Road Trip to Desaru

It was one fine morning on a Sunday morning that we decided to drive in to Desaru. Friend A decided to drive this time round.

It was a long drive and we stopped a few times for refreshments.

We did not want to try out the Go-Cart as it was quite expensive and SGFemale did not want to try either.



We drove into the Desaru Fruit Farm for some refreshments and bought some fruits.


We stopped by here for lunch and strolled around for a while.





We also visited one of the site where some of the ancient artifacts were found.


Some resorts over the Desaru.


Nice sea views.



Some countryside views..

A pier built just for the fisherman..

This is but one more place in Malaysia we have explored..more to come soon..;)

-SGMale

Final Theory Test

When we woke up this morning, it was raining cats and dogs. Oh mine! I thought to myself, is this a bad omen? Is God hinting me that I will fail my final theory test. Nevertheless, I forced myself out of the bed and started preparing.

I reached BBDC at 7.50am as I have a practise session at 8am. Did 3 practise books, scored 90%, 83% & 92%, failed one book out of the three. Had a quick breakfast at the caferia before I went in for the actual Final Theory test. I did my best to answered the 50 questions slowly and carefully. Guess what, after 15 minutes, I finished all the questions! And there comes the moment of truth....I ended the test by clicking "end test" and that will show the result immediately. I was very nervous and anxious to know the result, fearing that I might just fail this time again and all my hard work so far would get flushed down the drain.

Click! I opened both my eyes wide, and saw the word "PASSED" congratulating me on the screen. Yahoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Yeah! I passed! I passed my final theory test!!!! I was so relieved and happy!!!
Will apply for a "PDL" next month and start my practical practise beginning 24th Oct.
Till then, will have to focus on my new job and enjoy my holiday coming in 3 weeks' time.

-SGFemale

RIP -Son's Balloon Dog

Still remember the balloon dog we bought for our son when we were at Chinese Garden? Well, it became very sick and have been losing 'weight' eversince our son 'sits' on it!





Our hearts ache as we see it 'wasting away' day by day!

Rest in peace, doggy! May you get reborn into a real dog in your next recarnation!

-SGMale

Visit to Geylang Serai

After a heavy dinner at Sinma, we decided to drop by Geylang Serai which is located nearby. Parking there is an extremely diffcult tasks and we could see illegally parking everywhere. Due to lack of parking lots, even law-abiding citizens like us decided that it made more sense to just park the car on the double yellow line. ;)

Walking through the Malay Village during such a festival season can be quite challenge! The alley selling all types of Hari Raya goodies are so jam-packed with people that passing through can be a very daunting act!










As we strolled past all the night markets, we found out that the place is actually operating late into the night and we could see cars coming for parking lot at 1130pm!!

After getting hot and sweaty, we gave up and decided to call it a day there! 3-4 months' time, the same kind of jam will start to happen over at Chinatown. ;)

-SGMale

Back to Sinma for Dinner-cum-Supper

After fetching SGFemale from her final theory practice at BBDC, we drove down to Geylang together with Friend A.

Although it has been a while since we ate here, the quality of the food is still great! We ordered the usual few dishes and of course our favourite 'Gong Bao Tian Ji' porridge [Frog leg porridge cooked with dried Chilli!








-SGMale

Visiting JB during weekday

Decided to go in with Friend A since he is still 'free' and also because it is my off day today. I picked him up at Lot 1 at 1205pm and guess what, we are inside City Square ordering our lunch at 1240pm. The toilets inside CitySquare is quite clean now though it is still reeks of cigarette smell!





The food court displays some very tempting tepanyaki set meal, will try it out some day!






OMG! It is by far the fastest ever record for me, having to go through 2 customs and busy roads during lunch hours and yet we manage to make it in about 35 minutes! What a feat!

After lunch, we caught a movie 'Babylon A.D' there, it is a science fiction show that does not seem to be very well done!

Afterwhich we drove to check out the current state of Holiday Plaza, the once famous hub for all pirated CDs and looking at it now, it seems so 'clean' now. What a far cry from the past!

Well done, Malaysia Government!

Before coming back to singapre to fetch SGFemale from work, we also visited Skudai Parade. A rural shopping mall that does not seem to be the type of mega mall I had in mind. Nevertheless, it does fulfill the basic amenity for the locals that stay around there.

Looking forward to the road trip to Desaru in 2 days' time. This time Friend A is driving..hehehe!
Time for me to sit back and relax! ;)

-SGMale

Lousy dinner at IMM

We had dinner at one of the eateries at IMM the other nite. We were disappointed with the food as well as the attitude of the cooks and waitress which are all from China.

Drinks came without ice and when I asked for it, no ice was the only reply I got. The fried rice I ordered comes in mini portion fit for a 10 years old and not to mention the watery & tasteless noodle that SGFemale ordered. In order not to waste food, she kind of forced herself to 'drink' down her bowl of tasteless noodle. The rest of the 2 dishes were also below average in terms of look and taste. No wonder there were so little customer while the eatery right beside were crowded and jammed with people. What a far cry!








Definitely the last time we will ever eat here.

-SGMale

Kranji Farm Resort

Farms are re-inventing themselves so that city slickers like us can now go a little bit country if we want to. These farms are where you can buy fresh produce - but think also hotel-style villas with terraces looking out onto fields of bananas. Think spa, seafood restaurant and beer garden with a live band playing by night.







This is what visitors can expect from a stay at the 5ha D'Kranji Farm Resort when it opens in end of the year in north-western Singapore. Run by Indonesia-based HLH Agri-International, this $10-million venture is the latest and most costly instance of how farms here are marketing themselves.





The booking queue is getting very long, for those interested, pls act fast!

-SGMale

Disgusting scene at Kukup

Just when we got off the car, we were welcomed by some strong disgusting fishy smell. After sitting down at the seafood restaurant then I realised where it came from.

There's a few boat loading bags and bags of fishes and fish heads to the near-by kelongs. These are the feed for the fishes and crabs rear in the kelong I suppose. It was simply an disgusting experience to eat at the opened-air restaurant with plenty of "fishy" air.




I totally agreed with SGMale that we won't be going back there again!!!!

- SGFemale