Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Cuti Di Pantai Timur!

Berhari raya korban di kampung hubby di Kuala Terennganu. Went back on the Hari Raya itself. Before that tak cuti coz got to gilir-gilirlah dengan people here. Kalau kita jek asyik cuti sian plak kat orang lain kan. Lagipun got to help mama to prepare ketupat and other dishes for raya. And dapat gaklah merasa mama punya masakan on the pagi raya itself. Mama cooked nasi tomato and ketupat pulut. Yummy. Sorry tak sempat nak ambik gambar coz so busy eating and preparing to bertolak to Terengganu. Kena makan puas-puas the ketupat pulut sebab dekat pantai timur they buat jugak ketupat pulut but mostlynya they will fry the ketupat. So rasa tak sama dan lain. And since I am half utara and half KL so my taste would be the pure ketupat pulut cicah with rendang ayam and daging.
Bila balik tu tengok they all sibuk bakar lemang. The next day day barulah buat korban. 2 ekor gak yang berjaya ditumbangkan. So this year I korban so had to pegang the lembu untuk niat korban. Entahlah orang suruh buat. Some part tak payah pegang just niat akad saja. Ikut jelah. So first time pegang lembu..hikhik...geli. So dah abis korban tu lapah and potong daging (tak buat pun) hubby cakap takyah...yang menurut perintah....bahagikan then masak gulai, bakar and the tulang buat sup. Sup gearbox tu. Sedap the soup. Actually I'm not into soup much but soup yang dimasak oleh Ayah Cik tu memang sedap. But can't enjoy much coz daughter keep on kacau me eating. Hemmm...So minggu lepas banyak betul makan daging. There goes my diet again. Rasanya sampai tahun baru ni takleh nak dietlah. Banyak betul godaan.
Tengah dok lapah lembu oleh orang-orang kuat Tok Jiring...
Wah hubby buat-buat sibuk (DRC FC) tapi dia memang paling sibuk
So selepas beraya dengan jayanya tibalah masa untuk bercuti pulak. Bukannya apa this is the only time that me and my husband can have a holiday. Banyak kali dah cancel. Lagipun nak ambik cuti lama-lama tugas pulak menghalang. As for me I have to plan way way ahead if I want to take a long holiday. Susah kena cari pengganti. Lepas tu kena vacate hari-hari yang nak cuti. Tulah bila ada cuti-cuti Malaysia ni ambillah kesempatan. 2 in 1. Balik kampung hubby dan pegi bercuti my way....
So decided to drop by kat Cherating. Memang gamble giler. Tak ada booking mana-mana hotel pun. Bukannya apa sebab the weather prediction pun kata air pasanglah...so before anything we have to make sure that the pantai ok yang ombak pun ok. And hari yang nak berlepas tu hubby (being orang laut as he claimed...duhhh...) kata laut ok dan tak ada masalah. So we proceed. Normally it will only take around 2 hours to reach Cherating from hubby's kampung but dear hubby ni bawak keta sikit punya slow. Cruisinglah plak. Sambil makan sata. Itu delicacies from Terengganu. Sedap. Well apa lagi made from ikanglah. Itukan specialty Terengganu. So sambil makan and jalam jem lagi tu yang we reached Cherating around 7pm. It took us 3 and half hour. Mak oiii (macam Reen cakap). Penat. So our stop for that day was Impiana. I have been there like 12 years ago. At that time hotel tu macam bestlah. But now oklah but the room cuma lama je. I ni suka yang baru dan modern tapi oklah. The bed is so sedap tido. So we only had room service that day. Penat tau travel ni. U know hubby cheh konon nak order ais kacang..sampai-sampai jek...mak datok!!!!besar giler...3 orang makan pun tak abis...well 5 orang makan pun belum tentu habis. Let me tell it was really huge!!! Macam gunung berapi!!! Sedap. I had nasi goreng istimewa. Oklah sekadar mengalas perut.
Since I ni ada satu perangai yang suka duduk hotel yang best-best jek with facilities yang baru dan cantik....ye ye a very bad habit....so macam tak syok je duduk hotel lama. Jadi I persuaded my darling hubby to check out from Impiana dan check in kat Legend plak. So off we go again. Hem...hotel lama gak. What to do..duduk jelah. But the room is bigger and the food have more variety. And the pool was huge. Banyak section...ya ya like i'm going to swim pun. The little one rasalah jugak the pool but over betul dia menggigil lebih-lebih. So cuma 30mins je dia mandi. Itupun eksen nak mandi lama. Tak sedar diri lagi tuh. Went to the beach. A very peaceful and relaxing moment for me. Seronok betul bercuti. Some people suka belanja the money for baju, handbags, pinggan mangkuk, barang kemas but for me and hubby benda-benda macam tu kami sedikit berkira but kalau bab bercuti and pampering ourselves ni memang tak berkira lansung. As I said life is short so why don't we enjoy God's creation dan jaga ciptaanNya seperti jaga badan dan alam sekitar. Hati pun tenang. Tapi the holiday was a bit spoilt coz hubby had to do his assignment. Next week nak pegi Sabah but hubby kena kerja gak...so bilalah nak cuti sepenuhnya??? Bersyukurlahkan daripada tak pegi langsung...
Legend Hotel-pool untuk orang besar dan pandai berenang sahaja

Hubby bawak little one mandi di Legend Hotel.


One section of the pool at Legend..

Pool at Impiana.

Impiana Hotel, Cherating


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