Just Been to Johor Bahru
What a day...just returned from JB with a few friends. Much earlier this morning, I was bracing myself to jostle with crowds, wait for long hours at the immigration, fight the heat, meet potentially rude and inconsiderate Singaporeans, shop big time and eat cheap seafood. Well, I did and experienced none of that. Admittedly though, my expense, and only because my mum asked, was RM100 for cheaper CNY cookies (Lavender cookies are yummily fantastic).
Who would have thought that the weekend before the CNY would see almost no 'crowd' at the most modern JB mall, City Square. Of course, there are many people but they were not the intimidating sort of 'crowd' that we would normally expect in the pre-festive, mega-shopping season. In fact, I never once felt claustrophobic except to secretly swear at the few who would suddenly stop in their tracks in the middle of a walkway. Sheesh! *roll eyes*
But before we got to City Square, the 1st thing we did was to head to what one of my friends was most excited about - which I suspect was the only thing in his mind of the entire trip - the Best Mee Rebus in "Singapore, Batam and JB." (made famous by our very own PCK). It's located at Stulang Laut, 2 minutes drive from Eden Garden mall (Note: Taxi ride** should not cost more than RM3). And it is easy to understand why it's possibly and aruguably the best M.R. in town - only RM2.50 *cheeeeap. cheeeap.*, thick generous sauce with just the right amount of spice and mee in the rebus. You also get the view of the straits right ahead of u. All for only SGD$1.08.
**Taxi Driver aka The Ripper - Good thing one of my friend's born and bred in JB and she sure as hell knew her way (and people) around. We wanted to take a taxi from Eden Garden mall to Stulang Laut. We tried our luck with one of the taxi drivers in the horde, and in her perfectly accented Malay asked for a quote while the remaining 3 of us (which included the perfect 'bait' - John aka the 'ang moh') stood away in sight from the driver. And suddenly, we hear Amy's voice getting louder and louder. Ahhh...indeed The Ripper we have met. He was going to charge us a whopping RM8 for a 2-minute ride! And as Amy walked towards us in a huff swearing stylishly...she translated that The Ripper's rationale to charge us the exhorbitant and ridiculous RM8 was to also cover the cost of time he'd been waiting for a passenger. Ha. Ha. Ha. Well, as we walked away, another taxi pulled over to drop a passenger. His quote without hesitation - RM3.
Oh well, what comes around, goes around.
Who would have thought that the weekend before the CNY would see almost no 'crowd' at the most modern JB mall, City Square. Of course, there are many people but they were not the intimidating sort of 'crowd' that we would normally expect in the pre-festive, mega-shopping season. In fact, I never once felt claustrophobic except to secretly swear at the few who would suddenly stop in their tracks in the middle of a walkway. Sheesh! *roll eyes*
But before we got to City Square, the 1st thing we did was to head to what one of my friends was most excited about - which I suspect was the only thing in his mind of the entire trip - the Best Mee Rebus in "Singapore, Batam and JB." (made famous by our very own PCK). It's located at Stulang Laut, 2 minutes drive from Eden Garden mall (Note: Taxi ride** should not cost more than RM3). And it is easy to understand why it's possibly and aruguably the best M.R. in town - only RM2.50 *cheeeeap. cheeeap.*, thick generous sauce with just the right amount of spice and mee in the rebus. You also get the view of the straits right ahead of u. All for only SGD$1.08.
**Taxi Driver aka The Ripper - Good thing one of my friend's born and bred in JB and she sure as hell knew her way (and people) around. We wanted to take a taxi from Eden Garden mall to Stulang Laut. We tried our luck with one of the taxi drivers in the horde, and in her perfectly accented Malay asked for a quote while the remaining 3 of us (which included the perfect 'bait' - John aka the 'ang moh') stood away in sight from the driver. And suddenly, we hear Amy's voice getting louder and louder. Ahhh...indeed The Ripper we have met. He was going to charge us a whopping RM8 for a 2-minute ride! And as Amy walked towards us in a huff swearing stylishly...she translated that The Ripper's rationale to charge us the exhorbitant and ridiculous RM8 was to also cover the cost of time he'd been waiting for a passenger. Ha. Ha. Ha. Well, as we walked away, another taxi pulled over to drop a passenger. His quote without hesitation - RM3.
Oh well, what comes around, goes around.
posted by Cin at 2/05/2005 11:40:00 pm
1 Comments:
Nah, Rach, JB's so not the place for shopping...you'd find more interesting stuff at Far East Plaza basement than the entire City Square. Shopping? Nahhh...but if you are on a binging mode, go go go...cheap cheap cheap...yums yums yums.
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