Cepat? Lambat?

Every year during the fasting month I will face the same problem. What time do I need to leave the office in Bangi in order to arrive home on time for berbuka without having to go through the massive traffic jam of the grand exodus? Suddenly the whole of the Klang Valley (or so it seems like it) wants to buy their ayam percik and kuih pelita at the Taman Tun Dr Ismail Ramadhan bazaar. Leceh betul.

Last week I tried leaving at 5pm. I reached the TTDI toll at the SPRINT highway at around 5.30pm. And guess what? It took me 1.5hours to reach the traffic lights at the TTDI Pizza Hut. If it wasn't the puasa month now I would've probably continued this entry with use of expletives such as WTH or WTF to emphasize on my extreme frustration of having to endure 90 minutes of bumper-to-bumper traffic when during a normal day it would've just taken me 10 minutes or less. Terima kasih DBKL kerana telah mengepung kawasan bazaar ramadhan TTDI yang telah menyebabkan kesesakan lalulintas melampau kerana trafik dari jalan besar tidak dapat memasuki kawasan Taman Tun dan kereta-kereta dari bazaar ramadhan pula yang penuh sarat dengan sate, popiah basah, murtabak daging, kuih tako, roti john, air tebu, nasi tomato, laksa Perlis dan tidak dilupakan kambing golek seekor tidak dapat keluar dari kawasan bazaar.

So there are only two options left for me. The first one is that I go back really early, as in before 4pm, or go home late. Maybe at 6.30. And hope that the roads would be clear by that time. Whatever it is, yang penting ialah stok bekalan buah kurma yang perlu sentiasa ada di dalam kereta. Dan air kotak Ribena.