On 17 December 2008, we met at about 10 am at Bugis MRT. Before we met, I had to go down to the ICA to get my new passport. The reason was that I had to update my photo as my old passport photo was commented by the customs previously when I went to Malaysia.
The ICA has new rule: There is no more just updating photo alone. If to update photo, a new passport has to be applied.
The ICA has new rule: There is no more just updating photo alone. If to update photo, a new passport has to be applied.
To my horror when I reached ICA, there was a really really long queue to get into the building. The queue basically surrounded the whole building. But luckily, the whole process of getting into the building and getting my passport did last more than an hour.
This is a photo taken at Bugis MRT while waiting. Soon, we set off to Queen Street Terminal to take a bus travelling between Malaysia-Johor Bahru's Lakin and Singapore's Queen Street Terminal.The whole lasted for about 2 hours or so? In between, we had to alight and board the bus to pass the customs. This was my first time taking the causeway link bus to get to Malaysia.
At the Malaysia custom, there were queues at the counters (at least 15 counters). Some queues were shared among 2 counters; one queue is handled by two counters. These are the queues that were faster *obviously*. Haha. But not many of us realised until when there were of us who reached the counters faster.
This is the new Malaysia custom. It is quite spacious as compared to the old one. But i guess the waiting time is still almost the same? I am not very sure as I seldom visit Malaysia. =)
After we reached one of the Johor Bahru's bus interchange Larkin, we need to catch a bus to 笨镇 (Pontian). *I think so* According to Yu Han, we are supposed to know which bus is going to where. This is really different from Singapore. As Yu Han and me discussed, Malaysia or more specifically, Johor, is not as systematic as Singapore. And we, the Singaporeans, are used to the systematic life in Singapore.
The bus ride to Pontian is about one and a half hours. Most of us took this time to take a quick nap.
This is a picture of the view of Pontian. At there, we ate at a Indian food outlet. I won't say it is a restaurant as it does not restaurant standard!
Here, we actually had to connect 4 or 5 tables in order to accommodate the whole lot of us. This reminds me of The Little Nyonya's Tok Panjang (长桌筵). Haha!
There was a thing which actually amused us. They told us that they did have enough rice. I was like: Derh...
In any case, the main point 重点 重点 重点 is that, the place is full of houseflies!!!
Woah.. This was very IRRITATING! They fly around your head, legs; rest on your arms, neck. Yucks! And this sucks!
This is a flat screen TV over there and houseflies were found resting on it!
There were also some coconuts (real), which have houseflies on it.
Really.... Steady.
Below were some of the pictures taken there.
After we had our don't know whether is it for lunch or tea break or dinner, we proceed to Giant Supermarket and bought snacks for our stay later in the night. Then, we board a bus to Kukup at the bus stop taken below.
And finally, we reached our chalet! This is the place that we had our stay. It seemed a very simple place from the outside, but actually, it is quite furnished and.... the whole place can be air-conditioned!There were even drinks provided! The toilets and bathroom were clean.
This is the time that we reached the chalet itself.Haha! I find it creative to take a picture of the clock to indicate the timing. Haha.
Below are some views taken from the chalet.
