johor bahru

the trip to JB has been a unique experience. although it's just JB and nobody understands why one may be excited about going there..

met ed, lien and sop at the bus terminal near bugis early in the morning. the morning coach ride took quite long before we reached msia and met kev there.

went to citysquare (is that rite?) and sort of only shopped at F.O.S. and i spent more than 1/2 my total ringget just there (about 200RM). but i think it's all worth it and i think i got a superb deal. junk food tees!! at 30RM only!! in singapore already more than s$30 loh!

got 2 for me, 2 for dear dear leonard, 1 for casey, and 1 for jasmine!

after that we got hungry, so we left the shopping mall =(.. and went to a hong kong restaurant for dim sum! =)

oh! and while we were eating, this man from the table beside us came over and took our teapot!! and poured tea for his table of people!!

the 5 of us were kinda stunned and just stared at him as he came to return our tea, and then proceeded to another table and took their bucket of ice!

ice ok la.. can take.. but take our tea?!? we have to pay for that wan loh! and it's "ours" what.. not like every table have one that kind loh! silly old man!! refill also just add water.. not add new tea leaves! damn diao loh.. so funny..

went to kev's house after lunch.
it's a very nice terrace (there's security also leh!) adorned with lots of gardeny details. even the toilet is aligned with pebbles and many hanging flowers of various variety. lol!

the whole house was very kempt. every cushion on the sofa was neatly placed. wine glasses hung above the mini bar as if they hadn't been moved in years (actually really nv move b4 cuz they nv use! so dusty until the glasses were like foggy loh! lol!). the silverwear were stacked in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition behind the closed glass cabinets in the kitchen.

along the stairway, brightly coloured portaits suspended against the wall. even kevin's room was prim and proper. the beds were made nicely, without a crease in the sheets. books were all tucked away and shelved neatly in green and yellow cupboards embellished with cute metallic snoopy knobs. (hmm..how's my descriptive story? not bad rite!?? do images appear?? haah!)

after slacking in his room while taking facewarp-ed photos and laughing our asses off, we went down to the yard-transformed-porch to have dessert!

chendol made by his maid! wahh... his maid can go fight with zx's maid le.. but i guess, these maids have to owe their wonderful shou yi to their "mums" (not mother but lady boss! lol).

even the chendol was served in a pretty cup? (i dun even noe the name of that tableware!)

2 flower gays..opps, guys kissing!

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the highlight of the day - PAINTBALL!!

warning: extremely painful when shot onto.

caution: may get very bad bruises. and very dirty clothes.

1st game, i was the last one to die.. but when i die.. i REALLY WANNA DIE. i dunno opposing team left how many people.. but i just kept shooting blindly and already damn scared.. then this guy came up from behind me and shot me FRIGGIN CLOSE RANGE!

hao shoot bu shoot, dun wan shoot the stupid vest, shoot the small area not protected by the vest.. it's above the rib cage and under the armpit!

no, u cannot imagine the pain until i fire at u from close range! i teared a little.. but the pain is very intense.. even one day later i still feel it. the whole area is swollen now and when i move or stretch in certain positions, it hurts. i expect some colour changes and degrees of swell in the next few days. e.g bigger area of bruise, from a small red bloodied spot into a large blue black.

i stopped for a few games.. but the subsequent ones which i was in the field, the mental pressure was so scary! those people fire like lunatics!

many a times u will hear the ballooned float thingy that acts as ur cover go "tong tong tong tong tong" in less then a milli second. whereas i fire at a much friendlier speed. "tong tong tong".

2nd game, i got hit in my butt! there's an orh ceh there too but just lidat only loh.. there was no paint, so i wasn't truely "shot". but i was so scared already that before i felt pain in the butt i was already surrendering just that the ppl "ja-ga-ing" didnt notice. so actually is i self proclaim myself dead de.. haha!

by right, in another game, i would have kena shot VERY CRUELLY when this guy came to xi ji me from the back in CLOSE RANGE again! luckily my friends were like saying there's someone behind u and i just totally threw my gun on the ground and put my hands above my head in surrender!!! i was like shouting and praying for him not to shoot me while mentally preparing to feel the sensation of pain once again. luckily he gao tai gui shou!!

kaoz..each time i was in the midst of a war, the adrenaline really started pumping...and i only wanna chiong out of the area, away from all the wicked flying blue balls of orange paint!

all in all, it was a fantastic experience though not in very pleasant ways. at least i managed to kill someone!! and hit some other person's gun though the paint didnt splatter.
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went msia's sentosa for dinner..

our sumptuous dishes.. ate till i zhang until wanna die!! (opps! sry chong!! not i want one de! i totally agree with what u said.. but those ppl ordered so much food as if they were free la!) ahha..

after dinner, we went back to citysquare in hope of buying more worthy stuff! haiz.. but kinda late le.. most shops were closing le..

anw, this was the action city in JB!.. very big, and very neat! the place where i was standing was like heaven for 1 minute! lol!

the next time i move house, i'm gonna make shelves like thoses! and display all my bao beis! then i'll make the floor cushiony soft so that i can just lie there and fall asleep with my little ones all around me! yay!