Let me just recap some of the major events that happened throughout this month. After Final Exam was over, I could feel the tension rapidly cease away from my shoulder. It's time to celebrate with TDP dinner!! The dinner was splendid especially the "udang galah" that were juicy and mouth watering. I couldn't help for more!!
Then, it's time for raya haji. Well, my family went to "kampung" at my dad side so I stayed home and celebrated with my friends in the morning, alone in the evening and with my family at night. It didn't sound too lonely at least. I'll be facing the same situation in the next few years perhaps so I'd better be prepared.
Of course, with the upcoming Harry Potter 7 Part 1 on the loose, who would want to miss it. The movie was awesome! I liked the part where there's multiple Harry.
Nevertheless, all those sweet happiness vanished once I heard that my grandma was in critical condition. My family and I went to a hospital for a visit. Grandma looked really sick. The doctor examined her condition and said that her brain is shrinking. Mum explained that she had a stroke before back in 1995. I'm horrified at grandma's condition and felt guilty about leaving her. Her hands felt cold and that's the first time I'd ever held a dying hand yet I had to leave.
That night we met our long lost relative that lived at Padang, Indonesia. Surprisingly, grandma had lost contact with them for almost 70 years. Grandma migrated to Malaysia when she was young. Our relative worked as a maid in one of the most respectable leader in the old days. She invited us for dinner and showed us grandma's family pictures. There she was around 25 years old I think. Hopefully, we can get in contact with the others too.
The very next day was our flight to Kerabi, Thailand. Thankfully, the hotel that we're staying was a muslim hotel so we wouldn't had to worry much about halal food. However I was being extremely caution with food. I did not dare to take chicken meat for fear of it might not be halal. Thus, for four days I've been eating shrimp and tom yam seafood. Back in Malaysia, I got so sick of chicken now I'm so sick of seafood. I'm still glad that I can enjoy both food unlike others.
Anyway, mostly we went out at night for shopping at Aonang. Then, we snorkeled in the clear view of the sea. Although I almost drown since the goggle that I wore was loose, I managed to get used to it. The fish were very playful and cute. Nature is just amazing! I can't describe it in words!!
After that, we went for an elephant ride. My siblings and I got to ride a huge elephant while mum and dad got a 27 year old elephant which is smaller than the one we're riding. It felt like riding a galloping horse especially when it ran. We had to hold on tight or we could be thrown out of our seat. Well, our elephant's guide was quite strict with it since it always ate whatever food came to its view. That elephant could eat up to 200- 300 kg of food per day. That's a lot of food!! The most special event was that I got to ride a baby elephant. I hold on to its chain tightly when it stood up. It was scary but I got the adrenaline rush at the same time!!
We also went to waterfall at National Park. There are 3 levels of waterfall so my dad, brother and I decided to explore the highest waterfall. The pathway was easy in the beginning but it became treacherous the higher we go. I felt that we did rock climbing with no safety harness and that was really awesome!! I almost wanted to glue myself on the rock when I went through steep paths. Believe it or not, my knee was shaking when I went back going down all those paths. However, the sweat and exhaustion paid off once we reached our destination. The waterfall was great, the water is clean, cool and rejuvenating!
On our way home, we saw a really tall guy almost 3 metres in height. WOW! He looked like giants except that he isn't fat. Well, there are lots of people in this world and I'm seeing only little of it. The whole journey was thrilling. Thank you!
