13th June , 2009 (saturday) marked a historical day in my life . It was the first time I have ever organised a family trip using a tourist coach as our mode of transportation . The maiden trip for made to attend the wedding our my cousin's eldest son . The loction - Amir Chalet in Air Tawar , Perak . I had tried organising such trip before but it never somewhat materialized due to many reasons . The task of getting everyone agreeing and free on the same date is not easy !
So the Day came last Saturday and I woke up at 3.45am to prepare some food and tidbits for the trip . Chicken and fish nuggets , sambal goreng jawa , IKO biscuits , mini buns , freshly brewed coffee in a flask among other things were all the order of the day . Umaira did not have any problems waking up so early in the morning , she was jumping up and down the bed when I told her we will be taking the bus somewhere together with Mak , Kak Anab , Kakak Amah , Abang Nasser , Mak Long , Eyna , Tok Uda , Tok Chik , Kakak Iman , Kakak Munirah and many more of her second cousins , atoks etc.
We departed from home at 6.15am , which was a bit off schedule but hey , we arrived at our first stop , Kg Pandan at 6.55am which was definitely on time . We made it to the next stop , Subang Jaya at 7.45am and from there everything was exciting . The relatives from Subang Jaya that turned up for the trip were more from the seats they had booked but in the end we all managed to squeeze everybody into the bus . The last stop is at Denai Alam to pick up my Kak Long Pida and her daughter , Eyna and we were off to Perak ! It was so much fun travelling with your own relatives , no outsiders in the bus and this was the chance to get to know your family members better ! Food was being passed around all through the trip , the Carrot Walnut Cake and kuih tarts were simply delicious and even the egg sandwich made by Kak Echah was good . Everyone was talking at the same time and it was loud but we were all having a great time .... They were even talking about organising the next trip together .... Genting Highlands , Cameron Highlands , Kota Bahru are some of the most preferred destinations .
We arrived at the wedding with a big bang because the bride and groom were in the middle of their bersanding ceremony and our arrival sort of taken the attention of the guests away from the pengantin ... !!! The food was great , were starving and the dalca was superb . It was the first time I tasted dalca that was cooked with young bananas .... simply delicious no other words to describe it . When it was all over , we boarded the bus again at 2.30pm and headed to Lumut Jetty for some shopping . The bus was filled with Satay Ikan , Ikan Bilis , Ikan Kering and other tidbits and we wanted more shopping so we headed to Bidor town for another round of shopping . At Bidor , most of us bought petai , petai and more petai , Jambu Air Madu and seedless guava . By the time we reached Tg Malim rest stop , it was Maghrib and we had dinner there , most of us had the famous Tanjung Malim pau and even bought them home the frozen ones . When we finally boarded the bus again at 8.15pm , everyone was already tired and sleepy but still in high spirits . Speeches were made by me , the organiser , Kak Menah on behalf of Subang Jaya geng and Kak Tik on behalf of the Kg Pandan geng .... thank you so much to everyone for the support and making this trip a wonderful one !!!
Home sweet home , we finally reached our own home at 12.00 midnight and I managed to watch my favourite show , 24 on TV .... LOL ! The day ended with a high note and everyone was in high spirits although very tired . Hope to see you all in the next trip soon !
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