The first post after the end of my finals shall be on a good note, I thought to myself - hence it shall be about the JB trip that I went on friday!
In all honesty it wasn't something that I was particularly looking forward to, seeing that I did not know what JB had to offer and I can't say that I'm exactly close to the people I was going with. Sure we were all hall friends, but definitely not super close friends, you know?
But it was still my first JB trip nonetheless and when the date drew near, I found myself anticipating this one day trip.
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The day started off a little bit off the wrong foot: we all agreed to meet at 930am at Kranji, but we were only at full attendance at 1030am (lmao) so I was feeling a little bit... iffy? I would say? I mean, if you know me, punctuality is wayyyy on top on my priority list (I would even dare say, the first item) so I was already feeling a bit annoyed to say the least. But it was all good - the bus arrived, we all piled on and started taking ig stories all over to document this journey of us leaving Singapore and driving across the causeway.
After all the immigration checks and whatnot, we have arrived in JB! We first had some lunch at Swenson's (hahaha ya I know right) at City Square Mall for a good SGD$7 and then we had some SGD$2 Gong Cha! It was our lucky day because Jocelyn and I were looking out for something to quench our thirst with (Swenson's did not provide us with glasses of plain water) and she suggested some Gong Cha which I gladly complied with. To our surprise, we saw this massive long queue and a rather degrading remark was made (which I would definitely not post here) before realising that the long queue was because it was Friday, and they had a promotion of RM5 for any regular sized drink! I opted for a large to it was RM6, essentially SGD$2 for a nice large cup of salted caramel chocolate. Yum.
We then explored the mall a little and went around playing in this structure which was modelled after a bus in some extended part of the mall, before stopping at Baskin Robbin's since someone wanted to get his fix of ice cream. It was then when we properly kind of interacted with each other, with John zooming in into a part of someone's face and everyone guessing who it was. It ended up being hilarious when Ray's eye was shown and everyone (Ray included) was debating on whether it was my eye, or Jocelyn's - only to collapse in laughter when it was shockingly revealed to be Ray's!
After that little game we decided that it was time to leave and we each took separate cabs to go over to KSL. There were nine of us in total, so we split into three groups and had two groups hailing a cab while my group (which thankfully had Jocelyn) got a Grab and each paid like RM2 for the 10 minutes ride.
KSL was pretty boring though - the shops just seemed to remind me of Bugis Street air-conditioned, with various little pop up stores along the floors most of them selling phone related gadgets or services. But we went to KSL as two of us wanted to go for a massage - so the rest of us were just doing some aimless window shopping. We had a short two minutes of fun when John was playing the claw machine (the toy was lifted up, but unfortunately did not drop into the chute) before going into Popular (my idea, no surprises there) and coming out with some stationery! I bought a Sarasa and a refill for RM3.90. Cheap thrills.
After meeting up with the rest we left KSL to go to Jalan Dhoby for some cafe hopping! Apparently Jalan Dhoby is kind of like Haji Lane, with some hipster shops and a ton of cafes. So we piled into two cabs (we took Grab again, and it was like another RM2) and went on our way. We first went into a cafe selling coconut ice cream / thai iced milk tea, but none of us really got anything other than John and Ray. But this cafe had wifi (!) so soon enough everyone was on their phones taking ig stories again lmao. Our generation.
After they polished off their ice creams and drinks, we headed over to another cafe across the street and we spent like three hours there. Each of us bought something - Jocelyn and I shared some oreo churros and nutella waffles which added up to RM6 per person omg - and just sat there playing Truth or Truth the entire time. It was a game of risque questions being thrown around, and honestly was the highlight of the entire day (haha). Of course, I was blushing throughout the entirety of the game because how can I not afford to feel embarrassed for the questions they were made to answer??? They were ruthless and savage when it came to their turn to ask questions but thankfully Jocelyn, Chiqi and I were pretty much spared those questions because we are all angels (cue angel emoji here).
Soon enough the time was eight so we headed to this seafood tze char place which is apparently quite well-visited by most of the frequent JB goers. The food was alright - pretty cheap and tasty - but it wasn't something that I can fully appreciate seeing that I do not enjoy seafood, heh. Sue me.
When I finally reached home and was ready for bed it was already 1am lol. It was definitely a tiring day, yes, but I'm glad that I went ahead with the trip and did not pull out at the last minute (lol).
The first post after the end of my finals shall be on a good note, I thought to myself - hence it shall be about the JB trip that I went on friday!
In all honesty it wasn't something that I was particularly looking forward to, seeing that I did not know what JB had to offer and I can't say that I'm exactly close to the people I was going with. Sure we were all hall friends, but definitely not super close friends, you know?
But it was still my first JB trip nonetheless and when the date drew near, I found myself anticipating this one day trip.
-
The day started off a little bit off the wrong foot: we all agreed to meet at 930am at Kranji, but we were only at full attendance at 1030am (lmao) so I was feeling a little bit... iffy? I would say? I mean, if you know me, punctuality is wayyyy on top on my priority list (I would even dare say, the first item) so I was already feeling a bit annoyed to say the least. But it was all good - the bus arrived, we all piled on and started taking ig stories all over to document this journey of us leaving Singapore and driving across the causeway.
After all the immigration checks and whatnot, we have arrived in JB! We first had some lunch at Swenson's (hahaha ya I know right) at City Square Mall for a good SGD$7 and then we had some SGD$2 Gong Cha! It was our lucky day because Jocelyn and I were looking out for something to quench our thirst with (Swenson's did not provide us with glasses of plain water) and she suggested some Gong Cha which I gladly complied with. To our surprise, we saw this massive long queue and a rather degrading remark was made (which I would definitely not post here) before realising that the long queue was because it was Friday, and they had a promotion of RM5 for any regular sized drink! I opted for a large to it was RM6, essentially SGD$2 for a nice large cup of salted caramel chocolate. Yum.
We then explored the mall a little and went around playing in this structure which was modelled after a bus in some extended part of the mall, before stopping at Baskin Robbin's since someone wanted to get his fix of ice cream. It was then when we properly kind of interacted with each other, with John zooming in into a part of someone's face and everyone guessing who it was. It ended up being hilarious when Ray's eye was shown and everyone (Ray included) was debating on whether it was my eye, or Jocelyn's - only to collapse in laughter when it was shockingly revealed to be Ray's!
After that little game we decided that it was time to leave and we each took separate cabs to go over to KSL. There were nine of us in total, so we split into three groups and had two groups hailing a cab while my group (which thankfully had Jocelyn) got a Grab and each paid like RM2 for the 10 minutes ride.
KSL was pretty boring though - the shops just seemed to remind me of Bugis Street air-conditioned, with various little pop up stores along the floors most of them selling phone related gadgets or services. But we went to KSL as two of us wanted to go for a massage - so the rest of us were just doing some aimless window shopping. We had a short two minutes of fun when John was playing the claw machine (the toy was lifted up, but unfortunately did not drop into the chute) before going into Popular (my idea, no surprises there) and coming out with some stationery! I bought a Sarasa and a refill for RM3.90. Cheap thrills.
After meeting up with the rest we left KSL to go to Jalan Dhoby for some cafe hopping! Apparently Jalan Dhoby is kind of like Haji Lane, with some hipster shops and a ton of cafes. So we piled into two cabs (we took Grab again, and it was like another RM2) and went on our way. We first went into a cafe selling coconut ice cream / thai iced milk tea, but none of us really got anything other than John and Ray. But this cafe had wifi (!) so soon enough everyone was on their phones taking ig stories again lmao. Our generation.
After they polished off their ice creams and drinks, we headed over to another cafe across the street and we spent like three hours there. Each of us bought something - Jocelyn and I shared some oreo churros and nutella waffles which added up to RM6 per person omg - and just sat there playing Truth or Truth the entire time. It was a game of risque questions being thrown around, and honestly was the highlight of the entire day (haha). Of course, I was blushing throughout the entirety of the game because how can I not afford to feel embarrassed for the questions they were made to answer??? They were ruthless and savage when it came to their turn to ask questions but thankfully Jocelyn, Chiqi and I were pretty much spared those questions because we are all angels (cue angel emoji here).
Soon enough the time was eight so we headed to this seafood tze char place which is apparently quite well-visited by most of the frequent JB goers. The food was alright - pretty cheap and tasty - but it wasn't something that I can fully appreciate seeing that I do not enjoy seafood, heh. Sue me.
When I finally reached home and was ready for bed it was already 1am lol. It was definitely a tiring day, yes, but I'm glad that I went ahead with the trip and did not pull out at the last minute (lol).
Situated in the sunny island of Singapore, Jolene recently (is 2 years considered recent?) graduated from university and is now working in a job she never expected herself to hold. Besides having frequent quarter-life crises, she also indulges in video games, anime, and aesthetic korean girls documenting their life in vlogs.
Although not as eloquent with words, she still aims to try her best to bring across her thoughts to the Internet.
