Day 1
My Genting pals:
From left to right: Xiao Mei, Jia Hui, Me, Esther
Back row left to right: Zhi Hui, Bing Cong (Bear), Henry, Zhao Rong, Jia Wei
Front row: Johnny, Xiao Mei
Once we reached Genting, we checked in and headed to Kuala Lumpur immediately for lunch. I think that as Singaporean kids who are used to travelling from the west to the east in under an hour, we didn't expect to reach KL Chinatown at 5pm despite leaving at 3pm. By then, we were SUPER hungry and some of us got rather cranky.
I don't really like KL Chinatown. It is the place to go to for fake goods. There were sooooo many! And they looked pretty genuine to me from far. I got no interest in fake goods though. Filling my stomach was the top priority at that time.
We headed straight to A&W. It seems that Singaporeans love to go to A&W overseas. Haha! The Rootbeer float was shiokness! By the way, I tend to use "shiokness" a lot these days, especially during the trip. Shiokness!
After the meal, we couldn't decide where to go. So, we decided to try out the Bak Kut Teh recommended by Zhi Hui despite having just eaten. The Bak Kut Teh was so different from our Singapore version! It was served in a claypot and had lots of goodness inside served with fragrant herbal soup- mushrooms, 3-layer pork, pork ribs, pork innards (which we had them replaced). Shiokness!
We were joking that the boss must be very disappointed that we ordered so little. They had to set up a table for 10 and we ordered only Bak Kut Teh for 6. =P
After the super-filling meal (or snack), some of us had cravings for the Satay that we passed by on the way to the Bak Kut Teh store. But sadly, our stomachs let us down. We were damn full and couldn't squeeze in anything more. The Satay smelt damn nice lar!
With no real purpose in going Chinatown, we decided to WALK to KL Berjaya Times Square. It was a REAL FAR walk! Especially it was drizzling at that time. I don't know why we walked instead of taking the train. The risk of getting rob kept ringing in my mind too. I guess it was a very "ODAC" thing to do.
There, just to show off how far we walked. In the rain. =P
Ok, the nicest thing about the walk was that we saw a rainbow.
The Berjaya Time Square is huge! I think it is easily twice the size of Vivocity. And the most, most wonderful part of the shopping centre is that there is a theme park inside it! When I saw the huge roller coaster tracks with its many twist and turns, I was awed and adrenaline immediately started pumping furiously around my body. Esther and I decided to ask the rest to go for a ride when we met up at 9pm (we split up to do some shopping). We were practically jumping off our shoes on the way to the theme park's entrance. BUT! The theme park closed at 9PM! If only we said to meet at 830pm! Argh!
Super disappointed.
I guess our Taxi ride back made up for roller coaster fun we missed. IT WAS DAMN FRIGHTENING AND EXCITING. When we made our way up Genting earlier in the day, we already noticed that it was very foggy. On our way back at night, it was even "foggier"! We couldn't even see the road more than 5 metres away! It didn't help that the mountain roads have no streetlights. We could only depend on the reflectors at the road sides.
There were many cars parked at the side on the way up. Maybe the drivers were not confident enough to drive up the dangerous roads. I will never forget what I saw next. A car got stuck in the cliff! Let me try to show you what I saw.
Ok, have to use a bit of imagination here. It was at night and very foggy. I only saw the car when we were directly at its side. What surprised us was that the car was not touching the ground and it was tilted down! I don't know the driver managed to jam the car into the wall and how he is going to get it down. Good luck to him.
Luckily for Xiao Mei, Johnny and me, we had a good driver who was awake and confident and whose car was working fine. Unfortunately for Zhao Rong, Jia Hui and Esther, they encountered a sleepy driver whose headlights were not working. They had to "borrow" the light from the headlights of other cars! And when the driver managed to nagivate one steep turn, he let go of the steering wheel and clapped! He was so unbelievable! Zhao Rong told us he was stepping on brakes-that-were-not-there throughout the way up. Haha!
After washing up, we hit the casinos. However, I had more fun in Zhao Rong, Jia Hui and Esther's room playing Mahjong! Another very "ODAC" thing to do.
Day 1 ended with us safely back in Genting.
Day 2
Day 2! The day for the theme park!
First ride - Dumbo ride!
Second ride - Pirate ship! It was my first time on a pirate ship. Seriously, I freaked out. I kept telling Esther, "I am so afraid!" =P
Group photo while waiting for the ride.
2nd row from front: Jia Wei and Henry
3rd row: Zhao Rong, Jia Hui, Esther and me
Photographer: Johnny
3rd row from front: Zhi Hui, Bear
4th row: Johnny, Xiao Mei
Photographer: Jia Hui
That day was very foggy too! The Freefall ride looked too exciting.
We waited for 1 and a half hour for the Cockscrew ride. Out of absolute boredom, we played "εζεδΉ"! Must look from left to right starting from the top.
And the winners!
After a whole day in the theme park, we went to the Mushroom Farm for dinner. But before dinner, we had a short gambling session catered to poor students like us. Blackjack with a maximum bet of 50 cents in Ringgit. =P I won myself a handful of coins.
Each of us ordered a dish at Mushroom Farm except Xiao Mei and Johnny. The food was damn good! However, they underestimated us, or rather the boys, and made the portion too small. We were not very full after the meal. Headed back to Coffee Bean for Chicago Cheesecake. A delicious hot meal and creamy thick cheesecake equal to shiokness!
Our bill only came up to 192RM. Less than S$10 per person!
Cam-whoring while waiting for the van to pick us up back to the hotel. It was freezing cold out in the road. I believe that was the first time in Genting my teeth actually chattered from the cold.
Back in Genting for bowling session! We were impressed by the lights, the music and the glow-in-the-dark bowling balls. Esther and I were not impressed with the shoes though. They stank real bad. *Pukes*
Xiao Mei is a real neat freak! Sharing the room with her was stressful yet motivating in some ways for a messy person like me. It is the first time I saw shoes arranged so neatly in a bowling alley. I really took my hat off her. =P
Cam-whoring in the toilet.
Spent the last night in the casino and Mahjong in the room next door.
Last Day
We had Pizzahut for brunch and did some last minute shopping before boarding the coach back.
The pathetic fried prawn that tasted as bad as it looked.
One last group photo and then it was bye-bye Genting.
I had a lot of fun during this trip. There was a lot of catching up with each other and plenty of lame jokes to keep our spirits high. I am glad that despite us meeting up only twice or thrice a year, we were still able to talk comfortably with each other and showed care and concern in our little ways.
I really love this group of friends. =)
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