Bukit Larut Trip

I was trying to remember what I am supposed to write then I decided to hit the secret blog first before writing in on the formal publicised blog. Better do that then I'll screen for1. any erotic dreams / stories / things to do2. any cursing for either dear company3. any ketidakpuashatian towards the Man got to enjoy and I didn't.

Fooh!

This is a blog or what?Anyway, last Friday, the Man brought AZ to the office and I don't know why but it meant so much for me to see my son's face at my work place. It's just like, his happy face has taken over all the dreadful things happened / said / done within the four boring walls. He was seated next to his Daddy at the waiting area, macam orang besar! Upon seeing my face, he tailed me to the Operation Room while screaming. I swooped him into my arms and he refused to salam everybody else.

We then headed to the North while I was mulling over on two choices of sleeping at Casuarina Inn with the rest of the group or crashing at Hafiz' place (Hafiz was the Man's best friend when they were at Uni of Melbourne, still is, you know the kind of best buddy who one would ask the other to be the best man). Thinking that the Man and I will have to go to separate rooms (we booked two rooms for the girls and two rooms for the boys), and it'll be so hard to separate the clothings and towels that were packed in one bag, we slashed Casuarina Inn.

We met Hafiz for dinner then we zoomed in straight to his house.His house is a bungalow! (Wa cakap lu!) Pokemon and Slash are still alive (Opaque was a gone case) but they sleep outside, roaming the town of Taiping at their heart desire. We slept in Hafiz' master bedroom, equipped with a/c and squeaking bed! AZ hit the sack and gone safely to the dreamland, quicker before mommy can finished up saying 'lullaby'. I let the Man talked his heart out to long-time-no-see buddy.In the morning, we woke up and Hafiz led us to Casuarina Inn. Had toast then started driving to the foot of Maxwell Hill while the rest walked.

Maxwell Hill (Bukit Larut)is run by government, so you'll expect very little of words sila, terima kasih, please, maaf. And please expect a very slow registration process. We even have to lift our luggage to the jeep ourselves. I don't mind the fact that we gotta do that on our own but the way they said it, "Bag kita tak angkat, angkat sendiri!", was unbearably painful.

My heart beat so fast for the jeep ride. I sat at the front with AZ on my lap. There were a few sharp bends, two of them were like 360 degrees (Betul lah!)with almost 78 degrees slope. I was holding AZ tightly when suddenly a Telekom Pajero came down rushing on the one way lane, screeching. Both drivers quickly slammed the brake while us screamed at the top of our lungs. AZ heart was beating so fast. I gave a very sharp luring look to the TM driver.

The near death collision was a total blown up for me. I held AZ tight, wondering that if I die and he gets to live, will he be happy without me? *Soppy clipperseep!*

Anyway, we couldn’t check in yet since the bungalow was occupied. So we arrived at 9:30, wondering around until 11:00 where the last occupant has emptied the bungalow, then we gotta wait the caretaker to do their housekeeping and we didn’t get to go in until 12:00. So people, if you are taking the jeep to Maxwell Hill, please be there after 11:00. It was pain waiting under the hot sun (eventhough the temperature was chilling) with a baby to carry and the caretaker didn’t care much to offer me a place for AZ to nap.

(Have I written that the whole accommodation and transportation is serviced by Government?)

Daddy was the second to arrive, he was fast but cramp on his leg got him. Then we had lunch of sardine and bread, then took a nap. At four we climbed down with jeep. This time I have prewarned the driver to drive slowly. The whole team waved us bye and I felt guilty of not being there. I mean, the purpose of climbing Maxwell Hill is to reminiscing the memory of Kinabalu climb, without us, the story wasn’t complete.

However, the night safari diminished the guilt fast. The view was fantastic. Panthers were among the most active ones. They had the giraffe’s feeding bowl outside her area so her long neck was beautifully extended nearer to us to eat. The jaguar stood proudly in the middle of her area, the lionnes were asleep, the rhinos were tergolek sleeping, the elephants were eating non-stop and the African sauna’s e.g. zebra, ostrich and gazelles were still up, running and roaming around. I was surprised to see that the ostriches taller than the zebras.

So AZ got to see Nibbles the Giraffes, Lion the Leo the Lion Cub’s Mother, Horns the Gazelles (his favorite animal in Leo’s Safari), Tusk the Elephant and Spike the Rhino. Mission accomplished. I finally got to show the real animals to my son! (Eventhough I think Mommy was more excited than the son).We slept over then zoomed in back to Lenggong after 11:00.

Went to Nazuha’s engagement kenduri and hit the highway back to KL. I drove from after Ipoh to Sungai Buluh and the hot glaring sun was killing my eyes. Dropped AZ at K Endon’s and arrived home, had a bath and I slept until morning!! I didn’t notice when did the Man picked AZ up nor what he did downstairs, cleaning up and unpacking.

Remind me of a good husband I got married to.