Long Weekend

3 Days off - Saturday to Monday!

Went in to JB on Saturday. Took the MRT to Kranji to catch the smiley bus. AT the bus stop, it was very crowded! I have never seen such queue! There were a lot of trucks as well. Waited a short while and found that many have been waiting for quite a while and so I decided to catch the MRT to Marsiling and followed by a short cab ride to the checkpoint.

The immigration/custom was not very crowded. Cleared through quickly and decided to walk across the causeway when I saw 'hundreds' of people waiting for the bus! The walk was not too bad. The sea breeze helped to cool down the warm sun.....

At Johore immigration/custom, it was jam packed. The queues were outside the building! Queueing to clear would take easily 30mins to 1 hour and with so many people, its sauna! Decided to pay S$10 and share a car going in. The car had to join the car queue but at least, I got to sit and enjoy the aircon. Finally went through the custom and made my way to Mutiara Hotel. Checked in and got upgraded to Club Floor. Not bad!

Caught up with Jason & James. Went to the new Carrefour near their place. It was not very big though..... saw some people selling bamboo glutinous rice ...tempted to try but had to go for dinner..

Dinner was at the 'famous' restaurant where the owner dictates the dishes. Ho and his friend were already there waiting for us. Dinner was good and the company was great! We had so much fun chatting and laughing! After dinner, we went to Jason's place for some wine and karaoke. Jason and Ho were belting out oldies.....really oldies!

So, it was time to go to the Airport. Jason has been kind to fetch me there to meet Sam, arriving from Penang. The flight arrived on time and I was eagerly looking out. Someone passed me by and I wondered if he could be Sam. However, he has no glasses......waited again and then, he appeared. He looked so small! Totally different from what I have perceived!

On the way back to Hotel, Jason stopped at a stall for us to try the Roti Pool...a very thick bread with a special dip. He said it's very local but most locals have not heard of it! It was rather ordinary for me, though. By the time we got to the hotel, it was past midnight.

Sunday was sleeping in late. Then, off to breakfast. We went to a nearby coffeeshop where everyone was having Wanton noodle and otah. Crowded must be good and so we joined the queue. The noodle came after about 20 - 30 mins. Was it worth the wait? Not really! The noodle was ok..the char siew were very thinly sliced and the wanton tasted ordinary.

After breakfast, took a cab ride to Jusco, Tebrau City. This is the biggest Mall in Johore Bahru. Found that Tesco opened next to it and visited both! Back to the hotel and had lunch at the famous Duck restaurant nearby. The dishes were rather delicious. Jason came by and passed me my camera (accidentally left in his car).

Jason gave us a lift to City Square. Had a looked around before we went over to Pelangi Plaza to have something to drink. We bought the bamboo charcoal bread! I love it!

We walked from Pelangi to Taman Gardens and decided to have dinner at the little backyard open air restaurant. We had Kampong chicken, Bak Kut Teh, Chye Poh Egg and vege! The food was not bad! So full!

Walked back to the hotel...needed to shed off those kilos!

Monday morning was rather early morning Sam had to leave for the airport to catch his flight back to Penang. I stayed on for a while before leaving for the causeway - back to Singapore!

Have been trying to catch up and am glad that we finally met up!

2 weekends ago I had friend from Hong Kong; last weekend from Penang.......hmm.......who's coming this weekend????!!!!!!! So busy!


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