Writing this in my hotel room, in Kota Bharu. Excellent hotel the Renaissance, I must say. Better than the ones I had to stay in Kangar or Alor Star. Yea, lucky that I get to travel to the states and learn and see new things. And the food, oh glorious food!! Food is my passion, of course. If only I've an acceptable camera, I'd be doing my own food blog, more of the off-the-beaten path food. My own standards.
Kota Bharu is nice. My Chinese colleague was pleasantly surprised because all of his misconceptions about Kelantan aren't true. The girls are hot. The food is great. The mat rempits performing stunts on the road are crazily attention-seeking cool bastards. Had the usual Yati Ayam Percik, which is now franchised and has presence in KL. And also Nasi Kak Wok, whoever Kak Wok is but everyone is selling them. And now apparently the trend is on Sate Baung, but not using ikan baung. I've never driven in Kota Bharu before, and it's more happening than Alor Star or Kangar.
On the 2nd day here, I met an old friend from college which I haven't met for bout 12years. He's married with 2 kids. And yeah, he's been pestering me to get married. "Nanti umur ko dah 50 tahun, anak ko baru Darjah 1". U think? He thought I was doing ok now, coz we both didn't make it to the States. I didn't realise that, as I've been pushing myself against the best in my class.
Half a year has gone. What have I achieved? Studying to pass my certification exam, for one. Maybe I'm not too old to study further. Maybe I'm not too dumb to achieve more. Maybe I can still kick ass like I was back in school.
I'm going back to KL tomorrow. An eye opener trip indeed. Half the battle is won when you said you can. Corny, isn't it? It works, especially when you depend on luck playing bowling with Wan, for example.
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