Wednesday, May 03, 2006
tuned in;
interesting trip to tampin and back.
not exactly well spent 3 days back in malaysia, but at least i managed to catch up with my relatives and those cousins that i`ve not seen for like maybe 5-6 years? =D
didnt even sleep a wink the day before i set off back to tampin cos i had work till 1 and went to macpherson for chilli crab with agnes, bala, tyler, hafiz and ronny. by the time i was home, i might as well stay up till we had to go. unlucky us had to bear with the undying heat in our train cabin as the blardy aircon was spoilt. we suffered through the 4 hours trip to tampin(lucky we only got on the ktm train from johor bahru) and i could barely even try to sleep, which apparently, was my original plan. shagged as i was, i was still very excited to see my relatives, especially my 4th uncle whom i`ve not met in a long time now.
once we reached tampin, we were warmly welcomed by all our relatives and boy, it sure felt good to see those familiar faces. we actually had plans to head down to malacca and famosa on our 2nd day but it didn`t happen in the end, i wonder why. lol. not much shopping since it`s such a small town with very little to offer us singaporeans. my sister, on the hand managed to find loads of things to buy....
oh oh, before i forget, malaysia`s food is x100 better than ours. even their lousiest seem to be better than our best(of what i can afford la). lol. the noodles are damn fantastic can? =D maybe it was also because the company i had while i was eating made the food even better...
i struggled and eventually dozed off in the living room while my mother and sisters were chatting with 4th uncle and auntie when we were staying over at my uncle`s place that night. i was sent up and fell asleep immediately due to the lack of sleep since the day before.
the 2nd day was mostly spent talking to my cousins and their boyfriends. boy, now then i realise that my cousins are all attached! lucky them. seem like they are all happy and blissful and i`m really happy for them! =) that night after dinner we were suppose to meet jiahui(4th uncle eldest daughter) who was still in famosa to go drinking. we ended up staying in tampin due to some unforeseen circumstances but we sure didn`t regret what we enjoyed exclusively that night. my 2 sisters and i, brought around by my cousin bo came to this alfresco-concept sort of pub. there was this stage allowing customers to go on live karokae.
it was still quite packed when we just arrived but gradually the crowd lighten and only our table and this table of uncles remained. my sister and i sang a song, when my sister was, i suppose quite high after alot of beer(i mean alot, 4 of us had over 20 bottles of beer). some of bo`s friends came to join us and jiahui also joined us. and the climax of the night was when the gang(about 10 of them) of mid-fourties men were dancing and singing like mad asses on the stage when apparently they seem to be drank and high. they were celebrating of the men`s birthday and they dedicated many songs along the way that whole night. now, the climax that i`ve yet to mention is that when alex tu`s all time stupid song [tuo diao] came on air...it was only natural that these men went absolutely nuts over it. it was still perfectly acceptable when they tore away their tee shirts and polo tees, but when some of them started to remove their bottoms, you could guess the reaction on our faces. we were either shocked, laughing or just simply amused.
since when did malaysians become so open-minded was all my sister could ask.
even bo and jiahui was totally shocked. they have not seen such a sight themselves! damn amusing la! and the next best part was my sister(the one who was high) still could walk up front towards the stage, take our her camera phone and tried to snap them! ahahahaha. actually, at that point in time i was quite scared and worried that those men might attack her but we got bo to go forward to bring her back before anything could happen. but now when i`m thinking about it, it`s really just funny!!! you guys should actually just see that sight...
we drank all the way till about 3 before heading for supper/breakfast and finally got home at about 4 plus 5. i`m telling you, i was like just shagged. couldn`t sleep much since we had to wake up together with the rest to get fetched down to the shop from our uncle`s place. that`s why for the last day i`m there, i barely did anything but just eat, rest, eat somemore and do some final catching up before we were packing our bags and preparing to leave for the train station.
and i`m telling you, you can`t believe what happen in the train.
can you guess?
i hope you got it right. there was no aircon again!
i almost went nuts. the rest of the cabins in the train was like freaking cold and everyone was like clad in thousand of layers and jackets. on the exact opposite, all of us in my cabin was fanning ourselves and even changing to shorts to keep ourselves cool. it was like hell bad luck. the only redeeming factor i guess was that i had a cute guy sitting in my cabin! ahahaha. okay, that`s a digress.
but i won`t mind going to tampin again next week(my mother is planning to go back since there`s a long weekend again). relaxed lifestyle that i really enjoy. but a little too laid back and boring at times, but still. it`s good to retreat to these small towns to enjoy life a little more. =)
1:18 AM
//ella habla; usted escucha
