The Cruise

For those of you who don't know, I just came back from a cruise yesterday. A 4 day 3 night cruise to Penang. It's really hard to write all the events that happened during those four days but I will try my best to squeeze everything that I remember in a (hopefully) short post.

First day:
Reached Harbourfront station at about 10:50 am.
Met up with everyone who was going on the cruise.
Went on the ship.
Immediately ate lunch (buffet). Food was okay, but not that great.
Went to our cabins. Deb and I shared one.
Our thoughts - "WOW!!! LOOK AT THIS, NO LOOK AT THAT! OUR OWN BED! "
Went out to explore the ship.
We saw an indoor pool, gym and spa.
Had to get ready for fine dining at 6:00pm.
Showered, got dressed up.
We went to the restaurant and had dinner.
Food so nice. So full ar.
Then we went back to our cabin to rest.
After that, we went to watch a concert.
Very entertaining. There was dancing and drum beating by some Argentinians.
Walked around again.
Then, we made new friends, including a bartender.
Another friends was a distant relative of our uncle.
We watched her sing karaoke, and there was a couple dancing to her singing. Awww....
She sang "Ting Hai" - by Amei
Walked around.
Sleeep.

Second day:
Woke up at 6:20am to go to the gym.
Everyone was using the treadmill, so we tried other equipments.
Showered and went for breakfast.
Breakfast + Buffet = Pigging out.
I enjoyed the scrambled eggs a lot!
Walked around again.
The ship docked and we were in Penang.
Took a van to a shopping centre (reminded me of Suntec City a little).
The young ones (including me) split from the adults and went on our own.
Walked around on our own, and finally spent the last 30 minutes looking at people roller skate in an enclosed space. It was funny seeing people fall. :P
At 4pm, we took off to eat our dinner.
We ate char kuay teow, laksa and oyster. It was delicious.
Then we went to another place that sold home grown herbs and spices.
Got bored there.
Then we went to eat desert - Chendol (spelling?) and ice kachang.
Went back to the cruise.
Showered and got ready for another concert.
This time, it showcased a lady, known as the having the world's fastest fingers, as in on the piano.
Her playing was awesome.
At the end, she asked for 10 requests of songs. Apparently, she knew 0ver 2000 songs.
And so, one by one asked her.
Being random, I told Debbie to say Pretty Woman.
And Debbie shouted out "Pretty Woman!". And she heard!
True to her word, she played all 10, including our request. :)
She was really good.
Walked around.
Sleep.

Third Day:
Overslept, woke up at 8:30am.
Ate breakfast.
After a few hours of resting in the cabin, we went to the gym.
Spent 30 minutes on the treadmill. And a few minutes on other equipments.
Went back to the cabin to shower.
Got a call from our grandmother that the aunties and uncles were playing mahjong.
We went up and watched.
Then, aunties had to eat lunch.
As we weren't hungry, we stayed behind to reserve the table.
Deb and I played cards, scrabble, and a made up game of roulette.
Then, it was our turn to eat lunch.
Again, we went to the buffet place to eat lunch.
Went back to cabin to rest.
Showered, and got ready for another fine dining.
At the end of our dinner, all the waiters danced to "Jai Ho". It was cool.
Then, we went to another concert that featured dancing and singing.
After, we attended a "Rock n' Roll Party", kinda like a farewell party.
There was music and people dancing to it.
At the end, there was a congo line, and we were in it! It was fun and tiring too.
Finally, the young ones went up to the card room and played games.
Finally at 3am, we shut our eyes and slept.

Last Day:
Woke up feeling extremely tired.
Ate breakfast.
Departed from the ship.
Took train back to Mama's house.
Told Mum about all the events that you've just read.
Mum went out.
Chloe came.
Me? I slept in the afternoon.

The End.
P.S: pictures will be up soon.