KL adventure 2010~~

It has been almost one year since our KL adventure.. It is time to go for another one before the year end.. For Mau, it might also be his last road trip with us.. :P 

Alot of things happened before the trip, alot of changes, alot of problems.. But in the end, everything was resolved.. Me, Mau & Liyuan went to Kallang to collect our Trajet before meeting Ida & Benny.. We went to Havelock there for the super ex, Teochew porridge before heading to pick up Chris @ her place.. Went to Mau's place to park his car then to Daron's one, and lastly mine to pick up my lugguage & passport.. :P

By the time we reach the S'pore custom, it was around 1145pm!!  

 Our full force excluding the camera woman aka me.. :(

We finally hit the NS Highway around 1230am.. After 1 hours of driving, the chit-chatting gets softer n softer, what was left were some snoring.... hehe.. 

Let's guess who is the culprit??

We reached our first pit stop around 2am.. By that time, most of us were hungry.. It's time for food and some stretching!!

Finally it is time for smoking break.. 

Erm, what is happening here?

 Chris : What are we waiting for? I am hungry man.... 

We were eating like nobody business, mee soto, fried chicken, mee goreng, some beef balls noodles etc etc... No one remember about their dieting programme.. hehe.. We hit the road at around 3am.. Daron was driving this time round.. I fell aslp and by the time I woke up, we already pass the toll and was heading towards Genting.. 

The 2nd pit stop where we pump the petrol and did some rotations..

 Why does Ida look so grouchy here?? And where are the others??? 

Well they are............

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HERE!!!

SLEEPING!!

We hit the road, excited cause in another 1.5 hours' time, we will be able to reach Genting, enjoying the cool breeze and eating the prata... Little did we know.......

The car OVERHEAT the moment we pass the guard house, which is less than 1/4 way up the hill!! :~~(

 Stopping by the roadside.. Everywhere is pitch black except for the lights from our car.. 

 Mau : Siao liao... Why everytime will have problem??

 Benny: Chill Bro, let's enjoy the moment.. Everything will be ok one.. 

 Opps.. Dun take pictures of me.. I look damn CUI!!

The only time when Liyuan is contributing.. Helping to fan the engine to cool it down.. BUT he give up after a min.. 

We decide to U-turn back to the nearest petrol kiosk.. It is quite dangerous to stay by the side of the road.. We got into the car, at this moment, Mau suddenly said.. I cant start the engine, I think the battery got drained off... OMG, everyone was damn sianz when we heard that, cause we need someone to jump start the batt for us.. But under that condition, who will stop for us!!!

Luckily, it was jus a scare la.. He cannot start the engine because he did not change his gear to neutral la.. Everyone started scolding him.. Walau, he really gave us the scare of our life man!!

Everything went well on the way down to the petrol kiosk.. :P

Deciding what to do? Shall we abandon the trip to genting or shall we wait for the car to cool down first and try again??

Well, in the end.... We make a decision.. Those who want to go genting can take a cab up while the others who do not wish to go can go to KL instead.. Then we shall meet in the noon in KL to shop etc...

In the end, only me, Benny, Mau, Liyuan & Ida went up to Genting in a small car.. The others went to KL straight.. We managed to reach Genting around 8.. We went to the Casino.. It was really quiet for a Sat morning.. We played until 9 plus before heading down to Old Town for our breakfast.. 

 Deciding what to have for breakkie.. 

 Calling the others to decide what time to meet.. 

Were really quite disappointed.. 1stly, it was because the weather this time round was really HOT!! Totally no fog and mist and the sun is shining brightly!!! 2ndly, it was because of the food at Old Town.. OMG, it was bad.. No toast, no omega eggs and the signature hor fun was totally out of standard.. The soup is bland, there is not much meat and prawn and the hor fun taste horrible!!! 

We went back to the Casino and played for another hour before deciding to leave for KL.. A finale picture at the main Lobby.. 

The 5 gamblers who die die want to go up to Genting, even if its jus for 3-4 hours.. :P


We took a cab down to KL, spending RM200 in total just for a 3 hour session up to Genting.. Met the others @ Sungei Wang for massage.. The massage was really good, esp after a long night ride.. We went to Sungei Wang shopping centre to get Famous Amos cookies.. Din do any shopping, too tired to even think of shopping.. ( Yeah, that is how tired we are!! ) 


We went back to our hotel, bath & knocked out all the way until 9pm.. Still feeling damn seh.. I dun mind slping all the way until the next morning.. :P But we still have to meet Seb @ Jalan Alor for dinner before heading to Zouk.. Him & Hel has come to KL specially to club with us so cannot pang seh them.. 




We reached Alor @ 10pm.. Ordered a table full of food.. Had been having this prawn soup craving for almost a year and was damn disappointed cause the standard DROP tremendously.. :( Nth to look forward to anymore man.. We finished our meal at 1130pm & took a cab down to Zouk.. Went to Velvet where the others had settled down.. 




It was really fun.. Everyone was really high & we kept taking photos with the SCB model aka liyuan.. hehe.. I love the music in KL zouk.. Totally my cup of tea man.. But the thing is I was really tired after a long day.. Around 2am, me & Benny left the club & walk back to the hotel to rest.. The others came back around 3am.. Concussed the moment I hit the bed.. 




The next morning, we woke up at 10am.. Time to pack up and home sweet home.. :( Still feeling quite tired after a long day yesterday.. 



We check out at 1130 & drove around looking for food.. Wanted to go eat Bak Kut Teh but in the end, we ended up at the famous Black Char Siew restaurant, Overseas.. I duno what the hype is about on this black Char Siew but because of the reviews I heard from others, I had really high expectations of it.. But, I dun really think that it is anything our of the world lo.. ( Well, this is just my personal preference.. ) I still prefer the one at the chicken rice stall near Sungei Wang, its tender but not so fatty.. 




Our bills comes up to RM600 for a lunch with 6 dishes.. Well, the RM600 bill is inclusive of the RM200 of Char Siew we dabao back.. ( Yeah RM200 just on Char Siew, I think we are really suckers man.. ) Apart from that, RM 150 is on the Cod fish.. Walau, speechless... We are really there to boost the economy.. 




After a 'sumptuous' lunch, it is time to set off.. We bought Doughnuts at Times Square while on the way to the Highway.. Reached JB at 5 plus & we went to City Square cause Ida want to get her Skinfood while Liyuan wants to get contact lenses.. After we were done with our shopping, we went to Da Ma Hua Yuan for Seafood dinner.. 


Again, we ordered a table full of food.. We are going to gain at least 2kg from this trip man!! Din go for the massage as we thought there might be a jam along the causeway.. But to our surprise, there was no jam @ all.. We cross the causeway in 15 min & I reached my place at 9pm.. whoohoo, damn early lo.. 


It is yet another exciting trip with the survivors gang.. :P

Trips~~

It is finalised.. Will be going on a roadtrip to Genting & KL this coming weekend with my ex-colleagues.. Will be painting the town red man.. hehe.. It had been almost a year since our previous roadtrip.. The previous one was really crazy & fun.. This time round, more ppl are in.. Benny will be joining us together with Chris.. Seb & Hel will be joining us there on Sat.. Looking forward to the roadtrip.. :P

In another 2 more weeks, I will be heading to Phuket with my family!! Another relaxation trip.. Looking forward to reading a book, enjoying the sun with a cocktail in my hair along the beach.. Hope the weather will be superb.. Wondering should we go for the island trip.. The previous experience I had was really bad.. :( Erm, it is time to go to the Library & borrow the travel guide for Phuket.. hehe...

Just came back from dinner with Benny.. Was having my facial after work.. He came to fetch me & we went to Republic of Steak for dinner.. :) Was really happy with regards to the news he told me.. Will tell you guys what it is about when the time ripe.. 

Started my collagen regime yesterday.. Hope it will help to close up my pore, prevent more breakouts & most importantly, make my acne marks lighten & make my skin more radiant.. It is going to be a long term maintenance thing if it really works for me.. What to do?? Woman are afraid of getting old, even if we are going ( WHICH we all do!! ), we have to grow old beautifully & gracefully man!!

Lack of updates once again~~

It has been close to a month since I last updated my blog.. Work is as usual for me but quite alot of things happened in my office.. Went out for a outing with my colleagues @ this Argentina restaurant called Salta @ the Icon Village.. OMG, the steak is fantastic.. The sides & sausages are superb too!! It is really a must try for meatlovers.. :P The most impt thing, the food is really affordable.. Will definitely be going there again.. :P

As for me & benny, we are back to normal.. Going out on weekend & once on weekday, enjoying each others company.. We went to La Maison on Fri together with Micho, Seb, Helene, Veron, Amy & one of their frenz.. First time there & I think it will be my last also.. The place is really inaccessible without a car and for me, I think it is too secluded.. But I mus said, it is really different from the usual club I went to..

Apart from going to club in such a long time, we also went to take a look at the new ECs at Buangkok called Esparina.. Well, it is the 1st ECs after 5 years.. Very nice concepts & very nice location.. We were really tempted to get it but.......... NO MONEY!! Looking at the average 3 bedroom, it will cost around 800k, meaning we will have to pay 160k in the next 6 weeks if we were to get the place.. Minus all the grants, cpf etc, we will need to fork out at least 100k in cash... I really wonder how ppl can fork out so much money!!

I was quite depressed.. Looking at the hdb, we are about to hit our income cap of 8k in the near future.. Meaning we wont be able to get a hdb from the govt cause even if now, our combined income is less den 8k, but as long as it exceed during TOP, you will be forfeited the chance.. So next best options, ECs & DBSS which is having a 10k income.. But look at those recent DBSS & ECs, with a selling price of between 600-1.1m, how are we able to fork out that amount of cash at this age, with our combined income of 10k MAX..

Some ppl might say, how about resale.. Yeah.. Look at the crazy COVs of resale flat these days.. Easily coming up to 70k.. We will still have to fork out 70k cash other than the valuation amount of the flat.. What is the difference of getting a EC and a resale since we need to fork out a sum which is almost equivalent to one another.. We are really the SCREWED generation.. With no chance of us to make it big & neither chance to be beggar.. The sandwiched class.........

Inflations is hitting us with prices escalating exponentially.. Looking at my bank book, I wonder where has all my money gone to during the 2 years of my work.. Seems like I din save much over the past 2 years.. Ever since I started my new job, I had been monitoring what am I spending on & keeping track of that.. Every month, the spending will come to almost 1k plus & that is excluding those bills that are fixed.. I am jus spending as per normal, on food, sometimes on clothes.. JUST WHERE HAS MY MONEY GONE TO!!

Another issues that happened was, I was supposed to go Krabi with Chris, Ida, Pat & Curt.. But our flight got pushed backwards, meaning we have to stay there for 1 week, instead of the original 5 days.. We cancelled the flight and hotel in the end.. I am still awaiting for the refund of my flight & hotel..

In the end, I decide to go Phuket with my mum instead.. Will be going there for 4 days with my sis, my bro & my mum.. The air ticket is really cheap, $98 per pax & hotel for 3 night only costs us $300 max for a family room.. Probably because its still the non-peak season when we go there.. For those who want to go there in Jan, the ticket is only $58 for return but pls be prepared to pay 3x more for the hotel due to the peak season.. :P

Looking forward to the Phuket trip with my family, the KL trip with my ex-colleage ( if it materialise ) & the BBK trip with benny in Feb.. OK, that seems really long.. haha.. Well, was thinking of having a philippines trip with Micho to visit my colleagues in Manila but I think we have to shelf this plan cause we are really short-handed at the moment.. :P

Meanwhile, I am having this dilemma, should I get a camera for this upcoming trip.. Had been wanting to get a new camera, one with better image quality & sophisticated functions than the one I had for quite some time.. Went to check out the cameras with Carlos last Fri @ Funan.. Was really tempted to get the s95 on the spot man.. But mus work out my finance first, really quite tight for this month.. :(