KK Trip (Part 1)

So I think I should start blogging about my fantastic KK trip as I am starting to forget some details.. lol!

26th December

I was so unlucky to fall sick the day before. I remembered loading myself with heaps of water after the Christmas bootcamp as my throat started feeling sore and I couldn't stop sneezing. Unfortunately, I wasn't any better on the day I left for KK. Cousin picked me up in the morning for breakfast before she kindly insisted that she dropped me at the airport instead of the LRT station. Mind you, the drive to KLIA from my place takes about 45 minutes! So nice of her... Had my favourite wonton noodles for breakkie but unfortunately, I couldn't taste much due to the clogged up nose:(

The flight to KK was pretty good. Had my favourite window seat... can't remember what I ate but I sure do remember the ferero rocher chocolate and haagen daze ice cream! wOoott WOooOTT!!

Arrived KK airport and caught a cab to the Borneo BeacHouse. Gosh!! RM 30 for a taxi ride. So expensive!! Ohhh well..... at least the accommodation was cheap ;) RM 25 per night. Well, that was what it was meant to be.. but somehow we ended up paying less than RM25. Sure it isn't glam like the hotels, the mirror in the toilet was tiny, there's ants here and there if you leave food lying around, the computer is super ancient.... but it was a nice and cosy house/backpacker and it was only a 5 minute walk to Tanjung Aru beach! Plus, the total amount we paid for 4 nights is equivalent to a one night stay in the hotels so I'm quite happy with that. Heeeheee... Save so much!!

Our nest for the next few nights...

So after checking in, washed my face, then it was off to Audrey's house as I had nothing else to do. The other half hasn't arrive yet as her flight was delayed. There were soooooo many people at Audrey's house. Gosh! So many aunties aunties and cousins. Man, I don't even know which were her aunties and which were her cousins. Lol!

There were also quite a number of sick people in the house, all coughing and sneezing. Flu season perhaps? Or maybe just from pure exhaustion. Audrey made me a really good tea with ginger and honey. Yumm yumm... felt so good after drinking it and drank many many cups of it. Haha!! Thank you mamasan! Still taking good care of me despite her being the bride. Lol!

Apart from sipping tea and sniffing my nose... here's what I did...

that's liyang there enjoying herself :p


that's bronson's mama in heaven :) lol!

Of course I wouldn't be that silly to put photos of myself up. Hehehe.. so yea.. For the first time in my entire life.... I got a mask being put on my face... felt so good after that man!!! and a pedicure and footscrub :) bye bye dead skin!!! but as i'm typing this out, the dead skin is back again.. why so fast wan??

After that.. it was dinner time. Her family cooked for all of us.. and there were so many of us... I don't even know how many hungry stomachs they had to feed... but it was a lot! So nice of them to do so... And the food... so yummy! nice comfort food.. especially for sick people like me.. the ginger and wine chicken soup was da bomb!!!!

So when did Ah Swan arrive? Halfway through dinner. Hehehe... it was not only her flight was delayed but.... surprise surprise... she went to the wrong backpackers!! Wahahahahahahahaa!! She went to Borneo Backpackers instead of Borneo Beachouse. Lol!!! Funny how I had a slight feeling she might go to the wrong backpackers... and I was right! Lol! Even she herself had that feeling too. Lol!! Andrea and Douglas came along as well as they had to pick her up from the backpackers. What nice people!!

After dinner.... (now I know why they fed us so good) it was dance practice time!! They made sure we had enough energy to practice the dance by feeding us. Hehehehe.. sneaky sneaky... It was great fun practising... all the laughters and stupidity.. Lol! I'll always remember this. It makes the wedding even more memorable perhaps. Hehehe...

Not too sure what time we finished but we were knackered by then. Andrea was so nice to drop us back at our backpackers. Then it was shower.. and then to bed.

Yean and Sam arrived a wee bit past midnight from Penang as their flight was delayed quite a bit. There were so many flights being delayed that day as the KK tower in the airport caught fire. I guess I am the very few who had no idea about this because my flight wasn't delayed and even arrived KK earlier than scheduled. Haha!! Lucky lucky me :)

27th December

Free and easy day. the nose was feeling better and I could taste again. The 5 of us - Me, Swan, Liyang, Yean and Sam took a morning stroll to the beach and then decided to head into the city. Caught a bus that cost RM 1? Can't remember but it was cheap.

First stop... breakfast time!

Then we walked around.... KK is such a beautiful quiet town. Love it!

And got our legs eaten by fishies...

I had always wanted to try this but never had the companion to do so. It was quite ticklish at the start. Not many fishies came to me... coz I just got my foot scrubbed and so it was CLEAN! heeeheee...

Yean and Liyang went off after that as they had church rehearsals. Swan and I continued walking around but didn't buy anything. Ohh wait... I got insect repellant which I am glad I bought.... and we had lunch.. KFC bro! MmMMmmmm.. yum yum... but... the naughty me kept on eating ice and.... my nose was blocked again :( *sigh*

About 5-ish.. yean texted and said they are done. The plan was to meet them at the beach for some coconut. We went to the bus depot but had to wait 20 mins for the bus to depart. Decided to catch a cab but had so much trouble finding a cab that doesn't rip us off. RM15 to the beach! It wasn't that far... plus our bus ride was only RM 1 each. and hence, I refuse to pay more than RM 10. *sighh* after much searching around, it was already time for the bus to leave and so we caught the bus.

Unfortunately by then... we were too late for coconut. Met back at the backpackers and they came and pick us up and it was off to Audrey's place for more practice.

There were more new faces and... met Cynthia too!! Omg! Haven't seen her for soooooo many years and didn't know she was also there for the wedding :) So good to see her again.

After practice.... it was seafood time at Gayang as promised by Andrea. Hehehe... Audrey's family actually prepared dinner for us again but we really wanted seafood. Audrey's advice: You all better not get sick tomorrow ar!!! Only drink stuff out of a bottle/can. Hehehe....

So... there were 7 of us.. in a 5 seater 4wd. So Liyang and I had the first class seat. Cool eh?

First class seats at the back yo!

Gayang seafood was far. About 30-45 min drive. It didn't help that the traffic that night was pretty bad. But it was interesting. Lol! Omg! I am so glad I wasn't in the bus. There was this bus that decided to cut all the cars and drove off-road. And for a moment, it got stuck and couldn't come back to the road and looked like it was gonna topple over. If I were those people in the bus. I'd be pissing my pants off!! There were so many other cars cutting like that as well and I really hate it when cars do that. It's these cars that make the traffic even worse! And even if you don't let them cut in, they will still squeeze their way through no matter what... even if it means hitting into you... Yes, we experienced a mini incident ... But it was all sorted in the end. Quite funny really.

Arrived Gayang Seafood and it's dinner time!!!! woohoooo!! so many live seafood... good stuff! Andrea and Douglas did the ordering and we all just waited.. and waited.. and waited.. it was quite a wait for the food. Waited for almost an hour? And then..........

Gayang Seafood = Heaven!!!

Leave no trace behind....

MmMmMMM!! Heavenly!!!!!! It was worth the wait. Though I would have enjoyed myself even more if I was able to taste properly! My tastebud was gone due to the clogged up nose and I was just so annoyed at myself. Nevertheless, I still managed to taste a bit and it was AWESOME!

The bill came to RM 30 pp. So cheap!!!! Thanks to andrea and douglas who were soooo nice to drive us all the way out, go through the traffic jam, went through the mini incident, waited.... and brought us to this yummy seafood place. Now that's KK for you!! Best meal in KK.

28th December

Church wedding. Yean and Liyang left bright and early whereas the three of us was lucky to sleep in. Hehehe.... andrea picked us up again to grab breakfast and the local hawker stall for noodles and then send us back to the backpackers to get ready.. and then picked us up to head to the church. Can't thank that girl enough!

And now.. the wedding... first wedding of a friend I've attended. That was why I was soooo excited!!!! 2nd wedding I can clearly remember. The first one was my cousin's a few years back.

Love the little fairies!! So cute!!! They were just prancing around, holding a wand in their hands.... ahh! so so cute!!! There were lots of standing up and sitting down and lots of singing. Just like how I remembered my cousin's one was. I guess all church weddings are like that? Hehehe...

And after all those.. the moment everyone has been waiting for...

The bridesmaids and groomsmen started to make their way in. And then the maid of honour. And then.....

MAMASAN n her daddy!!!

In my head, I knew she was gonna look really beautiful anyway... and so I turned away... LOL! Besides, everyone is gonna whip out their camera and be snapping photos of her and I didn't really have a good seat so there's no point trying to snap photos of ppl's hands holding their cameras. Haha! Instead, I looked at Bronson.

His face says it all. Full of love and happiness. Sure to me he's always a joker and always seem to be irritating audrey during netball but the look on his face that day... that was a different type of smile. It wasn't the cheeky grin.

Or maybe I'm just fooling myself? Maybe I watched too many repeats of 27 dresses. No wonder I decided to look at the groom instead.

Jane: You know how the bride makes her entrance and everybody turns to look at her? That’s when I look at the groom. Cause his face says it all you know? The pure love there.

Kevin: When the bride comes in and she makes her giant grand entrance, I like to glance back at the poor bastard getting married. Cause even though I think he’s an idiot for willingly entering into the last legal form of slavery, he always looks really, really happy.

Hahahaha.. i'm so cheesy eh? I didn't realize this till i watched 27 dresses AGAIN few days ago in Sydney and realized the reason why i looked at the groom. Hahaha! influenced by chick flicks... Lol!! Hmmnnn.... I wonder if it's the latter? Hahaha! nah.. i'm very positive it's the former. Haha!!

After the church ceremony, it was photo time outside the church. It was only then I had a good look of mamasan Audrey. SooOOooO beautiful. Love the dress and the hair too! I even said to audrey: "Wahh! haha! i didn't know you look so pretty!!!" Nyehehehehe.... i think she wanted to slap me then... Lol!!! But hey.. can't blame me laaaa as i always see her in her sports/fishing attire.... All sweaty and with her messy hair :p

So after the photos... it was lunch time at Windbell restaurant. Very near our borneo beachouse. Hehehe... Waited quite long for the food. As I was too hungry, I didn't take any photos of it. Hehehe.. straight away digged in!!

A very hungry Yean

Didn't really have much time with the bride and groom, there were busy walking around, taking photos, drinking, singing, dancing... lol! They both looked stunning n their traditional costumes. I showed my aunt and mum Audrey's photo and they were like... "wahhh! your friend so pretty! look like model!!" Hehehehe...

Enjoyed the company on my table. My other half, mama jo, mei, boon, andrea, douglas, li yang, yean and sam. It was awesome catching up with mama jo and mei as it's been a LONG LONG TIME since we last met. I'll just let the photos to do talking right now as you c an see.. I am getting lazy... haha!!

Audrey's family loves to dance!

Cynthia came over to our table for a photo... ahh! so great seeing u girl!!

Great company!!

Best wine ever!!! - lihing

not their usual self after some lihing.. hehehe

Boon turned into baby Boon after too much lihing!

After lunch, after all the yum sengs, lihings, cupcakes, food...... we headed back to our backpackers and rest!! It was pouring pretty badly and hence it was so good to sleep. Poor li yang who felt so sick on that day. I felt so bad as I have a feeling I passed my cold to her.

For dinner, we waited for the rain to calm down a bit before we walked to the food court at tanjung aru beach.

i had cravings for cheap western food.. hehehe....

Swan's Ayam Masak Merah, which looked more like... Sweet n Sour chicken. lol!

Long day... it was a long day. But a very beautiful, happy day. I felt so lucky to be able to see two of my friends getting married.. FINALLY!!! I know this is a bit late but.... I wish the both of you lots of happiness in this new, wonderful, exciting journey!!! Mwahhhhhhh!!!

Part 2... to be continued............