The Krai Family Holiday @ Fraser's Hill...excitement building up!

Part 4 – Day 1 (Friday 21 December 2012)

The day we’ve been waiting finally arrived but not because of the Mayan doomsday (the world was supposed to end today!). Parents were already here, after arriving in Gombak at  3pm the day earlier, driving the green Proton filled with fruits....mangosteen, dokong, rambutan etc. On the other hand, Ira and her mom could not make it...too bad but the show has too go on.

We woke up early and it was a beautiful day, sunny and bright. It hasn’t rain too much in the last few days which make it safer to drive up the hill, less likelihood of a landslide. Everyone came over to Gombak for breakfast except for Bob and Jae, who went straight to the intended meeting point at Petronas Bandar Baru Selayang 2. We planned to take the Hulu Yam – Batang Kali – Kuala Kubu Bharu and Fraser’s Hill, a total distance of 83 km (not that far away from KL).

All of us met at the meeting point at around 10:30 AM, as planned.  The organisers distributed the travel booklet containing info of the the trip, the room pairing, the programme and the agenda. Thanks to Ibu for preparing this!

The Travel Booklet

We were supposed to do an Explorace to make the journey more fun. 4 cars were competing....Bob and his family, Min and his family plus Tok Mama and Pak Su (new car), Bak with his family together with Faiz and Tok Abah and lastly Tok Jae with his family. Every car was full with people, food and all other stuff!!! We had a short briefing at the starting point before the Explorace started to highlight the rules of the game. Here are the questions and answers we prepared for the Explorace! 
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EXPLORACE TO FRASER’S HILL         

21 December 2012

CAR NO (pls circle)	1                  2                  3                  4                  5
NAME (pls circle)	BOB            MIN            BAK              JAE              IRA

INSTRUCTIONS

§  ‘Zero’ your trip meter before you start the journey to Fraser’s Hill from here.

§  You should have one person to monitor the distance and questions while the driver should be focused on driving safely on the road.

§  There are a total of 20 questions, made up of 9 ‘pink’ questions and 11 ‘blue’ questions.

9	General Questions, straight forward, based on general knowledge. You can answer anytime during the travel, not specific to the location, may need to access internet. Q1, Q2, Q4, Q10, Q11, Q12, Q16, Q17, Q18
11	Questions with clues, not so straight forward & require some thinking. Answers are very much related to the location and need to be answered while you’re there. Q3, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q13, Q14, Q15, Q19, Q20

§  All answers related to the questions with clues are visible from inside the car.

§  Avoid turning back as this will disturb your trip meter and makes it difficult to find clues to your next questions. If you miss, better stop and walk back, if you need to……….it’s up to you.

§  The race ends upon arrival at Pekan Bungalow for registration. Please submit forms to IQ.

§  The most correct answers will win & everyone should participate.

QUESTIONS

KM	Landmark	Questions		Answers
		No	Details
0	Petronas station		Race starts	NA
0.4	Batu Dam	1	Apakah 2 kegunaan utama empangan ini?	Bekalan air & tembatan banjir
0.4	Batu Dam	2	Empangan ini terletak di hilir pertemuan Sg __ & Sg __	Sg Batu & Sg Tua
6.0		3	Hutan Lipur yang telah bersatu	HUTLISTA
9.9		4	Apakah nama air terjun ini?	Air Terjun Sg Tua
16.3		5	Tiger tidak mungkin boleh menggunakan alamat ini sewaktu Tun Razak menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia	woods.resort.com.my
18.6		6	Lim Goh Tong berbaik dengan Sultan Selangor dan berpakat untuk berniaga	Genting Ehsan Sdn Bhd
20.4		7	Air di atas tidak turun seperti hujan, bagaikan menamatkan perlumbaan F1 remaja di litar pendidikan yang cerok	Tangki Air di SMS Hulu Selangor
22.2		8	Mungkin tempat terakhir dilawati Henry berkaitan komunis dan orang Cina di Malaya	Kg Baru Gurney
27		9	Cara nak jimatkan penggunaan letrik akibat penghawa dingin	Econsave
		10	Fraser’s Hill mengambil sempena nama siapa?	Louis James Fraser
29.9	Junction		Turn right	NA
34.3	Junction KKB		Turn right	NA
40		11	Tempat ini adalah lokasi asal Kuala Kubu yang dimusnahkan banjir besar tahun 1883	Ampang Pecah
40	Darul Quran	12	Apakah nama asal Darul Quran?	Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran Wal-Qiraat
42.4	Junction		Turn right	NA
48.2		13	Kedengaran seperti  sesuatu jatuh atau menggelungsur  ke dalam air	SPLASH
50	Rest Area - Lake view		Boleh berhenti rehat dan bergambar di sini	NA
52		14	Tempat ini bunyinya seperti jambatan di Calantano	Pertak
60.7		15	Penghuni tidak memberikan amaran ini. Siapakah mereka?	Rusa, Tapir & Monyet
65.2	Sg Mangkuk Waterfall	16	Sg. ini mengambil nama sempena nama gunungnya. Apakah nama gunungnya?	Gunung Hulu Semangkok (1394m)
		17	Fraser’s Hill terdiri dari 7 puncak, berapakah ketinggian puncak tertinggi?	1500 - 1524m
73	GAP		Boleh berhenti rehat Turn left uphill	NA
		18	Berapakah ketinggian GAP dari permukaan laut?	800m
73		19	Ke arah matahari terbit di kaki gunung untuk mengukur kuantiti emas.	Raub
82		20	Ketika tiba di ikon Fraser’s Hill.	Time on the clock tower
82	Clock tower		Turn right at roundabout	NA

Thank you for participating. Hope you have learnt something useful today.

DRIVE SAFELY

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Everyone was into it and we had fun watching them stopping and slowing down to look for the answers to the Explorace questions...some had to turn back although we advised them not to since that would cause their trip meters chaos as they had to put their trip meter at '0' when they start their journey!! There were 20 questions where 9 were direct general knowledge about the route and the destination while the other 11 questions were trickier with only clues and distance given.

We stopped by at the Sg Selangor dam, the Gap and the Semangkok waterfall for rest and photos. Overall, no major complaint except for some travel sickness due to the winding road (some people still can’t take it although have been up there a few times).

4 blackies and 1 silver @ the Explorace

Pit Stop at Selangor Dam

The girls

The Boys with Pak Su

Next stop at Air Terjun Semangkok

It was 12:30 noon when we finally reached Fraser’s Hill and it was drizzling.....nice and cold, just as we had wished, alhamdulillah. Those first timers were already impressed and convinced that we had made the right choice of destination and temperature in the car was reading 21C.

We wanted to check in early but the bungalow was not yet ready so we decided to come back at 2 PM. The men attended the Jumaat prayer at Sultan Abu Bakar’s mosque (a nice little mosque) while the ladies took time to rest and entertain the kids.

Done with the prayer, we registered ourselves at the office (at Pekan Bungalow and the same arogant lady was there...but we’re not going to let her spoil our holiday) and then checked into Raub bungalow...nice and clean and the lawn has been nicely trimmed.

We unloaded our stuff, allocated the rooms and had our lunch....the kids were already going helter skelter. We then had a soft opening with some briefing and speeches from the main organizer, a wonderful doa recited by Faiz and finally going through the explorace results....which was really interesting. Instead of checking the answers ourselves, we exchanged the papers so everyone checked someone else’s answer....and you guess it, there were all kind of answers and we broke into big laughters. Bak and Faiz won the Explorace with score of 17/20 and Jae came second 15/20. Pak Ngah scored 12/20 and Pak Lang managed to get only 10 correct answers! It was the first experience for some of them but they all enjoyed it and they have also learnt something new.

Road to the mosque

Raub Bungalow

Lunch Time

Lunch brought from homes

Tok Mama, Shida, Ana and the girls room

Tok Abah, Abah, Pak Lang and Pak Teh room

Pak Ngah, Tok Jae, Pak Su and the Boys hibernation place!

The Boss cum Organiser!

The Explorace Winner

We took a break and a short rest before we started our next event ie indoor telematch. Games include fixing the jigsaw (for kids and won by Atif and Nana with the help of their Mak  Long and Abang Faiz!) and make up games where the boys make up the girls (for kids and won by Dijah and Muqhis). We took a break and had a nice warm tea with kuah durian, apam kelantan, cupcakes prepared by Mak Lang and Shida.

Later in the evening, it started to rain and it got cooler....again, as we had wished. However, we were supposed to have a BBQ dinner outside but due to the rain, we had to do it at the back of the kitchen, outside the house under a roof....no choice and the caretaker gave his permission. It was ok.

While the BBQ was being prepared, we started our next game ie a PS2 football competition dubbed the FH Cup 2012, specially for the boys. It was the preliminary rounds, where 8 teams competed on a 12 minute sudden death game, with the offside; injury mode ‘ON’ and each game were played at ‘Wembley on a fine night’.

Results of preliminary round were as follows:

Game	Results	Winners	Next game
Barcelona (Naif) vs Liverpool (Thaqif)	3 – 2	Barcelona (Naif)	Semifinal 1
Real Madrid (Muqhis) vs Manchester United (Qiin)	5 - 0	Real Madrid (Muqhis)
Manchester City (Atif) vs Bayern Munich (Naquib)	4 -1	Manchester City (Atif)	Semifinal 2
Chelsea (Faiz) vs Borussia Dortmund (Min and Thaqif)	4 – 4 Chelsea won on penalty	Chelsea (Faiz)

We enjoyed our dinner while the games were going on...it was noisy, emotional...just like watching the real EPL matches. But overall, everyone showed good sportsmanship. Everyone was very tired by the end of session and it was good time for bed. Saying good night at around 11 PM, the temperature was hovering around 19C....and all kinds of noises made up a late night orchestra.

The world did not end today, instead it grew stronger as far as our world is concerned....the world will eventually end but obviously not today.

The Krai Family Holiday @ Fraser's Hill

PART 1 - THE IDEA

Remember the family Taiping holidays back in 2010? It was an unforgettable gathering and still remain a memorable one today. We thought it is about time, since it is school holidays, that we have another one and the idea was intially floated during Thaqif’s birthday party at 3Residen in November.

No doubt that family gathering event or activity is one of the best ways to nurture strong family bonds, develop understanding, respect and tolerance among its members, both young and old, normal and special ones. Furthermore, in December 2011, we lost 2 uncles and we hope 2012 we can have a happier December family holiday.

Taking into considerations all important factors including cost, benefit, time, age group, health conditions, safety, security, logistics, new experience and weather/season, we came up with 2 options ie either a homestay in Melaka or a bungalow in Fraser’s Hill.

We discovered Melaka was full for December and the nearest good homestay was way out of town and we thought it could be a bit crowded during the school holidays. We wanted a quiet and enjoyable time together without having to worry about the crowd and traffic jams. So we decided for Fraser’s Hill because most of the family members have never been there (although it is not too far away) and December would be a fantastic time to enjoy the cool, wet and fresh highland air.

We tested our luck on Sime Darby’s Whittington bungalow but it was closed due to safety reasons (landslide) and fortunately the other public bungalows were available for the period ie 21 – 23 December 2012 (not too bad for a relatively last minute plan like this one, probably people were expecting the Mayan doomsday on 21/12/12??). Everybody immediately agreed to a 3D2N family gathering at Fraser’s Hill.

The bungalows in Fraser’s Hill are either privately owned by individuals or organization or managed by a company call Highlands Resthouse Holdings Sdn Bhd,  details can be found in their website www.hrhbungalows.com. We decided for a 4 bedroom bungalow named Raub (aka Kindersley), located along Jalan Lady Guillemard... private and it comes with a nice lawn, perfect for a family gathering... so we thought! The only problem is cooking is not allowed in these bungalows.

PART 2 - THE PREPARATION

As in the past, a good preparation is necessary to ensure the gathering is smooth, fun and perfect...it just good common sense practise.

We drafted and proposed the 3D2N program, filling it up with activities and programs to maximise the fun as well as the individual and group potentials, capping it up with some learning for everyone (either new knowledge or values). We really had to plan to fully utilise the time, otherwise it will be boring and waste of precious time.

We were the main organizer, with Pak Ngah in charge of food, Min, Bak and Jae were given specific tasks (drinks, telematches and games) to make sure everyone plays their part. There is a total of 16 adults and 11 children in the group.

We also hope that on the actual day, there is not too much rain that can cause landslide that will prevent us from reaching the peak and that the weather will be cool, wet and fresh.

While busy with planning & preparing, we were also occupied with Thaqif’s school selection process as well as delivery of goods for Dini ini Egypt, since 2 of our friends are planning to visit Egypt in December.

There’s a lot of discussions going on through the whatsapp (which really helped), lots of shopping to do (prizes, gifts, props), food to decide (can be hard to get food in Fraser’s Hill for a big group so we decided to cater), things to bring (pillows, blanket, towel, PS2), some documents to bring along (race questions, program book, map & elevation) and of course service the car.

We had to pack the prizes into a hamper one night and it brought fond memories of our younger days when we both used to work in a Chinese shop packing hampers by the walkway in SS2, PJ. After sometime, I was entrusted to do hamper delivery apart from packing...not too bad and perhaps some sort of promotion I guess. It was part of the learning process and part of growing up in a real world. 

The excitement was building up nicely...everybody was really into it and looking forward to the family gathering. You can see better when talking to the kids....they were just so excited and can’t wait to go.

Bob’s, Min’s, Bak’s and Jae’s families were all ready to go and were making all the necessary preparations. Ira later informed us that she and her mom would like to join too....which is great. Parents have also confirmed that they will join the event....which makes it even more meaningful.

Part 3 – The Recee

While we were busy scouting for suitable secondary school for Thaqif around the Peninsula, we took the opportunity to include a recee to Fraser’s Hill, in order to prepare for another unforgettable event (although we’ve been there before not too long ago, our memories require some updates and some matters require confirmation).

We were on our way to Kelantan in early December  when we decided to go up Fraser’s Hill for the recee via Ulu Yam and Batang Kali (the actual route we plan to take). It was a rainy day when we reached the peak and the car was giving problems with its gear system. We managed to park it safely at Shahzan Inn before we called for assistance and a replacement car, which came at around 10 AM the next morning. We put up a night at the hotel and used the time to draw up the program. We planned to have an explorace for the journey from KL to FH and flora & fauna photo scavenger hunt around the golf course in FH....some learning while exercising and having fun.

The next day, after receiving a replacement car, we visited the Raub bungalow (met Uncle Lim, the nice elderly caretaker but not at all impressed with the arrogant receptionist at the main office in Pekan bungalow), checked out food stalls and headed down to Tg Malim for a special rendang ayam kampung lunch at Andri the wooden restaurant....which was packed as usual!

After a satisfying meal as usual, we continued our journey to Chenderong Balai (for a school review, wonderful place with canals, flowing fresh water, vast paddy fields and mountain background) through Bidor then onwards to Kuala Kangsar via Tapah and onwards to Lenggong (we stopped for solat & food), passing through Gerik (almost hit by a trailer on the East – West highway after it was coming downhill on the climbing lane in a dark & rainy night; I had to wear sun glass to polarise the yellow and red vehicle lights), reaching Jeli, Tanah Merah and finally Kuala Krai at 11:00 PM.

Thaqif and Amin attended school interview at Al Kauthar, Peringat the next day, after which we headed to KB for lunch then to Kg Dewan Besar for a visit then back to Krai, did some shopping for some rations and went back to KL the next morning.

Kisah Abang dan Kakak....PMR dan Anugerah Kecemerlangan D'Raja

Dalam kekecohan kami mencari sekolah untuk Thaqif, kami tidak lupa pada Abang dan Kakak yang masih memerlukan kami. Walaupun mereka berdua sudah besar panjang dan sudah pandai berdikari, mereka masih perlu diberi perhatian. Pada 19 November 2012 keputusan PMR diumumkan. Ibu dan Faiz ke IQKL untuk  menerima keputusan kerana Abah sibuk dengan kerja. Walaupun Abang target untuk mendapat 7A tetapi dia hanya memperolehi 5A3B1D. Memang Ibu agak kecewa dengan keputusan PMR Abang kerana subjek2 B adalah Pendidikan Agama Islam, Kemahiran Hidup, English dan D Bahasa Arab. Lain2 subjek teras seperti BM, Maths, Sains, Sejarah dan Geografi Abang mendapat A. Kami memang teruja kerana Abang mendapat A untuk Sejarah dan Geografi kerana minatnya yang kurang dalam subjek yang memerlukan bacaan dan mengingat akan fakta2.

Agak sukar bagi Ibu menerima keputusan tersebut pada awalnya kerana bagi Ibu, Abang tidak sepatutnya mendapat B untuk PAI dan  D untuk BA kerana kedua2 subjek tersebut adalah subjek asas pelajar sekolah agama dan tahfiz seperti Abang. Kalau mengikut keputusan2 sebelum ini, Abang jarang sekali tidak mendapat pangkat A dalam kedua2 matapelajaran tersebut termasuk English. Tetapi setelah Ibu melihat kembali jadual peperiksaan, Ibu tahu Abang terlalu menumpukan perhatian pada subjek2 teras dan tidak memberi fokus kepada subjek2 yang bukan teras. Mungkin bukan rezeki Abang untuk mendapat keputusan yang lebih baik. Abah pula relax menerima keputusan Abang. Katanya pada Ibu, walaupun Abang tidak mendapat 9A, tetapi di dadanya ada 17 juzuk Al Quran yang sudah dihafaz. Itulah kejayaan yang sebenarnya dan yang patut kami syukuri dan bukan keputusan PMR. Kami redha dan terima seadanya dan terus berdoa agar Abang terus gigih berusaha untuk cemerlang dalam peperiksaan SPM. Sebagai imbuhan, kami belikan Abang sesuatu yang sudah lama diidamkannya, the Inspirational Monster Beats.

Beralih kepada kisah Dini. Ibu bertuah kerana dua orang rakan Ibu akan ke Alex dan sudi membawa kiriman untuk Dini. Lagipun, mereka sudah kenal Kakak dari dia masih kecil. Alhamdulillah, dapatlah Ibu mengirim barang2 yang Kakak perlukan termasuk makanan kegemarannya, tempoyak dan budu. Aida, rakan Ibu semasa Ibu bekerja di Celcom ke Alex pada 7 Disember dan Reha, kawan sekolah Ibu pula ke Alex pada 20 Disember 2012. Kedua2nya akan terus ke Alex apabila tiba di Mesir. Jadi mudahlah Ibu mengirim perishable food. Aida sudi membawa one whole luggage bag dengan berat tidak lebih 20kg, kerana Egypt Air membenarkan penumpang membawa 46kg. Alhamdulillah, banyak benda yang Kakak perlukan terutama winter coats yang Ibu belikan semasa di Turki, IT gadgets, food stuff dan barang2 keperluan lain. Aida pergi bersama Kakaknya untuk bercuti jadi tidak banyak barang yang dibawa. Dapatlah Ibu kirimkan tempoyak dan budu yang telah difrozenkan pada Kakak. Reha pulak pergi bersama keluarga melawat anaknya di sana. Anak Reha pergi ke Alex pada tarikh yang sama dengan Kakak tetapi Afiq mengambil jurusan dentistry. Oleh kerana Reha terus ke Alex dengan Kuwait Airways, Ibu dapat kirimkan sayur seperti kangkung dan kailan dan lain2 daun seperti kesum, limau purut, kunyit dan kari. Alhamdulillah, terimakasih yang tak terhingga pada Aida dan Reha yang sudi bersusah payah membawa barang2 keperluan Dini. Hanya Allah swt saja yang dapat membalas segala kebaikan mereka.

Luggage Bag Dini

Beg penuh dengan barang!

Stationaries from Typo pun ada

Dini, Aunty Aida and her sis

Dini and Aunty Reha

Seminggu sebelum berakhirnya tahun 2012, Dini menghantar watsapp memaklumkan kepada kami mengenai Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan D'Raja untuk SPM 2011 dan namanya tersenarai sebagai salah seorang penerima anugerah. Majlis tersebut diadakan pada 29 Disember 2012 di Istana Negeri dan disempurnakan oleh Sultan Muhammad V. Oleh kerana Dini tiada di sini, dua orang wakil dijemput menerima anugerah tersebut. Jadi Ibu dan Abah walaupun baru balik Kelantan menguruskan hal sekolah Thaqif, tidak mempunyai pilihan kerana perlu hadir mewakili Dini. Kali ini kami hanya balik berdua kerana Abang perlu membuat persiapan sebelum kembali ke sekolah pada 31 Disember 2012 dan Adik pun letih kerana terlalu banyak berjalan sepanjang cuti sekolah. Dua kali kami balik ke Kelantan dan pada minggu cuti Krismas kami bersama2 keluarga Tok Abah ke Fraser's Hill untuk percutian keluarga.

Kami bertolak selepas solat zohor pada 28 Disember 2012 dan tiba di Kuala Krai pada malamnya. Esok paginya kami ke pasar pagi untuk memberi barang keperluan seperti ikan kering dan lain2. Memang menjadi kebiasaan untuk kami ke pasar pagi sekiranya kami berada di Kuala Krai pada hari Sabtu. Kami memang gemar melihat sayur2 kampung, pelbagai makanan, barang2 dari siam dan macam2 barang yang pelik yang dijual di sini. Kami bertolak ke KB lebih kurang jam 9.30 pagi dan sempat singgah di Ketereh untuk menikmati Su Nasi Kerabu sebelum terus ke rumah Wae Nah untuk membincangkan hal kenduri Hafiz. Abah sudah ada part time job, menjadi jurucakap bagi majlis bertunang dan akad nikah keluarga terdekat. Ibu pulak sebagai advisor untuk Abah mengenai adat2 dan protokol untuk majlis2 begini. Kami bertuah kerana selalu diberi kepercayaan menguruskan hal2 keluarga, bukan sahaja hal2 nikah kawin, tetapi lain2 hal seperti masalah keluarga, kematian, urusan harta pusaka, perhimpunan keluarga dan macam2 lagi. Alhamdulillah, bagi kami ini adalah peluang bagi kami mengukuhkan ukhwah dan mengeratkan silaturrahim. Bila umur semakin meningkat, kita perlu menerima tanggungjawab sebagai pelapis menggantikan mereka yang sudah tua.

Istana Negeri Kubang Kerian

Tempat khas VIP dan SMV

Ibu dan Abah mewakili Kakak

Dewan Jublee Intan penuh sesak

Ibu beratur menunggu giliran

Menerima hadiah dari Tengku Puan Laksamana

Rakyat menunggu ketibaan SMV

Kami tiba di Istana Negeri tepat jam dua seusai solat zohor dan jama' taqdim di Majlis Sultan Yahya Petra. Ramai yang sudah tiba dan kami perlu beratur panjang mendaftar di kaunter Yik. Alhamdulillah seronok melihat ramai pelajar dari MTS yang menerima anugerah. Untuk MTS Tanah Merah, seramai 29 orang yang disenaraikan tetapi hanya seorang yang berada di Malaysia. Yang lain semuanya sudah melanjutkan pelajaran di Mesir dan negara lain dalam bidang profesional. In sha Allah, mereka bakal kembali sebagai protaz dan protazah dan dapat berbakti kepada masyarakat dan negara dalam memperkukuhkan Islam di bumi Malaysia. Oleh kerana jumlah penerima yang ramai lebih kurang 530 orang, hanya 18 orang yang mendapat kurniaan terus dari SMV. Yang lain menerima anugerah masing2 dari Tengku Laksamana Kelantan, Tengku Abdul Halim Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim dan isterinya. Ibu mengambil hadiah berupa Sijil Pengiktirafan yang ditandatangani oleh SMV dan pen yang tertulis "Tahniah SMV".

Petikan dari akhbar Sinar Harian

Hadiah yang diterima

Pen tertulis Tahniah SMV

Majlis ini yang julung kalinya diadakan dianjurkan oleh Pertubuhan Kerabat D'Raja Kelantan Al-Muhammadi bagi meraikan pelajar cemerlang. Alhamdulillah, Dini sangat bertuah kerana sebelum ini Majlis Graduasi Tahfiz yang dianjurkan Yik juga adalah majlis yang pertama diadakan. Pelajar2 dan wakil2 selesai menerima anugerah masing2 dalam pukul 4.15pm dan kami diminta menunggu ketibaan SMV bagi meneruskan majlis. Tetapi agak malang kerana SMV tidak muncul2 hingga jam 6pm dan Abah sudah mulai resah kerana duduk terlalu lama. Kami juga tidak dibenarkan keluar dari dewan. Ramai yang mulai resah kerana perlu solat asar dan ramai juga yang sudah kehausan dan kelaparan kerana menunggu terlalu lama. Kami hairan mengapa keadaan seperti ini berlaku. Adakah ia suatu kebiasaan bagi rakyat menunggu kedatangan raja untuk majlis formal seperti ini? Kami akhirnya membuat keputusan untuk balik dan memberitahu polis yang menjaga pintu kami perlu ke airport untuk balik ke KL. Sejurus kami keluar dari dewan, kedengaran bunyi siren. SMV akhirnya tiba di Istana Negeri jam 6.15pm dan kami sudah tawar hati untuk kembali ke dalam dewan dan terus beredar dari kawasan istana. Kami singgah di gerai air kepala muda untuk membasahkan tekak yang kering dan menikmati mee goreng sebelum balik ke Kuala Krai. Walaupun hampa kerana tidak dapat melihat SMV dari dekat kami tetap bersyukur atas kurniaan dari Baginda. Bagi kami yang pertama kali dapat masuk ke Istana Negeri, ianya suatu pengalaman manis dan pahit yang tidak mungkin dapat kami lupakan. TAHNIAH Dini....