Monday, June 08, 2009

Malacca Trip

It was supposed to be a TWO DAY TRIP but it ended up as a DAY TRIP. Wow it was tiring.

Woke up about 5 plus in the morning. Tried to be awake by moving about and getting things ready for the trip while waiting for the bathroom to be empty. We all manage to be ready to get out by 7am. We made phone calls to the rest of the family who are going too.

We all were ready for the congestion at the Tuas check point however it didn't occur. Lucky us. YEAH!!! It was smooth ride till we reach the Malaysian check point.

My phone was a bit crazy that day. We were on the BKE driving towards KJE/PIE when I receive a message from MyDiGi. Wow! How did they know that I'm going Malaysia when I have not even crossed the border yet? Ha ha ha.

At the Tuas check point, we saw my uncle's car (Gold) and my other uncle's car (Black) ahead of us. My dad took the centre lane and Gold was one car in front of us at our right. Too bad they didn't see us. Black was too far in front to even take notice. My dad was ready to go in to a lane but then they close the lane. What? My dad was like @_@ so we had no choice but to go into the long lane. Sad.

Pass that we all ride smoothly till about 1 km from the Malaysian Immigration. We were on the outer lane, the lane next to the bus and lorry lane. Many cars are cheating whereby they drove on the bus lane and move all the way to the front. Then my dad wanted to do it but we were against it. Then my dad said that maybe my uncles are in front and we can cut in front of them. I then said "Well what happens if they're in the inner lane, the lane to our right?" After that my dad stayed in our lane waiting to move forward. And GUESS WHAT? All three of my uncles are on the inner lane. HA HA HA. Lucky we didn't make that cheat move. However our lane seem to be moving faster than my uncles' lane. And so we clear the immigration first.

We already promised to meet at the REST AREA at Gelang Patah and so we stopped there and had breakfast. I only ate RED BEAN BUN and drank MILO, cold. There all five cars (Gold, Black, Silver, Red [my elder bro's] and ours Marron) are ready to move after breakfast. The journey was smooth. I thought that I would actually fall asleep but I was quite awake. I listen to my MP3 player. In no time we reach the exit. However there was congestion there.

Then we try to get to the wedding house. The sign boards and roads are so irritating. I was the navigator and was I lost. I had a map with me and the sign boards to find the way to the house. My dad somehow trust me. Hee hee. Leave it to a girl whose Geography grade were C5. We first manage to get lost right after turning towards what I think was the right way. We all stopped and my dad got out and asked my uncles about the way. My mom went out and ask someone from the car in front. Apparently there was a group of people going to a different wedding and two of the cars are in front of us. My mom is so daring to ask them the way. GO MOM!

It happens to be the correct way. And so we move on. This time Silver leads. We manage to get to a mosque where we stop for toilet break and prayer. The toilet outside was quite tasteless for me and so I went in search for another one. YEAH! It's good that I went searching. A better and larger toilet is available. After all that, my mom had a small fall. *sigh* My fault, my sis and me left her alone. We learnt our lesson. Never leave my mom alone especially when we are in a rush cause my mom will rush and end up like that. *sob*sob*

This time somehow my dad is leading the way. GO MARRON! And so navigator me is back. We drove on and I still try to look out for sign boards and stuffs so that we can reach safely. The best part of this part of the journey was that we had to make a right turn. And so Marron wait in line to turn right. I turn behind to see the other cars and GUESS WHAT? Red decided to be cool and overtake. BAD MOVE RED! We are turning right. And so Red drove on ahead, straight. After that Gold followed but after seeing us waiting to turn right, Gold went to the front and try to make a right turn. WHAT? CAN YOU EVEN DO THAT? Well Gold wasn't the only one, Black followed Gold and end up the first one to turn right. WOW! My uncles are amazing while my brother is plain impatient. But we manage to reach the house.

The wedding can be said at it's end since there was not much people around. The service were prompt but too prompt. We left our seats to get food and when we came back our drinks and ice-cream were taken away. WHAT? Well at least I ate my 2/3 of my ice-cream already but my drink? I barely drank. Oh well, the food wasn't that fantastic either so not much fun in eating. We left after getting our goodies bag.

The plan is to go to Malacca Town but my uncles had other plans so there is only two cars left, Marron and Red. And so we went but there was no parking. The whole place was full and crowded. WHAT? After making so many rounds we decided to give up. However I manage to capture a few pictures of their rotating tower.
We then leave for my late grandma's house. My dad stopped the car noticing that my brother is driving weirdly. So we asked what's up. My brother's in-law wanted to buy fruits off the road and so we let him drive on ahead. We were to follow behind. And GUESS WHAT? My brother drives on like he's racing. We had a tough time catching up and so what happens next? Navigator me spotted the wrong car. Don't blame me. How can you tell the make of the car from a far distance? There were two ways, up to a bridge and down under bridge road. I didn't realise there were two Red cars at that time and so I said the brigde road seeing that one Red car is going that way. Then we realise that it is the wrong way. And we also lose Red. Then Red called and said we aren't behind them. YEAH WE KNOW! And so Red had to find their own way and we had to find our own way. AMAZINGLY, a path appears next to us to our left that leads to my late grandma's house. HURRAY!!! We are on our way to safety. Then Red called and said that they are lost and so I passed the phone to my mom who told them the way.

We rested and regain our strength there at the house. I was totally relax. Then we made our move to my mom's friend's place. We were supposed to go to the wedding held there on Sunday but my dad said that it's not nice to let my bro's in-law just leave like that without us accompanying them. So we changed our plan. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME PACKING!!! And so when we reached the place I realised that it's a place where mom used to bring me when I was small. I remember playing around that area. WOW! Anyway we sat for a while, mom did all the talking and stuffs. We left after getting goodies bag. WOW!!!

Manage to take picture of the pelamin.
We are now on our way back to Singapore. We ate dinner at the REST AREA in Pagoh. We ate at a restaurant kind of setting. The price is cheap. YEAH!!! Then it's all smooth till we reach Singapore. I totally collapse on my bed after a nice long shower.

The next day I woke up late. HA HA HA. What a day it was. And what a long entry this was.