Thaipusam 2013 : 12 hours journey :D

First and foremost, Happy Thaipusam! :D

Kindly click on the word 'Thaipusam' above to know the story and meaning behind this celebration. 

It has been years since I last went to Batu Caves actually. I was genuinely surprised when my mom suggested us to visit Muruga at night and to come back the next morning! We went to the bus stop at 8pm in the night and started our journey. The bus was full of India people! Had fun eavesdropping their interesting stories with pure Tamil dialect! xD 

We had to switch bus in KL. That's when our ''suffering'' started. The bus was soooo full of Indians (90% guys) and there were barely no space to stand at all! The worst part was when a lady fell on me when the bus stopped all of a sudden. I was standing near the bus door and thank GOD the bus contractor caught me like a hero. -.-

The bus stopped behind Batu Caves since cars were parked literally everywhere. We took our own sweet time and walked happily to the entrance and reached there around 10pm.

From Maxis. Somewhere near the entrance. 

We had hard time passing through the crowd. As we were walking, reaching for the staircase, someone held my shoulder and called ''Shanu!''. I was so shocked to see my ex-school friend's brother, Kathiresan Anne there. I just said ''Hi Anne'' happily and told my mom about him and continued our journey. :3

Lord Muruga. Before reaching the staircase. World's tallest Murugan statue. :3

One of the gorgeous kavadis. :D

As we almost reach the staircase, I heard someone calling out my name again. Turned around to see one hotttt fair guy grinning at me. I just waved him and said hi happily and had to walk because of my parents. Mom asked me about him and I was so blur. And thennn I remembered my facebook Gurkha friend, Ganesh who tought me which bus to take to Batu Caves! :D 

The staircase. There are 272 stairs, you know. :)

As we almost reach the top. 

Lord Muruga. Near the entrance of the top staircase. :)

Right after getting inside the cave, some good looking guy came to my mom happily. Woots. He was hot for sure. I was shocked when he called my mom. Mom said it was the first time we're actually meeting each other. ._.

The crowd. 

After taking archanai , we saw Muruga! Giving blessings to people. Mom went and prayed, paid obeisance and got blessings. I just watched, looked at him, said ''Muruga'' in heart and get blessings like a blur little child. ._. Happy to see him tho.

At the corner inside Batu Caves. Gorgeous. :)

Right before getting down from Batu Caves. ^^ 

As we get down. :)

After getting down, it was almost 12am and the crowd was getting bigger. We managed to find somewhere to sit down and have some drink near the shopping lots. It was nice to see Lord Muruga from the place we were sitting at. Right when the clock strikes midnight, they started the gorgeooous fireworks! I drank my 7up, looked at Muruga and wished him Happy Birthday happily. :3

We sat there for about half and hour and started walking. We walked and walked and walked. We found a locket similar to mine (with Murugan and Vinayagar) , silver coloured too but smaller in size.  I've been wanting a new one for so long, so mom bought it for me. ^^ If you know me well enough in real life, you can find me wearing the locket everyday. :D

Pretty prettyy. :)

Oh yeah, when my mom went to toilet, I was waiting for her with dad. I heard someone calling out my name loud. I was shocked to see my annoying, troublesome ex-school mate! He shouted my name again but walked away quietly when he saw my dad beside me. -_-

The crowd. Some of them slept there, on the floor. 

It was about 3am when my parents got tired and I couldn't stand the increasing crowd, so we decided to get out and watch the kavadis trying to get in. We had to crash the security as the dumb homosapiens pushed so hard at the behind. :( I even scolded one uncle for pushing me away, mumbling that we could just walk as if there are any way to get out on the in front. He was dumbfounded to find his stupid self getting scold by a little girl, but heh. He deserves it.

We managed to get out and found ourselves a place to sit right beside the entrance. As we waited there, I spend my time being on facebook, talking to Jojo. I was shocked to know that he was there too! He came finding for me with his good friend. As my parents were beside me, we found it very awkward to talk anything. So he said his farewell and walked away. xD

From the place we were sitting at. Lots of kavadis eh? It was never-ending! Trust me :)

So yeah. We sat there, enjoying our murukkus and candies, and decided to go back home around 5:30am.

As we walked to bus stop, I saw  a very familiar looking guy and it was my ex-school mate! He used to trouble me with his monkey love ever since I was in primary school! I had to say hi. He was surprised to see me. We exchanged some formal little infos like ''what are you doing now?'' ''working? studying?'' , etc. -.-

Got a bus right after reaching the bus stop! Luckily. Reached home around 7am and dozed off right after changing my clothes. Happy Thaipusam! :)