♥Sunday, March 29, 2009
update on trip,♥
25th March (Wed)
woke up early to get ready, check my bag for the last time before heading off to take the train to sch. was surprised to see my classmates whom are usually late for class reached earlier than me. but i'm glad for it. at least i'm not alone. when all 22 of us girls reached, we board the bus and off we headed towards the checkpoint. passed both singapore and malaysia checkpoint successfully. didn't use the scanner of the thumbprint at the checkpoint of singapore as there were lesser people at the manual (by people) than at the machine (scanner) area.
next stop was to board the bus at the malaysia checkpoint and off we headed to our first location - dragon fruit farm. halfway through we stopped at Yong Ping for a toliet break. bought epop and yg mags to read. upon reaching dragon fruit farm, i was amazed by the size of the farm. and there are so many dragon fruit trees! and another point to take note, dragon fruit trees bear both fruits and flowers! i didn't realised the flowers part until my last dinner at johor bahru restaurant where we got to drink dragonfruit juice! the fruit of the dragon fruit trees are so sweet! the flesh of the fruit is pink with black seeds! unlike what we usually see in singapore which is in white with black seeds. the lady whom explained to us about the fruits and staff regarding dragon fruit was so nice and friendly! she took lots of pictures with the girls!
after the visit to the farm, we headed towards malaca to have our lunch. it was a restaurant that i've been before with my parents during RC's malaysia visit. some of the girls were not really happy with the food unlike me. i feel that the food was okay. love the fruits though. so sweet! after lunch, we went to a bakery shop which was known for its 'Siew Pau'. they showed us how to make siew pau and brief us about the ingredients and steps made. the negative part of the shop is..i saw a lot of lizards on the walls of the shop ^=^
began our ride to our hotel. took less than an hour i guess. fall asleep on the bus.:P it was a 3 star hotel i guess. no breakfast provided in the morning. began charging my mp4 right away as i need it when sleeping. it's a habit for me, for not be able to sleep without my mp4 if i'm sleeping outside. went out for dinner right after. we were given 2 hours. one hour for dinner and another hour for shopping. bought a bag and starbucks for coffee. an hour for shopping is not enough!! slept at 10+ right after showering. woke up in the middle of the night afraid of oversleeping without realising it. and it was just 2+am in the morning. both hannah (whom i'm sharing the room with) and i felt that we have slept for a long time when we talked about it in the morning. lolx. perhaps because we slept really earli. didn't get a leg cramp for the first time when sleeping outside like i always do.
26th March (Thur)
woke up at 6.15am. took a shower first and started to pack up. left the hotel at 7.30am and headed for breakfast. ate wanton noodle for vegetarian. for the first time, we waited for the driver after our breakfast. Hannah was telling me about the flies.lolx..so random. she told me the flies in each country represent the people living in the country. for singapore, the flies are always flying really fast, difficult to catch - like us singaporean, always so kiasu. for malaysia, it will be easier to catch the flies as they are living in a slow and relax condition. so flies are lazier. hahaha..thinking back, what she said is true. ha!
went to visit the first centre right after. it was a enrichment centre. love the space and the decorations. they even have room for indoor play! too bad i forgot to take my phone down, so i didn't get to take any pictures. click helped me take a lot. have to get from her. for the second centre, it is in a private property house. but as compared to the enrichment centre, it appeared more run-down. very hot inside. both centres uses IT technology to teach their children using the Multiple Intelligence approach.
Lunch was next. in Malacca. watched Twilight on the bus. but fall asleep again. lolx. so like a pig. after lunch was a cultural tour. went to the first church built in malaysia. been there before too.
dinner was settled at Johor Bahru. where it was just next to the organic farm. i love the last dinner we had there. all the girls were! i realli like drinking dragon fruit juice. had 3 cups in total.lolx. were given time to visit the shop in the organic farm right after. didn't get to walk much as it was raining heavily.
soon after, at around 7+, we headed back to checkpoint. this time round, singapore checkpoint didn't go smoothly for me. both my thumbs couldn't get through the scanner. the person even asked me: "Do u have a lot of cuts on ur thumbs?"lolx..in the end, she let me passed without checking any further.
Fishie is love @ 3/29/2009 07:50:00 PM