Its The Time Of The Year Again....

Its the time of the year again when the highways in Malaysia are jam packed with cars leaving the city of Kuala Lumpur for the Chinese New Year "balik kampung" annual pilgrimage.

Year in year out it is the same scenario of vehicles travelling northbound,southbound and eastbound to their respective kampungs to celebrate the New Year with their families. Some will take the opportunity to take a holiday break (again!).

However, this dragon year, I think has the worst traffic congestion all over the highways. I for one got stucked in the mad traffic. 40km ride from KL to Rawang took 1 hour. There's another 168km to Ipoh. Another 4 hours journey??? No way man! I aint gonna kill myself to drive 5 hours for a journey that usually takes 1.5-2 hours max!

Thank God my parents said "turn back". Cancel the trip! Afterall its just a wedding. Phew! Boy... am i glad to hear that. And so, I turn back at Bukit Beruntung interchange and heads back home.

To those who had to continue their journey, I can only empathize with them. I know its gonna be long hours for them on the road. One friend posted on the Facebook on her 8 hours journey from KL-Ipoh. Another friend posted that it took him 3 hours to reach Tanjong Malim from Kota Damansara.

I am sure those southbound and eastbound travellers faced similar predicament on this auspicious long weekend of 2012 Chinese New Year.

Gong Xi Fa Chai!