Perlis Jan 2010

**a super lenghty entry.

"Friendship is responsibility, never an opportunity" - Kahlil Gibran

With that awareness, we commitedly planned a trip to Perlis, visiting Cik Puteri Nazlin Alamin. Sadly, Khai could not make it as she had other bigger commitment at Palong 8. It's ok, Khai, ko selalu di hati kami.

The journey scheduled at 11pm and the checkpoint was Flat 601, Pandan Indah. Ms. housemate managed to escape from office earlier and by 11pm we drove off to Perlis, yeeha! WE - Zura, Dian, Lizasue, Ms. housemate and me enjoyed the seven hours journey in between a little nap. Catching up with the latest gossips and few healthy talks *wink* managed to get me stay awake through out the journey. But Ms. Housemate seems having such a soundly sleep though :D The 1st cycle of the journey was Zura's the owner to drive followed by Lizasue up to Arau.

We reached Arau around 4. 30am (kan?) and Cik Puteri has been alerted earlier to fetch us somewhere around Kolej Matrikulasi Perlis. The excitedness after a long journey made us so anxious waiting Perodua Kelisa CBV to show up. Finally, she arrived! So, the next two days, Taman Sri Wang Fasa 2 was our homestay (free of charge, with good facilities, and not to forget aircond room, too ;))

The four of us cramped at the back seat through out the 2 days in Perlis. Happy je tapi kan?

29th Jan 2010. The first place to splurge on was PADANG BESAR of course! Pheww! The hot weather never weakened the shopping feeling inside us. Amazing!Ahaha, a truly women, kan? Later, Cik Puteri the host suggested us to have a visit to CHUPING, the largest sugarcane plantation. From Chuping, we drovehome and ready for the seafood dinner, ho yeah! KUALA PERLIS was the night destination. Mentarang masak halia, sambal udang, telur bungkus, sotong bakar, ikan siakap bakar, sotong goreng tepung and baby kailan ikan masin were the victim that night. Thumbs up! Makan sampai tinggal pinggan je ah :D

Padang Besar, before.

Padang Besar, after

Chuping, the sugarcane plantation.

30th Jan 2010. Earlier plan was to get up as early as possible to get to WANG KELIAN, the Perlis-Thailand border morning market. But, hey, with the aircond room and full stomach that night, obviously waking up early was impossible! We left home at nearly two hours later than the earlier plan. Reached there somewhere around 9am, it was already packed with people. SO, there goes all the mak-aku-pesan-itu-ini hunting and bargaining. Nahh. It was not easy to bargain, seriously, but it was either you want it or not. Zura managed to buy almost all listed things..bravo, dear. Basically, Wang Kelian is mostly a place for household items. From cookware to bedsheet/comforter to handbags, compared to Padang Besar where it is more on clothing.

The next place that we visited was GUA KELAM, the cave of darkness. Enjoying the nature of uniquely formed stalagtit and stalagmit and revising back all the geography in mind, we ventured the walkway of Gua Kelam happily. Of course with the stops here and there to take photos. Even upon entering the Gua Kelam, Zura instructed us to do various poses for taking photos. Well, with those crazy actions and poses like gua-ni-bapak-kitorang-yang-punya, I almost forgot that I'll turn 27 this year! Ahaha. Seems like I am still in my teen age. How I wish..

See, Zura paksa we all posing..

Later, Dian suggested to take a visit to TASIK MELATI, reminiscing her childhood memories. But, surprisingly the TASIK MELATI was just like the other recreational later, no other specific activities that you can enjoy except sitting and enjoying the view of the lake. So, we took some photos and planned to left home. But, thanks to a very attentive friend of Cik Puteri, Kak Mas who suggested Lin to take us to KUALA SG. BARU to taste the laksa and great cendol. Obviously we were full at that time and planned to order only a bowl of laksa. Hahaha. xcukup ok 1 mangkuk. We ordered two bowl and request a bowl of only gravy. Angin sepoi-sepoi bahasa kat tepi pantai buat kitorang rasa that laksa was super sedap.

That night, we have our dinner at Mai Cafe, a herbal cafe. First time there for Lin herself, we enjoyed the food so much. I'd caught the article that they pasted at the counter, Mai was a Thailand words for herb and Perlis word for coming, so it reveals the true meaning of Mai Cafe.

1 February 2010. Our last day here. Packing up all our shoppings into BJK's bonnet was a tough time :D Almost 1K's worth item to be packed in one bonnet need really some skills. Lucky Lizasue and Zura managed to do it. However, we at the passenger's seats had to sit in between three blankets. Hahaha. Our planned was not going straight away back to KL but make a detour to Penang first. Ada orang xpenah jejak Penang and nak rasa lalu Penang bridge. So, we dropped by to Jalan Chowrasta and had our Pasembor there. Bought some jeruk and drove home.

The journey was fantastic!

Kolej Komuniti Arau jadi saksi kami berpisah di sini..tapi tidak di hati, kan?

The tears worth for lifetime friendship, Lin, I know it. Gals- Lizasue, Dian, Zura and Ina, obviously the commitment come with huge responsibility behind it, thanks. The trip will never be that happy without you guys. Khai, I am so damn sure that the next trip/plan will be you in it.

And, of course, I am grateful for these friendship, gals. Thank you, ALLAH for letting me know these fantastic people. Alhamdulillah.