Tuesday, May 31, 2005
I'm back home to civilization! Instead of the sun, sand and sea, I stayed in the jungle for 3 days. Yep, complete with lots of mosquitoes, ants and even monkeys! The only consolation is that there was a waterfall, although I did not go into the cool, refreshing water as it was always full of malay kids, even when it was raining. When it wasn't raining, lots of malay families can be seen having picnics by the waterfall.
I stayed at Kota Tinggi Waterfall Resort, which reminds me alot of Costa Sands in Pasir Ris. The place is actually open to the public, which explains the large number of Malaysians there. I stayed in a chalet with my parents and little brother, pretty pissed over the fact that although we were promised two rooms, we were only given one, hence me and my brother had to sleep on thin mattresses on the floor. As you all know, hotels/resorts in malaysia are either new or run down as they do not bother to renovate. So, when I first arrived, I saw a rather dilapidated place with no beach and the food was mostly unpalatable. You can imagine how I felt when I reached there after a more-than-4-hour long journey.
During the 3 days, I pretty much cooped myself in the room reading because there is no reception there so I cannot watch any tv and I was at a church camp where I knew no one. Managed to finish reading this novel of the Taiwanese idol drama, Love contract, or Ai Qing He Yue. Its the first chinese book I have read in ages and I might want to watch it(yes Val, I can hear you telling me " I told you so").
Anyway, on the way back we were supposed to have 3-hr shopping in City Square, JB. However, due to the bad traffic jam, it was shortened to an hour. In order, to beat the crowd at the immigration counter, we decided to skip the shopping altogether. Afterall, there is lots to shop in Singapore and JB isn't very cheap.
Well, I guess that is all there is to my trip, and to that, "Thank God it was only 3 days!"
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