to kukup and back.

i spend my weekend at kukup, some part of malaysia which is a few hours drive away. it was an awesome trip. ok initially things were kind of dificult, but thankfully qinghong endured and send like so many smses to everyone and took us great efforts to find 9 ppl. [cos the min number is acty 10 ppl].

the trip started out really early, meeting time and place was 620am in qh house. and it was panicky when we couldnt reach shu cos she overslept, and it was damm funny cos after that in the coach the boys keep niaoing her! jt scored 3 and qh scored 1. and they were so funny it was really a great start!

the place we stayed in is beijing air-con resort, which is a really homely place with many rooms and in each rooms there are many beds. its like this huge villa thing, and the end part of the resort is directly over a part of the sea, so we could fish there.

so we unpacked and played a bit of mahjong [the place has more den 10 tables of mahjong!!!!] and then took a walk to this chinese restaurant for a meal. the food was good, and it felt like some sort of reunion/ wedding. qinghong say if he hold his weding there we must go. wahhaha. we had this fried whole line fish which was super cripsy, and prawns and alot of other food tht i cant rmb!

then we took a boat to the kelong and saw the fishes that they have there. the puffer fish display was the funniest cos the guy just picked up one fish n keep probbing it so tt it would puff out. damm sad la that fish. then we went abck to the resort place and shopped a bit, bought and drank and ate like damm alot of coconuts cos it was so shiok n cooling and cheapp.

fished for a bit. ok 9 of us, and many hours of fishing - but we caught only one small fish, which they eventually released back to the waters. but it was really fun, cos nearing the evening a few of us got bored and started aiming the weights at the jellyfishes instead. like knocking them hard with the weight. lol. it was just hilarious la.

then it was the bbq dinner which was absolutely shiok. stingray with ladyfinger, rojak, imba chicken wings, squid rings in chili, grilled prawns, super sweet sweet potatoes, vege, fried vege ball, satay.... it was the best bbq dinner i have ever had, everything was grilled to perfection and we were not smoky or smelly.

after that we decided to play some table tennis and it eventually became a league thing, darren just owned the whole game cos he beat all of us - the remaining 8 for like 7 to 8 ounds until shu finally won him. it was damm challenging la and i think i found a new addiciton - table tennis. HAHA.

by then it was like past midniht so sher n jo n shu slept, i played a few games of daidee with the guys and then vinod darren munkay and me mahjonged for like 4 plus hours till it was 5am? was super lucky, good cards and won about 81rm :) then vinod and mk slept but darren and i went to wander around and we were like the first customers at this bao shop. it was kind of cool cos the lo mai kai was super good! they have this mushroom with nice chicken inside, not like the singapore one. and darrens big bao was well, BIG. then we went back and i really couldnt tahan so i slept for about 45 mins.

then all of us woke up for breakfast and we just chilled around and played mahjong n catch some sleep. lunch was at this restaurant near the sea, and the food was damm good. like more seafood and crayfish! damm shiok i tell u. then we went to city square and shopped till it was late.. the guys were nice ppl cos they found the restaurant tt i wanted to eat at, kim gary! their snow ice. ok but acty it wasnt as good as i rmb it alr. sigh. but at least i got to eat there! hehe. din buy much though.

the coming back was an absolute adventure i must say. first we initally went the wrong way and i felt a bit panic. like shit im lost wheres home. haha. but we eventually found our way but the ppl at the bus queue was so freaking crowded we decided to walk. yea. walk. we walked the bloodycauseway and it was kind of really far but we just chatted and made noise and it was quite fast la. maybe 15 to 25 mins of walk. the guys were nice to offer to help carry our stuff though. but it was kind of suay cos we kena some hiccups at the cuaseway. damm bloody suay. and bias. thats all i can say of tt incident. seriously.

but we all eventually got back in 9 pieces, happy individuals who all wanna go back again. like in april. hehe. i seriously cant wait.

looking back, as i tell ppl about the trip, many probably wont understand what was so fun about it. i mean.. its just simple things lke mj n card games n shopping n eating n fishing, all can be done in singapore. perhaps its the fact tt we felt free, we din have people smsing to other ppl who werent around. u din even need to carry ur hp with u, just enjjoy the company of the 8 other ppl. perhapps tts what made the trip feel so good, cos its smth we can never get when we go out wih frens in signapore, they will always be somehow trying to use their phone..?

but definitely, it was also the company tt i got that im really thankful for. i made 2 friends, with darren and vinod. they were really great company and i think its eventually the people who matters the most during a trip? that said, i am so so looking forward to going again!