Family Outing: Heading to Pengerang Part Three

 
 Part One, Part Two
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Hello everyone! Monday yet again, lol! I thought I'll be well-rested during the weekend, but I was sooo wrong. We attended a wedding on Sat & I was dead tired by the time we reached home. I guess I really need to spend more time connecting with my bed :) There are times when I will wake up in the morning and feel extremely tempted to take a day of leave and spend my day sleeping. 

 

Back with another entry on our journey to Pengerang, lol! I know, 3rd entry & yet we are still on the way - reminded me of how often the brothers will say "on-the-way" & what they really meant was I'm-just-stepping-out-of-my-house-and-on-the-way-to-meet-you. #truestory.

It was approx 1hour journey to Pengerang. For the first 15 min on board the ferry, I was busy snapping away on my camera, which pretty much drained off my battery towards the mid-day & I didn't bring my spare batt :(

Spotted the famous in-house ferry that takes our army boys to Tekong, lol! Yes, I did wave "HI" to them #justforfun.

The breeze made it sooo enticing to catch a nap, which Roger did!

 There were certainly interesting things to look out in the midst of the sea as well. We spotted this huge vessel named "Pacific Harrier", built in 2012 & sailing under the flag of Cyprus. It looked enormous next to our tiny boat.  

 

 The boat ride was better than I had expected, so I got up and did some stretching. Well, nothing to explore on board apart from walking 10 steps to and fro.

Benjamin didn't join us this time round, but Ervin made it for this trip.

The "elder" boys in the group, lol!

I'm sure you can tell that I was starting to get bored. I showed my China colleagues some of these pictures during the Sales Conference. She commented that Leecher & me looked very 恩爱. I responded by rolling my eyes. When I came back, I told Leecher that my China colleague said we very 恩爱 and guess what! Leecher rolled his eyes too, lol! Is that what you call telepathy?

Still cruising along to our destination. The boat ride was really better than expected! I was all braced for sea state 4 or 5, but I would rank this a 0.
 
Leecher looked out and spotted this 
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Yeah, finally arrived at our destination :)

Let the adventure begins!

Family Outing: Heading to Pengerang Part Two

 

The month of July was filled with activities, almost every weekend! We went to Pengerang for a day trip with the other family (Part 1 here), attended Yen's baby shower & I flew to London on the same day for a week of conference. Will be attending Kaiwei & Yanni's wedding (both church & dinner) this coming weekend. I know I'm slacking behind on our honeymoon trip, but I'll come to that later, lol! Mental reminder not to blog on 2 travel trips concurrently next time. 

  Back to our Pengerang adventures - it was almost 7.30am before we board the ferry to the destination. We managed to catch the sunrise, something that I have not done in ages! 

The sun rose up slowly, filling up the sky with its bright rays. It's amazing how Mother Nature nv fails to impress me. I have caught sun rise in various places when traveling (scaling up Mt Batur in Bali was one of the most memorable), but seldom in Singapore. Guilty me like to sleep in most weekends, so by the time I'm up, the sun is already up in the sky.

 

As we cruised near the edge of Changi Park Beach, we saw a lot of tents on the grass patches. This park is certainly popular for overnight family picnics! I even spotted a couple of them fishing. 

We traveled with 2 other "strangers" to form the group of 12. These 2 strangers looked like regulars shifting b/w Singapore & Pengerang. One of them was reading her newspaper on board the ferry, while I was praying that the journey will be smooth.

Off we head go, in the direction of Pengerang.

It was certainly interesting trying to identify places as we traveled near the coast line. That goes to show how "bad" we are in geography!
 

This is our friendly captain for the day. Uncle is rather soft-spoken, but always ready for a picture :) 
 

with 小舅, 小舅妈 & mummy-in-law.

The sea was pretty calm, so the first half of the journey was quite smooth. I still remembered I was rather sea-sick on my first trip to Phuket, even though we were traveling on a large ship to Phi Phi island. 

 Soon, the sun rays were upon us and but that didn't stop me from snapping away :)

  

 4D anyone? Just like cars, boats need to be licensed as well - be it for commercial or private. Nice number, but we didn't win any money that night, lol. 

 

Have to head off now, but will be back with another entry on Pengerang soon! Tata :) 

Family Outing: Heading to Pengerang Part One

 

I'm finally back after a rather long hiatus. Was in London over the past week for the annual Sales Conference. Boy, I was so tired after arriving in Singapore on Sat evening that I slept for 14 hours straight after an early dinner! Poor Leecher was left to unpack my bag after I dumped everything on the floor. Well, he only unpacked his presents & left the rest for me to clear up the next morning. Typical Leecher behaviour, hmp! The next couple of weeks will be kinda busy as we are pitching for a big project, so I'll be spending time consolidating the proposal for the pitch *stressed out max* Nevertheless, a couple of weekends back, the other family headed to Pengerang for a day trip. Melvin drafted the itinerary and sent it across to Leecher, extremely efficient! Keith's 小舅 family even headed there a week before to recce the place, in preparation for the outing. The downside: dragging our bodies out of bed at 5am to prepare, meet up at 6.30am. This certainly doesn't gel with me (I love sleeping in on weekends!) but the thought at visiting a new place spurs me on.

 

Clear traffic on Sunday morning! If only everyday is like this, then going to work will be a breeze. 

 

On the way to Changi Point Ferry Terminal. I was gamed for breakfast at Mr Teh Terik, only to realize that we'll only be having breakfast at the other side.

 

When we arrived at 7am, there was already lots of people hanging around. A couple of bikers were all geared up in their suits & mountain bikes. Max capacity of 12 pax per ferry, so best recommended to travel in groups of 12 to "book" the whole ferry. Otherwise, be prepared to wait for 12 pax before you're allowed to board.

 

Surrender your passport at the reception counter first for checking. 

 

Say hello to their resident cat! Very well-maintained and even knows how to pose for the camera :)

With Leecher - we were all feeling sleepy from the early morning, not to mention hungry!

 

With Roger & Eleen, wearing couple polo T-shirt. I didn't see the no-camera sign in the area before Leecher pointed it out to me, opps! So I  乖乖 keep my camera till after immigrations. 

 

Ferries are assigned randomly, so it really depends on your luck if you get a boat with a quiet engine or not. 
 

Changi Beach Park just opposite, one of the oldest coastal parks in Singapore.

 

Onboard the ferry & ready to head off :) 

 

Pengerang, here we come!