Back in Sungai Petani

Yesterday afternoon, while in a meeting, I received the news that my Uncle passed away. He was getting worse overnight and by the morning, it was inevitable that he couldn't hang on for much longer. The Doctors spoke to the family again this morning and from the tone of their voice, the end was near.

By 5, my parents, Anita, the two boys and myself were back on the road. A quick stop near Ipoh for berbuka and we reached Kepala Batas by 10 pm. My Uncle's body was laid to rest earlier in the evening. So we went straight to his house to meet my cousin and Aunt.

Next was checking in into the hotel - it was in Sungai Petani to be near my other Aunt. We plan to go to the grave tomorrow morning on our way back to KL.

I'll be on call on Wednesday. So, I'd better get some rest. I had just had my sahur while I drafted this entry, waiting for Subuh. Would be catching on some sleep after that. ‎

What Concoction?

My aunt was recently diagnosed with a touch of hypertension during her screening for Haj. As a result, her immunisation was delayed and she was told to try some medications. Or else face a delay in her Haj trip or taking medications for life.

So, the next step would be to try all those traditional remedies. This time it was cucumber juice! Minus any sugar!

Bottoms up ...

In Sungai Petani

We went straight to my Aunt's place, just in time for lunch. While there, we received a call from the hotel, informing us that the room for our maid would be on a different floor to ours. Nothing major, just a bit annoying. That did not stop the lunch though.

We scrapped the plan to hit Penang tonight since Idlan looked tired. Dinner would again be at my Aunt's. In fact, Anita and I had already listed what we wanted ...... Some proper Thai food and laksa. That would be smashing. So, Penang would have to wait ....

We just checked into our hotel room, and we decided that we all should take a nap. I had my 15 minutes power nap and now am wide awake. Idlan was still up. Obviously the cough mixture did not do the trick ......

Guilty!

It wouldn't be a trip to Penang without the customary binge on laksa, cendol, nasi kandar and the likes. I was guilty of that, even though the purpose of coming back this time was for the funeral.

We had a late lunch after all was settled. Nasi kandar, cendol, and of course soon to be laksa ...... help!

Back Home

We set off early this morning. We were already in the car by 7.30 and was well on our way by 8am.

Traffic was much lighter than expected, and we reached KL by 11.30 in the morning. We did not take any toilet break. One bit of problem was we had a bit of a problem with the air-conditioning in my car. I thought it needed the compressor fixed. It was well warm by the time I reached KL.

Under four hours seemed to be pretty standard time for Penang KL. This was actually from Sungai Petani rather. I have known people who travel sub three hours, but I would rather not tell you who that was.

So, I reached home much earlier than anticipated. Time to take the boys out for lunch, but unfortunately, I had some lectures I need sorting out during for the coming week. So, probably had to burn the midnight oil tonight.