Ivyy :D: Awana Kijal / Kota Bahru Trip 08 ( day 1 )

jst came back frm a 5 day 4 nite trip :P
it's also my 14th birthday today!!! yay me!!! ( 12.01 a.m , monday 25/08/08 ) :D
still so sad nid 2 do homework n blog =.=

Wednesday
woke up at 8.30
planned 2 leave at 9 o'clock
but as u noe malaysians and their inpunctuality....we left at 10

stop by at the McD in front of the genting entrance
mum ordered the meal which had the Olympic cup....but they ran out of stock
also there was a man selling honey...hu seriously couldn't shut his mouth up
he kept on saying
"mari mari honey sedap"
i tell u....i seriously wanted to go to that guy n slap him

hmm....seating in a car for 6 hours wasn't that bad....thanks to my mp3 :D
my dad let me borrow his headphone
let's hope someone will giv me a headphone for my birthday :P

we stopped by at a town called Chukai
went to a famous coffee shop which also had roti bakar
i tell u....the roti bakar there....110/100
dam nice....the bread was very crispy n the kaya was very very sweet =.=
got a picture of the roti bakar if i'm not mistaken
ordered a drink which i shouldn't had order
it was called "Lime Twister"
the WHOLE drink is made from lime....yea i mean WHOLE
saw the guy squeeze all the juice out
it was so so so so so sour i had 2 drink little sips at a time
took me a very long time jst 2 finish the drink

the coffee shop was open is 1948
the person hu opened the shop was there....
obviously as u guess he is a very old guy
he was staring at me all the time....dam scary man his face....like seeing dracula oni....cause his eyes were very red....bloody red
my dad talked wit him while my mum bought coffee beans from the stall
after talking my dad told my mum and i he was 95 years old =.="

b4 leaving Chukai....a building caught my attention
it was an old building....which i 100% am sure looked like Ipoh Parade
even the surrounding was alike
also....i saw a shop named
"Kedai Runcit Lee Chen" LOLL

after Chukai town it was a one lane highway all the way
i tell u....that highway is a place for cursing
i kept saying to my dad
"overtake overtake"
my dad's a freaking safe driver....jst like my bro
one time we got stuck behind a truck....we were traveling at 30 km/h
and all the cars behind us were overtaking n overtaking
at that time i wish i could drive cse i would hav overtaken that stupid lorry in jst a giffy

den we stop at a stall that sells all sorts of varieties of sotong
the shop is located jst by the highway
the worst part was the shop was located at the opposite direction =.="
imagine crossing a highway without a pedestrian bridge

reach Awana Kijal at around 5 p.m
the entrance was very nice...very very green
when we reached the lobby entranced...we saw a malay drum
4got what's the name but i hav the picture though
and at that time
I FINISH MY LIME TWISTER!!!
after a very very long time only did i manage to finish that FREAKING sour drink
it is 1 which i will NVR drink again
after drinking it my tongue was in much pain....it was also numb =.=
the building was so bigg

after unloading all the bags....got ready to go to the swimming pool n to the beach
it was SOO boring in the swimming pool
swimming alone ain't fun u noe
loneliness was one of the factor of y i was bored....another was i didn't bring any swimming equipments
yea sure ivan....pack in jst 5 minutes??? pack swimming suit no equipments
the bathing place was kinda funny....was 3...well donno how 2 describe it but i hav pictures so dont worry :P
i jst kept swimming frog style since my goggles were absent
tried swimming 1 lap of freestyle but eyes were very pain after that
so my eyes were painful looking underwater....so i tried closing my eyes and swim....and wht happen??? i banged my head onto the wall =.="
tis is a lesson to me - nvr AGAIN swim without goggles :D

after swimming it was off to the beach!!!
b4 i went to the beach i was filled wit anger cse of my dad's really slow driving
but the moment i saw the beach...all of that just *poof* away
it was the cleanest beach i had ever seen ( in malaysia )
the wind was cooling , the beach was clean , the sand was soft and the ocean's water was clear , cooling n refreshing....only thing missing is companionship
the sea's water wasn't that salty...and it doesn't mean i purposely drank it!!
the sand was soft and smooth
the sand nearest to the swimming pool had alot of kocoon ( how to spell )
it was painful since i was barefooted
it was such a nice place....i would say it was paradise but wasn't 100% fun when u have such a nice place n nvr get to share it with someone

jst sit in the sea and enjoy the waves
almost went into the sea with my glasses
my bro , aaron went into the sea with his glasses....the next moment the sea had claim his glasses ( the waves drag it to sea :P )
after that i did wht i like 2 do ever since i was a baby
build sandcastles!!!
well at 1st it was suppose 2 b a sandcastle....but plans change and soon it was a shape of a mini swimming pool
so i had an idea n i made a wall around the big hole i made
the finished result - the bird nest stadium LOLL
jst joking....but it WAS in a shape of a stadium
after building the so called "bird nest stadium"....i wanted 2 make a so called "water cube" :D
but it was getting late n my stomach was begging to be fed

i tell u...awana may be a 5 star hotel....but they gave us the 2 star apartment
the toilet i can give is 0 star....water so slow pressure
even the water host 2 wash legs had higher pressure!!!
after showering and everything....walk to the hotel lobby in search for restaurants
finally we settled down on a chinese restaurant
food was ok ok....nothing special abt it but still was nice :P
it was a happy moment when i saw my uncle there
he is the funniest uncle u can ever get ( maybe the horniest too :D )
haven't seen him for quite awhile...since his always at the oil rig
talk wit him till 10 p.m
on the way back to the hotel room we saw a cafe which was showing Olympics.....at that time it was 200m men
that Usian Bolt is one hell of a runner

went back at 11
slept early at 11.30 cse tomorrow leaving 4 Kota Bahru
wish could stay another day for the beach....so i hav 2 wait 4 a long time b4 i can go back to that beach again

Pictures