Singapore Expats

Posted: **Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:04 am**

Bored as hell in October Holiday!

okay guys, for those who don't have romantic hoildays to go to during the 21st of october til the 24th of october WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!

some of us who are staying in Singapore and have nothing better to do than sitting in front of your TV... we need to get out there!

WTP and I though about going someplace near by for the extra extra hoildays.

So here's a though:
1) JB (am... we need experiences malaysian here.....)
2) KL (okay fine fine only I haven't been there)
3) Singapore near by islands?
4) and I can't think of any... please suggest!!!

okay so I've heard that going to near by trips is really expensive during these few days. So here are other activities that we can do.

1) Cycling around Singapore (okay I admit only I'll be interested)
2) Playing Mahjong for the four days straight! (nah isn't not going to happen), although somehow i'm sure one day will be playing mj~
3) and I can't think of any... please suggest!!!

It will be really great if you're interested in joining us/ getting suggestions from you guys! thanks!

Posted: **Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:22 am**

hmm... too bad im not around... will be back to my hometown during the holiday...

Posted: **Thu, 12 Oct 2006 1:23 pm**

I dont think i am able to make it as I am having a medical appointment with TCM on 21st.

I am not here to discourage anyone who wants to go there, just want to share my view, as 21st is a Deepavali and 24th is Hari Raya Puasa, it is normally advisable not to go Malaysia during this period... why? here is the answer

1. It will be very crowded as many fellow Malaysian here who work in Singapore will take this opportunity to go back to their hometown, not forgetting many Singaporeans and tourist here will also want to go there too.

2. it is money extortion time, especially in custom, where sometimes they will make your entry difficult. To ease that, they will tell you that u need to pay VISA (coffee money) in order to enter smoothly.

3. Price of taking a cab will go up as this is a super hot festive season.

I think EPL will agree with me.. but of course if EPL is joining you guys, it will be much easier

Posted: **Thu, 12 Oct 2006 2:56 pm**

Bobby,

Am fine with anything. Think playing mahjong is a good idea if we have 4 legs.

I will check out some outlying islands information.

21st might be celebrate someone's bday lei.

Sigh...shall we go to somewhere else?

Posted: **Thu, 12 Oct 2006 3:01 pm**

yeah I guess...... but what other things to do than playing mahjong? oh maybe we can rent a boat out?????

What do you think?

Posted: **Thu, 12 Oct 2006 4:17 pm**

Serious? Any information abt boat renting?

Posted: **Thu, 12 Oct 2006 6:22 pm**

thou im not suggesting anything at tis moment, but i would like to clarify some points below...
juz my 2 cents worth...
dun throw mi into de sea hor!

jhouse wrote:1. It will be very crowded as many fellow Malaysian here who work in Singapore will take this opportunity to go back to their hometown

erm... almost 98% of de msian workerz in sg r not frm jb lei...

jhouse wrote:2. it is money extortion time, especially in custom, where sometimes they will make your entry difficult. To ease that, they will tell you that u need to pay VISA (coffee money) in order to enter smoothly.

i hav to say something fr msia! thou such incidentz do happen in msia, itz not as bad as most ppl in sg think lah... especiali on their festive season, they will even try to b "kind"!

jhouse wrote:3. Price of taking a cab will go up as this is a super hot festive season.

erm... guess we will hav enuff transport to move ard on our own if we r reali going jb...

jhouse wrote:I think EPL will agree with me.. but of course if EPL is joining you guys, it will be much easier

it will b great if EPL can join! we hav quite a number of johorianz or ppl tat know jb inside-out too...

Posted: **Thu, 12 Oct 2006 6:43 pm**

suggesstion:

night cycling and check out some haunted places in spore???

i done that with friends before and i was the organiser previously, so everything under control...heheee...

Posted: **Fri, 13 Oct 2006 8:26 am**

louischia wrote: …. erm... almost 98% of de msian workerz in sg r not frm jb lei...

Yup … I belong to the 98% …. LOL

louischia wrote: …. i hav to say something fr msia! thou such incidentz do happen in msia, itz not as bad as most ppl in sg think lah... especiali on their festive season, they will even try to b "kind"!

Based on my experience, I noticed a lot of people from various countries like to drink “coffee”

Posted: **Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:46 am**

Hi guys,
thought i could leave some comments too on the below matters

jhouse wrote:

2. it is money extortion time, especially in custom, where sometimes they will make your entry difficult. To ease that, they will tell you that u need to pay VISA (coffee money) in order to enter smoothly.

I think EPL will agree with me.. but of course if EPL is joining you guys, it will be much easier

i go to Johor very often these days, especially on weekends, and i've got a foreign pasport. But it has always been so smooth. No questions asked so far

I might be going back to Johor with my hubby during that period, can't confirm yet though. How many are interested to go there? perhaps we can go Tioman? anybody been to Tioman? I haven't been there

Posted: **Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:50 pm**

Anyway, my colleagues told me that she went to KL in this holdiay last year. Surprisingly, the city is quite quiet cos most of the ppl went back to their hometown.

I believed that cystaljade did check the transport to KL are already quite full.

Lets think about JB! i havent been to it during mystay in SG, paiseh!

Posted: **Fri, 13 Oct 2006 2:53 pm**

okay so far here are the people:

1) bobby (me)
2) WTP
3) Cherryblue
4) Cherryblue other half
5) we need some locals~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ anyone from Malaysia???
6) and of course anyone interested

Posted: **Fri, 13 Oct 2006 4:56 pm**

Be really careful if go to jb, you know abt I mean if u read news...
Anyway jb is really nothing much ler, shop and eat??

Posted: **Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:45 am**

fung23 wrote:Anyway, my colleagues told me that she went to KL in this holdiay last year. Surprisingly, the city is quite quiet cos most of the ppl went back to their hometown.

I believed that cystaljade did check the transport to KL are already quite full.

Lets think about JB! i havent been to it during mystay in SG, paiseh!

I can be tourguide if JB trip is on, but i cant take leave on 23rd

Posted: **Wed, 18 Oct 2006 8:25 am**

Okay we are final!

me and WTP have talked about this and it looks like we're going to JB for two days and one night really short trip.

We are going to shop, eat, and watch cantonese movie (seems like a good idea hey?) [which reminds me that I want to watch Rob-B-hood.... @ least it's in Cantonese] Also heard that food there is cheap and tasty~~~ Yum yum! Can't wait!

So Cherryblue and husband still going? Because we have Crystaljade to give us tours~~~

people who are going to JB from Sat to Sun (21st of october til 22nd of October)

1) Bobby
2) WTP
3) Crystaljade
4) Fung?
5) Cherryblue?
6) Cherryblue husband?
7) Anyone?
8)....

Singapore Expats

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