Glorious Oh Glorious Vacation!!!!

Glorious Oh Glorious Vacation!!!!

Alas...

The much anticipated getaway trip is here...

& over... -[

well more about the trip can be read on Butterwalks' graphic accounts from meet up to customs... to getting across to the other side n our first day's adventures & misadventures... to a competitive analysis, complete with scores, of the hotel...

basically u'll notice that most of it involved A LOT of nicks for each travelling companion... particularly one we've inadeptly crowned as Attas Lian-cum-TTT-aka-Travelling Turtle Tan... yeah i'm e "highly paid & highly respected tour guide"... Alwaysane is e mischievous child...

basically we had a good, fun, 2.5 day trip... loads of eating, laughing, high-pitch squeals & eating on e first day with surprise cheap finds for e 3 "newbies in e house"... with a cheap earning movie "The Island" at RM6 each at Mega Pavillion... then sumptous lunch at Season's Cafe... then we went shopping to kill time till it's time to go to check in at our hotel... spent some time there straightening out the fact that we were kinda conned of our free breakfast that was supposed to come together with the room... we lost unfortunately... after spending an hour there nua-ing (in Butterstreets' words)... we finally managed to get ourselves over back to City Square... another round of shopping... then it's onto the much anticipated KTV!!! we'd decided on e much nearer n more convenient option of the KTV on Level 5 of City Square... cos e one at Plaza Pelangi was too far from e hotel...

the next 6 hours were absolutely wondrous... well at least for me cos we got to sing so many songs... n eat as much we want until we were all stuffed beyond limit... ok e buffet was not really anything to brag abt... but at leastit was decent enuf for human consumption...

then e most unexpected thing happened...

i felt something pricky go across my elbow when i was trying to push myself up from sliding down the sofa...

then i sat up and took a look at my albow... nothing wrong... ok we decided to see what it was... then Butterstreets swiped it off e sofa... then i looked at my elbow again... this time it was bleeding buckets... well... it was literally dripping red... TTT hurriedly dug for tissue to curb my bleeding elbow... then all 4 of us started scouring e floor in semi- darkness for a glimpse of what e foreign pricky object was... until Alwaysane... sane in e worst of times as usual... went to switch on e lights n we continued scouring till we found that it was actually a piece of glass... wonder where that came from.... with bleeding elbow in tow... i was brought to e restroom to have my wound cleaned n bandaged by TTT... that night when i took it out it was totally darkened with my blood... e cut must have been quite deep it seems... i dunno how we still managed to sing until our hearts content before leaving at 12MN...

2nd day was an early start... went to jacuzzi n pool with sleepy Butterwalks in tow... then another incident happened... we witness smoke coming out from e building next door... then there were fire trucks n everyone was gathered downstairs at the open air carpark... in e end it turned out to be a fire drill... wat a sight in e morning... especially when u r trying to suntan... then e smoke incited the skies to start drizzling after 30mins... so much for suntanning... we decided to go back to breakfast... n to our amazement... another boo hoo happened... they forgot to bring up one more set that we ordered... n in the end we got extra bacon from e manager himself... to be truthful... e portions were too small to satisfy our hunger... so we ordered another set... it was an all egg breakfast...

later we took a cab to Plaza Pelangi, as e drizzle turned into a small rain storm... RM5... think the cab driver went a long way... but it was going by meter... so well... in e end e small n unexciting Plaza Pelangi turned out to be the spot where everyone spent n bought e most things from... then its off to Round 2 of eating at Secret Recipe... e prices r e same as SG... meaning a slice of cake is S$4.90... n it's RM4.90... with an exchange rate standing currently at RM2.25= S$1, u do e math...we ended our spree n took a cab back to City Square... n another incident happened... cab drivers refuse to take us cos we wanted to go by meter... then after 3 cabs we decided on this lady driver... n she was actually lecturing us that it's not possible for them to go by meter these days n earn any money... blah blah blah... then abt us being so particular abt a few dollars when our currency is so much stronger... blah blah blah... it's really a case of principles really... we went from hotel to there in less than RM5, we should pay around that price if not less... not more... right???

then it's another round of shopping for all of us... shop shop shop shop shop... till we were all pretty out of money then we became all uptight when we spent... kept checking how much money we had left... ha ha... pretty funny sight... we ate at a place when we could use our cards... so we ate at Sushi King... weird place cos e locals... meaning Malay-Malaysians... spoke in Jap to welcome us... ha ha... so weird... i'd already found it weird when locals (Singaporeans) do it... much less Malays... cos they dun look Jap at all... after dinner we visited e local supermarket to gather some food for our next day's breakfast n some snacks to last us during e show later that night...then we went back to hotel... cos we dun have much money left... then we watched Project Superstar in TTT & my hotel room... with everything moved to one room... then our TV started to jump at our every shriek... then during e very first commercial break... we grabbed ALL our stuff n barang barang n made a dash over to Alwaysane n Butterwalks' room... where we spent e rest of e hour snacking n laughing n screaming our heads off for Derrick, Jason, Weilian & Junyang... then TTT & I went back to our hotel to rest... i caught Manhunt later when TTT was asleep...

3rd day was an ULTRA LAZY DAY... everyone wanted to nua in e hotel bed till we checked out... well 3 against 1... not much choice for me, e hyperactive...then we went to City Square to buy movie tickets for "Fantastic Four" at RM10, cos it was st 3pm...then we went for McDonald's to fill our stomaches... but our tickets took most of our newly exhcnaged money... so it's simple fare for us again... Happy Meals for all... with cutesy toy too... whereas in SG they won't give u e toy if an adult/ non-child is buying it... wat a diff... then some more window-shopping n walking ard with no money... then we (Butterwalks n me) chanced upon a shop selling similar cloggies to TTT's previous purchase... n going on sale some more...

NOTE:this shop wasn't ard last time... so can't blame me for not informing her earlier...

well loads of nice things to buy... but... no cash... in e end we hurried back n asked TTT & Alwaysane to come check out for themselves... while me & Butterwalks take care of e bags in McDonalds... in e end they went for 45mins... thinking they were lost or sth... cos out movie was at 3pm... n they weren't back at 2.30pm... e best thing is tt Alwaysane didn't bring along her HP... brillant...

in e end TTT bought something we all gasped at e sight of it... she bought a water bottle n a rattan box!!! mind u... she was already carrying a fully stuffed backpack n a slingbag... thus e nick for her 3 houses... we have photos as proof...

then its off to e movie... Human Torch is such a cutie... think Chris Evans did a great job portraying my fave character of e Fantastic Four... i've watched this cartoon since young... n i think they've done a good job portraying e characters...

after e movie it was all toilet break for ALL of us... u have to pay no matter where u r in Malaysia to go toilet... n depending on e cleanliness n e design of e loo... u might have to pay from RM0.20 to RM 0.50 in e same mall... yes... it's true...

after a much needed toilet break... we went to make our last purchases... n went to buy e highly recommended BIG BAO... n sure enuf... it defeated Butterwalks n Alwaysane whom were very hungry when they wanted one each... then it's off to the customs... a short walk to the bus terminal n a short ride over to SG customs...

then another incident had to occur just before we get back to SG....

2 obasans cut Butterwalks n my queue!!!

yes... such rude n kiasu ppl still exist... even if u r in e wronf queue... if u had asked i'm sure we'll be glad to let u into e queue... but cutting n then PRETENDING that we dun exist n nothing happened is just TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE...

peace out...