Day 1 (again)

不知不觉的, today marks the start of Term 2...

I've gotten back the results of my Term 1 exams, including the very much overdue results of UML Assignments

In my University, it's not graded in A B C with all the + and -
Here's the grading we have...

• HD: High Distinction (85% - 100%)
• D:   Distinction (75% - 84%)
• C:   Credit (65% - 74%)
• P:   Pass (50% - 64%)
• And below 50%... well... Henry leh! Won't get below 50% one lah :P

For my UML, I got Credit only...
bleah T_T

My assignments (as a team) dragged me down completely!!
E.g. my Assignment 2 scored a measly 7.5 / 15 t(-_-t)

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On the other hand, my Java got High Distinction!!!
( ^__^ ) v
That's even after I skipped questions in the exam paper =3=
I ish proud of myself keke

So this Year2-Term's 2 subjects, they are:
1) C++ (another programming language), and
2) Shell Script (operating system programming language)...
These are supposedly solo assignments just like Java. I hope to do well in it *_*

But here I am actually very worried about C++
This module's number is 204, and apparently we are assumed to know 114 and 124 which is taught in Year 1.
In other words, 204 is actually ADVANCED C++ !!!
And I know NOTHING about C++!!!

Le sigh~
Life sucks

I really hate myself for not studying hard during Polytechnic and placing myself in such a difficult spot right now...

For now, all I can do is hope it'll turn out miraculously well as it did for my Java ._.

End of Year 2 - Term 1

It has been a roller-coaster ride thus far...

A Hungry man is an Angry man

(Part-Time) University life is extremely tiring and I hope whomever is reading this is either...

1. A hardworking (hopefully smart) kid with good enough grades to enter Local Universities as a Full-Time student, OR
2. You have rich parents whom can sponsor you to study Full-Time, be it local or overseas

Trust me, you will not have the energy nor mentality to study once you've been out in the workforce for years ._.

Back to my story... the last few weeks of school was SHO TIRING

Chionging 3 assignments (2 Java 1 UML) within 2 weeks

This is a phase I'll definitely remember for time to come
I literally slept at 3am-5am everyday just to code my Java assignments...
Funny thing was, I DIDN'T FEEL tired *_*

My guess is that I was so pumped with adrenaline! Everything I wanted/planned to do worked out perfectly fine and was smooth-sailing (;

There was once though where I broke down though );
It was Java assignment 3, and we had no idea what to do!
To quote the lecturer: "Just go Oracle website and download the KnockKnockServer/Client"

Sounds easy? Yes and no. At the same time it was good and bad actually...

• The Good
• Due to extreme limited time constraints (only 5 days instead of original 2 weeks), we didn't have to be taught or understand how it works
• It's a working code! Just have to modify it from an extremely simple text communication to our Assignment's game
• She even told us if we couldn't get the Assignment working at all, just show the basic multi-threaded Server/Client connection (already comes with the downloaded code!) and she'll give us 50% marks
• Let's see... 50% of Assignment functionality (60%) is 30%, just for doing nothing! Lazy people just have to do some reporting and useless stuff to get 50% to pass the assignment. Awesome deal if you ask me
• The Bad
• Fine, we can breeze through the assignment and score some marks which contributes to our overall score. Then what, exams how? Die?
• We barely understand all the new functions and methodology in it! ._.

The first 3 days was awesome as usual and I could get all my ideas out into code perfectly fine... Until I hit a roadblock
I couldn't understand how to get the communication logic to start/stop/flow properly

After being stuck for >12hrs, I called Philip for advice. He kindly offered to help look at my codes after work/school @ 11pm at KH's void deck.
There, he re-wrote most of my server's code for 2hrs and when everything was finally coded...

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IT DID NOT WORK
Philip's coding was flawed in a way that what he wanted to do couldn't be done logically. Since it was already 1am, I thanked Philip for trying even though I ended up back in Square One... and headed home in a cab feeling extremely disappointed

Immediately upon alighting the cab, that's when all the lack of sleep, stress and whatever shit kicked in...
My momentum got disrupted I guess?
I suddenly felt extremely tired and nauseous I had trouble even walking back to my house :S

Once I got back home, I immediately ran to the toilet to vomit...

And again...

And again...

Yup, I vomitted 3 times in a row.

Have you ever wondered what the Merlion is doing? I think it's vomitting

I felt so sick and deathly I just showered and slept without even attempting anymore. That was the first "break" I took in weeks, which finally enabled me to sleep more than 3 hours >_>

I solved the logic on my own eventually, shall not tell the full story here, it's too long

So anyway, the moment I handed in Java Assignment 3...
I literally felt the stress slowly seep away... the burden lifted off my shoulders... tiredness crept in minute by minute

It was as if my mind was forcing my body to hold-on until I tackled all the assignments

Talk about mind over body... I now totally believe in it @_@

Revision Week

I didn't feel the same motivation as when I was doing my assignments.
Guess I'm a hands-on person rather than a NATO (No Action Talk Only) person.

Just can't discipline myself to simply quietly sit down and read the damned notes
Always feel so distracted and sleepy ._.

For the first few days, I studied for 2hrs and watched movies/stone at Facebook for 2hrs -_-
This went on for a few days until I realized I HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED STUDYING FOR JAVA

I mugged UML from Tuesday all the way till the exam on Monday itself and deeply regretted it
THE PAPER WAS SO DAMN EASY!!
I CAN ALMOST LITERALLY SAY OUT THE LECTURE NOTES WORD FOR WORD ( of course I understand, I don't just do blind memory =3= )
YET THE PAPER CAME OUT SO... SIGH DISAPPOINTINGLY EASY

On the other hand, one of my uni mates told me that he started studying much earlier than me. Despite that, he told me this shocking thing, "Henry, we've studied Java for 4 days and I still don't quite understand it yet"

It's currently Monday and Java exam (supposedly much more difficult to study) is just 43hours away...
And I haven't even started studying a single page...

What would be the logical thing to do here?

HMM . . .

Le hmm...

When I reached home, instead of mugging Java directly... I took a 2hours nap and played a few games of DoTA with my Uni mates instead LOL

FIRST BLOOD!

Studying for Java

Almost everyday I have been drinking Large Cafe Latte from CoffeeBean and it's effect now is just warm milk. Caffeine no longer has any effect on me ._.

While compiling my own set of notes on important stuff, I realized my home printer was almost out of ink ._.
Took a cab to school library and met up with Carrie to study together. Barely managed to type+print out the basic stuff before the library closed at 9pm...

I then took the bus home and managed to get some shut-eye for 10min...

Continuing to study at home, even though I still feel very pumped, I took a look at myself in the mirror and saw my dreary sore eyes were bloodshot @_@


THAT'S WHEN I DID A REALITY CHECK...

Pages of Notes to study: 1184
Pages Studied: 324 - Revision notes only (27.3%)
% of Pages understood: 60~70%
% practised: 0%
Time to Exam: 12hrs
Screwed Level: I don't wanna think about it ._.

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LIFE SUCKS

T_T

At 2am... I started to feel extremely drowsy... I made a cup of Kopi-O Gao and despite tanking it immediately, I continued to close my eyes subconsciously );

In a desperate bid, I then tried something for the first time in my life, which I've always been sceptical about... Chicken Essence!!

HOLY SHYT THIS REALLY WORKS

My notes and my... potions =3=

Whilst the Large Cafe Latte / Kopi-O Gao only served to slow down my drowsiness, Chicken Essence promptly dissipates it and keeps me awake for 1hr+ for each bottle consumed

I managed to complete a one-time read through of everything I wanted to study by 5am, and promptly went to sleep before my alarm at 6.30am wakes me up >_>

In the end I attempted the exam after barely understanding (without any time to practise too) the 324 pages only

Interestingly, after the exam, everybody I talked to were saying the same thing...
做不完啊！！！


My lecturer wasn't joking when she mentioned during a particular lecture and also the last revision that, for the entirety of the 3hr exam, you literally write from 10am - 1pm, NON-STOP.

My answer booklet has 24pages, 12 for rough writing and 12 for answers.
I asked for an additional booklet at 12.30pm and in total... I wrote 18 pages of code for this exam -_-

I skipped a 5 marks question while I heard others skipped as much as 20+
And despite skipping that 5 marks question, I wrote till 12.58pm...
The 2 minutes was used to write my name / course and etc details

Why is that important? If you are not able to hand in your answer by the time the invigilator comes to your desk, YOU CANNOT HAND IN AFTER THAT

WHICH MEANS YOU FAIL

WTF?!!?

die0r

Like a Ninja!

Did I mention before?

During my National Service Days in Pulau Tekong... I was from "Ninja" Company?

Duty! Honour! Country! Ninja Company!

Last month when I had my haircut, I did a Ninja move =3=

I requested to my Stylist for a wash after the haircut, because I was going out for Mahjong after that ( I got put aeroplane thou >_> )

Didn't want the tiny bits of hair sticking on my face, ear, nose, neck and t-shirt ( it looks horrendous when I walk home with that )

After the haircut, he got his lackey ( trainee ) to do a simple wash for me.

When I got back to my seat, and as he whipped out the hair dryer... he whipped my complimentary glass of ice water in the process ._.

I could see the glass slowly tilting

From upright standstill to 45 degrees

Ice cubes and water slowly spilling out towards me

The lackey gasping with a wide :O

There was 2 choices, and I only had a fraction of a second to decide...

• Save the glass
• Avoid the water

With the dexterity and reflex of a Ninja, I saved the glass from its shattering doom ^__^

AND I got drenched in the process -_-"

My berms and lower part of my t-shirt was totally wet!

The lackey was so shocked he fumbled and stuttered, and tried to dab my berms with a few pieces of tissues. As if that would help -_-"

I brushed his hand off as he got... erm... uncomfortably close...

At this juncture, I could hear a sorry from him almost every 2-3seconds... Poor guy, he must've been so worried he'll get a scolding from his bosses or smth

He then tried to use the hair dryer to dry my berms. Again I told him to stop, because...

1. DOOD.... Are you trying to cook my manhood?
2. It won't work, not if he tried for at least 30min or more

I know for sure about (2) because I had a similiar incident back in 2004 when I first started working in Acacia Call Center for HP.

It was one of those sleepy mornings... I went downstairs to L4 canteen to tarpao my kopi-O.
When I came back up and put the drink packet into my tempo cup, I was already exhausted LOL

Groggily, I accidentally hit my cup that held my kopi-O packet and it spilled all over my pants.

THANK GOODNESS WORKING PEOPLE WEAR BLACK PANTS (well, most of us)

I hurriedly went down to the rarely occupied male toilet at the Car Park at level 3.

There I took off my shoes n pants, and started to wash le pants with the hand soap in the basin

It took me a good 10mins before I finally stopped seeing kopi-O coming off my pants when I wringed them dry...

I started to use the hand dryer to dry it, but OMGLAH it got so hot after awhile that even when putting my hand near it to activate it nearly scalded me!

All the while when I was washing my pants, I kept praying... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NOBODY COME IN PLEASE

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU ENTERED A TOILET, THIS DUDE IS IN HIS UNDERWEAR AND SOCKS, AND TRYING TO DRY HIS PANTS UNDER A HAND DRYER?

That's also the reason why I chose to wear my kopi-o underwear rather than take it out to wash also >_>

So anyway, it tried this hand dryer thing for almost 1hr before I wore it. It felt... wet and warm... very weird feeling.

That brings me to the point, you wanna use hairdryer to dry my berms?

NO THANKS!

(Part-Time) University Life

It has been a month... OK... 5 weeks to be exact, and it's starting to extract it's toll on me.

Every term (3mths) there's 2 modules. Classes and Assignments are done within 2mths, then 1 week for revision, 1 week of exams and 2 weeks term break before the next Term starts.

Almost every week there's 4 days of lessons: Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri.
Which means 3 days to rest, do Assignments (including meet up to discuss!) and your social activities.

Sufficient? Hardly.
In fact I had to chiong my Assignments till 3-4am almost everyday. The days I don't are simply because I'm too tired to do so ._.


The current 2 modules are Java Programming, and UML (software design methodology).
I can frankly tell you that Java is the reason for all this hell I'm going through.
The lecturer's teaching style implies she expects us to know our basics since we're Year2, and she knows most students have already gone through the other 3 terms of Year2.

IMHO, she simply CBFed.
She just READS WORD FOR WORD through the slides. Heck she doesn't even read everything, she just reads part of it and skips some.

I've got a good idea. Why don't I pay the $2000+ to some random primary school kid and have the kid read it to me? DUH

Random course-mates I talk to agree with me unanimously that this is the worst lecturer they've seen so far.
They tell me in their other Year1 or Year2 programming subjects, their AWESOME lecturer explains in their own words if the lecture notes are vague, gives examples and even writes codes on the spot to demonstrate how it's being used BEFORE they move on the the next slide.

Before you say nonchalant stuff like... "if you don't know, ask lor!". Let me assure you... I DID!!!!
Here are her responses to my questions:
"I'm not sure..."
"I don't know..."
"I've never tried this before..." and
"You need to read up more on your own"

How can a lecturer not know how to teach the course notes/material? I really doubt the validity of her Doctorate (yes she's a DR).


Programming is especially demanding for me since...
- I do not have the foundations from Year1 (I am direct entry into Year2 from the credentials of my Diploma)
- Nor the familiarity of doing a similar subject in the later part of Year2 (which according to my lecturer, 80% of the others have completed already).
- And when I was in Poly, I skipped all the tutorials and played Dai Di at the last rows during Lectures.

I recognize that its my own fault, and I'm essentially picking up both Poly/Uni skills at the same time here.


It was all so stressful that 2 weeks ago, I almost broke down.

• I was stuck in my Java assignment.
• Extremely deprived of social contact.
• The construction noise from downstairs (I live on level 2) was and is driving me nuts.
• My house's A/C broke down. Dad bought a new one and asked for the 1K+ share from me. This was during a time I didn't even have $ to eat breakfast/lunch at work, as I was literally broke from buying the School Laptop and paying school fees.
• I lost my house key and felt so guilty. My dad kindly replaced the door lock immediately though. I FOUND THE KEY LATER THAT DAY
• The tipping point came when halfway while coding my Java, my chair broke. YES MY CHAIR BROKE INTO TWO!!!

Needless to say I have since bought a replacement

From IKEA!

Hmm... about my course mates, how many have I known so far?

There's around 30 ppl in my current session(term).

I'm Year2 Term1, but almost everybody else that I've talked to are Term4 now.

As I've mentioned before, almost everybody is solo. Probably because we're mostly working adults and tend to be independent? Groups are rare in my class *_*

On my 2nd day, I turned around and said "Hi!" to this China guy.
I'm not sure if his name is Bryll or Brill. His articulation wasn't fantastic. Hardly talked to him ever since coz he either doesn't come for classes, or chooses to sit at a far away corner.

On my 3rd day, I said "Hi!" to this guy I saw before at my workplace in January (I don't know him, just saw him before!). His name is Jonathan.

His group of 4 comes to classes ~7.45pm due to work commitments, and somehow loves to sit at the last row.

Their beloved last row is cramped, air is stuffy (A/C doesn't circulate there I guess), and it's so far from the screen. 

His group recruited me for the UML assignments which required groups of 5s (;

But, because of the above mentioned issues, I still sit alone in front till this date.

On my 4th day, I recognized this Indian from my class when I walked in from the bus stop. His name is Matthew.
Talked to him till we reached class when he announced he is only here to scan attendance. He can't be bothered to attend the lessons because of the above mentioned reasons with that certain Doctor. 

There's this other group of 4 that sometimes sits behind/beside me. I randomly talked to 1 of them and now maintains "Hi, Yo" acquaintance relationship. His name is Fabian.

There's also this group of 3 China programmers, of which 1 I spoke a few sentences to. His name is Qiu.

That's all I've spoken to, which is half the class already -_-
The other half I haven't spoken to either hardly appear in class, or you know they're douches from their looks :P

Classes are extremely quiet and serious.

Everybody just comes, listens to class, pees during toilet break, then goes home. Nobody talks.
If you try really hard... you can hear a pin drop from someone else's thought.
In other words, don't fart! Everyone can surely hear :3

I seem to be the outstanding one / freak because I am the ONLY ONE whom asks questions during classes, and I actually talk to random people every now and then.

This isn't the kind of University life that I was expecting T__T

My friends' college and uni life sounds so fawesome in contrast.

My social life has been reduced to Whatsapp-ing...
My entertainment has been reduced to Scramble with Friends...

Guess how I feel when my Whatsapp messages are ignored and the Scramble games are resigned?

LE SIGH

LIFE SUCKS

And the verdict is...

FAWESOME!

Anyway's I'm referring to my a-JAYS Four earphones I bought last month =D

Let's start with the CONs before we move on the PROs shall we...

CONs
In summary, it is... uncomfortable ):
The tangle free flat cable design feels heavier and weighs in on your earlobes.
Unlike traditional normal round cables that are so tiny till you can hardly feel it, you can really feel this thang.
In stationary position, it's not that bad. You can actually adjust it till you don't feel it that much.
But once you start walking, chasing after the bus/mrt or just trying to get out of a fart cloud someone just unleashed on ya, that's where it may get on your nerves, literally.

Thing is, all the good sounding earphones that I've tried are uncomfortable, so I think I can accept it :3


PROs
The highs are higher, the lows are lower.
Bass is decent and not overpowering till it ruins the music
The treble that I always emphasize on is terrific!
In fact, everything sounds so crisp and alive on this earphones!
ONLY if you get a right fit for your ears though. Not to worry, coz it comes with custom sized ear buds in 5 sizes! (other premium earphones only come with 3 at most)

And here's my favourite part... which I repeat... is FAWESOME.

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I can hear instruments on my favourite songs that I've never heard before!

Those songs that I've replayed countless times, focusing on the various instruments and beats or just plain vocals.
I can hear new things now, sometimes even instruments that I've never noticed before on my old earphones or desktop speakers!

To be able to enjoy your old classics again, that feeling is akin to...
Reliving your first crush
The first time you had a cheeseburger
The first time you had a mentos


You know... those goosebumps on your hand feeling thingy... that's what I'm talking about!

So yeah, I am loving my earphones... albeit the uncomfortableness puts me off a 'lil sometimes.
You can ask me for a trial if you do see me (=

Ultimate Bastard Dai Di

This post is exclusively done due to special request (you know who you are) :D

Huat ah!

If you don't know how to play / what is Dai Di ( 大老二 ), you can read it up at Wikipedia :D

Typical Dai Di

• 3 Players = Each Player takes 17 cards. 
• The person with ♦3 will take the last covered card in the middle.
• 4 Players = Each Player takes 12 cards.
For the first round, the player with  ♦3 will start first.
Subsequently, either the player with  ♦3 continues to start first, or the winner will start first. This depends on your peers as rules are ultimately a democratic agreement.

2 Players Variation

• 17 / 12 Cards
• Split the cards to 3x17 piles or 4x12 piles. Choose the lucky pile! :P
• 26 Cards
• I doubt other people ever plays this, because it's lame! You know EXACTLY what your opponent has, cause whatever you don't see, it's with him/her!
• Personally I only ever tried the 26 Cards with one person before (Shunhua where are you T_T) We even made up our own rule... Straight pairs! It's a new 10 card rule whereby you can put 5 pairs in a go (e.g. 4 5 6 7 8 pair). With that you can even play Royal Flush Pairs!

Ultimate Bastard Dai Di

I am sure there are times whereby 5 or even 6 players wanna play and there's only have 1 deck of cards. 
Normally in this case people will play something else like Ban Luck, or rotatational basis.

Not anymore!

My version can accomodate 3 - 6 players ^__^v

Versions

• 3 Players
• King, Civilian, Ultimate Bastard
• Typical 3 player way of card distribution
• 4 Players
• King, Queen, Bastard, Ultimate Bastard
• Typical 4 player way of card distribution
• 5 Players
• King, Queen, Civilian, Bastard, Ultimate Bastard
• Just divide by 5 la. 分给 winner 先
• 6 Players
• King, Queen, Civilian 1, Civilian 2, Bastard, Ultimate Bastard
• Just divide by 6 la.  分给 winner 先

Concept

• King
• Gives 2 worst cards to Ultimate Bastard
• Queen
• Gives 2 worst cards to Bastard
• Civilian
• Just play normally
• Bastard
• Gives 2 best cards to Queen
• Ultimate Bastard
• Gives 2 best cards to King

How to play?

Just play normally for the first round.
First person to finish by clearing all cards on hand will be the King.
The game will continue as ranks need to be assigned.
Subsequent persons to clear will take the next rank until everyone has been assigned a rank.

Although it sounds like being a Bastard / Ultimate Bastard sucks, you'll be surprised how the game will turn out.
It feels GEWD to clear the game first as a Bastard / Ultimate Bastard, and be the King for the next round =D

Have fun! ^__^

New Earphones!

My current earphones are one of my parting gifts when I left HP.
Typically when a colleague leaves, we would buy a gift for him/her that costs up to $50, and have a simple Zi Char at Villa Bali nearby...

For mine, I was asked what I want (since I am part of the "Gift Committee").
I jokingly requested for a screen protector, coz that was all I urgently lacked at that time. But I left it up to Cherie and Will to plan for mine.

To my surprise, I got the premium Apple Earphones! (amongst other gifts ^^)
During our lunch breaks, I had talked about wanted an earphone with noise cancellation earbuds, and they remembered!

Good stuff!

So... now my current Apple Earphones is almost dead from wear and tear.
Volume Up - mostly doesn't respond.
Volume Down - either mostly doesn't respond or Volume Up instead of Down
Pause/Stop - mostly doesn't respond

I even lost one of the earbuds (getting very loose) recently!
Now I'm wearing one side Medium and the other Small (feels loose, music is soft and ambience noise gets in to disrupt everything!)

During one of my lunch breaks, I whined about my earphones and one of my colleagues recommended this brand: a-JAYS.

So during today's lunch break, I saw it in Challenger!
I try, I like, I buy!

Then after that I searched the Internet for reviews about it (rightfully should be read reviews first before buy LOL).
Luckily for me, the reviews were good (;

Here's some pics of how it looks like

Here are the reviews I've read in case you're interested too:

• http://www.gadgetreview.com/2012/06/jays-a-jays-four-earbuds-review.html
• http://theultralinx.com/2012/06/ajays-four-review.html
• http://www.gadgetmac.com/gadgetmac/jays-a-jays-four-in-ears-review.html

My verdict?

I'll try out for a few days first :P

Also, it supposedly sounds better after you "burn in" after 10-20hours of usage.

Day One

Yet another first for me, it seems I've been breaking alot of barriers and trying new things recently.
Which is a good thing, really.

Reached school at 6.20pm and tried to find the most direct / fastest way to the Canteen for my dinner before my class starts at 7pm.

AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE LECTURE THEATRE IS

Plan A
Do it the Singaporean Way, follow the crowd.
My plan failed miserably though, the students there are surprisingly lost. As if they reached the high gates of heaven and are marvelling at every tile, pillar and door, wandering about aimlessly at a snail's pace.

Plan B:
Do it the logical way, see a way up just go. (I"m at Level2 going to Level3).
Anyway up would suffice, a rope a ladder a teleportation device. Anything!
It didn't help that I wasn't wearing my specs and my visibility is so limited ._.
The only other time I went up was by the stairs at a far away place. I wanted to explore the school bit-by-bit, so I looked out for an escalator/lift, and I finally found one.
Felt like a lazy slob going up ONE level by the lift, but meh who cares nobody knows me anyway.

Had my dinner hastily because I needed some time to find my LT
There's 2 blocks here and if I'm searching at the wrong one, I'll be late! And I'm never late!
Lady Luck smiled on me and I found the place soon.

Decided to try out the School Wifi and save the configuration on my laptop, and NO IT DOESN'T WORK, can't login at all! Pfft!
Tried hotspot tethering from my iPhone and OH EM GEE it doesn't work too! This has never happened!

I ignored that and decided to enter the LT ahead in time, scanned my card for attendance (<80% and you get barred from exams! That's like missing 2-3 lessons and u dai)

Half of the 30 strong class were seated alone. Loners like me were aplenty apparently.
Only 1 or 2 were wearing office clothes like me, the rest seemed to be just kids who preferred studying part-time at night with us 0_0
The other half sat together in their own groups, apparently friends.

Interesting thing is, nobody talked at all. Before class, class, 15min tea/toilet break, class. NOBODY TALKED.

Sad things #1

If you asked me if I made any new friends, I would say the ONLY person I talked to is the auntie whom I ordered point point from. (-_-)

Sad things #2
Lecturer said assignments are to be in groups of 2-3. And we are to find our own groups.
Seeing that the people here are so unfriendly or already have their own groups, I fear getting a lazy and/or retard as my group member(s). I'd rather much solo my way up if I could. I had enough of lazy idiots weighing me down in my poly days.

Sad things #3
I couldn't even get out of school properly!
I took the lift down to Level 1. Supposedly I just need to turn right and I'll reach the main entrance where the bus stop is.
But NOOOO, it was the Car park!
I roamed around the eerie Car park for awhile before I found a stairs (phew!) and got to Level 2 Atrium before I made my way back DOWN to Level 1 to the bus stop.


Le sigh.

I hate school already

Desaru Trip 11/11/11 - 13/11/11

Before my memory of this trip fades further, I should probably document this down...

I went for my FIRST overseas leisure trip with friends last year! (yes I sound pathetic) 3D2N stay in Lotus Desaru Beach Resort in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

We had recently started to buy cheap online deals (Food, Accessories, etc), and we discovered this offer.

• Cheap?        53% off! Hell yeah! 
• Near?           It's just in Johor! 
• Currency?   SGD to RM = x2.5! 

Yes let's go!! The offer was for 2D1N excluding transport via Ferry/Bus. We paid for an additional 1D1N and chose the Ferry option to get there =D

Ok... without further ado... story time!

-     Day 0     -

YF tried to contact her colleague's mum's friend whom is a Taxi driver working in Johor Bahru.
We booked him for our 2nd day and he agreed to be our driver at dirt cheap rate ^_^b

- Conversation between Johor Taxi Uncle and YF -
Uncle:  Ok I'll be your tour guide for the day, but how are you coming?
YF:        What do you mean how are we coming?
Uncle:  You're coming by Ferry right?
YF:        Ya, Ferry
Uncle:  The Ferry broke down, how are you coming?
YF:        HUH?! The Ferry broke down?! The tour agency never told us!
Uncle:  Ya you better check
YF:        Nevermind la, maybe they have another Ferry to take us here
Uncle:  No! They only have ONE Ferry, and it broke down. So how are you coming?
YF:        !!!

So YF called up the Tour Agency

- Conversation between Tour Agency and YF -
YF:         Did your Ferry Breakdown?
Agent:  *nonchalantly* Yaaaa
YF:         WHY YOU NEVER TELL US? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE?
Agent:  *bochup* Don't worry
YF:         HOW CAN DON'T WORRY? IF I DON'T CALL YOU TO CONFIRM I WON'T KNOW LOR! SO HOW?
Agent:  *doesn't give a damn* Let me check and get back to you

In summary, our Ferry would be replaced with a Bus. AND we had to reach the ferry terminal 30min earlier than the previously agreed 8am, as the Bus will take a longer journey.

-     Day 1     -

I suggested to meet at Bedok MRT and have breakfast before Philip drove us down.
But the Hawker Centre happened to be closed for cleaning! Talk about bad timing huh D=
In a rush, we anyhow bought some 包s and ate on the go (literally peel eat throw while walking to the car)
These 3 jokers whom were on their modified Atkin's diet (no carbo no sugar), just ate the bun's meat fillings and threw away the skin. What a waste of food!

At the Ferry Terminal while we leisurely filled in our white cards, some other groups approached the counter and shouted "HOW COME FERRY BREAKDOWN NOBODY TELL US? BLAH BLAH BLAH HUH!!!"

We sat back and enjoyed the free show =3=

8am... 8.10am... 8.15am... still no sight of the bus *_*

I walked over and asked the counter:

Me:           Excuse me... the bus is supposed to reach at 8am, it's 15min late

Counter:  Wait ah let me check

                  *makes phone call*

                  *aku saya blah blah blah*

                   Hello Sir, the bus broke down

Me:            WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

Counter:   The bus broke down

Me:            Then how?

Counter:   We are making arrangement for another bus to come. So sorry!

Are you kidding me? First the Ferry broke down and now the Bus too? t(-_-t)

Luckily for them, the other 20-30 people are outside @ the Carpark waiting patiently for the bus, and didn't hear that THE BUS BROKE DOWN. Otherwise there would definitely be a big commotion...

8.20am...

8.25am...

8.30am...

8.35am...  Philip: I totally don't mind if this trip is cancelled. I can just go home and sleep!

8.40am... *A bus appears! However it stopped outside the gates of the carpark and didn't enter

8.45am...

8.50am... *Henry tulan liao

Me:         Where is the replacement bus? Don't tell me that replacement bus broke down too!

Counter:  Wait ah I check

                 *makes phone call*

                   Eh can you talk to the driver? This china uncle can only speak Chinese

The supposed PRC Bus driver uncle turned out to be a local uncle, whom is the one driving the bus parked at the gates! He's unsure whether to come in, so he's now just waiting for someone to tell him what to do...

WELL HELLO??
This place is a 鸟不生蛋的地方. It's further away than Changi Airport and so ulu.
There's only a handful of people in that empty carpark (yes, not even cars are parked here!). It's obvious you're supposed to pick us up ._.

After transferring to another bus at the old Woodlands Interchange, we finally arrived at Desaru after another bus ride

Lotus Desaru Beach Resort!

We got our key cards from the receptionist and went to our rooms.

However when we tapped the keycard at our door...
*Tap... blink blink blink blink blink blink... RED LIGHT - *Repeat this 10 times
-   this carries on for 5 more minutes with all 4 cards   -
*Tap tap tap... *blink with buzzing noise for 10seconds... RED LIGHT - *Repeat this 10 times
*Henry pek chek already, "Maybe someone's still inside our room haven't check out?"

I pressed the doorbell and even shouted HELLOO????? No replies from within our room...

*Tap... blink blink... *Green light! Finally the Door opens!

We explored our room and checked, there didn't seem to be anything wrong. Wonder why it was so hard to get in 0_0

KH and YF took the master bedroom with a Queen sized bed, while Philip and myself took the other room with 2 separate beds.

The common/living room with kitchen counter

KH and YF's room

Me and Philip's room

After we unpacked, YF told us to keep our valuables (wallets, passport, watches) in a Safe that only their room had.
It was then we realized the previous guest(s) for this room were so inconsiderate!
Ethically, when you leave you're supposed to leave it open so that the next guest can use it, but the previous guests had locked the Safe with their password!

So I called up the Front Desk and asked for...

1. Them to send someone up and fix the Safe.
2. Extra towels and toiletries (my toilet didn't have!)
3. Slippers!

Toiletries

Slippers! Mine was half torn by the end of the day thou. My toenails broke through ._.

We were really famished, but had no choice except to wait for the safe to be fixed
Someone came soon and he took 40min to fix it (calling back to their HQ in KL to ask how to do and stuff).
I kept watch over him in case he stole our stuff. Although he was in KH and YF's room, they couldn't be bothered and just nua outside at the living room watch TV zzz

While waiting, we booked appointment with the Resort's Spa via phone
We each booked a General Massage while YF booked some Nasal Drip thingy and a Face Massage

-     Lunch     -

The Resort's Cafe was just down the road, a few minutes walk away
We looked at the price and realized everything here, including the mamashop, are at "tourist rates"
If we convert it from RM to SGD, it's around the same/slightly more expensive!
This seems to be a Rich Man's resort ._.

Swimming Pool right beside the Cafe

Swimming Pool near the entrance of the Resort

The buffet lunch was only so-so, and the food looked... relatively unhygienic.
There were plenty of houseflies and although the main dishes had covers, the guests were too lazy to close it up after they took their portions. The side table with the chap ba lang things was especially bad:

• Coffee cups and meal plates looked stained
• Iced water tasted suspiciously like water from the swimming pool
• Cakes, deserts, bread, pastries and fruits were without covers, with houseflies all over them

Meanwhile back at our room, we encountered the door problem again!
WE CAN'T GET INTO OUR ROOM!!

We had a flash of genius and tried our keycards at the neighbouring door, it instantly replied with a red light to reject us...

WAH LAU EH! CONFIRM IS OUR ROOM GOT PROBLEM LIAO LOH!

Nvm, we'll settle that later...

We kept our wallets in the Safe, and wore the complimentary sticker wristlet. This will identify us as having paid to enter their swimming pools and famous attraction: The Water Theme Park!

-     Water Theme Park     -

You start at the highest point of the park, and slide down water filled tunnels of fun!

The starting point is at the right side

The tunnel ends by flowing into a swimming pool at the end

But when we reached, the tunnels were... D R Y ._.
Maybe it's decommissioned a long time, which explains why we were the only ones there *_*

Took off my top and slippers and jumped into the pool! The rest followed suit soon

We tried to teach KH how to swim in the medium pool, but he couldn't be bothered to learn

I saw a lifeguard walking past and asked how come the tunnels were dry? He told us that it will only start at 3.30pm (iirc)

Seeing that there was a good 30min before the tunnel worked, we decided to chill around the park

After exploring the park, it turned out there were only 4 things here:

1. The tunnel slides
2. The swimming pool at the end of the slides
3. A mini playground with water sprinklers
4. Coconut splashy thingy with water sprinklers

I LOVE THE COCONUT THINGY!!!

Ok this is the first time I've been to a water theme park, so I think I'm being suaku here... but this is so fun!

There's this HUGE "coconut" container high up, and water constantly fills it up.

Every ~5min, the "coconut" will be filled and would tilt over to unleash the water upon you

Get ready! Don't blink!

"Coconut"

Le splash!

SHIOK SIA!!!
While waiting for the "coconut" to fill, we played @ the mini slide beneath it and just stood around the many water sprinklers. Very cooling ^_^
We got SPLASHED a few times before we noticed that THERE'S WATER IN THE WATER TUNNELS NOW!
Walked barefoot to the starting point (ow ow ow the ground is so hot, even the grass is hot!).
I cheated by jumping into the one of the tunnels halfway to dip my feet and cool it down haha

We then played a few rounds of the water tunnel slides... LE FUN!
Philip suggested for us to get the water circles (游泳圈), coz it may help us float better through the tunnels.
The counter guy seemed so nice and friendly and was about to pass us 4 of them, until he told us only RM7 each zzz

-     Kayak & Parasailing     -

To the beach for our free 1 hr of Kayaking!

This was what we saw in the advertisements for Lotus Desaru Beach Resort!

Another advertisement

This is what you'll see... close enough :P

I paired up with YF, and Philip with KH
We figured if KH's Yayak were to capsize, only Philip would be able to save KH. I wouldn't have the strength to do it LOL

Kayaking leisurely =3=

We raced each other to various points then back to the shore when time was almost up...
Due to the weird sitting style in the kayak, my hips hurt like hell ._.

After Kayaking, they wanted to try Parasailing. Again, being a sua ku, I didn't know what it was
But sadly, according to them... the version in Desaru is... not fun
Due to their poorer gear/skill/technology, it is not possible you to solo fly in the air
They had to have one of their guys go along behind you to guide the direction you fly

Get ready to run!
Huh? Okok *_*
RUN!!
*takes 2 steps and... WOAH I'M FLYING!!!!

Ah neh giving you the flying knee kick behind you ._.

Throughout the flight, the ah neh knees me (literally) in the back and pulls very hard on the parachute to guide the direction

After what seemed like 2minutes...
Get ready to run!
Huh? *_*
I landed and took 2 steps before I collapsed and sat down on my butt
I believe I was supposed to run and "soften" the landing impact. But hey I've got someone on my back, how do I support 2 person's weight?

We took turns to fly except YF, and the sun started to set ):
We returned to our room for a quick shower to wash off the seawater and sand before going for our massage. It is then I realised something epic

I FORGOT TO BRING MY UNDERWEAR

OH EM EFF GEE!!!
I brought everything EXCEPT underwear?!?!?!
I even brought along chap pa lang stuff like bottle opener (in case we buy wine to drink), ear plugs and nail clippers, but NO UNDERWEAR?

SIAO LIAO LAH!!!!!

DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!

HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW?????

I shall skip this topic and move on, coz that's not the saddest thingy yet ._.

-     Massage     -

We arrived just before the closing time, so we were the only customers left.

So... I went for my General Massage (60min for RM115++).
I was randomly chosen by an ah neh (everybody there was black), and was led into one of the rooms
Inside, he asked me to change into their massage attire (just a disposable underwear!)

Which, seriously, is redundant
It's 80% transparent! How is this supposed to help cover?
I locked my wallet in the provided Safe and walked to the main room

He sat me down on a chair and proceeded to start the "General Massage".

*Takes out an Aladdin lamp and starts pours some oil (coconut?) into my hair
He then proceeded to massage my hair. Yep, that's right. My hair, not my scalp
He ran his coarse palm and fingers through my hair like he was trying to scratch paint off a metal surface.
My head jerked in circular motions along with his "massage" and my neck was in agony.
Every few seconds, I felt strands (yes with a S) of my hair dropping out from his "massage".
When he felt that my hair is sufficiently well mixed, he poured more oil and repeated the process again. And again.

MY POOR HAIR + HEAD + NECK!

After the head torture, he made me lie down facing up on this wooden bed.
The bed smelt of a thousand sweaty construction workers / army boys
The surface was icky, and there were little gutters on the bed itself. I shuddered at the thought of what it's for (which, sadly I was right, for it came true in a minute)

He took another Aladdin lamp from dunno where and started to pour a huge amount of oil on me, as if marinating chicken in a pool of marinate. That's what the gutters are for, to catch the overflowing oil

In the process of emptying the entire lamp on poor Henry

He then started the body "massage" by applying the oil on me
Yes, still no massage yet
He applied the oil on me like how you would apply shower cream on yourself
Except now it's done by some stranger, and no force whatsoever to indicate he's massaging whilst applying.
He started with my left hand.

*Pours copious amount of oil on limb, apply. Repeat 2 times*

All he does it just run through the oil on me!
After running through my left hand for probably 117 times (no I'm not joking on the number), he proceeded on my other limbs, one by one then the body
After that, he turned me over and repeats the same on the other side. In case you're wondering, yes he does it to your inner thighs and crotch too

Though it was supposed to be 60minutes, the entire ordeal felt like hours. I kept telling myself...

WHERE THE FUCK IS THE MASSAGE?
FUCK NO I DON'T CARE ANYMORE
I DON'T WANT THE MASSAGE ANYMORE
JUST LET THIS BE OVER SOON, PLEASE. PLEASE! PLEASE!!!
OH FUCK? HE TURNED ME OVER? IT'S NOT OVER YET? FUCK NO
OH FUCK FUCK FUCK DON'T TOUCH ME THERE
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When it was finally over, he smiled and pointed me to take a shower. They had a bathroom in the corner of the massage room. I could hear someone else (either Philip or KH) in the neighbouring room already starting to bathe

Man, you do not know how RELIEVED I am at the sight of the shower
It's like holding your shit and pee in for 3hrs and you finally see a toilet

The moment I stepped into the showers, my thoughts came running

I FEEL SO VIOLATED AND MOLESTED!

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HOW RAPE VICTIMS FEEL NOW

That bathroom had proper Shower Cream, and the complimentary Shower Cream & Soap by the hotel too

See this bottle above? It was probably 3/4 or 4/5 full.
I used up EVERYTHING in it, including the complimentary little bottles of hotel shower foam

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BADLY I WANTED TO GET THAT OIL AND SMELL OFF ME
All that oil lathering and applying has left a thick layer of it on me, or rather IN ME

By the time I was done bathing, it was almost 8pm. That means I bathed for 45min-50min *_*
Bad news was, I still smell even after such a long shower with so much soap!
Everytime my hands come near my face, I can't help but take a whiff off my fingers. FUCK I STILL SMELL LIKE THEM!

-     Dinner     -

Plan: Get a ride out and catch the Firefly boat ride!

We the Hotel Concierge to call a local taxi for us
They rejected (didn't say why), but instead offered their own transportation (now that's why) services instead which were at cut-throat prices
Seeing that we were going to get ripped off, we decided against going for the Firefly boat ride (le sad), and supposedly cheap seafood dinner (le lagi sad) that everyone clamours about in msia

We decided to try the Resort's seafood restaurant, coz... how bad can Resort food go?
Suspiciously, there was only ONE table occupied (Where did all the other guests go?)
Maybe we were the only idiots whom stayed, whilst everyone else headed out for their night activities and sumptuous dinner T_T

The sign outside stated RM28 nett without ++ for Steamboat Dinner Set. Sounded like a very good deal as our lunch already costed us around RM50++ each.
Morever I just paid RM120+ to get molested. I'm definitely going for a cheap meal to recoup my losses

BUT... DEI! The Dinner sucked so bad that I myself could probably do a much better job buying random chap pa lang steamboat ingredients at a supermarket

To top it off, they even tried to charge us ++ for the meal!
I tried clarifying with the waitress but she was like 0_0
So she got her Team Lead to come help settle, but the Team Lead said  "I'm so sorry sir, its 28++"
I insisted the menu didn't state the ++. So she took one menu out from the stack and flipped...
*Ohh this 1 didn't write ++
*tries another 3 more, still doesn't write ++
*tries the 5th menu, here sir it states here 28++

What the hell? They think we're stupid or what
We told her that since the menu given to us didn't write ++, we're not going to pay for it. Simple

Poor girl didn't know what to do and called for her manager. He came and repeated their antics
Manager:  "We're so sorry sir" 
Henry:        But we didn't see the ++ on the menu you gave us
Manager:  "We're so sorry sir" 
Henry:        We will not be paying for it since we didn't see it
Manager: *brings us out of the restaurant to show us a poster about the steamboat, and points at the ++. "We're so sorry sir"
Henry:        You say sorry also no use, we're not going to pay for it
Manager: "We're so sorry sir"
Henry:        So how? What can you do about it?

Finally, he relented and reprinted the bill without the extra charges. We win! ^_^b
Man, one more time "We're so sorry sir" and I'll go find a table to flip

The empty field just in front of the Restaurant (L2) and Cafe (L1). After this will be the Cafe and Beach.

After that we came down the stairs, and we saw satay @ the Cafe!! It looked and smelt SO GEWD!!
We contemplated eating at the Cafe just for the satay for 2nd round. But their buffer dinner was RM70++
Too expensive for just few sticks of satay

We went to the Pub across the empty field and ordered drinks
I had red wine and pinched a few wedges off Philip's basket of wedges.
Halfway while eating, I sniffed my fingers... I smell the same! Not even fried potatoes and oil can get rid of the smell. FML

Returned to our Hotel Room to bathe properly and watched some TV and chatted.
YF turned in early while the 3 of us played Monopoly Deal to Techno music (hahaha!)
KH soon went to sleep too, so Philip and I watched TV about some guy miraculously surviving a helicopter crash, and what factors saved him.

Philip fell asleep at the Sofa, and I was thinking, should I be a bastard and leave him there to sleep for the night?
I washed up, locked all the doors, windows and balcony, off-ed all the electrical appliances, then woke Philip up to sleep at his bed instead.

Slept around 2am and got ABIT of much needed rest.
Why abit? Read on...

-      Day 2     -

4.30am *Loud Korean techno music plays for 1min, presumably KH's ringtone/alarm tone
*Henry jumps up, looks at time... zzz still so early, goes back to sleep
4.35am *Loud Korean techno music plays for 1min
*Henry looks at time, thinks "wah lau eh why KH snooze neh wake up yet"
4.40am *Loud Korean techno music plays for 1min
*Henry tries to ignore
4.45am *Loud Korean techno music plays for 1min
*Henry looks at Philip... still fast asleep. Is the music playing in my mind? I've never even heard this song before!
4.50am *Loud Korean techno music plays for 1min
*Henry growls
4.55am *Loud Korean techno music plays for 1min
*Henry RAWRS!!! Walked to the living room but didn't manage to find the Phone. Checked the dining counter and sofa and even the floors, nothing
This stupid ringtone continued to sound every 5min till 5.30am. Everytime it rings Philip and myself would curse n swear at KH

We both eventually woke up, watched some TV and ended up talking at the Balcony
KH woke up and waved good morning at us

Philip pointed angrily at KH: OI YOU! WTF YOU THINK YOU DOING COME COME COME!
We scolded him with a dead serious face, but he "innocently" looked at us and said both himself and YF didn't hear it. And the phone is in fact INSIDE a bag in the living room (that's why so loud).
Oh well, we shall have REVENGE! *evil plans*

We had our breakfast (using our coupons) at the Cafe, food sucks as usual. But there was Prata! So that saved the day =D

-     Crocodile Farm     -

Taxi uncle fetched us on time and off we went to our first stop! ^^

I expected the place to be extremely smelly (I went to the SG one when I was very young, it smelt so bad I breathed through my mouth the entire team for fear of vomiting).

Surprisingly, this farm wasn't smelly at all *_*

We walked around with a "tour guide" along with other visitors.

One buaya

Many buaya

Can you spot the buaya?

Guide flirting with the visitors by aggravating the Crocs for fun. Poor Crocs getting poked everyday for stupid reason.

Buayas which preferred to stay dry

BIG buaya

>100yrs old buaya! Bo geh already but still packs a punch off its toothless bite! (Guide demo by poking him)

Buayas hidden in the water! Can you spot them?

Poor buaya got his tail bitten off. Emo one corner T_T

Ultimate fate of the buayas

At the END of the trip, this auntie was asking us... "Want to buy chicken feed them? Very cheap RM5 only!"

DEI!

- Why would I wanna pay (a marked up price) for the chickens you bought to feed them?

- And if the chicken is still alive, no I don't support animal cruelty! I will not pay to watch a predator eat a prey

Heck I already saw half eaten / un-touched chickens in some of the Croc's pens. I bet the money would be well wasted even if someone tried to feed them chickens

Also... Imagine eating the same "meal" (chicken), over n over again for 100years and more!

I wonder if crocs have a way of committing suicide, like how humans do by biting their tongues or drowning and all. Hmm...

-     Ostrich Farm     -

This farm owner (?) was giving talks in groups to the big crowds coming in
They were supposedly the biggest Ostrich Farm in Malaysia

He told us that not every egg hatches, and they only get around 1 egg every week
Whenever an egg is laid, they will shine a special torchlight at the egg. From there they will see if it is fertilized.
- If Yes, bring to incubator and try to keep it in optimal conditions to hatch
- If No, the eggs will be broken apart (skill required!). Contents will be sold as omelettes and the shell decorated to sell as ornaments such as light bulbs and decorations

Surprisingly, the average ostrich egg is able to withstand weights of >100kg!
He dared and invited us to try standing on the one in front of him lodged in the sand
Seeing that nobody came up, he stood on it himself and warned us not to jump on it, as that would definitely crack it

He then offered to open the egg NOW to make omelette for us (1 egg = 8 plates!) @ RM8 per plate. And asked us to place order, first come first served only for the 1st 8 interested parties.

We got one to try. YUMMEH!

The way they opened the egg was very interesting.A drill (!) was used to crack a tiny hole at the tip of the egg. It's the reversed to let it slowly flow out into a huge bowl

While waiting for the omelette to be cooked, we walked around the ostrich farm

No idea what is this, but it's the only one amongst the ostriches

Front view of it

Reminds you of chocobos?

Le heh

Looked around their shop and saw all sorts of Ostrich related merchandise
Eggshell lamps, Eggshell Ornaments, Ostrich Ointments, Ostrich Facial stuff (!), Ostrich Tonics, Ostrich blah blah blah
For the health of my parents, I bought this:

Essence of Ostrich

It's like your regular Chicken Essence, but this bird is WAY BIGGER
Supposedly it gives you enough energy and concentration to last you for at least 8hrs! (sales talk I believe)

Taxi uncle then brought us to a highly recommended restaurant! (we asked the Bus Guide, Hotel Receptionist and the Taxi uncle, all recommended this)

Food was so good we gobbled it up before pics were taken ._.

We asked for Lobster, but the price wasn't affordable in our cheapo budget LOL
So we had Orr Lua, Steamed Red Garoupa in Teo Chew Style, Prawn Paste Chicken and Pai Gu Wang

The Orr Lua was SHO FRIGGING GEWD we ordered a 2nd plate
Philip doesn't take fish coz of (surprise surprise) bones issue in the past, so I digged some boneless portions for him

Further down the road in the drizzling rain, we went to a Pastry Shop that's famous too!

MY FAVOURITE PASTRY!

Pandan & Normal flavoured Tau Sa Piah, and Sakima Biscuit

Back at the Hotel Room, YF complained that she didn't see the Beh Teh Soh at all 0_o

At the shop, I was directly beside her saying stuff like... Wah I smell it! Wah they make it fresh here! Wah so many there I'm gonna buy 3 bags eat till song!
I even moved the 3 bags in front of her face to put at the Cashier counter, but I guess she's too busy sampling the Tau Sa Piah to notice what's going on

So KH being KH, he decided to be paikia and...
KH:        Henry, wah smell damn nice leh. Sell me 1 pack leh
Henry:  Mai, buey gian. I told your gf about it liao but she ignore me. Too bad :P
*KH fakes spits into 1 pack several times
KH:        Wah, see now all kena already, now want to sell me or not, I offer half price
Henry:  !!!!!

Suddenly, Philip started to panic. SHIT SHIT SHIT! OH SHIT! FUCK LA! OMG!
We all *_* at him.
Apparently he dropped his phone in the taxi, and Taxi Uncle already left (probably back home by now)
YF called him and the Taxi Uncle said he found the phone, and would drive back to return it
A very relieved Philip went down to wait for him with an appreciative Ang Bao

I wanted to drag them out to swim, but we had already thrown away the wrist sticker. YF was afraid without the sticker we chased out of the pool. So KH and YF went to sleep ._.

Me and Philip watched some National Geographic and Dog Whisperer before taking a nap too. I woke up to my alarm, and luckily I did. Else everyone would've probably slept till midnight or the next day ._.

I woke Philip up and we decided to revenge on KH
Taking turns, we played Techno Music full blast and positioned our phone's speakers' at the seam of KH & YF's room.
To our dismay, after 15min of blasting Techno, still no response ._.
WAH LAU EH, REVENGE FAILED T_T

We left the music on and after another 15min, seeing that still no response, we resorted to shouting at them to wake up. If we didn't do that we would've missed dinner completely. YF woke and mumbled that KH is still asleep despite all the noise
We went down for dinner after another 30min for them to sober up

-     Dinner     -

We sat at our usual table and had 1 round of everything, as usual the food sucked
There is however, satay today as well! Le yay!

KH and I took turns to get Satays on behalf of the other 2, but we cleared whatever we took very fast
The chicken and mutton both tastes AWW SHO GEWD

After a few rounds, I mused about how many sticks we had to eat to cover the cost we paid for this buffet
Since the buffet was around RM80 and assuming 1 stick is RM1, we had to finish 80 sticks EACH!
I then issued a challenge to them and wack purely satay only

Challenge Accepted!

Cheers!

We started to accumulate satay sticks, which sadly, the first few rounds of it have already been cleared.

KH and I took turns to be paikia at the Satay station...

Scenario 1

The 2 satay making guys gathers the aromatic crispy satays 1-by-1, a dozen in each hand.

They turn around and walk a few steps to the tray and lay them for guests to take

They walk back to their Satay stations and turn around... HUH? WHERE ARE THE SATAYS?! I JUST PUT THEM THERE A FEW SECONDS AGO!!

Scenario 2

*Random Jane Doe at the satay station

- *Le hmm, which one should I take?

- *Hmm... This one looks too fatty

- *Takes another one up, aiyo this one abit chao tah

- *Hmm... This one doesn't look very nice...

*Henry waits impatiently behind for a minute, but still none was chosen

*Henry swoops in and takes ALL OF THEM

- My reason for doing that?

- If you can't decide, wait for the next batch lah dei!


This is the aftermath, after we had our fill of satays...

146 sticks!

Does it look more if I lay them out like this? 

Or if I bundle them up like this?

Ho eh! Good stuff

After the dinner, I decided to try out the Flaming pillar trick I invented back in Poly yr 1
Went to the souvenier/mamashop but they do not sell candles
I then asked the Cafe cashier and asked for some. They were able to give FOC but asked me how many I needed.

I panicked and blurted out: "Can I have 35 candles please? My friend is 35 and I want to cover the entire cake with candles". Yah lame excuse I know ._.
Sadly, he said he couldn't give me that much, and I would have to buy from them. He called up his manager and they charged me freaking RM8 for them. What bloodsuckers zzz

I tried to find a spot at the beach far away from the Cafe and Outdoor Pub, in case someone catch us for trying to start a fire LOL!
Sadly, it started to rain and I was unable to get my stuff hot enough to work
LE SAD! I haven't played that trick since 1999 ._.

We went back to the Hotel and continued watching TV before sleeping

I also scolded KH coz he kept coming to our toilet to shit/pee/whatever!
They had their own toilet and YF wasn't even using it when he came to ours on every occasion!
He purposely tried to make our toilet smelly lah wah lau

-    Day 3     -

Woke up and packed, only took awhile as I already packed the night before.
YF took a long time to pack while the rest of us just nua there watch TV

We had our breakfast with our coupons again, and realized...
Hey for the past 3 days we've been sitting on the SAME table every meal we had there! It's kinda like OUR TABLE already!
Kinda reminds you of the Sofa in FRIENDS, the Booth in How I Met Your Mother, and the Table in The Big Bang Theory =x

Ate hastily and we went to the Receptionist to wait for our bus
YF asked the counter and heard more bad news!

1. They do not have enough buses (broke down?). So the agent will get their guy to drive us to the Ferry using his van
2. The Ferry is still broken! So instead of Ferry we're going back by BUM BOAT

That's right! I can hear it already! The *duk duk duk duk duk sound.

We got ripped off lah! We paid for Ferry Price (which is more expensive than Bus), and we came here via Bus and back via Bumboat!

But there's nothing we can do about it, feedback/complain also no use
Let's say I insist to go back via ferry, maybe they'll say... Ok lor the ferry will be fixed next week, I'll send you back via Ferry next week then. What can you do?
I've checked against our Travel Insurance, delays/broken promises are not covered );

So ok nvm we wait, but wait wait wait, no bus came and more and more people started to gather
We also didn't know for sure whether we're going back via bus/van to the Ferry/SG direct. Really no idea

Furthermore the Transport guy seemed very overwhelmed.
It was already 30min past assembly time, and no bus can be seen. He kept talking to his colleague about "some not here yet"

Impatient people started to grumble, and the atmosphere got tense
Finally, one auntie couldn't take it and started shouting and screaming at the Hotel Receptionist and Transport guy.
Apparently, some idiots are having their lunch at the cafe while all of us here obediently gathered on time to wait, and the delay is because we're waiting for those idiots!

The transport guy kept calling those people for 1hr+, but no answer.
Crowd got rowdy, and started to shout (especially the Auntie) and yell for them to just leave these people and just go

At one point she ran up one of the parked buses and kept pressing the horn (eventually stopped by the driver)
As if those people can hear lor, the Cafe is quite a distance walk away

Myself and KH walked over to hear more about the commotion, then she turned around to scold us!
Dei! We're victims just like you ok! Know who you're talking to before you scold zzz

In the end, batch by batch people were called up to the buses, and we were amongst the last.
Turned out we were the ones whom will go via Van. But even when in the van, we were still waiting for those idiots (already 2hrs+ wait)

FINALLY, A PRC COUPLE CAME UP THE VAN.
SO THESE ARE THE CULPRITS!!

The other people on the van kept quiet and just closed their eyes, cbf-ed.
I displayed my discontent by loudly complaining about those inconsiderate idiots whom had to cheek to eat lunch AFTER assembly time and made everybody wait for hours, and various other sarcasm.
Philip and YF indulged me and replied loudly too haha

Summary
My FIRST overseas Leisure Trip was kinda sucky ._.
Hope the next will be better!