Wednesday, March 25, 2009

A scary, stressful but memorable journey back to Penang

Our day start really smooth when we checked out of the hotel.. We leave for Penang at about 1.30pm.. As we drove down..like 3 minutes..the fuel indicator appear on the metre..our fuel was like 1/8 of the tank..so we tried to find a petrol station..and we found ESSO..we turned into ESSO and then suddenly thought..maybe we could fill at PETRONAS..so Lah's GPS was saying PETRONAS is only 7.9km away.. that ain't far..so we drove..when we thought back..maybe we should just fill ESSO..just in case..so we turn again..then we got a little lost and enter a dead end...so did a 3 point turning and BAM!!! the bottom right hand side hit the divider..a very low divider...we all got panic and go down to see what had happen.. the mudd guard was broken, the wiper storage thing is also broken, the tyre was a little torn and my rim got a big scratch..Gosh.. it was hard..

So, we drove and drove and got lost and we passed the ESSO! CRAP! so we thought, ahh no use to turn back..so we drove to PETRONAS following Joyce's instruction..then suddenly there was a lot of smoke coming out of booth the front tyre..so we stopped and i was thinking..oh no..this isnt happening..i asked everyone to get out of the car..panicked..then a blue car with 2 chinese guys pull over. one of them checked the brake disc..he said it's spoilt..we said we just got both of the brake disc changed..so he said..then the smoke is due to the new disc..so it's normal..then he checked our tyre..he said..the tyre can't be use anymore or it can burst anytime and we can get out of control.. So tLah changed the tyre..Gosh..the spare tyre was extra small..because my tyre surface is really big so we could only drive like 60 to 70 km per hr..so when we drove..we were super slow..

When Joyce said..almost reach PETRONAS..there were 2 roads..so we took the right one.. She said "RECALCULATING..DRIVE 19KM" Gosh!!! we were so frustrated..and it's a highway..and the indicator keeps appearing.. then we found this highway telephone where you can call for help..we run into 3 and all 3 were broken..even more stressful..but at least i got to try dialing that thing..haha.. so we drive again..and finally got to a BHP petrol station..but guess what..it's the other side of the highway!!!.. so we pull over where a lot of "kakak jual lemang"..and Lah and myself, for the very first time in our life..ran across on the highway to the station..when we got there..they said they didnt have anything to fill the fuel in..then when the guy tried to find...he found 2 containers..and it's not all proper..but what the heck..so before we cross over, the guy said we need to pay for the container..RM10..we thought ok ..we said we were coming back for more..so we'll pay later..so he said ok..so again we ran across and tried to fill..guess what..we need to push the thing inside so the oil can go in..we took mom's chopstick and tried to push but it almost drop inside..LUCKY IT DIDNT!!! so a lady came and helped us..she twist a mineral bottle and push the thing in..Finally we got some fuel.. i wanted to send back the container but the anty stopped me and said just leave it there..but i said the guy said we need to pay for it, she said..he's lying..her son works there and we dont have to pay for that..so we live it there and stared driving again..that guy must be really pissed!

As soon as we got to Kl..instead of Penang..we fill our petrol..this time .. FULL TANK!!..ahaha we found a few shop for the tyre..but a lot of them doesnt have my car's tyre stock..they said it need to be ordered..until we reached the 4 shop and finally he got the stock..so with all the tyre, alignment and balancing..total cost of RM245..KA-CHING!! AGAIN!! owh i forgot..when they were fixing the tyre, lah and me loaded the luggage back in the trunk and guess what...the metal that holds the trunk cover thing was broken..it just snapped!! oh no!! so..we thought nvm, we'll get it fix in Penang..

We started driving and the nearest place to eat was KFC..so we went to KFC gombak..a place that we never imagine we would go eat at..

so we start our journey back to Penang at about 5.30pm..on our way back..on the highway..guess what..we were on the fast lane..suddenly a yellow car..probably sleepy or doing something else..skid a little into our lane and lucky Lah was able to control our car..almost hit the divider..CRAP!!!

Finally we reached Penang at 8.50pm..and everything was ok..Thank God!

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