After a 2-year hiatus, I embarked on a journey of treasure hunting once again...with disastrous results...
14 November
Dragged myself out of bed early in the morning. Had to get ready to leave for Lanai. Decided against giving morning calls to teammates as I trust them to be able to wake up.
6.30am. Received call from teammate. Wondering what happened to me as I did not call and was late. Actually already reached the traffic light towards the bank.
Arrived 5 minutes later. Found my teammates at the multi-purpose hall. Lavish breakfast spread for this year. Buffet style.
After morning briefing, took group pix and finally flagged off around 7.40am. Our car clocked out at 7.44am. The moment we arrived at the destination, we started checking out the questions. To our horror, we failed to answer the first 6 questions. Things only improved marginally better in the other destinations. It was quite disheartening to encounter such obstacles from the start. Throughout the journey, many times, we felt like giving up and just speed off to the hotel. But we didn't. By the time we had completed the questions, we were past our time limit and were late more than 10 minutes. In spite of that, we were in good spirit.
As we had 3 hours before the dinner, we adjourned to our rooms for a break. SS and I was given a room on level 2, which was a level below the hotel lobby. The room was stuffy and the view of the tennis court was half-blocked by the roof of a store room. We were given only bath towel. Compared to the room my other friends got, this felt like a third-rated room. To make matters worse, the lift to our level closed after midnight. We had to use the staircase to get back.
Luckily, we had a good time during dinner. The theme was "Battle Night". My team dressed up as ninja. Not many people could recognised us in our masks. The event was very well-organised with a "Billy Jean" performance by 6 of the bank staff and a hilarious MC. We played a Q&A game using a device handed out by the organisers. I thought that was pretty cool. The night ended with the prize-giving ceremony. My team didn't even make it to top 40. Sigh...
15 November
Took a walk around the beach before heading off in search of famous places to eat. Our first stop was at Kedai Kopi Hai Peng. We ordered some coffee and their local buns. Turned out to be pretty good. We ended up buying some instant coffee and kaya back. Note: Mom commented that the kaya is very expensive but it tastes very good too.
Next, we went for lunch at Tong Juan Restaurant. One of the specialty is baked crab. I thought the food was alright.
Before heading back to KL, we managed to buy packets of fish crackers, raw keropok lekor, salted fish, dried anchovies, dried shrimps and try a local delicacy called sata (made of fish and similar to otak-otak). The car was full to the brim! I was left with only RM3 in my purse :P
I dare say this has been a very delightful trip back. Should do it more often but with more cash :)
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