Did something on a whim today, well, quite a few things actually. And that should be yesterday, as I am writing at 3 am, not sleepy yet, feeling a little flushed from the joy of such things, which I realised I have not indulged in for the longest time. I was feeling restless and a little cooped up I suppose, from the days of the haze (whoa, it rhymes!) and when Jip decided to come visit, and we did not really have anything planned, I managed to convince him that it is good to get out of town, and managed to also convince the guileless Kel to hop into the car without even knowing the destination. He was probably bored to death too so he gamely agreed. Packed with a bag of cempedak goreng (and no water I realised later) and no destination we took off in Jip's car and ended up going south by the way of the Seremban highway. We thought of Melaka, but Linggi beckoned more, so we exited there and just plowed our way towards Melaka through Linggi, all the while belting out to the weird mixture of eighties new wave plus rainbow plus some mushy indonesian plus misha music Jip had in his CD changer. A good blend, as unplanned as the trip. And it was so refreshing to see the one horse towns along the way, places like Pasir Panjang and some others I am sure have never appeared in the Geography text books. One town had this one-pump petrol station, and the old Esso logo still on it! We snaked through oil palm estates and ended up in Kuala Sungai Baharu in Melaka which is by the beach with lots of little chalets for rent. I never knew these things exist. Of course the conversation kept revolving on one to main topic which I needn't mention here so as not embarrass anybode, meself included. :) Had dinner at some seafood place which if not for the high I was experiencing because of the spontaneity of the whole thing, I would have cursed the owner twice over (the barbecued fish tasted like it was nuked). On the way back we went off the highway and came back through the backroads whilst singing 70's malay songs. So my memory isn't too bad - we managed to dig out the most obscure of songs (remember singers like Quinary M, Gaya Zakry, heh he), though the same can't be said about our vocal prowess. And guess what, to further test our vocal prowess, we actually stopped by at a karaoke joint and tortured our lungs further. Well, the motto for the day was to be spontaneous, so I guess the karaoke thing just completed the whole thing.
And here I am writing this thing at 3 in the morning, feeling good. I need an antidote to all the craziness going around, so I guess being crazy myself worked. You should try it too.
5 comments:
you forgot to mention your little lung exercise when you could not find any auto-teller machine between the pedas/linggi exit and kuala sungai baru! a small price to pay for being spontaneous, that was.
I wish I was there to sing along, after all it's in my backyard.
Yes, it is your backyard... brings back memory huh?
Perhaps soon, you will be able to.
Yeah, some day. Wish I were there, taking the kids swim in the river where I grew up, jumping into the mud where the rice grow, walking along the bridges that connect the villages, picking up local fruits and vegitables, and hugging those I haven't seen in ages...
I pray that it will happen soon for you. InsyaAllah. And you have to pray too, and put your efforts into it. I know it's hard, but you need to.
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