Genting Trip With Richard & Jason

I was very busy this week & went to the planned Genting trip with Jason & Richard from Sat to Mon. The trip was nearly marred by some stupid office people, who called my mobile, because he could not find something that was placed on my workdesk for a client. He wasted my handphone bill. My dad & Jason said that I should not have called back since it is a known fact that I am on leave. I guess you guys should know the reasons behind my big plan.

Anyway, let me start off with my fun-filled shop, eat, tv show,sleep trips with my 2 best buddies, which I must say was an eye-opener, being the 1st time going on a trip with my friends, instead of my family, with the restrictions removed.

Day 1

Set off from home with Rich @ 5.55am to Beach Rd to board the bus. We went to pick up Jason along the way. It was the day of the rude people, as the taxi driver did not take my instructions to go by a certain route. I was planning to get a drink somewhere near my office before heading to Golden Mile Complex.

The bus driver was rude too as Rich & I didn't had a full breakfast before we boarded the bus. We wanted to munch on our bee hoon while we were on it. He just said, " The 3 of you, I told you that you are not supposed to eat on the bus." in Mandarin in a rude manner. Jason & I were very pissed off with his attitude and wanted to get back at him & complain him to the travel agency. In the end, we endured our hunger till the bus reached Yong Peng, a town in Johor at about 10am, which was 3 hours after we started the journey from Beach Rd.

We reached the First World Bus Terminal @ Genting at about 2.15pm. We took a walk to the Genting Hotel. That took us another 15 mins. After putting down our belongings, we went for lunch @ a Japanese Resturant at the hotel downstairs. The sushi didn't look appetising to us so we ordered set meals instead. The final bill was quite cheap as compared to Singapore. We trooped back to the hotel for a bath & nap & some TV shows. Richard was amazing. He could lie flat in bed in 10 mins and fall asleep immediately.

Dinner was at 8pm @ Kenny Rogers. The Kenny Rogers had a much more variety than the one at Suntec City. Richard had chicken & salad, while Jason & I had spagetti. After the dinner, we went around to do some shopping, where Richard started his shopping spree. I guess he doesn't come out often so he started his spree there & then. I bought a Nike windbreaker which was more than 50% cheaper than Singapore. Headed back to the hotel @ 11pm & caught the EPL game between Bolton v West Ham, but was too tired, so we fell asleep after the 1st half. Richard, on seeing the bed fell asleep immediately! This was to be his routine for the next two days.

Day 2

We wanted to try the dim sum breakfast but it was too packed and we didn't want to wait so we settled for buffet breakfast instead. The buffet was a spread. The fish porridge, bacons & hot dogs were great. It ended up all of us was so full that we had a light lunch at Burger King before we started our shopping.

We wanted to explore the exterior of the covered shelter, but the weather was only able to hold up for half an hour.

Richard bought so many clothes, whereas Jason bought 2 clothes. I bought a Man U cap for my brother and a Nike Sports bag for myself, which was to cover for the additional stuff purchased & release the load of my backpack, which mum had packed additional 2 sets of clothes in there, leaving me with no space for souvenors.

We didn't manage to get souveniors though as they were pretty limited and expensive. Although the mugs were pleasing in design, I decided against buying them as they were all in glass, not convivnent for me to bring back.

After shopping, back to the hotel to pack our stuff & a refreshing bath & a nap before our dinner @ the Korean resturant @ 7.30pm. Had the sumptous kimchi meal. We had a good time sweating out as we had not been sweating for 2 days. After that, we went for a tour at the Starworld Casino. It was Rich's & my 1st time there. It was an eye opener for me, but we didn't gamble. We just stood & watch. After the tour was back to the hotel for us where we enjoyed our Coffee Bean drinks with the soccer matches before falling asleep.

Day 3

Was up earlier than usual as it was check out day. The 2 guys were awake earlier than me. Had our bath before going for the dim sum. The service attitude of the waiter was not good as we had requested for 虾脚 or in Cantonese, :"Har gao" but he was not able to give us. We had seen the guy walking to other tables with the dish. Jason was so fed up that he spoke to the waiter rudely & I guess the waiter was feeling bad & he came later with the dish & said it was on the house.

After the breakfast, went back to the hotel for a short rest before checking out. We went to the Coffee Bean for a drink, while Jason & Richard went to get the burgers at Mac after the drink. I sat to look after the luggage while they did the shopping.

We boarded the bus @ 3pm & reached Golden Mile @ 10pm.

I guess time flies when you are having fun. Jason & I are planning a big group Kukop Seafood Eating Trip for the next round. So far, there are four people who are interested. Wonder if Darling, Krys & Rebecca would be interested to join us.

Details will be up once everything is in place.