My rant to no one

Ok, stop procrastinating and do your damn blog entries!

Sorry, been talking to myself alot lately. Must be a side effect of being self-employed.

Anyways, about a month (or two) ago, I went up to Fraser's with my parents just for a day. It's been years since i took a hol with my parents, and that's part of the reason that i agreed to it. The other part is that I wanted another opportunity to drive my convertible in cold weather. heh.

I have to say, I didn't regret it tho. Frasers is still gorgeous. I had alot of fond childhood memories there, and I am, by nature a sentimental person, so it was a nice relaxing weekend with a tinge of nostalgia.

In fact, I'm thinking of organising another trip up here, with a bunch of friends. Stay and eat in a nice bungalow, bring up some basic entertainment (Xbox, cards, mahjong set for the ladies, booze), and just spend the weekend bonding and doing nothing.

It was the beginning of puasa month up there, so the entire place was deserted. This is the old clock tower in the center of town, with Puncak Inn in the background.

the road down to the infirmary. I remember they had this HUGE frog in a jar. The frog was about 2 feet tall (if my memory serves me right)!

the old clubhouse, where me, Kevin, SK, SH and Alex used to spend RM2 each (budget slowly over two hours) on Superman and Gemini Wings in the arcade. One place i forgot to take a picture of was the old skating rink in the playground. they still rent skates there! but unfortunately it was closed cos of Puasa season i guess. The mini-golf course was still there tho, so I had a round of mini-golf there with my dad with all these little indian kids standing around cheering for us.

Of course i won :)

Bungalow Jerantut - what used to be an ICI bungalow that me and my cousins would go to twice a year, sit  by the fireplace and play stupid games. I remember the currypuffs during tea they serve here used to be kickass.

 

Family picture in our boring old condo. Monkeys stole our steamboat stuff somemore. Wish we had stayed in a nice comfy Tudor bungalow...

 

...and another picture in a different angle, just to let my dad be creative.

Ye olde smokehouse, our last stop before heading down the next day. Was actually a bit sad. My car does look quite the happening in front tho :)

 

inside the smoke house. Very bri-ish.

Outside the smokehouse. Isn't this just grand? Would love to come here with someone soon, and just shoot the breeze... mmmm...

 

An ENORMOUSE and unbelievably tangled tree in the smokehouse garden! It was almost out of a fantasy novel. For reference to size, check out the benches at the bottom.

We got ourselves a nice airy room inside, with windows all around, but unfortunately the tranquility would be ruined every ten minutes or so with a flush cos we were next to the toilet. It was also sorta my birthday lunch, so my parents bought me something i haven't had since i was a kid. And i think the last time i had it was here too. BOMB ALASKA!

Bomb Alaska's actually a big big puffy meringue type pastry with ice cream inside, but then they pour heated XO on top of it just before they serve it. Ice cream, XO, Bomb Alaska... geddit?

Looks like an amoeba.

 

WahahAHAHAHAAHA... BURN THE AMOEBAAAAA!!!

 

my sister doesn't seem to share my enthusiasm.

yay!

Anyways, it was a good trip down memory lane, and I'd definitely want to come back again real soon. If you're interested, lemme know!