It was
at 2 am Monday morning, (yes, two days
ago) or should it be wee hour, when I, together with my wife and nia, left for
senai johor to send abil for his practical session there. Of course la abil
tagged along.. we needed to be there by 9 am. As the road was clear, I took
almost six hours, plus resting n prayer at ayer keroh, to reach senai.
Once there,
we had breakfast as everyone was starving. Then abil went to the nearby mosque
to refresh n get himself ready. At quarter to nine, we sent abil to senai
airport to report for his practical. After waiting for more than two hours,
abil finished his briefing. Phew! Searched for his rumah bujang and had lunch
together.
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| abil waiting to get into senai airport |
Once we
said our goodbyes n making sure he would be okay, the three of us left for Singapore.
But we needed to find a mechanic first coz the bmw was having a problem with
the front left tyre bearing. Luckily we found one , hj amat, near kempas al
mizan mosque, a bmw specialist. Earlier we were contemplating where to park the
car coz we wanted to get into Singapore via public transport. In the end He
showed us the place which was at the workshop.. knnnnn hahahah Alhamdulillah
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| welcome to Bugis!! |
It was
already 4pm when we boarded the Singapore johore express from larkin to queen
street. After the formality at the immigration counters of both Malaysia n singapore
sides, we were on our way to queen street @ rochor bus station. I managed to
catch a nap while in the bus. Ngantuk giler beb!!
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| mrt time! |
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| nia's dinner |
At 530pm,
we were heading to our Victoria Hotel room in Bugis vicinity. It was a real
bargain coz we managed to get a room with a king size bed together with a
single bed. And the room was comfortable, spacious and airy, and we even had a window
view of victoria street. We left our bags and headed to bras basah mrt station
and went to garden by the bay for its live show at 745pm. It was a spectacular show
and the view that evening surrounding the garden was so picturesque. By 830pm,
we left for for dinner at zam zam restaurant, consisting of mutton beriani for
me n my wife, n chicken chop for nia. We had our seat outside the restaurant
and the view in front us was the splendid sultan mosque. The mosque had a character
of its own that made it looked grand.
As we
were tired n sleepy, we walked back to our hotel. Everyone took a shower and
performed the prayer before falling asleep.
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| haji lane |
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| d girls with d dervish |
The next
morning we planned to go to merlion and sentosa but the plan was cancelled due
to the heavy rain. Since we had to abort the morning session plan, after the
rain had slowed down to a drizzle, we went to kg glam which was famous for its
assorted streets and lanes: arab street, haji lane, to name a few. The place
was so colorful and clean and full of vibes that I wished I could stay longer. We
went around and snapped photos of the rare and special artworks and stuffs all
over the place. By two, after buying some merchandise as memorabilia, as well
as having deer murtabak n mutton murtabak, washed down with a glass of the tarik
for lunch, it was time to get back across the causeway.
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| haji lane - 2 |
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| nia n john lennon |
we
would remember these moments for a long time.
It was
at 2 am Monday morning, (yes, two days
ago) or should it be wee hour, when I, together with my wife and nia, left for
senai johor to send abil for his practical session there. Of course la abil
tagged along.. we needed to be there by 9 am. As the road was clear, I took
almost six hours, plus resting n prayer at ayer keroh, to reach senai.
