We were only there for 6 hours and the insanity we stirred up still makes me roll over laughing. My mum, sis and myself decided to head down to Malaysia for a little shopping. The two wanted to purchase several stuff while I had the main aim of getting a memory card for my PSP as well as downloading games for the device. So the trip started off with us heading down the road towards Jusco- a shopping centre in Malaysia. But along the way, we spotted another shopping centre....forgot the name...
We strolled about for half an hour and didn't find anything worth purchasing save for a blouse and pants. So we decided to head back to the car and carry onto Jusco. Here's where the problems started. So if my timing is right, the three of us left the shopping centre- that-I-don't-know-the-name-of, it must have been 5.55pm.
So in simple words, we got lost. Yeah we were bloody driving about for 1 hour!!! My sis got a power nap during that time while my mum and I were trying out all sorts of roads...I even got cocky and told her to stay next to the waters... "If we keep near the waters, we're sure to return back to the checkpoint and from there you would know how to drive towards Jusco." She trusted me and yeah.....let's not discuss the outcome other than we ended up at a ferry terminal... (duh! Waters...Ferry terminal...not a checkpoint!)
Soon after sister dear awoke and my mum managed to find her way to the Checkpoint but....WE WERE HEADING TO THE POINT WHERE WE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO SINGAPORE!!! All we wanted to do was reach the road that ran BY the checkpoint not INTO it!!! *sighs* So there we were three females in a stationwagon at a checkpoint counter. My mum proceeds to explain to the man there that we had made a wrong turn and actually wanted to return back. Then the man told us to just drive out all the way (note he didn't take down our vehicle number nor did he stamp our passport) and then U-Turn back.
Sooooo, trusting him, we did just that. And guess what!?! We eneded up traveling along the causeway that linked Singapore and Malaysia. Oh for the love of god!!! My mum had to do an illegal u-turn!!! Can you imagine what would have happened if we had returned back to the Singapore checkpoint with a passport book that was not stamped!!!
Anyways, we returned to the entry point for Malaysia's checkpoint and there, my mum explained to the lady at the counter what had transpired and guess what!?! She just let us through....apparently the world is still a trusting place...SHE DID NOT EVEN CHECK OUT PASSPORTS NOR DID SHE CHECK WITH ANYONE ELSE....SHE JUST LET THREE FEMALES PASS THROUGH INTO MALAYSIA BASED ON WHAT THEY SAID.... (kinks definitely need to be worked out)
So, we began our journey afresh and at this point, we decided we were not going to Jusco. Instead we were going to City Square. MY MUM COULD HAVE JUST TAKEN THE USUAL ROAD but NOOOOO she had to listen to the guard at the checkpoint and take a left turn, go all the way straight and turn left again.
We ended up at some isolated residents centre!!! (I'm suprised there was no gunman to shoot us down and take our car considering how many ULU places we ended up in).
And my mum realising we were lost, drew down her window (wait for it) and opened her mouth (wait for it) to say 'hello' (wait for it) TO A TAXI THAT WAS SPEEDING PAST US!!! My sis and I sat there in silence for a moment for breaking out into laughter. It had been a weak and pathetic 'hello' and she looked so helpless. And I supposed that one hour in the car was finally taking its toll on us.
So yeah...there we were ridiculing my mum for the rest of the journey to City Square. Happy to say we got there, got all we needed to (MY PSP HAS GAMES!!! : ) xD)
Here's the final part of our journey...and I have to thank Prabs for this...
We finally came to the Singapore customs and they were doing car checks (as usual). My mum got out and the officer checked the booth and then, HE CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME WHAT WAS IN MY BAG!?! For those of you who know me, it's the white bagpack. There were two things inside that could have gotten me in trouble right there and then. One was Prab's present for me and the other was *ahem*stuff-I-cannot-mention-cause-my-mum-asked-me-to-swear-I-wouldn't-blog-about-it-or-she-would-disown-me*ahem*. Yeah...so I smiled sweetly at him and opened my bag away from him, and took out Prab's present that was thankfully wrapped but the plastic bag had a picture of a gun on it....He took it, stared at it and asked me...
Officer: "This one gun ah?"
Me: "Huh? No la. It's just a present from my friend.
Officer: (probably thinking it's a bomb) You sure ah? *almost tries to open it*
Me: Yeah I'm sure. *smiles sweetly while wondering if there was a law against people opening your present...there has to be and if there isn't one....I think there should be one*
Officer: Okay. *returns me my present slightly reluctantly*
Me: Then I've got my PSP, some notes....*tries to disctract him from the stuff my mum doesn't want me to mention.
Officer: Okay okay can.
Me: *almost drops down dead as my mum drives away*
So yeah.....that was the trip and thank you mum and sis for those memories!!!
Prabs, thank you for the gift girl!!! The two blades are awesomely cool!!! And they sort of saved me from being caught for bringing the *stuff* in!!! Thank YOU!!!!!!
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