Wednesday, September 15, 2010

09/09/10 - 10/09/10 2D1N JB shopping outing! * LONG POST*

It is a rare chance! Our coll - Jac invited us to go Johor Bahru for a shopping trip with offer to sleep overnight at her place - actually her in law house.

09/09/10 - 6pm
We left office at around 610pm. We had planned to leave at 6pm sharp but being able to leave at 610pm is an achievement too! Haha.. Gerry's HB had offered to fetch and sent us to the custom. So nice of him!
We reached the Woodland causeway at around 645pm. Jac wasnt here yet. She called when we were on the way that she just left office! Thus, we cleared the custom and went down to the bus waiting area to join the queue. Actually we could have board the bus before she reached. Yes! We were all surprise! There were not of any long queue. Even Jac herself was very surprise! Haha.. She said we must have pray before we came.

around 730pm
We reached M'sia custom and yes.. no queue still. We cleared the custom together with Jac. Initially she was commenting that she shall wait for us at City Square while we cleared the custom. Haha.. Her wish wasnt granted.
Soon enough her husband came to fetch us. Hanks was introduced and we were brought to City Sqaure for dinner. He parked the car, we left the bags in the car and off we go. We were brought to Wan Sai - Hongkong cafe for dinner. I think it should be the same one as SG but taste wise is abit different. He treated us dinner, refuse to accept $$ from us. After dinner, he left to cafe with his laptop while Jac brought us to shopping.
I made the first purchase! Haha.. a tee shirt - RM$20
Then we went to Padini concept store where the ladies bought tee shirts at cheap rate from RM$9 to shoes at RM$69.90 I think . Gerry went to get shoes from Summit too. The last stop, Jac showed us the mooncake she got for her MIL. A very nice peranakan style packaging (photo in FB). Me and YK bought one set of the treasure box each instead.
By then most shops were closed! Haha.. In fact we were the last customers for the mooncake and they actually left with no cash and we were requested to pay via Credit cards. With that, Jac managed to get another 10% off for us. Nv know that She is a good bargainer!

around 10pm
Then we met up with her HB to get to the car. He brought us to this night bazar which is near to City sqaure but exact location, I am not sure. He said it is within walking distance from city sqaure. This night bazaar is open everyday but that night was super crowded as it was Hari Raya eve. It was just like our chinatown during CNY eve. There were lots of crocs shoes/sandals for sales at super cheap rates. Some we think shld be fake, some shld be auth which were rejected goods. Price were cheap! Gerry got a pair of sandals for her son (she said keep for future use) at only RM$5, I got a pair for Mr Tay at RM$50. It is the shoes kind. It come in the crocs cloth bag, not plastic bag!! Hanks gotten the same pair too. There wasnt any size 12 left so Gerry tried her luck at another store for a pair for her HB. We went back to the 1st store, she got it but no cloth bag however cos its over 12am and bargaining were so much easier she got hers at RM$45. We were saying that cloth bag cost RM$5! Hahaha...

10/9/10 - 12+MN
We went back to her inlaw place. It is a nice 3 storey high semi detached house. Her inlaw should be sleeping liao. We went up quietly to the 3rd storey where their bedroom and where we were be sleeping at. We presented her with our 'VISITATION GIFTS' - a box of poeny Jade Yam mooncake, 2 bottles of Moscato and some snacks for the doggies too! As usual, expected her reaction. Haha.. Then we drop the stuffs, change to shorts and off we were brought to eat supper. YES EAT AGAIN! haha... Its Ah piao wanton mee. This is the place where we come also for supper with my friends / Mr Tay's friends. I think location is behind the 大马巴刹. Purpose coming here also to show YK what is lok lok and the taste of it! haha.. Again he denied our $$ for the wanton mee and drinks. Luckily we managed to pay the lok lok.

2+AM - 3AM+
we were back at home finally! Waiting for our turns to bath. Jac opened a bottle of white wine which I cant recall the name of it. Only know its product of USA. It is very nice! smooth to drink and yet not too sweet. Then we went to bed ard 3+am, chasing her to sleep too. It had been a long time since I slept on a mattress on the floor with friends. Ma chaim camping sia! haha...

10/9/10 - 8+am
Woke up around this timing. Went down to see her dogs. So cute! I love the B-gal. Boy boy is too noisy liao. Wash up, change, went down to greet her in laws and off we go for breakfast cum lunch! Ba Ku teh at dunno where. I only know it is nearer to 2nd link. Nice one! with needle mushroom, tau pau, you tiao. They ordered
some pig trotters too. This meal cost RM$75 for 6 pax. She only accepted RM$10 from each of us.

11am
We reached the shopping centre around this timing. I dunno what is the name of the shoppin centre. Only know there is Jusco in it and also Daiso (which we never see leh). Bcos it was Hari Raya, JUSCO was not open till 1pm so we went for OLD TOWN coffee. We drank and chatted for a while before we go shopping, Jac's HB went off to the inlaw new place which is near the shopping centre. There we took our one and only pic during this trip! Haha.. It was insisted by Gerry for this pic to be taken otherwise no picture at all. We shopped various shoes shops, F.O.S outlets, brands outlets, had A & W for snack (too full for lunch), bought a hush puppy plush toy for Joe.


5+pm
Around 5+pm the HB came to fetch us to the new house.
Its a new estate I think. Quite a no. of units were still empty. It is like a condo area but filled with bunglow and semi D houses. There is only one in and out opening with security. There are swimming pools, playgound and basketball courts. Since there are facility, there is maintance fee - RM$170 monthly. There is also a jetty area where houses with their own speed boat can use. Jac said it lead to SG sentosa area. Their hse is a corner SEMI D. Heard the in law bought 2 untis but sold the other one when prices were good. It is very BIG as compare to their current living one. This one is a 2 storey SEMI D but with a huge garden area. The pouch area can park 4-5 cars (mind you their cars are all big cars - Toyota Harrier and Mitsuitshi Prejo). The in law bedroom is about 2 of my bedroom, excluding a walk in wardrode which is ard my bedroom size and there is still a toilet with a single pax jaccuzi tub! The balacony area is also ard my bedroom size! There we played with the new batteried operated motorbike and bicycle, walk around the estate. The FIL said he want to treat us dinner! So around 7pm, we went for dinner. It was quite a nice dinner where we had quite light hearted moments with the family.

9+PM
After dinner, we bidded goodbye and thanks them for their hosting and we were brought back to the old house to get our stuffs. We were sent back to city square where I did last min shopping before popping over to the custom. I bought another set of mooncake - the pernakan style set and a baby milo polo tee. We reached SG around 1030pm.
It was a tiring but super fun filling tip.
We were saying dun mind to go for another round but maybe just a day trip. Dun want to bother Jac and her family.

Total Damages:
1 tee
2 polo tee
1 pair of crocs shoes
2 mooncake sets
2 chewing gums
2 packets of pork floss rice crackers

3 comments:

LiTTlEs oNeS @ wOrK said...

wa bian, really shiok hor!!!!!

vivmoo said...

finally come true hor..haha...so fun.

nobody said...

Yeah Yeah! Its really fun lor but of cos there is someone fetching us ard, introducing things to us. If we go on our own might not be as fun.