of summer holidays

In a month's time, I will be stepping on Russian soil.
This really proves that time flies like some rocket, or perhaps faster than that, maybe like the speed of light? 3 months of summer holidays are ending and soon, the nerdy version of me will be seen in Moscow.

Sigh......................

I'll definitely miss home. Plus the fact that I'll be flying off a day before my mom's birthday coz I couldn't get tickets on the 7th.

Sigh.....................................

But, I would say, this 1st summer holiday of mine is just... indescribable.

Well, I admit that I was moaning and whining but after a fun-filled 2 weeks, I really LOVE summer vacations, especially when you get to spend it with your friends and of course family.

Things were all dark before I left to KL for my so-called 'eating-trip' with my friends. I decided to put everything behind me and have fun, and I did!

24th July - 27th July 2007

Reached KL by bus. (yes, it's the 1st time I'm taking an express bus on my own, *blush*) Was like a lost sheep in Pudu, coz I expected the bus to enter the station and we get down; but instead, the bus stopped by the side of the road and I had to walk all the way to the terminal. Was supposed to meet up with my friends there, but I didn't know where they were. Luckily, they called me and I managed to find them within a short period of time. Went to Petaling Street for the first time after living in Malaysia for 19 years, then to Times Square, then took my first RapidKL bus ride and got a shock of my life! The bus driver was crazy!!

These were what he did:

• - talked on the phone while driving
• - didn't close the doors of the bus when we were moving in the city
• - jammed the brake when the bus is very very near the vehicle in front
• - cursed the commuters when they pressed the button
• - crossed the roads when the lights were red
• - blasted the radio out of a sudden

and worst of all...

• - shoo-ed all of us out the bus a few stops before our destination! It seemed we're too noisy!

We had to call my friend's mom to pick us up in the end. Dinner was already ready when we reached her house, and we felt bad coz her mom prepared a lot of food and we didn't help out at all. We chit-chatted and only slept at 0300..

Went all the way from Puchong to Putrajaya the next day to visit another friend. Gosh! Her house is gigantic!! It's on a hill, plus it's 3-storey high; so you can see the whole town when you're at the 2nd floor balcony and the breeze is just great! Yeah, her family also has an orchard beside the house, which has durians, rambutans, longans etc.. Had a great time there, real cooling place.

Traveled all the way from Putrajaya to KL and had Japanese food buffet; we're practically spoilt for choice! We wanted to go for a walk after dinner, but it was pouring cats and dogs. So we've got no choice but to head home and chat..again.

Off to Sunway Lagoon on Thursday. Thanks to my dear aunt who's in Sunway Group, we got cheaper entrance tickets:D Had fun getting wet and just chilling out under the sun. My teachers said that I was too fair, so, I decided not to put on any sunblock. Hehe..

Then it's to the town of Bak Kut Teh - Klang before heading back to my favorite lil town of Ipoh...

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27th July - 29th July 2007

Ipoh and its food.. No one can run away from this peaceful town without being stuffed with food coz there's nothing much to do here besides eating! Our malls are nothing compared to those in KL and Penang, we only have ONE theme park and the only thing we have are the famous eateries and a free-flow traffic!! And I really love the traffic here..

Everything went smoothly until I wanted to bring my friends to Kellie's Castle from Tambun. Sounds easy eh? I took the highway, as in the North-South Expressway and smartly took the Penang way instead of the KL. Managed to realize before I crossed the toll plaza. Was happy and was having fun overtaking and looking at the speedometer, making sure it doesn't exceed 110kmph. Dad told me to exit at Simpang Pulai and look our for Batu Gajah. I did. But I ended up where? In Gopeng instead!! What a blow!! Ended up in old town for white coffee and toasts instead of the historical castle..sigh.. It was an experience gaining trust from my parents to drive on the NSE tho.

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29th July - 1st August 2007

Final stop for our trip - Penang, my birthplace:D
Since we named our outing 'eating-trip', we couldn't run away from eating. We were eating from sunrise till past sunset! And we went from the island to the mainland, and back to the island. Visited some famous tourist spots and the beach!! Also, we're at Penang Hill and we saw this tee; found it rather interesting and ended up buying it. All the 8 of us, with the tee for dinner. It looked like members of some illegal troop whenever we walked around..LOL. Went on Banana Boat with the same tee as well. Too much happened in Penang and if i continue blabbering, u'll definitely fall asleep in front of your PC. So, to cut short, this is the list of food tasted there.

1. rojak
2. white curry mee
3. laksa
4. wan tan mee without the usual black sauce
5. cendol
6. ais kacang
7. seafood in tambun
8. korean bbq and steamboat
9. char kuey teow
10. prawn mee

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4th August - 5th August 2007

Was in the city of entertainment aka Genting Highlands with my family, after resting at home for 2 days.. Mom's school had a teachers' retreat thingy and my family went, alongside with Cassie's family. Told Jojokek and Li to joined us, and they did! This trip seriously proved the 2 (one is barely 19, and the other is a little past 20) O-L-D!!!!! They were too afraid to go for extreme rides, so we ended up going for rides like the vintage car, boating.. go ask them what happened during pirate train.. They'll tell you more and further details:P Finally got to watch Transformers and really enjoyed it. Whenever it's time for our meals, we'll end up asking each other till someone gets fed-up of the question "where to eat? what to eat la??? aiyo...." All in all, it was a fun trip with my 2 ever-crazy buddies!! will miss you a lot..

This is the peak of my summer holidays and it's time to pack and head back to Moscow as a medical freshie.

Needed:

• > super-high brain capacity
  
• > concentration
  
• > hugs
• > sleep
• > courage
• > friends' support and co-operation
  
• > friends' calls, sms-es etc..
• > mom's phone calls