A Visit to Teluk Intan

Yesterday me, hubby, daughter and parents went to Teluk Intan. Saja wanna lookaround berofe I go there next week. The purpose is to look for a house and tengok Teluk Intanlah. We departed from KL around 9 am and reached Teluk Intan at about 1130 am. The journey was ok. Highway all the way until masuk Bidor then jalan kampunglah. Bandar Teluk Intan ni in my opinion is a bit crowded dan tak tersusun. But I was told that it was because of CNY. Yang part jemlah...but not as bad as KL. Bandar dia tak kecil and taklah besar sangat but scattered all over the place. Overall oklah. cannot complaint much as I am about to live there kan. So our mission there was to find a house. So we managed to look at the quarters and one house that was available for rent. But my preference would be the quarterslah coz the surroundings and the neighbourhood were much much better as compared to other places. I have approximately 1 week to move and to get everything settle. Hectic betul this week gonna be. Ha btw the picture above is Menara Condong ala-ala Menara Pisa tuh. What shocked us when we first arrived there was the menara itself. Bukannya apa I always imagine the menara tu taller and bigger. Bila tengok alamak ceputit aje. Small and bak kata my friends tarikan gravitinya kuat aka pendek! Hem nak buat macam mana itulah kebanggaan orang Teluk Intan and the place that I will be staying for God knows how long....is not that I don't like it there but u know the saying 'hujan emans di negeri orang......'i just hope and hope that i'll adjust to the place well and sound. So far I've met 2 of my staffs over there who were very very helpful. It was a good start though. I think the rest must be friendly kot. Nanti bila pi sana I've got to make friends with the ADO ADO(Assisstant District Officer) sebab nanti takde kawan. Well with a small town like that you ought to make friends with anybody or everybody sensible you can find. Kalau tak mati kutu. Bukannya apa I just discovered the ADOs four of them three are women. So kot boleh jadi geng ke taklah sunyikan. Entahlah...i'm used to bigger places with many people. Kali ni gi to a smaller place with less people. less people less headache kot...hope so....

Anyway that was my first visit to Teluk Intan. We all balik around 7pm sampai umah. Penat but sleepless night yesterday. Entahlah banyak benda kena fikir. Nak deal dengan rumah, bla bla...banyak. Risau pun ada. Got to be apart with my darling hubby pun.....hemmmm...but kena je semangat kuat. I am invoking the phrase for the new book I read i.e Remind Me Again Why I need A Man..."when the universe sends u something awful, the converse is only around the corner. And this wonderful thing that's waiting for you will be the perfect counter balance to what you're going through right now. The universe is very fair like that".....So I just hope that segala kesusahan dan kepayahan that I am going through at the moment kat penghujungnya akan ada kegembiraan dan kebaikan. Its like there will be light at the end of the tunnel. I hope so...I hope so.....

WHY?????

A Lot of people have been asking me why are they sending me to Teluk Intan..orang lain naik pangkat gak but why me? Why u? Well if I have the answer I won't be asking that myself either. Entahlah dulu masa mula-mula transfer order keluar I kept on asking myself 'kenapa aku'....'kenapa aku'...tapi bila dah lama-lama ni dah tak kisah dah. Takdir kan. Mula-mula terpikir adakah aku ni dihantar ke sana out of revenge ke vendetta ke or anything u can call it. But terlupa pulak kita nak pikir yang I am going there because of promotion. Forget about other ill-intention if any. If ada pun I dapat promotion kan.....lagipun kalau kat Borneo pun I can survive, inikan pula setakat Teluk Intan. Duhhh..kalaulah it was done with bad intention I hope they can do better than this coz it will never ever lemahkan my semangat. In fact dari hari ke hari I feel more energetic as if the positive energy are circulating me. Yap...but takpa I don't think it was done out of anything. Allah s.w.t dah tentukan perjalanan hidup saya. I always pray for the best. And this is the best and the correct path that I should follow...without questions and regrets...Amin..

Farewell Luncheon

Today me and my buddies from work decided to have a sort of farewell lunch. We will not be working together anymore. Everyone will go on separate ways. Different journey...well the farthest would be me. So we chose to have our lunch at Chilies One Utama. Lepas ni susahlah I nak gi makan situ lagi since dah duduk Teluk Intan kan. It was nice. Sedih pun ada jugak because bilalah pulak nak have the same time macam ni lagi. Yang lebih menyedihkan my quest with Syida nak cari the best mud pie in town terpaksalah dihentikan or postpone. But still it will become our quest when we meet later later. I love my job here mainly because my friends. Seronok sangat. Kadang-kadang kita bagaikan terlupa tentang kesusahan kerja dan ketakbestan bos-bos bila we have good friends. I won't know in the place I would be this happy or not. One thing for sure takdelah merayau-rayau kat KL and shopping complexes lagi. Teluk Intan keeee...So takmau cerita lagi nanti nangis kang...I just let the pictures do the talking..

My frens

Mine - chicken fajittas

Syarin - chicken and prawn

Syida - chicken crispers

Az - chicken tahapaapatah

Last but not least....

Dessert - Mighty Pie!

Sebelum

Selepas

Oh by the way I am starting to cool down and starting to accept the fact that I have to go. I am starting to not hope anymore. Life must go on. Just accept the fact, tune my mind and just go. Maybe who knows...just maybe I might fall in love with the place and live happily ever after? Who knows...or maybe this is just a beginning to my huge success kan. Well bersusah susah dulu bersenang-senang kemudian. But one thing for sure...I hate to say goobyes....

Hope...

Is it ok to have some hope? As I said before I am ready to take this challenge...but deep down my heart I am not willing. Ever since I first heard the news about going to Teluk Intan, i never stop hoping...hoping that the table will turn..maybe out of the blue I'll receive a phone call saying that I don't have to go. But the day for me to leave is coming nearer and nearer. I have only a few days before I leave. Berat sangat hati ni. I've received a lot of calls from friends and seniors congratulate me and asking me to be patient and all. But it is just wordsssss....do they really know what i am going through? Entahlah. Malas kadang-kadang nak angun dari tidur. Bila bukak mata je dah balik semula ke alam realiti. Bila tidur I imagine that it is all just a nightmare and the moment I open my eyes I discover that everything is true and the nightmare exist in reality. But who am I to complaint right? God knows what is best for me. I should be happy kan...entahlah....to all my friends and silent readers please pray for me. Thank you....

To go or not to go?

Entahlah...sedih betul rasa hati hari ni. Part of me want to be happy. The other rasa macam nak nangis je. Ya...I got a promotion. Yahoo.....but then I have to go to Teluk Intan, Perak because of the promotion. Hemmm....entahlah. Takde idea. What I have to do is find a house...bla bla bla....banyaknyer benda nak fikir. If I don't go it means that I would jeopardise my career and the promotion as well. Have toolah. Walaupun hati berat. Well I would be leaving my hubby, my life and my hometown.

To my frens...thank you for listening and the help that you have offered me. I really appreciate every single thing that you all did for me. I will take this as a challenge and would never give up. This will not be the end of the road. It will only be a beginning to a new journey...CAIYO!CAIYO!CAIYO!

Balik Kedah!

Cuti Hari Wilayah hari tu dihabiskan dengan balik Kedah. Yap my origin is from Kedah because mom and dad are from Kedah eventhough I was born and raised here. Dah lama tak balik Kedah since my grandmom passed away 2 years ago. Bukan ada sapa-sapa kat sana coz my families pun semua dah duduk KL. So hari tu balik coz abah had to settle some things over there and lama dah tak balik sana kan so I pun tagged alonglah. We stayed at Darulaman Suites dekat Darulaman Golf and Country Club. Nak duduk kat umah tok dah dijadikan homestay dah. Who am I to say anything about it. Kita ni cuma cucu kan. But kalau diikutkan hatikan lebih baik rumah tu dijadikan tempat berkumpul adik beradik rather than dijadikan homestay. Entahlah. Bila tengok the house sedih sangat. If u penah pegi Kedah esp Jitra u may not miss the homestay...AO Homestay. Hemmm....

My grandma's house...

AO Homestay

View from hotel's room

Sampai je Kedah dah lebih kurang pukul 4. We haven't had lunch lagi so makan kat clubhouse jelah. Apa yang kelakar tu semua malas nak mintak makan so the waiter suggested that makan nasik goreng and boleh bubuh skali. Pemalas betul they all ni. Too tired to not to agree....makanlah....taklah sedap pun but oklah. The room ala ala suitelah but bukannya yang hebat. Ada bilik didalam bilik. Mom and dad got into anor while me, hubby and maid ambik satu bilik lagi. Maid had to sleep at the living roomlah. Eh majikan yang baik tau...requested for another extra bed. Malam pegi makan satay kat Satay Kajang...percaya tak kat sana pun ada satay Kajang but the taste was far far beyond the original taste...tak bessszzzz...

Satay..yum..yum and golf course-view from the coffee house(above)

The next day...the much anticipated day...hehehe bukannya apa nak pegi Padang Besar...hikhik...seronok boleh shopping. Biasalah kalau susah hati pun bila shopping lupa semua masalah. Itulah wanita sejati...senyum...senyum....shoppinglah kite ni sepuas-puasnya...lepas balik dari Padang Besar tuh we decided to go to Pekan Rabu plak. Masuk je sana jadi rambang mata selagi tak keluar semua nak beli. I ended buying ikan sepat ronggeng (sedap tau bila goreng, so crunchy), dodol, jeruk buah salak, kuah rojak and garam belacan. Yummy! U may not find these tasty but being separuh Kedahan I love all the food and never getting bored with it. Betul...Balik hotel nearly 5. Pegi makan kat the coffee house again. This time makan char koey teow plak. Bolehlahhh...

Pekan Rabu

Padang Besar

Last day baliklah KL. Sampai Kl around 430pm. Nice to be back....muah muah I love KLLLL!!! Manalah tau kena pindah mana-mana ke...isk isk isk...inilah nasib government servant...