ok from 7-11....after camp temasek...i wanted to blog...but well too bad...had to go off to malaysia for a holiday...wonderful indeed. Oh well at least it was a holiday and we had a relaxing time doing either nothing or shopping. well here i am trying to tell you something when i did nothing. In classic ian style!! (yay to keep to my quota of including ian in every post)
1) Tuas 2nd link...best time to use in the morn...worst on Sunday evening: was surprised at the ease of getting into malaysia by car compared to travel bus...ha! we didn't have to get off the vehicle, or put our bags through the dumb scanning machine...or wait a million years for the bus to drive to the right place....or wait in the endless queues to check our passports...and on the Malaysia side as well...totally cool! Then it gets bad on Sunday evenings....i dunno if you read forums recently but it was the same sunday evening...terrible traffic...at least 1 and a half hours on a bridge...and as good citizens we queued as other impatient cars cut lanes...opened new lanes...and used emergency lanes....I'm thankful that i didn't drink too much that day...imagine waiting for the restroom...>< So we spent an eternity listening to BBC
2) Nobody really cares about the red portugese building: Quite true...when there's stuff like shopping at Makhota parade for cheap goods....to eating the super good gula melaka ice kachang...to walking to some shop to buy peanut cakes and eat durian chendol....to simply staying in the hotel suites and playing taiti.
3) Girls can shop for realllllyyyyy long: Get used to it now....having a girlfriend next time will be tough...so i watch my cousins go on a shopping bazaar...and trust me when i say they can spend hours just to buy a shirt or jeans and stuff. The secret to long hours (i learnt this): visit everything single clothes shop and check out what's in store. I'd be satisfied with a few shirts here and there....but they go for around 5? Anyway it's understandable that guys can't shop for as long....almost every shirt/t-shirt looks the same, berms, trousers, so ordinary....girls have like a ton more stuff to shop for....skirts, dresses....let's just say the clothing economy is gender biased. Most of the shopping mall is for the opposite sex.
4) Burgers go Moo!: Wow i tried a rabbit burger...the crust was great and crispy...but besides that it tasted like chicken....ahaha...not much difference
5) I can hit the archery target!!!: I said hit...not bullseye...after my Camp Temasek experience...i was slightly better than a beginner but still really lousy...after all shooting like 5 arrows in CampTemasek doesn't make you any better does it? Still i managed to hit the rim:)
6) Never judge a book by its cover: I refer specifically to the breakfast menu....i see chicken porridge, i get fish porridge, i see omelette, i get 2 sunny-side up eggs....what's a person to do? And the 1 RM durians are the 'spoilt' ones :P
Well on the overall Malaysia is still underdeveloped compared to Singapore, especially in rural areas...but then again rural always allows for some fresh air and a bit of scenery and nature....something we need a bit more of in Singapore. However, being Singaporean...it's hard to get used to the more laidback nature of Malaysians....we want everything done quickly but it's different elsewhere...time passes more slowly...and there are longer waits and everything...then again it's sometimes good to just sit back and relax. That's what holidays are for i guess :)
Next up....LDC 2...the camp that we pay to get tortured...when it shld be the other way!!!!
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