monday's thrills and spills

my stomach is still very full from 2 dinners i had. my colleague is really spoiling me. i had my usual food from the caterer- pumpkin soup, long bean, fried fish and minced pork cake. then my colleague's son brought me 'chee cheong fun' with gravy and toppings she made herself. gosh, how could i resist. so i finished the whole container of chee cheong fun lah. luckily it was not a very big portion. her son said her mom couldn't stand seeing me thin. she wants to make me fat. i feel bad that i cannot give her anything back because i don't cook and i don't bake. so luckily i have some haribo sweets and filled the container and returned it to her. chinese kan? we are taught not to return things empty-handed to ppl who have given us something.

anyway, to wait for digestion to finish its duty, i am using the time to blog lah.
this will be on some of the things i did on monday at sunway lagoon. weee...how many years had it been since i last went? i have lost count.

so karen, carmen and quin took the bus down from bidor on sunday evening and reached tm before 7p.m. we went to proton city for a quick jog because carmen wanted to try jogging on the track there. we could only finish one round. by the time we left, it was only us and a group of foreign workers in the dark park. kinda scary. i dunno what we would do if they were to disturb us. there were more than 10 of them. but they came in peace and ain't no troublemakers.

dinner was at leong kei...and it sucked. many ppl came back for qing ming that weekend and the place was full. we even had to stand for about 5 mins before getting a place and we waited 30 mins for our food to arrive. they had run out of hor fun so we ordered wat tan mihun, mihun soup and lor mee. none was good. we also ordered a roti pisang from the indian shop next door because our stomachs were growling already.

beanie has found a new yeelin in karen. hahaha....he did this everytime he managed to 'grab' hold of her.

on monday morning, we went for breakfast in town before heading to sunway lagoon. reached sunway lagoon at around 12 noon. there is no more outdoor parking outside the theme park now. all cars are diverted into sunway pyramid's car park. luckily it is not expensive to park there. the maximum charge is rm7.
outside food and drinks are not allowed in the park at all and they checked all bags. i did bring my empty water bottle because they have water cooler at many places. there are only 2 types of tickets- one is all parks and the other is 3 parks. we bought 3 parks ticket at rm60 because we showed them our mycards. the three parks are amusement park, wildlife park and water park. the girls paid for my ticket...err...or my wrist watch. there is no plastic band now, they give you a wrist watch where you can even debit money and use it to buy things inside the theme park. so you dun need to carry any cash with you when you are busy having fun.

we went to the amusement park first as it is nearest to the entrance. as it was a monday, we hardly see any locals except a group of malay youths. the rest were all tourists from middle east and one big group from hong kong. it was a bliss queueing up for the rides. some had no queue at all. the water park slides had slightly longer queues but they were fast as well. so you know when to go next time. oh, it is closed on tuesday.
we went on all the rides they offered at the amusement park including the small ferries wheel. carmen was screaming at the top of her voice in every adventure ride and it was deafening! i partnered her in the water slides activities (2 on one tube) and i was only laughing all the way down the slides while she screamed till the slides end. wakakaka....my jaw hurt from laughing too much.
wildlife park. one of the cute girls from the australian dance troupe who performed at the amphitheater later in the afternoon having a python coiled around her. you can have that experience too at no cost.
some of the animals you can see at the wildlife park. surprisingly, i enjoyed myself at this park. thought i would get bored but i wasn't. it gave you a really close experience with the animals. they even have sun bear here and a cat leopard. kids would definitely love it!
aerial view of the water park. the whole place seems smaller now. maybe because they have put so many things and that makes the space a bit cramped.

we went to take shower at around 5. damn there was no water when i had nearly finished my shower. too many ppl taking showers at the same time? there was no one to complain to. those who came to take their showers later were unlucky loh.

i have planned this when i heard we are going to sunway lagoon. karl's junior in sunway pyramid. someone told me their burger was good and yes i agree now that i had tried a few. the burgers from the beef range are top-notch. i especially love the portobello mushroom burger. love the chilli cheese fries too but they put too little chilli cheese and i went to request for a top-up. still not enough for me because i like the chilli to soak the fries and make them soggy. no more mcD burgers.

and i am guilty of spending my money on another pair of sneakers which i dun think i can wear a lot. but the price and the discount are too good to resist. 50% discount and i only paid rm125. cheap hor?? and i have always wanted a pair of hi-top sneakers. those from nike are very flat and hard. this pair is oh so comfortable. i put it on straight after i paid for it. my feet needed some cushioning after walking on slippers and barefoot the whole day.

i also made another purchase at esprit. also 50% discount. it was a denim jacket....very feminine one with ribbon at the 3/4 sleeve. last piece. dunno when i am going to wear it but i just can't resist once i put it on. fit fit wor. i paid rm153 after 10% more discount with my esprit member card.
haven't heard mom's scoldings yet because she wasn't home when i reached. she went for a relative's funeral with dad in rawang. waitlah till i go home this saturday. sure an earful of them.

anyway, reached tm at 9.30p.m. then, packed my stuff and left at 10p.m. to bidor.

when we came back from sunway, beanie was wagging his tail and body non-stop. carmen had spoilt him by stroking him all the time although she still screamed like she had seen a ghost when we let beanie loose. that girl can really scream man. call her the scream queen.
however, when we were leaving with all our bags in hands, beanie sulked as if he knew we were leaving. well, i think he could see with his own eyes. that was him sulking and not giving a glance at us as we drove off. he wasn't even bothering us as we walked on the porch. how cute was he and how pitiful. poor beanie....how can we not love you??

well, that is the end of this post. time to hit the bed. all chee cheong fun has been digested. mission accomplished.