come saturday morning, i was wide awake 5mins before 8. tensionnye, penat but i cant sleep. no thanks to my hps, pagi2 buta dh bising. once i jumped out of bed, my father came to our room and brought breakfast (apam telur which was heavenly). right after dat, we all got ready for d engagement, mandi2 and iron baju and left d hotel since my aunt invited us for lunch at her place and we were d first to arrive, which was a good thing because at least we got to help a lil with some preparations.

the rombongan meminang came at about 3pm, and discussion took place immediately and lasted for 45mins. once they came to an agreement, my cousin farhah came down for the 'sarung cincin' and 'suap gula' which is d norm. as usual, the cousins were the 'tray girls', not because we wanted to be in d picture, but we jus had to.

hantaran fr d lady's side - 7 trays plus 2 extras

my cousin, farhah - congratulations

as for d hantaran, it was prepared by farhah's eldest sister, with help from her niece, dee and a friend i was told. by d time i got at her plc, most of d things were ready so i only got to help with some minor last minute decoration.

dat saturday noon, it was blazing hot and as usual, i was sweating like a p*g. by d time d ceremony ended, it was nearly 5pm and shortly after dat, my dad sent me back to d hotel while my sister joined her other cousins and went to d mall. tidak lah sanggup nk bjalan2 in baju kurung moreover dh peluh mcm hujan, pengsan plak people at d mall nanti.

while i was resting alone in my room, my bestie from uni buzzed as he knew of my plan of coming to penang for d weekend and insisted we meet up dat nite so he cud introduce me to his new gf. so after a brief dinner, i showered and waited for them to pick me up. initially i tot we'd go for a drink at midlands one-stop, which is attached to d hotel, but d gf suggested we go to gurney drive. malam sabtu beb, where got parking right? so we went further up to pulau tikus, otw to ferringhi. we hung out for like 2 hours and they sent me back to d hotel, luckily my fren didnt insist on going to d ferringhi nite market as i was so exhausted.

come sunday, i managed to sleep in a lil bit longer than saturday, once again no thanks to my hps. and also once again, jus as i get out of bed, my father brought us breakfast and this time it was 'nasi dalca'. i made him a cup of coffee and we all had our breakfast together before packing up to go home. by d time we left d island, it was almost 3pm and 4hours later we're back in kl.

although i had to change some plans i had for d weekend, im glad i went back to penang (and ruined my diet!). if only d swine flu hadn't gotten into our country, i wud've enjoyed my time more and cud've been less cautious. anyway, my getaway was still fun.

day 3
since der weren't much to do besides bfast, packing and snapping shots, we all got up a lil late (8am isn't close to late really). surprisingly, after all those activities we did d day before, our sleep wasn't so peaceful and as for me, I was tossing n turning d whole nite, I even got up before my alarm went off. by d time d whole lot of us got ready (dry cleaning) for bfast, it mustve been nearly 9 and wen we got at d restaurant, our table was taken. To make thngs worst, d only tables available are d ones in direct sunlight. by d time we finished taking our food, der weren't any vacant tables except those mentioned earlier. with our shades on, we had a really hot breakfast in d sun. it was only wen we were almost done der was a group who left their table. in case u don't know, we're all fr a difrent part of d world therefore not used to d weather and so we all moved to d shaded table.

with our tanks filled, we all went up to shower and pack up as it was almost time to leave. our boat was scheduled at 11 and all our extra time was fully utilized for snapping pix around d resort. all in all, bubu resort is a decent place but der weren't any personal touch like our prev island vacation.

left d jetty at around 11am and reached besut 30mins after and it time for souvenir shopping. der were a few shops selling trinkets n tshirts but surprisingly, for d same thing different shops charged different prices. while I was at it, I found some cute keychains n bought some tshirts. I had asked our driver to pick us up 30 earlier than planned bcoz der wasn't anytin else dat we wanted to buy anymore. mean while, we hung out at a stall and played some more card while eating tasty bowls of maggi sup. not to mention, I was drenched in sweat bcoz once again I noticed, der wasn't a slight breeze of wind. by d time we got into our van n layan aircond, I felt like sleeping. d driver was nice enuf to stop by at losong for us to grab some keropok. tis time our journey to d airport seemed a lot bter compared to d day we arrived in kb.

so happen wen we got at d airport, it wasn't time to check in yet so we changed into our new tshirt (we all bought more or less d same tshirt) which was a lil corny but who'd give a damn rite, and started taking pictures. it wasn't long and before we knew it, we were already in lcct about to board d sky bus. our vacation was nicely wrapped up with dinner at subway in kl sentral.

it wasn't a dream vacation with faiz unable to join us d very last minute but it was enjoyable - time off fr work is 'oh so fun!'

after a dozen rounds of uno,it was time for another dip in d sea. asrul mengelat n didn't join us swimming (jaga kulit la tu). so der were six of us swimming and jumping into d waves bcoz where we came from, der isn't any sea. .it mustve been half past 6 wen suddenly asrul came down fr d room to call adie while d rest of us slowly went up shore. it seems d conductor had went up to our rooms as he'd like to take us on 'sunset discovery'. d day before while sipping my soda on d beach, I didn't get a glimpse of d sunset so I assumed we'd have to take quite a tour to see it. if it were up to me, I wudnt wanna go bcoz it was nearing dusk (senja2 x elok duk kt luar). But since evryone was going on their 'sunset discovery' i jus went with it.

in my beach bag,I carried a tshirt n since we had to catch d sunset (among othr thngs we wanted to catch),i put on d tshirt over my wet swimming costume and we all started our journey. d tour was supposed to take '10mins' and i cudnt wait to get to d spot. first it was a walk along d beach, then we had to go thru some resort in d hutan but it was ok (at first) considering it was all flat but mid way, we discovered knee lenght lalang (and my imagination was running xtra wild - takut ok!!) n further up we had to go up hill, then down hill, then some more up hill, which I thnk mustve taken more than 10mins. going up hill, i truly regretted falling for d '10mins' trick becoz not only we were tired fr snorkeling and swimming in d sea, we were all wet. d lead was going so fast prolly becoz he has 'never' seen sunset on d island not even bothering to look out for d slow folks at d back. wen d gap between us and d ppl in front of us grew, i panicked coz I'm imagining d tv series 'lost' (yes I'm a scaredy cat). wen we finally got at d back of d island, nas n kai decided to hang out on d jetty where d rest of us climbed up quite a lot of stairs to get d so called better view. fine, d view was magnificent but d journey was rather scary for me.

after spending 30mins or so up der watching d sunset, it was time to go back to our resort. it mustve been 730pm then we started going down d stairs and I was scared thnking bout going thru wat we had went thru to get der. i was looking for nas n kai wen suddenly I noticed they were sitting on a bench nearby (nas muka x puas hati time ni sbb jd dinner for mosquitos). as we approached then, she told me she had inquired about d water taxi, meaning instead of having to walk thru d jungle in d dark with barely any light, we cud take a boat home (to d resort). i quickly agreed to dat, as I wasn't gona take d risk of goin thru d knee lenght lalang in d dark. since it wasn't 'safe' for d ladies to walk in d jungle at nite, only asrul n adie walked back with d rest of d group. d fare for d water taxi is rm15 per pax but neither of us carried d cash so d driver agreed to b paid once we arrived at our destination.

Unlike d boat we went on during d day which is big, tis is really small, jus like a sampan, only motorized. all 5 of us jumped into d boat with me, mail n ana sitting in d middle, nas n kai at d frontest part, and d driver steering at d back. d journey started really nicely as it wasn't completely dark (yet) and d sea was calm and d ride was breezy. nas said we cud even tour d island if we wanted (nk ke??). it was all fine and nice until we were on another side of d island. Looking for adventure? d sea started to get rough and evrytime we hit a wave, we were sending off jumping and with nothing to hold on to (in my case I was holding ana's n mail's arm) and it doesn't get any worse than tis bcoz we weren't given life jackets to put on wen we got on our ride! among us 5, kai is prolly d strongest swimmer, and in case we drowned, he wudnt b able to save us all. so der we were in d middle of d sea riding a very small boat without any safety stuff to hold on to, and d sky only got darker and d sea was sending us jumping every few seconds, screaming each time we jumped then laughing jus to avoid ourselves fr crying due to d terrifying ride we were on. d first glimpse of light was like seeing some kinda hope to reach land because in dat utter darkness, even a fire fly wud seem like hope. and so we tot wen we've seen some light we're nearing but were proven wrong, it didn't seem like we were heading for d shore. d ride mustve easily been 20mins but it was d longest 20mins in my life so far. finally after lotsa cornering, we saw our resort. phewwwwwwwwww!!!!

asrul n adie got der first before us but nvm (ye ker??) dat, we managed to find d shore altho still terrified, was still kicking. bcoz it was late, and we haven't showered d whole day, nas and i ate quickly then ran off to our room to clean up. aftr dinner, der was a fire show (man playing with fire on a stick) and i only watched fr my balcony. it was cool but since I got a clear view, y dirty myself with sand all over again. after dat we played card (n i learned to play royal flush) all nite until we jus cudnt keep our eyes open.

it was indeed a very long day for all of us.