Sunday, July 30, 2006
Before i can finish the entry on HK and Camp...i am back from cameron...wah i wan give up liao, even wen told me no need write abt camp le...no motivation.
But then there isnt much to write about Cameron Highlands life...it basically life of piggies...wat and sleep and eat and sleep and eat and sleep.
First day...i woke up at bloody 6.30am like tt to prepare...my brother said buai to me^^ and went to school...i could have reached there early but last min i went to find my lock...then late for 5 min...met sin and yl on the train..well in fact liam and jing also in the same train.I managed to caught sight of yl when they came in...jing and liam were in a totally far cabin(no link to where we wanted to meet initially).When we reached City Hall, yl,sin and me chiong our way to the train going pasir ris, and as sin was on the phone with liam asking them where they were, the train moved and liam saw us inside-.-(he still outside stoning with jing=x) At Lavendar, we met up with cb and made our way to the Sri Maju agency in the golden mile complex.Liam was reaaaalllly nice to me cos he helped me carry my luggage haha...And i realised i forgot to bring the uno cards..felt quite bad cos that means one less entertainment.
Okie so on we go for the bus...quite a long ride...liam said we could play jenga on the bus...lame~~in the end he lent cb the gameboy to pass time.All kinds of funny games that kept us occupied for awhile.We need to change to a small van in Ipoh in order to reach the resort. The road up to the highlands were meandering and dangerous.One lane for one car...and theres sooo many turns!cb got car sick not long after...but along the way there are many beautiful sights of mountains.We also saw pple setting up little stalls along the roads selling drinks and fruits. Chickens were seen running around too.We were counting down the kms to resort for cb but i think that worsen his situation.
Finally, after passing so so many signboards misleading us that the resort is near us, we reached the Strawberry Park!!!Me and jing challenged ourselves and bought ice creams from the convenient store in the lobby,okie la..nothing much also...just eat lo...We proceed to check out the rooms.Cb was quite affected by the durian sign outside the resort(its cross is fading) cos jing and the others had been associating durians with him along the way.I was real determined to occupy the room with 2 single beds.But well..since both couples would need the rooms with proper doors( doors of the mattress room are semi-transparent)..singles need to sacrifice lor ha...they however promised to rotate(sadly to say among themselves).Haha but understandable and forgiven la...
We went for dinner at Tanah Rata...and chose steamboat.Did some shopping later on..basically only jing shopping for her shades la...the shops quite limited over there and we were like going in the same shops everyday.Back at the resort, we played card games...and we got complained cos we laughed way too loud.Liam had a hard time controlling,his whole face turned red and i tot he was gonna burst anytime.
2nd morning,Liam the commando went for a morning jog(omg wat a bian tai),we living on top of a hill leh..The girls decided to went swimming even thou i asked them to wait for my menses to be over...haha but they did promise me to go another day=x So during their swim i just sat by the pool or take some shots for them.An uncle(later known as staff of the resort) kept staring at us...well we were the only ones left in the pool after the Arabic uncle left with his family...dunno wats the problem either.But the way he was staring was uncomfortable, like gonna issue warning anytime.In the end another staff came and asked us if we were the residents there..cos they were afraid pple not staying in the resort came and use the pool. Sai we dun look foreign enough..hahah and we were surprised that pple would actually wan to come all the way up the mountain just for the pool=x?
For dinner we went back to Tanah Rata..if i remembered correctly we ate at a restaurant thats quite dark...wat i ate...hmm...fish and chips?yup...thats it.Sin cant satisfy herself and went ahead to buy KLG later on.Think we da bao alot of tidbits also?Cos we like always eating and eating inside the room...
3rd day we woke up early to go to the Smokehouse...things were expensive there but the place looks real vintage and has a good ambience.Scones are yummy with strawberry jam=xWe walked like 1/5 of our way back...unable to hail a cab along the way.Quite rush cos we need to get back for the tour.The tour brought us to the tea plantations and factory,cactus valley,strawberry farm,some flower gardens and a temple.Liam told the bus uncle to dropped us at Brinchang as along the way we saw that there seems to have alot of eateries.The girls watched the hamsters found in a pet shop while liam went around checking for the best price. The only 2 hamsters there were powerful.They were not lazy like those we usually saw,they were very enthu in finding their way out and never giving up hope.They were able to use 2 hands(feet?) to hang on and move along the wire top.Commando hamsters eh.
The eatery we chosen kind of cheated us.They took our orderwithout telling us that we need to wait for the chilli crab(liam's wish) cos they were still on their way up.Then they did not serve the other dishes first...we were talking till we got nothing more to talk and no amount of laughter can cover the sound coming from our growling stomache.Then liam just told the auntie to serve other dishes first...then the auntie said we need to wait for the crab,and if its too late we can cancel the order.We did cancel it in the end.Even the other dishes we order we also had many complaints le...hahaha...curry fish head like lady's fingers more than fish head...sweet and sour chicken/pork were cold(warm due to sauce nia)...And after dinner we dunno went to wat stall to tabao cakes...
4th day the girls pei me go to the pool...followed by squash which i must say i have simply no exercising talent...i am wasting the court's space.After acting atheletic...the girls went back first to shower..but we girls talk till guys came back liao only sin finished bathing.The dinner for that day is STEAMBOAT again!!!I not into steamboats..cos i dun eat alot..waste money..then cb said the way to counter is eat alot...wah wah wat a good solution.Jing compared the previous steamboat and the current one..liam's ears sure bursting...jing so lo sor...hahahahahaahaha...With a full(near exploding) stomache we made our way to the church that jing and sin had been admiring for the past few days.Actually at night it looks kinda creepy.
We turned back to a pub located above a japanese restaurant.We played 2 games of pool..the balls cant come out even when the coin is inserted...The bartender forgot abt william's order..jing thought the orange juice was way too diluted..but i forgave the staff cos they helped us in something...which i forgot.Sin still thinking of KLG..so we gotta rush there before it closed.But too bad for us, when we reached there they told us closing le..then jing and sin tot of the marrybrown at the other end of the town, making us hurry there to see if it were still open.
Luckily for us,it was opened.And it was sweet of one of the staffs to get us small cups of soft drinks while we waited for the food.Cb wanted to buy some kind of chicke wing but didnt in the end,i dunno y but well,too bad lor.Anyway, we were not able to finish the food we brought back..the whipped potato cold liao...er xin sia...salad noone can finish also.Dunno liam or jing said they wanted ton all night since last night...liars...they went to slp as soon as sin declared she was sleeping.
Last day morning...i kind of force cb to go to the strawberry farm with me...cos nan de i woke up so early lor...We made it back in time to check out of the room.i nearly forgot about my specs but lucky for me i found it while flipping the pillows.All of us hate to leave there.But if we were gonna stay we need find part time jobs there le...I got my retribution when i felt disgusting and giddy the way downhill,serves me right for laughing at cb...the van dropped us off at the sri maju agency...jing saw an advertisement on those sporting activities...she and cb looked enthu..i saw le wan faint nia.Went to a shopping mall called..erm,parkson?The taxi uncle who drove us there had a small chat with liam and jing..his children were in Sg..
We bought tickets for the movie Re-cycle,went for dinner at KingSushi,watched the movie,went for marrybrown again for some last min snacks and slacked at starbucks..We were the only ones inside the movie theatre...so we can talk and nobody would be unhappy..hahaha...but i dun understand the movie well...and it was not as scary as i thought,but there were still scenes where i jumped in shock.I was a big leech..thanks liam and cb.After playing some card games and laughing our heads off once again, we went back to the tour bus station.The movie showing on the bus was one on Bruce Lee...hahaha ku1 xiao4 bu4 de2...During the journey i saw many stars on the sky...i really thought i saw shooting stars..stupid choon boon said its the zooming of lights from the cars dashing past us...argh have some imagination will ya?
The uncle came up once in awhile to scream at us so that those who wan to drop in places other than johor were informed.Irritating as it was,we cant blame the uncle, cant expect him to whisper to everyone where we were at eveytime there was a stop.After taking a taxi..i reached home at 5am plus plus...
--Mary HAD a little lamb--
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