We were supposed to take off from Anu's house at 7am but i only woke up 7:06 and picked up Harun 45 minutes later. We left at 9am or so and got there about 10:30. We had breakfast at the World Famous PD Roti Canai shop. Anush said that the roti canai there was delicious back in the 70's. However, if you save it and serve it 28 years later, it tends to lose some off its flavour and fluffiness. Explains why she didn't have any. Tes and Anush then spent 1/2 hour shopping for plastic fruits and veggies. Gals, eating that stuff isn't going to make you lose weight; it might kill and definitely you won't have to worry about weight loss any more.  

After that we drove along the coastal road looking for THE spot but couldn't find any. We didn't feel like going to a public beach so we started going into every other back road. We turned into Guoman and thought about sneaking into their beach but didn't relish the thought of being thrown out. We stopped by the old TNB bungalows. They leveled the place, literally, but no work whatsoever has started other than the steel green fencing and the signboard stating 'Cadangan Membina Kondominium'. So we drove on some more, past Irama Bayu, past Rachado Point, and into a back road that had the Army's Gempur Armor unit. I would've loved to drive off any of the tanks or armoured cars. We went straight on into the Tractors Bhd bungalow and turned back and saw a small sign saying Semai Bakti Beach Resort.  

We went in and found a quaint, maybe 1/2 star motel. But the beach was beautiful. An enquiry found we only had to pay for parking fees in order to use their beach. The owner probably was borned and lived his entire life there, never to set foot outside his enclave.The 3 of them, especially Harun, just munched and munched junk food until there was no more room left. Then we played beach soccer guys against the girls. After we got home i thought about the whole thing and realized how we played mirrored our love lives. Harun and i played a thinking, tactical game. We spent as much time dribbling and passing as we did positioning ourselves ie, if Harun was dribbling, i ran around looking for an opening thru which he could pass it to me without risking interception. And if necessary i'd tapped it right back to him after he passed it. But the girls, their strategy, if you can call it that, was to go all out after whoever had the ball and if that didn't work just grab him and throw him into the ground. Any wonder why they can't land a guy while we gone thru many girls.  

After that those 3 sat on the beach and went on about what kind of girl that Rizal would date and marry and what happens after that for more than 1 hour (apparently they've done each other's during an earlier Haagen Dasz session). I told them to email me their results. I went on jogging on the beach and walking in the waves (this is damn bloody tiring). Thruout the day i played soccer on the beach's edge against the wind and the waves and that's even more tiring. It didn't help that Tes had to buy a limp beach ball which had lost 12% of its air by the time we got to the beach.  

With about 1 hour to go, those 3 started playing Uno cards. Apparently who ever gets rid of all his cards first wins. They piled Harun with almost all the cards but against all odds he won, THREE games, and the worst part was that each time he made sure the entire PD population and those living on the eastern and southeastern beaches of Sumatra knew about it. i was quite tired from playing beach soccer and sat down quietly under a tree enjoying the sight and the cool wind. Obviously it's no Redang, but considering it's PD and the fact that there was NOBODY else there, it was a good beach. The water's not as clear as Pangkor, the sand is heavy, not the kind where you can build sandcastles and bury your feet in. The water line showed at air pasang the sea would come at the closest maybe 3 or 4 metres away from the wall that separated the motel and the beach.  

We left at 2:30pm and paid 5rm for parking fees (we could've snuck off quietly but that's not nice). Room rates were 65rm for single rooms and 75rm for double. Add 10rm if you come during weekends. i might just come back if i can find it again. It's somewhere between Avillion and Guoman. Overall i think everybody thoroughly enjoyed the trip. i did. But for those who didn't make it, you'd have to get the story verbally from those who did to really get a feel of what happened. Later dudes.