I got distracted with work. I am now continuing the final part of our Cherating vacation tales. We braved the rain to go to Taman Tamadun Islam after the "losong" lunch. You have to pass by the KT Museum to be able to get to Taman Tamadun Islam and the famous Masjid Kristal.
KT Museum reminds me of that trip to Marang Safari Resort when my friend Jie was the resort manager. I think it must have been the year 2000 when I was 4 months pregnant with Aliah. I was 33 then and Zarif was just 1 1/2 years. I was young (relative to now that is) and my butt was able to withstand the 7 hour drive from KL to Marang, 4 months pregnant and with Zarif on my lap throughout the trip. Most of the time curled up against me sleeping. This trip? Don't even ask. Just me and my weight alone (with the baby in utero) I was already suffering from backache. Sigh!
As the car approached Taman Tamadun Islam, we could already see some of the miniature mosques and Zarif, who has been sick due to his asthma, perked up. At that time, it was drizzling and MrM dropped us off at the entrance of the restaurant. I told him that there is no way I would walk around the miniature mosque in my heavy and tired state. I insisted that we must take the tram.
And we had to take the tram because it started raining, lightly and a heavy downpour later. We got ourselves wet because the rain was so heavy that if you sit on the tram pun basah.
Oh God! Cold and wet! And all of us got caught in the rain at some point jumping off the tram into shelter.
Taman Tamadun Islam is not bad for a first time visitor. I think it is educational for kids to learn about the Islamic architecture from the foundation of Islam to present day design and construction. Zarif was certainly very interested while my girls, I think Munirah enjoyed it too but Aliah was perhaps too young to appreciate and enjoyed the tram rides more.
Then another tram ride to Masjid Kristal that wasn't too crystal-like in that rain. Looked around, took photos in the rain, and off we went to get another tram ride back to the main entrance.
That was our visit at Taman Tamadun Islam. Walked to the parking lot (this time I figured I needed to exercise) and that marked the end of our visit to KT.
The drive back to Cherating was rain all the way and in the coastal areas, we noticed some cars stopped just to see the big waves of the South China Sea. As we approached Kemaman, there was traffic jam and nasib baik MrM, on his frequent trips to KSB, knew of another road that led to Kemaman. So we avoided the most of the jam and Tong Juan here we come!
We arrived Tong Juan at about 6:30pm it must have been. This time hujan selebat-lebatnya. Tong Juan was full and the had to set another table for us at the entrance. Ambik ajelah table tu sebab we were a party of eight. Then one family left and we transferred to their table inside the restaurant.
Ordered stuffed crabs, butter prawns, steamed fish, stir-fry garlic kailan and for kids, ginger chicken. Even my maid, who does not eat any seafood at all, enjoyed the stuffed crabs. All I can say is, letih nak hilangkan 9kg prior to this pregnancy and now eating like I've not seen food for the longest time. And the rain helped us eat more since we only had losong for lunch, remember?
Munirah and Aliah followed their Mak Long and Pak Long back to Cherating, while MrM and I (and maid) stopped at a nearby clinic to get Zarif his dose of nebulizer. I think we finally got back to the hotel around 10pm perhaps. I was tired but okay jugaklah, this pregger at 42 mom. Penat tapi taklah penat sangat. I stil had difficulty sleeping malam tu. Sebabnya dah tertidur banyak kali sangat dalam kereta on the way back tadi.
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