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shit balls@!!#%

how's that for an attention getter?

it's christmastime now. 'tis the season when it sucks to be alone ey? hm.. so, do y'all get real warm and fuzzy all over or that urge to wring some jolly fella's neck? haha man i feel merry on the inside…

okay, so im not this bitter old scrooge. It’s just that i've always felt this indifferent towards christmas. it's a love/hate thing and.. we'll just leave it as that roight. :)

anywho. the holidays have been good. having oodles and poodles of FUN actually. i'm very much satisfied with how things went this hols. okay so here goes muchos picture updates! (trip photos only, for now.)

aunt edwina scored 4 free rooms in this johor hotel so she invited pa, wei and i to join her and the boys for a trip. had yumMeh bkt before we left. the ride to johor was soOooOo bloody long. me, pa and james(chong lin?ah lin?ROFL.) took turns on the wheel so it wasn't that bad. speeding along the highway was pretty fun for a bit.

plus, we also had the much needed sustenance that kept us a chuggin’!

we detoured to malacca since it was on the way. yeah, what the heck right? visited jonker st., best known for antiquing, one-of-a-kind goods and chicken rice balls! mmm.. i LOVE the historical feel and chillex vibe over at Malacca.

We reached johor pretty late so we had us a quick dinner, checked in the hotel then lights out. Driving really knocks you out goooood. Early next morning we had brekkie at a popular noodle shop. Had a bowl of johor specialty which is none other than the tantalizing LAKSA JOHOR. Heh heh. Slurp.

Drove over to spore right after. Things we did: eat, shop, eat, get lost, eat, sight see, get lost, eat, shop. Though I don’t think I bought much this time around. Shopped at the usuals. Taka, paragon, heeren, parkson, etc.. then, we went to this place called haw par villa just to see the 10 courts of hell. Back then it was a pretty freaky boat ride through this creepy tunnel but now it’s been converted into a walk through museum. Nonetheless, I think haw par villa’s still really weird.

Next day, Did much much more shopping. Ate a lot of laksa. Then aunt bought a whole lot of duty free crap at johor before we went back.

Was an okay trip. bought a few books, hair ties and junk. I had a good time but im still not too crazy about the hotel. Damn you paper thin walls!

.:langkawi

7 of us went. Took a bus then was ferried over to langkawi. There’s a loooOoong detailed update abt this at brian’s blog so you could go check it out, N. But I’ll summarize anyway. :)

Day 1, was a total klutz. Everyone had a good laugh at my expense. Geez. dont think those losers are ever gonna let me live that day down. Thanks you guys, really. Roar. Rented a Toyota Unser from this shady looking character at kuala perlis. Yeah, he looked like he was gonna jump us.. just like something from the movies. Anyway, we slept a whole lot once we reached the hotel cos the journey to langkawi itself was damn bloody tiring. went down to the beach for a bit then had dinner at some mamak. Was total asshites.

Day 2, island hopping day. But before that, we had breakfast at the hotel. only had four b/fast passes though so three of us had to sneak in. of course. took a speedboat to an island that had this freshwater lake in the middle. Had to hike for a bit from the beach just to get to the lake. Oh and naturally, the lake came with a history. It’s said that women who were infertile would come from all over and take a dip in this fertility lake so that they could get pregnant. How much of this is true? I do not know, but it’s always interesting to learn about these kinda things. At the lake we canoed, paddled and swam around for a bit. it started raining after a while. Lucky much? Island exploration was shortened because of that. Headed back to hotel right after then went out again for food at Fat Mum’s. T’was okay. I loike seafood. :d. Played dumb games (CCT, spoon, name game) at the hotel and had a few drinks that pin, roy and gene bought.

Day 3, didn’t really sleep much the night before. Bed felt lumpy and uncomfortable. brunch was at this nasi kandar-like place. the place was called.. tomato something. Was approached by this woman. Apparently she thought that she was doing me a favor by telling me the meaning of the word “slut”. Oh, well thanks(?) anyway. (wth, why do these things keep happening?!! Lol.) We beached for most of the day.. hee hee. lookie! i made us sound like whales! Ha ha ha imsodamnfunnyrightnowreally. erm. banana boated, tanned(?), built sand castles, cam whored (i now have frightening amounts of self photos), swam around, lazed around, rolled about. Dinner was at this quaint looking restaurant with okay-ish food. chilled out at our rooms after and watched a whole lot of Ali G. check it, yo.

Day 4, our last fun in the sun day. We checked out of the rooms at 12. did a whole lot of last min. shopping at ‘THE ZON’, this dirt cheap duty free place. used up the car petrol by joyriding around the rest langkawi. drove to this oriental village cos that’s where the cable car ride is. it goes high up then in between these two really steep mountains. The view from up top was spectacular. saw yachts near the coasts, blue skies, clouds that looked like foam, waves crashing into the rocks and all. And, I love the fact that it was breezy. Darn, If only they allowed bungee jumping/free falling. Lunched at KFC. then visited the black sand beach. Why black sand? It’s this mermaid’s curse or some sort for what her sailor lover did to her. Sheesh, you know how it goes.. Saw many cows, chickens and kampong-like houses on the way to the jetty. (Mmm.. nuggets.) hung around starbucks while waiting for our boat. Had me a mocha frapp. light. Long ride home wasn’t as bad as the ride to langkawi. Though we reached KL later than scheduled which was at abt 4am-ish. Ate dinner/bfast at Kayu before we all went home. Think I got home at about 6ish. Then slept (not really).