Everyday StoriesYYY
Saturday, April 18, 2009,11:59 PM
JB Trip
*beware: long entry*took off early today to JB, it's the 2nd time going with darren and guan lun, minus yong hua and wei da, and adding in edwina.
we left lakeside mrt around 1045am for transfer at Kranji to JB.
traffic is considered quite smooth if you were to compare with last friday, which was Good Friday, don't know why they of all days, choose to go on that particular day. must be trying to do some reverse psychological thinking but failed terribly.
reached JB City Square around 11 plus, and when we had our breakfast cum lunch it was alrdy 12pm! i was so damn hungry, can hear my own stomach growling loudly. they wanted to try at the Wan Chai HongKong Cafe. when i got inside, i was so distracted because i couldn't get the table that i wanted, so i kept glancing around while they were discussing on what to eat. this happened when i was eating at this cafe in s'pore too. so when i finally saw the table was available, i asked if we could shift. haha, so after we shifted i was happy and could finally loosen up and focus on the food and conversation. the food standard is exactly the same as what you can get in s'pore, total bill was about RM74.
we proceeded to shop around and when i saw this t-shirt i bought it without hesitation as i had already seen it last week but didnt get it so i don't want to regret again.
i realised that many slippers were being sold there, hence i tot of buying a pair since mine was a little old. one caught my eyes, it was white with a silver glittery stripe just right over the toes area. initally i was only casually browsing through, but as i passed another shop and saw it, the more i look at it the more i found it to be pretty and unique. i asked for my size but gasp, there isn't size 5. den i went back to the 1st shop and still there is none. omg, right at that moment i really wanted to get it badly, bcos now owning that pair of slipper has become like a challenge for me. the more i know i cannot get it, the more i want to get it. it's like the things that i want, always no right sizing or no stock etc... grr.. feel so sad cannot find the slipper in the end even though i did keep a lookout for it at other places =(
but guan lun bought a nice pair of shoes for his school usage. haha, someone is preparing for back to school lei! =D
we cabbed to Jaya Jusco
cab uncle is friendly and chat with us regarding the different cars in malaysia and singapore. anyway, buying one car in s'pore is equivalent to getting two in m'sia. hais... tough life.
wah, first time going there. mall is quite big, but also quite empty and i find many spaces are not being fully utilised, it's like the new bugis shopping centre. big but the spaces are not being made use to create more sales opportunities.
i bought 2 diamante hairclips from a pushcart. i like them very much, as i have been looking for one but can't really see any that caught my eye. i like those blink blink thingy, anything that is crystal/diamante like either on hair accessories, necklace, bracelet, shoes, clothings, watches, woo, do they get my attention. haha!
darren bought a fortune cat display which i think it's quite cute and unique in the sense that it's not those normal porcelein fortune cat that you will see in many stores. he meant to display it in his office, lol. want to let his boss praise him for the extra effort made right? haha!
we went to black canyon to sip some drinks (and ease our tired feets), omg the ice mint fruity punch i ordered was so damn sour and people who knows me well will know that i absolutely cannot take sour taste. and what's more, i wanted to confront the waiters what's up with the name of the drink (note: ice
mint fruity punch), why isn't there the slightest hint of mint in that drink??! pissed sia, i ordered cos i like minty taste and yet! thinking of tearing down their signboard or at least vandalising their menu, but i'm not in s'pore so no courage to do so.. hahah! (nah, just kidding, i won't have the guts to tear down ppl's signboard.. at least not personally if you know what i mean).
the coffee that darren and edwina ordered was so thick, i think only my boss can withstand that strong caffeine and still insist that it's not as strong as his specially grinded coffee powder. note: 3KG of S$22 coffee powder consumed within 1 1/2 weeks by him and him only.
-______-lll (no comments)
went to Watson's and bought a mascara. edwina used this particular mascara and i saw that her eyelashes were prettily coated with just the right amount, nothing overdone, so i wanted to try it too for myself and see if it is as good as the ZA Cutie Curl mascara that i was using.
besides shops like Harris, Levis, Topshop, Mango, Espirit, there is also this super big hypermarket there called Jusco. if you are thinking of it to be another Giant Hypermarket that M'sia is famous for, think further. it's like Giant cum BHG, the departmental store as it sells apparels and cosmetics with brands like Chanel, all the higher end stuffs and also common brands like Revlon, Maybelline etc.
edwina bought alot of food, snacks and tidbits from there.. guan lun also bought sushi and two whole roasted chicken! haha. i was so full i cannot think about food anymore, so i didn't even think of buying any. darren and myself bought a pack of white coffee for our mummies. haha! same thinking coincidentally. what to do, can't help being filial =P when we came out from the hypermarket, wow, the mall is surprisely packed with lots of people, an exact opposite situation when we just arrived.
as we were still very full for dinner, we walked over to Tesco, it's just the building beside. the shopping mall is similar to Jusco (i suspect they are brothers, i mean same owner) their concept is the same. mall with shops and also the anchor tenant being the hypermart departmental store. hmm.. i don't remember if we went inside the hypermart this time (either my memory is failing me due to us walking around frantically or perhaps the seemingly replica of this shopping mall as the previous) but i knew that we didn't spent much time here. i think this is the place where i bought a pair of shoes with a row of diamante across each, haha! it just caught my eye and seeing the price is reasonable and i need a pair of non-heels shoes, i bought it. hope this shoe don't give me trouble! *crossing my fingers*
not soon after we cabbed to Taman Sentosa, a eating place that's opposite to Crystal Crown Hotel that offers all kinds of seafood delicacy at cheap rates as compared to s'pore.
ordered oyster egg, teppanyaki tofu, oats prawns, stingray, bak ku teh (think that should be all). i don't really like to eat anything that are fried with oats and also seldom eat prawns if i'm outside, so i didn't touch that plate of prawns. i think the best will be the tofu, i was quite disappointed with the oyster egg bcos when we ordered last friday, it was hot and tasty but today was cold and soggy. no more crazily big barley anymore, but still i cannot finish even half of my medium size barley, it's so damn tasteless, despite the fact that i have already emphasise that i want barley less ice. almost everything tasted worse than last friday, what's the problem with the hawkers? the bill rang up to RM67. our breakfast cum lunch is more expensive than our seafood dinner? well, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. (although we had it at 12plus, haha!)
we were stuffing ourselves mad with the food and gasp! after we left the table, edwina wanted to eat lok lok! wow, were we impressed she actually leave some room for them. but after a few bites she cannot take it and take-away.
we decided to take a stroll before we get a cab to digest our food. the road was so dark and scary and there were quite a number of dark alleys, i admit i was very scared. haha! after a walk of about 20mins of bold courage testing, finally decided to take a cab back to City Square. were lucky a cab was immediately available. the uncle said that we shouldn't walk this distance as it is very dangerous especially when it's late. hah! who is the one who suggested to walk hurh! then they started to talk about the danger and crimes that happened in JB, only then did i know about the robbing incident that happened in JB this week. was thinking shit, i was so daring to go inside toilet alone like nothing matters for quite a few times >_< lucky they only mentioned this nearing the end of this JB trip, else i think i'll hold my pee from the morning till i reach home at night. haha! after edwina's final purchase of local products, we moved on to the customs.
reached s'pore custom nearing 10pm and cabbed back to our home.
it was quite a tiring but fun day for me, i was more tired especially when we were coming back, (nearly) fell asleep quite a few times.
all in all, i find it's better then the first time because our time were being spent more fruitfully in this trip. hee. went to more places and bought stuffs and of course spent more money too! haha, we are helping the economy ok. keke.
but perhaps we should meet earlier, say 9am instead. provided i can get up on time. haha! =P
Labels: fun, happy, shopping, tired
_-*Shamain*-_
