Taiping, Revisited

Ah, went up to Taiping again, but this time I got to spend a night on Maxwell Hill (compared to the last time, when we just snapped photos at the foot of the hill)

We were staying in a bungalow on the very top of the hill (but there are higher hills a few kilometres away, wonder why no one seemed interested in climbing one of those) It's a nicely renovated old wodden bungalow, kind of reminded me of scary scenes in stupid ghost movies!

We took a 'ride' up the hill on Rovers (if I'm not mistaken) The 'ride' was a cheap RM5 roller-coaster ride... We did 330 degree corners with some speed, and zoomed up all the way from the foot... Wonder how I made it up hill... I think I must thank my lucky star again. Sigh!

Anyway, we were welcomed by an old gentleman. We climbed some stairs, and reached our destination---a desolated bungalow on top of a desolated place... We were quite very happy indeed---we can finally make some noise (I don't think Mr Pak Jaga will ask us to shut up this time) since we were all alone, 27 of us, excluding the owners of course... However...

Lunch time! Yeah! We were about to start chomping away when a bird-watching lady appeared and said, "Wait for everyone before you start!" and later when everyone was seated, "Now I'll tell you about the rules BESIDES the rules printed out at the hall..."

Rule no. 1 - wait for everyone during meals
Rule no. 2 - no coupling
Rule no. 3 - make your own bed
Rule no. 4 - water is served but WASH the cups after you've used them, and PLACE it where you've taken it from
Rule no. 5 - don't waste food (Finally! One sensible rule!)

By the end of the lecture, we were really wondering if we had made a mistake. That was a summer camp, not a vacation... AHH!!!!!!!!

And the fun commences...

No gambling allowed but we were playing poker cards and Mahjong... Who cares, we were not placing bets anyway, so it's not gambling... No liquor. Well, fair... I can accept that. Too much alcohol kills you anyway... Eh! Was there any no smoking warning? We certainly don't want lung cancer, or some stupid stubs which burn the hill down... LOL!

Ah! Finally dinner came... BBQ and steamboat... WE were warned that we have to wash extra plates that we take from the kitchen... And at the end of all, the lady actually COUNTED the plates and ordered us to wash the extra ones... Wow! Luckily I don't have her as my mum...

While we were on the hill, we still managed to mess up things, as usual. We broke a swing and we destroyed her pot of flowers... She moaned at the flowers but luckily she didn't notice the swing... She'll had our balls for supper!

Anyway it's a nice trip (thanks to games such as Medic Idol, and Killer vs Police vs Medics vs Villagers) I must really thank the Taiping duo for planning such a nice outing for us! Hehehe... We should do this more often...