21. A year older and to most, this is a special year. I'm not too sure about that. It's the entrance into my third decade of my journey in life. I've made it this far.
Life has given me its share of ups and down but tonight, it's given me quite a little bit of a twist of feelings of joy tainted with a wracking feeling of dread.
I would like to direct my thanks towards my friends, Bishan, Bryan, Bunny & Joel, Dong, Kok Wui, Fuzzy & Aileen. You people are really too kind. I thank you for the time you have spent with me and all that we share. A birthday without friends like you would mean nothing and would be just another day to myself. However with you people around it really does seem to mean a whole lot more. I would also like to dedicate my hearty thanks, my innermost appreciation to You. You, You and only You are all I want, all that I adore.
I had a really good time tonight. I really did. But in the corner of my mind, a feeling of dread proved to grow and impact me in full force later into the night. My grandmother returned from the hospital, she was visiting my aunt. I noticed something amiss as she walked past all the guests about in front of the house with her hanging head. I followed them into the lounge and decided to now discover why my grandmother was in tears. It was apparent, my aunt wasn't doing so well. This was exactly what I dreaded.
Sometimes the irony of how life in two different scenes can be so different from one another, sometimes even to the extent of being polar opposites. I bear both the joy and pain for myself. I share some, I may even show some, but it's all mine to take. As animated as I can be, there are times when I fail to show enough emotion. Sometimes too overwhelmed to show joy and at other times, too taken aback to portray my dread. Sometimes it is just beyond expression, when both ends are pulling at me.
I am thankful for what I have and I also feel sorry for what I might not have soon. It would seem that once again I am subject to what Life has to offer. I have no choice but try to make the best of it and try to be the best I can be.
P.S - Thank you for the Pink.
P.P.S. - Legal Age. Hoo!
P.P.P.S. - I adore You.
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Robots In The Sky
Today has been quite a dramatic day for me indeed. Woke up feeling like someone stuck a wooden stake into my left shoulder blade. Was going to meet Stef in college to study for exams next week. I finished up the project proposal's executive summary, printed and handed it up by about 2pm and not long after, left college to look for the office where I was going to have an interview for an internship. The lady over the phone couldn't even provide me with proper directions which led me to driving around the whole of Petaling Jaya's section 14 quite a number of times. I was almost being driven up the wall by lousy drivers and people who didn't know how to park their cars decently. Malaysian driving isn't something for the person with a bad temper nor is it for those of faint heart. I finally found the office I was supposed to go to and only realized that it was a job I dreaded. The lady there, Daphne, wanted to hire me as a full time sales rep. No, I didn't want to be a sales rep. I wanted a marketing or copywriting internship. Not become a peddler. After about 40 minutes (or was it an hour?) of faking interest, I finally found a way to tell Daphne I would get back to her. I felt pathetic. I was again cursing my way through traffic as I drove us towards Cineleisure because we were to watch Transformers with Loretta, Dong (yay, can call him that again) and Steph A.
We reached Cineleisure ahead of time (for the movie). Poor JoA was starving. So was I. After walking about looking for a proper, light meal, we finally decided on Kenny Rodgers. With some soup and some peaceful conversation, I soon began to cool off a little. Soon, the others joined us and before we knew it, we were headed towards the cinema. I'd left my wallet in the car so I walked off to the car park to grab it before someone smashed a window to grab my very fat but relatively empty wallet. During the walk to the car, my gut began to ache. It wasn't a toilet emergency, it was pain in it's purest form. I was wondering if it was appendicitis but I doubted it. Making my way to the cinemas, I found the bunch of them congregated at the waiting area of the cinema and soon we were seated in our spots, waiting for the movie to begin. I was in pain throughout the entire movie. The screaming pain in my gut wouldn't let up. Must've been gas or something.
Transformers was AWESOME! It's been a long long time since I've been able to come out of a movie cursing at how brilliant it was. I was never a fan of yellow but after Bumblebee, I'm beginning to like the colour a bit. Just a bit. In the past, I was like every other kid who watched transformers and adored Optimus Prime. After watching that movie, my favourite character is DEFINITELY Bumblebee! That cheeky sense of humour and choice of music he has is so lovable!! All you Transformer fans out there, this one is definitely a must-watch. No kidding. I agree Spiderman and X-Men were horrible but this is definitely something which will impress your pants off. Personally, I felt that the cars in that movie were more impressive than what you'd see in 2Fast2Furious (didn't watch Tokyo Drift).
After the awesome movie, we decided to go to William's for dinner. I was still in pain but I guess the walking helped calm my guts down a little. It still hurt but it wasn't as bad as it was during the movie. Ivy joined us for dinner. A pleasant surprise. Dinner was good. Not too filling since we all shared food. After dinner, we chilled out a little then I had to go.
That was basically my Friday. It started off a little bumpy but the movie was so brilliant that it turned the day around for the better (yes, it was that good).
NB - Bear. It will all work itself out somehow. Have a little faith. Wish I was there. But I'm still here. Always.
We reached Cineleisure ahead of time (for the movie). Poor JoA was starving. So was I. After walking about looking for a proper, light meal, we finally decided on Kenny Rodgers. With some soup and some peaceful conversation, I soon began to cool off a little. Soon, the others joined us and before we knew it, we were headed towards the cinema. I'd left my wallet in the car so I walked off to the car park to grab it before someone smashed a window to grab my very fat but relatively empty wallet. During the walk to the car, my gut began to ache. It wasn't a toilet emergency, it was pain in it's purest form. I was wondering if it was appendicitis but I doubted it. Making my way to the cinemas, I found the bunch of them congregated at the waiting area of the cinema and soon we were seated in our spots, waiting for the movie to begin. I was in pain throughout the entire movie. The screaming pain in my gut wouldn't let up. Must've been gas or something.
Transformers was AWESOME! It's been a long long time since I've been able to come out of a movie cursing at how brilliant it was. I was never a fan of yellow but after Bumblebee, I'm beginning to like the colour a bit. Just a bit. In the past, I was like every other kid who watched transformers and adored Optimus Prime. After watching that movie, my favourite character is DEFINITELY Bumblebee! That cheeky sense of humour and choice of music he has is so lovable!! All you Transformer fans out there, this one is definitely a must-watch. No kidding. I agree Spiderman and X-Men were horrible but this is definitely something which will impress your pants off. Personally, I felt that the cars in that movie were more impressive than what you'd see in 2Fast2Furious (didn't watch Tokyo Drift).
After the awesome movie, we decided to go to William's for dinner. I was still in pain but I guess the walking helped calm my guts down a little. It still hurt but it wasn't as bad as it was during the movie. Ivy joined us for dinner. A pleasant surprise. Dinner was good. Not too filling since we all shared food. After dinner, we chilled out a little then I had to go.
That was basically my Friday. It started off a little bumpy but the movie was so brilliant that it turned the day around for the better (yes, it was that good).
NB - Bear. It will all work itself out somehow. Have a little faith. Wish I was there. But I'm still here. Always.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A Shorter Post
My toe still hurts. It was throbbing this morning. I was limping like mad when I was rushing to catch the bus. Sadness indeed. I was aching all over. My head, my back, my thighs and my toes. Literally from head to toe? I really do need to sleep more like a human being. With my timetable and my lifestyle, it really isn't easy.
I messed my speech up today. Did it in the wrong format. I lost 50% of my marks right there. I got so peeved at that that I just took off and left, even though I was reminded that it was rude. The lecturer did impart a kind word or two. I brought it upon myself.
We jammed again today. Additional ideas for songs were : You & Me, This I Promise You. I didn't do well in the recording we made today. I need to buck up. Need to make sure I feel my songs. Need to really express. I don't want to go all emotional after the songs though. Happens too often. Way too often.
I messed my speech up today. Did it in the wrong format. I lost 50% of my marks right there. I got so peeved at that that I just took off and left, even though I was reminded that it was rude. The lecturer did impart a kind word or two. I brought it upon myself.
We jammed again today. Additional ideas for songs were : You & Me, This I Promise You. I didn't do well in the recording we made today. I need to buck up. Need to make sure I feel my songs. Need to really express. I don't want to go all emotional after the songs though. Happens too often. Way too often.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
The 4 Day Package.
Wednesday
We finally auditioned on Wednesday. Well, I can be sure that Loretta & myself were nervous. He looked the part and even followed through by fumbling here and there (the others didn't know he fumbled though). I on the other hand was seriously having a hard time getting my voice out there. Couldn't hit keys nor could I sustain them. To make this even funnier than it already is, it was a private audition. We had a room all to ourselves and only about 7 people were there to hear us. Only 7 people and we're already in pieces. We've got quite a bit of work to do. Well, we got through. I'm grateful and very much relieved because even with that performance, we already got a "I like it a lot". If we can get composed properly, I think we'll do wonders on the night itself. Ha. Did I mention that I think I'd like to call us The Brotherhood of the Pink Ribbon? In the night when I got home, I picked up the lame Malay article and began to translate it for the group members (and myself). God, I was up all night. Sick of Malay. Yes. Sick Sick Sick. Then I left home for college.
Thursday
Yes, I left home for college and was a zombie which was too tired to even sleep in JoA's car. Today we had tutorials, tutes were fun. JoA was finally enlightened on why I called someone what I called her before. Now she understands that I wasn't being mean (lol). After tutes and JoA's short meeting, we began trying to figure out where to eat. We settled for lunch in Rice Bowls. Some interesting conversation ensued. During our interesting conversation, an idea of what to do while waiting for The Fuz to get to the train station came to me. We were to go to KL Tower. JoA had wanted to go for a while now (2 years?) and I never really thought of visiting because it never really crossed my mind. We headed towards the tower and reached there after taking a wrong turn or two. It was interesting how when we reached the base of the tower, we seemed more excited about looking for the entrance to the duty-free store there. We couldn't find it because the store wasn't opened yet (sadness). In disappointment, we then went into the tower. RM20 (sheesh), that's what it costs for a foreigner to get to the top of the tower. I was a little shocked when the lady at the counter said that if we showed her our ICs, we, as Malaysian citizens only had to pay half that price. The wonders of being a Malaysian! I'm patriotic again!
The tower was nothing special though. Of all the days to go up there, we chose a hazy day. We couldn't see too far and besides, the observation deck was a little crowded. It was alright I guess, for the first 5 minutes.
One of the pix we took at KL Tower
Well, after leaving the very interesting KL tower, we decided it was time to go. I hadn't slept all night. I was up doing a translation of some lame Malay psychology article. I think I've had enough of Malay for a while. We went to pick The Fuz up. On the way there I fell asleep. We picked up The Fuz and then after changing at JoA's place, we took off for Rio to play some futsal. FUTSAL! Me?! Futsal?! Something I really didn't expect myself to enjoy. I was never really a footie person. Sure I've played my share of footie back in highschool but that was it. Never really touched a football since highschool (so I correct myself here, it's been more than 2 years. Maybe even 4 years). Well, I got the taste of what I had expected. My stamina was in the ruts. 15 minutes into the game and I was panting like mad. I really needed to get out of the court. After another exhausting half, we went for drinks and some food. Then we all dispersed and JoA dropped me off at the bus stop (thank you!!). At home, I washed up and waited for my hair to dry before I took a nap. Woke up later than expected. Oversleeping is a hobby. JoA called me nearly 13-15 times (thank you!!). Got up and began to rush my Social Psychology assignment. I forged on till about 5am then gave up because I began to see words which weren't in the articles I was reading and began to type things which didn't make any contextual sense (aka, I was sleepy).
Friday
I woke up at 12pm and began to finish off my assignment. I did. When I got ready to go out and head to college, it began raining again. I had no choice but to borrow my granny's flowery little umbrella (I think it's cute). After rushing to hand up my assingment, I headed off into Subang to meet JoA. We were going to play CS with Shaun & Loretta (Dong has been ammended to Shaun by request). It was a fun night as we watched JoA suppress the enemy once more. Such skill. Well, after a bit of coaxing, I agreed to join Loretta, Shaun, The Fuz, JoA and Adam to play futsal with them at the CFP fustal meet the next day. At 2am in the morning, I managed to convince Reneeta to join our team as well and her only condition was that she didn't play at all and was a reserve.
Saturday
I woke up late (AGAIN!). We were going to play futsal again. I was supposed to meet JoA at the train station at 10:30 but I woke up at 9:50 (the HoRRoR!). I was forced to call The Fuz and get him to drive us to Shaun's place. He did and we got there. We met up there and after having a light breakfast, we began to search for the place. We found it after a while and in fact, we weren't all that late (haha). We entered the arena and found a sweaty Reneeta. Some of her first words were "You remember I told you I didn't want to play right? Well, I've played!" (LoL). We all began to get warmed up for the game and when we played, we played. I was reluctant to even play at first but after the first game (which was also very tiring) I think I got all hyped up. I wanted to play more. After the second game, my right thigh began to work up. My toes were killing me too but I wanted to play somemore (wahahahaha). In the last game, this big guy side-stepped into my foot and I ended up with my big toe blue-blacked (if there is such a word). What made matters worse was that a while after that, I had to swerve out of the way because this time, a girl side-stepped into my way. That pretty much killed my toe and thigh. Well, the games were loads of fun. I've never been this hyped up about playing futsal before but yeah, I am now. I'm waiting for my toe to heal and then I'm going to play somemore (lol).
After the games, we had some drinks and food then went on to have our showers. I had to take a bath at Loretta's and from there waited for JoA to finish washing up.
JoA was going to take me to pick up my little sister so that we could take her to the magic show which was going on Subang Parade. When we made it there, I found my little sister crying. My Mom had struck again. I will not go into the specifics but simply put, my mom had made my sister cry and that pretty much spoilt her mood and she ended up locking herself into a room and not willing to come out. I decided that it was best we left this little trip for some other time and left but on the way decided that I should buy my sister something to make her feel a bit better. JoA was understanding and kind enough to turn back and let me buy some KFC for my little sister. After that, I ended up telling JoA a story I hadn't told anyone for a while. My past. We headed off for dinner. We had quite decent food. I got stuffed again. Besides the little kink in the night with my sister's issue, I had a generally good time.
We finally auditioned on Wednesday. Well, I can be sure that Loretta & myself were nervous. He looked the part and even followed through by fumbling here and there (the others didn't know he fumbled though). I on the other hand was seriously having a hard time getting my voice out there. Couldn't hit keys nor could I sustain them. To make this even funnier than it already is, it was a private audition. We had a room all to ourselves and only about 7 people were there to hear us. Only 7 people and we're already in pieces. We've got quite a bit of work to do. Well, we got through. I'm grateful and very much relieved because even with that performance, we already got a "I like it a lot". If we can get composed properly, I think we'll do wonders on the night itself. Ha. Did I mention that I think I'd like to call us The Brotherhood of the Pink Ribbon? In the night when I got home, I picked up the lame Malay article and began to translate it for the group members (and myself). God, I was up all night. Sick of Malay. Yes. Sick Sick Sick. Then I left home for college.
Thursday
Yes, I left home for college and was a zombie which was too tired to even sleep in JoA's car. Today we had tutorials, tutes were fun. JoA was finally enlightened on why I called someone what I called her before. Now she understands that I wasn't being mean (lol). After tutes and JoA's short meeting, we began trying to figure out where to eat. We settled for lunch in Rice Bowls. Some interesting conversation ensued. During our interesting conversation, an idea of what to do while waiting for The Fuz to get to the train station came to me. We were to go to KL Tower. JoA had wanted to go for a while now (2 years?) and I never really thought of visiting because it never really crossed my mind. We headed towards the tower and reached there after taking a wrong turn or two. It was interesting how when we reached the base of the tower, we seemed more excited about looking for the entrance to the duty-free store there. We couldn't find it because the store wasn't opened yet (sadness). In disappointment, we then went into the tower. RM20 (sheesh), that's what it costs for a foreigner to get to the top of the tower. I was a little shocked when the lady at the counter said that if we showed her our ICs, we, as Malaysian citizens only had to pay half that price. The wonders of being a Malaysian! I'm patriotic again!
The tower was nothing special though. Of all the days to go up there, we chose a hazy day. We couldn't see too far and besides, the observation deck was a little crowded. It was alright I guess, for the first 5 minutes.
One of the pix we took at KL TowerWell, after leaving the very interesting KL tower, we decided it was time to go. I hadn't slept all night. I was up doing a translation of some lame Malay psychology article. I think I've had enough of Malay for a while. We went to pick The Fuz up. On the way there I fell asleep. We picked up The Fuz and then after changing at JoA's place, we took off for Rio to play some futsal. FUTSAL! Me?! Futsal?! Something I really didn't expect myself to enjoy. I was never really a footie person. Sure I've played my share of footie back in highschool but that was it. Never really touched a football since highschool (so I correct myself here, it's been more than 2 years. Maybe even 4 years). Well, I got the taste of what I had expected. My stamina was in the ruts. 15 minutes into the game and I was panting like mad. I really needed to get out of the court. After another exhausting half, we went for drinks and some food. Then we all dispersed and JoA dropped me off at the bus stop (thank you!!). At home, I washed up and waited for my hair to dry before I took a nap. Woke up later than expected. Oversleeping is a hobby. JoA called me nearly 13-15 times (thank you!!). Got up and began to rush my Social Psychology assignment. I forged on till about 5am then gave up because I began to see words which weren't in the articles I was reading and began to type things which didn't make any contextual sense (aka, I was sleepy).
Friday
I woke up at 12pm and began to finish off my assignment. I did. When I got ready to go out and head to college, it began raining again. I had no choice but to borrow my granny's flowery little umbrella (I think it's cute). After rushing to hand up my assingment, I headed off into Subang to meet JoA. We were going to play CS with Shaun & Loretta (Dong has been ammended to Shaun by request). It was a fun night as we watched JoA suppress the enemy once more. Such skill. Well, after a bit of coaxing, I agreed to join Loretta, Shaun, The Fuz, JoA and Adam to play futsal with them at the CFP fustal meet the next day. At 2am in the morning, I managed to convince Reneeta to join our team as well and her only condition was that she didn't play at all and was a reserve.
Saturday
I woke up late (AGAIN!). We were going to play futsal again. I was supposed to meet JoA at the train station at 10:30 but I woke up at 9:50 (the HoRRoR!). I was forced to call The Fuz and get him to drive us to Shaun's place. He did and we got there. We met up there and after having a light breakfast, we began to search for the place. We found it after a while and in fact, we weren't all that late (haha). We entered the arena and found a sweaty Reneeta. Some of her first words were "You remember I told you I didn't want to play right? Well, I've played!" (LoL). We all began to get warmed up for the game and when we played, we played. I was reluctant to even play at first but after the first game (which was also very tiring) I think I got all hyped up. I wanted to play more. After the second game, my right thigh began to work up. My toes were killing me too but I wanted to play somemore (wahahahaha). In the last game, this big guy side-stepped into my foot and I ended up with my big toe blue-blacked (if there is such a word). What made matters worse was that a while after that, I had to swerve out of the way because this time, a girl side-stepped into my way. That pretty much killed my toe and thigh. Well, the games were loads of fun. I've never been this hyped up about playing futsal before but yeah, I am now. I'm waiting for my toe to heal and then I'm going to play somemore (lol).
After the games, we had some drinks and food then went on to have our showers. I had to take a bath at Loretta's and from there waited for JoA to finish washing up.
JoA was going to take me to pick up my little sister so that we could take her to the magic show which was going on Subang Parade. When we made it there, I found my little sister crying. My Mom had struck again. I will not go into the specifics but simply put, my mom had made my sister cry and that pretty much spoilt her mood and she ended up locking herself into a room and not willing to come out. I decided that it was best we left this little trip for some other time and left but on the way decided that I should buy my sister something to make her feel a bit better. JoA was understanding and kind enough to turn back and let me buy some KFC for my little sister. After that, I ended up telling JoA a story I hadn't told anyone for a while. My past. We headed off for dinner. We had quite decent food. I got stuffed again. Besides the little kink in the night with my sister's issue, I had a generally good time.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
The Genting-Bentong Trip : An Extensive Account
Last Friday I received an invitation from Hui Munn, a classmate to join Bryan, Ivy, Hui Zhi and Shaun(hereafter addressed as Dong) on a trip to Genting and then onwards to Bentong. This sort of took me by suprise because I was never really that close to this group and only recently had I watched a movie with them (Mr. Bean's Holiday) and this was the first time ever I'd been out with them. Now the reason why we set out to go on vacation was centered around a barbeque in Genting at an apartment. Well, I was actually flattered by their invitation and after making some arrangements, I confirmed my attendance into their little party.
Sunday:
After packing up my stuff, I hitched a ride with my cousin to the Asia Jaya LRT station. I was supposed to let Bryan know when I would reach so that he & Dong could pick me up. When I reached it seemed that there were some complications on Shaun's part in getting his car. It seemed I had to wait a little while before my ride came along. I thank goodness for my MP4 player and JoA whom I could talk to (thru SMS). Although the music got me all emotional and I began my whole disconnection-with-reality thing and I would enter into that state and only emerged when I received a reply from JoA. After about half an hour or so of singing along to my MP4's music, Dong's car had gotten there and then off we went to Ivy's.
Sunday:
After packing up my stuff, I hitched a ride with my cousin to the Asia Jaya LRT station. I was supposed to let Bryan know when I would reach so that he & Dong could pick me up. When I reached it seemed that there were some complications on Shaun's part in getting his car. It seemed I had to wait a little while before my ride came along. I thank goodness for my MP4 player and JoA whom I could talk to (thru SMS). Although the music got me all emotional and I began my whole disconnection-with-reality thing and I would enter into that state and only emerged when I received a reply from JoA. After about half an hour or so of singing along to my MP4's music, Dong's car had gotten there and then off we went to Ivy's.
We first met up with the others at Ivy's apartment. Then we went grocery shopping for snacks and stuff which we would need for the BBQ and also some stuff to cook for dinner that night at Ivy's (and I just have to mention that I bought a big bottle of that yoghurt drink which I have lately been so into, it reminds me of Lassi :D). As I had insisted, Dong had brought his guitar. While the rest we were trying to get dinner ready, I (who could not really cook) stood aside and watched Munn Munn hack away at the chicken like a blacksmith melding a sword. I couldn't take it. I had to lend a hand. Afterwards, I decided to get to the guitar. After me and Dong messed about with the guitar for a bit, dinner was ready. Dinner was good. Bryan & Munn Munn were the chefs of the night and they made a great dinner. I don't know whether or not it was a compliment or just gluttony when I went for more rice. After dinner, we had some "tong sui" which was made by Ivy's relative. It was quite bland as apparently some of her relatives can't take sugar but it was still good. After that good meal, the gang began playing mahjong. No gambling involved, just wanted to mess around. While the lot was playing, I volunteered to wash the dishes as I didn't do any cooking. Dong helped me out and still I took ages to wash up... I still have serious speed issues when doing any chore. Well, after a few rounds of mahjong, Hui Zhi had to leave. We followed her out and then when she drove off into the night, we went to a mamak named NASA (note the very lame name =.=). We chilled out there and began to talk about many an interesting topic. At about midnight, we went back up to Ivy's and chilled there instead. Somewhere along in the discussion there was mention of alcohol which got me interested and the next thing we knew, we were having vodkas (yay!). We gathered around into a circle and began to chill (yes, once again). Dong & I began taking turns at the guitar which to me (being obsessed with the guitar) was probably the most central part of the night (other than the alcohol). We chatted (and I kinda played [the guitar]) the night away. 
Dinner in the making ala Bryan & Munn Munn
Dinner in the making ala Bryan & Munn MunnMonday:
Monday woke me up at about 9-ish with the voices of Bryan & Zhi in a conversation of which I cannot remember the content. While I had slept, Ivy had gone to pick up her Aunt's Honda City, Zhi had come back to Ivy's from her place and Bryan took photos of me and Dong asleep (the freak!). After a shower, we were ready to set out for Bentong. The ride was a rather peaceful one for me at least but I pitied the four sitting in the backseat (they threw me in front anyway, being the largest one there). We were headed for Bryan's hometown in Bentong. After about an hour and more we reached our destination, the small town of Bentong.
It seemed rather homely, a simple town with nearly everything a person could need (except for a cinema and I didn't really see any cyber cafes). I repeat that the ride was safe and also entertaining as we had Bryan & Munn Munn to entertain us (Zhi still fell asleep anyways). On reaching Bryan's abode, I noted how calm the environment he was brought up in was. We met his homies and after a brief respite, we went for lunch. Even looking for lunch was entertaining as Bryan seemingly couldn't make his mind up on where to take us and when he did, the group sort of rejected the place and we had to actually get up and walk out of the restaurant (haha). He then took us to another place across town and since the group had announced their intent to eat "dai chao", he wanted to take us to places where he thought that we wouldn't be cheated (apparently the locals there wouldn't hesitate to make a killing when they noticed that we were from out of town). The second place we stopped at was actually serving something else and directed us to a place we had already passed along the way if we indeed wanted to eat "dai chao". We made our way there with Bryan already stressed with the worry that the group was getting frustrated. What really didn't help was the fact that the place we were directed to was closed on that exact day. There was a big sign in Chinese on the gate reading: "Taking a Break - 23rd April". Just our luck. Well, Bryan had no choice but to take us back to around where the first place was to a restaurant where we finally ate. We found out that Dong had never had "Nga Pou Ham Yu Fa Lam Pou" (Claypot Pork Belly & Salted Fish) before. The horror of deprivation! Anyway, it was then that the gang commented on my being very busy with the handphone because I had been in constant conversation with JoA since Sunday. Oh well, misunderstand if you want. I would offer an explanation but that would require them to believe it right? No matter.
After lunch, we stopped back at Bryan's place to rest a bit while some of the others went out to buy the stuff we needed for the barbeque. When they got back, all was set and we were ready and with supplies in hand, we headed up to Genting (which wasn't far away from Bentong). Dong & I were to follow Bryan's car while the girls stayed in Ivy's. After a comedy-laden trip uphill (and another bottle of that yoghurt drink which we referred to as Lassi anyway), we reached our second destination in the afternoon (at about 3-ish pm). We checked in, moved our stuff into the car and then we headed up to Genting, or so we thought we would. The initial plan was to drive to the cable car station and take the ride to the peak but that wouldn't happen because we found that the station was closed for repairs (of all the days to do so they chose our day!!). After a few wrong turns and a total of 4 trips around that Police check-stop on the way up to Genting, we decided to go back to our place and just relax while we waited for the night. When we would begin our barbeque. It was at this time that the bunch asked what happenned to me (because I told JoA that I'd talk to her later and we stopped messaging each other =.=).
At the place, the gang began playing mahjong again while Dong & I got back to the guitar. Soon, I began playing mahjong as well. At nightfall, we decided to start the fire up but since it had begun to rain, we thought that we'd do it on the balcony. After setting everything up, I began to notice how hard it was to start a fire. Yeah, I'd been camping before and I had a cousin who started charcoal fires all the time but I'd always only watched them start the fire so all I had was the theory behind how to start a fire. Putting that into practice was easier said than done because it seemed that I was the most experienced one with fires there. After about an odd half an hour of trying to get the fire to work, Bryan and Dong decided to go on down to see if it would be better to get the thing done in the BBQ pit which was provided and it was. While they were gone, the girls and I were still trying to get the fire started on the balcony. We had resorted to using the gas stoves to start the charcoal burning (sheesh) and it was actually working till Bryan & Shaun came back to say that we should go to the BBQ pit and that was when the gas stoves ran out of gas... Well, we moved everything down to the BBQ pit which was well sheltered from the rain but we were running out of starters for the fire so we had Ivy & Munn Munn go out to buy some starters while we moved everything. I was still unsure how to get the fire started but I was determined to get this thing on the road. I was so embarrassed that I couldn't get the fire started and was pretty irritated that the cold weather there wasn't helping. Ivy & Munn Munn got back with some starters and some tips from a man selling roasted potatoes who had kindly provided them with some wood to help the fire start. With the information and wood, I started to try to get the fire working again. After some antics and about an hour or more later, we had fire. It finally began to work! I was so relieved that we finally got the fire started and that we finally were going to have the barbeque but I was still embarrassed it took me so long. The fun finally began, the girls were doing the cooking while we helped out and played the guitar and sang. Ah, the food was good. The girls did a great job :). By the time we decided to leave it was already way past midnight. We cleared the place up and then went back to our apartment.
We continued playing mahjong and the guitar. Again, I spent nearly all my time with the guitar. That was a truly fun night. I was happy I got the fire started and that we had a great time. It was fun to see everyone have so much fun even after such a tiring day. Ivy seemed to be showing the most emotion :). Well, by 4-ish, we decided that we should get some rest as the next day we would be going back to Bentong because the girls wanted to buy some things from there and we were going to have lunch/breakfast there. So we slept.
Here are some of the photos from the BBQ that night. The one with Bryan & I was funny, looked like we were having a moment. Hahaha.
Tuesday:
Woke up at about 8.30 in the morning to the sound of Dong's alarm. It was My Chemical Romance. I was like "what the fuck, not this and not at this time!" but yeah we had to get up. I was the last one to get ready (cos I just didn't want to get up haha). We took some photos and then we packed up and headed for Bentong. Again it was Bryan and I to one car and the rest in the other. We journeyed down the mountain towards the petrol station at the base of the mountain because Ivy wanted to refuel her car (and Bryan and I wanted to kene some Lassi!). Another fun-filled, interestingly conversed, 40-ish minute drive back to Bentong ensued.
In Bentong, we first went for lunch in this hawker stall which reminded me how some of Klang's hawker stalls looked like in the old days. It wasn't the most hygeine of places but it had that homely flavour. We had what Munn Munn was talking about since Sunday, some fishball noodle thingy. It was good. The prawns were big and fresh and there were like, 5-6 of them in each bowl! I actually gave my prawns away after having 2. The thing is that in Kay Elle, that bowl of noodles wouldn't have been that big, the prawns would have been smaller and been in larger portions and it would probably cost more than RM4.50 (can you believe it?!).
After a great meal, we went back to Bryan's place to return stuff and to rest for a bit. Kristy (Bryan's sister) suggested that we went to the waterfalls around the area and after saying our goodbyes to Bryan's family, we set off for the waterfalls. They were as expected, beautiful, but the waters seemed quite fierce and it was probably because of the rain yesterday. Munn Munn was the first to waddle into the water and Bryan, Dong & Ivy soon followed. I didn't want to follow suit because I was lazy to get out of my sneakers. The funniest thing happenned though, one of Bryan's sandals decided to take a trip down the river (haha). Poor fella had to hop across the tarmacked parking lot back to the car. After taking a few photos, we went back into town to let the girls buy some Bentong ginger (they said it was realy good, yech). After Bryan bought a new pair of sandals (haha), we decided to end the trip with some ice-cream from a famous shop in Bentong (Bryan told me they had Peanut Butter icecream and this had me smiling with glee since lunch). Having enjoyed that, we dropped Bryan back at his place and then we headed back for Kay Elle. The ride back was a bit more sleepy than the ride towards Bentong since we were tired but there were some bends on the freeway which had me at the edge of my seat because of the other stupid drivers around (Ivy was at the wheel, thus I was also worried since the poor girl was also tired). We reached Kay Elle in no time and were invited to have more "tong sui" in Munn Munn's place. After that refreshing drink, I was dropped off at an LRT station and I made my way home.
Monday woke me up at about 9-ish with the voices of Bryan & Zhi in a conversation of which I cannot remember the content. While I had slept, Ivy had gone to pick up her Aunt's Honda City, Zhi had come back to Ivy's from her place and Bryan took photos of me and Dong asleep (the freak!). After a shower, we were ready to set out for Bentong. The ride was a rather peaceful one for me at least but I pitied the four sitting in the backseat (they threw me in front anyway, being the largest one there). We were headed for Bryan's hometown in Bentong. After about an hour and more we reached our destination, the small town of Bentong.
It seemed rather homely, a simple town with nearly everything a person could need (except for a cinema and I didn't really see any cyber cafes). I repeat that the ride was safe and also entertaining as we had Bryan & Munn Munn to entertain us (Zhi still fell asleep anyways). On reaching Bryan's abode, I noted how calm the environment he was brought up in was. We met his homies and after a brief respite, we went for lunch. Even looking for lunch was entertaining as Bryan seemingly couldn't make his mind up on where to take us and when he did, the group sort of rejected the place and we had to actually get up and walk out of the restaurant (haha). He then took us to another place across town and since the group had announced their intent to eat "dai chao", he wanted to take us to places where he thought that we wouldn't be cheated (apparently the locals there wouldn't hesitate to make a killing when they noticed that we were from out of town). The second place we stopped at was actually serving something else and directed us to a place we had already passed along the way if we indeed wanted to eat "dai chao". We made our way there with Bryan already stressed with the worry that the group was getting frustrated. What really didn't help was the fact that the place we were directed to was closed on that exact day. There was a big sign in Chinese on the gate reading: "Taking a Break - 23rd April". Just our luck. Well, Bryan had no choice but to take us back to around where the first place was to a restaurant where we finally ate. We found out that Dong had never had "Nga Pou Ham Yu Fa Lam Pou" (Claypot Pork Belly & Salted Fish) before. The horror of deprivation! Anyway, it was then that the gang commented on my being very busy with the handphone because I had been in constant conversation with JoA since Sunday. Oh well, misunderstand if you want. I would offer an explanation but that would require them to believe it right? No matter.
After lunch, we stopped back at Bryan's place to rest a bit while some of the others went out to buy the stuff we needed for the barbeque. When they got back, all was set and we were ready and with supplies in hand, we headed up to Genting (which wasn't far away from Bentong). Dong & I were to follow Bryan's car while the girls stayed in Ivy's. After a comedy-laden trip uphill (and another bottle of that yoghurt drink which we referred to as Lassi anyway), we reached our second destination in the afternoon (at about 3-ish pm). We checked in, moved our stuff into the car and then we headed up to Genting, or so we thought we would. The initial plan was to drive to the cable car station and take the ride to the peak but that wouldn't happen because we found that the station was closed for repairs (of all the days to do so they chose our day!!). After a few wrong turns and a total of 4 trips around that Police check-stop on the way up to Genting, we decided to go back to our place and just relax while we waited for the night. When we would begin our barbeque. It was at this time that the bunch asked what happenned to me (because I told JoA that I'd talk to her later and we stopped messaging each other =.=).
At the place, the gang began playing mahjong again while Dong & I got back to the guitar. Soon, I began playing mahjong as well. At nightfall, we decided to start the fire up but since it had begun to rain, we thought that we'd do it on the balcony. After setting everything up, I began to notice how hard it was to start a fire. Yeah, I'd been camping before and I had a cousin who started charcoal fires all the time but I'd always only watched them start the fire so all I had was the theory behind how to start a fire. Putting that into practice was easier said than done because it seemed that I was the most experienced one with fires there. After about an odd half an hour of trying to get the fire to work, Bryan and Dong decided to go on down to see if it would be better to get the thing done in the BBQ pit which was provided and it was. While they were gone, the girls and I were still trying to get the fire started on the balcony. We had resorted to using the gas stoves to start the charcoal burning (sheesh) and it was actually working till Bryan & Shaun came back to say that we should go to the BBQ pit and that was when the gas stoves ran out of gas... Well, we moved everything down to the BBQ pit which was well sheltered from the rain but we were running out of starters for the fire so we had Ivy & Munn Munn go out to buy some starters while we moved everything. I was still unsure how to get the fire started but I was determined to get this thing on the road. I was so embarrassed that I couldn't get the fire started and was pretty irritated that the cold weather there wasn't helping. Ivy & Munn Munn got back with some starters and some tips from a man selling roasted potatoes who had kindly provided them with some wood to help the fire start. With the information and wood, I started to try to get the fire working again. After some antics and about an hour or more later, we had fire. It finally began to work! I was so relieved that we finally got the fire started and that we finally were going to have the barbeque but I was still embarrassed it took me so long. The fun finally began, the girls were doing the cooking while we helped out and played the guitar and sang. Ah, the food was good. The girls did a great job :). By the time we decided to leave it was already way past midnight. We cleared the place up and then went back to our apartment.
We continued playing mahjong and the guitar. Again, I spent nearly all my time with the guitar. That was a truly fun night. I was happy I got the fire started and that we had a great time. It was fun to see everyone have so much fun even after such a tiring day. Ivy seemed to be showing the most emotion :). Well, by 4-ish, we decided that we should get some rest as the next day we would be going back to Bentong because the girls wanted to buy some things from there and we were going to have lunch/breakfast there. So we slept.
Here are some of the photos from the BBQ that night. The one with Bryan & I was funny, looked like we were having a moment. Hahaha.
Tuesday:
Woke up at about 8.30 in the morning to the sound of Dong's alarm. It was My Chemical Romance. I was like "what the fuck, not this and not at this time!" but yeah we had to get up. I was the last one to get ready (cos I just didn't want to get up haha). We took some photos and then we packed up and headed for Bentong. Again it was Bryan and I to one car and the rest in the other. We journeyed down the mountain towards the petrol station at the base of the mountain because Ivy wanted to refuel her car (and Bryan and I wanted to kene some Lassi!). Another fun-filled, interestingly conversed, 40-ish minute drive back to Bentong ensued.
In Bentong, we first went for lunch in this hawker stall which reminded me how some of Klang's hawker stalls looked like in the old days. It wasn't the most hygeine of places but it had that homely flavour. We had what Munn Munn was talking about since Sunday, some fishball noodle thingy. It was good. The prawns were big and fresh and there were like, 5-6 of them in each bowl! I actually gave my prawns away after having 2. The thing is that in Kay Elle, that bowl of noodles wouldn't have been that big, the prawns would have been smaller and been in larger portions and it would probably cost more than RM4.50 (can you believe it?!).
After a great meal, we went back to Bryan's place to return stuff and to rest for a bit. Kristy (Bryan's sister) suggested that we went to the waterfalls around the area and after saying our goodbyes to Bryan's family, we set off for the waterfalls. They were as expected, beautiful, but the waters seemed quite fierce and it was probably because of the rain yesterday. Munn Munn was the first to waddle into the water and Bryan, Dong & Ivy soon followed. I didn't want to follow suit because I was lazy to get out of my sneakers. The funniest thing happenned though, one of Bryan's sandals decided to take a trip down the river (haha). Poor fella had to hop across the tarmacked parking lot back to the car. After taking a few photos, we went back into town to let the girls buy some Bentong ginger (they said it was realy good, yech). After Bryan bought a new pair of sandals (haha), we decided to end the trip with some ice-cream from a famous shop in Bentong (Bryan told me they had Peanut Butter icecream and this had me smiling with glee since lunch). Having enjoyed that, we dropped Bryan back at his place and then we headed back for Kay Elle. The ride back was a bit more sleepy than the ride towards Bentong since we were tired but there were some bends on the freeway which had me at the edge of my seat because of the other stupid drivers around (Ivy was at the wheel, thus I was also worried since the poor girl was also tired). We reached Kay Elle in no time and were invited to have more "tong sui" in Munn Munn's place. After that refreshing drink, I was dropped off at an LRT station and I made my way home.
Here are some of the photos we took before we left Genting and at the waterfall
I must say that I am grateful that I was invited along on this trip and that I had an excellent time with these people. It didn't really matter whether or not we went up to Genting or not because all the fun we had was the time we spent together. I really had a great time and I am looking forward to joining these people for another fun and funny trip someday.
Cheers to the whole lot of you :)
P.S. - This is my longest post :D!
Cheers to the whole lot of you :)
P.S. - This is my longest post :D!
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