Lost on a highway that never takes me home

my travelling chronology for the last 72 hours (from KL): [Saturday] Tanjung Malim - Kuala Lumpur - Raub (stayed overnight) - [Sunday] Tanjung Malim - Kuala Lumpur (stayed overnight) - [Monday] Raub (again and of course wa tido la kan) - [Tuesday] back in Kuala Lumpur.

wa is still very ketoyong.

I slept well. that's never a problem, unless I had to much caffein in my system. but I was spent. my body ached from the constant driving. why and what on earth was I doing all the way to Tanjung Malim and Raub and back again? ahaa!

last Saturday morning wa pegi jemput kak siti, angkut barang. she's done with her short course and ready for practical training. wa kan adik ipar mithali. weeehem!! al kisah nya, wa bukan tau pon jalan ke UPSI tu. maka dengan bangga dan takbur nya wa "redah aje"! simply followed 'Ipoh' route on the green signboard.

at first wa agak cuak. siapa tak cuak kalo destinasi tak tertulis atas signboard. wa saw Ipoh, Sungai Buloh, Batang Berjuntai, Rawang. but NO 'Tanjung Malim' in sight. Bukit Kayu Hitam - yang paling jauh sekali tu dia letak! huh!

the highway is heading north, so mostly the cars on the road have 'a', 'p' plate number la kan. tiba2 wa 'k'. dah wa gelak guling2 sorang2 dalam kereta. sedagha no!

an hour (or so) of driving (and singing, or rather screaming on the top of my lungs), wa arrived to the unfamiliar town. stuffed kak siti's stuff in my CLK (cute little kelisa), stopped by KL and dropped 'em off, and off to Raub.

takde niat pon nak balik raub. tapi sebelum jemput kak siti, abah called tanya ada ura2 nak balik ke. wa tercerita la perihal nak pegi menjemput ni. later mak called saying she asked the police about Kuala Kubu - Raub route. wah! sungguh excited bonda ku. kira dua kali dah la kan, tanya wa balik ke tak.

mak, nani tau mak lindhu kat nani cangat2 lancung2. ihiks! to tell you the truth, wa dah sebulan tak jumpa jalan pulang. CLK kaput, out of budget. tapi bukan la langsung tak jumpa diorang. mak abah ada datang tidur sini. weekend pegi hantar ajib.

FYI, ajib is now in UKM. alhamdulillah rezeki dia ke situ. enrolled june 29th.

sambung balik. Sunday noon wa sent kak siti back to UPSI via Kuala Kubu. jalan lama, lalu gap Bukit Fraser. which is the reason of my state of ketoyong-ness. lama tak lalu jalan tu. that was actually my first trip using the old road - wa, personally, driving.

cut to the chase, 1.30pm dropped kak siti off, and wa back in KL by 2.30pm. yes. rempit all the way! as soon as wa stepped in the house, booffff! wa nampak tilam, bantal, put handphone on the side (mode: defeaningly LOUD - just in case wa tidur mati, which WAS the case)... and Zzz!

wa barely heard the phone ring around 5pm - abah asking about yadda yadda. I heard nazmi on the background, and abah saying "aa dah makde nak tidur". and bye. by then my head was pounding like hell!

and just when I thought my Monday going to be the usual lame Mondays I pretty much have...