Merdeka 31/08/08

THE greatest merdeka day celebration ever!

On Friday, i rented a car, Proton Waja for 5 days, which costs me RM480!! Well, me, the twins (Firas and Fida), Hendy and Ali shared also for the rent. We had everything going smoothly, which is to go to Genting to celebrate Malaysia’s 51st birthday. Somehow, Hendy didn’t make it coz he had Futsal tournament.  At first, I planned to rent a car to go to Avril’s concert, but i changed my mind coz i feel that its much better to celebrate together with my other friends in Genting Highlands.
and so, this is how i spent my weekend. Fida came to my place at night, on Friday (29/8) then we had our dinner together, and Firas arrived the day after, we fetched him at KL Sentral as we were on our way to Genting in the afternoon.

On Friday night, me , Fida, Jarell and Ali went for a midnight movie (Babylon A.D) at Times Square. On our way to the cinema, we saw so many ppl by the roadside of Merdeka Stadium, Avril Concert just ended…So sad i can’t go to watch her LIVE in M’sia, but wat the heck..our movie started at 12.20am and ended around 1.45am. Then, we headed home.  Fida fall asleep in the car, he was tired coz he had classes for the whole day, then rush to my place. We arrived home safely around 2.30am. Well, i just dropped them at Mentari Court then off i went to Asia Cafe to meet up with Hendy but he didnt turn up coz too tired after the futsal match, so i had Teh O Peng while waching SUper Cup Man utd lose…DAMN IT!! After the match, i went home straight away, and that time was already nearly 4am, jump straight to my bed and sleep.

Woke up around 10.30am the next morning and prepare for the Genting Trip. Since Hendy couldn’t make it, we invited 2 lovely girls to join us, Dewi(Indo) and Bo Ra(Korean). So, on our way to pick them and Firas at KL Sentral, we dropped Jarell at Capitol HOtel just behind Sg Wang. THe KL city was so packed with cars as some of the roads were closed for the Merdeka Celebration later in the evening. So, we had to find another way to get to KL sentral and ended up making 3 rounds, back to Jalan Hang TUah and Pudu. LOL!! After 1 hour, we manage to find our way to KL Sentral.  We met up with the girls and Firas and it started to rain heavily.

And there goes, our journey to Genting began. It was like a Malaysian version of Eurotrip minus airplanes, trains and sex. hahaha if you know wat i mean. (giggles)
I decided to use Ampang road then to MRRII. I drove pass TARC and i really miss the time when i studied there 1 year ago. We stopped at Setapak Petronas to get some snacks and drinks for our 1 hour journey to Genting. After that, straight to MRRII highway and kept on driving for more than 1 hour coz of the traffic jam. It was my first time driving to Genting Highlands, it was fun! and tiring too. I would let Fida or Firas drive if they know the road, but anyways, we arrived Genting First World Hotel around 3.30pm and we had to spend half an hour to find an empty car park…DAMN Genting was full of cars.

We went up to the First World Plaza to have our lunch at Burger King then took some pictures and all, the surrounding was quite misty, later in the evening, it rains..just drizzling, we went to the Outdoor Theme Park, it was opened for free after 7pm coz they had this National Day Concert and Aznil was one of the main attraction there..EEWWW!! and we went for Go-Kart racing. Me and Fida started at the back and I manage to get 2nd place…hehhe and Ali won the race.  Then, we went to have our dinner at FIrst World Hotel while waiting for the Firework Display at GEnting Hotel.  So, we played truth or dare till 11.30pm. We did quite a few of stupid stuff at the cafe…which was quite embrassing and fun TOO!!Then, we headed to the Genting Hotel to watch the Firework Display and OMFG…there were SOOO many people standing outside at the carpark and also the entrance of the Hotel Lobby.

The entire place was filled up like with 1000 people..maybe more. We sang negaraku, Jalur Gemilang and Merdeka songs. It was fun though, then the fireworks began, everyone was shouting like crazy, the fireworks were great!! much more better than the one they played during CNY last Feb(Yeah, i went to Genting during CNY, too Hehe).It lasted like around 15 minutes, Ali and Dewi were recording the fireworks display by using their phone.

After that, everyone was heading back to the Hotel, some heading back to KL. We got stuck in the jam on our way back down, and the highway was pitch black…i can barely see the road clearly, they should put on some lightings for safety. Sigh. And the motorists still drive damn fast…i wonder if they still value their own life? Speeding down the hill…it was dangerous.

The journey back to PJ was quite short but it seems like 5 hours drive.  We arrived home safe and sound around 2am and had our late supper at mamak.  Dewi and Bo Ra were sleeping like cute little angels just minutes after we got in to the car from Genting.

The weekend was short, but all of us had lots of fun and really satisfied with the trip and everything. Glad that everone is happy and hope to have more trips to other places soon.Cheers…Thanks, u all!!

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