Lost In Translation

I swear I've never woken up so early in my lifetime as I did this morning, solely for breakfast with my friends. Heck, I've never even done it for my family or anyone else. But when the alarm woke me up at 6:30a.m this morning, I knew I was in for it big time.

Lack of sleep is one thing. It was friggin' dark outside. My parents weren't even up yet (my mum usually wakes up early to turn off the house alarm). Groggily I stumbled my way to washing up and then waking my mum up to get the carkeys. I was merely a minute out of my house and was already wondering what was wrong with traffic. It was 6:45a.m and traffic was heavy.

And then it struck me.

School buses. MPVs. And cars with kids in their backseats.
Kids were going to school. Heck! Was I that early?! This was definitely a first-timer. But oh well. The things I'd do to hang out for a few moments with my buddies.

The story starts when Yvonne and another 106 students from Taylors' Hospitality team happen to be in town for a resort valuation thingy they're assigned to do here in lil' ol' Kluang. Of all places. What happens is, as I got the gist of, that Taylors throw a bunch of them students in this baby resort located at the foot of Gunung Lambak (which seriously looks more like 3 sorry huts and the tiniest water park you've ever seen in your lifetime), and they're supposed to evaluate its conditions and facilities to help improve its standards. So when we both jumped to the idea of going out for breakfast while she's around, I thought it'd be cool. The only thing was - she had to be back there by 8:00a.m.

The things I'd do to hang out for a few moments with my buddies.

Well, I guess it wasn't really as bad as it sounds. She brought 3 of her friends along the ride and we had bah kut teh in Kluang Baru, second after Uncle Jack's coffee shop which we realised only a bit later that it's closed on Thursdays. Which is another thing to rave about, by the way. The bah kut teh there absolutely rocks! And all we had to spend was about 6 bucks for each person. Fulamak!

After breakfast, the guys had to run some errands for their other collegemates still stuck in the resorts. 'Supplies' had to be stocked up, apparently. So we headed over to a nearby kiosk to buy what seemed to be a whole carton of 100Pluses except that they didn't sell them in cartons so we had to take them all one-by-one off the refridgerator. And when there weren't any left in the refridgerator, we found more on the shelf. You should've seen the look on the cashier's face when they swept them all away. They also packed a some candy, water, and some ciggies for 'em dying smokers back there.

It was while I was browsing through the shelves when I noticed this.

Waitaminute. Does that say 7Up Lice???
What the heck?! Talk about poor design, man. How do they market these sorta stuff? I mean... imagine the billboards.

7Up Lice Perisa Baru Yang Segar Dan Sedap (Tasty and New Refreshing Taste)

Kkk. I'm exaggerating, I know. Oh well. Had some fun myself there.

Anyways, Yvonne tells me that they have all got to take a dip in the water park in the afternoon as part of the evaluation process. Note that it is compulsory for work's purposes. I think I just might drop by there again later then.
Think about it. 3 busloads of up to 107 students in a 'pool' that's barely the size of a typical bungalow lot. Oh, and the water's just slightly above knee-high.

Think I might bring along my camera at that too.