Holas everyone , I'm back from Genting , after staying there for almost 4 days & I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually enjoyed the trip . Probably bcos I haven't been there since last June so there . Let me take you on a whirlwind trip when I'm there then & be warned , it's gonna be LONG winded !Day 1 (24th Nov '06 , Fri)I reached Genting's 1st World Hotel at 4.30am ! Considering the fact that the coach left S'pore at 10pm the previous night , reaching the place at the wee hours of the night was quite erm remarkable . & you imagine , I can't check into the hotel til 9am :O or so . So what happened during the next few hours to come ? My parents went to the casino & didn't come back til 7am or so (around 7am-ish went to McDonalds to have breakfast) in which the next 2-3 hours , me & the other 2 were waiting in the big spacious lobby while guarding the numerous barang barang's that we brought & also listening to songs in my mp3 while cracking some sick & stupid jokes over random issues which were quite funny.& as embarassing as it sounds , I haven't had a Big Breakfast AT ALL so that was kinda a 1st for me in trying but I wasn't really impressed with it cos the only thing that stands out was that it cames with a side dish of scrambled egg & also like what I like to call , a dismantled sausage muffin.After checking in , the moment me & the other 2 went to the hotel room , I immediately sat on the bed & SLEEP . That was around 9am-ish or so & everyone all slept til almost 3pm :O cos everyone was so tired & not to mention , it was so fucking difficult to sleep while I was in the coach cos in the middle of the night , there was this weird noise/sound coming from 1 of the seats in the bus which was SO annoying . Even listening to my mp3 doesn't help matters to try to make me sleep in vain. & I didn't even change into my PJ's :O , I just slept just like that haha !Was supposed to wake up at 12 noon to go for lunch but that didn't happened cos everyone all overslept except my dad cos for the next 3 days or so , he was 'working' in the casino so he's not sleep deprived whenever the whole family go to Genting.My mum who was sleeping in the room next door , came to my room & wrote a note & then left at 12.10pm cos my dad wanted to ask her to wake us up but everyone were all sleeping like dead logs . Even if there's a fire alarm or something , we can't wake up but will still sleep though the day hahaWe left the room at 3pm or so cos my mum wanted to eat something 'light' cos we are going to eat again a few hours later . So we ended up at this shop called Only Mee which served noodles & the works but I have to say it's possibly the crappiest restaurant I went to in Genting !I ordered Spaghetti which cost RM9 & it's probably the strangest Spaghetti I ever tried simply bcos 1stly the sauce's all weird & all . Although it's tomato based , there wasn't minced pork in it . Instead it was duck meat . If you think that's not weird enough , the noodles they used , it's the type that you can easily find in instant noodles & Spaghetti's supposed to be dry & not wet . Mine's almost soup based :O . Gross , somebody better make sure that sometimes cheap doesn't mean it's good , period.I guess that's possibly the 1st & last time I ever step inside Only Mee then.& after that went to 1st World's arcade to play . At least this time , there were more people . Eariler when we went in the morning , they haven't even open their doors yet . That was around 8am-ish or so & my mum told us that have to be back at the lobby at 8.45am & the arcade didn't opened til 8.30am . The other 2 went to play para while I brushed up on my Marvel Super Heroes Vs Street Fighter skills & dammit , Cyber Akuma's SO difficult to defeat.For the night , everyone walked to Resort/Highland hotel in which for dinner , we went to the chinese restaurant , the Genting Palace & cos we were late as we overshot on time , had to wait for seats . More waiting came again after we were finally assigned seats & I tell you it's like a ritual to go to Genting Palace for dinner on the 1st night of Genting . It's always like that !& guess what was 'new' on the menu ? Ostrich meat ! yup you heard me right , Ostrich ! I have been waiting to try ostrich meat for the longest time cos I read in magazines that it taste like beef but it's more healthier so I begged my mum to order a medium portion of stir fried ostrich meat with black pepper & spring onions while the rest of the 3-4 dishes we ordered large cos everyone was so hungry like crazy.& the worst thing's that we waited for almost close to an hour but thankfully the wait was worthwhile as everything was great . The ostrich meat was very nice & yes it tasted just like beef but it's more leaner & less fatty . Finally at least I can say that I tried ostrich before ! I would love to eat it again should I have the chance to . I think that's the most 'exotic' kinda meat I tried so far . I tried deer , ox tail & ox tongue too.Before our food came , I was oogling at the waiters around the restaurant & it's funny but Malaysian guys are quite cute if you ask me . The next few days to come , there were even more eye candy for me to look at heh !The 3 of us went to the arcade at the Resort hotel & forget tokens , in comes a taped card with credits inside it . Something like the arcade version of EZ Link in which it's so much better instead of lugging coins in my pockets & all .I realised most of the old games in both arcades were taken out . Even though some were left , the buttons were horrible & were spoilt big time . That's why I still like the arcade at Westmall if you ask me !Somemore the Marvel Vs Capcom game , it cost me RM2 while I only paid 50 cents in Westmall .While I was there , something rather horrible happened . I saw a RAT ! a really huge rat running around the place & it was so HUGE like the size of my palm ! Ick ! Hui Li commented that the only time she saw rats were in Fear Factor but EEW the rat was so big , I screamed & ran to the other side of the place . Had nightmares of it when I slept later on.& for the next few days at Genting , I bunked in with Hui Li . Woo hoo heaven man I tell you . No dad , no mum around to boss us around heh heh--------------------+++--------------------
Day 2 (25th Nov '06 , Sat)
Got up quite early cos yesterday I slept pratically like the whole day like a piece of dead log in which today my mum wanted to drag us to the Outdoor Theme Park . Wow it has been around like 5-6 years since I last went there so was kinda looking forward to it & I have to say that the beds at Genting RULES ! So nice to sleep , I wonder which company supplies Genting the beds man cos it has been waaay too long since I last had a damn good sleep !
Went to Burger King to grab some breakfast & haha they were showing Teen Titans on TV . I loved Teen Titans & I always watched it whenever I have the chance to on Cartoon Network.
I had Scrambled Eggs Platter which comes with a hot drink of choice . I chose cappuccino vanilla cos I wanted to try it as I never had cappuccino before & it tasted great ! & the SEP is just like McDonalds's Big Breakfast in that instead of scrambled eggs , the SEP comes with mini harshbrowns & dismantled scrambled ham croissant-wich.
After that , the 4 of us except my dad (who's busy 'working in the casino playing Roulette over time & time again) head onto the Outdoor Theme Park & the weather was LOVELY . It was sunny yeah but not that sunny & it was 17 degrees which was good !
My mum went to buy 4 passes which cost RM36 each in which it's a day pass . The 1st ride I tried except Hui Lin cos she was too chicken was something called The Spinner & below & the next few lines or so , are pics that I took using my ayam brand 0 dollar Motorola L6 phone :
Pretty amazing isn't it ? Essentially The Spinner takes me on a ride like iterally . It consists of numerous swing that has mental chains being pulled up to the top & also safety barriers attached to it so that once the pulley inside the machine the numerous mental chains were being raised up , I wouldn't get flunked away like a rag doll .
It was pretty scary cos while I was queing up for it , I looked at it & thought it looked pretty erm funky but I didn't expect that when I tried it on myself , it was quite nerve-wrecking ! I couldn't looked down or else I would screamed even more . I just kept looking up .
1 moment the swing pulled me up to almost touching the sky & the next , it just crashed & landed , well sorta but the ride lasted too short , about 20 secs or so . I would love to try it again !
Sure I was scared & all but The Spinner took me on a really good ride !
After that , I went to sit on a mini rollercoaster called The Flying Dragon .
& it was a pretty decent ride . It did took everyone inside the 1st World Hotel but there was 1 time where it jutted suddenly & my rib cage was hurt ! Hui Li said that this's nothing but peanuts . Hui Lin didn't wanna took it though & I only managed to take the pic of the Flying Dragon's head & not the whole body of it haha.
& the next 2 rides namely Space Spot & CorkScrew Rollercoaster , are the ones that Hui Li took but I didn't cos I was too chicken . Hui Li wanted to try Space Shot for the longest time cos it looked really thrilling . Even though she queued up for almost an hour for both rides , it was worth the wait for her .
So while she was the only person game enough to queue up for Space Shot , the 3 of us went to took a ride in the Ferris Wheel & believe it or not , they were playing Paris Hilton's debut CD in the ride :O . I know what the ...
& here're some pics that I took when I was on top in the Ferris Wheel :
These colourful buildings are the the 2 towers of the 1st World Hotel & it was a bit cloudy & overcast when I took these pics but I really liked them. When I got down from the Ferris Wheel , Hui Li was about to get inside the Space Shot & here it's how it looks like , well 1/2 of it :
Space Shot
& in here , Hui Li The Grape instead of Hui Li The Great who's decked up in blue is getting ready to get strapped inside prim & proper & ready for the ride up & another bit case of f.y.i , no glasses are allowed when you took this ride :
If you can't get the full pic on how the Outdoor Theme Park rides look like , you can always go to Outdoor Theme Park rides to check it out & while she was getting ready , I took a pic of another attraction in which I took before but this time I didn't :
& amazingly enough , my mum went to accompany Hui Li to take the CorkScrew Rollercoaster while me & Hui Lin didn't so we just sat down somewhere & wait .
& before we left , we took the last attraction for the day which's the Vintage Car . & on the way out , I took this pic of a London Double Decker bus which was located outside a London Cafe & around this time , Hui Lin lost her watch & since then she couldn't stop asking about the time !
My whole body was all aching big time when we got back to the hotel room cos you imagine , we spent almost 4-5 hours walking non stop in the Outdoor Theme Park . :O
& for dinner , we walked our way to Highlands hotel to eat the buffet spread in the Coffee Terrace & goodness , that place & The Bakery were given a major face lift & it looked absolutely fanastic & zen like now . What a huge change if you ask me !
& cos my parents were able to use points stored inside their Genting cards , they only paid for 3 people's share instead of 5 in which each adult has to pay RM52++ for it . The buffet spread was huge like iterally & I almost see stars haha!
They had Chinese , Peranakan , Indian , Western , Japanese . It was really good overall but right now , I'm not really big on buffets that much & the desserts section was quite lame . They should do something about it & expand & improve it if possible .
My mum kinda went overboard with the durian ice cream & all of us ate a bit too much & I learnt an important lesson in that never ever drink cold stuff at night especially in chilly weather !
Why ? Cos I downed a Starbucks Chocolate Creme blended before I slept & I suffered a mild asthma attack at night & I couldn't slept well :O not to mention I was coughing & sneezing like 1 kind so yeah no more cold drinks before I sleep !
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Day 3 (26th Nov '06 , Sun)
Got up today with a rather heavy head cos of yesterday . Cos I didn't took breakfast today as my mum wanted to combine breakfast & lunch at Kenny Rogers so I had to hold on for a while . Went to the arcade to kick somemore butt at Marvel Super Heroes Vs Street Fighter & also Darkstalkers Night Warriors Revenge while the other 2 went onto para somemore.
Surprisely , at the last stage of Darkstalkers , the bad ass Pyron is quite a whimp & pretty chicken to K.O him as Pyron's just a useless piece of floating fire vapour alien haha
& around this time , by the time the 3 of us made our way to Kenny Rogers , I started to feel a bit dizzy . Not sure why but my mum commented that my face looked really pale like a ghost when she saw me . Til I sat down then some colour started to come back & that I looked much better .
My mum then said that my dad won a lot of RM for the past 3 days aka his overhaul at the casino haha & apparently it's the most amount of RM he even won , a 5 figure sum in RM which's like wow :O & he only played 2 games , Roulette & slot machines in which the bulk of his earnings come from Roulette as the pay out is quite high , ranging from 1:18 or 1:35 & yeah his luck's damn good , this time round so which means to say that this time , the trip & all the meals we had , were free free & more free haha
& naturally we 3 begged my dad to give somemore RM cos today is the day to buy xmas pressies galore . Wanted to do that yesterday but decided not to so that I'm given somemore time to decide who am I gonna buy pressies for & eventually each of us were given almost close to RM1000 to use & spend woo
In the afternoon , at 3.30pm , went to watch Happy Feet & the tickets cost RM11 per pop which were considered cheap & it was almost full house when the 3 of us stepped inside the cinema & it was a very nice movie & I adored the cute little Mumble aww he was so innocent looking when he was young . I don't like the adult Mumble though haha but overall there's an important message to the movie which's conservation . Now I understand why the movie's so successful in the US box office & even edged out 007 Casino Royale . It's still no1 as of now
After the movie ended , went around 1st World Hotel to shop for things . Only managed to get 80% of the pressies & it will be a chore to carry all of them back home as everything's SO heavy & it's not funny.Whoever I bought pressies for , better pay me back on the double ! haha no lah just kidding , then again xmas's a season all about giving , not receiving cos I guess it doesn't apply to those people that I bought pressies for then haha
For dinner , wahaha , we went to the superior Thai restaurant aka Imperial Rama that's located at Highlands & goodness it's such a high class place it was quite outta place when I 1st stepped inside . I been there before so this's my 2nd time there & we were treated like royalty there.
& the dinner was fanastic even though it's the most pricey meal for the whole trip clocking at almost RM220++ but it was very worth it . There was thai fish cakes , green chicken curry , tom yam soup , prawns , braised beancurd & all . Wanted to order ostrich meat again but my mum said no d'oh !
& yup my dad won even more $ again at the casino haha & after dinner , I didn't wanna go to the arcade again cos you imagine , almost 4 days non stop worth of 'partying' in the form of kicking butt in the arcade so it was starting to take a toll on me so eventually went to buy the reminding few xmas pressies in which eventually I had a hard time carrying everything back home :O
Before we left the place , while my mum was in the midst of footing the bill , I went outside Imperial Rama & took these pics at the Pizza Express counter & since when a pizza shop serves Yuo Tiao aka fried dough fritters eh ?
LOL amazing & I want to eat some Yuo Tiao like NOW ! & for fun , I took this in 1 of the billboard posters that were located around the escalators :
hahaha that's Hui Li for you !
There's 1 shop in 1st World called Choc Club & wahaha once I stepped inside , I couldn't come out heh heh cos everywhere was chocolates , chocolates & more chocolates ! 1 of my fave sweets's called Daim & it's FABOO . Bought a 300g pack of it , which cost RM26.90 which's quite dirt cheap .Was tempted to buy the 400g at RM35.90 though & tonight Hui Lin bunked in with me & Hui Li cos my mum wanted to watch football in the casino .
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Day 4 (27th Nov '06 , Mon)
Wah so fast today's the last day of the trip . Sheesh time files so fast if you ask me . Did somemore last min shopping around the place & haha look what I took outside The World Of Cartoons shop :
LOL & the big tweety bird is 1.3m tall if you wanna know . Hilarious & went to Causeway Bay for lunch before I eventually checked outta Genting . Had a plate of curry beef brisket rice which was fab . Initally I thought it was not spicy hot but I was so wrong it was :O
Carrying my luggage & a whole big bag of xmas pressies in both arms wasn't funny to begin with ! Both were equally heavy & at the end my dad had to help me carry my luggage on the way back home tsk . The whole bag of xmas pressies was quite heavy cos majority of what I bought were made from glass so if I'm not careful to begin with , BOOM , there goes everything .
Overall , the trip was great except for a few hiccups here & there but I generally enjoyed myself . Has been a rather long while since I went to Genting but it was hella fun . Somemore this time , my dad won so much $ to the extent that pratically all the costs ranging from food to hotel room rates were being covered so pratically I went on a free trip haha
& I'm sure my parents will echo the same thing , after all they been to Genting like 10 times for this year & you can pratically say that Genting's like my 2nd home now haha so next time if you wanna go there & if you're a greenhorn , just give me a buzz & I will act as your personal tour guide heh heh since I pratically know Genting like the back of my palm like iterally.
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