tentative date of arrival: 191205
tentative time of arrival: 1200hrs
actual date of arrival: 201205
actual time of arrival: 1030hrs
yes yes yes
i was delayed by one whole day
stuck in the thai-malaysian border
for one and a half hour
waiting to no avail for the van to come
all 12 of us stranded
all flooded
all black out
strapless
hungry!!!!!
the last nite was really an adventure
we set off from koh phangan s.k home
at 0600 hours on sunday expecting to arrive singapore
on monday at 1200hours the latest
as u noe, there is no such thing as a perfect
timing much more a perfect world
all the trouble started when we kept
changing the waiting point for the mini bus to pick us up
we are being transferred from point a to point b and to point c
finally at point c we got the mini bus or rather a mini van
that will take us from dongsak all the way to hatyai
freaking 7 hours all 12 cramped in a van for 9 11 person!
3 english
3 finnish
3 irish
3 freaking singaporean
and it didn stop till at hatyai
when we reach the thai-malaysian border
the driver asked us to get out and walk across the border
telling us to wait on the malaysian side
and affirming us that he will pick us up there
we wait n wait n wait n the time shows 2330hours
30 more mins and the border will close!
by now it has definitely hit us that we are
being conned! the 3 irish decided to go back to thailand
as their sole purpose to malaysia is just to get
their visa renewed so that they can go back to thailand
ask for me, i have to get back home die die by monday!
when we decided that it was no point to wait
we decided to take action
we hailed and hitch hiked any car that pass by the border
to bring us to the nearest town which is chang lun
the roads towards there are all closed and getting there is impossible
but we prayed and crosses our fingers that we will get there
we do not want to end up sleeping on the road
a taxi came to a halt, and old pakcik
who is more anxious to go home to see his son
than bring us to a safer place reluctantly
gave us a lift
a car also stopped and we told them we only have 50 ringgit on our body
and he dont mind riding us a lift to the nearest town
when we reached chang lun, the whole place was mess
all black out and flooded
they alighted us at the hotel nearby
and left. knocking on the door, no body answered
i reckon they are all sleeping. no receptionist
no rooms no nothing
a few minutes later, 3 malaysian guy
came down and asked wat we wanted
they are hotel guests and we told them our plight
and generously they offered to drive us
to kuala perlis at no charge
they decided kuala perlis as there will be more
hotel rooms and that there will be more options
on buses taking us to our destinations
back on the road cramped into 2 cars and 30 minutes
later after passing all the flood we arrived at kuala perlis
we managed to find a room, and all 9 of us bunked in
in to the $75RM room. we had dinner (the malaysian guy brought us still at no charge)
and went to sleep all over the floor.
i didnt took the bed as faraq and jessie took it
the other bed, matt and carolyn shared it
so me, jali, mika, daniela and the other finnish guy took the floors
woke up at 9 am, and we all quickly get to the bus terminal
to get our tickets to our destinations
kuala perlis - singapore 1930hrs
kuala perlis - k.l 1200hrs
we had to think, we had to decide
and we took the bus with everyone else
to kl and we think its a better option
rather than to wait till 1930hrs to get the bus to singapore
ah shit...i have to get back to work now
my break is up
will continue later
i will be working on christmas
i will be working on the night shift on new year eve and new year
it sucks big time!!!
i hate it so much
