In JB two weeks ago for Adrian's wedding! From the get go we decided that we would stay for the night, although for varying reasons - some purely because they don't want to go back late at night and having to clear customs and what not, some because they foresee lots of drinking and so it's more convenient to stay, some just want to explore JB a lil bit. Got discounted price for the rooms as part of Adrian's wedding package, though we left it quite late before confirming the rooms. 

Adrian had arranged 霸王车 for us prior to that and therefore the one hour trip had a road trip feel to it, pretty enjoyable. Hotel room is really good and the weak ringgit made it even more worth it lol. Shopping at AEON's supermarket was just hilarious. DY ended up doing grocery shopping (sort of), rest started stocking up for after party necessities, egged on by Leo's pretty convincing "buy lah buy lah". And have to avoid going "wah so cheap" out loud...have to remain low key a bit in front of the locals. 

Dinner was standard wedding banquet affair, not too much to shout about. What was entertaining was us trying to get OKL drunk, observing two people trying to hit it off (though it looked as if one was way more interested), and seeing the bride get high even before the banquet started. Downed quite a bit of wine, haven't drunk this much (for my standards) in a while. After party ended up to be non-existent coz OKL collapsed way too early and the rest weren't feeling up to it so we ended up sleeping (thank goodness lol).



Was supposed to wake up for breakfast the next day with partner in crime DY but since the rest are up early too after an alcohol-induced restless night (and we only had 3 breakfast vouchers)..decided to head out for bak kut teh brunch instead. Which was a bit of a pity coz HuiJin told us afterwards that the buffet spread was pretty good. Oh well. Went back to check out, then cabbed to CitySquare to walk around a bit..trying unsuccessfully to hunt for Athena's bday present and attempting to do indoors laser tag (duno where we get the energy from) but giving up coz of the waiting time (and the staff's attitude). With nothing much to do we headed back at about 3-ish and that's the end of the JB trip!

Inspired to go for another road trip in the same group in the near future but I think the enthusiasm will die down soon as usual :/

Two weeks later...KL trip! Idea was first mooted in Jan when we (the CVE kakis) did escape room in SG.. where EH commented that it was way cheaper in KL and we self invited ourselves to KL and crash in her studio. After that everybody got busy, we kind of forgot about it and only started talking about it again in about June, then scheduling conflicts pushed it back to October. Tickets costs a bomb though. $150, oh well at least saved on accommodation.

Booked the latest flight on Friday night coz EH had classes till 9pm and had to rush to airport from NUS. Flight got delayed and it was about 12.30 when we arrived in KL. Got a cab (family van coz there are 5 of us) and driver got a bit lost trying to find EH's place despite directions from Waze (and EH wasn't very helpful coz she got lost herself lolol). But amidst the haze we reached their studio in Bangsar South (which turned out to be a serviced apartment) safe and sound to be received by Mr Chow himself.

Despite the very late night we managed to drag ourselves awake for dim sum breakfast at The Ming Room. Trip was supposed to be filled with activities and games (after a long week at work, I was starting to doubt why I signed up for this :/). After breakfast, did Breakout at NU Sentral, Terraform had an interesting storyline with good puzzles but we failed it coz we spent too much time on one of the puzzles sigh. Decided to go bowling (I managed one spare yay), darts, board game (Betrayal at House on the Hill) and more snacks and dinner (bak kut teh wasn't great at all) and mini drinking session (gosh). All within one day!




Sunday was way more relaxed (don't think I can take more) and it started with a trip to Jump Street Trampoline Park. Which was way way fun than I imagined although I ripped my board shorts 10minutes into our session -.- and had to sit down quietly on my trampoline while EH went to buy a new pair of shorts (RM60!! They really know how to earn money). But overall got our exercise quota satisfied in a fun way. Went back to bath, lunch (again, 3 times cheaper than what we are used to), walk around the neighborhood (a real up and coming town, if you ask me) and called it a trip! I think the best part is, after two activities-filled day with food and drinks - the total cost came up to less than SGD100. Cuti cuti Malaysia FTW (if you are earning SGD, that is)!

Special thanks to Mr and Mrs Chow for hosting! Takes a lot of effort to plan out the things for us to do and bringing us around. Couldn't be happier for them and looking forward to next year's Ipoh trip for the wedding already. :)