Kelong Trip

Went to a kelong off Pulau Sibu in Malaysia during the weekend with Kh, Jf, MC, Clarence, and Jessey. I gotta say it was super super fun although I wished we had played mahjong or fished overnight instead of sleeping. But what to do, the conditions were just perfect for sleeping. XD

Breakfast at MC's house.

The van came to pick us up at MC's house at 6am.

Plantations again....

Arrival at Tanjung Leman Jetty after the 1hr plus journey.

On board the speedboat. Less than 10mins journey to the kelong. 20mins if we were to travel by the bigger boat, which we missed (thankfully). In the end we still reach faster than the bigger boat. Love the thrill.

Hot Boys Kelong...

At first I thought it's called Hot Boys cuz there are many hot boys there. Was asking Kh where were the hot boys and he told me it's called HOT boys becuz the 3 bosses' surnames are Huang, Ong and Tan. Cool.

Crystal clear waters...

Kelong facilities...

Kh bought durains from those durian sellers on the boat. RM10 for a whole bunch! He and Clarence kept eating durians all day.

Lunch... =P~

Breakfast... =P~

Another lunch... =P~

Fun & games...

My winning set. Biggest yet in my history of mahjong playing.


2 tai- Ban Se
2 tai- Pong Hu
2 tai- Own wind + Round wind
1 tai- Zi Mo

Woot 7 tai without having any zoo or garden. =x

Saw a funny creature...

Someone caught a pufferfish!

Caught someone catching a cute fish! It looks poisonous. =/

Someone's catch!

Someone even brought a inflatable children's play pool for the fishes. We call this the "recuperation room". For the fishes that is. However, instead of recuperating, many fishes died in there. Probably attacked by those territorial prawns.

It was pitch black at night. Totally no moonlight as it was a very very cloudy day. Which made me wonder why it didn't rain.

Beautiful sunset...
Sunrise... Too cloudy to see any sun... but nevertheless still beautiful. =)

I call this the "pregnant woman" island...

Just what is Jf trying to do?

Before we left...

Me: Did you leave anything behind?
MC: Yes. Satisfaction.
Me: Very good answer.

=)

Sis's Wedding Dinner + More Fun

Went to Segamat last weekend for part 2 of sis's wedding: the wedding dinner. Actually her wedding dinner buffet at church last week was already very grand but Jeremy was born in Malaysia so they decided to hold another one there for his relatives.


We headed off for Segamat at about 7+ am. I took 6th uncle's car and he let me drive his Toyota Picnic for about half the journey. Was a bit nervous at first. Ya know it's a big car and it's my first time driving such a big car and I really can't afford to lay a scratch on it. Went up to about 140km/h and yet I couldn't feel the speed as the car was so stable. I had to keep looking at the speedometer to make sure I wasn't going too fast.

Halfway through the journey, a lorry's rear tire exploded when I was driving next to it! The tire burst into pieces and a few pieces bounced off my windscreen. I was so shock but thankfully I didn't panic.

Took some pics on the way... yeah man. Even when the car is going at 130km/h, and when my uncle drives, it's 150km/h. Took these at shutter speed 1/640. Love my camera. Hee.

The journey was a bit long. We were all going to fall asleep when my thai aunt was like,"shan1 zhu1! shan zhu!" Then we all jumped up and kept looking around for a wild boar. We were like,"Where, where?!" And she pointed to this rambutan stall behind. And we were like,"CHEY.... That is shan1 zhu2. A lot of diff man!"

A roadside durian stall. Just the other day, I saw a banner outside my school advertising for a 1 day durian tour to Segamat for $60. I thought to myself,"Hey I'm going there tomorrow!" If anybody doesn't know yet, Segamat is famous for its durians. And I'm not exaggerating at all when I say this--I could smell durian as soon as I got off the car. It's everywhere!

We arrived at Segamat at 10-ish and checked into the Golden Lake Hotel. Jeremy's parents sponsored our hotel stay. It wasn't a fancy hotel, but I guess it's the best you could get in that small town, where all the other hotels seem even more run down. Our rooms were huge! My uncle even got a deluxe suite with 2 queen size beds! And we had connecting rooms!

my room... heh..

After a good rest, we headed to Sis's wedding dinner at a restaurant not far away. She was quite unhappy. The bridal shop people took 3 hours to get her makeup done, it wasn't very well done (it made her look so old), and it nearly caused her to be late for her own wedding dinner. I felt bad for her also. Makeup badly done + almost late for dinner + tacky malaysian styling. I would be mad too if I were her.

Well, at least she still looks like a bride.



The 8-course dinner was also a little disappointing. The food is not lousy. It's just not up to wedding banquet standard.



The next day, my 6th uncle took us to the Go Kart circuit on the way back. Unfortunately it shifted! We took about an hour to find the new location which was in the MIDDLE of a palm tree plantation. No kidding. It was the longest ride ever.

Saw some cows...

Long and bumpy journey down the narrow rocky path. Imagine 3.5km on it. Bleah...

Newly built...

This is definitely not as fast as the Langkawi one. I think max 60km/h only.

Then we went to some ulu seafood place in some aboriginal territory.

Man... 6th uncle ordered so much food...

I think singapore's seafood is still the best leh. Don't know why some singaporeans like to travel so far out to eat the seafood here. No doubt it's cheap but I think people tend to forget about the petrol costs.

Overall, a very fun trip. =)