I had always been
adventurous but yet as I grew older, I had been more cautious as I need to
think about the 3 persons that rely on me…
Adventure is all
about exploring and learning, which I considered as learning one limits is also
a kind of adventure.
Last Thursday,
while travelling up north on the high speed rail, I had a called from the
seminary staff. The lady had asked me if I could make it to the college next
week from Mon to Wed to replace the class which I missed in June. The 3 Days
seminar could substitute the 2 credits which I left out due to Ving’s
pneumonia. A very tempting offer but I had a morning shift on Monday and a
night shift on Tuesday…. I told the staff that I am able to reach the seminary
late in the night and the lady told me that as long as I report to the seminary
by 9 on Tuesday I would be fine. I told that I would attend the course and
started my call out to K and Lem about shuffling my Tuesday night shift. It
took me about 20 mins to settle the shuffling. I started to regret after I completed
the task; I need to drive 5 hours to the east coast after my strenuous 12 hours
day shift. The road to east coast is not like the west as there is no high way,
I need to drive through the notorious winding “southern loop” route to cross
the central mountain range from west to east coast. I am not unfamiliar with
the path as the land of lion is located at the beginning of the route, the
peripheral clinic which is situated at the highest point of the route is also a
frequent site which I visited from time to time. The distance is about 300km and
with more than 20 speed trap spread along the route, the average speed would be a pity 70km/h and it
would take 4+ hours to reach the college.
I was lucky that
one of my classmates had decided to join me on the journey. Well, still, I was
a little anxious about the drive, I am not sure if I could complete the
perilous journey.
It was not an
uneventful shift as I could only caught a short nap in the afternoon. At the
beginning of the drive I felt a little bit worn off and have doubt that I could
complete the drive. I am not afraid of driving along the curvy mountain road as
the light of opposite car’s lamp offered a pre-warning sign at each cornering.
My dad who is a veteran at night driving taught me about this fact when I was
very young…
I completed the
300 km drive after 5hrs under the grace of the Great One. It was a smooth drive
as most of the traffic light was shut off and there were only a handful of
truck/car moving around.
I woke up after
5hrs of deep sleep and enjoyed the spectacular view around the college.
The credit fee of
RM350 was waived as a local church had sponsored the course.
The drive back
home took a little bit longer than expected as the traffic was pack in the daytime.
I praised the
Great One for this uneventful trip, 12 more credit to go….
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