Kluang - Part 1
It’s always that exciting and am grateful whenever my ex-house mates turn up at the front door of my house. Their presence is equivalent to some noises in the house, not eating lunch or dinner alone, not feeling lonely for the mean time, fun filled activities and of course, laughters.
Gabriel Ho and Raymond Lopez were in Malacca for a few days to run some errands and chill out for two days before heading to Kluang (Raymond’s hometown) for the weekends. Well, I am skipping the Malacca part as there’s nothing much worth blogging about.
Since I have nothing on for the weekends, I decided to join them to pay Kluang a visit since I needed a short break cum road trip as well.
The journey from Malacca to Kluang took us roughly 90 minutes, with Raymond driving at 110km/h along the North-South Highway while I was frustratingly munching on a chili sauce-less MegaMac. Welcome to Kluang, a small town after Muar and Yong Peng and also the origin of Kluang Coffee Station.
I brought along my Samsung SGH-i550 to test the GPS, but I guess the town wasn’t big enough to be fully indexed in the map. It didn’t help much.
Our “hotel” was none other than Raymond’s house, with free home cooked food for lunch and dinner. Most importantly, the room we bunked in has air conditioner, which was the holy Saviour considering the insanely hot weather.
After our lunch, we ended up sitting in front of the idiot box watching Alien : Resurrection until evening time while Raymond went to town to run some errands. Came evening time, we took a walk around his housing area, which is not too far from the Kluang recreation and sports center. It has a rather huge but shallow (2m depth) and happening swimming pool in it. Nope, no hot chicks in bikini spotted. Moreover, I don’t have zoom lens.
I don’t know what Gabriel was doing, but he sure looked like he was posing at a bus stop.
The housing area is pretty calm and quiet. Although there are plenty of open fields, I didn’t see people strolling, jogging, walking the dog or playing football. Things are pretty laid back in Kluang, I supposed. It is definitely an ideal place for retired people, as Raymond’s mom said.
After the stroll, we headed out to town to buy tickets for Iron Man and settled for a drink at Old Taste Kopitiam. The shopping mall wasn’t that happening for a Friday evening.
It was the second time for both of them, but my forth time. I can’t believe I watched Iron Man four times within three days of its release. I watched twice on its first day (April 30 @ 12pm and 12.30 midnight), third time with Aprilcherrie, Brandon, Wen Jing and Damion (May 1) and forth show on May 2. Coincidently, all four shows were watched at MBO.
Well, if we had not watch Iron Man, we would have nothing to do. Not a single thing and being bored wasn’t an option.
To be continued…
Tags: Gabriel Ho, House Mates, Iron Man, Johor, Kluang, Kluang Recreation and Sports Center, MBO, Old Taste Kopitiam, Raymond Lopez, Road Trip, Southern Malaysia, Taman Kluang Barat
May 7th, 2008 00:49
Do you taste Kluang coffee..!!! very nice one
May 7th, 2008 02:16
wakakakakakaka!!! i see kluang parade!
u all come all the way to kluang and just walk around his taman only? -.-” he didnt bring u all to gunung lambak? at least gunung lambak more famous. maybe in part 2? ppl from overseas(think: sink-ka-poh) come kluang just to hike at gunung lambak ok! oh, and they would take the train, stop by in kluang just to have coffee at kluang station.-.-”
ok, truth to be told, when my friends from mmu went to kluang, we didnt have much to do also. haha!
i will be waiting to see more familiar places in the coming entries. ;)
May 7th, 2008 02:45
watched iron man with AprilCherrie, Brandon and “friends” pulak..
How come tak tau my name ke? hahaha..
May 7th, 2008 08:50
wahahah!! welcome to Kluang! shoulda told me you were in town that weekend, i was back there as well! oh, haven’t been hooking up Raymond on my part, tell him sorry for me yah!
anyway, yeah, some of the things to do atKluang are
1) Kluang Train Station Coffee (though it’s not that nice anymore)
2) Hike Gunung Lambak
3) Visit the Zen Xin organic farm to taste the (expensive) organic steamboat
4) Visit Institute Haiwan to see lotsa sheep. (not like those black sheep ok)
5) Can do excursion at Gunung Berlumut r Padang Hijau also
anyway, for retire? i don’t agree. Kluang damn expensive to live in right now. My dad always say that this is because Kluang ppl all go to sin-gay-poh to work, so those shops in Kluang mark up those prices like nobody business…
anyway, hope you enjoyed yourself there! will stay tune for part two!
May 7th, 2008 11:09
eeeee i also wantt =p
May 7th, 2008 13:06
why dun have chics pictures one???
May 7th, 2008 13:22
yesh yesh welcome to kluang. tried the old taste in kluang parade? ehehe. well mossie is right, coz most ppl went sing gay poh work, and its ppl like him who caused the inflation in klg :P
May 7th, 2008 14:47
Watched iron man 4 times…. -____- !!!!!!!
May 7th, 2008 19:14
err…u knw kluang is after muar and yong peng actually…nt between…n its nt that bad la…=) thr r nicer places than kluang parade…lots of makan places i guess…ask ur fren to bring u around and nt just taman kluang barat….
May 7th, 2008 20:11
That’s a beautiful tree!!! So majestic. Iron Man that good ar?
May 7th, 2008 21:50
Why are you muching the MegaMac with frustration?
Oh wait.. sauce-less… Hhmm…
May 7th, 2008 23:53
Fattien : Yes, I did. Next post.
Rachel : He had to run some errands with his dad during the late afternoon. By evening time, it was going to be dark. Moreover, we needed to leave early for Malacca the next day. Also we woke up too early and needed a nap. Hehe.
Wen Jing : Haha. Edited.
Mossie `Ol Chin : Actually I was thinking of calling you, but when I looked at my phone book, I realized I lost your number. I lost my phone, remember? I did 1 and 3, 2 wasn’t in our mind and 4 wasn’t a good plan. I am not an animal lover. Expensive? Still okay what the price.
Michy : What you want?
Cely : Because no chicks.
Xin : Haha. He’s working in Singapore, no doubt about that. You from Kluang too?
Robin : 5.
Gay3 : Oh, my bad. Will get it edited later. Hehe. We did go out the following day, although not much places we went to.
Che-Cheh : Hehe. A dried/dead one. Yeap, that good.
Chong : Yes, chili sauce-less.
May 8th, 2008 08:17
Found your page randomly when i was looking for reviews of some makan place in Malacca. and the way you described some of it was just very helpful !
but only after seeing a picture on this page, i thought, hey, wait a minute .. i know that guy. and it is indeed Gabby ! :)
by the way, me from MMU too.
May 8th, 2008 23:34
Who is that guy in blue? So gay looking. You better keep your distance from that fella. But somehow looks so darn familiar to me.
Which reminds me, the Kluang trip was a success, minus the fact that I forgot to bring back the COFFEE PACKET!. Can’t wait to see u again, after I come back from Thailand and see Tiger show (Actually its Thai-Girl Show, but hei. who keeps track)
May 9th, 2008 00:41
Amanda : You’re most welcome. Hehe. Cyberjaya, Jun Meng’s gf? :P
Gabriel : Yes, I wonder who. Damn gay. :P LOL. Where did you leave it? You know, it’s not a proud thing to tell people that you are watching Tiger show you know. LOL.
May 13th, 2008 22:54
hehe yeah me from kluang. me n mossie we old old buddy
May 13th, 2008 23:02
Xin : Oh. But you don’t know Raymond. :P
May 19th, 2008 14:23
Hi all coffee lover , i readly find that Old Taste Kopitiam’s white coffee ice & hot is the best if compared with others kopitiam.
May 19th, 2008 19:15
Man : Although I ain’t coffee lover, I beg to differ your statement.