Genting

decided i wanted something more interesting from my mundane daily / weekend routine recently and suggested nicely to baby to go for a midnight excursion. decided we'll drive up genting for a few hours, enjoy its cool air, play some games there, drink a nice cuppa outdoors and then head back home. ok, come to think of it, it sounded quite mundane too.. afterall, we go out to the mamak to enjoy its cool air, have a cuppa and then go home. and usually end my night with a game of Diablo/ Cossacks/ Cake Mania / Diner Dash.

anyway, it was all very exciting at the beginning. filling up the car with petrol and buying enough snacks and drinks to last us there and back at around midnight, i felt like i'm eloping. hahahah...

didn't get to play ANY arcade / indoor theme park games as they close at 1am. we reached there just before 12.30am. was impressed though with the indoor theme park. i can't remember when was the last time i actually walk around the indoor theme park (ok, other than the other time when i got lost and was trying hard to figure a way out). there was a small shopping mall, with bars, life music, cafe there.

headed into the casino is like going to a stock market. no longer guys are in their batik / suit. you can see all kinds of attire there, slippers, torned jeans, hawaian shirts, etc. one thing never changed though.. the amount of smoke. i miss those smoke-free establishment in nz.

we played some pokies. yeah, me the big bad wolf, encouraging baby to press that button that says "10 lines per bet" and the button that says "gamble" instead of "take win". we were very lucky though, not only did we not lose any money, we actually got back our petrol money! baby and i aren't greedy at all and yours truly got bored and restless after awhile. we walked around the pit, admiring the new gadgets (computerised roulette), wondering where the other games were (can't find any wheel of fortune type or the bingo or the race horse).

we wanted to drink starbucks but reached the cafe some few minutes too late. guess we'll just have to try the new toffee nut latte some other time. the drive back was pretty exciting and can have its own posting (will even let baby write that blog too ....).... ok, i was fast asleep.