we head to HUSM..kubang kerian, dlm kereta..aku teringat kat khong wei, my ex-gsk teammate covering key bee..then aku cakap kat salmi.."Nak call ke tak ha khong wei ni, lagipun dah lama gila tak jumpa..and basically tak call langsung pun after i left gsk, dah almost a year jugak"..mi cakap call je la..but i had a feeling of taknak la kacau orang tengah working hours ni kan, lagipun ntah dia ingat lagi kat aku ntah tidak..so i din call khong wei..sampei kat husm..i went to the cafe, just to wait for salmi for an hour..nearly reaching the cafe..i saw someone sitting on a high chair..and he looks very..very..very familiar...treng treng cepat teka siapa? "its si umur panjang, god wants me to meet him though i din ring him at all..khong wei"..we had a long2 chat, and he brings me to this kedai "nasi abang mie" famous in key bee he said..mmm sedap..



2nd pic from top: from left, david & khong wei
3rd pic from top: "rice and chicken" wrapped in
brown paper, so "plateless"
4th pic from top: "delicious till the last grain of rice"

Day 4

My last day in teregganu..we chow from salmi's place at about 1pm..down to kemaman, stop for hai peng's ice coffee and roti bakar bun..sedappnyee..panas2 camni kat ganu, sungguh sesuai sekali..then down to "delima's keropok lekor to tapau some fresh "kepok" from ganu"..aah..i find something interesting here as well besides "kepok" lekor..its called "jeli kelapa"..its exactly like in a cup of "air kelapa" that you usually buy from pasar malam..but its in a jeli form..very cooling and nice..tak jumpa lagi kat key ell..after dat we head down to kl thru pantai timur highway and karak highway...heavy rain though in karak..tapi alhamdullillah..we arrive back home in ampang safely..my back is still quite stiff, and some body aching here and there..an interesting and pack journey..

Till then...muahhhhhsss..