Crossing over to Golok

ok. this is the last post for our trip up north.

the next morning, Baybee and Lee out of curiosity said they wanted to check what was offered for breakfast. End up they came back and told us they wanted to eat there.
The guys end up bringing food outside and ate together with us…
so we had FREE breakfast too!!

me and my morning cannot open eyes look with the teh tarik river
us complaining about the dirty river.. hahhaha i look like i wanna initiate a fight!

after breakfast, we started our journey up north to Rantau Panjang, the major border crossing between Malaysia and Thailand for the East Coast of Malaysia. The town on the Thai side across the Golok River which forms the boundary between the two countries is Sungai Kolok.
passing the malaysia immigration... and getting our passports scanned
then we drove across the Harmony Bridge that linked the two countries
we also drove past the Customs and went straight into Thailand, Sungai Kolok

opppps!!!!!Something is NOT RIGHT!!!
Yeah… we did not get our passports stamped!
cause we did not pass by any area for the stamping of passports!!!
NOT OUR FAULT OKAY!!
Later only we found out that we’re supposed to park by the side of the road and get out passports stamped instead of just driving through straight. So troublesome, right?

a visit to the Toh Moh Goddess Shrine..
Baybee and Lee did some prayers
Lee is so funny here! he looks like he's dancing with the joystick!
after visiting the temple, we walked around the town a bit to buy some souvenirs
which basically consist of food only... specifically, SNACKS!!! read: FATS!!!
the pink scooter above is so cute!
imma buy one next time for me to go cruising around in the evenings for long kai!
after shopping around, we went to a temple for massage. It was recommended for us to go for a massage in a temple as there will not be any hanky panky going on and the masseur will massage properly. We paid Rm25 each for two hours of full body massage. There was a herbal sauna at the place too at RM3 per person but the weather was too hot and none of us was interested to get ourselves baked.

We had some 2 hours to kill after that before dinner time so yennee and i went for a hair wash (hair got oily due to the head massage earlier). The hairwash cost us RM10 each.
Good enough to kill time… but it killed the health of my hair too!
First, the lady massaged CONDITIONER onto my SCALP! Where got people do that one??? That would mean blocking my pores and making my scalp oilier.
Secondly, I just wanted a normal blow dry for my hair, so when she asked me if I want to flat iron my hair, I said no.
WTH! So she used the hairdryer to blow my hair for so so so long till my hair became super dry and straight till the effect of flat iron! My hair became dry like twigs!
My local saloon girl almost fainted when she saw my hair!

When we’re done, the guys came and joined us and we left for early dinner. Baybee wanted to eat pork knuckles but the shop was closed. So we just ate at another halal restaurant.
That was the best Thai food I ever tasted!!! yums yums!!!!
I don’t normally see Baybee going for second helping of tom yum but he did this time!
It was so good, we cleared everything out! and btw, the prices are reasonable too!

After dinner, we went to complete our tidbits shopping before we headed home. We were worried that the customs might tax us for the fragrant rice, so we hid it nicely.
We left the border safely again, without anyone checking our car or stopping us as well!
something really wrong with the immigration system there!!!!

That’s the end of my long awaited merdeka trip. I wished it never had to end… but its ok.
I’ll go there again some other time to see Baybee!
I missed him already as I am typing this too!
I truly enjoyed this trip as I loved the company I was with and it was truly relaxing!

a visit to Kota Bharu

we started our journey late in the afternoon as KB town is nearby to Thailand border
as we were driving, baybee saw a pekan ramadhan and stopped over to buy some tea break
this is me, feeding baybee ayam percik as he drives...
look properly and you will notice that i have no more chin!!! FML!!!
i have put on a lot of weight recently and i think i have excessive eating disorder! wtf
our first stop was this food court in the so called Chinatown of KB.
we had this unique chee cheong fun where the noodle was made very skillfully...
but the sauce was like diluted rojak sauce and some satay...
we then proceeded to check in to Grand Riverview Hotel for Rm140/night for 1 breakfast only
Satu malaysia spirit! wtf

Baybee kept on wanting to eat Thailand food so we searched on the net for ‘good food thai kota bharu‘ and came across this page which recommends Golden Leaf Restaurant at Jalan Kebun Sultan. It sounded more convincing when yennee’s colleague also recommends the same! So we went to the restaurant to have our dinner. Then we found out that, the chef who cooked the dished recommended by the website had just recently resigned! The new chef newly reported to work just the week before. So whatever we ate wasn’t cooked by the same person who cooked the food for the blogger and yennee’s colleague. My opinion, the food there was mediocre and tasted more on a salty side. It wasn’t really good though and there’s nothing special.

tomyam fish
3flavour chicken
kangkung belacan

again if u see, i dont have chin anymore!!!
yennee was like on a mission to capture all my ugly fat eating moments
FML!! *cries my heart out and felt better after eating

never go to KT during puasa time!

why? because you have no food to eat other than in Chinatown!!!!!!
so Chinatown is where we had our lunch before we start our touristy mode
other food outlets even like fast food are not allowed to open before 3pm!
should be nothing so shocking to see this sign right????
wtf! i wonder when they company do projection of income every year,
will they project loss during the fasting month?? hahahhahaa
we dont look so retarded, do we?
hahhahahhahaa... he looks like a happy preacher!
that suit really suits him! i think lee looks so good in this pic!
fooling around the Crystal Mosque compound
u see what i mean by fooling around???
climbing up the stairs to the biggest museum in Malaysia
which has practically nothing interesting inside and bloody hot and boring!
sorry museum lovers, but i think i am a museum hater! hahahhahaha
i never liked old ugly stuff.... btw, i saw some dead dolphins and dragon fish in there..
i prefer the outdoors, where i found some interesting things....
i'll be posing with one similar to this which belonged to yennee....one day
she always wanted to fly.. i supposed owning one herself would be good
and yennee will be fooling with my golden rolls royce...
i'd be so rich and live better than a real princess ...going for balls whenever i wish to
and travel anywhere anytime i wanted with a bus load of servants to serve me! HAHAHHAHHA
oh yah.. if you did not know already, kereta lembu used to require a license too in the early days!
not just simply some wooden lousy trolley like u think!

Selamat Hari Raya

i would like to wish all of you here Selamat hari Raya!!!
no lah.. actually, i just wanted to post a song i edited on facebook which caught many people's interest so that i will remember it 10 years down the road
(psst! they esp like the phrase in red! hahahhaha)
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selamat hari raya
kepada saudara serta saudari
setahun hanya sekali (setahun mungkin dua kali)
merayakan hari yang mulia ini

dimasa bulan ramadhan
saya tak puasa sekalipun
apabila syawal menjelang
hari raya disambut dengan gembira

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Happy holidays everyone!!!!!!!!
drive safely and be good!

Tasik Kenyir, Terengganu

On the 26th, we went to Lake Kenyir which is the largest man-made lake in Southeast Asia.
Stayed a night at Lake Kenyir Resort and Spa. The place was beautiful and relaxing.
while waiting for the buggy to come pick us up from the car park...
the resort's area is huge so there are buggys provided to ferry us around
yennee on the buggy..zooming to the reception
OHIYO!! my fireboy came along with us this trip as well
this place is so pretty and tranquil
my chalet room entrance
the room interior... see fireboy laze round already!
OMG! the bathroom was huge!!! i think almost same size as the room!
what you see here is only half of it!
i ♥ fireboy!
romantic setting above the pool for dinner
we had the ramadhan buffet there
the dessert spread were amazingly good and the cakes were fantastic!
Me and yennee had a good time picking a piece each.
after dinner we went back to our rooms for games.
not much games we could pic from the games and recreation shop
so we settled for Monopoly...the set had no dice so the sent us a mismatching pair
game in progress... BTW, I WON the game!!!!
i seldom win in games but i WON BIG this time!
the next morning, we woke up and enjoyed the wonderful view
how i wish to wake up every morning to a view like this!! ♥max!
then we went for breakfast... pagi pagi buta had to exercise and walk up hill
cause they said wanna be healthy rather than ask buggy fetch!
good girlfriend! me! morning mix coffee for baybee ♥♥
chilling by the pool
imigine, the drive back to my home had view like that...
i swear i will start walking everyday for exercise! hahahahha
nah! told you i will be here kan?