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I was in Kuantan over the weekend attending a wedding.

Of course, that means ROAD TRIP TIEM.



The minute we drove out of KL, dad went, "LOOK, THERE ARE HILLS! LOOK AT THE HILLS! IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE LAST SAW HILLS! LOOK AT THEM!!!!111 8DDDDDDDDD"

Not much to worry since there were hills all the way to Kuantan.




We reached Pahang after a 4-hour drive, turning out at the Gambang exit.




Universiti Malaysia Pahang. I don't know if I could ever live out in the open nothing like that for so long, even if they had good plumbing and strong wi-fi. I think there's a bus, but I'm not too sure.




Not too far from the university...SHAOLIN TEMPLE ON THE HILLS. CAN WE LIKE BATTLE THE MANCHU HORDE THERE Y/N??




This is going to sound racist but the minute you enter the east coast, you enter MalayLand (Felda land wot). The highway rest stops, the towns, the main town...I don't even remember seeing *Indians* the entire time I was in Kuantan. Mamaks? All of 2 - the rest were Malay eateries.




This mosque is in the main city - it's SO big, there's a clinic and a huge TM office ON THE GROUNDS.






Also a Very Huge Kamdar. Seeing the building gave me an uncontrollable urge to cosplay.



After meeting the family friends and having lunch together in a place where NOTHING WAS OPEN and then trying to sleep in a lodging house that had the worst acoustics in the world (turning on the kettle to boil water sounds like A DOOR FALLING APART), we decided to explore Kuantan's Berjaya Megamall. It was empty. The whole PLACE was empty. Looking around for provisions, I saw these and immediately thought of [livejournal.com profile] piratelicker:





Would YOU wear an Iran bracelet though?




...What IS the word for vandals in BM anyway? O_o;


One thing though - Kuantan has LOTS of Sg Wang-type Ah Bengs & Ah Lians. They're terribly polite and hold the lifts for you (and thank you for it too!) though. Walking through the complex I also saw lots of people who knew each other. Like walking with your family and seeing OH HAY HI THERE COLLEAGUE AND HIS FAMILY. I saw that a couple of times.



And that's it for DAY ONE. Yes it was that epic; there's also videos.

Date: 2009-02-01 01:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolime.livejournal.com
whoa the kamdar seriously hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. LOL at the SHaolin temple. I suppose there are good seafood in kuantan? y/n?

I only went there once or twice and that was reaaaaaallyyy long agooooo zzzzz

Date: 2009-02-01 01:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmjewelle.livejournal.com
Seafood? What seafood? I can't eat seafood anyway LOLZ

But actually the only food I had there was Malay food...

Date: 2009-02-01 01:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minses.livejournal.com
LOLOLOLOL HETALIA BANDSSSSSS
Wow you should've bought some and sell them to hetalia fans 8DD

and OMG XBOX HUGE KAMDAR! Was the cloth selection good?

Date: 2009-02-01 01:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmjewelle.livejournal.com
I didn't go. :( Parents refused to stop by.

Date: 2009-02-01 01:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com
I never got in there... not even once (cos half the time parents always ended up going to Mydin XD Which was also nearby..) but yeah it's huge. It'd as Huge as the Terminal Bas opposite the road. But i heard there's a lot of choices there since it was also a gudang there, sort of.

Date: 2009-02-01 01:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minses.livejournal.com
omg come let's have a rombongan to visit XBOX KAMDAR 8DDD

Date: 2009-02-01 02:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmjewelle.livejournal.com
We could have a rombongan to photoshoot everywhere too!

Date: 2009-02-01 02:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com
XDDDDDD
Rombongan so easy since Terminal Bus so near oso~~~~

Date: 2009-02-01 02:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com
Ah the Uni siap da.... lama no hear about it.

Yeah... Berjaya most of the time quite empty really... esp at night. But then that's probably because there's Mydin, UdaOcean (Not sure if it still called that), Kuantan Plaza nearby. And most Kuantan people flocked at Mydin... I can't remember WHEN Mydin ever get less crowdy.

Hahahaha, Pengkhianat. XD

Date: 2009-02-01 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmjewelle.livejournal.com
The open mall opposite was MUCH busier than Berjaya Megamall, and that says a lot.

Date: 2009-02-01 02:55 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-02-01 02:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mistressnaoko.livejournal.com
Wow. Fantastic BM.

I can't remember the Malay word for vandal, but I do know that Di Dakwa should be didakwa.

BM = PHAIL.

Date: 2009-02-02 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peanutcase.livejournal.com
ohoho.. its been.. aeons of years since i last went to kuantan.
that's a very huge kamdar ^^;;
what are the bracelet for???

Date: 2009-02-02 08:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmjewelle.livejournal.com
Nothing, I think those are just Livestrong-type bracelets.

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