Port Dickson Trip (12.12.09 – 13.12.09)

after a long thought on where to go to celebrate GF’s new job (or more like finding an excuse to go out), we had settled for Port Dickson since it’s near and cheap.

plus, this time will be a little bit different as:

1. My sister and son will be tagging along

2. we will be cooking there

 

after my sister’s recommendation, we chose to rent an apartment in Corus Paradise Resort.

from the website given, it seems grand. but of course, photos can be deceiving, right? this is the apartment that we rented:

  looks quite old don’t you think? for me, it’s good enough! more photos of the interior below.

we thought that there will be less people since there’s no public holidays and all that. but boy, how wrong were we. we forgot that it is scholl holiday AND Selangor Sultan’s birthday the day before. so, it is considered a looooong holiday.

 

  see all the parked cars? when we arrived at 3 something, we had to park in the middle. if you look carefully at the upper right of this photo, you can see that the cars are parked at the side of the main road (both sides, fyi)

and oh, it was so packed with people that day, that our apartment was not cleaned at that time. and we had to wait for almost an hour to get it cleaned. by that time, it was almost 5pm. phew~~~

this is the interior of the room once it is cleaned:

the facilities provided are very much complete. stove, kettle, fridge, mini bar, utensils, cups and even down to detergent are all provided. i did not see any pots and pans though.

but that is not a problem since we brought our own as we had cooked the soup base for our steamboat later that night.

and oh, it’s best to bring your own utensils too, in case there are a lot of people as utensils given are for 4 or 5 people.

Below are the rest of the photos…

  Astro is provided for some of the units. but then again, who needs astro when you are on a trip. oh wait!!! i do need as tro coz there’s BPL Match at night!!! arghhh~~~

 

  this is the view from the balcony. nice huh? i loved it! and it’s quite windy too.

 

  the unit that we rented comes with 1 bedroom (2 beds – 1 single and 1 queen sized bed). and also an attached bathroom with hot shower. bathroom is big. at least it’s bigger than the one in my house. haha!

 

  and yes, you will also get a nice view of the the balcony and of course the sea view once you open the window.

what next? it’s time to hit the water of course!!!

 

  for those who are too lazy to walk to the beach there is a swimming pool facility there. but there’s a lot of people there and the seats and tables are inadequate.

who needs to swim in the swimming pool when the beach is just a few hundred metres away? plus, the annoying kid keep bugging us to go to the beach. haha!

 

  back view of the apartment

 

  contrary to what others think, the beach in PD is quite clean (i would give 8/10) and the sands are not coarse either (forgot to take photo of it). but maybe it was sort of a personal beach, that must explain the cleanliness of it.

 

Does a trip to the breach has any meaning without eating the old-skool cheap ice cream?

  taking a photo of the ice cream man posing coz my sister and i have nothing better to do. haha!

just remember to to throw the rubbish into the rubbish bin (but there isn’t any) or give it to the ice cream man like we did. he is more than willing to do it. do not litter!

‘ran away’ from the beach by 6.30pm as the sun was damn hot at that time. plus, we were hungry at that time. so, it’s back to the kitchen, women!!!

 

sunset from the balcony

 

  the women cooking. actually it's more like washing the ingredients for steamboat as the soup base has been prepared earlier back in KL.

 

  voila!!! the end result. yummy!

 

   passed out after a hearty dinner.

woke up a bit early the next morning to take a stroll near our apartment. took a few photos too. enjoy~~~

 

for those who are unable to wake up early, fret not. coz you will be awakened by the company team building thingy. huargh~~~

   

left at noon to avoid the jam that day. remember to stop buy Seremban to buy Seremban siew pow ya~~~

what next...

yes... we had received the new house keys. so many things to consider.

where to renovate, where not to renovate.

type of plaster ceiling.

how many light points.

how many electric points.

what is the price, who to seek, where to find contractor, the list goes on...

of course, if i opt to rent it out 1st, i will not have much headache (for the time being). but still, i will have to put on the lighting point and all that.

it all goes to one main reason - money.

it seems that 30 years of debt is not the only thing that gives us headache after all. haha...