MALAYSIA
&
SINGAPORE
18.8.14[Monday]
NOTHING MUCH. WE TOOK THE ROCKFORT EXPRESS TO TRICHY
JUNCTION.
19.8.14[Tuesday]
WE REACHED TRICHY
JUNCTION.WE WERE IN THE TRICHY WAITING LOUNGE FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS.THEN WE WENT
TO TIRUCHIRAPALLI AIRPORT.OUR AIR ASIA PLANE WAS DUE TO 9:40.WE WENT TO KUALALUMPUR INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT[KLIA] AT 4:25[DUE TO CHANGE OF TIME ZONE[3 HOURS]. WE THEN WALKED A LONG
CIRCLE DISTANCE TO OUR “MY HOTEL’’. WE WENT TO A NEARBY MALL,ATE DINNER AND WENT
TO SLEEP.
20.8.14[Wednesday]
WE WENT TO PETRONAS TWIN
TOWER IN MORNING.WE WALKED IN THE LINK
BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TWO TOWER[36TH FLOOR]. THEN WE SAW KUALALUMPUR
FROM THE VIEW FROM 86TH FLOOR.ALL WENT WELL TILL 12:30,WHEN WE WERE
LATE FOR BAGGAGE CHECK-IN. THEY[AIR ASIA STAFF]ASKED DAD TO BOARD THE NEXT
FLIGHT AND CHECK-IN THE BAG,WHICH MEANS 150 RINGGITS EXTRA.IF WITH FAMILY MEANS
800 RINGGITS[HOW UNFAIR]. OH!I FORGOT TO TELL WHERE WE WERE GOING. WE WERE GOING
TO PENANG. SO WE[I,MOM,SIS]WENT IN OUR FLIGHT AND REACHED PENANG AT 1:45 PM.DAD
CAME TO PENANG AT 3:45 IN THE NEXT
FLIGHT.THEN WE WENT TO OUR HOTEL[SHERATON]. IT WAS VERY LUXURIOUS.IT'S
COST 650 RINGGITS.WE THEN WENT TO A BEACH,I WENT TO THE SWIMMING POOL.THEN
DAD LOST HIS PRECIOUS RING IN THE SMALL GAP IN THE LIFT DOOR.THEN WE WENT TO A
ROADSIDE HOTEL,ATE WELL AND REACHED OUR ROOM AND SLEPT.PHEW!WHAT A
DAY.ALMOST 20,000 RUPEES DOWN THE DRAIN.
21.8.14[Thursday]
WE HAD A HEARTY
BREAKFAST.WE THEN WENT TO MONKEY BEACH.THE BEACH HAD NO MONKEYS EXCEPT US.THEN
IN THE EVENING,WE WENT TO PENANG HILL.WE WENT UP IN A TRAIN.THEN CAME DOWN.WE
THEN CAME TO OUR HOTEL AND RESTED OUR FEET.
22.8.14[FRIDAY]
WE THEN WENT TO CATCH OUR
PLANE TO SINGAPORE AT 9:30 IN THE MORNING.WE REACHED SINGAPORE AROUND 11:20.WE
WENT TO OUR ROOM.WE THEN WENT TO A MALL NEAR OUR HOTEL HAD OUR LUNCH[MEE
GORENG]AND CAME BACK.WE THEN SLEPT TILL 4 IN THE EVENING.
THEN WE WENT TO THE
NEARBY MRT STATION[FARRER PARK]AND WENT TO ANG MO KIO.WE CAUGHT THE BUS[138]TO
THE SINGAPORE ZOO.WE REACHED THERE AT 6:00.I TOOK A PICTURE WITH AN
OWL[BRRRRR…]. THEY TOOK US INTO THE PARK IN A TRAM.WE SAW ANIMALS LIKE SAMBAR DEER,TAPIRS,ELEPHANTS,ZEBRA,LION[NOT IN CAGE],HYENAS[FACE TO
FACE],BUFFALOES.THEY TOLD THE TIGER WERE OUT FOR HUNTING AND THE GIRAFFES.WE THEN
SAW AN ANIMAL SHOW.
IF YOU ASK ME HOW WAS IT,I’D TELL YOU,THEY WERE CRAZY,THEY
LET A PYTHON ON THE LOOSE INTO THE AUDIENCE.BUT PHEW!WE WERE SAFE.THEN WE CAME TO
OUR HOME AT 10:30 AT NIGHT.MOM AND DAD WENT TO A NEARBY HOTEL AND BROUGHT
DINNER.WE ATE AND SLEPT NEARLY AT 11:35.
23.8.14[SATURDAY]
WE WOKE UP LATE IN THE
MORNING.WE THEN WENT TO HARBOURFRONT.WE WALKED ON A BOARDWALK TO REACH
SENTOSA.WE SAW MARVELOUS GLASS PAINTINGS.
WE THEN WENT TO THE S.E.A AQUARIUM[IN
SENTOSA] HAD A NICE TIME THERE.THERE WERE MANY FISHES OF DIFFERENT SPECIES.THEY
TOLD THERE WERE 200 SHARKS.BUT I WAS ABLE TO SEE ONLY A 2[I.E
HAMMERHEAD & SANDTIGER]. THERE WERE MANY STINGRAYS.WE SAW A STINGRAY EATING A
FISH.WE THEN WALKED ON THE BOARDWALK TO HARBOURFRONT STATION AND WENT TO
BAYFRONT STATION.
WE WENT TO GARDENS BY THE BAY.DAD AND SIS SAT IN A PLACE.I AND
MOM EXPLORED THE PLACE FULLY.BUT WHEN WE RETURNED,WE WERE SHOCKED TO FIND THEM
MISSING.WE WENT TO SEARCH FOR THEM.FINALLY AT 7:30 WE REJOINED.I THOUGHT THERE
WOULD BE A FIGHT.BUT,PHEW!ALL WENT WELL.
WE THEN WALKED ON A BRIDGE TO THE
SINGAPORE FLYER.WE ENTERED AT 8:20 AND CAME OUT AT 8:40.THE VIEW WAS
BEAUTIFUL.THE LIGHTS MADE IT MORE BEAUTIFUL.WE THEN CAME TO THE HOTEL AT
9:55.THIS TIME,I AND DAD WENT TO BUY DINNER.WE ATE AND SLEPT AROUND 10:25.
24.8.14[SUNDAY]
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY
MOST LOVED PARENTS.IT WAS A GREAT DAY[THEIR ANNIVERSARY AND THE PLACE WE
WENT]. WE WENT TO HARBOURFRONT AND WALKED ON THE SAME BOARDWALK WHICH WE USED TO
GO TO SENTOSA.THERE WE WENT TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS.THERE WERE SIX PARTS[i.e
MADAGASCAR,FAR FAR AWAY,LOST WORLD,ANCIENT EGYPT,SCI-FI CITY,NEW YORK AND
HOLLYWOOD]. LET'S SEE IT ONE BY ONE.
1.MADAGASCAR
WE FIRST WENT TO CRATE
ADVENTURE,IT WAS LIKE SEEING THE MADAGASCAR MOVIE IN 8 MINUTES[YES,IT WAS
NICE].WE THEN WENT TO KING JULIENS PARTY GO ROUND.IT WAS LIKE
MERRY-GO-ROUND.ITS SEATS WERE DESIGNED WITH MADAGASCAR CHARACTERS[ALEX,MELMAN,GLORIA,MARTY,PENGUINS,MORT,FOOSA ETC].
2.FAR FAR AWAY
WE ALL KNOW THAT FAR FAR
AWAY MEANS SHREK.YUP,IT WAS ALSO NICE.WE WENT TO A 4-D SHORT MOVIE ON HOW SHREK
SAVES FIONA FROM THE BAD KING S GHOST[YEAH, GHOST]. THEN, THERE WAS A ROLLER
COASTER WITH DRAGON CARRIAGES.WE THEN WENT TO A MUSICAL SHOW IN WHICH THE
DONKEY WILL BE SINGING.WE WENT TO THE LOST WORLD NEXT.BUT THERE RIDE'S WAITING
TIME WAS 70 MINUTES.SO WE CAME BACK TO FAR FAR AWAY AND HAD OUR LUNCH THERE.
3.LOST WORLD.
WHEN WE CAME AFTER
LUNCH,WE SAW THE WAITING TIME WAS 35 MINUTES FOR A WATER RIDE.WE WENT TO THE
RIDE AND GOT INTO A HOVERBOAT-LIKE THING.WHEN
THE RIDE BEGAN,RAIN CAME.IT WAS A NICE RIDE.WE WENT INTO DARKNESS,SUDDENLY
SOMETHING PUSHED US,A MACHINE TOOK US UP AND THE BOAT CAME DOWN FAST AND DASHED
INTO WATER. DADS CAMERA GOT INTO WATER IN THIS INCIDENT. WE WERE BACK WHERE WE STARTED AND THE RAIN STOPPED. I THINK THE
RAIN FELL SPECIALLY FOR US. WE THEN WENT TO A RIDE IN WHICH WE CAN FLY IN THE DINOSAUR.THEN
WE WENT TO THE NEXT PART.
4.ANCIENT EGYPT
HERE A JEEP RIDE WAS
THERE FOR A WAITING TIME OF 40 MINUTES.WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN AND WENT
INSIDE.BUT THERE WAS NOTHING.ONLY A CIRCLE TRACK AND WE’RE BACK.HEY, WHAT IS
THIS,AN HOUR WASTED FOR THIS NO GOOD RIDE. I AND MOM WENT TO A ROLLER COASTER NAMED THE CURSE Of THE MUMMY.I SHOUTED ‘MUMMMMMYYYYY’[THAT’S A LIE]
5.SCI-FI CITY
IT HAD THE BIGGER ROLLER
COASTER SHUT DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ROLLER COASTER IN HERE WHERE
WE WERE IN A CAR IN CHICAGO[DURING THE
WAR] and MEGATRON TRIES TO KILL US. AND OPTIMUS PRIME AND BUMBLEBEE SAVED US
FROM THE RUTHLESS MONSTER. IT WAS THE TRANSFORMERS 4-D RIDE. IT HAD AN HOUR
WAIT TIME AS WELL. BUT IT WAS WORTH TO RIDE THIS COASTER.
6.NEW YORK
IT WAS SESAME
STREET. YAHOOOOOOO!ELMO,ERNIE,BIG BIRD ETC…. .WE WENT IN THE SPAGETTI SPACE RIDE
TWICE.AND WE HAD TEA AND NACHOS AT THE SESAME STREET.
7.HOLLYWOOD
WELL,IT WAS A STUDIO,IN WHICH
THEY SHOWED HOW THEY FILMED TORNADOES IN MOVIES.WE THEN WENT TO MADAGASCAR TO
THE CRATE RIDE FOR SECOND TIME.THEN WE WENT TO SHOPS AND CAME OUT.NOW WE CAME
TO HARBOURFRONT TAXI STAND.WE WAITED FOR A HOUR FOR A TAXI AND FINALLY CAME
ONE.
WE WENT TO MERLION
PARK,TOOK PHOTOS WITH THE PAPA MERLION[YES THE GRAMP MERLION WAS AT SENTOSA (WE
SAW IT TOO) AND THE SON MERLION IS IN A
BUILDING.WE THEN CAME TO
OUR ROOM,WENT TO A NEARBY THAI HOTEL.TELL YOU WHAT,I ATE AN OCTOPUS’S TENTACLE.IT WAS HARD.THEN IT WAS
MIDNIGHT[12:00],SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VANATHY!!
25.8.14[MONDAY]
WE,AS USUAL WENT TO MCDONALDS,BUT I HAD AN
DIFFERENT BREAKFAST OF DONUTS AND TEA AT DUNKIN DONUTS.
WE THEN WENT TO THE
SINGAPORE ZOO AGAIN FOR THE RIVER SAFARI.WE THERE SAW THAT THEY HAVE CLASSIFIED
THE RIVER ANIMALS BASED ON THE RIVER THEY ARE FOUND. LIKE THE RIVERS
MISSISSIPPI,GANGES,YANGTZE ETC…WE THEN SAW GIANT PANDAS RED PANDAS ETC… .WE
THEN WENT ON A RIDE CALLED AMAZON RIVER QUEST.IN THIS WE SAW ANIMALS LIKE IGUANA,SPIDER
MONKEY,CAPYBARAS,JAGUARS ETC… .WE ALSO SAW A GREEN ANACONDA,RED BELLIED
PIRANHA,STINGRAYS,DUGONGS ETC… .
WE THEN TOOK A TAXI.THE DRIVER SUDDENLY ASKED
TO ME’’YENGE POHANNUM’’. WHEN ASKED HE TOLD ME HE KNEW SOME TAMIL WORDS. WE THEN
WENT TO PIZZAHUT.THE BIRTHDAY GIRL GOT A FREE ICE CREAM FROM THE MANAGER.
THEN
WE WENT TO QUEEN MARY S STREET.FROM THERE WE TOOK A TAXI TO JOHOR
BAHRU[MALAYSIA]. DON’T GET CONFUSED,WE WENT THROUGH A LINK BRIDGE CONNECTING THE
TWO COUNTRIES.WE THEN WENT TO A OFFICE-HOTEL BUILDING I.E HILTON.WE HAD OUR
ROOM ON THE 25TH FLOOR.WE CHECKED IN AND WENT TO OUR ROOM.2-10
FLOORS WERE for OFFICE.IT HAD SEPARATE LIFT.11-30 WERE THE ROOMS.WE HAD OUR
DINNER AND WENT TO SLEEP.
26.8.14[TUESDAY]
WE WOKE UP.WE HAD OUR
BREAKFAST.THE SAME DRIVER OF YESTERDAY DROVE US T0 LEGOLAND.WE HAD A MARVELOUS TIME THERE.WE BEGAN WITH A ROLLER
COASTER.THEN WE WENT TO A WATER RIDE. IN THIS THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE RIDE
CAN SET WATER BOMBS AND SHOOT WATER OUT OF WATER GUNS.WE WENT TWO TIMES ON THIS
RIDE. THEN WE WENT TO A MINI COASTER. AS THERE WAS LESS CROWD, WE RODE IT TWO
TIMES. 
AFTER THE RIDE WE WENT AND ENROLLED IN A BLOCKS ROBOTICS CLASS.THERE WERE
TWO TYPES, TREASUREBOT AND DOCTORBOT. I CHOSE TREASUREBOT AND SIS CHOSE
DOCTORBOT.OUR CLASS WAS DUE AT 3:30 AND THE TIME WAS ONLY 11.3O, WE DECIDED TO
GO TO OTHER RIDES AND COME BACK FOR THIS . 
WE THEN WENT TO A RIDE.IN
THIS,WE HAVE TO PULL A ROPE TO GO UP AND LOOSEN IT TO GO DOWN.WE HAVE TO DO
LIKE THAT 4 TIMES.THE WE WENT NEXT TO MAKE CARS USING LEGO BLOCKS AND MAKE THEM
RACE AND SEE WHETER THEY RUN WITHOUT BREAKING.THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER CONTEST.IN
THIS WE CAN BUILD LEGO TOWERS AND SEE THAT IT DOESN’T FALL DUE TO SHAKING. 
THEN WE WENT TO A 4-D
SHORT MOVIE ON LEGO CHIMA.THEN WE WENT TO A RESTAURANT AND ATE PIZZA,A POTATO
SOUP AND EVERYONE CHOSE THE DRINK THEY WANT.I CHOSE HEAVEN AND EARTH.IT WAS
DIFFERENT SO I CHOSE IT.
AFTER LUNCH WE WATCHED A
MUSICAL FOUNTAIN.THEN WE WENT ON A RIDE WHICH THEY CALLED MUMMY RIDE.THEN WE
WENT TO RIDE IN A JUMPIN HORSE FOR TWO TIMES.THEN WE WENT ON A TRAIN RIDE
AROUND THE PARK.
THEN WE WENT TO A PART
CALLED MINILAND.HERE THERE WERE MODELS OF ALL IMPORTANT PLACES IN ASIA LIKE TAJ
MAHAL,GREAT WALL OF CHINA, PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS,ANGKOR WAT,KLIA[KUALA LUMPUR
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT]ETC… MADE OUT OF LEGO BLOCKS.
IT WAS 3.THE CLASS WILL
BEGIN AT 3:30[YEAH,REMEMBER]AND THE PLACE WAS NEAR.SO WE WENT THERE.I WENT
IN.WE SHOULD CONTROL THE LEGO BLOCK MADE ROBOT THROUGH A COMPUTER.THE TASKS
WERE.
1.OPEN THE GOLD
2.TAKE THE GOLD
3.PARALYZE A MONSTER THAT
HAS SEEN YOU TAKING THE GOLD.
4.PUT WASTE IN THE PLACE
OF GOLD.
I FINISHED 1ST
IN THE COMPETITION.
THEN WE WENT TO THE DRIVING SCHOOL. HERE WE CAN DRIVE
ANYTHING.WE WENT TO THE BOAT SCHOOL FIRST.WE THEN WENT TO THE ’’ PUT OUT FIRE GAME’’. WE THEN WENT TO THE FLYING
SCHOOL.HERE WE CAN FLY THE ATTACHED PLANE WHEN WE PRESS A BUTTON.
WE THEN WENT TO THE
DRIVING SCHOOL.AFTER THIS WE WENT TO THE BIG LEGO SHOP.THIS SHOP HAS THE
LARGEST COLLECTION OF LEGO TOYS.THEN WE CAME TO OUR HOTEL, HAD DINNER AND WENT
TO SLEEP.
27.8.14[WEDNESDAY]
IT WAS 4:30 IN THE
MORNING BUT WHAT TO DO,WE HAD TO GO TO THE JOHOR BAHRU AIRPORT TO CATCH OUR
PLANE,WHICH WILL TAKE US TO KUALA LUMPUR.THE PLANE WAS TO LEAVE AT 7:10 IN THE
MORNING AND IT WAS RAINING.BUT WE WENT AND BOARDED OUR PLANE ON TIME.WE WENT TO
KLIA AT 7:45.
WE HAD OUR BREAKFAST AT
KLIA AND WE RODE A TRAIN TO BATU
CAVES.IT WAS A MURUGAN TEMPLE AND WE HAD TO CLIMB STEPS AND ANOTHER BATCH OF STEPS TO REACH THE
TEMPLE.WE THEN CAME BACK TO KL CENTRAL.THEN WE HAD OUR LUNCH AND WE WENT TO
SHOPPING.
I BOUGHT MYSELF A COOL
DRINK AND BOUGHT SOME CANDIES AND CHOCOLATES.WE THEN TOOK A SKYBUS TO
KLIA.THEN WE WENT TO ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND FINALLY SETTLED AT NANDO’s FOR DINNER. I AND MOM
ATE WRAPS,SIS HAD A SATAY AND DAD ATE BURGER.
WE THEN WENT AND HAD OUR
PASSPORTS CHECKED AND WENT AND WAITED FOR OUR PLANE.OUR PLANE ARRIVED AND WE
WENT IN AND SAT ON OUR SEATS.PLANE DEPARTED AT 10:10 AND I BEGAN TO SLEEP.BYE
BYE MALAYSIA.
WHEN I WOKE UP THE TIME WAS 11:29.NO,DON’T THINK THE PLANE TOOK
ONLY AN HOUR.BECAUSE IT WAS DUE TO TIME ZONE[WE SAW THAT EARLIER,DIDN’T WE] AND
WE REACHED TIRUCHIRAPALLI AIRPORT.WE WERE IN INDIA AGAIN.WE THEN TOOK OUR BAGS
FROM THE BAGGAGE BELT.WE THEN CHECKED OUR PASSPORTS AGAIN.AND WE CAUGHT A TAXI
AND WE WENT TO TIRUCHIRAPALLI JUNCTION.WE WENT THERE AT NEARLY 11:57 SO IT WAS
ALMOST THE NEXT DAY.
28.8.14[THURSDAY]
WE WAITED IN THE WAITING
ROOM FOR OUR TRAIN THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS.IT WAS COMING FROM KANNIYAKUMARI AND
WENT ALL THE WAY TO DELHI[OR I MEAN HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN] WE WAITED FOR ALMOST 2
HOURS IN THE WAITING ROOM AND I SAW ALL SORTS OF TRAINS LIKE PANDIAN,NELLAI ETC…
.WE THEN WENT TO OUR PLATFORM NO:1 AND WAITED FOR OUR TRAIN.OUR TRAIN ARRIVED
AT 3:00 AND WE GOT IN OUR COACH A1.WE THEN SLEPT.
WE ARRIVED AT CHENGALPET AT
7:50 AND REACHED EGMORE AT 8:50.WE WENT TO EGMORE BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUY
BREAKFAST AND WE CAME TO OUR HOUSE AT 10:50AM.AND SO OUR TRIP ENDED.OF COURSE IT
HAD TO END SO THAT WE CAN GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.
WHAT I LEARNT IN THE TRIP
TO FOLLOW TRAFFIC RULES
OUR TRAVEL TIME
CALCULATION
TRAIN/PLANE NAME
|
FROM
|
TO
|
DEPART
|
ARRIVE
|
ROCKFORT
|
CHENNAI
|
TRICHY
|
10:30
|
5:00
|
AIRASIA
|
TRICHY
|
KLIA
|
9:40
|
4:25
|
AIRASIA
|
KLIA
|
PENANG
|
12:35
|
1:25
|
AIRASIA
|
PENANG
|
CHANGI[SINGAPORE]
|
9:35
|
11:15
|
AIRASIA
|
JOHOR BAHRU
|
KLIA
|
7:10
|
7:45
|
AIRASIA
|
KLIA
|
TRICHY
|
10:10
|
11:29
|
THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS
|
TRICHY
|
CHENNAI
|
3:00
|
8:50
|
WE TRAVELED FOR 23 HOURS
29 MINUTES.
[Written by Sibi Pranav after the trip.]
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