yea mans... i'm back from masia! it was a damn wonderful trip.. with my relative; my aunt, my uncle, and my pretty cousins, though i dunno hw the rest are actually related.. =X



tis trip is indeed the best trip ever to masia.. i'll be back for more after 1 month.. let me complete my semester exams first... haha.. i will return for a longer stay... more about the trip another day... some interesting things we seen during tis trip...





- bus trips vary alot.. we took 7 hours to reach there, and only about 4.5 hours to come back.. there's a 2.5 hours difference!
- things bus driver did to cool down the tires of the bus.. airing the wells, and allowing more air to enter the engine of the bus..
- petrol is dirt cheap there.. RM270 for 170 litres.. tats less than SGD1 per litre..
- drive through mac is available in some petrol kiosk.. image smelling petrol while waiting for food..
- the amount of satelite dishes sticking out of a building just to receive the astro channels.. nw you thks singapore government for building the cables underground to our house..
- even the oldest prison can be turn to a museum..
- public toilet limits 5 minutes per use.. afterwhich, the door will automatically unlock regardless if you're done..
- there's actually a shop which sells coffin.. perhaps they do hav it in singapore; but i never seen it before..
- masian dun bother about sharing when we order free-flow of drinks.. 2 free flow drinks can be shared among 5.. singapore is damn strict on sharing of food..
- hair dye needs to be halal too!!
- 1 company can set up mani stores in china town.. and they use a walkie system to communicate and send runners to collect stocks which we need..
- super crowded at monorail stations during peak hours.. everywhere is jam... roads are also jammed with cars.. similar to singapore...
- there's such thing as XXL chupa chups which is about 4 times the smaller ones.. it comes with some bubble gum toos...
- singing christmas carols outside shopping centre is normal, and sometimes, pple will join in and sing with you...
- the message stores runs 24 hrs, asking everyone who walk pass if they wan one...
- cars can travel along the walkway meant for passengers just to avoid the traffic jams along the roadside..
- shilin XXL chicken is actually served bone-in and uncut.. singapore's version is cut, without bone.. are we spoilt?
- it takes onli guts to cross the road in malaysia.. you dont need any pedestrain crossing rights...
- whole level of hotel's aircon can be out-of-service..
- shopping is practially everywhere, and anywhere.. apart from streetside store, my hotel is located near many other shopping centres... bb plaza, low yat, lot 10, pavilion, sungei wang...
- most shopping centre consist of high end boutiques onli...
- any random shopping centre is much bigger compared to singapore's..
- amazingly, my cousins know these shopping centre inside out... i always get lost, while they can memorise even mid valley as if its their home...
- even masian can tell us the wrong direction about their train system.. alrite bah, maybe there's miscommunication.. =\
- waiting time for a train which bring you to the outskit of KL can be as long as 20 minutes.. and dun trust the timetable.. they're never accurate.. X(
- 1 bus trip will cost you onli RM.70, which is less than SGD.35.. nw a bus trip in singapore die die cheapest also SGD.90...
- tourist knows hw to start a small chat with you just to jump queue and get tickets earlier..
- adventure in sunway is totally crap.. paintball has no fun, so does their ATV... nt even travelling on terrain.. i'm going for australia's ATV for sure..
- priviledges are given for motorcyclist.. motorcycle has their own lanes and their special motorcycle carpark..
- there's such thing as "Friendster" cafe in malaysia..
- buffet steamboat cost onli RM19.80.. which is less than SGD10.. it has choice of soup, BBQ, seafood, free flow of drinks, air con and even ice cream..
- masian mahjong is something new to me... 3 pple play.. onli 1 suit; the balls... and there is tis thing call the joker tiles.. haha.. game ends quickly, like 2 minutes.. and it requires lots of thinking and manuplation...
- mama store is a place to eat prata and chill with drinks like ice teh... in singapore, mama store is a small provision shop tat sells grocery under the void deck..
- yam cha is a daily routine, which usually starts at 11 and ends at 1... nice 2 hrs session.. we had ours from 1 to 3.. =X
- masian are multi-lingual.. they know malay, chinese, and dialect.. nw hws tat.. singapore knows onli singlish.. damns!!
- minimum car per household is 3... there are pple wuth 5.. WTF?? 1 car's coe is enuff to kill us in singapore... my aunt have 2.. =S
- driving to college is normal.. my cousin is doing it!! i wanna drive to poly too.. =(
- 8 pple squeezing in a 5-seater car is possible.. well, at least we did it...
- driving against the traffic rules is normal...
- reversing is the better option when you miss your turn, regardless if its allowed..
- singapore keep dogs in bungalows.. maisan keep goats... well, at least we saw one.. haha..
- its better to know your neighbour well.. even their telephone numbers.. my cousins hav telephone numbers of beside uncle and opposite auntie..
- its the practice to leave the television on when you leave home to fake tat someone is at home.. a dog is nt good enough to guard the house...
- lottery do consist of 3 digit onli.. instead of singapore's 4D.. and they have 3 draws on sunday!! singapore onli one...
- cutting of coconut in the supermarket is so facinating.. even to my maisan cousins.. haha...
- there's priority lane in the supermarket.. its for the handicap, pregnant, and the elderly... but no one bothers actually.. my sister paid thr tat counter... ahas..
- there's so much to talk about when buying durians from a street side store... its 18 bucks per kilo during non-season.. according to my uncle, its 2 bucks per kilo during season... spoilt market..
- kids, being kids, love to provoke teenages when they're bored.. when we wan to react and play with them, they run away and scream.. make me feel like we are some animals.. =S
- parking is even allowed in front of a "no parking" sign...
- part time job for students is RM4.5 per hour.. its merely 2 bucks.. macdonalds in singapore pay better.. somehow i think my relative who work in singapore is smart.. earn SGD, spent RM.. =)
- YTL is a bullet train company which will bring pple from singapore to KL in jus 45 minutes.. it will be done in 2010, together with singapore's integrated resort... nw hw cool is it?? its faster than the plane; considering check in, check out, and travelling.. lets juz hope its cheap.. my uncle is working for tat company.. =D

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