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“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.” ― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

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#Nowplaying sangat.

I guess when we travel, we must have that one song that we keep on humming right? When I was backpacking around Singapore, my favorite jam is Am I Wrong by Nico and Vinz ( I was actually small danced to it when we were at Mosque Street. Adoi pae ntah pape laaa). While in India, it was Tim Mc Graw, All over again. Padahal kat Malaysia takde pun layan sangat. Hampehh.

Kenapa bercakap pasal favorite hum? Because I was going through some videos I recorded and I noticed kebanyakan lagu yang aku hum ialah zaman high school. Ohh nostalgia sangat, Just curious, am I the only being like this? Hmm.

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Sorry

A few months ago, I learned how to play a guitar.

Nothing complex. Just some short, sweet tune. And I decided to play Birthday song for someone. I want him to hear those sounds I manage to pluck from the guitar.

And I did. With all my might, bleeding fingers and aching back and neck. I let him see. We laughs and he awed over the short lead time I had to learn playing guitar.

Those happy times.

And now, when I see the guitar, I feel a sting of sadness. Regrets. Things I wish I would do and wouldn’t.

Do you know how some events can change people? Some feelings come and go. Some just meant to passing by, some are meant to stay. Maybe ours are just meant to say Hi and leave, even we worked it up so much.

Take care, wherever you are and whom you’re being with. As someone who was too busy to be with you before, I wish you could be happy.

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Pae Escape Diary: India -Part 2-

So, hi. Dah janji nk cerita pasal places of attraction kt Chennai kan? Actually as you may know, Chennai bukan lah capital of India. so you may guess tempat menarik dia memang boleh kira dengan jari je. Selebihnya banyak follow budak2 ni beli saree kt Pothys ngan hayagrevas je. 2 hari berturut okei.

Tepat kul 10, lepas lompat masuk je dalam kereta Babu si abam driver, dia terus bawak gi Hayarevas. Atas demand yang tinggi terhadap saree dari Malaysia (budak opis pesan sampai 10 pasang. ok bai), maka terhasil lah gambar2 di bawah..

Saree beb. aku pun tempted nak beli utk diri sendiri. tapi tak minat.

Boleh lak si Syam heret aku merata sebab nak pilihkan saree untuk mak dia.

Atur banyak2 and then suruh budak opis pilih. hahahahaha.

Hayagrevas ni bukan setakat jual saree je, dia jual macam2 lagi. Baju macam juhi Chawla pakai yang ada suar pastu baju punjabi labuh dengan kain sangkut kt bahu pun ada, baju kurta lelaki satu set ngan suar ada, jewelleries, pashmina, semua ada. While aku rasa shopping kat sana boleh buat ko rasa bankrap, Babu cakap ada lg kedai saree yg laaaagi besar, which is Pothys.

Oh btw, saree kalau beli direct kat sini memang murah. satu pasang 6 meter, harga dalam 730~800 rupee utk saree bercorak and dalam 550~650 rupee utk saree plain atau corak simple. (convert duit malaysia dalam 48~60 duit malaysia).

Wan angkut sampai 10 pasang kt Hayagrevas pagi tu. bisnes katanya. Kipidap Wan!

Lepas lepak kata Hayagrevas, kami gerak gi Express Avenue Mall. Kenapa mall? Sebab India memang terkenal dengan barang kulit dia yang murah. barangan branded dia pun memang masyuk. Converse low cut yang 180 kat sini baru 80~100 kat sana. murah kan? kan?

Oh, mall kt India pun lebih kurang macam kat Malaysia. You will see teenagers, belia, orang tua dan kanak-kanak berjalan dengan pakwe, makwe, atau anak-anak sambil memakai baju paling cantik dalam wardrobe diorang. Harga makanan dia pun macam standard gak. Sepinggan beriani 17 INRp, which kalau convert balik lebih kurang RM7 duit kita. Beriani dia sangat sedap dan banyaaak.

Lepas merayau kat EA Mall, kami lepak ke Marina beach. Jarak dari EA Mall ke Marian takde lah jauh, dalam 12 km je tapi disebabkan ini ialah Chennai, mau 45 minit gak nak sampai. Marina beach still panas sebab kami sampai kul 4 petang.

Tadaaaa! Ni jarak dari tempat kitorang parking. Yep, pantai jauh lagi, Dan yep, ko kena berjalan redah pasir tu semua. Sorry masing-masing dah jadi macam kanak-kanak Ribena dalam ni.

Two words: Scorching heat. Panas gilosss.

Seriously. Suhu kat sana memang tak bawah dari 35 darjah Celcius, dan ko pijak pasir. Rasa macam jadi ubi kentang dilayur lembut menjadikan wedges. Tapi reward dia…

Cantik gilaaaa view. Sebab pantai dia bersih. Sangat bersih. Air dia biru mengadap Indian Ocean.

Lepas merayau kat pantai ni about sejam (tak mandi pun. Ada member tanya kenapa tak mandi. Seriously…nak rendam badan dalam laut tengah panas buta camni?), kami berjalan kaki dengan harapan nak cari auto yang decent. Kenapa nak yang decent? Sebab kalau naik yang local..well. Anyway jumpa gak auto yang cun, 2 ketul. Untuk 5 orang. And..

Kanak-kanak ribena part yang ke infiniti. Sorry la abam auto, excited sangat kitorg ni.

Buruk bebenor muke ko Syam. hahahahaha. Dah ko pun acah-acah driver kenapa Husaiffff.

One tip untuk female, Muslim tourist kat India, especially Chennai: Sini tak banyak masjid yang sediakan tempat sembahyang perempuan. So kalau nak solat, cari la masjid Juman dekat area Pelita. Tempat solat dia selesa, tapi malam-malam sila bawak torchlight untuk amik wuduk atau masuk toilet. Lampu dia terbakor semua.

Till then, adios!

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Pae Escape Diary: India -Part 1-

Hello duniaa! Since aku ada masalah ingatan semenjak mencecah 20 tahun, marilah kita cerita siap-siap pasal trip ke India, or to be specific, Chennai. Originally ini bukan holiday. I repeat, it ain’t a holiday, tp Sony hantar utk production support. Cuma tgh2 support tetiba ada day off. So apa lagi kann.

To get to Chennai, jgn risau. Ada flight direct ke Chennai by Air Asia dan MAB (that makes me wonder ramai ke org Chennai kt sini? Or ramai ke org nak g Chennai? Hmm). Flight is twice per day, pagi dan malam. Disebabkan Sony bijak, dia xnk habiskn boreh dia, so kmi pn dihantar naik flight pagi so smpai sana boleh terus kerja. Jom berhuhuhu jap. Hmm huhu.

/gambar wajib. Kunun macam charismatic habis. bila usha balik…spoil la makcik purple ni. hurm/

So where is this Chennai?

Chennai, atau nama lama dia Madras, adalaha ibu negeri Tamil Nadu. Walaupun aku first time aku baca ni dengan agak terkejut, Chennai tergolong dalam kategori bandar metropolis.Chennai adalah bandar ke-4 paling padat penduduk di India, dan memang sangat terkenal sebab banyak kilang automobile kat sini.

So for India, kena apply visa ok. Dan ada 2 stages, 1st isi online. next print out yg dah isi online dan siap berbarcode ke Kedutaan India dengan passport.Sounds easy tp since kena bawak gambar dan gambar visa India ni ada specific requirement,aku cadangkan amik gambar kata sana je, 4 keping RM20. Aku x banyak bunyi…sebab Sony bayor. kahkah.

Mata tak cukup tidur+Muka berjerawat.Dah jadi tradisi kot asal nk keluar mesti muka problem. Dan kenapa tumblr letak besar besar ni kenapaaaa.

So lepas bayar RM695 + processing fee RM50, tunggu lah kau 3 hari, and then pi pickup kt sana balik. Tiket flight from KUL-MAA costs about 2K pi balik with MAB. Dengan Air Asia dok tau la pulak.

Enough about preparation. So dah termaktub tarikh 4 haribulan 9 ke sana. Flight pagi weh. Pagii.Kul 9.35 to be exact. Sampai je kt Chennai baru 11.15 waktu local (Chennai lambat 3 jam stengah).

Gambar wajib setiap kali naik flight. Right while flying across Indian Ocean, and it reminded me of MH370. :(

Airport Chennai after 3 hours and a half. Seriously, India panas. And the airport was still under construction at that time, so the International arrival pn pakai kipas cm kt Hameed ngan Maulana je. There are ladies wearing saree doing the chores and stuff. Which remind me..kita kat sana nak ke worker pakai baju kurung sambil scrub the construction floor? Tak pernah lak aku tengok.

Tukang interframe: Husaif and Wan. and pakcik pakai kain pelekat tapi sentengkan sampai peha omg.

Since ni sebab kerja, Sony pun hire driver. Sebab xboleh drive. Kalau boleh pun tak nak, Serius, jalan kt Chennai sangat packed. Padat. mampat. Penuh manjang dan jammed setiap masa. Jalan 2 lane dia blh masuk 1 lori, satu saloon car and auto. Hon berbunyi setiap 1.8 saat, dan diorang bawak memang asal boleh. tapi yang bagusnya, takde pulak accident. None of the drivers are holding cellphone. Dah nampak kan rootcause accident kita kan?

Second part coming. Kita cerita pasal Chennai places of attraction pulak. Bye!

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"If you are ever stuck choosing between two things, simply flip a coin. Not because it chooses for you, but because for those few seconds that the coin is in the air you know what you are hoping for."

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