The 17th August 2019 was my 80th birthday and we had a small family celebration at our eldest daughter's house on that day over lunch and Birthday cake. And then over a weeks later our daughter suggested that we all go to Kuantan, my hometown to have an extended Birthday celebration. I was delighted with the idea; now I get to celebrate my eightieth birthday in my hometown where I was born and bred eighty years ago. So they planned we would leave for Kuantan on August 30, 2019 just a day before the 62th Independence day for Malaysia which is August 31, 2019. So just before noon on the Saturday August 30 my spouse and I leave for Kuantan in the Honda with our youngest daughter driving. The weather was good and we stopped at the Petronas Station before Bentong to have brunch. After a hearty brunch of Nasi Lemak we left for Kuantan and arrived just before three in the afternoon and straight away got to the Hyatt Hotel at Teluk Cempedak.The other members of the family are coming on their own and would be arriving later. So we check in and I was given a room facing the sea, the Teluk Cempedak sea and beach with sprawling golden sands. A beach that I called my own since I had been there from my childhood and later during schooling that beach became our playground on weekends where we a group of Boys Scouts would hike and camp there over the weekends. I check in the room and went to the balcony and watch the sea bashing the shore like it always does for all the years, It does bring back memories of my past, a beautiful and adventurous past of my childhood here on this beach. Amazing indeed that I am here today as an eighty years old great grandpa. Such a wonderful feeling indeed. By evening the rest of the family had arrived except the second granddaughter with her husband would arrived late. I shared the room with our eldest grandson who is back from Seattle for the summer break. Since I did not had a proper lunch I went out to the nearest food outlet and got a bite of some sandwich. Back at the hotel I decided to take a rest before going out for a family dinner in town. Just after 6pm we went to have dinner at a Thai Petani restaurant at Jalan Gambut. It was indeed a sumptuous dinner and I believe the whole family enjoyed it. Then we head back to the hotel and call the day off. Again I went to the balcony and watch the dark sea and hear the sound of the waves bashing the shore as well smell the freshness of the salty air that comes from the sea. I tried to sleep early but as usual at a new place it just difficult to get a shuteyes. Anyway my grandson was already snoring. I slept and woke up early, so did the Tahajjud prayer at around three thirty in the morning. Unable to sleep again I just while my time on the Internet and then performed the Suboh prayer as the sun was above to rise.
I start watching the sea again and eventually got to see the Sun rising at the horizon. As usual it was just magical and enchanting to watch the sun rises slowly. I took as many images of that gorgeous scene and sharing it here. And that day folks is the 31st of August 2019, the 62th Independence day of Malaysia. What a day to be here at my favorite beach in my hometown of Kuantan, on such as auspicious day celebrating my 80th Birthday. Simply beautiful, a day to remembered indeed. Then went to enjoy a family breakfast at the Coffee house of the hotel below. What a beautiful day to be!
Have a nice day.
I start watching the sea again and eventually got to see the Sun rising at the horizon. As usual it was just magical and enchanting to watch the sun rises slowly. I took as many images of that gorgeous scene and sharing it here. And that day folks is the 31st of August 2019, the 62th Independence day of Malaysia. What a day to be here at my favorite beach in my hometown of Kuantan, on such as auspicious day celebrating my 80th Birthday. Simply beautiful, a day to remembered indeed. Then went to enjoy a family breakfast at the Coffee house of the hotel below. What a beautiful day to be!
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