ONCE...kedahans

I was in Kedah over the weekend. Taking the chance of visiting Mak Tuk (the whole lot went back in fact) as I've a meeting in UUM. The meeting went good, hope it'll turn out as an order.

That night, Baba asked me to follow him (since Mama & the gang went back already), looking for durians he said. Went to a bazaar at Meregong, saw some durians but didn't buy any. Then, Baba said "cok udang..sedap..", well okey I thought to buy some home. But, he sat down, ordered 2 cok udang and drinks. Hehehe..just felt odd for dunno what reason. And more shameful as he paid for it. Which later he asked, "Kontrak apa dok buat la nie ?" (What kind of projects are you working on now?)..where the reply goes, nothing new yet. And that's the reason he told my wife, as the story goes. Then, we head on to his friend's house (it's 9 pm), he told me about Alor Star during his teenage days, the buildings and events there...and then talked about his work.

He easily became tired nowadays. And how energetic Mama is, she didn't take a nap at the office (which he did, to regain his strength), but woke-up early morning, preparing breakfast (sometimes 2-3 types), go to work, non-stop working there, then coming back straight away preparing dinner, wash clothes, fold the washed ones...and that explains why sometimes...mama can fall asleep while reading newspapers. She'll collapse by 10 am...she needs all the rest though.

Well, actually what I wanted to blog is, the number of people at the bazaar. It's 7.30 pm, Maghrib (there's surau there btw). We're musafir, so it's okey. But, the bazaar was packed with people, eating !!! There's so many delicacies to choose from, from light to heavy dishes. And it's cheap as well. It'll be great if we can stay in Kedah, enjoy the cheap but good food, fisheries, goodies and stuffs, but in KL's paycheck ! That'll be heaven I'm telling you.

Hope UUM will engage our service, so that we can go back more frequently to Kedah. Thinking of using train next time, but the idea was shot down by the gang. Guess I'll take it if I'm going back alone.