we wanted to leave for Kedah in the wee hours of the morning to avoid the traffic but i ended up oversnoozing and only got up at 5am Saturday morning *oops*. i crammed a bunch of stuff into two bags (one for us, the other for Dayana) and hurriedly threw them into the car. by the time we left it was already 7.30am.
Dayana schleepy schleepy~
driving past the speed limit... shhhhh
the roads were still busy with traffic heading up north, but not as busy as during midnight a few hours earlier, which i later found out from my dad (they left for Kedah at midnight and got stuck in horrendous traffic on the way). we took turns driving, i drove from Sungai Perak up until Gurun. we arrived in Alor Setar around 11.30am (thanks to Significant Other, who speeded most of the way) and headed for my uncle's house to drop off our stuff. my uncle and family, including my dad would be leaving for Langkawi after lunch and since they're staying overnight there we practically had the house for ourselves. it would just be my mom, my two sistahs and us. whee~~
Aunt Ina made great nasi lemak and yummy cupcakes! *mouth watering* *reminds meself to get the recipe from her later*
our first stop of the day was to go to Eiwa's wedding reception, held at her newly renovated house from wood to stone (woohoo~ my peeps keep saying 'siap ade aircond office, occay~!'). it was almost 3pm by the time i reached her house. my mom accidentally took the wrong set of keys and we ended up being locked out of the house. gwahhhhh. everyone was already at Eiwa's, minus Sarah, who arrived shortly later. my mom and sistah proceeded to hang out at Hanim's house while we continued to do our visits =P. *congrats Eiwa and Kian!* *finally!*
kian & eiwa
with the whole bunch
Dayana mingling with Wally
the girls
the guys
we headed off to Noriza's place next to see her 44-day old baby, Muhammad Hafiz Naufal =). sungguh rock ok, siap pakai striking red mitten and booties, lol!
naufal =)
next stop: Wanza's place. she was having her son's cukur jambul the very same day so we dropped by her place for a visit =). her baby, Muhammad Irfan Danial, was roughly about 2 weeks old (i think). *congrats Wan!*
our final stop was to Aida's house. her wedding solemnization was today but we decided to skip that and serbu her house for the food instead =P. *congrats Aida!*
aida's reception the next day
i couldn't make Aida's wedding reception the next day because we had to head back down south to attend Rijal's wedding at Nibong Tebal. but i told her i'd try to make it for her wedding in Shah Alam the next weekend.
after we bid our goodbyes we headed back to Hanim's place to see her 2-month old baby, then whisked everyone to Kangar, PERLIS with my mom and sistah to pick up the spare keys that my uncle left us to get in the house. *jauhnya! pengsan*
it was almost 9.30pm by the time we reached Alor Setar so we went to pick up my other sistah who had gone to lepak with her Kedah peeps and made a beeline for Riverland =D. yummy! my most favorite chinese restaurant in Alor Setar. one of the things i miss about leaving Kedah, lol. it's Dayana's first time in a high chair!
Dayana and Daddy
Dayana wants to order food too
wanted to drop by Kuey Teow Iman for a late supper, but we were too tired and decided to retire early that day.
the next morning we packed up our stuff, left for the tailors to drop off some kain for raya, then headed off to my grandparents' place to say a quick hye =). tok wan was getting older, his eyesight wasn't as good as before. after saying hyes and byes and promising to drop by for a longer visit next time (and a quick photos with the grandies!), we headed off to Penang.
Nibong Tebal apparently resides closer to the Perak borderline, so we didn't get a chance to drop by the island, since it was pointless to patah balik. this crazy Rijal pulak didn't give us his invitation card, and his scanned version for the original basically sucked =P. but thanks to Significant Other's fantastic Garmin GPS, we managed to reach his house without seriously getting lost. haha.
a smile for the camera, lol
fascinated with the fan
the bride and groom
Dayana: do i know you?
we continued our journey around 3ish, but the traffic was really bad after the Semanggul R&R. it was my turn to drive, and i guess i kinda burned rubber due to the sluggish traffic flow and utter boringness sampai nak tertido driving like a snail. we stopped at Tapah for fruits and ice cream (and gas for the Civic) when Significant Other decided to continue the journey via the trunk roads. the trunk roads aren't that bad, actually. traffic was smooth for one thing. the GPS however, insisted we get back onto the highway pronto. haha. we did eventually because the trunk road only had one single lane per side, and by the time we got back onto the highway it was already three lanes =D.
marvelous GPS creation
we arrived at Subang toll around 10ish and headed for fil's place first. i was so tired (i was still in my baju kurung okay) i fell asleep on the sofa waiting for Significant Other to finish tinkering around with the fil's PC, leaving Dayana to her grandparents (funnily she took an instant liking to Bibik, while the Grandad had to work a little harder to earn her trust, haha). we finally reached home safe and sound at almost midnight.
luckily we were on leave the next day *grin*. btw congrats to my cousin on his engagement!
p/s. at the time i'm typing this tower 2 is announcing that there's a fire situation two levels down. is ordered to standby until further notice. hahahahhaha. and i see that everyone in office is still cool as a cucumber. lol. apparently it was activated due to a technical error in the system. blueks.
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