The arrangement for the trip was vague. No detailed itinerary. We just know that we are supposed to leave on 14Dec and back on 18th. Hmm...Uncle James and Uncle Jerome seems to be the main organisers of the trip.
Anyway, there were 2 pick up points on 14th morning. Toa Payoh and Teck Whye. Being lazy, i choose to go Tech Whye cos the pickup time is later. Allowed me more time to snooze...haha
The moment i step into uncle Joe's house, there were many pull trolley luggages. Wow! Are they gonna buy the entire Msia, i thought.....and of cos, the twins and Joanne made their presence felt by speaking loudly the moment i step into the house. Not a word of greeting, but lots of noise. I guess, the word is excited....
We went downstairs once the bus arrived. All were excited. I was kind of. Or rather, not too sure what to expect of the trip.
On the bus, Godma sat with Aunt Lucy. That was shocking to me. There were arguments between them and that irritate Godma enough to skip sunday session for sometime. But they seem ok on the whole journey on the bus.
The kids were sitted at the back and being noisy. Joanne was very impatient at the queue of the custom. She din understand why it take soo long to reach the custom.
There was a big crowd at the immigration. Lots of people and it din help that the place for queuing was limited. Very limited. Took us almost 1+ hour to clear immigration.
Then it was off to Genting. We took lunch at Yong Peng. Stuff are rather expensive. The last i remembered, food wasnt that expensive. Hmm.....on the journey to Genting, it was drizzling. At some parts of the highway, there were traffic jams. Saw a couple of cars parked at the side of the highway due to accident. No death though. God bless. Along the way, the tour guide was discussing about how much to give him lah, on the mic somemore. Weird guide. Maybe i've not been on a tour since pri sch days but i dun remember any guide discussin his pay with us on the mic....Anyway, he explained that in Msia, a tour guide is required on every tour bus excluding the bus driver. Otherwise, the bus driver can be fined.
By the time we reach Genting, it was 6+ and due to rain, it was cold! We waited long to do a check in and while waiting, Mandy and i were snapping photos away. Self declared official photographers for the trip. Msg MX to complain that it is cold as she advised otherwise. We were planning the rooming and as there were 11 rooms allocated, i decided to manually write the rooming list for each room. Enrolled Mandy and one of the twins to help with the task. There were complaints about the rooming from the twins and some, so we had to shuffle here and there to ensure it looks ok.
We were allocated rooms on the same level. Had advised all to meet at the lobby for dinner. Mandy and i were famished. Hence went to scout and walk around for food. It was Mandy and my first trip to Genting as adults. Barely had memories of the place other than past photos. Mandy and i settled for cup corn and went back to meet the rest. The moment Joanne came down, she was complaining lots about the room. According to her standard, it was pathetic. Soo much from a kid. My god.
We went to settle dinner at one of the cafe that had space for the entire group of us. It was self service but queuing to buy my food, i realised that i need to pay for service charge of 10pct. I was taken aback as everything was self service. Where was the service provided? Realised from Pam that it was kinda like GST in SG. Sigh. The meal wasnt cheap as well. A wanton mee and a drink cost me RM17.
After dinner, Mandy and i wandered off ourselves. We walked around a bit but wasnt interested in shopping there. Mandy is going to bangkok the following day when we are back in SG and i just came back not long from bangkok, so we werent in the mood for shopping. We just went around to have a look at the place and came upon the cineplex. Decided to catch a show as the tix were soo much cheaper. A normal tix is RM11, an osim seat was RM15 and Premium was RM16. We decided on the Osim seat as it was cheap and we could have a massage throughout the show. Y not. Then decided to make a reservation for the KTV room for tomorrow's session. It was meant to be a quiet session with Mandy and myself but Pam msg me that uncles and aunties were interested. Went to Starbucks to buy a coffee while scouting for the KTV to make a reservation.
We walked to the bus terminal to look for Genting hotel and while descended on the escalator, there was a security guard that signal to Mandy. As though he noe her. When we walked to him, he started to speak to Mandy in Malay. Haha. It was a case of mistaken identity. Mandy was asking me if she looked like one.....with her dark complexion, not surprising though....
We were directed back to the First World Plaza to Genting Hotel. Met Uncle Joe, Aunt Su Juan and Aunt Yvonne along the way. They were a little amazed on us not knowing where Genting Hotel is. Haha. 2 blur sotongs.
We walked to Genting Hotel and made a reservation for 15. Then at the arcade, we decided to take a neoprint. The other day, prior to the trip, i happened to find a neoprint, Mandy and i taken sometime back and i was telling her we should take one again....haha....
We had problems finding a cheap machine as all were stated as RM30. It is expensive to me. In Singapore, it prolly cost SGD8 and i have already deemed it as expensive. We were guided on how to take the photos as all instructions were in Japanese. By the time we were done, it was almost time for the show.
Being mountain tortoise in Genting, we were amazed by the Osim chair concept. The Osim Chairs were sitted at the front of the cinema. As the Osim chair enables reclining, we were able to watch the show "The day the earth stood still" in Comfort.
Once the show is done, we went back to the room to rest. Tired sia.....
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