Monday, January 5, 2009
hmmm...since i've slpt e whole day today due to e tiredness caused by ytd's full day lectures...decided to blog w e limited photos i had abt my m'sia trip last wkn..e rest are w e other 2 gals but haven get from them...but act i've blogged halfway e day i came back le...but saved as draft nia..so now cont..
Note: a super long entry~
03012009 - 04012009
slpt at 3plus am near 4....n i woke up at 6am after letting my alarm snooze for half hr...cos i was intending to use e hair straightener to do something for my hair..but cos i nv wake earlier...i wasnt late to start w larz...so no time to do my hair...anyway my cousin Charles was pretty on time...he reached our house at 7am sharp...n so we made our way down to wdlds...to meet up w e rest of his family...before we head for m'sia...
as usual..my gal cousin Jessie woke up late...so we all had to wait for her to get herself done...n so...e rest of e ppl are late...(they were suppose to be another car driven by my shuai shuai de cousin ZX...haha..)so we had mac breakfast while waiting...timing is jus nice...e moment we finish..e other car reached liaoz...n they didnt want any breakfast..abit of rearrangment of seating...my mum n me hop onto another car cos my cousin refuse to sit w her mum (who is my aunt) n they said my aunt wans to sit w my mum...lolz...so in charles's car sat my uncle, jessie, n susan (charles's gf)n zx's car sat my aunt, my mum, anna (zx's gf) n me...and so we start e trip at ard 8plus am...well..my 2 cousins cum drivers for e trip are pretty high-tech worz.. they manage to borrow some walkie-talkies so tat we can converse among e 2 cars throughout e whole drive...n they hav got initials...charles is minnie mouse...zx is mickey mouse...haha...anyway went through e wdlds custom...not much queue luckily...
cos none of them drive through e wdlds route before (they always drive from tuas) so its sort of a new exp...n therefore...zx's gps system came into use...first thing we saw after got through e final round of custom was 3 routes...we took e centre one directing to Kota Tinggi...oh...tat was according to e GPS i think.. btw...my car was pretty luxurious to start w...we've got a portable dvd player...so we started off w watching 野蛮奶奶大战戈师奶 but i guess e cd has got some prob..so we changed to 古灵精探...jessie was quite jealous though..haha..
our first pit stop was along side in johor at abt 9am i think..there are always symbols tat show tat there are food n toilets along e exits of expressway..n they started eating currypuff n e kuehs tat my aunt has bought after much attempts..n drinking coffee...n i showed my cousins n aunt jessie n charles's childhood photos tat was found during my photos compilation n rearranging session a few wks before.. n we had much commotion over it...
e shorter one was charles...e taller guy...hmmm...even my mum also dunno who he is...i think is some other cousin bahz..
jessie n charles when they are young..
then we had some camwhoring session of cos...as suggested by jessie...i can do w some intro of them as well..to avoid confusion over e no of cousins in this trip...haha..
my mum, my aunt n zx..
my uncle
me n jessie~
charles n his gf susan..
this photo was taken cos jessie insisted on taking when e 2 elderlies was quite reluctant....of cos zx gave in to his sis larz...he got no comments..haha..
after which my aunt suggested to go to Yong Peng for lunch...but after much discussion among e drivers..they find it abit too unhealthy for our stomachs..cos we gotta catch a wedding lunch starting at 1pm.. n e journey from where we are at tat pt of time to yong peng is still another hr's ride...so forgo e idea..
according to e gps system...zx said tat e 2nd exit to Segamat via Tungkak is faster...it is going to take longer if we drive in from yong peng...n so we tried out tat route...oh my goodness...tat route is full of bends lorz...like roller coaster like tat...n i kept sliding here n there in e car...n i was pretty heng i wasn't e driver of e day...simply too dangerous...but anyway i think this is e first time we got cheated by e gps...apparently...according to charles n my aunt...e route to yong peng is much faster...n zx got quite abit of nagging from my aunt..haha..
e drive in from Tungkak is quite horrendous...its something like if u are going to drive to Mustafa in sgp....cos there are simply too many ppl n cars there...but nevertheless...we manage to reach Segamat n my 3rd aunt's house at ard 1230...abit too long...cos e normal drive from sgp to my aunt's house only take 3hrs...hmmm... jus an hr plus longer bahz...my aunt's house there is always e meeting pt or pit stop for us whenever we go in...cos its e easiest to recognise...plus we can save on accomodation in e past...but now no more le...they fold their business le...so now it has became a 7-11 liaoz...haiz...how i missed their food...n my little boys..haha..lucky one of my cousins is still there w her kid...so she joined our car n give us direction to e restaurant for wedding...we reached e place promptly on time..at 1pm..after abit of slacking n toilet breaks at 3rd aunt's house..
in case some of u all dunno...mostly m'sians when they get married..they hold lunches....in sgp we hav dinners...if lunch most prob is solemnisation cum buffet...n their 8 course is v diff from ours..
1st dish - we called it cold plate in sgp...but in m'sia it consists of otah, rojak, yam, one of e wu xiang n 1-2 more finger food..
2nd dish - shark's fin chicken soup...but when my mum tasted it...she nearly conned zx into believing tat e shark's fins were actually dang hoon (dong fen)...this was quite a joke among our table...cos e shark's fin was really quite pathetic larz...like 20 time worse from wat we hav in sgp??
3rd dish - i cant rmb liaoz...but e dish was pretty ok nia..
4th dish - red snapper...e fish was really v nice....n its super big too..
5th dish - man tou n sea cucumber..oh yahz...they dun hav e menu placed on e table like wat is done in sgp de...n no changing of plates..unless u wanna self service..
6th dish - cereal prawn
7th dish - kou rou bao...zx's fav...haha...
last dish - ice cream cone...haha...
anyway i had tea for drink..cos when we first step in it was v cold...n i had abit of red wine too...so i was trying to stay awake...due to lack of slp...red wine helps to bring me to a gd slp..haha...n we had abit of camwhoring before e lunch start...
my mum n me...how i like this photo sia...cos my face look as if it is flawless..haha..
couple no 1 (charles & susan)...
n couple no 2 (zx & anna)...
n we ask my mum n her sisters for a group photos..while we (me jessie n anna) were e photohraphers for them...they were like some superstars sia..haha...n their photos are hard to catch lorz..they cant stand or sit still...
my aunts..
more of them...w erm...dunno whose kid... one of e best shot..
2nd best shot..cos one of them wasnt looking at e camera..
now everyone is looking at e camera...but they are too far apart...lolz..
haha..n i've got e group photo w my cousins n their gfs..
top row: me, zx, anna
bottom row: jessie, charles, susan
oh...did i mention tat e groom who was my cousin...(i think i've nv seen him before..)is not a person of his age lorz...age 30 in actual..but we all think tat he look like 40...same goes for e bride...actual age 24...but she looks like near 30 liaoz...haha...
after lunch we send our 3rd aunt back home..n my mum n aunt shun bian go collect e stuffs tat they had ordered in advance via phone before we came in last wk...while they are catching up on e accounts of e stuffs n after my toilet break at her house...we walked over to Giant...while is jus a block of shops away...bringing e little boy along..erm..cos he wanna tag along...but my cousins all went over when i chiong for toilet...anyway e Giant there was unlike sgp's one...their giant consists of other shops also...like guardian, watch shop etc...n we saw e star buy of e day in guardian..listerine (travel pack size) - 1 for RM $1 nia...super cheap lorz..when will u ever get this kind of price in sgp??? haha..
stopped blogging at 3am, 03 Jan..cos i jus came back n i'm super tired....
anyway after tat we went to another relative's house for a 10 min short stay...n to see e newly wed's room...haha...it used to be my cousin's kids bedroom tat i played in e last time...only my mum, my aunt, my 2 guys cousins n me went to their house..e rest stayed in e car to take a nap...guess they are also v tired..haha...
after tat we drove up to KL for a short stayover there.. set off at ard 6plus pm...according to my relatives there...it takes us at least 3hrs to get there if we drive at a fast speed...but apparently we cant...cos we are not so familiar w e road there....anyway...we reached KL at 9pm i think...but we exited e wrong side of e expressway....so it took us another hr to get out of e correct exit...omg...i think i can nv imagine if sgp has such complicated expressways man...n in such a situation...we got abit lost cos e stupid gps gave us e wrong instruction again...each time we make a turn as instructed...we found it to be a wrong move...n to get back to tat same expressway is hard...
anyway after like half to near 1 hr...we manage to get out of e stupid place...n manage to arrive at Crown Regency Serviced Suite for check in...while my cousins went to park their cars... got a Empress (3 bedroom deluxe) Suite n a Regent (1 bedroom) Suite.. below are some photos of e empress suite we had... charles n susan got e regent suite...haha..
e dining area cum kitchen..living rm is on e left...
e walk-in wardrobe in e master bedroom...
my mini cosy little room..
after wash up which is like 10.30pm liaoz...we drove out for dinner... oh god...e carpark here sucks man...e road in n out is so much narrower than wat we hav in circuit for driving test...lolz..anyway..according to e gps...e place we are heading is jus a 5min drive away...but we got caught in traffic jam...so it turn out to be a near 1 hr route...e jam is so bad tat i manage to take 1 christmas lighting along e way...
anyway we parked our cars some where n walked over...cos it'll prob take us another half hr to reach e place if we drive..walk is faster... so went to chi chiong gai (according to my mum its e chinese street there...) at Jalan Alor...its like a pasar malam in sgp..but e whole street is hawker food...n their curry noodle is so0o nice....got alot of nice food there....ate zi cha....plus satay....so total up to abt 8dishes?? haha...wat amazing appetite we hav at 11.30 at nite worz...n there is this china guy who was performing street singing worz..n he sang quite nice too...
so here's a pic of e guy performing..
after our so called dinner or u can say supper... went back to wash up n rest...e elderlies went into their lala land first...left me n jessie still awake..so we went to disturb zx n anna..haha...cos jessie wanna boil some water..but apparently we didnt really noe how to operate their stuffs there...so while waiting for e serviceman to come..we invaded into e couple's rm..haha...anna was trying to blow dry her hair w e sub-standard hair dryer...but soon after...they went into lala land as well...so we thought of calling charles n susan to see if we can invade into their suite...but they also going to slp le...cos e guys are going to hav another long driving day tml..so shant disturb them...left us 2 gals to chat ourselves..haha...women's talktime..
cos we are too bored...no tv to watch..y?? cos uncle insisted on slping on e sofa when we told him to go in n slp..n my aunt occupied e master bedrm which has e other tv set....well..she thought of sharing a rm w jessie while i shared a rm w my mum...it was till late night that we thought y cant they shared e rm tat i had so tat we cousins can hav a rm to ourselves...n we can hav e tv...haha...but its ok larz....everybody had a long day..
chatted for like 1hr plus....went to slp at 3am...n jessie took my mp3 away...cos she said she has insomia...haiz..
woke up at 8plus after my alarm rang...n 9am officially...n also to pick up e call from charles..we arranged to meet at 9.30sm at e lobby initally de...but 9am...my cousins are still slping...so postponed to meet at 10am..oh did i mentioned tat while washing up i smelled burnt smell??? cos uncle nearly burnt e kitchen while trying to heat up his curry puff... think he put in e microwave for too long le...so e whole kitchen including e living rm area was filled w smoke...lolz..
went to hav breakfast at somewhere near chi chiong gai again...but w/o jessie...she insisted on skipping breakfast to hav her beauty slp..lolz...anyway this time is at Ching Hai Restaurant...where according to zx...they sell e best cha siew....cos it was his fav...haha...n indeed it taste great....had e shui jiao mian...which was pretty fascinating e last time..but they changed chef le...so not as great liaoz...after breakfast went back to wake jessie up...but she cont slp...lolz..so we all had a long rest...i think i took half hr nap in zx's rm while chatting w anna...haha.. finally...at 1pm...we checked out of e suite..
before leaving e place...here's a photo of e lobby...
drove to Mid valley megamall for our shopping session!!!! finally i get some shopping..megamall is sure v big...n i get to use e walkie talkie...haha...each of us cousins got 1...n our nicknames changed liaoz...zx is still mickey...charles became donald duck...cos ytd nite jessie got e extra walkie talkie n so she became minnie...n i'm e most special one...i'm eeyore!!! haha..well..this is to locate us..jus in case we got lost...since for shopping we are going to go in diff grps...enough of crap liaoz...i type till i also tired...e megamall was big...but my grp only manage to comb half a lvl nia...cos of my mum n aunt lorz..n cos of them...jessie n me didnt get to shop much...haiz...i still thought of eyeing for a dorothey perkins dress there which cost SGD$69...no hope at all lorz..only my mum got a pair of shoes n a bag...n e brand of e bag is specifically for made for travelling de...gd quality sia...
had dinner at e foodcourt beside e megamall...e 2 buildings are linked larz..e foodcourt building act consists of Robinsons n some other high end shops...but while waiting for food..jessie was thinking of her flower teapot set which she saw jus now...cos only RM$88 for e whole set (inclusive of e pot plus 4cups)n a packet of flower tea...super cheap lorz..cos in sgp e price is only enough for prob e pot nia...so she thought of buying...but on e thought tat she jus got scolded by her dad for taking up time even to buy things on e way back from e toilet..she dragged me along to go buy w her...n tell everyone tat we both need to go toilet do big biz...lolz...so we ran halfway there...spent some time deciding wat to get for e flower tea n wait for e sales person to open e box n tell us to check every single pc of e set properly...n so we wete horribly late...thus we ran all e way back....so tired...by e time we got back...they finish eating liaoz..so we shared a plate of bee hoon...which e rest said it was e best dish among all..
finally we set on leaving KL at ard 6plus pm le..cos if not we will reach sgp quite late...on e way back...anna was watching Chi Bi which she jus bought jus now...but i fell aslp within half hr..too tired liaoz..so in e end she watched alone..oh...n she was quite amazed at how much food our family can buy at any one time..cos during our pit stop later...we had nasi lemak n another dish...n awhile later...when they are topping up petrol before reaching sgp...they bought nasi lemak again...not to mention tat throughout these 2 days how much food we had eaten (i actually didnt write in every single meal tat we had...only e main ones are in...we had some other tea breaks as well)=P
anyway we reached sgp at abt 11plus pm...after 5hrs of drive...finally passed e last custom liaoz...reached home at 12mn....tired...
before i end...below are 2 photos taken in my mini bedrm e view of KL from e 26th floor height in e day n nite time...they looked totally diff worz..
finally done w blogging liaoz...haha...off to slp.. =P
please take me away from reality
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