...everybody's dreaming of a summer holiday...la...la...la...

Drove up to office to meet the guys. We were gonna go to JB. Hasli was looking for some CD-Rom games as usual. It was about time we brought him up north to holiday plaza to check out the games there.

But first the issue of growling tummies had to be addressed. Poh went to fetch Lyn from Khatib MRT as Hasli and I headed to A&A for lunch. After a bit the 2 lovebirds finally came along to join us there.

Against my better judgement I ordered nasi goreng which was rather spicy. I been having a mouth ulcer the last few days which plays havoc with my eating patterns. To further accentuate my pain, I been eating lots of spicy and hot food over the last few days which upset my stomach as well as almost drives me to tears. I dun seem able to eat as much as I normally do in my state. Hence there was some leftovers of my nasi goreng as it was the day prior with my nasi briyani.
Having filled our belly's, me and hasli drove to Sembawang to Joyce's place to pick up my passport which had been mistakenly taken by Joyce's mum. I had in my possession her passport. What a joke it would have been if I had not found out earlier and attempted to enter Malaysia.

Poh and Lyn went to top up petrol.

Both parties then met up at Sembawang MRT before going to the causeway via Admiralty and Woodlands Centre.
Being that it was Saturday and nearly 3 pm a huge jam had already developed and we were caught up in the middle of it.Too like forever just to get to the Singapore side let alone across the straits.

To make matters worse, once across I lost my bearings and overshot the turning to Holiday Plaza and went up the highway almost to Pasir Gudang! I had to get Hasli to refer to the directory and get me back on track. By the time we got there the car park was full and had to park at the adjourning hotel. Poh and Lyn were waiting patiently at the Mac's eating. Me and Hasli soon followed suit before heading our seperate ways (me and hasli/lyn and poh) to do some shopping. Met back again at 6.

We then made plans to go to the duty free zone at Laut Stulang. I was not sure how to get there from Holiday Plaza so we once again consulted the ever trusty tome known as The Directory.

We managed to get to The Zon without any event. There we went about the departmental store and supermarket getting stuff. After the shopping was done we went out to the shophouses leading up The Zon. Poh was waxing lyrical about the rojak there. He bought that as well as some Ramly burgers for the 3 of them and Lyn wanted a Pisang Rajah (i think) for some reason. Sometimes the mind wanders..sometimes it wonders...

The it was back home for the weary travellers. Somehow the road leading back to Singapore was tarped off and we had to go around and make a turn to get back to Customs. As expected it was jammed and another long stop-go situation ensued.

Back in Singapore Hasli joined me for fried rice at the food centre near his place before I sent home with all his stuff...