It’s been a decade since my last group outing with a bunch of crazy buddies and here comes another exciting one with a lovely gang dedicating my first visit to this island. This long waited trip was participated by 22 maniacs rocking the island of Pangkor taking a road trip with 5 cars on the morning of 4th August 2012 heading all the way from K.L. to Lumut with an approximate distance of 250km. In essence, the itinerary comprises the followings:
4th August 2012 (Saturday)
6:00am Pangkor…here we come!
As the destination is by chance requiring our driver to complete some work nearby, we needed to depart from K.L. earlier at 6.30am and arriving Lumut at 11:00am while the remaining participants will depart at 8.00am. Upon arrival at Bidor, we stopped by the small town to enjoy the famous duck noodle before heading to our destination. However with much disappointment, the taste was rather under expectation where the duck seems to be overcooked. It took us some distance to arrive at Lumut and 3 of us loitered at a newly constructed jetty while waiting for the pick-up and the arrival of the others.
1.30pm Assembling at the Jetty Terminal
After the arrival of each and everyone, we decided to have our lunch at KFC before taking the ferry across to the island, and therefore this placid town was then filled with the exceptional uproar. We definitely will not miss the chance to take our first complete group photos here at the jetty before we begin our journey. The ferry took us around 45 minutes to arrived at the island and thankfully I did not suffer any seasick this round (compared to the usual severe ones). Cheap transport was readily available at the jetty costing us RM10.00 per trip by van to our hotel. 2 pent houses were rented for 1 night at the Coral Bay Resort to accommodate 22 of us and as expected, despite the rooms sharing was somehow prearranged, we were eventually moving all around ending up squeezing into one room.
5.00pm A swim at the beach
I could hardly recall the last time I actually bathe in the sea since it was almost a millennium ago! The guys were all so excited taking their turn to immerse themselves into the salt water, while the girls are mostly strolling at the beach. It turns out that we were being approached by a sport attendant offering banana-boat trip at RM15 per person for 3 rounds of rides and we eventually decided to take the offer. The rode was fun and exciting but we repeated more than a thousand times that we wouldn’t want to get drenched by falling into the sea. We arrived backed at the shore safely after the ride without anyone getting seriously wet, despite the fact that some of us did fell upon getting down the boat, but as a result of the roguish act by the guys splashing water all around and on us, we were almost sodden in the end! With the damped attire, I finally decided to join the gang for the crazy moment in the sea though I was not in my swim suit nor do I keep in mind to remove my watch. (thankfully it is a water proof one!)
7.30pm Seafood Dinner
The 高佬海鲜饭店that was rather crowded at 7.30pm causes us to wait for almost an hour before being served with our orders. We get to taste the spicy crab, prawn, tofu, kangkung and etc and I am not certain if any picture was taken on the food as everyone is acting alike those released of the 7th month- the hungry ghost devouring the dishes even before the photographer had the chance to take a shot.
12.45am Switching-on the Alcohol Mode
Here comes the night where all alcoholics gather together to begin the party! With some pre-prepared liquor, beer, tidbits and PS3, we gathered in one house intended to bring the house down. A bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey was emptied within an hour. After taking some on-the-rocks shots, I was red at every pore but luckily I am not drunk (Else I might be waking up by the shore being thrown there unconscious by this group of insane people). Other than the gaming and chit chatting session, we were still being entertained and get to enjoy the midnight *18SX live gay show featuring our Dailxx and Allxn. Guess this is one’s true color revealed subsequent to the effect of the alcohol. Lol…
5th August 2012 (Sunday)
The morning begins rather late for most of us after the late night alcohol session thus no specific activity being arranged in the morning. Special thanks to our royal chef for delighting our morning with some delicious sandwiches for breakfast.
12.00pm Goodbye Pangkor
After checking out the rooms, we headed back to Lumut for some local specialties purchases. As usual, the street and shops were filled with all kinds of sea and local products. We skipped our lunch replacing it with some snacks as we headed straight to our next destination. The journey was yet again boisterous without lacking some hilarious act vehicles by vehicles through the way.
5.30pm Sekinchan
With a great sense of excitement, we were heading towards Sekinchan anticipating to witness the magnificent view of the paddy field, however with much disappointment; the paddy was yet to be ready for the season thus forcing us to change our itinerary to the nearby beach instead. The dinner was taken in one of the seafood restaurant until 7.00pm having everyone contented with the delectable servings.
7.30pm Olympic 2012- Badminton Final
This is the night where almost all Malaysian is uniting in support of our Dato’ Lee Choong Wei’s final Olympic badminton match. Since we were stuck in this small township of Sekinchan not being able to get back on time, we decided to look for any mamak store or café nearby to watch the match. After going few rounds in town, we finally managed to stop-by a small coffee house furnished with a 40inch LCD. Unfortunately our beloved Dato did not manage to grab hold of the gold medal for Malaysia, however there’s no doubt that he gets the full support from all Malaysians cheering for his great performance. Well done! Arriving back in K.L. around 11:30pm with everyone almost collapsed with exhaustion, we were rather contented with the 2 days trip having much fun and excitement. Thousand thanks to the marvelous people and professionals in the gang making this trip a successful and superb one:
-* Professional Planner (Mr. W.K. Seow)
-* Professional Photographer (Mr. H.H.Foo & Mr. W.L.Choy)
-* Professional Enjoyer- The Emperor (Mr. H.H.Teh)
-* Royal Chef (Ms. Ashley)
-* Professional Entertainer (Mr. A.Cheong)
-* Excellent Drivers (Mr. W.K. Chong, Mr. H.H.Teh, Mr. A.Cheong, Mr. H.H. Foo, Mr. K.H.Siew)
Looking forward to the next exciting trip to come!
