Home Sweet Home
Phew, I’m finally home and feeling completely lethargic. But yet I am still here stoning in front of the computer. After the past few excitement filled days, the mere thought of being back at home with nothing to do is something which I am not looking forward to. Even though I had just left Port Dickson 10 hours ago, I miss that place already. However, I miss Genting Highlands even more. Even though the past few days in Genting Highlands hadn’t been very enjoyable, there is always a sense of nostalgia from that resort which constantly makes me return for more. After all, it had been my yearly destination ever since the day I was born and I can easily recite out the developments in that resort for the past 17 years of my life span.
Our last few hours at Port Dickson was spent in the pool. I was desperately trying to get a tan while frolicking in the shallow end of the pool with my cousins and nephew and thus, I remained under the hot sun for almost two hours. The result? I remained as pale as ever, but managed to wind up with a terrible migrane. Later on, David got into a minor accident near the pool when he slammed one of his toes into a nearby rock formation, causing his toenail to break and fall out. David then started to panic there and then. The sight of all that blood made me feel like passing out but I managed to help David bandage up his toe before any further damage could be done.
Riding in the same van with my little nephew, Joshua can be horrifying especially when it is a long journey. I was deep in slumber on the way back to Singapore today when suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my leg and a loud burst of laughter. I gave a loud yelp and jerked awake immediately to discover that Joshua had jabbed his sharp fingernail into my kneecap. Any future attempts to return to sleep were foiled by Joshua screeching and giggling at the top of his lungs. Joshua also had this strange habit of spitting his saliva at other people. Thus, poor Matthias, David and I had to bear with a constant spray of “showers of blessing” for an entire 5 hour ride back home.
Uploaded all the photographs from the trip. However, most photographs would be based in Genting Highlands since my camera had run out of storage space by the time I had reached Port Dickson.
(Complete photo set no longer available)
Today went by much better than yesterday. The weather remained perfectly clear so the whole group of us headed for the Outdoor Theme Park. Jeremiah, Matthias and I had an extremely hard time coaxcing David to try out the Pirate Train, mainly because he had an extreme phobia to the ride. David was sitting by a nearby escalator and sobbing while Jeremiah reassured him that the ride wasn’t frightening at all. Somehow, I find David rather queer because I remeber exactly three years ago, David loved that ride so much and he had no problems when he went on that ride. I wonder what had made him change his opinions so drastically…
Since we couldn’t talk David over, we decided to head for other attractions instead. It’s always the same old thing whenever we go to Genting every 6 months so it somehow became our usual routine. First stop would be the Flying Dragon Roller Coaster Ride followed by the thrilling Spinner (which David also had a phobia to). So David just stood aside and watched forlornly as we ran off without him. Seriously, that boy has to learn to overgrow his fears sometime soon. He is already eleven years old and yet he is still so cowardly, as Jeremiah puts it. After the rides ended, Matthias spent the entire time calling David a “Scaredy Cat” while David just fumed and walked on.
Had a hearty lunch at the Resort Cafe before heading back to the Outdoor Theme Park again. This time, our first stop was the Bumper Boats, which we hadn’t tried out in almost two years. Since there were 5 of us, we decided to play a little game called “AIDS”. We had to select someone who would be known as the “AIDS Carrier” and as the ride progresses, this “carrier” would have to try to bump the rest of our boats, which would in turn “infect us with the virus”. The game was extremely enjoyable and just 1 minute after the ride started, Aunty Olive (Who happened to be the “AIDS” Carrier) had already infected each and every single one of us. So we just started to bump each other merrily on the boats just for the fun of it.
Just arrived home from First World Plaza and had spent the past two hours locked up in the Pavilon watching “Fantastica”. In my opinion, the starting was rather thrashy but the rest were rather nice. I was amazed by some of the stunts that were shown during the show, but sadly though they weren’t very original. Many of those acrobats were extremely young and they looked less than 15 to me. All throughout the time, I cannot help wondering about how much they are actually paid to put their lives at risk. Does this constitute child labour? How much intense training must they go through? To think that all these young performers are actually suffering backstage while the rest of us just sit aside and stare at their performances.
Leaving Genting and heading for Port Dickson tomorrow. Although I can’t wait to leave this cold weather into the warm sunshine, I must admit that I would miss Genting Highlands a lot. Although the past few days hadn’t been as enjoyable as I had expected, such an opportunity comes only once every 6 months and I intend to enjoy every moment of it, even though it is just 4 days.
One last thought. Sometimes, I wonder why Aunty Olive still treats me like a little girl. I feel so smothered by her and she has me feeling as though I just don’t know how to take care of myself. When I refuse to do something, she would stand there and start to scold me for no apparent reason and whenever I tell her I need to go somewhere, she would start firing questions at me such as, “Do you know where’s the place or not?” “Are you sure you won’t get lost?” and yadda yadda. Hello? This is the 24th time I am stepping foot into Genting Highlands and I know each and every single corner of the resort extremely well. Furthermore, I am already seventeen years old and going on to the second year of Junior College, and yet she still treats me as though I am just in the second year of Kindergarthen. Another thing I must mention is the way she just reaches over to zip up my jacket for me whenever we are outdoors, just because she thinks I am feeling cold. Words cannot express how small I felt when she does something like this, as though she doesn’t trust me to look after myself. Unfortunately for me, I just had to keep quiet or risk another round of endless scolding and nagging from Mrs “I don’t think Brenda knows how to take care of herself”.
This always happens when we are in Genting. Don’t ask me why, but I am extremely sick of it and it is high time I did something to combat this.
Hello everyone, currently into the second day of the Genting trip. So far, the trip has been really horrible. Weather was cold, dark and dreary and poor ol’ me had been plagued by the cough virus yet again! Had been coughing non-stop for the past two days until Aunty Olive got so worried that she feels its her responsibility to make sure that I am all right. This means I am being smothered by her yet again. This cannot do, that cannot eat, nag… nag… nag… This has gone to an extent that I am on the verge of having a nervous breakdown.
So far, the only highlight of the trip was the long ride here in the van. My cousins, Jeremiah, Matthias, David, Jeslyn, Jerry, little Joshua and I sat together in the same van and we chatted throughout the entire van ride. During one particular stopover, Uncle Johnny puchased ice cream cones for all my cousins (I declined due to my cough) and they all started munching together inside the van. As it was little Joshua’s very first time eating ice cream, the melted parts of his ice cream cone dribbled down his chin and all over his face and shirt. His white shirt ended up as brown by the time Joshua had finished his ice cream cone. Jeremiah then remarked that Joshua would make a very good basketball player in the future as he could dribble very well.
Headed straight to First World Plaza last night after dinner and just strolled around. We hung around in this little gift shop which were selling stuff for half price and I purchased a little pink stuffed piglet. Jeremiah also purchased one of those for his friends as a Christmas present and in total, we spent a grand total of RM 50.00 for both, which means that it was only Singapore $24++. David got really impatient with us and he chased us out of the shop once we had made our purchases so that he could go to the arcade. The next hour was spent watching the boys play video games while I just stood around and stoned.
Today’s events were somewhat similar. Due to the heavy rain outside, we had no other choice but to head to First World Plaza despite our initial plans to go to the Outdoor Theme Park. As usual, our first stop was the Euro Express Roller Coaster which all of us were addicted to and we spent 45 minutes waiting in line just for a 2-minute ride. Jeremiah entertained us all during the entire ride by screaming and shrieking at the top of his lungs even though the ride wasn’t that scary at all. I had no choice but to stuff my fingers in my ears since he was sitting directly next to me. Furthermore, everyone else in line were also staring at Jeremiah with a shocked look on their faces. Such unwanted attention.
Next, we headed on to Snow World. My little nephew Joshua also joined us together with Jerry and Jeslyn. Had to rent snow jackets, boots and gloves before we were allowed into the attraction and one thing I really ought to complain about was the fact that the gloves absolutely stank. Honestly, I wonder how many people had worn those gloves before me. The glove was smelly and damp when I slipped them on and I grimaced right there and then. Sadly though, Snow World was a little too freezing cold for me to handle and so I had to hop in and out of the attraction every 5 minutes because I was getting a severe case of frostbite.
Sincerely praying hard that the rain would stop soon so that we can go out and enjoy the cool mountain air. And this illusive cough of mine ought to stop soon before I start feeling inclined to yank my entire head off my shoulders, if that was ever possible. *Pops more medicine and lozenges*
[EDITED @ 3:37pm]
The internet connection here is absolutely ticking me off. Internet just hanged for almost 10 minutes, which means that I am actually getting cheated of the $10.00 which I had paid for 1 full hour of internet access. This is daylight robbery!