Ubin
Please banish any thoughts that Pulau Ubin is an ulu jungle, or consists only of a mass collection of kampungs.
The official text on National Parks Website defines Ubin as a throwback to Singapore in the 1960s. Well, it didn’t mention a resort managed by Marina Country Club. Think Bintan without the beaches and spas.
I was at Ubin over the weekend.
And of course, I wanted to check out Mother Nature in her glory. Vely long never ride bicycle already, but I was sure I could manage some distance without crashing into anything or anyone. And I thought of exploring Chek Jewa and the little town area on Pulau Ubin.
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Right after we finished lunch, the skies turned grey.
Alamak! How to cycle!
No choice but to adjourn indoors.
All five of us were hooked in no time. =D And mahjong kept us occupied till 8pm before we had dinner at the same restaurant next to our chalet.
I was famished and wanted a nice dinner, preferably with good service.
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Me: “What’s the soup of the day?â€
He: “Oh, it depends on what we have in the kitchen everyday.â€
Me (Ah ber then!): “Ya, so what’s the soup today?â€
He: “Oh, everyday different. We see what we have, then we throw inside.â€
Nabei! Chap-ba-rang soup also got name right?! No name cannot tell me the ingredients meh? Check with the kitchen so difficult meh?
Me: “Never mind. I don’t want soup already.â€
Don: “Which chicken dish is nice?â€
He: “Lemon chicken…â€
Don: “Menu got lemon chicken meh?â€
He: “Oh don’t have ah.. There got other kind of chicken..†(and points to the menu)
I was ready to throw him into the lagoon 5 steps away and feed him to the fishes.
*A hungry man is an angry man!
Nearing the end of the dinner, his colleague turned up to save the day. This friendly lady gave us two extra bowls of rice for free and threw in a Longan+Sea Cucumber Coconut desert dessert.
Wah so good ah!
Note to all: Never call ladies in the service industry AUNTIES. Use “??�But of course if you think she has passed the?? stage, you may wanna try“??�Do not call them AUNTIES. Never!
Second note: Use your brain, use your brain. There must be a reason for everything! We speculate the desert dessert
was leftovers from the buffet they had for a seminar earlier.
Oh well.
And it was back to our room to laze after dinner.
Wanna cycle - > But rain and rain.
Wanna play pool - > But saw that the pool table was giving way any time soon.
Wanna play fooseball - > But realised it’s not working. After we inserted a $1 coin.
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After more lazing around (you could call it bonding, if you’d prefer..), we sneaked to the outdoor jacuzzi. Yes, we sneaked there cos we were not in proper attire. I went in in a pair of shorts, while Jan tried to pass off her colourful Espirit bra as a bikini top. Hahaha!
But then hor… jacuzzi also cannot stay too long what…
And so, mahjong began after we all washed up.
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The game lasted till 4.30am.
As we decided who to sleep where and who to sleep with who, Jan (who was in Dreamland since 1am) woke up and joined in the commotion. She had to wake up lah, after Don mistook her legs for a cushion and sat on it. With all his might.
Though we tried to calm everyone down, and tried to get down to some power napping after switching off the lights, something amazing but yet typical of us happened.
The people in the room on Level One called the people in the room on Level Two. It was meant to be a nuisance call, but evolved into an invitation of mahjong.
And so, thirty minutes after we packed up everything, we unpacked the tiles again for yet another round.
BISH.
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Then again, resorts are meant for Resting and Relaxing. To get away from the daily hustle from city life…. And the boat ride from Marina Country Club did have some effects of making the trip seem like a holiday.
I would love to go to Ubin again. Not just for mahjong hor. I wanna cycle and see the trees. And the quarry. And Chek Jawa. And other eating places cos I don’t want to visit a restaurant which cannot tell me what the Soup of the Day is..
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