Then it hit me that dad in Penang actually had an extra two sets of CRT TVs, thanks to his constant quest for the best in home entertainment and much to our chagrin. So we decided to take the smaller one.
We thought we were brilliant. So many relatives from KL were driving down to Penang and back, so there were plenty of cars to tumpang.
So the TV made its journey like this:
In Penang:-
- Mum and Dad picks the TV up from Grandma's house, where Dad put it since our house had no space and her own TV rosak.
- drive to Cousin K's house the night before she was supposed to drive down to KL. She can't lift the TV by herself, so the plan was to just place it in her car the night before
- Turns out Cousin K wasn't leaving till the next next morning and the TV wouldn't fit into her car boot, so Dad had to carry the TV home
- Drive down again and carry the TV again to Cousin K's house
- Cousin K drives down from Penang to KL with the TV in her back seat- AK and I were supposed to meet her in Subang, but the heavy rain and another overlapping appointment made us detour to Kelana Jaya - poor cousin, after waking up at 5 in the morning and driving for 6 hours was keeping her patience
In KL:-
- The box Ak's mum found was too big for the TV
- Then began the 3-hour marathon cut, trim, refit and tape the box sections to fit the TV better. AK's mum and Aunt chipped in
- The box is unable to fit into AK's family car, so we call a minivan to pick us up
- Thank goodness, not much drama at the airport, thanks to AK's Enrich Gold membership
In Miri;-
The box won't fit into the taxi at first. It takes 3 other taxi drives to fit it into the taxi, and a ten-ringgit tip to manage it.
So, thanks to our wonderful families, we now got a free TV in Miri. Tons of muscle power, craftsmanship and experts fitting it into the Proton Iswara :)
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