CAUTION: this post contain some swearing towards the end. It wasn't supposed to but as I was composing, I got heated up again over some *tut* and..yeah.. CAUTION ALERT!
second CAUTION ALERT: it's a very lengthy post. brace yourselves.
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you wana know what so delusional about me during the trip?
I thought that I have recovered from my fever.
LOL
I noticed I had fever as I lay on my pillow during the trip but it was gone when I woke up the next morning. I guess, I just didn't want to be sick during the trip.
Not that the trip was any good.
I'm not saying the place that I went to isn't good.
I'm saying the people who supposed to be the organizer or the supposed 'tour guide' made it such a horrible experience for me.
As the hours unfold, we found out or figured out that the organizer (in the Philippines. nominated by our BBRC committee) was actually a Real Estate Agent with no tourism in mind. thus, everything that they did to/for us was 'ada udang disebalik batu' or in a simpler English terms, 'got hidden agenda'. For example, on Friday, 14th Aug, they were supposed to bring us to this tourist attraction, Tagaytay Highland. but on our way there, we stopped at this Azure Urban Resort whose recreational attraction was design by the famous Paris Hilton.
At first, I didn't get it. I only thought we were there to see the beach-like pool.
i was even being super smug and said, "errr..macam Empire pun" (Empire is the most hotel in Brunei xD) with real-ocean-wave wave.
(No, di Empire nada yg cemani :p)
it was not until they told us there was a 'showroom' for us to see that we all realized what it was all about; they were trying to sale that tiny unit (they called an apartment) to us.
Like, ani vacation kh? business trip kh?
Someone even said out loud, "ani sambil menyelam minum air ni" whose English version was 'Killing two birds with one Stone'
Besides, that I guess I would call a studio room unit, cost BND200k. macam, do you know I could buy a two storey house complete with a garage here in Brunei?
I might as well invest that same amount buying a studio room in the UK.
like, the fuck?!
I know I am not the only one yg pissed over that stop.
Yes, it was a nice place to take picture of
but the intention was wrong, wayyyyyyy wrongggggg.
i think the reason why most people got pissed was, even from the beginning, when we were supposed to leave at 9am, some fucktards decided to wake up late and we waited for them like almost an hour and when they finally got into the van, had the nerve to ketawa2 lagi tu. like, where are your manners you pieace of shit?! sorry pun nada. and the worst of all, one of them is the BBRC committee member. Just. First, org lain lambat. Second, macam kana tipu ada jua kami atu.
When we finally made our way (for real this time) to Tagaytay, the journey was knowledgeable for me. The road we had to use was mostly rural areas it was very humbling.
(we couldn't really take proper picture from inside the van coz the window was tainted and pictures came out bad. So, I'm only going to share a couple proper ones I managed to capture before I gave up. LOL)
One part that tug at my heart string was when I say this very petite little girl, running across the road after her brothers or friends and went inside a box like place. At first I didn't realized what it was until my supervisor asked "rumahnya kah tu?" and we both kinda had our hands at our hearts. The house was very small and lowered ceiling, literally sat on the pavement beside the road. I remember thinking, "you should be grateful" to myself.
there were a lot more like that one as we go up the slope (Tagaytay Highlands, go figures. and it was said to be cold like the one in Genting Highland, Malaysia).
there were also a lot of craftsmanship factory-like shop, beautiful vases shop, and random kedai runcit along the road. I wish I could draw all this places since I didn't manage to get picture. BUT lets google them and share here some of the things I encounter along the journey. hehe (i will notify which one is not mine)
Fruit Stall (not mine)
One of the Vase shopt (not mine)
Pretty wind breaker thingy (not mine)
What so disappointing was that, because we already taken so much time waiting and stopping by shopping for property, by the time we got there, around 1pm i think and had lunch, it started raining. we saw the Tagaytay volcanic island from the road on the way to our lunch spot but because of the rain, we didn't get to go nearer or sight seeing the whole place near the island. once again, I didn't realized that until we left SkyRanch. SkyRanch was a theme park which we didn't get to go in coz people were already itchy to go shopping at our final stop, Paseo De Santa Rosa Factory Outlet Store Mall.
Me and super was disappointed coz we really wana go and play at the theme park.
Our lunch spot, Pamana.
The food we ordered. the Keep Calm book was actually the bill book. Nice!
From outside of the theme park.
We did shop at Factory Outlet Stores; me shopped at Mark & Spencer. and the happiest moment there was when I saw the National Book Store.
Because I saw on FB (a FB friend from the Philippines) shared a post about National Book Store having a major sales. But too bad there was no sale at the Paseo branch. :(
We found the famous Goldilocks store outside the mall perimeters and super bought tons.
I beli also but not like her. LOL
after that, around 6pm, we finally called it a day and went back to our apartment.
I think, if it wasn't for the Paseo shopping stop, I'd be very devastated for the wasted day.
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I will be back with part 3 tomorrow. stay tune.
