Lilian's recount of kukup..

i miss kukup!! T__T it was SO SO SO fun!!!

it all started with a simple email: "anyone wans to go msia for a short break?"

i was realli sick of work, so juz wanted to get away. didn't really expect to haf replies but i received some of them almost immediately! so i went to search for a nice place to go to. weilin gave me this website http://kukup.bravehost.com, which looked kinda dubious at first. my colleagues were all telling me it's a con for sure and i'll nv see my deposit of $600 again! but it turned out dat the uncle Dennis (tour agent) was realli nice to us! phew.. =p

luckily, we were allowed to meet at 2 pick up points, so i arranged for the vans to pick us up from woodlands mrt and amk mrt. however, uncle dennis insisted we had to meet at 6.30am(amk) and 6.45am(wdls) as he was afraid of traffic jams at the causeway. i bet some of u were regretting the trip as u dragged ur half-asleep body out of ur beds rite... anyway, the amk grp was super punctual! the onli late geek was mervin, who came at 6.40am. haha.. the wdls grp, however, had more late-comers! shame shame!! =p

so we set off, with nice weather and smooth traffic. soon, we arrived at johore for breakfast before continuing the journey to the kukup ferry terminal..

we had lunch at the ferry terminal. well the food was ok.. but there were lots of flies!! but, haiz, we juz closed one eye lo.. b4 we ate, we explored the place.. omg we saw so many candies from our childhood!! no longer sold in SG leh.. we were gg "ooh! aah!" inside the shops.. a bit diu1 lian3 hor.. haha..

then we took a ferry over to the chalet..

the chalet was much nicer than wad we had expected! it was Big and Clean! I could even smell the soap on the bedsheets and blankets! floors were oso clean n shiny! super clean can?? the most kua zhang thing was that they actualli boiled water for us! b4 we even ask if there're kettles for us to use!!!! and there was so many beds! 4 rooms in total, and each room had at least 8 beds lo!! all double-deckers, with some single beds and some double beds. there were 2 mahjong sets and ktv system in the living room! super satisfied lo~! haha..

the place itself was a peaceful fishing village. except for the salty smell of the seawater, it was realli a comfortable place to be in.. no sounds of traffic, only the swishing of the waves.. the villagers led simple lives dat none of us could imagine having. i think. it feels so carefree and relaxing over there!

after a tea break (we were constantly being fed), uncle Dennis brought us to watch the sunset.. it was so beautiful.. you can nv get to see such a sunset in sg.. but i rem when i was small, and there were not so many HDB flats, i was able to see the sunset every evening at my old flat in yishun. it was almost as beautiful. anyway, which sunset is ugly? haha. i recorded the sun setting down.. took abt 2 n 1/2 min. u can get it from me if u wan it. =)

and then, we had bbq dinner! i tot the starting fire part was gg to take ages, so i asked everyone to go to the bbq pit earlier. in the end, guess wad? there were ppl there who bbq everything for us! the onli thing we needed to do was to take and eat! n their bbq-ing skills are the greatest can? none of us ever cook dat chicken wing till dat kind of level b4! it was cooked perfectly, juicy, crispy skin yet soft meat. yummy.... even the sotong balls tasted better den wad i normalli eat at bbq. the $83 is worth it!

after dinner, all of us went back to MahJong (MJ) or.. erm nothing, all of us were MJing. some were chatting la. but mostly it was MJ MJ MJ! haha.. at ard 1.30am, we went out to put fire crackers... the small small fireworks. veri fun n exciting! but oso super noisy.. =p after uncle dennis came out to gently remind us dat there are villagers living nearby, we went back to the chalet.

in the end i slept at 5am.. morning 8am breakfast? i couldnt care less.. heck the breakfast la.. i did wake up for a minute, feeling the responsibility of being the organiser to wake others up for breakfast. but onli lasted a min. haha.. i woke up at abt 10am. =p

after playing the "pop! pop!", and taking of grp photos. we went to visit a fishing village b4 gg for lunch.. fyi, Pop!pop! is the small white thing dat goes pop! when u throw it on the ground. haha.. i used to play it when i was a kid. but it was banned..

funny stupid pose!! haha

zhiliang holding up a horseshoe crab at the fishing farm:

after lunch, we went to JUSCO, a veri veri veri BIG shopping mall in johore! it was veri nice! a bit like marina sq.. not as big as vivo i think, but comparable! after the shopping, we went for dinner, where we had an 8 course at a cleaner restaurant (yes!!) plus shark's fins for onli $9 per pax! it was worth it. esp the beijing roasted duck! ooh.. forget the fats and oil in it. i juz wan to eat~!!! haha..

after the dinner, we finalli said goodbye to uncle dennis and headed back to sg.. altho we all enjoyed the trip veri much, i was glad to be home.. hope we can haf such a trip again!