Confessions of a Crazed Mind...Hmm?!: Genting (050109

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Genting (050109 - 070109)

A short break out to the Genting Highlands, which I really needed after months of internship and only a week left to school reopening. Also my first trip to Genting.(I know...dun laugh...I'm not really a nearby Malaysian traveller) Felt that the place was very touristy, food is expensive and most uncles and aunties come here to gamble!! Had an enjoyable time K-boxing, bowling and at the theme park though. But like I said, it's from a view of a first-timer in Genting. Oh but I love the weather here. At 18 deg C, it's a cooling reminder to my times in Europe in spring. :)

The theme park offerred some OK rides which I felt was just meh...the only exciting one was the Space Shot where they lift you high up and drop you down free-fall style. That was the only one exciting.

Meanwhile in the casino, met up with the other chem eng guys Zhiwen, BX, Hongwei, Jinyao and Junhao. We amassed at the 大小 table. Hoping to repeat my win in Macau the previous time (won 100 SGD!), I got lucky at first, winning around 200 plus RM, before crashing out!! Actually all of us crashed out!! It was hilarious to see this guy in yellow (damn wang4 la!) and this tall guy in stripes (block our luck loh) keep betting things opposite to us! Sianz..... Anw it was Tony who had all the luck when he tried playing Casino War. Essentially it's a simple game based on your luck versus dealer's luck to see which card has the highest value. And all of us stood there mouths open to see him win about 10 times in a row, even when the odds seemed not in our favour. But we had no more capital left to bet!!! Ahh....the vices of gambling...hurhur

Anw, some pics here. For more, go here

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