Real holiday

Feels like such a long time since the last time I updated my blog….The reason is coz I was in Medan for 11 days…Actually I have returned since last week….Then after that I’m just too lazy to write….haha. But now I’m back.
So, It’s time that I write abt Medan. I haven’t been to Medan for so so many years, though many of my relatives live there. So, I’ve really faint idea of what Medan was really like before my trip. The main purpose of me going to Medan, is coz my dad wanted to take me to his “Kampong”, where he grew up…so as to speak. And of course to visit my grandfather’s graveyard…
My grandfather’s grave is not exactly at Medan. And I must say it’s quite far from Medan and we had to travel (BY CAR) for ard 6-7 hours if I’m not wrong. Yup, we set off at 5.30 (that’s like so damn early in the morning, my prime sleeping hour..hiks). So, it looks like 10 o’clock at nite when we set off from my granma’s house. Then, I continued sleeping in the car for 2 hrs or more I think….haha…
But it’s okay, I didn’t really miss anything v interesting during that 2 hrs….When I woke up, wad I saw along the way was all the plam oil plantation and rubber tree (pohon karet I mean, did I use the rite term??) Yup, it’s really amazing how neat the rubber trees were planted. I really looked like a troop of soldiers lining up. But I guess if u really get in there U’ll get lost inside coz it’s too neat and all the trees looked the same.
I must say this trip was like a back to nature trip with all these natural scenery, I rarely had a chance to see in Jakarta.
Basically after we reached there, we went to the grave then went to this “old neighbour” of my dad’s family last time. They invited us to their house to eat. Eat so much till my stomach got bloated…
After that return to Medan on the same day….taking the same road back….it’s actually a damn tiring day coz the road is quite small but smooth…The problem is, the road is just enuf for 2 vehicles. The 2 lanes are for 2 different direction. That’s not so much of a problem if every car can move with the same speed. I mean, there are loads of truck (really big n bulky truck) carrying stuff like the palm oil seed, wood, and wadever else, including Ace hardware store truck….haha… So, small cars like ours obviously wanted to overtake them coz the trucks are super slow…like turtle…budden when u want to overtake using the other lane, watch out for the giant trucks on the other side…fiuh, luckily our driver very pro….I’m too tired to look out myself (or actually too scared) so I just sleep along the way back….wad a tiring day….I reach Medan with flat butt and stiff body due to long hours of sitting in the car….
That nite when we reached Medan, my gandma cooked some food and invited all her sons daughter, grandsons, granddaughter (including me of course)….ok maybe not all coz not everybody is in Medan lah. Yah, but it’s still a rare acassion for so many of us to gather (exactly squeeze) in that small house. Luckily got enuf chairs and plates for us all to dine together. Wad a rare occasion for me was to meet all my “long time never see” cousins. They all grew up to be quite different from the last time I met them which was dunno how many years ago….haha. Wad a big family!
Okay, that’s the end of my post for now. But dun think that that’s the end of my trip in Medan… read the next post to find out….