Saturday, May 21, 2005
hi all, so sorry i haven't been blogging for more than a week.. was on 2 separate trips during the week.. had fun, different type of fun cos i'm with different company during these few days..
14-15th May -- 2D 1N Batam trip
went on the Batam trip with my JC classmates. 3 guys and 3 gals in total. not really most of the class, but was glad and thankful this trip didn't turn out as disastrous as i thot.
set off to harbourfront early in the morning. had Mac's breakfast with dear, before he left me with my class ppl.. took a ferry to Batam. the ride was 1 hour, long and bumpy.. yun felt a bit sea-sick, luckily not bad enough to cause me to puke my hotcakes out onto the ferry.. hee.. every1 was happy and chattery, looking fwd to the sun, sea and sand!
reached Batam at around 11-12 pm.. checked into the hotel, was taken aback by having to leave a deposit for them.. no $$ to spend how?? haha.. then, we left our stuff in the room and set off to the "city" to find food...
went to a "shopping ctr" to look for food. settled for a "restaurant" called "Hawaii".it served ice-creams, indonesian food, pasta, fish and chips. we settled for those nasi goreng, goreng this goreng that.. the food there was so cheap we can't believe our eyes.. a few thousands rupiah was considered cheap.. haha.. we became instant millionaires there..
then we went round shopping.. nothing much to buy, considering the shopping ctr was quite big and extensive.. maybe cos the things there wasn't up to our expectations.. exhuasted the shopping place so quickly it was only 4pm when we decided to leave for our hotel.. oh no.. wat to do for dinner?
went back to the hotel to change and swim.. the pool was scarily deep. deepest point is 3m.. i almost drowned.. cos i wasn't good at trapping water.. lol.. anyway, had fun shooting the ball at the water polo net, tried out table-tennis beside the pool, basically just chilled out in the pool...
we gals went back to bath, while the guys went for massage.. haha.. and they "complained" that the massage was v decent.. haha.. had dinner when it was close to 9 pm at the restaurant at the hotel lobby.. was quite expensive, considering the standard of the food.. but bo bian, cos nowhere else to eat..
went to our "common" room to play dai di, snack and watch tv.. was so tired we went back to our room to sleep by 1 am.. old liao.. haha.. cannot stay up whole nite anymore..
the next morning, we went for our "long-awaited" breakfast buffet (cos it's packaged, and the food at the hotel was really quite expensive mah..) ate till we'e quite full then went stroll around the beach.. it was really low-tide so we can see lotsa shelled creatures.. those hermit crabs, snails, etc.. was an enriching ecological experience.. for us suakus.. haha.. the sea breeze was refreshing, and the sun rays was comforting.. to think we'll be checking out in a couple of hour's time.. kinda missed home at that point.. maybe cos the nite at the hotel, i didn't really sleep well?
anyway, everyone was exhuasted on our way back, napped on the ferry a bit and was wondering why haven't we turned into the singapore ferry terminal when we saw our beloved CBD, and sentosa? after what seems like an eternity, we reached singapore.. back to singapore, our safe and sound country.. boy aren't i glad.. my papa picked me up at harbourfront and we went to grab a bite.. was quite hungry from all the shaking, and rumbling of the ferry at 3pm in the afternoon..
on the whole, really felt happy to be with my friends on this trip.. was a refreshing chill-out trip i guess.. didn't do much, but enjoyed myself nevertheless.. for those who couldn't make it, it was such a pity i guess, but well, there can always be a next time.. :) c u all real soon!!
17-20th May -- 4D 3N Genting & KL trip
this trip i went with my dear.. the 1st time we travelled together.. and really was a gd time to connect.. to learn about how we do things together, how to live with each other.. as dear said, it's our "internship" to see if we wanna sign a permanent contract with each other.. haha..
left home early in the morning and all thanks to dearie's papa who drove us to golden mile complex to take the travel coach to genting..
after the long road trip, we reached genting at 2pm.. we were in a travel coach with majority or senior citizens.. the aunties were so chattery and noisy we didn't catch a wink.. yawnz..
checked into First World Hotel.. really a budget hotel.. small tv, no fridge, small toilet, small bathroom.. but got big big beds? haha.. luckily we got a nice view overlooking the theme park, can hear the screaming kids on the flying coaster..
after putting down our stuff in our room, we went to find the cable car station and bought return tickets (RM6 only leh!!!) that brought us all the way to the cable car station halfway the hill where we can go horse-riding.. too bad the weather wasn't fine, with rain and thunderstorm.. so we didn't get to ride the horsey.. sad sad.. but the cable car trip was an eye opener cos it was so steep downhill, such a long way up/ down, that in an event the cable car was stuck midway, it'll be scary with the trees surrounding us.. nothing but trees..
shared a plate of lousy, over-priced nasi lemak with dear at the midhill cable car station.. *left 50 sens only* haha.. (no $$ to buy a decent meal..) no lah, actually, nothing decent to eat there.. sad sad.. then went into a shop selling snacks like cuttlefish, sweets, biscuits, sour plums etc.. we had our fill there!!! haha.. cos they haf everything put out for us to sample.. yum yum.. must go there sample their stuff leh!! free and nice.. haha.. no lah, in the end felt guilty so we bought 100 gms of something.. haha.. but v shuang~~
went back up to genting and had dinner at KFC.. dunno why but i din really haf the appetite.. maybe cos it's so cold, so unappetizing fastfood? can't help it, food up there was expensive, so we ate fastfood (but later we realised the fastfood at genting is also overpriced!!)
then we went to the "snowcity" there.. was quite cheap and no need to pay for the rental of boots, jacket, and gloves.. wasn't as fun as i've expected.. snow wasn't thick enuff to build a snowman (i thot can be like winter sonata, build snowman and throw snowballs) but a bunch of crazy and rowdy m'sians were there throwing "snowflakes" around, endangering the lives of others that were there.. and the giant slide was closed for maintenance.. :( was so cold and chilly, we left 30 min later..
then went back to wash up and recoup our sleep in preparation for tml's day at the theme parks!! yay!! roller coasters here we come!!
woke up early, grab our breakfast, and bought tics to the theme parks.. realised the theme park was really not that great.. all becos of the lack of maintenance, the unruly theme park players (luckily it's still not yet school holidays, so the queue wasn't so long).. played the go-kart 2 times.. shiok.. finally can put my driving skills to use, but didn't get to overtake many ppl (in fact i was overtaken.. boohoo.. ) cos my kart was lousy.. haha..
another "shiok" ride was the mine train (roller coaster) woohoo!!! it was thrilling, and i screamed my hearts out.. too scary ones i dun dare try, but this was wat i can manage.. thanks dear for going on it with me.. hee.. i cheated him and said it was just small curves, 2 rounds, but it was woah!!!!!
then we went shopping at First World Plaza after exhuasting all the rides.. played a game of bowling with dear thrashing me on his 1st time playing the game :( i'm lousy..
went for a few rounds of Daytona, and realised how expensive it was to play at the arcade there.. everything is overpriced up there!!! sad sad..
went back in time to catch "Tuesdays with Morrie" on tv!! "Tuesdays with Morrie" is one of the things that bounded me and my dear together, and was glad to get to watch it with my dear.. cry thru the touching scenes and haf dear dab tissue at my tears.. :)
the next morning we left for KL, stayed at Legends hotel, was glad we had a 5 stars hotel to end our trip with.. the bathroom was huge, the room was huge, and got a swimming pool!! too bad didn't bring a swimsuit..
we set off to the twin towers, looking for the entrance to the SKYBRIDGE, but realised that the tics are all given away for the day. so disappointed, and the next day was an off-day for the m'sians, so we didn't get a chance to see KL from a bird's eye view :(
so we explored KL on their LRT, monorails, Amazing-race style.. aim: to cover as many shopping place as possible.. but was quite disappointed with the shopping, cos it's infested with ppl asking whether we want foot reflexology, and the things there aren't as cheap as i thot it would be..
had a fulfilling dinner at the mall next to our hotel, scoured thru the supermkt there, and had an early nite.. so tired, the trip is taking it's toll on the both of us i guess..
next morning was the long-awaited breakfast buffet.. disappointed with the std.. 5-star hotel, but not 5-star buffet tho.. sad sad.. went and did some last min shopping before the travel coach came to pick us up at 330pm.. was tired, and looking fwd to get home to sleep in my bed, but the trip took so long i reached home only at 1045pm :( tired and exhuasted.. but had fun.. as dear had said, it's the company that mattered i guess..
thank u all friends and dear.. for making my week a fruitful and lovely one!!
| posted by clouds at 10:14 AM
