Ko Dok Mano?

Kito doh sampeh nie...!!

Doh sampeh mano?? Nu kat stesen... !! Ko nunggu sat...

First 10 mins on the train!!

First hour!

3 hours before arrival...

Welcome to Kelantan! or should I say Kelate... the only place where the Malay language is spoken in an accent that even we couldn't understand.

Eric had his wedding ceremony last Friday at his hometown Kota Bharu. After a hell ride of 19.5 hours on the train, the first thing was to look for a SHOWER...

Where's the shower??

Kaven: Too tired to move...

We had initially planned for Perhentian if we had arrived earlier. Sigh!!

That night we went for dinner @ Eric's...

Red Devil pens...

Dinner time...

Realised that alcoholic beverages cannot be purchased anywhere like in KL... we forgot we were in PASland...

Luckily Eric had some stock kept for us... Thanks man!!

There were lots of Kelantanese whom I can't tell if they are Chinese because they speak the Malay language as well as the locals, if not better. Some looked very much like Thai but they speak fluent hokkien and mandarin....

Anyways, dinner was awesome...

Later than night, Rahul, Theresa, Evelyn and myself decided to check out Kota Bharu town and Pantai Cahaya Bulan while the rest of the crew called it a night. Nothing much to do, we just sat by the beach and chatted all night long.

JJ, this is prove that we were on the beach...

Some of you may have gotten this on MMS...

According to Eric, Pantai Cahaya Bulan or in short 'PCB' used to be known as Pantai Cinta Berahi also in short 'PCB' until the PAS government renamed it to Cahaya Bulan because Cinta Berahi literally means 'Lustful Love' in English. Interesting...I wonder what the locals do there!!

The next morning, Eric came for his bride.

Kaven (not in pic) standing at the entrance, first gatekeeper...
Guys, if there is one thing you should never do before your wedding is to introduce your girl friends to your future wife because they're gonna gang up to 'torture' you at the entrance. We, the guys, the so called buddies were made to do push ups, eat some weird looking rice and sing a chinese love song.


OMG!!


Err, sorry ladies, can I pass??


Negotiation begins...

What? ME? I ain't gonna eat that! Migao, don't hide, time to show that you're heng dai enough...

Ewww!!

Yummy!!

Where's my wife??

The Chee Muis with the bride...

Lunch was next @ Eric's.

Gaya nampak...

Did some last minute keropok shopping before we boarded the 6.45pm train back to KL.

And to Eric, thank you for having us. From the KB Crew, we would like congratulate both you and Jayne; wishing the both of you a happy marriage life.

19.5 Hours Hell Ride...

If you're thinking of travelling by train to any parts of Malaysia, please reconsider!

Take a bus or ride a bicycle, I guarantee that it'll be faster than the KTMB (Keretapi Tak Mau Berjalan)...

Last Thursday, the crew went to Kota Bahru to attend Eric's wedding. We (Rahul, Theresa, myself, Celine, Michael, Li Li, Elvin, Daryl, Kaven, Patrick & Evelyn) boarded the train at 8.30pm, knowing that it's gonna be a blast on board. The ETA was supposed to be at 9.36am the next morning and I was pondering how precise can they estimate. If KTMB can print 9.36am on the ticket, it has be 9.36am arrival.

Reached Seremban station after 2.5 hours when it was supposed to take 1 hour 15 mins... The train stopped for another half hour. A miserable start to a very very long journey!

Arrived at Gemas station, the last southern stop at 1.20am, at least 3.5 hours behind schedule.




Gemas Station


We realised something was wrong when the train stopped for more than half hour. When we asked one of the KTMB staff, they told us 'Sekejap lagi boleh jalan' and this was the same answer we got for the next 2 hours. Took a short nap and realised the train was moving a little. I woke up again at 4.20am, the train was still at the Gemas station.... OMG!!!



At 1.20 am...








5.20am... Still hasn't moved!!!


Apparently, the pressure to the brakes on each carriage was malfunctioning!!! As the technicians went around knocking and banging the undercarriages, the rest of the crew were sound asleep.




I found this guy at the wheels falling asleep!!!


Rahul, Michael and myself 'lepaked' at the cafeteria till about 6.00am before the train finally left the station...

Guess what, we reached Kota Bharu at 4.00PM!!!!!

I WILL NOT take a train anymore in my life!!!


KL to KB - 19.5 hours

Time spent in KB - 26 hours

KB to KL - 16.5 hours


At this time, my body is still disoriented and disillusioned from the bumpy train ride.