The following has been ripped off Adelyne's blog, cos I'm a lazy shit and I think she did a pretty good job :)
Adelyne said:
I'm back from the land of "Truly Asia"! The best 5 days anyone could ever have! Not that we did the most fantastic things (we only went to Cameron Highlands and KL), cuz it's the company that really made the difference :D Honestly, whenever we're together, we could be doing the most boring thing on earth, and still be entertained. The past 5 days will surely keep me motivated and afloat for the rest of the semester, through whatever shit I might be going through.
1. Each of us had a role during the trip. Simin was the 队长/Programmes Head/Slave Driver, Jamie was the Welfare Head, Pei was the 2nd Welfare Head/Food IC, Nina was Navigator/Miscellaneous, and I was the 副队长/Logistics/Sai Kang Warrior/Slave.
2. Long bus rides. I think we spent like 21 hours in buses. Firstly, we had to take a 11-hour coach ride to Cameron Highlands on Fri night. Walao, the coach had to drop off some other passengers at Genting Highlands first. So we climbed up the mountain on the bus with the rest of them, before realizing we were going up the wrong highlands. Then near the top of Genting, we switched to a van which brought us down Genting, and brought us up Cameron. So basically, we climbed 2 mountains in one night. Nice. It was also 5 hours from Cameron to KL on the third day, and another 5 hours from KL to Singapore on the last day. Plus I was mostly sitting at the back, so I absorbed most of the impact from the bumps on the roads ahha. So basically I was bouncing up and down on my seat, and getting a bruise from bumping my head against the headrest repeatedly. Oh well, at least the bus(es) didn't break down.
3. Going up Cameron is a nightmare. The place is just a long, winding maze of ascending roads. So it's like this endless rollercoaster of twists and turns. The roads are kinda narrow at some parts too, so you really need skill to navigate them. And sometimes, when cars meet along a narrow turn, it turns into a "who can fit the most cars into the tightest space" thing which can be quite scary. I bet if I were the one driving, we would've have gone off the mountain at the first turn haha. So yeah, I really respect the drivers there.
4. Cameron Highlands is all about strawberries, oranges, honey and tea. We joined this countryside tour conducted by our hotel where we went to farms and a tea plantation. It was quite boring, though the view was really great and the air was fresh and clean. I think we didn't really enjoy it also cuz we were quite seh from the bus ride the night before, so we KO-ed whenever we were in the van.
5. KL isn't really as cheap as it's made out to be. The malls are just bigger versions of those in Singapore, and the brands there are about the same price. So it made shopping pretty pointless haha. We watched a movie the first day we were there though, cuz tickets are cheaper :D 'Australia' (the movie) was quite good. Cheesy, but entertaining and quite touching haha. And I realize we have this habit of talking during movies and laughing at the most inappropriate times. Someone could be dying on screen and we will still be able to find something funny in that. This was probably why the man sitting next to Pei changed his seat before the movie even started haha. We must have terrified him.
6. Being in KL really makes you appreciate the public transport system we have in Singapore. We had to change train systems (and lines), so we had to buy tickets everytime we had to go onto another line, instead of just buying a full-day pass. But ok la, at least there was public transport.
7. I've never eaten so much in just a few days. Like seriously. I think my stomach expanded to twice its normal size after this trip hahah. The first night at Cameron, we went to eat steamboat, where they had free refills of vegetables. And we asked for like 3 refills, and an additional refill of beehoon. So our soup was basically swimming with vegetables and beehoon. In fact, the soup actually turned green haha. And I didn't know beehoon expanded in soup, cuz suddenly we had lots and lots to eat. Plus we refilled our soup like I think about 10 times? It's a surprise we didn't scare the waitresses ('Wah 5 个小妹可以吃这样多!!'). We ate so much we could barely walk, and I looked like I had a pregnant belly hoho. Ya and after that, we went for dessert, and later that night, we ate the strawberries and oranges (that I horribly mutilated while peeling) that we had bought. Shiok.
This was basically the pattern throughout the trip haha. Eat a big meal, then go for more. Otherwise known as 去到哪里, 吃到哪里 muahah.
8. This trip was also the first time where I actually went on a Viking ship ride. We were at Sunway Lagoon and I didn't know what possessed me to agree to go on it (I think it was peer pressure). I used to be really terrified of them cuz they look puke-inducing. After the ride, I think I became more terrified hahah. Just thinking about the ride gives me the chills. The thing goes 360 degrees man! And not only that, it HANGS in mid-air for a few seconds!! I think I saw my life flash pass my eyes when I was hanging horizontally to the ground, with my fate depending entirely on the harnesses holding me to my seat. And of course I was screaming my lungs out ("FreakfreakfreakfreakFREEEEEEAKKKKK!!!"). Beside me, Pei was going, "Freak!! This was worse than I thought!!", while Jamie was laughing and having a great time. Hail the queen of rollercoasters. She laughs in the face of danger.
9. Sunway Lagoon wasn't as entertaining as the advertisements make it out to be. We bought the pass for the Water Park (which we didn't manage to go to), the Adventure Park (where all the rollercoasters are), and the Scream Park (which was a complete waste of 20 minutes of my life). We tried almost all the rides though, which were quite fun, the most exciting moment being the one where Pei fell off her seat at the relatively mild "Grand Canyon River Rapids" (it's just a round boat going down a 'river') hahaha. I think the Scream Park was supposed to be scary, cuz it's like this haunted house thing, but we failed to be scared. Mostly cuz the ghosts were lame (they blew air at us, and we could see them before they came at us), and cuz us being us, we mostly laughed at them (especially Jamie).
10. I was 'raped' by my friends. Or rather, they taupok-ed me. Omg I had like 3 girls piled on top of me, while the other one was happily taking pictures. FUN. But the next day we taupok-ed our 队长 haha. It was crazy, and I shall be traumatised forever. But I still love them :D
Round 1 - at first there were 2..
...then the pile became 3. I think I was starting to have trouble breathing haha.
Round 2 - at least I looked happy hahah
Round 3 - Simin's turn. You can't really see her though hahaha.
Titanic at the Petronas Towers.
Spider pig!
PS. I only have a few photos here cuz it's a pain to upload on blogger. And on a sidenote: the perdan Janice is back! One more person to bully, yay :DThanks Adelyne aka Logistics Head! Your job doesn't end with the trip! And I think I've given you enough credit to justify using your entry hahahaha :p
More of my own points to add!
Our trip included
- shifting and re-tuning the TV at midnight. Mtvs, cards, laughter and taupoking.
- wanting to go for 甜蜜蜜 ktv in our hotel but getting put off by the uncle who was too willing to usher us in and the weird uncles and aunties singing ancient chinese songs hahaha.
- spying on our neighbours in the hotel.
- nina vomiting into the bread and flooding the toilets.
- pei socialising with the germans, fulfilling the role of Singaporean ambassador.
- having hearty breakfasts in the hotel :D (at least for me)
- conquering Tomahawk and the 360 deg pirate ship (again ><) and the massive rope bridge across Sunway Lagoon.
- cheap cakes at Secret Recipe.
- rushing for food.
- braving the rain to look for Bintang walk, only to walk up and down and be disappointed.
- impersonations of King George and Nullah from the movie "Australia".
- seeing Starbucks everywhere we went. (as many as 3 outlets within a single mall!)
- getting amused by Cicak man. It's the season where movies with "man" in the title are in. And "Cicak Man" is Malaysia's answer to this recent bigscreen craze, after the likes of "Ip Man" and "Yes Man".
- Nina's classic quote "You want you can buy but we're not going to share with you." (It was said very suddenly and matter-of-factly, we were all very amused)
- Simin as the mi fen queen, helping us clear the most part of the mi fen we ordered during steamboat.
- Pei falling off her seat and crushing my hand in the round bumboat during "Grand Canyon River Rapids", even BEFORE the ride started. The result of too much animation ;)
- Ade as the perpetually-hungry pig. Babi-girl, we call her =)
- Nina later took on the role of "Cicak Man"(lizard man) when we concluded she has sticky pads instead of fingers, as she always has problems clearing customs due to her non-existent fingerprints which can't be read. All 10 of them.
- the massive jam up and down the narrow, winding roads of the BOH tea plantation which involved packing the maximum no. of vehicles (tour buses, vans and cars) into every nook and crevice without anyone falling off the hill, so that opposing traffic could progress 10 inches. It involved very experienced drivers who came down to direct traffic, and the folding of side mirrors to avoid them being shaved off by the vehicle parallel to the said vehicle on the same road. Not to forget lots of sweaty palms, stressed drivers, heads poking out of wound-down windows to check for at least 2mm of clearance before passing through, and lots of video-ing/ photo-taking by amused passengers.
- bouncing around in the backseat of vans and buses which almost broke my neck and squeezing in taxis till my toes went numb.
- running for the TANDAS at every stop. hahaa we all have bladder problems.
All in all, FANTASTIC. Till next time, my dears! ;D
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