Journey to Syawal

I haven't been this excited in years because this will be my last year spending my hari raya as a single women. This year we will be celebrating Syawal in Kelantan. I can't remember when was the last time I travel back to Kelantan. It was a very very very tiring journey.

The journey start at 3.00am in the morning. As soon ayah starts the car engine, I dooze off the whole way, until we reach Raub. Surprisingly, the were no massive traffic jam as it always been. Probably because people had little by little started to make their way out of the city since Friday. Alhamdulillah. We reach Raub at 4.30am and  had our sahur there. We didn't wait for subuh prayer, and continue our journey. Ayah was trying to find a mousque in Kuala Lipis for subuh prayer but end up going around the same place twice! How the road had change. We end up praying subuh in the car at a near by Petrol station.

So we continue our journey. Along the way it was green and peaceful, fog were covering the top of the trees and the air smells like the forest. What a wonderful feeling. By that time, there were many cars on the road and slowly it becomes a traffic jam! Once a KL-ian always a KL-ian. They want to show of their impatient driving skill on a small road in the middle of nowhere. Few cars had a minor accident along the way. Then I fall asleep again.

At 8.30am, we had reach Gua Musang, we were already half way through. Ayah said the car was almost overheated, so we stay there for a while letting the car to cool itself down and ayah could have a quick rest. We continue the journey at 9.00am and the traffic is getting heavier. More minor accident along the road that causes a massive traffic jam in Gua Musang. Luckily there were alternative roads and we managed to reach at my uncle's house in Wakaf Baru at 1.00pm.

Today is the last day of Ramadhan, and the weather is gloomy. May be it is sad because Ramadhan will be leaving in few more hours. Today we weill be having an iftar here at my uncle's house. Everyone will be here. I can't wait for that!