The pangkor burning sauna..
"I will not be around on Thursday and Friday",Mr Ravi, our surgery lecturer in Teluk Intan told us on Monday. It just the beginning of so called "madness".
I was lucky, my buddy during this posting was Azwan. He, in brief, share certain part of my interest, and comparatively, we are similar in our approach and view in life, especially when the matter involved enjoying live and freedom.
It was Monday evening, it was blazing hot, Lydia, Buvi, Azwan and I, was just finishing our pisang goreng, keropok lekor and ABC, and was on our way to another stall to search for some kuih. Unfortunately, the kuih stall was still in it "holiday", yet the girl was attracted to the "air kelapa" and the laksa,eyeing it for dinner. I was in the car, when Azwan entered it, and said, "rasa macam nak gi makan udang tepi jeti laa. kalau dapat gi tepi laut lagi best". And suddenly, he said "Jom kita gi lumut nak?".
Starting from there, my heart suddenly jumping,"Jom!!". "Bila, malam ni? Sekarang pun boleh. Drive sana tak jauh pun", i responded automatically. Azwan looked at me, with his smile, "Ko ni,pantang di ajak, esok kelas macam mana?". I remembered Mr Ravi words this morning. "Wan, gi hari rabu petang laa?". He looked at me again, this time with a "i got an idea" look," Haa, tol laa, boleh gi Pangkor sekali".
And there was the conversation that lead to one and another.
It was Wednesday afternoon,and Azwan and I, still partly can't believe we were going to Pangkor, plus the excitement. Ici was following us as well. It took us neraly an hour to arrived to Lumut, and there accomodation hunting started. It didn't take long for us to settle with a good deal, 2 rooms with aircond and astro, just meters away from d beach at Teluk Nipah. We got discounted fare for the ferry as well.
The room was more than adequate, as our initial plan was just to settle moderately, the room seem lavish than. The beach was great, not many people, with just nice setting for the three of us. Climbed rocks, naik buaian,we felt like kids again. Haha, several things happened, Azwan who was so eagered with the clear water between d rocks at the end of the Teluk, forgot his handphone, wallet, and his car key, he end up with no handphone, wet wallet, and no car remote control. As sun nearly setting, Azwan was on the rock at the end of the Teluk, Ici was on the tree swing, swinging her way and singing, and I was swimming with joy, even with painful eyes due to the salty water.
After magrib, we filled up our stomach with those pari bakar and sotong masak manis, which we had choosen earlier, before magrib. With a plastic bag filled with snack and chip ahoy, we landed on the sandy beach, near the swing, and appreciating the wind and beach. The beach was lighted by the light from the hut nearby, and the beach was never quiet, people there were like us, chatting and walking on that sandy beach. Feeling thirsty and cheeky, we went for ABC while looking and pondering life as an island children.
The morning was raining, i was partly dissapointed. But by 9, we think, we should go out and have something. Nasi lemak at the beach stall, and suddenly the hujan nearly stopped. Settling a deal for a snorkelling and canoo trip, we rushed back and start our adventure of the day. The weather was perfect suddenly, we went for a boat trip to the nearby island and was left at the coral island for snorkelling.
We was wrong, an hour snorkelling, was not enough, the excitement of hundreds of colourful fish swimming all around us, at time sent mix feeling, happy, fascinated, amazed, grateful, scary. I remembered trying to swim among the coral to get to a rock to get more bread, when i was surronded like an hostage by schools of fish. I just stopped there, and was asking hard either in joy or amazement, why they surrounded me, i barely moved. I got "bitten" in a sweet manner by the fish, it really tickles.
The boat came, only three of us still there in the water, at coral island, and we were forced to the land. But, that's not it. We rushed to our canoo and started rowing. That was Ici's first session, and she canooed with me. We went to coral island, and than to Teluk Man, where we left our canoo, and started swimming and floating like kids. By, the time we finished, it was 1, and it was blazing hot, we knew we were burned
Bcak to room, checkout, and having our lunch, before back to beach to finish the remaining film. By 3.30 we were on the ferry back to Lumut. We were "severly" burned,it was painful, yet the unplanned trip was a marvellous break for us. We promised to be bac there again, insyallah after completing our medical school.
I was lucky, my buddy during this posting was Azwan. He, in brief, share certain part of my interest, and comparatively, we are similar in our approach and view in life, especially when the matter involved enjoying live and freedom.
It was Monday evening, it was blazing hot, Lydia, Buvi, Azwan and I, was just finishing our pisang goreng, keropok lekor and ABC, and was on our way to another stall to search for some kuih. Unfortunately, the kuih stall was still in it "holiday", yet the girl was attracted to the "air kelapa" and the laksa,eyeing it for dinner. I was in the car, when Azwan entered it, and said, "rasa macam nak gi makan udang tepi jeti laa. kalau dapat gi tepi laut lagi best". And suddenly, he said "Jom kita gi lumut nak?".
Starting from there, my heart suddenly jumping,"Jom!!". "Bila, malam ni? Sekarang pun boleh. Drive sana tak jauh pun", i responded automatically. Azwan looked at me, with his smile, "Ko ni,pantang di ajak, esok kelas macam mana?". I remembered Mr Ravi words this morning. "Wan, gi hari rabu petang laa?". He looked at me again, this time with a "i got an idea" look," Haa, tol laa, boleh gi Pangkor sekali".
And there was the conversation that lead to one and another.
It was Wednesday afternoon,and Azwan and I, still partly can't believe we were going to Pangkor, plus the excitement. Ici was following us as well. It took us neraly an hour to arrived to Lumut, and there accomodation hunting started. It didn't take long for us to settle with a good deal, 2 rooms with aircond and astro, just meters away from d beach at Teluk Nipah. We got discounted fare for the ferry as well.
The room was more than adequate, as our initial plan was just to settle moderately, the room seem lavish than. The beach was great, not many people, with just nice setting for the three of us. Climbed rocks, naik buaian,we felt like kids again. Haha, several things happened, Azwan who was so eagered with the clear water between d rocks at the end of the Teluk, forgot his handphone, wallet, and his car key, he end up with no handphone, wet wallet, and no car remote control. As sun nearly setting, Azwan was on the rock at the end of the Teluk, Ici was on the tree swing, swinging her way and singing, and I was swimming with joy, even with painful eyes due to the salty water.
After magrib, we filled up our stomach with those pari bakar and sotong masak manis, which we had choosen earlier, before magrib. With a plastic bag filled with snack and chip ahoy, we landed on the sandy beach, near the swing, and appreciating the wind and beach. The beach was lighted by the light from the hut nearby, and the beach was never quiet, people there were like us, chatting and walking on that sandy beach. Feeling thirsty and cheeky, we went for ABC while looking and pondering life as an island children.
The morning was raining, i was partly dissapointed. But by 9, we think, we should go out and have something. Nasi lemak at the beach stall, and suddenly the hujan nearly stopped. Settling a deal for a snorkelling and canoo trip, we rushed back and start our adventure of the day. The weather was perfect suddenly, we went for a boat trip to the nearby island and was left at the coral island for snorkelling.
We was wrong, an hour snorkelling, was not enough, the excitement of hundreds of colourful fish swimming all around us, at time sent mix feeling, happy, fascinated, amazed, grateful, scary. I remembered trying to swim among the coral to get to a rock to get more bread, when i was surronded like an hostage by schools of fish. I just stopped there, and was asking hard either in joy or amazement, why they surrounded me, i barely moved. I got "bitten" in a sweet manner by the fish, it really tickles.
The boat came, only three of us still there in the water, at coral island, and we were forced to the land. But, that's not it. We rushed to our canoo and started rowing. That was Ici's first session, and she canooed with me. We went to coral island, and than to Teluk Man, where we left our canoo, and started swimming and floating like kids. By, the time we finished, it was 1, and it was blazing hot, we knew we were burned
Bcak to room, checkout, and having our lunch, before back to beach to finish the remaining film. By 3.30 we were on the ferry back to Lumut. We were "severly" burned,it was painful, yet the unplanned trip was a marvellous break for us. We promised to be bac there again, insyallah after completing our medical school.
