Alia sesat di lautan

I just came back from Johor malam semalam. Kepenatan masih tak hilang, sebab tu sekarang rasa nak mengamok. (ok tak de kena mengena, tapi seriously rasa nak lempang orang).

On our way home, I (re)told a story about my experience masa naik kayak. Ntah macam mana boleh terselit topik pasak kayak pon tak tau. Maybe sebelum tu cakap pasal berak, pastu otak geliga sangat sampai terfikir kayak...kan 'rak' 'yak' tu macam nak dekat sama bunyi dia...hahahaha. Cacat.

Anyway aku dah kasitau my family empat ribu kali kot pasal cerita ni, but for me, it still sounds so fricking awesome sebab ianya melibatkan diri aku yang sangat best ini. (haha, motif nak puji diri sendiri lebih lebih?)

Ok, ceritanya begini.

Masa tu I was doing my pre-U. And I had a lot of free time (sebenarnya tak de, tapi dah dasar pemalas....) so me and 2 of my friends registered lah untuk camping trip ni in Johor. Ok, sebelum tu, take note, I'm not a nature loving hippy who loves outdoor (obviously) I don't like extreme sports tapi suka tengok lelaki hensem tak pakai baju buat extreme sports. I don't enjoy camping sebab tak der proper toilet dan I hate kencing belakang bushes. You get what I mean lah kan. Basically I'm a city girl who acts so kampung. Hahah boleh?

So to cut the story short, the whole group (there were around 80 of us kot) was divided into 2 major groups...so satu group 40 orang lah kan. And our objective on that day was to reach that tanjung ke pulau ke apa ntah, lupa lah.

And there were only 2 means of getting there; walking for god knows how many kilometers or kayaking. Of course lah the idea of kayaking lagi gempak kan. So berebut lah 2 groups ni nak kayak. But the authorities (lecturers and tour guides) oredy made their mind up - my group was to kayak to get there.

Wah seksaited ok.

Ok mula mula they taught us the basic of kayaking. Biasa lah. Macam mana nak pusing, macam mana nak kayuh guna paddle tu and all that crap lah. Satu kayak 2 orang. I was partnered with ntah lupa nama mamat ni, so lets call him John Doe ok. Aku ingat kalau duduk depan tu kerja senang lah, sebab they told us, sapa yang ada experience kayak duduk belakang, sebab orang kat belakang tu lah yang kena navigate kalau nak pusing ke corner ke apa. So don't care lah, aku duduk depan.

Hotak kau kerja senang.

I was doing most of the paddling. Babi. Boleh tumbuh muscles muscles ok. PENAT GILA

So anyway, it was all fine and dandy, siap nyanyi lagi ok. Senang hati betul, pastu gelak gelak kat group satu lagi yang kena jalan kaki tu. Kah kah kah.

It was already 6pm, hari masih terang dan siang. Pantai nampak cantik, angin tiup sepoi sepoi.

Macam romantik gila ok.

Sekali tiba tiba, hujan renyai renyai. We were hardly even half way, so kami pon decided untuk pulang ke pantai. Baik jalan kaki macam ni, spoil gila nak kayak.

Ok so all 20 of our kayaks pon bermula lah berlumba-lumba nak ke pantai. Penat ok. Dah lah hujan. Then hujan makin lama makin kuat, hari makin lama makin gelap. Mula lah semua orang panic.

Paddle punya paddle..tak sampai sampai ke pantai. Paddle lagi. Paddle lagi.

What the hell.

Apasal nampak pantai tu macam sama je distance dia dari tadi. Makin kuat kitaorg paddle, makin jauh dari pantai.

Rupa rupanya current tarik kitaorg ke tengah laut ok!!

WAH

PANIC SIAL.

We were struggling to get to the beach, tapi tak sampai sampai. We spent for about a few hours jugak lah. Hari dah malam, I still remember the lights from the beach, and I was trying so hard to get there.

Bayangkan you were only on a fricking kayak tengah tengah laut in the dark!! You definitely don't know what's INSIDE the sea kan. And plus, hujan makin lama makin kuat. Ombak besar gila.

Then 2 safety boats came to rescue us.

Oh cerita belum habis.

Because there were 20 kayaks all together, so satu safety boat responsible for 10 kayaks la kan. 10 kayaks = 20 people.

And since the ombak was so damn kuat, we were scared that one of us will get lost in the middle of the fricking sea. So we had to group up.

Safety boat tengah tengah, 5 kayaks on its left, and the other 5 on its right. And all these kayak kayak kena berpaut ke kayak kat sebelah to create a long chain of kayaks. And you have to berpaut guna tangan ok. AND IMAGINE ALL THE TIDES AND CURRENT yang keep you separated. Rasa macam nak tercabut tangan.

Oklah, ni aku lukis.

Hahah  siap ada muka masam....menunjukkan betapa penat dan takutnya kitaorg. HAHA

Lebih kurang macam tu lah, tapi panjang lagi chain tu.

I remember aku jerit kat pakcik boat tu, "Pakcik, tak boleh naik boat ke?? Kitaorg penat ni nak berpaut!!" Pastu pakcik tu marah aku balik, bodo punya pakcik. Dia cakap kalau semua orang naik boat tu, tenggelam lah, sebab kitaorg ramai.

Ok lah, logik jugak la.

Dah lah hujan tak berhenti henti, ombak kuat, sejuk gila babi. Masa tu dah pukul brapa malam aku pon tak ingat, tapi kau bayangkan dari pukul 6 petang tadi kitaorg kat laut!

Masa aku tengah bertungkus lumus berpaut kat kayak sebelah, tiba tiba aku rasa macam kayak aku dah menjunam ke depan.

What the hell.

Air masuk kayak ok!! Kayak aku nak tenggelam!!

Panic gila masa tu. Takut gila.

So aku jerit lagi kat pakcik tu " PAKCIK!! AIR MASUK KAYAK!! NAK TENGGELAM!!"

Pastu kau tau apa pakcik tu cakap? "Buang lah air tu!"

Hotak lu. Macam mana nak buang.

So I told John Doe kat belakang tu, suruh dia pegang kuat kuat, cause I'm gonna try to buang air. Kau tau aku mula mula buang air guna tangan, tapi air kept on coming. Tak boleh jadi ni, so I took off my shoe, and kaut air keluar. Haha, macam dalam movie.

Holy shit, tak working ok. Bila aku kaut air keluar, ombak masuk balik.

Makin lama makin tenggelam kayak. I still remember air dah paras pinggang!!! Meaning memang kayak tu dah separuh tenggelam!!

So I yelled at pakcik tu lagi, "PAKCIK SAYA NAK NAIK BOAT JUGAK, KAYAK SAYA DAH TENGGELAM" or something like that. But I remember aku betul betul bangun dari kayak tu, then lompat ke kayak sebelah, hahahaha.

Pastu pakcik tu pon nak cakap apa kan, so dia pon agree je lah.

Untuk sampai ke boat, I had to lompat atas kayak kayak lain. Rasa macam James Bond ok..berdiri atas tengah tengah laut..hahaha

Finally sampai jugak atas boat. Lega gila okkkkkk. Tangan dah longlai sebab penat berpaut. But John Doe tu masih atas kayak tu. He was still struggling sebab pakcik tu cakap "Don't lose the kayak"

Bongok punya pakcik. Nyawa lagi penting.

Tapi nasib baik lah John Doe tu still ada kat kayak tu, cause kasut aku masih kat dalam kayak tu..hahshaha. Siap boleh jerit kat John Doe suruh pass kasut. HAHAHAHAH

But anyway, he couldn't hold much longer, dia pon bangun and lompat onto the safety boat. But you know, pakcik tu pentingkan kayak dia lagi, so sebelum John Doe bangun, he asked John to ikat kayak tu guna tali rafia supaya tak hilang.

And kitaorg yang dalam boat ni lah kena pegang. What the hell.

Mula mula kayak aku je yang tenggelam kan, sebab aku ingat wah, gemok sangat ke aku sampai boleh tenggelam...hahaha, pastu ada dua tiga kayak lagi yang tenggelam. Haha...

So semua kayak kayak yang tenggelam ni, we had to tie them and pegang hujung tali tu from atas boat. Bodoh.

Dia pentingkan kayak dia lagi.

But masa tu memang I was sooooo tired and cold and basah (STILL HUJAN!!) so aku memang tak pegang pon tali kayak tu. Aku lagi sanggup pegang kayak yang masih ada orang. My friend siap nangis nangis ok. ye lah, takut gila ok.

I think someone mentioned to pakcik tu yang kayak tak penting, so pakcik tu pon finally decided to let of his fucking beloved kayaks go. Lantak kau lah kayak tu jadi apa kan.

Lama lama, safety boat tu dah macam boat bawak pendatang haram...sebab ramai sangat. Haha

Yeah...aku masih ingat, boat tu dah penuh orang, I think about 10 of us la, sebab I remember ada 5 kayak tenggelam. And I was sitting kat belakang (depan pakcik boat). Time panic panic macam ni lah aku boleh tertidur. HAHAHAHAHA

Dasar pemalas gila.

Time critical macam ni pon aku boleh siap tidur ok!! What the hell is wrong with meee

Hahaha....sedar sedar kitaorg dah nak sampai ke darat. HAHAH. I thought no one notice la kan, sekali my friend nampak..hahahah, but nasib baik he didn't say anything, but lepas incident ni, dia ada lah buat lawak pasal aku tertidur. Haha

So alhamdulillah...finally sampai darat. OMG, masa tu jugak lah I felt like kissing the ground ok..sebab bersyukur sangat.

A rescue team was already there waiting for us, we were given a blanket (sebijik macam MERCY tolong mangsa-mangsa okay -- my heart goes to Haiti ppl)

I remember I was queuing behind this guy friend of mine lah untuk amik blanket. And time aku nak amik blanket, my friend tu dpt the last one. And I asked him nicely lah, can you give it to me, be a gentleman lah kan.

Ada ke dia replied "but I was on the boat too, and Im cold too".

Babi. Tak gentleman langsung.

Aku pulak yang jadi gentlewoman.

But our lecturer overheard our conversation and he told my friend off, gila apa tak gentleman langsung. It doesn't take a genius lah to be one.

He finally gave his blanket to me...unwillingly.

HAHA. Lantak kau lah kan.

Oh yeah, we finally reached the ground pukul 12 tengah malam.

We were in the middle of the sea from 6pm - 12am. 

Holy shit.

Now siapa cakap Alia ni budak gemok tak adventurous??

I have another adventurous (kes antara hidup dan mati punya!!) story! But I'm too lazy now. HAHA.

Ok BAI.