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Friday, September 19, 2008

20th thailand international swan boat races

FINALLY!!!
posted this stuff abit late, hahah
gt more posts here frm engwei at forward's blog

how do i put this...
lots of pics n prolly gonna b my longest post till nw

as said by jin xin in 奇迹生还, we were the 4 sohais tat were going to thailand

sohai no.1 - KHOO JIN SHENG, our president
sohai no.2 - WANG YONG CHIEH, our vice-president
sohai no.3 - GOH EE TENG, our captain
sohai no.4 - TEH MING XUN, me!!! team manager btw

DAY 1
pontenged sch in d morning
didnt wan to miss anything important which i nid to take thr
jz another excuse made up to ponteng X)
though i did sneeze tat whole day...

went to airport in d afternoon, wearing our 1st formal forward polo-t

i was still carrrying 3 xtra life jackets, 1 for teng, 1 for js, last for chieh. dun ask, mine crammed into my luggage d if i had known tat i wouldnt b using it... wunt bring d, waste space nia zz
checked in, teng n chieh had their life jackets tied together as an extra luggage
cost them rm10 too
js literally crammed his into my luggage...ohmy poor bag...


nah their siao-ness, summore had the "fragile" tape on it
went onboard, flight still as sien as ever...

reached bangkok n was raining there, damn big also

got into the airport w/o walking!!!
1st time via airasia haha
forward guys c tiok duty free shops tiok start shop for liquor d zz


teng n chieh go do jiao stuff pulak
btw thailand d immigration there still gt webcam, to take ur pic kononnya
gt ppl take our pics n vid when we arrived, summore follo us until we got onto the bus
nt bad eh X) c the media cam?

our hotel was MAXX hotel

notice the similarities btween it n me? haha

dumped our stuff n went out for dinner

ate japanese food

on d way back d seniors went for clubbing
ah lam couldnt get in cz he was 18, night clubs there minimum requirement of 20, haha

finished a whole packet of biscuits b4 we even reached our hotel

fyi we had to walk frm the hotel to where we ate dinner n bangkok cars reali...make penang cars look tame...

4gt which nite la...our taxi was going at the speed of 100+kmph, n a motorist got in front of us!!! also hes w/o a helmet...
try imagining bangkok roads nw...

back to hotel
i slept early while the other 3 siao kias dnno go whos room main daun terup... squeezing into a single bed...jz din hug nia

DAY 2

had our 1st buffet breakfast at the hotel

we tot it was still ok...bt 5 days of literally the same thing every morning is...unappetizing...

bread, rice, eggs, jam, butter, ham, sausages, milk... prolly wad we jz ate in these 5 mornings
sien

got to bang sai arts n craft center, ayutthaya province which was to be our race site

had our first glimpse at the so called swan boats, different design than drg boats O.O

even d head is SOOOOooooooo different

paddles there were ok though
sabah's paddles were far worse zz
though these paddles here dont hve a handgrip...
n they hve thailand on them

>.o

training was kinda good, had a feel for the boat...
hit my fingers a few times on the side of the boat
n nw i dun believe in wearing gloves while rowing, a roll of plaster is still better

nah, the effects frm wearing gloves
--- pollution on my hands
pic b4 training
group us 4 clhs kias emo-ing

went back after lunch n went out to kia kia

pi siam paragon n mbk


siam paragon being a real high class mall, which no doubt are way outta our league

bt still it was the best place in bangkok ive been to (best as in its decorations, glamour n style)
see? even outside so yeng d. inside no nid guess la...
gt massive aquarium, IMAX theatre, exhibitions of expensive cars bla bla bla


went outside to mbk
crossed the street outside, it was kinda like urm...dedicated to shopping nia evrywhere nampak ppl shopping n such teng with the cap. nah, he din buy it hard rock cafe

got into mbk

it was somewhat similiar to prangin mall here, though it had wayyy more stuff selling there


started shopping for stuff

bought t-shirts with the crazy parodied stuff on them, which unfortunately i forgot to take pics of zz

had dinner n went back to our hotel

damnit kena sok hui by tat taxi driver, charged us so muc

DAY 3

day of the start of the comp

went again to ayutthaya


atended the opening, no fun at all, standing under the damn heat while listening to some unknown foreign language...
got our 1st glimpse at the prizes though n dnno wad minister hiting the gong plus the "exploding balloons"?

races started next

best to watch were the thai traditional longboats

so many ppl u watch liao oso gong ki
n the front shake lik siao when speeding

ahhh....forward
forward in action

went to their aquarium at lunchtime

nt too great or wad, bt it still holds some of the biggest catfish ive seen, the chao phraya species the CAT-FiSH master snakehead

went back to the tents for preps of the upcoming race

soon as we finished warming up, the wind started to blow n rain started to fall
wasnt too bad at 1st...until we noticed the tent itself starting to rise...
teng pulled it down... n it rose again...n never came down again...

we were dumbstruck, looking on as the tents flew over our head n overturned...

looking beside, we saw that the whole row of tents were overturned by the wind

still gong gong, i looked at the overturned tents, up to the raining sky, down to my belongings, back to the tent...
RUN!!! heard that, n w/o 2nd thoughts grabbed my stuff n ran outta d scene pic of d heavy rain... people taking shelter aftermath...

gt some more pics
here if ur interested, plus a video

waited for our bus to go back
went back, bathed n rested a while b4 going to the night market
had dinner there


DAY 4

had the same breakfast...sien si
went back to ayutthaya
n resumed the delayed race ytd, d 1 with thailand one
which we ended up losing, thus going into the loser's cup


fyi, the race consists of 2 parts, the winner's cup, which u start at, n the loser's cup, which losers frm the winner's cup go to n fight to get back to the top


pia-ed to the match btween us n pacific west
match for the 4th place
allaaaa, they lost to us


video here shows it all, though at the end it wasnt veri clear...
lost in the next round though
aiyo, we din expect to win, bt did our best
^^

at least fulfilled 1 of our primary objective, got 4th placing

n a bonus --- win pacific west. mwahahah


went back once more to the aquarium
n went all around for kia kia ate insects n magggotsresults board

after that, evryone started drinking SINGHA

c la, underage oso follo ppl minum

huiyo
closing nxt


c la, effects of alcohol on the human body

stim ki whole person

got our prize money of 70000 baht plus a trophy, lol

started to rain again, heavier den ytd

bt at least no tents were flying around this time

=p

had the celebration dinner later

the stim guy jz nw bcame a lucky guy

jin sheng ar jin sheng, u too hiong d laaaaaaa yorr

received the souvenirs frm the tourism guy

den took pics of ah lam

poor guy tionk d


promoted SINGHA
had a lot of shows n performances

though some were...
rather distasteful...

fooled around n had pics
went back on the bus n siao-ed more, haha
check out
here for more, including videos frm the night's performance n acts on d bus

DAY 5

went to dream world for syok

in the love garden

jz look at their actions

saw the mini versions of the 7 wonders of the world, n those who were nt

though i jz posted the entrance =.=
saw this guy bathing outdoors

went into the giant;s house

as it name implies, it has some reali big stuff overlarge slippers

went into the snow house

similiar to the one in genting bt far smaller

played lotsa other stuff oso, bt din list them out nor did i took any pics
2nd last pic b4 returning last pic

skipped the afternoon tour abt thai temples went mbk again! n had dinnertook this pic outside of a brassiere shop

after that followed the seniors to hve thai traditional massage

bt they brought us into a prostitute brothel 1st, kononnya lihat-lihat, mengeluaskan pengalaman zz
okla, we did ntg la. even watch oso kinda paiseh la.

wei when u masuk sudenly tens of pairs of eyes stare at u, loook at u...
u ada itu nerve tengok balik ka?


went the the real thai massage later

cost us 400 baht for 2 hrs of massage, summore i gave 100 baht d tips

went back to hotel after that


DAY 5

finally, day to balik penang d!!!

packed after brakfast n lazed around, watching tv blablabla

went down to the lobby to wait for our bus
last group pic in thai

went thru all the customs n stuff again n waited at the departure hall

had lunch@burger king

double beef burger or smtg + the upgrade

damnit almost coulnt finish the coke drink

si pek besar cawan itu
back to m'sia, balik rumah

---THE END---

*sry if quality nt tat good, i scanned it*

2 comments:

Joanne Lim said...

haha, this post is looooong la wei

i guess you can even squeeze into the gigantic slipper
you look sohai in the pic la hahaha ^^
and the tents HAHAHAHA
overturned summore

devil-gin said...

wah..
so syok..
didnt buy souveniors for me ar??
sad nia..
haha..
y dont u try to squeeze urself into de big slipper??
will be funny..
haha