Day 1
I had a lot of my nieces and nephews coming along as well. Of course, Ethel was there and so, this entry is going to be filled with lots of her photos. Children make such pretty and interesting subjects that I can not stop snapping them. =)
Ethel with Bear Bear, Ruth's teddy bear.
That is Ruth, Ethel's new found friend. Another of my many nieces. So cute, right?
To our surprise, we had a tour guide! The first stop was to have breakfast at Yong Peng. My uncle's idea of breakfast is drastically different from ours. For the two days, we had about 5-6 dishes of noodles, porridge, vegetables, etc, for breakfast! It was lunch to me!
After the heavy breakfast, we went to a 妈祖 temple at Yong Peng.
My brother with his zodiac animal, Rabbit.
Me with my zodiac animal, Tiger.
My cousin with her zodiac animal, Dragon.
Ethel with her zodiac erm.. plant, Tree. Haha! She refused to take photo with the Dog which is just beside her. Well, the Dog actually looked like Wolf so I don't blame her.
The temple. Very nice, right?
After travelling for a few hours, we stopped halfway up Genting for Lunch. It was at this restaurant called Gohtong Jaya and the food was good!
We also had this wine which is made from Dragon Fruit's enzyme. Very nice!
We went to another temple after lunch. It is situated halfway up Genting. It is a very nice place. Very serene and peaceful..
The guy in the picture is another of my cousins. Ethel sticked to him a lot during the trip. Another new found friend. Haha!
Climbing up a long flight of stairs...
Was rewarded with a spectacular view. Made my legs turned into jelly though.
We went to pay our respects to Lim Goh Tong, Genting's founder. I really admire his vision and courage to turn a moutain into what Genting is today. It was like a miracle story. Another fact about him that surprised me was that he was my fifth uncle's wife's uncle, my 五伯母的舅舅!
A memorial for him.
When we checked in at Genting First World Hotel, it was already 4pm! We had travelled for 10 hours!
I do not really like First World Hotel. It is very small!! The tv is also very small! And they do not have my favourite cartoon channels! Moreover, they do not provide toothbrush nor toothpaste! Which was bad news to me because I did not bring any.
Alas, we did not have time for the Outdoor Theme Park. HAIZ!! We only went to the Indoor Theme Park's Motion Theatre where we were annoyed by some foreigners (I guessed from India). They were very rude and loud. One kept making very shrill whistles in the theatre which pierced through my head. Really felt like scolding vulgarities at that time but I did not dare. Grrr...
The two of us acting cool with the 3-D glasses.
After walking for around, we had dinner at an Italian Restaurant! Haha! I just cannot stand Genting's food and I craved for something better. Actually, it was quite cheap. Only RM73 for the 2 of us! I will definitely recommend this place.
An artistic shot of my brother.
It was casino time after dinner!! Met up with my cousin and went in search of the casino. However, we got lost for a while and managed to stumble into this garden where some couples were making out. Suppose to be steamy, right? But it was damn cold! Shiok!! I love the weather there! It was 17 degree celcius that night!
Had fun taking photos there!
Finally, we found the casino. It is such a interesting place. The dealers are so skilled in dealing out cards and chip. They also had very arrogant faces. These made the games so serious. And we could see people betting a few hundred dollars for each game and, in the end, lost their money after a few seconds.
We played Roulette and luckily for us, we won about RM300. Not enough for my Gucci wallet though. Haha! However, I was super nervous the whole time. My hands were clammy and I was cold. The feeling was like how we felt when we played Mahjong and we were waiting for the winning tile. The heart beats faster, the mind is more alert and we keep hoping that the next tile is the one we want. It was like that for me except that this feeling repeated itself every 50 seconds. Really fast and crazy.
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We only had about 3 hours of sleep. This is because our coach left Genting at 8am!! SUPER EARLY!!!
We had breakfast at Gohtong Jaya again. And again, we had 5-6 dishes for breakfast.
That is Ethel's grandmother, my 2nd Uncle's wife.
After breakfast, we visited the Chocolate Gallery situated halfway up Genting. Using my woman's intuition, I clearly recognised that that was a tourist trap. And so, I bought nothing from there and brought Ethel out for a walk in the area. Haha! My aunties and uncles spent about RM100 per family in that place! *Faints*
We then travelled to Malacca for lunch. The lunch was super good!!! We had roast pork, steamed promfet, abalone, etc. We dined like royalties!
There was this special dish - Yam Paste. It was different from the Singapore's version. Just look at the pictures.
There was a strange sight behind the restaurant.
So weird, right? A huge statue of a man in the alley. Wonder what it is for? Creepy...
We saw this school on our way to the next destination. Look at the name of the school.
What happen to their self-esteem?? Haha!
When you go to Malacca, you will definitely go to this place. So did we.
The weather was freaking hot! I think the tour guide must had sighed in relief when we decided we do not want to climb to the top.
After that, we went for dinner. It was only 530pm though but they wanted to beat the jam at Tuas. Clever people. My sentiments exactly. =) Well, we had roast pork again. We even had 佛跳墙!
Finally,we arrived back in Singapore at around 830pm without jam. Phew..
I really enjoyed this trip though it was packed to the brim. Had a lot of fun and saw a lot of interesting things! Wished that my parents had come with us. Nevermind, maybe I'll organise one in the future? =P
I love this picture.
Since I started with a photo of Ethel, I shall end with one of hers too.
I'll be back.
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