Thankfully when i was in Redang the only time it rained was at night and probably drizzled a couple of times in the day. So none of our activities were jeopardized by the weather. One of the snorkeling spots that i liked was the marine park. Though some may say it’s overrated but i think for individuals like me who hardly snorkel let alone swim, this place is definitely a must-swim-location

With the white sandy beach stretching as far as your eyes could see and not forgetting the different shapes of fishes swimming in that area, no wonder this is one of the main hot spots for any tourist.

The guards had set up a perimeter around the beach and that’s as far anyone is allowed to swim cause any further than that, you could be easily drift off no thanks to the strong current. And let me stress that if ever any of you were to drop by at Redang, just get yourself a lifejacket. Regardless whether you are good swimmer or not, the jacket definitely helps a lot especially when you are swimming against the current. You wouldn’t want to look like a dog yelping for help …. lol

If you are lucky enough the people in charge of ferrying you over would bring loaves of bread. Obviously there’s a reason for doing so which is to attract fishes. During our stay in Redang, the resort brought us to Marine Park twice -_-” So the second time around, instead of swimming i walked around snapping pictures … and also threw pieces of bread to scare the daylights out of anyone

William too decided not to swim and brought his alpha as well. At one point he actually fell into the water -_-” and if wasn’t for his quick thinking, his DSLR would be fully submerged had he not lift up his hand with his camera as high as possible. Clumsy pot

Before leaving Marine Park, the rest did a few LOA pose (LOA – Lack Of Attention). hahaha and William was showing them the pictures for approval.

Besides swimming and canoeing, we also played a couple of in-house games like dart, pingpong, jenga … The next two pictures are courtesy of William

One of the most ‘potong stim’ moment was when Dolphin insisted we play scrabble. I mean who in the world goes on a holiday and crack their head over a word-making game ? Obviously the answer is those gila people in the picture above. Best part was the board wasn’t even scrabble, so the point system was different. Nevertheless, Dolphin who initiated the game got thrashed to the point where i just stopped the game instead of continuing. hahaha. You wouldn’t want a emo-dolphin during a holiday trip, it’s a big NO-NO.

Then i was humiliated in a game of Congkak #@$%#$^#. Revenge revenge …. -_-”

OH and did i say there was a Karoake room in our little resort? It wasn’t too fancy but it had all the equipments which could even put some Karoake outlets to shame ….LOL that was exaggerating -_-” The collection of songs were kinda old but it was better than nothing.

The karoake room had a battle languages. One group sang all Chinese songs and we sang all English songs, mainly Westlife. Yes yes very the sad case but what to do, the list didn’t have Flo Rida or Kanye West …. not even Cold Play, LOL. I didn’t last long in the Karoake Room, so i went back and slept off

I have been asked sooooooooooooo many times where are the chicks in bikinis and to answer that, i am gonna post one miserable picture -_-” LOL turned out that most pictures weren’t clear so i rather not post it up

Codename: Dark Horse, i am pretty sure those who were in Redang had no clue why was that name given, LOL. So it’s story telling time: Aaron, William and I realized there’s always guys surrounding her wherever she goes and thus making an assumption that they were all after her. So i teased Aaron, saying, ” Eh you could try and you can be the dark horse” Hahaha and from there on we just referred her as Dark Horse.

So with three of us all equipped with tele lens, the dark-horse-club was formed. Real sad case man three of us. So to those who would want to join the club, feel free to do so, LOL. You will be known as a Dark Horse Hunter once you are in -_-”

That’s Redang and i hope i didn’t miss out anything cause i am doubt i am gonna write another entry about Redang

Wonder when’s the next time i am ever gonna set foot on Redang

Exactly a week ago, i was sitting in that very chair staring into the sea which surrounds Redang Island and i tell you, it’s one of the few islands that you won’t regret visiting. Pangkor didn’t make that big an impact to me but Redang definitely did. Oh btw, thanks for this picture William

The journey to Kuala Terengganu itself was an experience to me

There were 2 groups that went to Redang and from the KL side, there’s William, Daniel, Aaron, David, Lisa and of course me. Penang side consisted of Dolphin, Lee May, Lasker, Elise, Hugo and Wendy.

William and i met with Aaron at KL Sentral before heading to PWTC via KTM Komuter. Then we had our dinner before the remaining three arrived. The bus stop was walking distance from PWTC. The bus departed at 10.30pm and i was told it will take easily 7-8hours to reach Kuala Terengganu.

Half way thru the journey we had a stop for half an hour before moving on. Pictures are all taken with my handy Nokia 5610 music express I was just too lazy to whip out my DSLR, after all it’s only a short stop.

I never got much sleep throughout the journey and i ended up entertaining myself with a couple of movies and games from my ipod. Then out of the blue, William woke up and saw me playing this particular game called the Tap Tap Revenge …

… and he decided to give it a go. The game is similar to O2Jam, whereby you tap on the colour beats as they scroll down according to your music from the itunes library. After a few rounds, William dozed off and i was back again with my movie watching session and this time it was Jumper.

The view outside of the bus was barely limited to a couple of hundreds of meters as it was foggy. This was described in detail by Dolphin when she sms-ed saying the surroundings looked mysterious … like in the forest of Lord of the Rings. ROFL. OK the last part i made it up but it was definitely mysterious looking.

The best bit of the long winding journey was when the bus drove thru a town called Kemaman which i believed to be the place where Petronas refines or probably stock up petroleum and gas after retrieving it from the shores of Terengganu. The whole place was filled with fire blowing chimneys and i tell you, the sight of it was simply breath-taking. By the time i finally decided to take out my DSLR, the bus was already far from that place and i really regretted for not snapping at least one shot.

When we finally reached the bus station at Kuala Terengganu, we all had more than an hour to spare before the shuttle van ferries us to the jetty point. So after meeting up with the rest from Penang, we headed to a nearby 7-11 to get some light breakfast. While standing outside of 7-11 eating our maggi in cup, we all talked and got to know each other, especially to those who were meeting for the very first time. It was more like a short ice breaking session which turned out well, lol.

At about 7.30am, two vans appeared in front of the bus station and we were off to the jetty. The journey took about thirty minutes and that’s the only time where i actually dozed off -_-” Then upon reaching the jetty point, we all got into a boat and about 9am we were already on our way to Redang. The boat wasn’t particularly fast, probably because of the heavy load it had.

Everyone was excited. We just kept looking out of the window though there was nothing to see except sky and sea, even i couldn’t help but to look out. Then there’s some who were already telling what they intend to do once they got on the island, some decided to stay silence and enjoy the breeze which was blowing thru the side openings of the boat. You can just feel that everyone in that boat was excited and they can’t wait to let loose once they get onto that island

Daniel said recently that he hardly sees any shots with him in it. So here you go

The boat ride took about half an hour as well and we got off to a resort called the Redang Kalong, in short RK This resort is probably one of the best resorts for divers and also to those who would want old style kinda accomodation. More on that in future upcoming entries.

Until then, i shall recuperate as i am down with terrible headache, fever and flu. How convenient is that …? -_-”