Saturday, Sunday and Monday was crazy! There was my cousin's wedding, classes to teach, meeting for LMK, late night supper, church in the morning, cell group and outing for secell, supper at HK Cafe. Then the bimbos-hiao hiaos came up with the idea to go to JB on Monday. Well, what to do... my gf is a part of the bimbos-hiao hiaos. Haha... I was initially supposed to be going to JB with evofussies on Sat but plans had to be shelved away for me. I want another race on the race tracks!!!
It was quite interesting to have 3 couples go on a date together. Haha... It was almost like primary school kids lining up in 2s and moving around... A huge portion of the trip was on shopping (yawnz!), I'm a shopper as well, but not when I've spent too much this GSS and the places we went to weren't quite the places I would go to. I've finally tasted what its like to go shopping with your other half and the anticipation to "find" a seat at the shop! Haha! But, I wasn't bored. No worries sui!
Our proposed meeting time was 9am at Kranji, but as usual, at 9am, we were still in the Bishan area. The journey in to Malaysia was smooth, except maybe for sui who broke her slipper the first thing in the morning! Poor girl had to glide across to the customs. We went to City Square, which is just beside the causeway. Lunch was... Kenny Rogers. Unfortunately, the food didn't match up to what we expected. Prices way almost half of Singapore, but... ... ... ... Singapore's KR is still better :) After lunch was shopping. I think its been a long time since I've walked around so much and spent so much time at a shopping mall. After City Square, we headed down to Jusco and Tesco. I like Jusco, Wanping would always bring us there everytime evofus visits Malaysia. Ha... nice place :) Sui and I went for a foot reflex while the rest headed different ways before we met up again. Foot reflex was good, both of us fell asleep during the process. :)
It was by then 6.30pm. We met up and hailed for cabs along the road. However, none of the cabs wanted to go to Taman Sentosa (our dinner spot for seafood) due to the HEAVY JAM. Indeed, the JAM was BAD. The cab drivers quoted us RM30. Logically speaking, if you were to convert that amount back to SGD, it isn't all that expensive. Its just that the number 30 sounds BIG! Haha, but Rachel made a point also. Its not the money its the feeling of getting SCAMMED. True enough, but well, we had no other way out. Taxi was our only mode of transport. So, we hopped onto 2 cabs and set off. Joel, Rachel, Sui and I in a cab and we managed to bargain a little down to RM25 while the older couple were in the other cab. Haha...
Dinner was the best part of the trip! We ate at the BIG CRAB stall at Taman Sentosa. Thanks to Wanping's recommendation. Indeed, she's the best JB tour guide. :) And the food was VERY affordable. We had 2 crabs, kang kong, pork ribs, an egg dish, bbq sides and drinks. In total, it was about RM180. Thats abt $14 per pax. I love the dinner! :) The next plan was to go for a durian feast, but we couldn't find a durian stall. And there's a reason behind it! Van, Dan, Sui and I wanted durians but Rae and Jo didn't want to... So while we were walking and looking for a durian stall, Rae and Jo SECRETLY PRAYED for no durians! Arggh! The both of you owe us 1 man! Still, the food was good enough for me :)
I think almost the whole Singapore went to JB that day. The road back to Singapore was ROUGH, very rough! We had to squeeze, queue up, run, pack up the bus, stand on the bus in the jam... It was really hordes and hordes of people. Arriving back in Singapore was like "Phew!"
Being out the whole day was tiring, tiring, tiring. But it was fun and I think all of us were happy :)
Pics below!
Man, am I FAT!
