Monday, August 04, 2008
Redang Getaway 010808 - 030808
Am back last night! Redang was fun!
Updates!
Thursday 31/07/08
Cat Cat, Yuan Xin, Evonne & I gathered at Golden Mile waiting for coach to go to Redang. We booked 5 Stars.. Depart 10.30pm. Throughout the bus journey, the movie (only 1 TV for all to use) was playing 'Never Cry Werewolf'. It was bloody and disturbing, and it's the eve of the Chinese ***** Month. Great, Candice was disgusted.. Candice decided to plug into mp3 and listen to songs to dooze off.
Reached Yong Peng at about 11.30pm. Had some lou mai gai (Rm 4).. Still can't find the comfort position to sleep... Genna a big 黑青 while on coach. (Yet to heal till now...)
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Day 1 (officially) Friday 01/08/08
7.30am: Reach Kuala Terengganu Syahbandar Jetty and being notified that the ferry will come at 9am. So we went buying out breakfast.. A group of young Malaysians (think around 14 of them, aged around 20 to 27) in our coach also decided to follow us.. I led my group in search for breakfast... We went to a marketplace.. Very old and dirty market.. Something like Chinatown one, without the eatery at level 2... Bought some bread and hot drinks there.. The big Malaysian group left us.. So the 4 of us went to a hut-like shelter and enjoyed our breakfast. Played Big2 as well.
9am: Ferry's here. It's a 1.5hr ferry ride. They played 'Die Hard 4' on board. Much Much Much better than the coach movie. Halfway through, we gotta transfer to a smaller boat to get to the jetty.
11am: Selemat Datang Dia Pulau Redang! Finally reached Redang. Hello Clear Skies, White Sand and SeaWaves! We checked in at Redang Beach Resort and explore the place before lunch.
Someone did some interesting sand building... no longer does ppl build sand castles...
Lunch was great. Chinese style, comes with hot soup... Yummy..
After that, we went for our first snorkelling... Very first time snorkelling.. Very excited.. Saw couple of fishes and corals... There's one call mushroom coral (there's another name, but dunno what is it) Enjoyed it much!
Tea Break! We had butter cakes and hot tea/coffee and some longgan hot dessert.. Yummy as well!
After the snorkelling and tea break, we had time to ourselves before dinner at 7.30pm. We went explore the place and bought souvenirs...
Dinner was also good! Yummy! We had rice, veggies, fish, curry chicken, lotus and peanuts soup..
After dinner, we went foot massage before going the party starts at 9pm.
Got myself a temp tattoo spray at RM20. Butterfly at left ankle..
9pm: Party starts and great music was being played. But many peeps quite pai seh to dance at the dancefloor, so decided to sit at one side listen to music...
Went back to room and did some shots... 床照！Looks a bit like the actress genna caught in the act early this year.. Lolz... Played Big2 again...
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Day 2: 02/08/08
Woke up at about 7am+ as the breakfast was served at 7.30am. Had some bread and beehoon..
10am: Gotten ready to go to Redang Marine Park!
Too bad Evonne does not want to go down into the sea.. This is the best and should never miss activity. We rented a underwater digi cam at RM50. The place is beautiful. The staff in charge passed us some mouldy bread (to feed fishies) and we made our way down to the sea. Was hesitant to touch the bread cos it was so mouldy.. But we still took it down.
There's lotsa fish there! As there were 3 of us in the group, one of us became the camera person, one be the feeder of the fish and the one to be shot. So we take turns doing it. But I'm not good in taking photos underwater (dunno why can never take it right) so most of the time I'm the feeder of the group. One thing good is that, fishies come my way! Some even tried to snatch my bread.. Some did fish therapy on my arm (suck my skin...)...
Had lotsa fun underwater... Back to the resort at 1pm for lunch. Food was really good again..
They had arranged another snorkelling trip but as another one in our group was too tired for it, we all gave it a missed and did our own activity on the island. Had sunburnt on this day...
Night: We had BBQ dinner! There's a chance for us to do our own BBQ, but as I had nicely showered and was refreshed, din want to go near the BBQ pit.. We had the buffet spread instead.. We went to the live music place to chill out and play Big2. As we need to check out at 6am in the morning (Yes, 6am) we went back to the room early to pack. Zzzz at about 12midnight...
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Day 3: Sunday 03/08/08 Goodbye to Redang
Checkout was super early. As the ferry will leave at 6am, our breakfast was served at 5.30am. I woke up at 4.30am to shower and packed my final bit of stuff. It was too early for me to munch down lotsa food. Had 2 bread and one cuppa tea before we all walked to the jetty. It was super pitch dark as we walked to jetty.. Machiam like illegal immigrants or Lost... Lolz.. Very few ppl talked on the boat cos everyone's rather sleepy or haven't really woke up... We changed into a bigger boat halfway near the Marine Park...
Back at Kuala Terengganu Syahbandar Jetty at about 7.30am. Our coach will reach at 11am. We have like 4hours to hang out. We explored around the area, hoping to munch down some fastfood. Walked for like 20mins, asking around for MacDonald's and yes, we did found one. But upon seeing a big signboard of KFC while walking towards MacDonald's, YX decided to get us going to KFC. I seconded it cos I remembered someone telling me not to miss KFC if I am in Malaysia.. We managed to coax the other 2 to do another 5mins walk to the KFC. We were disappointed that the 2 storey KFC was down for renovation! Genna scolded by the other two as we made our way back to the MacDonald's. Ended up MacDonald's also not open.. But supposed to be open at 9am, they din loh...
Had some Malay rice with curry chicken and a cuppa ice milk tea for RM 5.20 instead.. Cheap and good... Went back to MacDonald's at around 10.20am. Finally it's open... We bought our lunch (to be at our own expense), geared up for the ride back...
Coach finally reached at 11.30am! Good Gracious me. They were super late! The driver didn't even apologise for their lateness and made 20 of us waited (14 Malaysians and 4 of us and another smaller group) Tsk tsk... We were thinking that next time (if there is next time) we will travel with Konsortium instead of 5 Stars (Only these 2 bus companies go Redang)...
The coach ride was 'fastinating'! The driver machiam flying an aeroplane. Zooming and overtaking in super fast speed.. And the fact that I'm seated right behind the driver, I can see his 'Initial D' style of driving. Evonne seated beside me decided to cover herself with her jacket and rather not see. I hadn't had much rest on coach... too scared to relax...
Lunch at 2.30pm.. We brought out our Fillet O' Fish bought from MacDonald's much earlier while the other passengers ate the Zi Char... Bought some local delights... Continued with our journey. The second driver was much better... Though also fast, his speed slower than the first one.
On the way, the Konsortium bus broke down. Their coach left jetty at 11am, half an hour earlier than ours... I think Konsortium and 5 stars are some 'sister' companies, so our coach can longpang some of their passengers while the others on that Konsortium coach wait for another coach to come... We were like, 'wah, heng we took 5 Stars...' (Blessing in disguise? Lolz)
Had dinner at Yong Peng at about 6.30pm... Genna stuck at Tuas Checkpoint for quite long... Managed to clear customs only at 10pm... Longest ever queue I ever experienced in Singapore (usually long queue was at Malaysia Checkpoint at Woodlands)
Reached home at about 11pm... Tired and exhausted for travelling the longest ever coach ride...
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Had some interesting experiences during this trip:
1) 另一幅风景
Saw a group of 3 guys checked in with a whole of us. Noticed a mixed blood ang moh... Quite cute.. During the speed boat ride to Marine Park Snorkelling he sat beside me... Then sat opposite me while travelling back.. Evonne and Cat were seated outside of the speedboat enjoying the scenery while YX and I seated inside. As the outside seats were very limited, we have to sit inside, enjoying my '另一幅风景'.. Dunno his name, so when we saw this group walking around Redang (The resort has limited rooms so we get to see familiar faces), we call him 另一幅风景... They were in the Konsortium coach.. Broke down one.. Ended up they din take our coach.. Eye Candy.. Yummy... Lolz...
2) Japanese model like gal with assistant
That's what I like to call them. There's this pair of female Japanese. One is with super great figure, wore bikini and thick makeup (even put mascara while we go to Marine Park loh, poisoning the fishies.. tsk tsk) and the other one is short, plump and fat. I was telling Cat that the Jap model lookalike is like a man-made chio bu (suspected cosmetic surgery) and at one point in time when she speaks, it sounded low and hoarse! 变性人？Hmm... There were guys 搭讪... But we overheard that she's 30+, married... Not that we wanted to listen, but the fact that the speedboat is this big and we are so near loh...
3) Hongkies and gang
We were also being 搭讪 by some Hongkies... While we were relaxing on the beach on the first day, a few golden hair guys came over and said 'leng loi' or something like that... We ignored them totally... On the second day at the Marine Park, the same guy came over again.. Again, I ignored him... Not that I'm unfriendly, I dun understand what he's saying... Lolz...
4) Group of 15 Malaysians
They were the ones who travelled with us via 5 stars... Not much interaction with them... They were in big groups.. They enjoyed their stuff and we enjoyed ours...
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Side note: We actually wanted to book Laguna Redang but it was full, so we booked Redang Beach Resort instead. Not as glam as Laguna Redang, but I enjoyed therel. Redang Beach Resort is like located in the middle of the whole stretch of Redang.. That's where the live music and happenings are at... Food is also good, service was okay... Here are some pics I've gotten online from their homepage...
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Guess what is this?
YX's mummy passed 6 to her and asked us to use just in case... We ended up using 5 of them... Lolz
Updates!
Thursday 31/07/08
Cat Cat, Yuan Xin, Evonne & I gathered at Golden Mile waiting for coach to go to Redang. We booked 5 Stars.. Depart 10.30pm. Throughout the bus journey, the movie (only 1 TV for all to use) was playing 'Never Cry Werewolf'. It was bloody and disturbing, and it's the eve of the Chinese ***** Month. Great, Candice was disgusted.. Candice decided to plug into mp3 and listen to songs to dooze off.
Reached Yong Peng at about 11.30pm. Had some lou mai gai (Rm 4).. Still can't find the comfort position to sleep... Genna a big 黑青 while on coach. (Yet to heal till now...)
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Day 1 (officially) Friday 01/08/08
7.30am: Reach Kuala Terengganu Syahbandar Jetty and being notified that the ferry will come at 9am. So we went buying out breakfast.. A group of young Malaysians (think around 14 of them, aged around 20 to 27) in our coach also decided to follow us.. I led my group in search for breakfast... We went to a marketplace.. Very old and dirty market.. Something like Chinatown one, without the eatery at level 2... Bought some bread and hot drinks there.. The big Malaysian group left us.. So the 4 of us went to a hut-like shelter and enjoyed our breakfast. Played Big2 as well.
9am: Ferry's here. It's a 1.5hr ferry ride. They played 'Die Hard 4' on board. Much Much Much better than the coach movie. Halfway through, we gotta transfer to a smaller boat to get to the jetty.
11am: Selemat Datang Dia Pulau Redang! Finally reached Redang. Hello Clear Skies, White Sand and SeaWaves! We checked in at Redang Beach Resort and explore the place before lunch.
Someone did some interesting sand building... no longer does ppl build sand castles...
Lunch was great. Chinese style, comes with hot soup... Yummy..
After that, we went for our first snorkelling... Very first time snorkelling.. Very excited.. Saw couple of fishes and corals... There's one call mushroom coral (there's another name, but dunno what is it) Enjoyed it much!
Tea Break! We had butter cakes and hot tea/coffee and some longgan hot dessert.. Yummy as well!
After the snorkelling and tea break, we had time to ourselves before dinner at 7.30pm. We went explore the place and bought souvenirs...
Dinner was also good! Yummy! We had rice, veggies, fish, curry chicken, lotus and peanuts soup..
After dinner, we went foot massage before going the party starts at 9pm.
Got myself a temp tattoo spray at RM20. Butterfly at left ankle..
9pm: Party starts and great music was being played. But many peeps quite pai seh to dance at the dancefloor, so decided to sit at one side listen to music...
Went back to room and did some shots... 床照！Looks a bit like the actress genna caught in the act early this year.. Lolz... Played Big2 again...
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Day 2: 02/08/08
Woke up at about 7am+ as the breakfast was served at 7.30am. Had some bread and beehoon..
10am: Gotten ready to go to Redang Marine Park!
Too bad Evonne does not want to go down into the sea.. This is the best and should never miss activity. We rented a underwater digi cam at RM50. The place is beautiful. The staff in charge passed us some mouldy bread (to feed fishies) and we made our way down to the sea. Was hesitant to touch the bread cos it was so mouldy.. But we still took it down.
There's lotsa fish there! As there were 3 of us in the group, one of us became the camera person, one be the feeder of the fish and the one to be shot. So we take turns doing it. But I'm not good in taking photos underwater (dunno why can never take it right) so most of the time I'm the feeder of the group. One thing good is that, fishies come my way! Some even tried to snatch my bread.. Some did fish therapy on my arm (suck my skin...)...
Had lotsa fun underwater... Back to the resort at 1pm for lunch. Food was really good again..
They had arranged another snorkelling trip but as another one in our group was too tired for it, we all gave it a missed and did our own activity on the island. Had sunburnt on this day...
Night: We had BBQ dinner! There's a chance for us to do our own BBQ, but as I had nicely showered and was refreshed, din want to go near the BBQ pit.. We had the buffet spread instead.. We went to the live music place to chill out and play Big2. As we need to check out at 6am in the morning (Yes, 6am) we went back to the room early to pack. Zzzz at about 12midnight...
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Day 3: Sunday 03/08/08 Goodbye to Redang
Checkout was super early. As the ferry will leave at 6am, our breakfast was served at 5.30am. I woke up at 4.30am to shower and packed my final bit of stuff. It was too early for me to munch down lotsa food. Had 2 bread and one cuppa tea before we all walked to the jetty. It was super pitch dark as we walked to jetty.. Machiam like illegal immigrants or Lost... Lolz.. Very few ppl talked on the boat cos everyone's rather sleepy or haven't really woke up... We changed into a bigger boat halfway near the Marine Park...
Back at Kuala Terengganu Syahbandar Jetty at about 7.30am. Our coach will reach at 11am. We have like 4hours to hang out. We explored around the area, hoping to munch down some fastfood. Walked for like 20mins, asking around for MacDonald's and yes, we did found one. But upon seeing a big signboard of KFC while walking towards MacDonald's, YX decided to get us going to KFC. I seconded it cos I remembered someone telling me not to miss KFC if I am in Malaysia.. We managed to coax the other 2 to do another 5mins walk to the KFC. We were disappointed that the 2 storey KFC was down for renovation! Genna scolded by the other two as we made our way back to the MacDonald's. Ended up MacDonald's also not open.. But supposed to be open at 9am, they din loh...
Had some Malay rice with curry chicken and a cuppa ice milk tea for RM 5.20 instead.. Cheap and good... Went back to MacDonald's at around 10.20am. Finally it's open... We bought our lunch (to be at our own expense), geared up for the ride back...
Coach finally reached at 11.30am! Good Gracious me. They were super late! The driver didn't even apologise for their lateness and made 20 of us waited (14 Malaysians and 4 of us and another smaller group) Tsk tsk... We were thinking that next time (if there is next time) we will travel with Konsortium instead of 5 Stars (Only these 2 bus companies go Redang)...
The coach ride was 'fastinating'! The driver machiam flying an aeroplane. Zooming and overtaking in super fast speed.. And the fact that I'm seated right behind the driver, I can see his 'Initial D' style of driving. Evonne seated beside me decided to cover herself with her jacket and rather not see. I hadn't had much rest on coach... too scared to relax...
Lunch at 2.30pm.. We brought out our Fillet O' Fish bought from MacDonald's much earlier while the other passengers ate the Zi Char... Bought some local delights... Continued with our journey. The second driver was much better... Though also fast, his speed slower than the first one.
On the way, the Konsortium bus broke down. Their coach left jetty at 11am, half an hour earlier than ours... I think Konsortium and 5 stars are some 'sister' companies, so our coach can longpang some of their passengers while the others on that Konsortium coach wait for another coach to come... We were like, 'wah, heng we took 5 Stars...' (Blessing in disguise? Lolz)
Had dinner at Yong Peng at about 6.30pm... Genna stuck at Tuas Checkpoint for quite long... Managed to clear customs only at 10pm... Longest ever queue I ever experienced in Singapore (usually long queue was at Malaysia Checkpoint at Woodlands)
Reached home at about 11pm... Tired and exhausted for travelling the longest ever coach ride...
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Had some interesting experiences during this trip:
1) 另一幅风景
Saw a group of 3 guys checked in with a whole of us. Noticed a mixed blood ang moh... Quite cute.. During the speed boat ride to Marine Park Snorkelling he sat beside me... Then sat opposite me while travelling back.. Evonne and Cat were seated outside of the speedboat enjoying the scenery while YX and I seated inside. As the outside seats were very limited, we have to sit inside, enjoying my '另一幅风景'.. Dunno his name, so when we saw this group walking around Redang (The resort has limited rooms so we get to see familiar faces), we call him 另一幅风景... They were in the Konsortium coach.. Broke down one.. Ended up they din take our coach.. Eye Candy.. Yummy... Lolz...
2) Japanese model like gal with assistant
That's what I like to call them. There's this pair of female Japanese. One is with super great figure, wore bikini and thick makeup (even put mascara while we go to Marine Park loh, poisoning the fishies.. tsk tsk) and the other one is short, plump and fat. I was telling Cat that the Jap model lookalike is like a man-made chio bu (suspected cosmetic surgery) and at one point in time when she speaks, it sounded low and hoarse! 变性人？Hmm... There were guys 搭讪... But we overheard that she's 30+, married... Not that we wanted to listen, but the fact that the speedboat is this big and we are so near loh...
3) Hongkies and gang
We were also being 搭讪 by some Hongkies... While we were relaxing on the beach on the first day, a few golden hair guys came over and said 'leng loi' or something like that... We ignored them totally... On the second day at the Marine Park, the same guy came over again.. Again, I ignored him... Not that I'm unfriendly, I dun understand what he's saying... Lolz...
4) Group of 15 Malaysians
They were the ones who travelled with us via 5 stars... Not much interaction with them... They were in big groups.. They enjoyed their stuff and we enjoyed ours...
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Side note: We actually wanted to book Laguna Redang but it was full, so we booked Redang Beach Resort instead. Not as glam as Laguna Redang, but I enjoyed therel. Redang Beach Resort is like located in the middle of the whole stretch of Redang.. That's where the live music and happenings are at... Food is also good, service was okay... Here are some pics I've gotten online from their homepage...
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Guess what is this?
YX's mummy passed 6 to her and asked us to use just in case... We ended up using 5 of them... Lolz