N-O-M-A-D

Hello readers,

How’s your week? Well, I’m still having my holiday right now. I’m going to start my blog for this week about my ‘nomad life’. Yes! N-O-M-A-D.

It’s begun since last Saturday when I went back to my hometown in Rompin, Pahang. During my visit, the house was still under renovation. Major renovation. The living hall was no longer there, the rooms vanished. Where should we sleep? We even cooked and had our meal outside of the house on a ‘bangsal’ ( a huge hut where people store things on it). One of the best things is that the cost of all the renovations is not exceeding RM50k!! Can you believe that? Here, to do a little renovation in kitchen almost costing us more than RM30k!!! Leech..

Now, I know where I got the architect genes in me. My family members are doing the all the plans and renovations ourselves. Yeah! Cool huh? We are the owner, architect, quantity surveyor, contractor and labour. It’s a great thing to do together where we can really appreciate the final result of it later because it’s the effort of the whole family.
I think, I still did not explain about my temporary life as Waris Dirie.
I’m exaggerating things, aren’t I?

Before I start, I have to tell you that I will not reveal any name because it might be a sensitive thing. I don’t want to get caught! I just want to write my blog!
Ok, to be honest I was not having an awful life as Waris Dirie. Instead, it’s more comfy and civilised. My father took me and my mother to a hotel in the town of Rompin and spent 2 nights there before got back to KL. It’s a budget hotel but I didn’t know that is really that ‘budget’ until our beds had no proper wheel and legs. For instance, they used bricks as legs for my bed! My parents’ bed is much more pathetic; when I tried to sit at the end of the bed, I thought I broke it as it moved down.

Actually...
It had neither leg nor wheel or even bricks at the end of it! At least, my bed had bricks. Yeay! ‘Lucky’ me!

Kring, kring, kring

My cousin called my father from KL to tell him that we cannot use our toilets in our home because the contractor had started the works. They were supposed to leave one toilet as the way it is until the other two are done. Unfortunately, that ‘brilliant’ guy was extremely hardworking that he took off everything and removed the tiles for all the toilets.

Again. Hotel.

First,it’s a budget hotel. As a budget hotel it’s not that bad. Comfortable and the beds are great. There is not much to talk on Selayang Hotel. So, we move on to my next ‘home’.
It’s quite a big hotel.

Well, don’t get too excited and say; Wo!

It maybe used to be ‘grand’ back then, but not now. I have never seen such an old lift as what they have here. IT IS OLD! I think, it’s older than me. The lift’s door made sound when opened and closed.

Crouk, Crouk, Crouk

Creepy! Try to think that you are alone at night and using that lift with the lamp went on and off.

Bang!

A door shut.

But there’s no one there. Only you, is it?

Ok, stop with the crime fiction and onomatopoeia.

Until today, I have spent my nights in three different hotels for 7 days and 6 nights! I only slept on my soft and comfortable bed for ONE NIGHT!!

Moral of the story, find contractor who has lazy workers so they won’t do the whole works at once!

Hopefully, it won’t happen again. I’m freezing here in my hotel room. I think, I have to stop here for this week. See you again in a more normal condition and temperature.

Thank you!=)