Showing posts with label Tanjung Gemuk Terminal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tanjung Gemuk Terminal. Show all posts

Friday, 27 June 2014

TIOMAN DIARY [Day 2] -- Paya Beach Resort, Snorkelling, Banana Boat

HEY YALL
Hehehe i've been blogging real consistently lately right!
So damn rare for a procrastinator like me to be so hyped up about blogging.
Honestly speaking it's a really fun thing to blog but i'm always too lazy to start a post cause it takes me hours LOL.

Anyways this is Tioman day 2 and if you haven't read on day 1 it's over here
As mentioned in the previous post we had to get up real early at 6+am just to get ready for snorkelling!
I've actually been snorkelling around these beach resorts quite a number of times in my lifetime so i always thought it was a damn common activity.
But apparently many of them have never snorkelled before (eg my boyfriend) so they were terrified of the deep sea.

The only fear i had was when trying to jump into the sea from the boat, cause there were so many fishes.
Wouldn't the fish get angry when i jump in and accidentally kick them / invade their space? LOLOL
I'm not even kidding i really thought of that like wah later they all come and bite me or attack me cause i kick them idk.
It's not even funny pls like you've heard of people disturbing birds and end up getting attacked by them? YEAP same logic k
Apparently for fishes they don't actually attack you for kicking them HAHA (tried and tested...)

If you don't know about snorkelling, it's REALLY the deep sea and not just near the shore!
if not, the waters wouldn't be as clear and there wouldn't be as many corals / fishes






water activities = no make up = disaster LOL


Just had to take several photos before jumping into the sea and get our hairs wet LOL




If you're curious to know whether the waters are clear in Tioman then the answer is YEZ
You can see the fishes while on the boat! (pls dont stay on the boat because of that cause you'll miss out A LOT)
Plus there aren't many sea urchins in comparison to the places i've snorkelled at. There are many corals (but not very colourful ones).

The fishes are a little small, but there was quite a variety in colours and sizes and it was just really beautiful to watch!
Whenever i snorkel i actually just stay afloat on the same spot and just watch everything moving around me and the feeling is amazing.
If you've never snorkelled, the reason why we can stay afloat on the same spot is because of the life vests that we wear (you don't need to know how to swim/swim at all).
However for this time's snorkelling i had to keep lifting up my head to double check that Dion isn't playing pranks wtf HAHA
He was pouring water into the mouthpiece of the pipe/ pushing it into the water so many of them (eg my boyfriend) were drinking GULPS of seawater.
Damn disgusting i know, that's why i was being damn careful HAHA



HAHAHAH omg this photo
This is actually the second place that we were snorkelling at, and it's closer to the shore BUT the fishes were HUGE.
Like they were the size of my face or even BIGGER.
So when you actually throw bread into the water they start splashing and it looks damn scary.

I saw Nanette and Yanting swimming their way towards the float and i just had to tell Dion to start his attack of bread throwing HAHA
6 of us were throwing bread at them LOL
Omg they were so terrified and their reaction was damn funny i seriously should have gotten a waterproof camera for videoing!



As mentioned before usually when it's near the shore the waters wouldn't be as clear which explains why the second snorkelling location couldn't be compared to the first.


After having Ramly burgers (again) for lunch we went for Banana Boat!
Most of the guys (eg my boyfriend) didn't join us for i dont know what reason, probably because they have no guts and were scared HAHAHA.
I was so damn excited cause i have always loved banana boat since i was a kid!

If you don't know how it's like, it's basically just sitting on a huge long float that fits about 5 pax that's tied to a speed boat.
The speed boat would then go really quick, make sharp turns and stuff to make you lose your balance and almost/really fall off the float!
It isn't true that guys are less likely to fall because they're stronger or heavier cause all the guys who went for banana boat have fallen into the water ;)
HAHAHAH *girl power
Even if you don't fall into the water i swear it's worth the thrill! It's like the same thing as taking a roller coaster ride without the safety belt, just handles HAHAHA
But of course you're safe with the life vest on so it just makes it even more exciting?
You wouldn't know whether you'll fall, you don't know when there might be a turn.
You also wouldn't know if there might be a huge wave which makes the whole float FLY LOL.

If you were wondering it's 35 RM per pax ($16 SGD) for 15 mins (you might think 15 mins is short but trust me it's more than enough).
I woke up with sore muscles from head to toe esp on the arms and legs for 2 DAYS.



Right after i was done with the banana boat i immediately chionged to get my other life vest and goggles to join the humji guys for fishing!
At that point in time they only caught one tiny fish through 30 minutes of standing in the middle of the sea HAHAHA
They seriously looked damn funny from afar. 3 of them standing there, 1 holding a loaf of bread high up above the waters,
the other one wearing goggles but not looking into the waters and the other one holding the net LOL.

Guess what, 3 mins after i reached the spot they were at they managed to catch THREE FISHES at once!
Heheheh what would they do without me HAHAHA though i didn't do shit






Beautiful sunset! (with some girl literally lying sideways on the beach for photos + extremely exaggerated poses)



MSC shirt with the boy~ hehe this piece is launching soon on www.StyleHacks.net as a couple piece!


Drinking nights can't be missed though i absolutely HATE martell


Drinking with this group of people though it eventually narrowed down to 3 - 4 of us cause we're hardcore HAHA
Smaller drinking groups = drinking more + drinking faster








Alright that's all i have for day 2~
I tried including as many photos as i could but really, i didn't realize i took so few photos on that day!
It was an extremely fun day nonetheless and the trip was indeed amazing. :)

Till my next post, this is byebye
I have SUPER DUPER exciting news to share hehehehe will talk about it maybe in the next post~

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

TIOMAN DIARY [Day 1] -- Paya Beach Resort

HEY YALL
I just came back from Tioman and it was one hell of an amazing trip!
REALLY CANT BELIEVE ITS OVER sigh now it's back to reality :( I've got so many things left undone.

Anyways, Ritche and I went over to his friend's place the night before going to Tioman to "sleepover" LOL
It was a terrible idea HAHAH everyone looked like they were about to die the next morning cause most of us stayed up for the world cup.
And since many of them were awake we played board games too so we couldn't sleep at all!
I actually thought of being lazy just wearing a ugly t shirt and reach Tioman before changing out put on make up etc 
but ALL the girls were getting ready at 5am in the morning with full make up so i couldn't look like an ugly duckling LOL
I swear it was damn tiring sia just thinking about that sleepless night makes me feel tired wtf

We went to Far East Plaza to take the coach early in the morning at 6+am. Damn ungodly hour (well at least for me haha)
The drive was actually rather long because we only reached Tanjung Gemuk at about noon.
Everyone just KO once we got on the coach LOL
ritche was sleeping so soundly and the coach was so jerky,he almost fell off his seat so many times i actually stayed awake to make sure it doesnt happen HAHAHA

Oh and we had to take a ferry once we reached Tanjung Gemuk Terminal to get to Tioman!
The ferry would actually make 6 stops around Tioman to drop off passengers to different resorts and Islands so you must take note on where to alight.
Ours took about 1 over hr to get to our resort!
I can't imagine what would happen to a person who alights at the wrong resort LOL they only have a ferry once every few hrs wtf



Tired face wouldn't stop me from camwhoring HAHAHA



Apparently i'm not the most camwhore siao one there HAHAHA
Does anyone look tired at all? Nope~



Our stop was actually at Paya Beach Resort in case you were wondering.
This place has one of the clearest waters in Tioman however i think it might be at the expense of having lesser water activities.

So far through the trip the only 3 water sports i saw on that Island was banana boat, canoeing and snorkelling!
It was enough for our short 3 day trip however if you were there for more than that it would honestly have been a little boring.
But of course you could buy your own net and start fishing, bring your camera and start spamming photos or just chill by the beach with 2 bottles of beer cause there are many things like swings, hammocks around the island.
Duty frees are literally found at every 5 minute's walk (but note that they close at 10pm so you wouldn't be able to get drinks after that).




the waters were so clear and beautiful omg i really didn't see it coming
i have actually been to tioman many years back but i didn't remember it being this nice (i probably went to a resort with polluted waters)
can't believe i'm saying this but the waters might be comparable with Boracay's but of course, boracay has the whitest and finest sand for sure


Ramly burger cafe for lunch! This is seriously one of the best ramly burgers i've ever had.
It's just right in front of the jetty.
Ritche actually had about 10 ramly burgers in the whole trip HAHA and if you calculate based on the 10 of us, we ordered about 100 burgers.........



insanely hot weather of course LOL
i've been trained through the year though with trips to BALI (HOTTEST PLACE EVER), Cebu, Boracay so i wasn't complaining as much hahaha
For bali as i mentioned in my post, once i leave the hotel room, it only takes 5 mins for me to sweat and my make up to smudge all over
but over here it maybe takes about 10 mins?






Couldn't resist taking OOTDs once we reached our destination HAHAHA #instagram #ootd


I think you can tell how hot and sunny it was based on how Ritche is frowning despite wearing shades LOL



Duty Free Shop = Martell for 190RM ($48.80 SGD), Vodka for about 60 RM ($15 SGD)
The current conversion from RM to SGD is really good that's why, you get 257 RM from $100



There was a queen sized bed upstairs as well. No one dared to climb up at first LOL


We were lucky to get a chalet with a balcony facing the beach~


The other room downstairs!
This whole chalet per night on a weekend only costs about $190 and it can actually fit 4 people comfortably and in our case, 8 people HAHA



Girls touching up on make up right after we got there HAHA


Went to the nearest duty free with the guys to buy beer and stuff
Couldn't resist having this cause it only cost 3RM ($1.18 SGD) HAHA


4 bottles of beer, 2 cans of beer, chrysanthemum tea, kitkat ice cream and cigarettes all for 40+ RM ($16 SGD)




MAGNUM FOR 4 RM ($1.50 SGD) WTF
I'm damn upset over the fact that i forgot to eat it on the last day LOL you could only find it in Singapore for $4+ seriously wth
And they have a flavour that sounds really good <<< on the left you see, the chocolate brownie fmlfmlfml
Sucks to be me



Camwhore time~~






HAHAHAHA


With YanTing, Eileen and Agatha :)






Literally the kind of pictures you'll see on book covers, tour agency advertisements, google photos HAHA
PARADISEEEEEEE










Coincidental outfit with the girls, we were all wearing floral rompers hahaha
At first we kept thinking "blue green red" and everyone said we're like the traffic lights and all.
BUT if you think about it, blue green red are actually the colours of powerpuff girls HAHAHA wtf



We were telling the 4 guys to all stand on the tiny platform and they were actually trying LOL but gave up in the end



so we just had to prove them wrong by showing them that we can HAHA
wtf imagine if they succeeded and stood on the same platform, they'll have to stand so close to hug and all though so fucking gay






Went for some old sch ice balls to escape the heat, but it only helped cool down the heat for like 5 minutes




Photographer in action HAHA anw i think it's really time for a haircut...



kana photobomb



Sunset meant time for dinner~
We were having a buffet near the chalet's lobby as it's been paid for on all the meals for our trip
BUT i wouldn't recommend eating here cause the food is really quite bad haha



Every one of us at the table took a piece of the steak cause wtf it looks so damn good
But after all of us started eating we couldn't even poke our forks through the meat HAHAHA
That was how overcooked it was >_>



Their desserts looked so good i couldn't help but try, and really, i shouldnt have LOL




Just a little little bit like Venice, just a little :'(
Oh how i miss that place




Playing pool right after dinner, the guys were really quite good at it.
I dont know how but we actually started betting on who would win, and the forfeit would be a glass of alcohol.
After an hour i owed them 4 glasses alr wtf LOL.





Went to have a few rounds of drinking games before heading for bed cause we had to get up early again on day 2!
Don't have that many photos on day 2 but it was the most eventful one hehe

Till next time!