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Kicking in the backseat

Been going to JB a lot recently, sometimes even an impromptu weekday trip at midnight (which is part of the fun). Love these quick getaways, however short they were. Here’s three separate trips combined into one entry (took days to finish), latest to earliest 😀

28 July (Sunday)

Believe it or not, I woke up at 7am+ which is earlier than the time I wake up on workdays -_-
Carpooled with David and Chris and off we go! Reached about 10ish I think.

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Some of the dim sum we had for breakfast… the rest we ate before I remembered to take a photo. Forgot the shop name but it’s quite cheap. Unusual too because ordering aside, the staff also walk around with all the food and you just pick whatever you want.

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The guys wanted to play Go-Karts and the journey there was a bitch because the place is so secluded and hard to find. Made loads of wrong turns, route was bumpy, uneven and fraught with potholes, reached one place and realised that they’d relocated but alas, we finally got there.

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Aww so sweet :”) Hahaha! I strongly objected to playing because if there is one thing I fear as much as interviews, it is driving. Thank goodness I didn’t because the guys said the circuit was treacherous and even they, experienced drivers, found the vehicle hard to navigate.

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Lol no we’re not dating/secretly seeing each other/in denial of our (non-existent) feelings despite popular belief. But every single person I know (even my colleagues who have never met him) comes to the wrong conclusion anyway. Please, we’ve known each other for 7 years!

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Went to the Premium Outlets where you can find stores for practically every luxury brand but barely entered them and ended up at Starbucks… again. Chocolate banana cake (courtesy of Chris) and Java Chip frappe 🙂

Chris: Did you guys buy anything the last time you all were here?
David: Yes… *raises Starbucks cup*

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Left: Worn out from Go-Karts
Right: Brain freeze and headache from Starbuck
Me in the backseat: Sleepy from waking up earlier than usual

Hahaha thanks guys for taking turns to drive and lead the way!

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Tom yum steamboat for dinner! 😀 The kind that comes in sets and then you can top up with ala carte items. So delicious… can’t believe it all added up to only SGD$5 each! Plus their chilli sauce is really spicy and awesome.

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Went round looking for nice bars but ended up at our usual hangout. Such creatures of habit, aren’t we? Even ordered the same old bucket. They even gave us free chips and let us sing in their karaoke lounge for awhile.

Lol at first Chris volunteered to take the sucky chair but then he saw that David and I left a gap between each other on the couch. So he told David to move over because he ‘wanted to sit with us’ and I was like HE’S DOING IT ON PURPOSE DON’T THINK I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO LOL. Anyway, his plan failed because he ended up in the middle 😛

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At the carwash and this was taken from inside the vehicle. Am I artsy yet?
Had lok lok (a must-have everytime I come to JB now) but it’s not as good as my favourite stall.

20 July (Saturday)

One of my favourite trips ever, with David, Chris and Abigail 🙂

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Yummy bak kut teh for lunch 😀
Then this David actually secretly wanted sushi (again) but didn’t say anything except drop hints here and there so…

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At Sushi King (cheap but I’ve had better) and this is only half of what we ordered. Lol having our orders taken and being served our food took ages but ask for the bill and it’s the complete opposite. Topped off our meal with Starbucks afterwards… and it’s only midday hahaha.

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Decided to watch Man Of Tai Chi (exceed my very low expectations) but the only good timing was for the LUXE theatre. RM18 each which is still cheaper than Singapore. Cinema was near empty and the seats were so spacious 😀

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Had two buckets since there were four of us this time but I went to the toilet at least seven times in the next 30 minutes. I know it’s normal but even at Mulligan’s with my colleagues, I go to the toilet more than anyone else -_- and no it’s not because I drank more.

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Christopher, Abigail, David and me 🙂

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Took many attempts to get decent shots because of all the flashing disco lights.

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Food, food and more food yay. BBQ stingray though it’s not as good as what I’ve had in Singapore. Chilli isn’t spicy enough and feels like it hasn’t been been barbecued to the right degree.

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Lok lok from my favourite stall which has the most kickass chilli ever. Sigh now I’m craving it all the time.

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Lol it’s funny how they were playing Badges Of Fury on a big screen for public viewing, which was the very same movie David and I watched a few weeks back when we were last in JB.

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Went karaoke after that but we only sang for an hour because it was pretty late. Then we realised we were actually just getting warmed up and it wasn’t enough 🙁

30 June (Sunday)

Was on leave, hehehe. Only me and David this time. Went to loads of places including Bukit Indah, Sutera, KSL, Premium Outlets, watched a movie etc but I didn’t take photos until dinner at Manhattan Fish Market. I slept a lot during the travelling :l

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Really good mussels!

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~~ My Magic Bread Sticks ~~
Lol I think I manually blurred the background till the photo is damn weird -_- (?)
Cos my camera can’t focus properly for nuts.

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Food took super long to come and we were suggesting theories as to why. Like maybe they overturned the whole platter and had to cook everything again. Was so freaking hungry followed by so freaking full…

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Sigh time passed so quickly during all three trips even though they lasted from morning till after midnight!! 🙁 Partly due to spending so much time on the road, getting to places. Might be going to KL next 😀

So bummed because the three of them are in Langkawi and I didn’t go with them. Thought I couldn’t go at first so I told them to go ahead without me. Realised I could go but they already booked tickets and prices had increased. The cheaper alternative was to take a coach and transit at KL but they said I’d definitely get lost. David offered to change his plane ticket into my name while he take the coach. Made me super touched hahaha. But it was so last notice and troublesome so I insisted they go ahead without me.

Felt like I let them down because they were all so keen for me to go… though it’s enough for me to feel so wanted :’)
Love how spontaneous everyone is. Hope we get to go on more trips together!


Why I disappeared

In the mood to say whatever I like and everything I feel.  Doesn’t matter if it offends anyone because those who will feel that way are probably those I don’t care about anyway. Why am I so hostile and bitchy all the time 😀

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1) Annoying people

Zero privacy!!! Acquaintances I don’t even like that much telling me what to do or giving me shit after reading my blog (which has no mention of them in the least…). Because they think they know me very well or have the right to do so just by being a blog reader. Lol wanna laugh at those that only started talking to me for awhile and yet think they can be as close to me like my friends are.

Many of my friends don’t read my blog — and they don’t have to because they are part of the blog 🙂 I don’t really care who reads it (I’d rather not know) and anyone is welcome to actually, but I’d honestly prefer it my blog isn’t brought up in real-life conversations because I’m self-conscious like that.

Especially if you are going to be creepy. Like I was just trying to get rid of Some Random Jerk who was going on about about not ‘understanding’ me (that’s the point, isn’t it) and I just said “No one gets me anw so whatever”. Reply I got:

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1 ) I didn’t mean it that literally, 2) So NOT socially acceptable especially when I have never told you about my friends, you just knew about them from going through my WhatsApp list and online activity.

HOW TO NOT BE HOSTILE AND BITCHY WHEN YOU MALES ARE SUCH TURN OFFS???
Sometimes I even say certain things on purpose in hopes that people will be turned off and stop talking to me -.-

2) Depressive episode thanks to Hello Kitty

Remember my earlier entry on how I was gonna brave the haze and take a look at the queues? So I went with my dad — who insisted on driving me because my mom was convinced I was going to get kidnapped or lost in the haze — and we ended up queuing for 90 minutes at the drive-through till 2am.

I was really happy and thought it was worth it though, because I got two of the Ugly Ducklings. Even took photos for work the next day while I was there. Treated my whole family to McDonald’s too LOL.

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Friend gave me a third one. I posted this photo on McDonald’s fb fanpage asking if anyone wanted to trade me any of the earlier ones in the same collection. Was surprised to get a few replies but I only responded to one. So now I have two ducks and one Red Riding Hood.

I did feel like I picked the right person because he was super spontaneous and said he wanted to get the toy for his daughters. It was a Saturday and I offered to meet halfway but he said he’ll drive to my block, and told me to stay indoors because of the haze 😀 He came with his two daughters, we traded and I thought that was it.

A week later he talked to me on WhatsApp again, asking when I would be free to meet up and that he could “buy me dinner at Northpoint. I asked what for and he said to catch up but he’s “not asking anything from me”. Me being me, I made up some lame excuse about having to work night shift so I’ll have to check, and I haven’t replied since HAHAHA.

I don’t know what’s more odd. The fact that I have only met him for five minutes or the fact that he has kids. Then again maybe it’s just me and my reluctance to bother with people I can’t see myself being friends with a decade down the road.

Anyway, I went to queue for the black, limited edition Singing Bone the following week, but apparently I underestimated my fellow countrymen because I queued till 2am again and didn’t get shit! I didn’t think that would happen until I saw the queue for myself wtf.

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“Queued for 3 hrs and didn’t get shit.”
All single ticks because everyone’s asleep -_- I even complained to my editor HAHA. He was like damn surprised and replied,“Huh???? You didn’t get?!!” I know right, tell me about it.

Too lazy to repeat my whole experience but I wrote about it on this article as ‘a STOMPer’ LOL.
Seriously though, why the fuck did fucking Mac’s have to suddenly give out coupons and not inform us about it prior?

I went home to stroke my guinea pigs instead 🙁 Ughhh I’d wanted the plushie so bad.
It’s okay, not even 100 Singing Bones will make me trade my furballs.

The appeal of something increases by leaps and bounds when you can’t have it and that was the same in this case. I was like damn depressed but people still kept bothering with superficial shit like Some Random Jerk [see above], such that I changed my WhatsApp status to ‘No Hello Kitty No Talk’.

Got over it after a week though. I actually know of a website where I could get a Singing Bone for just $7 but I didn’t bother. It makes a difference queuing and getting it for yourself because you worked hard for it. There’s no kick otherwise. Meh!!

Funnily enough, I got put in charge of all Hello Kitty-related articles at work for the whole of next day but it made me be in high spirits instead of rubbing salt into my wounds. Crazy happening day because there were so many pics and emails due to all the queues, fights, scalpers, auctions etc. But I love the adrenaline rush.

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3) Went on leave

For a week! 😀 Planned to go to Bangkok but it ended up being too much of a rush so I’m going in August instead yay. Didn’t do much but just slacked around at home and avoided the real world. I think the only site I had updates on was Yahoo Answers and I let everyone assume I was overseas.

Woohoo I love the hermit life.
Basically here’s what I did whenever I wasn’t out:

– Read loads of fics
– Finished one manga (3 mini-sequels to go)
– Finished Japanese drama based on manga
– Watched more than 10 movies
– Played way too much Battleon and Theme Hospital

Excerpts from this one fic [x] about a girl who left her hometown in the middle of the night because she got pregnant.
Omg I can’t!!!! And yeah the tears… hahaha.

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Super shiok holiday ^_^ Just started another one, ha!
That’s about it… more updates to come!