kelong trip updates
decide to spend some time blogging about the kelong trip since both xp and the bf were not able to make it last weekend. anyway, as you can see in the pictures, the three of us actually tagged along with jack's aunty and her bunch of friends, 10 of us in total - it gives you the feeling that you're a child once again, and you're being well-taken care of by all the adults around you. well, that's really the case, since they are all very familiar with malaysia, and the kelong, and in fact, a couple of them have been for over 10 times! such a chirpy happening group of aunties/uncles, they remind me so much of my parents - so crazily into chinese karaoke, and they even sing the exact same songs!
we left singapore about 7am, and it took us about an hour's drive after clearing the customs to reach kota tinggi (a small town in johor) for breakfast. the roti prata is dirt-cheap! at only sixty-cents ringgit, you can buy three of these for the price of one in singapore. we also shared wanton noodles and nasi lemak - this was the start of a unhealthy fat-laden diet for that weekend. we continued our drive to mersing (i think this is another town in johor, basically we never left johor) and after shopping for fishing supplies along the way, we reached the kelong at about lunch time, where it's time to indulge again. oh yes, the whole weekend diet was basically seafood, seafood, and more seafood (read: chlorestrol-rich) - LOTS of fish (all types, different cooking styles), some crab, crayfish, sotong, shell fish.
i can hardly remember the last time i did fishing. i think it was during a tioman island trip with my parents - i was really young then, it was on a sampan, and vaguely remembered it was a pathetic catch, and my dad even vomitted on the boat. anyway, we did some fishing this time round and the three of us caught approximately 15 fishes altogether? anyway, the collage has got the picture of me posing with the largest one, not too bad huh, considering it was caught with plastic fishing reels, not even proper rods. and look at the plate of steamed fishes, boy, it was fresh! straight from the sea, they didn't even got to live for more than an hour after being caught!
xp - i didn't cut my hair, remember i told you the last time i went to the hair stylist was before the wedding? it's just super messy... basically we left our hair to dry in the sun after swimming in the sea, it was all entangled in clumps, eeks. anyway, i did try out the snorkelling gear, although the water was too murky and there weren't many live corals or fishes. xp/lion/jack, let's go to a proper snorkelling place together next, k!
anyway, it's a great experience to stay a night out in the sea, do try it, especially if you enjoy eating fish (and seafood), you'll get tonnes of those, but do note: living conditions aren't exactly fantastic, it was my first time bathing with a bucket, so don't try if you're the clean freak sort. ;)
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decide to spend some time blogging about the kelong trip since both xp and the bf were not able to make it last weekend. anyway, as you can see in the pictures, the three of us actually tagged along with jack's aunty and her bunch of friends, 10 of us in total - it gives you the feeling that you're a child once again, and you're being well-taken care of by all the adults around you. well, that's really the case, since they are all very familiar with malaysia, and the kelong, and in fact, a couple of them have been for over 10 times! such a chirpy happening group of aunties/uncles, they remind me so much of my parents - so crazily into chinese karaoke, and they even sing the exact same songs!
we left singapore about 7am, and it took us about an hour's drive after clearing the customs to reach kota tinggi (a small town in johor) for breakfast. the roti prata is dirt-cheap! at only sixty-cents ringgit, you can buy three of these for the price of one in singapore. we also shared wanton noodles and nasi lemak - this was the start of a unhealthy fat-laden diet for that weekend. we continued our drive to mersing (i think this is another town in johor, basically we never left johor) and after shopping for fishing supplies along the way, we reached the kelong at about lunch time, where it's time to indulge again. oh yes, the whole weekend diet was basically seafood, seafood, and more seafood (read: chlorestrol-rich) - LOTS of fish (all types, different cooking styles), some crab, crayfish, sotong, shell fish.
i can hardly remember the last time i did fishing. i think it was during a tioman island trip with my parents - i was really young then, it was on a sampan, and vaguely remembered it was a pathetic catch, and my dad even vomitted on the boat. anyway, we did some fishing this time round and the three of us caught approximately 15 fishes altogether? anyway, the collage has got the picture of me posing with the largest one, not too bad huh, considering it was caught with plastic fishing reels, not even proper rods. and look at the plate of steamed fishes, boy, it was fresh! straight from the sea, they didn't even got to live for more than an hour after being caught!
xp - i didn't cut my hair, remember i told you the last time i went to the hair stylist was before the wedding? it's just super messy... basically we left our hair to dry in the sun after swimming in the sea, it was all entangled in clumps, eeks. anyway, i did try out the snorkelling gear, although the water was too murky and there weren't many live corals or fishes. xp/lion/jack, let's go to a proper snorkelling place together next, k!
anyway, it's a great experience to stay a night out in the sea, do try it, especially if you enjoy eating fish (and seafood), you'll get tonnes of those, but do note: living conditions aren't exactly fantastic, it was my first time bathing with a bucket, so don't try if you're the clean freak sort. ;)