A break from the hectic schedules and classes! I'll come clean, classes have been rather loosely packed so far. After all it's only been a week! Best of all, they left my Fridays free of any classes. Frankly, it does have its downsides. The first half of my current semester will have classes rather spaced apart. True, that does give us ample space to kick back, and try to soak in the new knowledge passed to us.
The question is.. Will it reach us?
With the current timetable, sure. We'll be relaxed. But after the midway point, classes will be hectic. It's almost a carbon copy of the last 3 weeks of Sem 1 where we had classes from 9-5 with only an hour's worth of time in between for our lunch. I wouldn't want to go through that again, I'd gladly sacrifice the holidays they give us to even out our schedules. But that's just me. Another downside is the extra time given to us is to accommodate the assignments we've been given.
As opposed to Sem 1, we only have 2 (not 3) assignments given this time round. An oral presentation and an essay. But hey, didn't we do those in Sem 1? Well, that's where you're wrong. Unlike Sem 1, we aren't given a topic for oral. We've to scour and select our very own. Neither are we presented with Self Care Fact cards to provide a rough draft for our respective speeches. Nope, no more spoonfeeding. The plus side? We get to choose smth we're truly interested in. The downside? More research work. Best aspect is, it's a Physiology presentation. We're going to be expected to go into the whole mechanism of action and whatnot. Definitely not my strong suit.
The essay? I mean yeah, we're only given one. Unlike Sem 1 where we had 2. Bear in mind that both essays given in Sem 1 had a word constraint of roughly 750 words (ie. 2 pages). This time, we're expected to hand in a piece of work ranging from 1800-2500 words. On Human Behaviour. Only consolation is that we're allowed to select our own topic. Somewhat.
I'm not one for long essays, those who know me should be aware. I've never written a single piece of writing longer than 800 words.. I think. Well, maybe 850 at most. That only scratches the halfway mark of the target words needed for this assignment.
I'm pretty sure I'll need some help. Least I've some friends who've experience in researching deep topics and scouring through journals as well as writing long reports. Scratch that, not friends but family. I shall leech of you two again! :D Like I do with highlighters. :D :D
I think my writing style has became pretty dry. Don't you? The only aspect of it that I like right now is the fact that I'm shedding my old dark tone. Perhaps I've mentioned this several times before? It's also somewhat formal-ish. I don't believe in including emoticons (although I do at times, to add depth and flavour) nor Malaysianism (ie. larh, le, nia, etc) into my writing.
Standard English, as I've been taught. :)
A short update on my life now.
Had BKT with the others! Yum yummm. I think they're the BKT gang la. Haha. Jean, Joshiee, Chern. Jamie didn't join us this time. Jhii joined us, Melody FFK. ): I think we should go down to Klang sometime. Look for Master Dave. :D
Kinoc, out.
Maybe I'm slightly bipolar.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Doodle #108
Sometimes I just need to remind myself to take a breather.
Uni has begun again, for almost a week now. It's been rather bittersweet, I guess? Probably misused the word but never mind. Anyways. On the bright side, I'm really happy to be back. All the familiar faces. I really missed them. Feels like forever since the holidays started. Course, there's the downside too, already have 2 assignments handed out to us. Another oral presentation coming up, this time I swear I won't stutter and make myself look like a fool again. Nerves remain my biggest enemy, and also my ever wavering self confidence.
Tried out the Monash gym today. Not too shabby. The place was small, but it had decent pieces of equipment. Worked out for a solid... 40 minutes. Got lazy after that. It's been at least 4 months since I last stepped into a gym, what'dya expect? I can feel my muscles aching now. Kinda missed this feeling of exhaustion.
I'll take a break from everything tonight. Just. Relax. Maybe I'll reread my phonetics notes for tomorrow's workshop. Haven't practiced since yesterday.'=
Telltale musings,
Narrates an unspoken story,
Intentions understood,
Yet undeclared.
Sometimes, not doing anything hurts more than doing everything wrong. It's the silence that really pierces me. Lie in wait, bide my time. For the chance will present itself when the time is right. I'm a wishful thinker. :)
Kinoc, out.
Uni has begun again, for almost a week now. It's been rather bittersweet, I guess? Probably misused the word but never mind. Anyways. On the bright side, I'm really happy to be back. All the familiar faces. I really missed them. Feels like forever since the holidays started. Course, there's the downside too, already have 2 assignments handed out to us. Another oral presentation coming up, this time I swear I won't stutter and make myself look like a fool again. Nerves remain my biggest enemy, and also my ever wavering self confidence.
Tried out the Monash gym today. Not too shabby. The place was small, but it had decent pieces of equipment. Worked out for a solid... 40 minutes. Got lazy after that. It's been at least 4 months since I last stepped into a gym, what'dya expect? I can feel my muscles aching now. Kinda missed this feeling of exhaustion.
I'll take a break from everything tonight. Just. Relax. Maybe I'll reread my phonetics notes for tomorrow's workshop. Haven't practiced since yesterday.'=
Telltale musings,
Narrates an unspoken story,
Intentions understood,
Yet undeclared.
Sometimes, not doing anything hurts more than doing everything wrong. It's the silence that really pierces me. Lie in wait, bide my time. For the chance will present itself when the time is right. I'm a wishful thinker. :)
Kinoc, out.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Doodle #107 : World Stage 2011
After weeks of attempting to get the passes, it's finally here. WORLD STAGE!
This would be my second World Stage Concert. The first one I attended was 2 years back, in Sunway Lagoon.
My pair of passes. It was ridiculously tedious to get hold of them. I had tried for about a week on the website to no avail and just gave up on them. Then, my friend managed to get me a voucher through X-Pax for a pair of them.
The catch? I had to travel to Pavillion ASAP before they ran out. Needless to say, I rushed down there the day itself, which would be the 8th of July. Alone. I'd have to thank Adeline for teaching me the way down the week before, I would have gotten hopelessly lost otherwise. (explains my constant ranting on some errand I had to do weeks ago)
Back to the concert.. Left KK with Jon at roughly 4:30PM, it only took us 10-15 minutes to get there. I never knew i-City was so close to Kota Kemuning. Awesomeness.
Got charged RM10 for parking entrance fee. Meh. Still ample parking space. I had expected parking to be hellish. No matter. Point is we're there.
Just follow the crowd.
And also head towards the huts.
Got ourselves registered and went in to join the line. The crowd at the time seemed rather small, and loosely packed.
Well, we were wrong. Got inside and OH DAMN. Long queue. So we just sat around and waited for the doors to open. Well, just me. Jon didn't want to sit cause he had white pants on. Hahaha.
Haiz, why so long wait?
Spotted this sign in the crowd. "Jared, you've got amazing eyes"
At about 5:45PM we heard cheering, and the crowd began to move. So let's go! Even managed to get quite in front before the crowd really started moving in.
Packed. Did I mention that it was HOT?
You can see the stage from here!
Food and Beverages Hut lay close by, ready tofleece money provide much needed relief.
Went straight towards the stage to find a place with a decent view. Ended up on the left side.
Went away for a bit and came back trying to find Jon in the crowd again, cause the concert was starting. Funny thing is, I told him to raise his hand so I could see him, at the exact moment people came on stage. So the WHOLE CROWD raised their hands, jumped up and down, cheered.
Fail.
Found him anyways. Or rather, he found me. Striking orange shirt ftw.
Hitz.FM crew, JJ and Ian. Can't help but think of their rendition of thehated famous "Friday" song.
Did I mention the sun was hot? Blazingly hot?
Soon after they left, the first act came on.
Pop Shuvit!
One of my favourite local bands. Though I didn't know any of their songs. They were pretty catchy though. Was waiting for their one song that I knew, and pretty much so did the whole crowd.
I found myself standing near this group of teenage kids. Yeah. Why did I bother? Cause they were rowdy. Not the typical concert rowdy, mostly high pitched screaming, yelling, and jumping up and on, stepping on my foot twice.
Nevertheless, the time finally came. PROJECT E.A.R came up on the background displays. They invited some SG, Phillipines and Thailand artists on stage. And it began.
MARABAHAYA!
Crowd went nuts.
At this point, the group of kids got caught in between 2 groups that were moshing. I would have pitied them if I wasn't so annoyed. Felt a strange sense of satisfaction when I saw that they had a very distinct glint of fear in their eyes. They all became super quiet and huddled next to each other, seemingly paralyzed by the possessed crowd.
And they all ran away.
YEAHHH. I know I sound pretty mean now, like I care. Rawr.
After that, they took a break before the next artist came on stage. Good enough for me, I needed my dinner. K-Pop fans rejoice, next up was B2ST. Me? Meh. I was more concerned with filling my tummy.
RM5 for what was probably half a can of coke. Literally daylight robbery. Prices there were worse than Genting. Wth. The waffles were RM3, quite small. But better than nothing. Tasted pretty nice though. I iz happy boi nao. Nom nom nom.
As I ate, I could hear B2ST performing. Much too far to walk back for them so I just watched their performance from where I sat.
Got interviewed by some guy about the event. Scored a free EcoButton thingamajig. Still haven't tried using it.
Jon's moon. Hahahhahaha.
So I sat there, waiting. Waiting. For?
NEON TREES!!!
Animals. LOL
Ironic that Neon Trees was performing in i-City, a city full of neon trees. Hahahahhaa.
They finally came on!
If I remember correctly, they opened with Your Surrender. Tyler's eyes were so.. They seemed to stare into your soul. :O Personally I found him pretty creepy. The way he moved about on stage and the things he said. Despite that, they were really entertaining to watch, Tyler especially.
He then said something about being in his mother's womb, and as he was coming out, he saw a light. Telling him to feel the music in his veins, or something along those lines, and began singing 1983.
Loved Sins of My Youth. The crowd was snapping along to In The Next Room. Felt really awesome to be seeing them live.
Of course, everybody (myself included) was just waiting... WAITING.. For that one hit song.
I wanna tell you guys about this girl I dated while I was 16. We were atop a hill gazing at the stars. I looked into her eyes as they were sparkling in the moonlight. Suddenly, I felt a spark. And her eyes turned yellow. Her ears became pointy. Her claws started to show. (more or less what was said)
Then it began.
Ooohhhh oohhh.
ANIMALS! :D :D
Our view was considerably further back from where we were for Pop Shuvit. Still pretty clear though.
Time for yet another break. Went back for more coke, drained another RM5. ZZZZ.
Dem Dem Dem..
The main act of the night.
I half expected them to pop up on stage through the light, from the floor.. when..
BOOM everything exploded. And it began.
30 Seconds to Mars!
They opened with A Beautiful Lie and followed up with Attack. Massive. I instantly felt the surge of adrenaline through my veins. A short introduction later, they played Search and Destroy.
I wanna see everybody jumping. We're gonna jump so high we touch the stars.
I think I jumped way too much on this song. Felt so drained after.
Belting out more hits, they played This Is War. The energy level just kept rising and rising. Somehow or rather, being at the back just isn't as enjoyable as being in the middle of a crowd. Going nuts felt so out of place. I wanna be in the midst of it all. D:
After a short break, they went into an acoustic session.
TWO SUPER LUCKY BUGGERS GOT CALLED UP ON STAGE. I ENVY THEMMMM. D: D: D: They even got to bring their friends up. One of the friends started hyperventilating when he got on stage, as though he couldn't believe what was happening. It shown on his face, and he hugged his friend. Hahah. Bromance.
Among the songs played during the acoustic session was Hurricane. It was gooooooood, but I liked the non-acoustic one more. Then they played The Kill. Ahhh, why acoustic? :( Still, they were awesome.
They closed with Closer To The Edge.
I was tired as hell. D: Knew they would come back for at least 1 more song. Encore yo' B'sides, they have yet to play Kings and Queens. Left then though, :/ Garhhh. As we were walking back to Jon's car, they came back out. Could hear them loud and clear. Think they were calling up more people onto the stage. D: D: Nooo I want gooo.
They played Cowboys From Hell by Pantera. :D Makes me wanna pick up my guitar again.
Finally, Kings and Queens. Sang along in the distance. Was already back at the car by now.
In short?
Bloody awesome. I don't regret going. One bit. :)
Kinoc, out.
This would be my second World Stage Concert. The first one I attended was 2 years back, in Sunway Lagoon.
My pair of passes. It was ridiculously tedious to get hold of them. I had tried for about a week on the website to no avail and just gave up on them. Then, my friend managed to get me a voucher through X-Pax for a pair of them.
The catch? I had to travel to Pavillion ASAP before they ran out. Needless to say, I rushed down there the day itself, which would be the 8th of July. Alone. I'd have to thank Adeline for teaching me the way down the week before, I would have gotten hopelessly lost otherwise. (explains my constant ranting on some errand I had to do weeks ago)
Back to the concert.. Left KK with Jon at roughly 4:30PM, it only took us 10-15 minutes to get there. I never knew i-City was so close to Kota Kemuning. Awesomeness.
Got charged RM10 for parking entrance fee. Meh. Still ample parking space. I had expected parking to be hellish. No matter. Point is we're there.
Just follow the crowd.
And also head towards the huts.
Got ourselves registered and went in to join the line. The crowd at the time seemed rather small, and loosely packed.
Well, we were wrong. Got inside and OH DAMN. Long queue. So we just sat around and waited for the doors to open. Well, just me. Jon didn't want to sit cause he had white pants on. Hahaha.
Haiz, why so long wait?
Spotted this sign in the crowd. "Jared, you've got amazing eyes"
At about 5:45PM we heard cheering, and the crowd began to move. So let's go! Even managed to get quite in front before the crowd really started moving in.
Packed. Did I mention that it was HOT?
You can see the stage from here!
Food and Beverages Hut lay close by, ready to
Went straight towards the stage to find a place with a decent view. Ended up on the left side.
Went away for a bit and came back trying to find Jon in the crowd again, cause the concert was starting. Funny thing is, I told him to raise his hand so I could see him, at the exact moment people came on stage. So the WHOLE CROWD raised their hands, jumped up and down, cheered.
Fail.
Found him anyways. Or rather, he found me. Striking orange shirt ftw.
Hitz.FM crew, JJ and Ian. Can't help but think of their rendition of the
Did I mention the sun was hot? Blazingly hot?
Soon after they left, the first act came on.
Pop Shuvit!
One of my favourite local bands. Though I didn't know any of their songs. They were pretty catchy though. Was waiting for their one song that I knew, and pretty much so did the whole crowd.
I found myself standing near this group of teenage kids. Yeah. Why did I bother? Cause they were rowdy. Not the typical concert rowdy, mostly high pitched screaming, yelling, and jumping up and on, stepping on my foot twice.
Nevertheless, the time finally came. PROJECT E.A.R came up on the background displays. They invited some SG, Phillipines and Thailand artists on stage. And it began.
MARABAHAYA!
Crowd went nuts.
At this point, the group of kids got caught in between 2 groups that were moshing. I would have pitied them if I wasn't so annoyed. Felt a strange sense of satisfaction when I saw that they had a very distinct glint of fear in their eyes. They all became super quiet and huddled next to each other, seemingly paralyzed by the possessed crowd.
And they all ran away.
YEAHHH. I know I sound pretty mean now, like I care. Rawr.
After that, they took a break before the next artist came on stage. Good enough for me, I needed my dinner. K-Pop fans rejoice, next up was B2ST. Me? Meh. I was more concerned with filling my tummy.
RM5 for what was probably half a can of coke. Literally daylight robbery. Prices there were worse than Genting. Wth. The waffles were RM3, quite small. But better than nothing. Tasted pretty nice though. I iz happy boi nao. Nom nom nom.
As I ate, I could hear B2ST performing. Much too far to walk back for them so I just watched their performance from where I sat.
Got interviewed by some guy about the event. Scored a free EcoButton thingamajig. Still haven't tried using it.
Jon's moon. Hahahhahaha.
So I sat there, waiting. Waiting. For?
NEON TREES!!!
Animals. LOL
Ironic that Neon Trees was performing in i-City, a city full of neon trees. Hahahahhaa.
They finally came on!
If I remember correctly, they opened with Your Surrender. Tyler's eyes were so.. They seemed to stare into your soul. :O Personally I found him pretty creepy. The way he moved about on stage and the things he said. Despite that, they were really entertaining to watch, Tyler especially.
He then said something about being in his mother's womb, and as he was coming out, he saw a light. Telling him to feel the music in his veins, or something along those lines, and began singing 1983.
Loved Sins of My Youth. The crowd was snapping along to In The Next Room. Felt really awesome to be seeing them live.
Of course, everybody (myself included) was just waiting... WAITING.. For that one hit song.
I wanna tell you guys about this girl I dated while I was 16. We were atop a hill gazing at the stars. I looked into her eyes as they were sparkling in the moonlight. Suddenly, I felt a spark. And her eyes turned yellow. Her ears became pointy. Her claws started to show. (more or less what was said)
Then it began.
Ooohhhh oohhh.
ANIMALS! :D :D
Our view was considerably further back from where we were for Pop Shuvit. Still pretty clear though.
Time for yet another break. Went back for more coke, drained another RM5. ZZZZ.
Dem Dem Dem..
The main act of the night.
I half expected them to pop up on stage through the light, from the floor.. when..
BOOM everything exploded. And it began.
30 Seconds to Mars!
They opened with A Beautiful Lie and followed up with Attack. Massive. I instantly felt the surge of adrenaline through my veins. A short introduction later, they played Search and Destroy.
I wanna see everybody jumping. We're gonna jump so high we touch the stars.
I think I jumped way too much on this song. Felt so drained after.
Belting out more hits, they played This Is War. The energy level just kept rising and rising. Somehow or rather, being at the back just isn't as enjoyable as being in the middle of a crowd. Going nuts felt so out of place. I wanna be in the midst of it all. D:
After a short break, they went into an acoustic session.
TWO SUPER LUCKY BUGGERS GOT CALLED UP ON STAGE. I ENVY THEMMMM. D: D: D: They even got to bring their friends up. One of the friends started hyperventilating when he got on stage, as though he couldn't believe what was happening. It shown on his face, and he hugged his friend. Hahah. Bromance.
Among the songs played during the acoustic session was Hurricane. It was gooooooood, but I liked the non-acoustic one more. Then they played The Kill. Ahhh, why acoustic? :( Still, they were awesome.
They closed with Closer To The Edge.
I was tired as hell. D: Knew they would come back for at least 1 more song. Encore yo' B'sides, they have yet to play Kings and Queens. Left then though, :/ Garhhh. As we were walking back to Jon's car, they came back out. Could hear them loud and clear. Think they were calling up more people onto the stage. D: D: Nooo I want gooo.
They played Cowboys From Hell by Pantera. :D Makes me wanna pick up my guitar again.
Finally, Kings and Queens. Sang along in the distance. Was already back at the car by now.
In short?
Bloody awesome. I don't regret going. One bit. :)
Kinoc, out.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Doodle #106 : Frozen Fingers, High Pitched Screaming
My take on this might differ from what actually happened, as I'm writing from a pretty dazed state of mind.
This would be the second time I headed up to Genting Highlands within two weeks. It is also the second time I've been up there. Goes to show.
Unlike the previous trip, the scheduled meet time was 12.30PM in the afternoon, as opposed to early morning, and the theme park visit was on the second day. Drove to Monash first to borrow their parking space for a day. Ivan picked me, Jean, Chern and Jason up from there and we headed off to 1U to meet Rachel, Weng and Sujata.
Where does one leave his car at 1U for a whole day you ask? Well, at a certain outdoor parking lot close by, only RM1 per ENTRY. Freakin' cool! Note: Do not and I repeat do NOT park INSIDE, it's calculated per HOUR and there's no cap on it. Anecdote? Ivan (or his friend) parked there one time, and they came back 3 days later. Put the ticket into the machine. And it read..
RM160. THREE DIGITS.
Dawdled a bit around 1U before our departure time. Met up with everyone again ON THE DOT at 1.30PM, heard the buses never wait for people. At all. My mind wanders back to a story I heard not too long back. Worse scenario, yet miraculous execution of a plan to arrive on time.
Coming back to this. We arrived at the cable car station roughly around 2.30PM. This time I'm taking the cable car up. There were 8 of us. Maximum capacity per unit: 8 people. As I like to put it, "Ngam ngam hou" (just nice). Also unlike the first time, we weren't split 2 people per room. Okay, it was like that for the girls. The guys? All 6 of us crammed into one room. 2 single beds for 6 of us. Sleeping arrangements that night were pretty epic.
Pre cable car stress smile.
And so we go.
We were almost at the peak, just roughly 5m away from the netting that extended out of the station when we just stopped. Some epic jerk. The car was SWAYING. I didn't even want to look down, had no idea how high up we were. They had to make some time to help the person in the front car disembark. But dangling several hundred feet in the air with the netting just 5m away from you, not the best of feelings.
Checked in, dropped our luggage and walked about browsing the place.
About 4PM we had to find something to fill our stomachs. Stumbled across a local food court within First World. Prices there weren't that bad at all, the portions were pretty big too.
Went for a short film in the Motion Master 4D. It's like 3D and you were seated in this chair that moved. Swaying side to side.
3D glasses yo'
Then, we began hiking. Yes, we were walking towards.. I could not remember where but it was this ridiculous incline just alongside the escalator from First World Plaza into the Cable Car Station. Only that we were outside.
Ended up outside of these two hotels.
Chui fung, keng sam si.
The 8 of us camped out at this small stand selling durians and drinks for a bit, just enjoying the cool misty breeze. Quite awhile too. Didn't feel like getting my arse of the chair after I planted it down. Lazy much.
Took a stroll into Maxim. The place was.. Magnificent. Rich people hotel. Bahhh. Rm3750 per night for signature suite. Where does one find such money to splurge?!
Found this place inside Maxims, sorta like a museum about Lim Goh Tong, founder of Genting. Pretty cool place. Sorry but I really forgot what the place was called. Pardon my shallow knowledge on people and places. :/
Miniaturized Genting!
They also had a mini cable car display.
After we decided we had walked enough, we went back to our rooms. Mostly.
Managed to get myself a decent cup of coffee. :)
The girls went exploring and the guys (those 21 or over) visited the casino. That leaves just Jason, Weng and I to go back to our room and wait. We picked off where we left off in our previous Monopoly Deal round.
Which reminds me. Back up a bit. When we first checked in, we lingered around our room playing cards and Monopoly Deal. Chor Tai Di, standard card games. It was then I saw a different side of Sam Sifu (Chern). The only thing I can say about it is, I quote "I don't even know whether should I be laughing or just scared."
Picking up where I left off.. I played Jean and Rachel's set of cards too. So in a way I had 3 rounds at my disposal. Technically it gave me an unfair advantage (why would I attack myself) yet SOMEHOW, Weng won. LOL. Epic stuff yo'
When the girls finally returned, we played more Monopoly Deal. Aside from that, we comforted Jean, who was incomplete *cue theme song*. One of the suggestions was just wrong, VERY WRONG, when it was first said.
It was already 7PM by then. Time FLEWWWWW, straight out the window. The casino-goers had returned by then. So we left in search of food. Nomnomnom. Returned to the food court.
Walked even more.
We returned to our rooms for more card games, and the 21s went casino, AGAIN.
So now I had to play correspondent. When the guys all returned (and were all fully clothed), time to let the girls know. They came over.
CUPCAKES!
Birthday surprise ftw. Haha. Nomnom.
I called it a day, while the others left for the durian stand there again, to enjoy the night scene.
Had trouble sleeping. When everyone returned we kept adjusting our sleeping arrangements. Ended up with 3 of us sleeping on the floor, one on each side of the bed.
I found myself awoke at 6am, though I only truly fell asleep around 2am. The floor's nice but I was way too cold to sleep. Feet were freezing. Took a bath and just wandered the hallways then. Came back to the room around 7. Got ready for breakfast, buffet. We only had 2 of the receipts so only 4 of us went. Which was Chern, Rachel, Weng, and I.
Dropped off our luggage for safekeeping at the hotel lobby and checked out. Now? Time for Genting Theme Park!
The fog was unusually thick that morning. It blanketed even the lower level of the theme park. Nevertheless, we went to the Spinner. Only to see that it was closed for maintanence. WHY YOU CLOSE LA I WANT SIT ON YOU LOL. Even the Flying Coaster was closed. :/ Darn it! Should have went on that last week.
So we waited in line for the smaller coaster. Forgot the name of it. Fun fact: It was Weng's first time on a coaster. We cheered him on! Whee. Could hear the screaming from the guys' cart ahead of ours.
It began to drizzle a bit, but nothing that would stop any rides.
The fog is still thick as ever. Visibility dropped to 10m at most.
Camwhore moment. Hahaha.
Managed to convince the guys to sit on the Pirate Haunted House thingamajig. HAHAHA. While waiting for them, spent time doing the exact same thing I did waiting for my highschool mates the week before.
SEAHORSE WHY YOU NO LET ME WIN YOU?! Garhhh. Dammit la. :/ I want you larhh. Haiz. Don't ask why. Ngeh heh he. *innocent smile*
Corkscrew next. I think I sat on it too much. Only the first drop really mattered. Everything else was super meh already. Didn't feel anything at all. LOL.
Sorry, no can do. Ain't getting on the kids bumper cars. LOL. There's a max height for this ride.
Haxxorx.
Sling shot! :O Sat it out again. Haha.
Sat on the "Flying Dragon" next, all 'cept for Jason and Chern, who opted for the Go Karts. Only the turns were any fun. Other than that it was a whole lotta mehhh. I don't get why do people scream so much on this ride. Nonsense la, when they scream. Best part of the ride? It took us through First World Plaza, directly above KFC. We were blasted with the essense of fried chicken. Instantly made all of us hungry after the ride.
That means it's time for lunch. Sure enough, everybody wanted KFC now, thanks to the smell. So we all regrouped and went for nomnoms.
More pictures.
Sat on the "Antique Car" next. Noisy, shaky. But good picture taking opportunities la.
Read the sign yo'
Whee.
Had to get back early, so we called it quits then. Picked up our luggage then went back.
Cable car! AGAIN.
The mist was just ridiculous. Felt like we were going into the great unknown. Zhi Shan was saying how a dinosaur would just pop out from the mist and nom on us. Hahah.
Reached the bus station at 4:30. Luckily there's a bus at 5, with just 8 seats left. We sapu the remaining seats.
The rest of the journey was spent napping, or listening to music.
Super tired now.
Kinoc, out.
This would be the second time I headed up to Genting Highlands within two weeks. It is also the second time I've been up there. Goes to show.
Unlike the previous trip, the scheduled meet time was 12.30PM in the afternoon, as opposed to early morning, and the theme park visit was on the second day. Drove to Monash first to borrow their parking space for a day. Ivan picked me, Jean, Chern and Jason up from there and we headed off to 1U to meet Rachel, Weng and Sujata.
Where does one leave his car at 1U for a whole day you ask? Well, at a certain outdoor parking lot close by, only RM1 per ENTRY. Freakin' cool! Note: Do not and I repeat do NOT park INSIDE, it's calculated per HOUR and there's no cap on it. Anecdote? Ivan (or his friend) parked there one time, and they came back 3 days later. Put the ticket into the machine. And it read..
RM160. THREE DIGITS.
Dawdled a bit around 1U before our departure time. Met up with everyone again ON THE DOT at 1.30PM, heard the buses never wait for people. At all. My mind wanders back to a story I heard not too long back. Worse scenario, yet miraculous execution of a plan to arrive on time.
Coming back to this. We arrived at the cable car station roughly around 2.30PM. This time I'm taking the cable car up. There were 8 of us. Maximum capacity per unit: 8 people. As I like to put it, "Ngam ngam hou" (just nice). Also unlike the first time, we weren't split 2 people per room. Okay, it was like that for the girls. The guys? All 6 of us crammed into one room. 2 single beds for 6 of us. Sleeping arrangements that night were pretty epic.
Pre cable car stress smile.
And so we go.
We were almost at the peak, just roughly 5m away from the netting that extended out of the station when we just stopped. Some epic jerk. The car was SWAYING. I didn't even want to look down, had no idea how high up we were. They had to make some time to help the person in the front car disembark. But dangling several hundred feet in the air with the netting just 5m away from you, not the best of feelings.
Checked in, dropped our luggage and walked about browsing the place.
About 4PM we had to find something to fill our stomachs. Stumbled across a local food court within First World. Prices there weren't that bad at all, the portions were pretty big too.
Went for a short film in the Motion Master 4D. It's like 3D and you were seated in this chair that moved. Swaying side to side.
3D glasses yo'
Then, we began hiking. Yes, we were walking towards.. I could not remember where but it was this ridiculous incline just alongside the escalator from First World Plaza into the Cable Car Station. Only that we were outside.
Ended up outside of these two hotels.
Chui fung, keng sam si.
The 8 of us camped out at this small stand selling durians and drinks for a bit, just enjoying the cool misty breeze. Quite awhile too. Didn't feel like getting my arse of the chair after I planted it down. Lazy much.
Took a stroll into Maxim. The place was.. Magnificent. Rich people hotel. Bahhh. Rm3750 per night for signature suite. Where does one find such money to splurge?!
Found this place inside Maxims, sorta like a museum about Lim Goh Tong, founder of Genting. Pretty cool place. Sorry but I really forgot what the place was called. Pardon my shallow knowledge on people and places. :/
Miniaturized Genting!
They also had a mini cable car display.
After we decided we had walked enough, we went back to our rooms. Mostly.
Managed to get myself a decent cup of coffee. :)
The girls went exploring and the guys (those 21 or over) visited the casino. That leaves just Jason, Weng and I to go back to our room and wait. We picked off where we left off in our previous Monopoly Deal round.
Which reminds me. Back up a bit. When we first checked in, we lingered around our room playing cards and Monopoly Deal. Chor Tai Di, standard card games. It was then I saw a different side of Sam Sifu (Chern). The only thing I can say about it is, I quote "I don't even know whether should I be laughing or just scared."
Picking up where I left off.. I played Jean and Rachel's set of cards too. So in a way I had 3 rounds at my disposal. Technically it gave me an unfair advantage (why would I attack myself) yet SOMEHOW, Weng won. LOL. Epic stuff yo'
When the girls finally returned, we played more Monopoly Deal. Aside from that, we comforted Jean, who was incomplete *cue theme song*. One of the suggestions was just wrong, VERY WRONG, when it was first said.
It was already 7PM by then. Time FLEWWWWW, straight out the window. The casino-goers had returned by then. So we left in search of food. Nomnomnom. Returned to the food court.
Walked even more.
We returned to our rooms for more card games, and the 21s went casino, AGAIN.
So now I had to play correspondent. When the guys all returned (and were all fully clothed), time to let the girls know. They came over.
CUPCAKES!
Birthday surprise ftw. Haha. Nomnom.
I called it a day, while the others left for the durian stand there again, to enjoy the night scene.
Had trouble sleeping. When everyone returned we kept adjusting our sleeping arrangements. Ended up with 3 of us sleeping on the floor, one on each side of the bed.
I found myself awoke at 6am, though I only truly fell asleep around 2am. The floor's nice but I was way too cold to sleep. Feet were freezing. Took a bath and just wandered the hallways then. Came back to the room around 7. Got ready for breakfast, buffet. We only had 2 of the receipts so only 4 of us went. Which was Chern, Rachel, Weng, and I.
Dropped off our luggage for safekeeping at the hotel lobby and checked out. Now? Time for Genting Theme Park!
The fog was unusually thick that morning. It blanketed even the lower level of the theme park. Nevertheless, we went to the Spinner. Only to see that it was closed for maintanence. WHY YOU CLOSE LA I WANT SIT ON YOU LOL. Even the Flying Coaster was closed. :/ Darn it! Should have went on that last week.
So we waited in line for the smaller coaster. Forgot the name of it. Fun fact: It was Weng's first time on a coaster. We cheered him on! Whee. Could hear the screaming from the guys' cart ahead of ours.
It began to drizzle a bit, but nothing that would stop any rides.
The fog is still thick as ever. Visibility dropped to 10m at most.
Camwhore moment. Hahaha.
Managed to convince the guys to sit on the Pirate Haunted House thingamajig. HAHAHA. While waiting for them, spent time doing the exact same thing I did waiting for my highschool mates the week before.
SEAHORSE WHY YOU NO LET ME WIN YOU?! Garhhh. Dammit la. :/ I want you larhh. Haiz. Don't ask why. Ngeh heh he. *innocent smile*
Corkscrew next. I think I sat on it too much. Only the first drop really mattered. Everything else was super meh already. Didn't feel anything at all. LOL.
Sorry, no can do. Ain't getting on the kids bumper cars. LOL. There's a max height for this ride.
Haxxorx.
Sling shot! :O Sat it out again. Haha.
Sat on the "Flying Dragon" next, all 'cept for Jason and Chern, who opted for the Go Karts. Only the turns were any fun. Other than that it was a whole lotta mehhh. I don't get why do people scream so much on this ride. Nonsense la, when they scream. Best part of the ride? It took us through First World Plaza, directly above KFC. We were blasted with the essense of fried chicken. Instantly made all of us hungry after the ride.
That means it's time for lunch. Sure enough, everybody wanted KFC now, thanks to the smell. So we all regrouped and went for nomnoms.
More pictures.
Sat on the "Antique Car" next. Noisy, shaky. But good picture taking opportunities la.
Read the sign yo'
Whee.
Had to get back early, so we called it quits then. Picked up our luggage then went back.
Cable car! AGAIN.
The mist was just ridiculous. Felt like we were going into the great unknown. Zhi Shan was saying how a dinosaur would just pop out from the mist and nom on us. Hahah.
Reached the bus station at 4:30. Luckily there's a bus at 5, with just 8 seats left. We sapu the remaining seats.
The rest of the journey was spent napping, or listening to music.
Super tired now.
Kinoc, out.
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