Wednesday, December 20, 2006
the rest of the day went on and we went bowling, playing pool, shopping and taking lots and lots of photos. in fact, we took over 800 photos during this trip. the weather this time was extremely fantastic. it was the best weather that i had ever experienced in all my many genting trips. the clouds were thick almost the entire day and night, with the cold wind blowing strongly. winds were so strong that the trees were bent. we had lots of fun standing in the cold wind, seeing who can last longer there, making stupid and funny poses while taking photos. one of the funny poses we had. and what is a holiday trip without good food? we had our dinner at the coffee terrace cafe at genting hotel again. its also a buffet and the variey of food is so wide. there are lots of exotic and colourful deserts available, as can be seen from the pic below. there is japanese food, salmon sashimi, chinese food, local delights, nonya delights, western food and indian food. we ate and ate and ate until we couldnt eat anymore. there are even some food which we are unable to try as we are already too full. breakfast the next day was settled at the chinese restaurant "hao you ji", aka, good friends restaurant, in english. we had dim sum and woah, they were yummy, as always. from top: some of the food on our table, the deserts at the western counter,the chef frying veg, the salmon sashimi.
the genting trip with my bro the last couple of days has been the best one that i have ever had among the many times i have been to genting highlands. we set off on mon night, 17 dec and the 1st good thing of this trip was that we were given a deluxe executive coach with personal lcd screen, video console and fully reclinable seats. 5 stars tours must have run out of standard coaches and thus gave us the deluxe executive coach. haha.. praise the Lord! i was praying that we will have a great and enjoyable trip and there we are, given a "free" upgrade to a better and more luxurious bus.
our deluxe executive bus on the trip to genting highlands. AFN 9866.reached genting highlands at 4.15am in the morning and proceed to the reception area to get a queue number to check into our hotel. our hotel, resort hotel, was under upgrading renovations and only 3 lifts were working. as a result, traffic flow was heavy and the waiting time was extremely long. was about to be irritated by the lifts when we discovered another lift lobby which not many people know of. and there we are, taking the lifts there to our rooms without having to wrestle and jostle with the crowd who do not know of those lifts.while waiting for 10.30am to arrive to check in, we went to the coffee terrace cafe to have our breakfast. it's a buffet breakfast and after eating, we just sat there on the comfortable sofa and slept for a short while, before waking up again to continue eating. was a good breakfast, having our fill and catching a short nap to refresh and re-energise ourselves for the day ahead.
orange juice during breakfast. cheers!i'm full. can you tell? haha.
my bro and i
we are full.may be just another normal and routine genting trip but this time its different. the company was different. the quality of time spent is different. the laughter we had was different. the past 72 hours was a time which can never be achieved with friends. this had been a really great and enjoyable trip. as usual, there is a sense of reluctance to leave the place. haha. ying may actually be right to say that i like the place so much that i do not want to come back to singapore. haha. much that i do not want to leave, i have to. but i will be back again, like how i know i will always be back again every holiday. genting is my place of relaxation, a place of retreat from the stressful life of singapore.all the photos taken during this trip can be seen from the link on the left. enjoy. =)