Trip Out To The Skirts - LoLa

Well it's been quite awhile since my last post. Since no one has written for some time, I'll share my part of my current life with you peeps out there.

Quite recently me and Hay and our mom as well as sis, went on a trip to a village/really very small town on the outskirts of our little town, Miri, or should I say Miri is an under developed city which is still in progress to reach higher standards. Or rather, we refer villages as 'kampung' in Malay language. The offset was that we started packing an hour before the arrival of our transport. The days to spend there were decided to be 3 days and 2 nights so packing wasn't that hard. The only problem involved was entertainment to be brought. Fortunately a lappy (laptop) came in handy, with a novel and some other gadgets. When a semi-black 4x4 vehicle parked itself smoothly up our gates, we knew it was go time. And so we hopped to it with a few luggage and off we go!

Why were we going to this village you may ask? The occasion at that time was for a family gathering in event of a wedding to be taken place a week after in the village named Long Lama. It is a wedding planned by my mom's side of the family. It should be grand as the whole village population is invited. But alas, we won't be there when the event goes off because we'll be else where outside our humble home!

The ride was no easy gulp down the throat. Massive hills and large potholes were of the obstacles involved. Dusty and rocky roads laid a long distance in between dense jungles. It was dusty because it didn't rain earlier and likewise we were fortunate of not getting stuck in muddy sticky situations. But the ride gave me a headache with all the ups and down. If it weren't for an experienced driver-for-hire, I would've thrown up at least twice; which accounts me to being the type of person who gets vehicle sickness on long travels.

After an immense amount of perseverance (I might be exaggerating) and approximately 3 hours of "joy" ride, we finally arrived at the village's river - which was connected by a ferry. The welcoming was warm and a feast it was for a home dinner. Kampung style dishes are unique and remind you the naturalness of nature, at least it's home cooked so I trust they're clean.

We spent the night at our cousin's place and had some kicks while trading stories. Sadly, the internet line was terribly slow over there. More surprisingly is that the kampung has a cyber café too-an illegal one. With only 6 PCs up for grabs and a slow internet line, this CC dominates the fees of RM3 per hour. Still we played a bit to pass the time in the morning after breakfast. As for the afternoons, we took a long nap oblivious to the heat scorching the concrete roads. Then basketball was next in line in the evening. A full court with 2 baskets and short rings was filled with many youngsters. A game of 7-on-7 was not so bad (at least we did not need to run so much). As usual, our cousin was a good contender on the court. We had fun!

The night ended smoothly as we tried teaching our cousin chemistry. His experience and opinions of the school in Long Lama seemed pitiful since he used to study in the same school as us. After about 2 hours of teaching, he slept peacefully. It must be the large amount of understanding of chemistry’s Electrolysis pounding on his brain. So eventually, we hit the hay early as well since we would be heading back early the day after.

I must say the ‘kuih’ or rather the traditional Malay and Chinese types of cakes and cookies in Long Lama are fantastic. We had some for breakfast with Milo in our other hands. It was a great start and a good way to end it as our ride came right after we’re done. So we bid farewell to everyone, we won’t be seeing them for quite a while. Our cousin told us not to forget him. Of course not! His name is Jian.

And so the ride home always seemed faster for some reason. Still I didn’t enjoy all that well during the journey back home. And here I am, writing this piece after a week after the trip, due to tiredness and perhaps the sickness of the joy ride.

By the way, Long Lama has cute and nice animals and birds as well. Maybe you guys should try going there sometimes .

Oh and here's a picture of Hayden, me, Jian and my other cousin, Mandy. I think this pic will suit this piece according the Hay's gesture of his face expression. xD Click on the pic for a better view!