One day the 'Cuti Budget' show was on. The episode was about kenyir - ikan kelah sanctuary, lasir water fall, herba island, gajah sanctuary and so on. With the all powerful influence of the TV, kenyir is now a must go destination. So things were put in motion to make it happen. Bada boom bada bing.... the boss signed out on it. Turun site is a powerful reason. Site mana is a different issue. Officially the site is - Stesen Janakuasa Hidro Sultan Mahmud, Kenyir. Better known by us as KNYR.
The trip started punctually last Wednesday from bangsar at 1pm. See.. TNB people can be punctual, especially 'bila 5pm'. All 5 of us - Amad, Kira, Mahes, Farah and myself traveled in 2 cars. The boss insisted that we drove separate cars takut anything happen, all effected vs half - kurangkan risk is our specialization. No complains - better for us to claim. Our first pit/piss stop was Genting Sempah where the MCd's toilet was busuk (according to the girls). Amad and me beg to differ and did our business less than 2 minutes while the girls nearly took 20. Although time was not an issue, I was worried the estimated 6-7 hours drive would take forever - driver lah katakan, yg lain penat tidur je.
So with aaa loottt of hours to go i'm guessing Farah is telling her lifetime story to Mahes (masa kat Genting Sempah, Mahes cakap baru sampai sekolah rendah) in the other car while we apart from listening to Kira's 'susah to turn on ipod + transmitter' (patutlah dapat free)', decided to play the A-Z game. You have to give a country, vege/fruit, brand, actor for every letter. Lahh.. masa budak2 dulu main. Amad made sure I mention that he won. I still believed he cheated - sitting at the back and wiki-ing it on the 3Gs. Second stop was at Petronas beside Kerteh's new Mesra Mall. Last time we were there (last year) Mesra mall wasnt open yet. Amad said it was happening because he says toys r us doesn't simply open anywhere and bla bla blaa (wasnt really paying attention- he does the same thing to everyone all the time).
Our final pit stop was 'Pantai Nira tak sedap'. It was nearly sundown, we saw all the drinks by the roadside and the beach really near. Taking a break beside the sea seemed like an awesome idea. Air kelapa (air nira tak sedap in my case) + beach + sunset + photos + good company = memories. After taking pics we moved on for about an hour till we reached the 'grandest' hotel in Kuala Terengganu, Grand Continental. By first look, i couldnt believe we decided to stay there - tq fathi the KT local boy. It was really normal not special at all but the price was about rm280 a night.. damn mahal. Its a good thing the internet rates were lower but they didnt provide pics (marketing strategy - a little joke on farah's usage on marketing = groceries). But looking at the facilities or location.. i dont know how they get the cheek to charge that price.
So after check-in we settled down- shower an all.. tapi adalah kawan kita tu tak mandi : "aku tak peluh sangat" Yeah tell it to the smell. We had Farah's friend - Shamil ke Shamin (Amad/Kira panggil Shamin, I called him Shamil) take us to Pantai Batu Buruk to a place call Tenang Seafood 2. Tenang Seafood 1 still to be located. On the way we saw several better looking hotels near the beach (dah start menyesal with Amad saying asal kita tak duduk sini, asal tak duduk sana). Tq again fathi. Pantai Batu Buruk has its history - where islam first step foot in the region and where the batu bersurat came from. Kinda ashamed of this cause Mahes knew more than all of us combined. Tu belum ceriter artist2 kat Malaysia -Fauzana his fav. Farah knew the least with her batu bertangkup story. The food at Tenang was ok ok with the price and all. I realized from then on, the prices are about the same kl and kt.
Dah kenyang we headed back and opened up the Monopoly card game. Although teaching the game to a half asleep-tired bunch (adding with the interruption of the jiwang SMS) was hard, they caught the game slowly but surely especially with the dont listen to others strategy. It was also refreshing to see the newbies winning and sometimes with killer moves. I just didnt want Amad to win cause dia racun semua so that I dont win. First rule, do what you want... second rule, dont do what bozord wants. After a few rounds, we called it a night and hit the sack . Unfortunately I had to share a bed with the smelly. I in returned went lawn mowing with my notorious snore. How the hell could your wife and kids sleep with you snoring like that, they asked the morning after. I replied "with love and training".
To be continued
ps.. no pics of hotel due to the huge dissapointment. Day 2 is the most interesting.
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gambar cantik...anything to do with your new toy?
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