2 posts tagged “kelantan”
I went back to Kelantan, for my cousin Nazihah's wedding. I haven't been back for quite some time, so its a good opportunity for me to go back and see all my uncles and aunties and other family members who are still living there. I kinda miss them a lot truthfully. So, YAY FOR FAMILY WEDDINGS! :D
Anyway.. Went back on Thursday by MAS with mom, dad and Nawal. We were on the 10.45 a.m flight. Take off was great.. the LANDING SUCKED! I mean really really sucked... I've never been on a flight with such rough landing -_-. Tah sape la yg bijak landing aritue. We were met by Uncle Hamdan (the only uncle that we call Uncle... lain sume Ayah something or Pak something), and he took us to his house nearby... Memang nearby habis, didn't even take us 3 minutes to reach his house, it was that close! Auntie Tun made awesome, awesome Curry Mee, and a mean bread pudding to boot! We rested a bit before heading to our hotel, coz our rooms were not ready yet, so we lepak-ed at Uncle's house for quite some time.
Around 1 p.m or so, we made our move, and went to Sutera Inn. Our room was.. OK I guess.. my parents room was awesome though! They had flat screen TV mounted on the effin wall, and all we got in our room was a teeeny tiny old T.V... which sucked major -_-. Anyway... we rested, and in the afternoon we went for a drive to Pasar Siti Khadijah... Nothing striked my fancy.... So we headed back and got ready for the Solemnization ceremony that night. The ceremony was held after Isyak prayers at the mosque nearby my Ayah Chik's house in Melor (kan?). So, we went there before Isyak, then after solat Isyak, the ceremony started. Apparently there were 4 (YES, FOURRRRRR) couples getting hitched that night... but THANKFULLY, ours were the first one. Me and my cousin, Shida, weren't paying that much attention to the ceremony though "^_^... Buruk prangai much? Well.. can't blame us, we could hardly hear what the Imam was saying... The thing is, we weren't THAT far behind from the mens.. The P.A system sucked that bad..yes..
We left the house somewhere around 11 p.m... penat kot seharian travel!
Next day, we left the hotel at 8 p.m and had breakfast at Pak Ni's house in K.B., with Ayah Ngah's family, and with Auntie Kiah. Had some awesome awesome Nasi Dagang... and some... glutonious rice with beans and grated coconut. It was DELICIOUS! Apsal aku tak penah tau wujudnye pulut itu? -_- So orang yg suke mengata aku in org Kelantan, obviously I'm not Kelantanese enuff -_-. Afterwards, my family and ayah ngah's family headed to my grandparents' grave. Truthfully, I always thought, my grandparents graves had the most beautiful and serene view ever.
Now you tell me if that's not the nicest view anyone could ask for...It's even nicer when they just started to plant the paddy.
After that, we went to visit my Ayah Weh in Ketereh. He lives at my late grandparents house in Kampung But, Ketereh, with his family. So it was a chance for me to go back to where all the good memories of Hari Raya were. My uncle and his wife were not feeling to well, so we didn't see them at the wedding, so my dad said it was best if we visited them instead.
This is the Madrasah... which was built for my late grandpa... we would always solat together here everytime we went back... and learn to read Al-Quran with my grandpa here :( I miss him...really..
1st picture is actually where there used to be a toilet there... No one REALLY used it except for my late grandpa though, I was scared to use it T__T. 2nd picture is a picture of whats under the house...its where my late grandma and grandaunts usually cook for Eid celebration... it's kinda flooded coz there was a burst pipe at the main road infront of the house -_-. 3rd picture is of me, in front of the main door to my late grandparents house... my god how I miss them T__T. The floor of the house has never been changed... The plastic cover thinggy was the same as years ago... almost everything is the same... minus... the people in the house I guess :(
Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel, and got ready for the reception at Ayah Chik's house.
Food was okay I guess... The pair of newly weds looked SOOOOO sweet and uber lovely in their silver/grey baju. The pelamin awesome too! It's simple and lovely (unlike the normal ones you'd see around those parts lah)... Apparently it's done by my Wawa (my cousin's wife) and her brother... Ok wait.. she said she helped with the room, not sure about the Pelamin. But whatever, both were awesome really.
Afterwards, since it was so F**king hot, we decided to find somewhere to drink ABC (Ais Batu Campur for those who don't know). So dad brought us to SunTwo (Baru), which was beside KB Mall. The food there was awesome too! and the ABC rather hit the spot :D Went back to our hotel and slept like a log, til mom called up around 8 or 9 to go out and find some dinner. We drove easily for an hour to find soewhere to eat, and we sat that the original SunTwo (yes, ada dua), was still open, so dad said he'd like to take us there. So we parked the car at the side of the road (thank god there weren't that much traffic at 10 something p.m). We enjoyed dinner very much! Mom had roti kahwin (i have no idea what was in it), I had salted fish fried rice and barley red bean drink (which was surprisingly sedap!), nawal had this HUGEEE bowl of Bihun Tomyam... and dad just had a drink and shared Nawal's food. Then went back.. and slept til next morning.
Last day in Kelantan... woke up and had some really sucky breakfast at the hotel...then mom and dad went to Pak Ni's house to pickup Auntie Kiah... and me and nawal went back to the room to pack our stuff... Afterwards I slept in for a while.. until my parents came back with Auntie Kiah. Got ready, and checked out of the hotel at 11.30 a.m. Met at the rendevous point to go to the reception on the groom's side...
The food was pretty good too, twas good, minus this one brat who drank from MY cup without asking me.. bloody kid... then at 1 or so we left the Grooms' house to Uncle Hamdan's house. I took a shower coz it was so so so hot and I was realy uncomfortable at the end of it all. Then we left for the house and took our flight home at 4.30 p.m.
and that everyone, was my 3 wonderful days (minus the effing godawful HEAT T__T) in Kelantan. I had a great time meeting my aunties and uncles... having some awesome food, and meeting some friendly new faces at the same time. yes.. I'm starting to miss my dads' hometown (yes not mine.. my hometown is where my home is lah). We don't go back as often since my grandparents died. And I miss them a lot too... Almost cried when I went back to their old house T__T. Cannot tahan weh. Too many memories there... I could almost see ourselves running around in the house (dan bunyi rumah macam nak roboh!), playing pranks on each other and sleeping all around the house on the floor during Eid... I miss those days so much..
Anyways... CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COUSIN NAZIHAH AND ASYRANI! May you have a blessed and happy marriage for the rest of your lives. :)
After my long + tiring weekend back in Kelantan, I'm officially sick.. yep.. I started to have a runny nose about yesterday afternoon, and a sore throat by the evening. Went to the clinic today to pick up some meds. I feel a tad bit better after taking the meds the doctor gave me. Took flu meds (courtesy of Rose, my roomate) that made me drowsy last night and the effect lasted till this morning. Didn't manage to wake up for my morning class!
The trip to Kelantan was awesome, even though it made me sick. It's always great to meet up with the extended family. On Saturday, we headed our after Subuh prayers, and made it in time to meet with the rest in Gua Musang. The brides' house was in Felda Chiku 5, in Gua Musang. They served some wicked ayam percik! Unlike the normal ayam percik we'd find here, theirs has white gravy instead. We only stayed for about an hour since we had to go back to Kadok to get ready for the reception on our side.
Me and my family went straight to one of my aunts' house in Melor, while the rest went to Kadok. We rested a bit and then headed out to Kota Bharu. Kak Pah wanted to find stuff for her wedding in August, mom and me bought some tudung, and the three of us bought some new "baju kelawar". Cheapo compared to the ones we'd buy here :D
Then me, Ashraf and Kak Pah went to KB Mall coz I needed to fix my specs. Then met up with my parents nearby USM Kubang Kerian. Dad wanted to eat laksam, but they're usually served for breakfast, so we couldn't find any. We went back to K.B to go for our fav "dip-dip" place (steamboat on a stick kinda thing). As usual I ended up eating the most.. hahahahahhahah... hey it's hard to find a place that serves tongue. Yes.. you read it right.. TOUNGE.. believe me it's good!
We headed back to Kadok to see if there's anything that we can help with. But everything was in order coz there were a lot of people helping out' and since it's a "kampung" everyone nearby came and help, especially with the cooking part. My family headed out yet again, this time to Bachok, to meet my moms' younger brother, Pak Su Mat. His wife delivered a new addition to his family a couple of months back. So, since we were in town, we thought we'd stop by and see them too. they live by the sea side, so the air was cool and windy. The baby girl was so so so cute, and a name to match, Siti Aisyah Jasmin! Stayed for about half an hour.
We were really really tired by the end of it all, my brother drove us back to Kadok, coz his car was parked there, then my dad drove to Melor. Slept like a log...almost.
Next morning, I was the last to wake up. Dad went out with my aunt and uncle to buy breakfast. And boy, it was luky that my aunt went with him coz he couldn't seem to stop imself from buying EVERYTHING there :P. We had Nasi Kerabu, Satay, Laksam, and some "kuih" for breakfast. I'm not a big fan of satay (coz I had food poisoning the last time I ate satay in kelantan), and also not a big fan of laksam, so I had only the nasi kerabu. Nasi kerabu with daging bakar ok! it's hard to find it back home. usually they'd just fry the meat instead.
We got ready and packed up our stuff. Headed out to our grandparents' graves first. I love that place. It has such a scenic view. Yes it's a grave site. But I'm not lying when I say it's such a beautiful place. Then we went to Kadok again. When we got there, there were nothing much that we could do. So my dad decided to treat us with the best air buah (fruit juice) in the whole of K.B :D (it was just like 50 meters away from my uncles' house anyway). me and dad had some mixed fruit juice, and mom and kak pah had apple juice. It truly was delicious! Oh...and we had Hamlet Kaya.. hahahahahha. I didn't know that kaya and egg went well together :P
Went back to the house, and waited for the reception to start. Met a whole lot of people that day. I was happy to see my grandaunt, Tok Da looking well. Also, my granduncle, Tok Ngah Din, whom we met when we went back to kelantan or Hari Raya, is able to walk again. Last time, he had to have help to even just stand up.
We made our move at about 2.30 pm, after the bride arrived for the reception. Dad drove this time (Kak Pah drove from Bangi to Kelantan on Saturday btw). He drove like.. FAST, and the roads were winding with twists and turns ebery few meters and I ended up dizzy and felt like throwing up T__T. We made a stop at Simpang Pulai, at which my sister drove all the way home. I welcomed the change as much as she did coz she was bored and I was dizzy from my dads' driving :P
All in all, it was a good trip. I dunno why was it when I was little I dreaded going back there.. really. I kinda miss going back there now *sigh*. Maybe when I was little I used to go back pretty often, and now that I don't have as much time, and my dad isn't as fit to drive back so often (and the lack of reason to go back), I miss it..
PIccies, well... I'll try and upload it by this weekend.
I really hate being sick.. T___T ciao peeps!
