I had not been back to my hometown in Muar for quite some time so I decided the 4 days break was ideal for a short trip. I was oncall the day before the CNY holiday and my father had an injection to his eyes for his eye condition (poor Ayah.. :(.. I came home at 8am, left our house at 10am and my parents were with us the whole trip. Our 1st stop was Putrajaya where we visited my brother. His eldest son was turning 6, so we had a big lunch & a mini-birthday party there. We left at 1pm towards Seremban, where we had another stop at my in-laws' place. After a plate of mee goreng, deliciously cooked by my mother-in-law, we continued our journey my cousin's house in Pedas.
My cousin in 47years old and he was suffering from a condition called MS. He was one of the most soft-spoken person I ever met and he has an angel for a wife, called Lin. My cousin is currently bed-ridden, fighting for his life from this disease that is ripping one nerve at a time. Ironically, my cousing lost his vision in his right eye weeks before my visit. I got a chance to see his MRI that showed progression of his disease that has involved the occipital lobe of the brain, which controls the eyesight. While my family drunk in the sad facts and quietly said grace in our hearts for our priceless gift of good health, my children got a chance to get to know their second cousin Yafiq.. interesting name ha :)
We left Pedas for Tampin, my husband's grandmother place, where we had Lemang & Rendang for dinner! What a RAYA! We left for Muar at around 9pm and safely reached home in Muar at 11.30pm
The following 3 days was fulled of loafing, relaxing, sleeping & most importantly letting my kids know the place where I grew up. Umar got his actualy 1st pair of shoes, which he "inherited" from his cousin Ali. It was a pair of very old, comfy shoes but Umar loved it so much he was literally running in it, at the playground.
The very last day we were in Muar, we went to Pasar Tani for me to do some grocery shopping with fresh vege & fish. Throughout the trip, Umar was asleep in the stroller & Dina was oddly very clingy. She literally hugged my knee most of the time. As I was paying for some stuff I bought, I heard Dina screaming behind me, "orang tu ambil rantai Dina!". I had the biggest shock of my life! Someone was snatching my baby's necklace, when she was standing in between me & my maid. And the worse part was that I could not see anyone running away from the scene, and Dina was too shocked to describe the assaulter. Lucky she was unharmed, despite repeating that she wanted her Tok Dad who's a policeman, to shoot that man with a pistol at both his hands & legs! When I said to her "kita kena sabar, Dina doa kita murah rezeki, nanti Ummi belikan Dina rantai lagi", she said " Nanti Ummi beli yang besar, yang tempat tutup dia tu ketat tau, supaya tak boleh bukak".... :)
We left Muar at 2pm, and the traffic was terrible, it took us 2 1/2 hours from Muar to Tampin, 2 hours from Tampin to Seremban (via the conventional road), and an hour 1/2 from Seremban to KL via LEKAS highway. Lucky we have numerous houses we could stop by, had food, used the bathroom etc before we pursued our journey. And double lucky my kids were so wonderful that despite the long and boring journey they still managed to crack jokes & made the journey less tiring for all of us..
After 6 and half hours driving, the best part of the day was when my husband opened the house door & greated us with a big, warm, comfy hug that all of us missed so much...
What a CNY holiday....
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