welcome back, young jedi.

okay, i did not just watch star wars. seriously. can't understand them at all. the young jedi bit was from gossip girl when dan's dad, rufus told that to dan.

so today was an eventful returning from home to the campus. while we (me and my sis) were facing it, she kept telling me that i should put this in my blog so that i will always remember not to bet only on the usual time but make space for unexpected events. like, for instance, the leaders (a certain dsai and his entourage) of the opposing alliance coming to Kemaman (i knew i should've read the date on the flying banners).

let me start over.

it was stated on my ticket that i am supposed to be on-board at 10.30am. due to my went to sleep late last night, my Ma let me sleep in a few more hours in the morning after Subuh just to avoid a case of me missing my stop at Jerteh and go straight to KB. which we don't need. so i woke up at 9.00am, had my breakfast and shower. by 10.00am, i was ready to go. but my sis, who wanted to send me to the bus station, was running a little late so at 10.15am, we were still in BK. which was suck if we want to catch my bus.

in normal situation, by 10.20am we should already reach at least SMKSIs (there are 2 and they are side-by-side. don't ask me why) but sure enough, today was nothing but unusual. by snail's speed, we reached the bus station in Geliga at about 10.45am - 15min later than the time i was supposed to board my bus.

but no trans in sight. i ran to the ticket-counter and asked the 'pakcik' in-charge.

"KB dok naik sini. naik kat Risda."

i was about to explode to him that i board one trans to Besut at that exact terminal a few months ago. but i kept my calm and ran back to my sis. sure she was mad because:

a. the ticket clearly stated the place to board was Hentian Risda.
b. my brother, who bought the ticket for me, told me that the place to board was Risda.
c. my father, who had tonnes of experiences of sending his kids up north on a bus, know for a fact that the place to board was Risda and in fact, had told my mother that to tell me that.
d. i had, based on my experience months ago, told my sis to send me all the way to the Geliga station.
e. there were throngs of a certain opposing political parties' supporters just flooded the Geliga station which made our way back to Risda was, again, like a snail who just had a big lunch.

anyway~ we made it to Risda. but was a tad too late. i was on the verge of tears when a man at the bus stop told me that i just missed the bus. seeing my eyes going red perhaps, that man encouraged me to chase the bus. i told him thank you and went back into my sis' car. we talked, she told me to call Ma and so i did. then Ma, a very smart woman, told us to call the bus company. i guess it was my lucky day. the usual ticket wouldn't have the company's operation office's number stamped on the ticket but mine had. so we called the office, the office gave us the driver's number and so we called. my sis talked to them actually, i was numb and could not literally, spoke properly. we convinced (well, she did) the bus driver to drive a bit slower because we were trying to catch up with it.

the bus eventually stopped at the Masjid Meraga Beris to wait for me to catch up. the driver was annoyed, but the fact that he actually stopped and waited were more than enough. i don't need him to smile. i just needed his help. thank you, 'pakcik' in red uniform. and the other 'pakcik' too, for driving fast enough that i reached Jerteh at ample time for me to perform Zuhur.

from Jerteh, i hitched a ride with my classmate to get to our 'maktab' in Kg. Raja. i was so thankful that i am determined, i should treat that classmate sometime. taxi would've cost me RM20 - an amount which i could not just spend lavishly for a ride. allowance'll be a bit late.

so basically, i have 4 people to say thanks to:
1. my sis. thank you so much for having the patient to drive all the way to Geliga and then went back and straight to Kijal because i was wrong. thank you.
2. the 'pakcik' drivers of Transnasional bus company for today's route Kemaman-Kota Bharu. had it not been for you, i sure had to face a lot of scolding today. not just from my sis.
3. my classmate (who shall remain anonymous) for picking me up in Jerteh. or else my fund would be running lower than it already is.

moral of the story -> if your bus is due at 10.30, go out at 10.15 and make sure you have the driver's number at hand. it'll be fun.

^the said ticket. see the red stamp? my precious.

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