kukup day 2

Sunday, 12th December, Chiu Ping's bdae
woke up at 6.15. most ppl were oreadi awake. din haf a gd nite. woke up almost every hr. sum inconsiderate ppl started singing karaoke in the middle of the nite. talk bout craziness...
it rained during the nite, so when we woke up, the ground wuz still wet.

so after cleaning up, we had breakfast.

the nasi lemak (the one bside the eggs which are behind the fried bee hoon) were in small packets, like half the size of what we have here. their chilli's nice too. shar wld haf luv-ed it.
had a walk after breakfast. took a foto wif my bro.

den i saw this man nxt door in sarong. sumthing we dun c here.

raised up the net to c wat wuz caught during the nite. din expect too much, the rain wld haf washed everything away.

the net wuz empty. stayed for a couple of moments more then i went in. tried to take a foto of my dad but he took a pillow and tried to hide behind it.

haha.
at 9 a boat came to take us to a fish farm.

boarded the boat,

and started taking more pics.





the last one's of the mangrove at kukup.
the ppl on the boat (r dey to b called sailors?) gave us a brief description of the place and promoted? collective sets of coins n stamps. dey looked too artificial so we din buy dem.
in bout 20 min, we reached the fish farm n were greeted by 2 dogs.

walked round,

and were gathered at a corner in a short while. the sector(the farm had diff sections as u can c above) housed special creatures, like a turtle (in the net),

a small shark,

a puffer fish,

n some horseshoe crabs.

fed the archerfish (dey're little fishes tt spit water into the air to catch food) wif ikan billi,

and took the boat bac to the chalet.
put sum of our belongings into a cart,

which wuz supposed to b pushed manually to where our bus wuz.
i din put nething in it, so i did a part in making the teenage guy (bout 16) 's work easier eh? nice mi.
den we walked to the same restaurant where we had our lunch the previous day. snapped pics on the way.

tt's their immigration board.
then we reached the restaurant.

sat at the same table wif the same people, but on different chairs. lol.
made my fork and spoon bigger by placing dem in tea, like this:

den we went to a temple. saw lots of tortoises,

big fishes,



n a stump filled wif lingzhi. it's a chinese herb tt works wonders.

took a foto wif a statue of a goat. my zodiac sign!!

took fotos of the other zodiac animals as well (w/o mi in dem), shall nt post dem here. tell mi if u nid dem k?
we left the temple soon n proceeded to a shopping centre called jusco to, wat else, shop lar.

the 2nd level looked abit like giant. bought sum stuff den went to the ground floor to look 4 food. the macs dere had diff stuff as wat we haf here. bout a sundae tt had blue jelly at the bottom n fruit cocktail on top. nice nice. too bad tt particular outlet din haf milkshake.
since dere wuz still time b4 dinner, we went to another shopping centre. carrefour.

n dere wuz dis shop by the name of audrey.

guess wat it sold? ask mi 4 the ans yar. dere wuz a small macs counter selling desert. had popcorn n choc ice-cream like dose of kfc here. but no milkshake.
so mi n my dad (we were the onli two in my family tt alighted frm the bus, mum n bro stayed inside.) went out of the shopping centre n walked towards another macs sum distance away. n dere wuz milkshake!!!

the counter crew hu served mi spoke malay while i ansed every line wif el. nice rite.btw, the cup wif more contents' choc(mine!). the other wan's vanilla(dad's.).
den we went 4 dinner. mind you, it wuz onli 5+ den.

the whole grp of wuz took up abit 5 tables. the rest of the restaurant wuz used 4 a wedding dinner. saw sum fotos of the slideshow. nice nice.
n my bro attempted suiside yet again.

waited 4 sum time 4 the dishes to arrive. so i played wif the utensils. look at dis:
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picking up the spoon wif chopsticks. tt's my dad's hand. he took a foto of mi doin tt but the angle wuznt nice so i took his instead.
after the six or seven course dinner we headed bac to sg. wuz caught in a jam while going to the sg customs.

stuck dere 4 bout 30 mins. took lots of fotos of myself. all nt nice de.
wuz bac hm at 8+. early rite. so we shld haf taken our dinner later. den we wld b cought in the jam 4 a longer time n ll reach hm at mayb 10+. the usual time. hahas.

kukup day 1

Saturday, 11th Dec 2005
woke up at 6+, had a cup of milo, brushed teeth, washed face, changed n left home wif family, carrying this big bag.

in it were 3 sets of clothes n 2 pairs of shoes, which proved redundant on the trip. bleaghs. oh yar. dere wuz my ipod, cam n inhaler too.
so the four of us walked to the market for breakfast. i had beancurd, same thing as my mum n bro. den we went to the cc. it's community centre in short, btw.we were supposed to report at 8.45, but my kiasu parents decided to b dere early. n so, at 8.04, we were oreadi dere. n we were locked out. dere wuz nthn to do, so i whipped out the cam n started taking pics.

dere wuz another cat, a black one. but it ran away b4 a pic cud b taken. while chasing it, i came across 3 flagpoles. in a split sec, i decided the flagpoles ll look better than the cat, so i took a pic of dem.

wif the cat nowhere to b found, i found a place to sit n snapped my reflection.

zoom in if u want, it's nt very clear tho.
at bout 8.30, ppl started arriving. n den i saw woon ting. or rather, she saw mi. she wuz like, steph!! u goin arh? i saed yes, den she went, mi too!!! hahas. fotos of her? later lar.
we got on the bus at 9.

my whole family sat at the 2nd last row. cuz seats were on 1st cum 1st serve basis, n we were no. 35-38 among 45.awww.
tt bus took us to the customs, den we changed to a malaysia bus.

it wuz real old, the seats were shaky n dere were obvious signs of ageing.





after a 1hr+ bumpy ride, we reached kukup. ahh. finally.

we walked to a restaurant 4 lunch, cuz the road wuz too narrow 4 the bus to drive thru.

in bout 5 min, we reached. restoran makanan laut long wan. wow. malay rox.

sat down, 10 to a table as usual, n waited. dunno y i wuz so hyper, in less than 2 mins i cudnt stand it so i went to take fotos.



the last pic had men dumping fish heads n small fish into motor boats. n taken to landfills i suppose.my sixth sense told mi food wuz going to b served, so i went bac.

look closely, n u'll c a banner wif white words "yee sang". after the g, u'll spot a long-haired gal in a sleeveless pink top. tt's woon ting.
after a seven-course lunch, we walked to our "home" for the 2 daes.

halfway dere wuz dis man putting out keropok to dry in the sun.

den we reached our chalet.

we were greeted wif a free flow of beverages. coke, barley, coffee n tea.

exploring the chalet, we had a living rm wif a karaoke set,

dere wuz an air con,

n nice chairs.

to show how nice dey were, i had my dad pose a pic.

our rooms,

6 in total, behind the innermost door isnt a room. no idea wat it is, it's owaes locked n i heard loud noises like the breaking of stuff dere in the middle of the nite. cuz my rm wuz jus bside it.

the rms had double decker beds enuf 4 8 ppl, each matress eqquipped wif a blanket n pillow. no bolster tho, n tt made mi greatly disappointed.

the toilets were outside the whole apartment.

i decided to b zi lian n take a pic of myself.

carn c my face. the nice cam is eunf.
went bac into the apartment, where woon ting got her dad to take a pic 4 us. it turned out to b blurred n too zoomed out, so i got my bro to take another wan.

it's also nt very nice, but at least better than the one woon ting's dad took. oh wells, mayb guys jus carn handle cameras well. (of cuz dere r exceptions, like sam of ddoi) or mayb, the chiobu bside mi made dem lose control, so their hands started shivering. hahas.
it wuz free time, so mi n my family went to explore the surroundings. took a foto bside the drying keropok.

dere were rows of shops, selling toys, clothing, food n daily necessities. nthn interesting, so no foto.
dere r schools dere, in case u were wondering. here's a pic:

tt's a pri sch.
shopped 4 bout n hour, den went bac to the chalet. further explored.





dere wuz dis scary flight of stairs:

but i conquered my fears n went down.

tt's halfway. but dere's evidence tt i went rite down.

tt's the stairs taken frm the bottom. it leads to a platform, where fishes r caught.

dunno y tt net wuz hanging dere.nice mah, so take foto lor.sat down n chui hai feng:

nt much evidence of wind, no flying of hair.
den my dad decided tt i cost too much to feed, so he threw mi into the water.

nahh, tt wuz a posed foto.
n my bro tried to shoot mi.using a toy gun.

tt's a posed foto as well. the gun shoots out sparks and smoke, n sumtimes catches fire. dun blieve? ask woon ting lor.
spent sum time on the platform wif my family, den wanted to go bac to the apartment. i wuz almost up the stairs when my bro tried to lock mi out.

luckily the lock on the gate wuznt working.
so i went bac to the chalet:

n found tt it wuz teatime.

nice nice prawn crackers. too oily tho.
wuznt feeling too well since morning, so i went bac 4 a nap. den i saw woon ting's shoes.

it's the blue slippers wif lots of strawberries, btw.
woke up n went 4 more foto taking.

din go into the snooker rm, the guys were smoking in dere. n it wuz fully air conditioned.

tt's the kitchen in which all our food for the 2 daes were cooked. din dare to use flash cuz i din want ppl to cum chase after mi to delete the pic. den i went bac to the apartment again. most of the adults spent their time playing mahjong outside the apartment w/o fans or air cons or singing karaoke in the air con-ed living rm. which wan ll u prefer?

tt's the grp playing mahjong.
so i went bac to my rm i took a pic of mi n my bro's chewing gum.

cute rite? snoopy n digimon. den i lifted my cam up n snapped a pic of my bro.

tt's the face of absolute shock.
before long, the sky grew dark.

we had a barbeque dinner n den it wuz more karaoke singing n mahjong playing before eveyone went to slp at 2+.