I woke to a bright, windy and sunny day as compared to the day before; bathe, changed and headed to breakfast. All I needed was coffee, coffee and more coffee. Those other guests started on their singing sessions early, my God!!. After breakfast I get up to get away from the din and walk to the jetty, didn't feel like getting in the sea to swim considering that I just had showered. At the jetty, the boatman invites me to join him to go into the nearest town on mainland called Tenggaroh to buy groceries for the barbecue which the resort is hosting for its guests in the night. I accept since I love boat rides and further, there was nothing for me to do that afternoon considering I don't like snorkelling (makes me I feel like I am dying, tried it once during a trip deep sea fishing) and wasn't keen on wandering into the other resorts or the kampung (village), maybe next visit. We promised to meet after lunch.
I leave the jetty for lunch with Kak Atiyah (who was personally employed by the resort manager to look after me during my stay since I was travelling alone) and I informed them that I was following them to get groceries later. At about 3pm, we all get up and head to the jetty, climbed on board the boat and left for Tanjung Leman. Upon reaching, we climbed into a van and drove to Tenggaroh (an immense oil palm plantation) to get groceries. If you are not used to the up and down roads that fork left and right and not know where to turn to get to where you are, you are doomed I tell you (after 3 trips following this first vacation, I can find my way around now). We get back to Tanjung Leman, we wait for another guest for an hour but they never arrive so we head to the bobbing boat with 4 Taiwanese who want to charter the boat to get to another resort on the island. At Twin Beach we unload the groceries then leave to drop the Taiwanese at their resort. The boat trip there was wonderful and I managed to see all the other small resorts dotted along the hillside of the island but none impressed me like Twin Beach.
The barbecue that night was abundant in seafood and vegetables which I had helped to prepare, me given any situation to cook or prepare to cook, is no problem; and sitting on picnic tables on the beach with bamboo lights burning all round us was a sight to behold. I leave them all after dinner and head to the jetty to smoke and read and while the night away. Too bad couldn't get whisky or vodka, only beer sold but that's not my drink. At 3am I get up to head back to my chalet to sleep, leaving behind the last night of my stay away from the moonlight, the water and sea breeze that blows.
About 5 minutes into lying down in my chalet, I hear someone call at my window. I asked who it was but the person never answered and I somehow was not afraid so I got up, switched on the lights and opened the front door, asking the person to come to the front of the chalet but still the person persisted to be at the window. So I closed the door and walked to the window and horror! it was a stranger asking whether he could come in. I asked him what for and he replied that I should know what for. This remark made my blood boil and I told him to go back to where he came from and shut the mosquito screen and curtain, turned off the lights and lay down to sleep again. But my eyes remained wide open and found myself suddenly afraid. I kept looking out for shadows that may pass up the stairs to my chalet or climb up to the side window, so after a while of scaring myself silly, I switched on the lights and read until my eyes closed upon seeing daylight creep into my chalet.
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