My Story : JB Here I Come!!!!

I'm too lazy to update this blog this week...Not that nothing interesting happen around me but I just can't get myself to blog. All I did infront the PC all the time were playing yahoo! pool and googled info about Johor Bahru...YEP! JB. I'm going on a 6 hours of choo choo trip to JB this weekend with my mom and my cousin Pidah. This is not gonna be a typical well planned trip. I just bought outward journey tickets for three of us...with no return ticket. We'll see what happen when we get to JB...either we're staying overnight or catch the late night train back to KL. Obviously I've no idea of our directions...but there are Plan A and B...and backup plan if things doesn't work the way it should.

We only plan this trip last week tho Mak been telling me since before Ramadhan how much she misses being on a train and she really wanted to go south on a choo choo. Last time we boarded KTM train was in 1998 to north for a holiday in Langkawi and it was fun and a great 10 hours experience. What is so great and fun about being on a very long journey by train here in Malaysia? Well I'm not sure how to answer my own question...but I can list few :

- my face wouldn't turn all blue and vomitt all the way like when I was on a backseat of a car or on a bus. Got it?! I always mabuk la on a moving vehicle but somehow not when I was on train...Tension tul!

- although the view is not as scenic as the one in european countries but I can still appreciate the exotic beauty of my own country. I don't know what to expect on this coming journey to JB but I sure love the countryside view of padi fields and old towns on a train to Arau years ago.

- laid back journey where I can collect my thoughts and let it wander aimlessly without having to ask myself "are we there yet!...are we there yet" over and over again. Can't do it when I'm taking a bus coz the only thing on my head would be how much longer I had to wait til I reach my destination. Traveling by train to me and my mom is not the medium of transportation to get to our destination because the train itself is one of our destination if you know what I mean. We want to be on it...to enjoy the ride...to see places we might never get the chance to see when we are on a bus or a car.

My next question would be : Why JB of all the places in Malaysia? No particular reason actually. It just my mom wanted to be on the train...since she already experienced the northern journey now she wanted to see what would it be like on a journey to the southern tip of peninsula Malaysia. As for me...I'm looking for a GOOD FOOD!!!! So where to go when we reach JB? not much of a historical nor artistic traveler so museum, galleries, historical building or palace would not be on top of my wanna go list in JB. There is this food stall with good reviews I've been reading about: Tip Top and Yong Yong Ikan Bakar stall at Tepian Tebrau. That is on top of the list. Danga Bay and Waterfront are definately 2 places to go. Since the three of us will be arriving around 2:30pm so might just walk around the city from train station and see what they got to offer us.

I'm all excited...already packed my things yesterday and now I'm about to pack for my mom. I'm using my traveler's backpack again for the first time after I came back to Malaysia 3 years ago. I don't know if Pidah finish packing her stuffs...but I'm sure she is as excited as I am bout the whole idea and taking our first weekend trip on public transport. We are not that used to "light traveling" as we always travel by car, where we can stuffed everything from our slippers to our blanket and bantal busuk...Its gonna be a challenge to fit everything in one not so big bag/backpack. Pheuhhh...hard work...

Well...I'm off to continue packing hehehehe..and surf bout JB...

Later mater...