time to move on..Phnom Penh is next!

pagi tu agak luar biasa sikit utk customer hotel mcm kami utk bangun berserapan..atas special request mmg baikla jugop pihak pengurusan hotel sanggup sedikn awal mkn pagi kami..

and we finished our simple breakfast ..yg mana again roti + telur rebus + pisang..tp ttp syukur..huhuhuhu..
to get to Phnom Penh we chose the express bus as our 'penaja' hahaha..perjalanan kalau ikutkan jadual mmkn masa 10 jam..almaklumla musim hujan..tp plg cepat boleh jd 8 jam..mcm tganu KL jugop la..byrn xmahal..maybe dlm USD8 kot kalo xsilap..

nothing extra-special can be found here.,
.in fact we arrived there just quite on time..thus we didnt have so much time to spend looking around.

it was a full house inside..katanya cuti raya jadi bus penuh...

Perjalanan ke Phnom Penh ni xperlu risau sebab,pemandu bas/van/taxi Cambodia mmg agak cermat..jarang pecut laju2...then mmg akan ada tempat rehat mereka berhenti..2 kali..personally i felt so relieved when i found that the toilet at the RnR much more cleaner than our public toilet..

Tapi kalo bab makan kena la hati2 sikit..susah sikit la..yg ni xpayah bagi nasihat kot..masing2 dh beso panjang..

kalo rasa nak snack ringan berprotein tinggi pilihla cengkerik goreng

Kalo rasa lapor xcukup cengkerik goreng..boleh up sikit menu..pilih tarantula goreng...more oily..and juicier katanya.

tapi kalau tersaangt2 la lapor..jgn segan memilih katak goreng..ni mcm menarik sikit sbb ada celup tepung and obviously those frogs' legs are still intact with abducting looking posture...

hahahhaaa..menarik jugop la melihat makanan snack diaorg ni..agaknya kalo RnR PLUS kita beli buah..plg rajin mengunyahpun beli la kacang and also cup corn..tp sini fresh fruits ada..so jgn risaula..

it was so panoramic to see both sides of the road to be flooded with recent heavy rain..but some areas u can see the greenery part of the Cambodia..

tp langit masih bagi background petanda hujan bakal turun lagi...

.................................................................phnom penh.......................................akhirnya....................

May be kami sampai time tu dh dekay(dekat+delay) pukul 3/4 lebih...next job was looking for a budget hotel..and of course we would like to get our best deal..and not to mention it is so important to get a good and nice aging French colonial hotel building with balcony..luckily, we have a hotel with USD15 in which it costed us USD5/pax.

pemandangan salah sebuah bangunan koloni yg menjadi hotel..

Oleh kerana hari pun dah nak gelap..banyak tempat agaknya dh tutup untuk dilawati..apa yg boleh buat hy mampu 'melewati' jer la kot..so kami hanya berjalan2 ambil angin PP..in which, where we can see how the city blends itself with the architecture of chaotic traffic..but to get ourselves continuously enjoy the time in PP we had a brisk walk at the Sisowoth Quay..tmpt ni adlh sprt recreational place for public in which ianya terletak di spnjg terusan kot kalo aku nak describe pun..ramai rakyat kemboja dtg sini petang2..kalo xsilap..yg sungai depan ni adalah sungai Tonle Sap..kalo x buta geografi la..

i thought it was a fortune telling session..
but Azrul said it's a session of sharing the good words for  current  life guidance.

malam tu xde apa yang nak dibuat dah..so we just spent our time lepak di restaurant2 perancis tepi jalan tu and borak2..and it is so important also for a budget traveller like us to sit together and plan for whatever next plan we are going to execute..that night also we looked for the next day's bus ticket and we got USD10 perhaps for trip to Saigon..

Day 2 in PP...mungkin to cut this entry short i will just continue this with photos and less elaborative story like makcik2..

This is Wat Ounalam...ala2 madrasah for Buddhist monks and it is open for anybody who seeks teachings of Buddhism and also it does open it's garden as a recreational park.

Ni baru National Museum..and we were the first tourists that stepped into it that morning...

kebanyakan artifak diambik dr Angkor Wat actually : like this above one , it is Garu-dadaku..

Hinduism and Buddhism are seen to be much more interrelated here..very big bronze made Vishnu  idol.

Next..we walked to the National  Royal Palace (Grand Palace jugopla kot nama lain nya..lbh kurang mcm Thais King Grand Palace)..

The Grand Palace..

the real Silver Pagoda ..some other buildings inside

Lotus plants are so synonymous with this place..

we mistakenly thought this is The famous silver pagoda..but it is not..the silver Pagoda was the Pagoda that we stepped into it just before we arrived to this monument *they called it Silver Pagoda since the floor made from real silver (unfortunately we hardly recognized it was made from silver : equivalent to the building which places emerald buddha in Bangkok Grand Palace perhaps)..

then terus aktiviti terakhir hari tu..of course some faces will shine as bright as the sunny noon that time...

This is Russian market.."very cheap..same-same.."..(dont confuse with another market which is also famous
and it is called Central Market),,But here the goods are more cheaper and more choices seemed to be so tempting .no wonder
some of us threw their biggest and greatest smiles on that day..

kalau ikutkan nafsu teringin makan tepi2 jalan kat Cambodia ni..tp nak buat macamana dah ada yang sponsor makan-minum di Phnom Penh..huhuhuu

our penaja..too sad to say..the KFC in Phnom Penh can offer better services with
better quality products..(*justin was trying to finish all his Cambodia notes).

Akhirnya..setelah penat separuh hari berjalan..time to pack our bags..sbb bus dr PP ke saigon dijadualkn 1.00 pm..kami terpaksa cut our time short in PP since we have to catch the border or vietnam office before it get closed by 5pm..the journey was believed to take 6 hours..

Last but not least..salam terakhir dr Cambodia..aku akhiri lawatan kali ini dgn menatap wajah2 kota yang merdeka dari Perancis pada 1953 ini dari balkoni hotel..

Goodbye Cambodia..

..our best shot in Angkor complex continues...

Cambodian best kid actor..(kesian diaorg ni breadwinner) 

again..walaupun rasa macam makin nak basi cerite ke indochina ni tp aku teruskan juga sbb dh janji pada diri sendiri utk rekodkan and dokumentasikan semua perjalanan masa muda ku ini,.mana tahu 20/30 tahun nanti boleh jugop retrieve balik maklumat trip kami ke bumi Khmer..

tapi kali ni just gambo2 yang sempat dirakam utk kami abadikan..ikutkan hati 1 hari di Angkor Complex memang xcukup..berpeluh keringat meleleh ke celah peha...tapi semangat masih kekal utk habiskan semua monumen ..kecuali ada seorg tu xlarat..nak rehat..

Ta Keo..mula2 tangga nampak macam okay lagi..(jelas tanda hooray pada pendakian pertama)

Perjalanan seterusnya terhenti di kompleks Ta Keo..sebuah monumen yang terletak di pertengahan jalan and dikelilingi hutan belukar tapi di sini cuaca begitu redup..

Fasa 2 pendakian : masih mampu pose di tangga yang mencuram..

Ajaibnya mengenai Ta Keo ianya mempunya 4 entrance biasala Utara-Timur-Selatan-Barat..tp aku xtahu pintu mana kami masuk..yg pasti ni je yg dibuka sbb other 3 gates are so called under restoration..but looking at the destructions done by the mother nature it seems that this structure is so vulnerable to collapse on it is owns sooner or later..the stairs were made in such a wonderful and thoughtful ways since it cause u to knee and lower down your gravity in order for u to climb it up to the top.

pemandangan dr atas..

Sebenarnya banyak gambo yg diambil..tp xperla..Ta Keo u r such a great structure to be stepped into u..

seterusnya perjalanan ke arah penghujung diteruskan ke Ta Phrom...Aku dh lupa ni Bayon ke Ta Phrom..tp rasa macam Ta Phrom..

dibawah teduhan pohonan entrance ke Ta Phrom..it was so humid here..cool place

Ta Phrom ni mmg wajib dilawati..sbb disini byk struktur yg mmg nampak so iconic to represent the surviving old civilisation that had taken place here long time ago.

penat melihat2 kawasan sini..rehat sebentar...

Azrul and the Beanstalks 

Akhir nya setelah penat melilau2....tiba masa nak balik dh penat..(baru separuh hari berjalan tapi perut dh kata lapor)..akhirnya balik hotel dulu,...

..helping those whose life hanging by a thread..

Pengorbanan merupakan ayat plg dramatic aku pernah dengo..tp definisi bg setiap mereka yg 'berkorban' adalah berbeza2..maupun bentuk nya juga berbeza..kbiasaannya pengorbanan menuntut jiwa yg suci lg murni utk dizahirkan..

Korban : bukan sembelihan semata2..pengorbanan menjaga pesakit n menjaga iman sendiri adalah sgt2 mencabar..

Sempena hari Raya korban..dibawakan Sebuah alkisahnya bertarikh 2 minggu lepas..

'minta maaf puan,sorry hari ni mmg lewat sikit nk bg chemo..sbb saya kena attend kes yg lagi kritikal tadi' memulakan bicara aku memohon maaf..(dlm nada pun tgh menangkap 21% oxygen under room air)..

no smile can help me..

Alhamdulillah..dr perhatian aku rasanya mak pesakit masih sabar..masih mampu mengukir senyuman..mungkin suatu kebiasaan bg dia menerbitkan wajah yg penuh berharga..pergelutan emosi sebagai ibu kepada pesakit leukimia(relapse some more) bukan lah perkara luarbiasa bg dirinya.. perhaps.

Tp hari ni bukan hari yg luarbiasa utk aku terkejar2 buat byk kerja dlm satu masa..

Jadi terpaksa la mak patient ni tunggu aku..jam kt iphone 2.25pm(tp jam iphone ni lewat 5 minit : so again time 'magik/sial/pelik/bhantu' bg aku thn 2011 ni).its 2.30pm to be exact.aku janji 2pm td nk bg chemo..tp biasa la janji doktor but to be honest.. i got strong reason why i was badly late actually.

And..yet..she also has her strong point why she needed me to be ontime particularly on that day itself..

Rupa2nya jauh mereka datang dr Durian Mas..rasanya aku tak boleh teka dgn tepat Durian Mas ni kt mana tp aku tahu ianya jauh on the way nak ke cheneh di kemAman tp jalan ikut kuala Berang..somewhere there i think..n she told me that they needed to catch the last bus at 3.30pm : bus SP Bumi katanya.

Aku : maknya saya rasa bus cityliner ada jugak ke kuantan then lalu ikut Durian Mas (memulakn perbualan bg menutup rasa malu mbuat pesakit ttunggu-walhal seumur idup aku tula kali pertama aku silap naik bus 6 jam ke kuantan krn melalui AMBS n cheneh)

Mak pt : betul doktor..tp sebulan dua ni xdok doh..

Aku : jadi mak dtg pukul berapa td(soalan otak aku : why la xdtg awAl pagi??jd xla terkejar2aku ni nk inject chemo)..

Mak pt : sy turun mcm biasa td tp ni ha ..adzim(bukan nama sebenar) ..cirit birit..dh la terlepas bas masa time kt rumah..then kt tgh jln kena bhenti kt Stesen minyak..again berak..then kat bus station nk ke hospital 2 kali terlepas bus sbb dia cirit n nak ke toilet..ceriter maknya dengan tersenyum2..

Perbualan terhenti seketika

..to make it worse.line anak nya memang susah..setengah jam belek2 lengan pun blom tentu nampak uratnya..tp nasib baik mak patient phm..dulu ada central line tp dh infected so kena buang..now nk bagi iv methotrexate 0.7ml pun kena set line baru..then off..mmg xbbaloi..kalo cucuk sekali xper..ni 5 brannula blom tentu ok.

failed cannulation...

Aku : mana buku nya maknya(as usual pt akan ada nice chemo books in which every single important event will be recorded inside ..so any doctor who sees him will 'communicate' the review they made by writing it on that book)

Mak pt : sorry doktor.buku nya hilang..

Aku : huh??mak nya hilangkn..??tu buku tu mcm passport utk dia.

Mak pt : sy tahu doktor..aritu balik dr Hospital XYZ saya singgah solat subuh dgn dia kat masjid Abidin tiba2lepas solat tengok beg dh kena curi.,

sape2 yg singgah mesjid ni kalu terjumpa buku kaler pink dgn kod rahsia perubatan..tolong simpan...

Aku : Astagfirullah..saperla yg busuk hati sangat..kalo wang hilang sy blh maafkn lagi..ni buku2pesakit yg penting utk pesakit pun dikebas.,mmg xbhati perut(ingat nk sumpah dah tp aku berdoa pencuri tu dpt hidayah dr perbuatannya)..

...sambil tu masih berusaha lagi mencari vein akhirnya 3pm baru setel..i injected the drug n then quickly wrote my 'works' in his book..n then i allowed them to leave..hopefully they able to catch the last bus..

Deep inside my heart i prayed that the child will be able to get out from the relapse..relapse of leukimia in children carries poor prognosis..but medical miracle does happen sometimes..who knows..(http://www.all-kids.org/relapsequestions.html)

Tula kehidupan ni penuh dgn perkara2yg kita xmampu nak pikirkan..bayangkan ketabahan seorang ibu untuk memberi yang terbaik berkorban titik peluh dia utk kasih anak dia..

Semoga hari raya Haji kita thn ni sempat kita hidupkan semangat korban..

Sebelum itu enjoyla satu videoclip pengorbanan sepasang suami isteri menentang adat n budaya demi perkahwinan tercinta..See how a smart husband-wife can save their life forever..(except when God really calls them).

Akhir kalam SalamAidil Adha.

Sesungguhnya perkara yg biasa bg kita blh jd luarbiasa bg org lain - SH