From KL to P.Perhentian 08

Huhu…just can’t wait to share my experience at Pulau Perhentian.
Actually I’ve been to P.Perhentian before in 2004 (thanks to my practical company huhu). This time around, my company arranged a team bulding / happy happy trip to Pulau Perhentian for 4 days. So let’s start with the 1st day ok.

DAY 1 (24th April 08)

Orait. On day 1 we gathered at Wisma Bernama and got on the allocated bus and apparently we were late. Waaaaaa everybody was waiting for us (so sorry guys..maap..maap). So we finally departed around 7.30am. It was a long journey. And it rained all the way. I was quite worried about the weather.

After a few naps and stops along the way, we arrived at Kota Bharu around 6.30pm. We stayed at this home stay house for the nite. That nite we went to KB town for dinner and ironically we went to KFC to have our dinner hahaha. What the…(tuuuut)..?? KFC? Aiyyoo..came so far from KL and we just ate KFC hehe. Just didn’t have any idea where else to go and our supposedly tour guide, went to his house so we took the matter in our own hands and end up eating at KFC.

After that we went to the nearby pasar. It was still raining. The bus picked us up and we went back to the house and had a good nite sleep.

DAY 2 (25th April 08)

Got up really early . Don’t want to be late again rite? Hehe. Had nasi berlauk for breakfast and after that, we got on the bus for our ride to the jetty. Arrived at the jetty around 10am and got on the boat to P.Perhentian. The boat ride was quite challenging as it kept on jumping because of the waves. But the breeze on your face…ahhh..refreshing. :D

After 45 minutes, we arrived at Perhentian. Blue sky..blue sea…wow! Picteresque..so beautiful that no word could describe it. :DDD. After that, lunch was served. Mmmm mmmm…the food was tasty and in a large quantity too.

That evening we went snorkeling. Don’t know why coz the previous time I went to Perhentian I wasn’t sea sick, but this time around I felt quite dizzy. At the first snorkeling stop, I went down and snorkel, hoping to see the same clear water, fishes, colourful live corals but alas, it was quite frustrating. The water is still clear, but it wasn’t as clear as before. Lots of corals are already dead. Felt quite sad. After that, we went to the 2nd stop.
This was where we can see turtles. But at that point I just didn’t feel like snorkeling. So I didn’t went off the boat. The next stop was where we can see sharks and this time I did went down to the sea and did saw not 1, but a few sharks hoho.

The last stop was where we washed ourselves with cold refreshing spring water. To think how amazing it is, fresh water just nearby the salty sea water…Subhanallah.

After the snorkeling trip, we head back to our chalets. Everybody was feeling really tired. So I just lay down on the wooden seats nearby the chalets and relax…watching the sunset.

Then of course it was dinner time.huhu eat, eat. Later that nite, there was a telematch where we played bursting the balloons, collect sea water using holey coconut shells, straw transfer huhu. We did won a few prizes :D. Then we just relaxed by the beach..singing while my friend played the guitar (although it was quite hard to find the perfect song and we didn’t memorise most of the lyrics ahaha). Midnite already..time for zzZZzzZZzzZ..sweet dreams.


DAY 3 (26th April 08)

As usual, woke up quite early, had breakfast and went to another snorkeling trip huhu. This time they brought us to Pulau Susu Besar and Kecil. At the first stop (at the Pulaus) , it was more beautiful compared to yesterday’s stop. More fishes can be seen. We followed the trainer and he showed us napoleon fish, ray fish and nemo hehe (couldn’t find dory though ahaha). Then we went to this last stop where there are live corals. We followed the instructor and held on to the rope but the rope slipped from my hands and I got carried away by the strong current. Tried to swim back to the rope but the current was so strong. Luckily the trainer pulled me back to the rope. At that time I was so tired. When I got to the chalet, ate lunch and of course took a nap.huhu.

Later on, the team building session began. We were divided into several groups and unlike Team Building 07, this team building was more laid back, played simple games and had fun. Then we bathed and I tried the kayak (ho quite tough actually).

That nite before the karaoke/lucky draw, we were served BBQ while enjoying the Chelsea – MU match (haha MU lost ;P)


DAY 4 (27th April 08)

Waaaa…time to go home already? Why do all good things have to come to an end L waa so sad to leave this place. Hopefully I will come back here or perhaps other places in the future hehehe