Alor Setar & Sg Petani ~ Day 1

3 days and 2 nights just flew by so fast and now I’m back in the office. Sigh! How I wish I was back on the road. The only way I can describe the whole trip is that it was indeed a fabulous trip. It was a great adventure with lots of wonderful memories to cherish, joyful moments and laughter shared with each other. This was 1 of the best trips we had and I really enjoyed myself.

So, I want to share my experiences here with you all. My amazing journey to Padang Besar, Alor Setar, Sungai Petani and Tanjung Dawai. And yes Ladies and gentleman, I visited all these places in just 3 days and 2 nights. Hehehe... and on the first day, I had a very terrible flu and was sneezing all the time. Not to mention, the pounding headache and sleepless nights too. The air condition is too cold and the snoring from Kak Ton and Kak Idah creates a beat the whole night. Hehehe. So I manage to wake up the next morning with a banging headache and droopy eyes. But it was fun... really fun…

Day 1, Saturday 31st May 2008 ~ Road Trip
We set off early morning at 8am and everyone met up at mum's house. Mak cooked nasi lemak with sambal ikan and packed it for breakfast in disposable containers for each of us. The weather was sunny and just nice. So off we go in 3 seperate cars. Kak Idah and the girls, Kak Ton and Shasha, Kak Shidah and her family, mak and me! hehe. Our first stop was at the Gurun R&R for breakfast. Everyone was just so hungry... Especially after we had eyes on those packets of nasi lemak mak prepared. Terliur la especially when you're really hungry wey. Kak Ton pulak brought fried chicken which she marinated in yogurt and kak Idah made roti telur. It was great as we laid the tikar on the grass and sat down to enjoy our meal. I must say, mum's nasi lemak was so heavy it lasted even for lunch. Fuhyoo! memang sedap. Some more got side dish taukua, boiled egg and some slices of cucumber. Since we packed it separately, hehe... I had the privilege of adding some 'extra' fish for me. muahahaha..

Long drive..


It's mine. See no touch! Sedap la nasi lemak mak buat..


Even he also got his own packet..

Beautiful tree… yellow flowers


Burp! Breakfast was great and once we filled our stomach we were back on the road and headed to Alor Setar. We reached Alor Setar at around 10.30am. There were still time before we can check in so we headed to 'Pekan Rabu' for some shopping.

Here’s the only picture I took of pekan Rabu. It's a picture of my poor bro-in-law carrying my sleepy nephew while my mum and sis were busy checking out the tudung inside the shopping arcade. I ran out after a while cos it was damn stuffy inside. I was already sneezing and the hot weather kinda gave me a headache.

While the ladies were busy shopping, Kak Ton, Shasha and I went to a coffee shop nearby for some cool drinks. Sorry aa.. lepas minum baru mau snap picture.


We checked into Shamila Hotel at around 12pm. The hotel was not bad but the room was quite dusty. So, you can imagine the condition I was in. Achoo! Achoo! We had a quick fresh up and head to Padang Besar. We reached Padang besar at around 2.30pm. Fuhyoo! The place was packed with people. Now, here is where I got carried away. Tudung and broaches were quite cheap there. We hardly have space to even walk our way through. I spotted this particular particular shop and stopped. My sis was right behind me at that time. I was checking out this gorgeous bling bling tudung and this makcik siam wanted to sell it for quite a reasonable price. Thinking that Kak Idah was still standing behind me, aku pun pot pet pot pet la asking for her opinion konon, “cantik tak kak? Kalu pakai dengan baju raya yang jahit tue cun tak?, you rasa colour dia sesuai tak dengan baju tue? kalu kurang sket syok la...kan kak.. kan??... Kak... kak…” I wondered la why she didn’t respond and when I turned… she was no where to be found. Aku cakap sorang rupanya. Instead, there was this makcik standing there looking at me blankly. She must be wondering who on earth am I talking to and why am I asking her if the tudung matches my baju raya. Malu betol la masa tue. I gave her a sheepish eeehhkkk… smile and walked out of that shop. I really got panicked and I was walking up and down the arcade trying to find them. Honestly, at that point I really didn’t thought that I was carrying a phone and that I could have simply called them and find out where they were. Instead, I was searching for them like a makcik who missed her bas rombongan. And I almost cried you know… Scared to my bones la wey! And I keep imagining this video Simran posted in her blog of a transsexual women dancing so exotically on a stage in the middle of a road. What made it worse was when I imagined myself on that stage pulak! Seriously damn creepy! I was sweating like a pig, I keep sneezing and the flu was really getting on to me, I felt so sticky cos of the place was stuffy and I’m LOST… separated from my family. Sob Sob! After almost 20 minutes, Kak Idah called which then only reminded me of my phone. I got only one thing to say… bodohnye! They were waiting for me outside in a coffee shop. I was quite furious la but at the same time, malu la jugak so I act cool only. Didn’t want them to know I was scared u see. But I think they knew cos just after they spotted me, they were giggling.
Well, the shopping there went well. We bought a few stuffs after that. I bought some beautiful brooches and kacang gajus bakar (sempat jugak!) hilang lagi sekali pun tak pe kot!.. hehe… It’s not funny ok! We didn’t spend much time there cos it was quite hot and the kids started to get cranky. So, we pushed out from Padang Besar at around 4pm and reached the hotel at about 5pm. We rest out sore feet for a while and fresh up. I checked with this ‘akak’ at the reception counter on where can I find good seafood . ‘Akak’ nie... well, he was quite beautiful and I almost believed he was a SHE, right until I heard his voice. Ok then, akak Emma recommended this seafood restaurant called ‘Rakok’ and it’s located on the way to Kuala Kedah. The way she explained about this place sounded so yummy and we were quite anxious to go there for dinner. The place was quite nice. Not bad for a kampong style restaurant la. And the food was not bad too but it was quite expensive.
We cleared everything cos we were damn hungry. Nothing much to see in Alor Setar town. It’s not as happening or even half as happening as Penang that’s for sure. We lepak at the menara Alor Setar for a while and head back to the hotel for some snooze.
I was so tired and jumped straight to bed. But unfortunately, I couldn’t sleep cos my nose was blocked. Cis! Panadols are like candy nowadays. No effects!

Day 2, Sunday 1st June 2008 ~ Cinta Sayang Resort ~ Esok cerita ok!