I had a most enjoyable Easter weekend. K and I drove up to Cherating together with a few of our friends from the Miata club.
We set off at 445 in the morning, thinking that we would arrive in time at 615am to meet the rest at the Shell petrol station after the JB customs. But we ended up being 45 minutes late due to a terrible jam after the Tuas checkpoint. But alas, we were not the latest.. we actually had to wait another 1 hour plus before the last car finally arrive..
By the time we drove off, it was already 830am.. super over schedule! First stop: Breakfast! We went to this coffee shop that sells a huge variety of chee cheong fun.. I had 4 different types plus a glass of iced milo. Shiok! = )
Here are the 4 types of chee cheong fun we had.. there was curry (my favourite), the normal plain one with sweet sauce, the normal one with roast pork inside, and the other one is some kinda of radish / black vegetables inside.
We met up with a few more Miata club members at the breakfast place. This group was just there for the breakfast and were not joining us for the Cherating trip. So after breakfast, we parted and continued with our 7 hour drive up towards Kuantan.
Lunch was at a lousy place that sells lousy stir fry so i shall not mention it. I think we were all too hungry and tired to bother too much about going further to find a good place for food.
The journey continued after lunch.. I took plenty of pictures of the convoy along the drive up through the winding coastal roads.. it was really nice, at least for me. Driving with the top down, the breeze and just admiring the scenery.. = )
We finally reached Impiana Hotel at 3pm..checked in and got a pleasant surprise when we saw our room. We didn't know it was actually a suite, and a very nice one too!
After we unpacked, the whole group (15 of us in total) met at the pool for a game of water polo.. The guys played first while the ladies cheered from the jacuzzi at the side.. Then after they tire themselves out, the ladies took over.. it was really fun.. And because i didn't know how to swim, the ladies version involved walking a maximum of 3 steps with the ball in hand.. haha.. it was so fun! My first walking water polo game. = )
We got out of the pool around 6pm, bathed and then met up again for dinner. Dinner was seafood: really really amazing baked crabs with egg and crab meat stuffing.. We waited more than 30 minutes for the food to arrive, but it was worth it.. i don't think i have tasted such delicious stuffed crabs in my life!!
By the end of dinner, K and I were already tired out. We headed back to our rooms for an early night, while the rest continued wih round 2 at the hotel pub. I only knew about it the next morning when they were talking about someone getting hangovers, and showing us photos of some dancing at the pub. Damn!! I should have been there!! = ) Then again, i did had a good night's sleep. Our room was just in front of the sea, so i kinda slept with the sound of crashing waves coming through my windows.. it was really therapeutic..
The 2nd day was equally enjoyable.. We had sub standard Malaysia style buffet breakfast at the hotel, chatted for a while, then headed for the beach. K went to sun tan while i sat at the beach chair and chatted with 2 others for about 1 hour or so. Then it was lunch time.. This time it was seafood again. There is this chinese guy that i don't particularly like in the group. He's sort of like the loud mouth, egoistic type who likes to seek attention. And he has a very pretty Thai wife who is like 15 years younger than him, so there were some airs about him. When we realized that the chef at the restaurant was Thai, this guy took over immediately and started to order for everyone.. But the food was not enough. He ordered 2 types of salad, and crab vermicelli. That
was it. Where got enough?! But nobody spoke up. There was a kid in the group, and i seriously don't think he was full at all. So as usual, i became the bad person and asked for more food.
In fact, throughout the trip, i had to be the bad person quite a few times..
And so we ordered fried rice and phad thai.. While everyone benefited from the extra food, i was viewed as the one who requested for more food, so when there was leftovers, i was constantly being asked to finish it since i was the one who ordered.. I'm actually quite pissed off by that, even though they say it teasingly. It's not as if i am the only one who was hungry!! = (
After lunch, we headed back to the hotel, and hit the beach again.. K and I went to the beach first together with another couple and their 7 year old boy. The waves were huge and K had to convince me several times to go further into the sea so i could see the waves from behind.. I relented and followed him, until i got crashed by a huge oncoming wave. I screamed so loud that people started to look in our direction.. after that i refused to go any further. But it was really fun having the waves just crashing into my body, although a bit painful.. = )
An hour later, we met up with the rest and started a game of beach volleyball. That didn't last for too long, cause most of us didn't know how to play the game. So we ended up playing captain's ball by the beach instead. 15 of us. That was the highlight of my trip i think. Super fun! There was plenty of shouting, and also injuries from the game (fortunately not for me!) but overall, great game.
After the game, we went back to shower before heading out for dinner again. Back to the same Thai restaurant, but this time the food was much better. After dinner, we headed back to one of the hotel rooms and started playing blackjack and chit chatting. We laughed so hard while playing the game that the people next door called the reception to complain about us.. after that we had to really control ourselves like school kids being caught and given a warning.. The average age in the group was like late 30s so you can imagine how funny it was seeing everyone giggling and controlling their laughter.
We drove off the next morning after breakfast.. the drive was fantastic as usual, with all the nice scenery and sun.. we stopped over at an Ostrich farm along the way, and had some ostrich teppanyaki. That place was for suckers. 40 over ringgit for a few pieces of meat. I did however, see something interesting there though. An ostrich egg that was 1 hour old. It was half open so I could see the baby moving inside.. So fragile!!
We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant located in a Chinese town.. lousy food again.. Headed back to Singapore after dinner. Halfway back, our walkie talkie run out of battery, and K had to answer nature's call, so we lost the convoy and went back to Singapore on our own. Which was a good thing cause one of the cars broke down in JB and the group actually waited together for the tow truck to arrive. And you know what, the car that broke down belonged to the loud mouthed guy.. haha.. talk about karma! =)
We set off at 445 in the morning, thinking that we would arrive in time at 615am to meet the rest at the Shell petrol station after the JB customs. But we ended up being 45 minutes late due to a terrible jam after the Tuas checkpoint. But alas, we were not the latest.. we actually had to wait another 1 hour plus before the last car finally arrive..
By the time we drove off, it was already 830am.. super over schedule! First stop: Breakfast! We went to this coffee shop that sells a huge variety of chee cheong fun.. I had 4 different types plus a glass of iced milo. Shiok! = )
Here are the 4 types of chee cheong fun we had.. there was curry (my favourite), the normal plain one with sweet sauce, the normal one with roast pork inside, and the other one is some kinda of radish / black vegetables inside.
We met up with a few more Miata club members at the breakfast place. This group was just there for the breakfast and were not joining us for the Cherating trip. So after breakfast, we parted and continued with our 7 hour drive up towards Kuantan.
Lunch was at a lousy place that sells lousy stir fry so i shall not mention it. I think we were all too hungry and tired to bother too much about going further to find a good place for food.
The journey continued after lunch.. I took plenty of pictures of the convoy along the drive up through the winding coastal roads.. it was really nice, at least for me. Driving with the top down, the breeze and just admiring the scenery.. = )
We finally reached Impiana Hotel at 3pm..checked in and got a pleasant surprise when we saw our room. We didn't know it was actually a suite, and a very nice one too!
After we unpacked, the whole group (15 of us in total) met at the pool for a game of water polo.. The guys played first while the ladies cheered from the jacuzzi at the side.. Then after they tire themselves out, the ladies took over.. it was really fun.. And because i didn't know how to swim, the ladies version involved walking a maximum of 3 steps with the ball in hand.. haha.. it was so fun! My first walking water polo game. = )
We got out of the pool around 6pm, bathed and then met up again for dinner. Dinner was seafood: really really amazing baked crabs with egg and crab meat stuffing.. We waited more than 30 minutes for the food to arrive, but it was worth it.. i don't think i have tasted such delicious stuffed crabs in my life!!
By the end of dinner, K and I were already tired out. We headed back to our rooms for an early night, while the rest continued wih round 2 at the hotel pub. I only knew about it the next morning when they were talking about someone getting hangovers, and showing us photos of some dancing at the pub. Damn!! I should have been there!! = ) Then again, i did had a good night's sleep. Our room was just in front of the sea, so i kinda slept with the sound of crashing waves coming through my windows.. it was really therapeutic..
The 2nd day was equally enjoyable.. We had sub standard Malaysia style buffet breakfast at the hotel, chatted for a while, then headed for the beach. K went to sun tan while i sat at the beach chair and chatted with 2 others for about 1 hour or so. Then it was lunch time.. This time it was seafood again. There is this chinese guy that i don't particularly like in the group. He's sort of like the loud mouth, egoistic type who likes to seek attention. And he has a very pretty Thai wife who is like 15 years younger than him, so there were some airs about him. When we realized that the chef at the restaurant was Thai, this guy took over immediately and started to order for everyone.. But the food was not enough. He ordered 2 types of salad, and crab vermicelli. That
was it. Where got enough?! But nobody spoke up. There was a kid in the group, and i seriously don't think he was full at all. So as usual, i became the bad person and asked for more food.
In fact, throughout the trip, i had to be the bad person quite a few times..
And so we ordered fried rice and phad thai.. While everyone benefited from the extra food, i was viewed as the one who requested for more food, so when there was leftovers, i was constantly being asked to finish it since i was the one who ordered.. I'm actually quite pissed off by that, even though they say it teasingly. It's not as if i am the only one who was hungry!! = (
After lunch, we headed back to the hotel, and hit the beach again.. K and I went to the beach first together with another couple and their 7 year old boy. The waves were huge and K had to convince me several times to go further into the sea so i could see the waves from behind.. I relented and followed him, until i got crashed by a huge oncoming wave. I screamed so loud that people started to look in our direction.. after that i refused to go any further. But it was really fun having the waves just crashing into my body, although a bit painful.. = )
An hour later, we met up with the rest and started a game of beach volleyball. That didn't last for too long, cause most of us didn't know how to play the game. So we ended up playing captain's ball by the beach instead. 15 of us. That was the highlight of my trip i think. Super fun! There was plenty of shouting, and also injuries from the game (fortunately not for me!) but overall, great game.
After the game, we went back to shower before heading out for dinner again. Back to the same Thai restaurant, but this time the food was much better. After dinner, we headed back to one of the hotel rooms and started playing blackjack and chit chatting. We laughed so hard while playing the game that the people next door called the reception to complain about us.. after that we had to really control ourselves like school kids being caught and given a warning.. The average age in the group was like late 30s so you can imagine how funny it was seeing everyone giggling and controlling their laughter.
We drove off the next morning after breakfast.. the drive was fantastic as usual, with all the nice scenery and sun.. we stopped over at an Ostrich farm along the way, and had some ostrich teppanyaki. That place was for suckers. 40 over ringgit for a few pieces of meat. I did however, see something interesting there though. An ostrich egg that was 1 hour old. It was half open so I could see the baby moving inside.. So fragile!!
We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant located in a Chinese town.. lousy food again.. Headed back to Singapore after dinner. Halfway back, our walkie talkie run out of battery, and K had to answer nature's call, so we lost the convoy and went back to Singapore on our own. Which was a good thing cause one of the cars broke down in JB and the group actually waited together for the tow truck to arrive. And you know what, the car that broke down belonged to the loud mouthed guy.. haha.. talk about karma! =)
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