MALAYSIA
&
SINGAPORE
18.8.14[Monday]
NOTHING MUCH. WE TOOK THE ROCKFORT EXPRESS TO TRICHY
JUNCTION.
19.8.14[Tuesday]
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]
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 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
2.FAR FAR AWAY
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
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.
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]
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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.]