Morning dew

break of dawn

Did something this morning that I had not done before. I gave my close friend a lift to KLIA at 5:30am and decided to take the coastal road back to Klang instead of the boring KESAS route.

It was still pitch dark when I said goodbye to him and took a detour at the signboard which mentioned "Sepang, Sg. Pelek, Morib".

Had to be careful as the small roads wound through little kampungs. I thought it would be best if I switched on brighter headlights because of the darkness, plus rather heavy mist due to rain earlier. I wound down the window too for how could I resist smelling the fresh cool air which was a precious commodity nowdays for us city folks.

It was about half hour of driving when I entered into the quaint little town of Sg. Pelek. The town just consisted of a main street with two-storey shophouses on both sides. The town was dead quiet except for a food centre which was teaming with cars. Since my tummy rumbled a little, I decided to have an early breakfast, perhaps 2 slices of kaya butter bread, 2 half-boiled eggies and some thick-black local coffee that came in the old-fashioned nostalgic little cup and saucer? I couldn't even begin to imagine the vast array of food offerred there. There were chicken rice, wanton mee, dim sum, bakuteh, noodles, economy rice ...... all piping hot in this wee hours of the morning. "Wow" I told myself, breakfast would be sumptious after all.

I took a seat and noticed people around giving me stares. I suppose they could recognise an outsider or city dweller when they saw one. Forget the kaya bread, the sight of roast chicken hanging on skewers was too irresistable not to have savoured. In addition, I ordered a hot cup of coffee. The rice was tasty and most of all, 'el cheapo'! I can't ever imagine paying RM3 for a wonderful plate of chicken rice back home.

I gulped it all down in 20minutes and proceeded on my journey towards the coastal town of Morib. The journey became scenic as the light of dawn began to arrive. It was so quiet as I absorbed the scenery. It kinda reminded me of my morning outback journey; back when I was in Sydney. Except for a brief moment when a monkey darted across the road; did I realise that I was not in the outbacks. It was probably the thick mist still hovering in the air that made the sight more memorable. Strangely, I had a deep sense of peace within me. It was as if I was in a meditative state of mind and perfectly contented to be by myself and reminisce all the events that had happened to me these past few months. Loneliness had been my way of life lately, but this morning, it didn't matter because I felt at peace !.

The highlight of this strangely memorable trip was when I made a brief stop at Morib and spent half an hour gazing into the calm sea. The sight and sound of waves gently overlapping themselves before disappearing to shore were truly mesmerising. What was supposedly a 1 1/2 hour trip, took almost 3 hours.

I will certainly do more of this in future! Perhaps next time, I should include a memorable sunset trip too, Kathmandu overlooking the Himalayas perhaps? Come join me? :)