Verdict of the Redang Cruise

Aye..let's just say I had better trip than the Cruise I went a couple of days back.

I don't wanna sound like a spoilt bitch complaining about an all-paid Cruise trip, but oh well, I had never been so bored at a trip before, not till I went to the Cruise.

Ok, Day 1:

We have arranged to meet at Harbourfront at 4.30pm to do an express check-in together. What happened was we have already done a group check in back on Monday so was told that we don't have queue up like everyone else to board the ship. But when we reached the counter, the service staff said we had to join the long queue to get in. We were jumping mad, cos the queue has snaked all the way to the opposite end of the counter and it also didn't make any cow sense that we have to queue since we already done the express check-in! So bor pian lor..we queued and only managed to get to the ship at 6.30pm, threw our bags in our cabins and headed to the Chinese restaurant for dinner.

Next program in line was none other than the karaoke session where the gals all sang their hearts out while the men drank their lungs out..haha. Was supposed to end by the struck of midnight, but the MD was in super high mood that night, so he kept extending the karaoke pah-cage (*package* as what the Filippino waitress said) and only let us off at 4.30am. If only I was sober enough, I could have gone to the open deck to watch the sunrise, but...cannot lah...I was already half-wasted by then.


Check out the gal in green. We freaking wanna skin her alive that night cos' she keeps hogging on to the remote control and microphone. She has this bad habit of picking songs and then force others to sing, which irritated us so much. Grrr.....rrr...

Day 2:

That idiotic green gal, she was super excited about the snorkeling trip at Redang Island, came knocking at our cabin door at 8.30AM in the morning!! My room-mate nearly strangled her cos we like only managed to zonk in at 5AM! WTF right?!

Anyway, we ignored subsequent knocks after that and continued to sleep till 12pm. Haha...

Lunch was at the Mediterrean Buffet place where we have plenty of sea-view while enjoying the not too bad lunch spread. I know I have sinned, eating carbo and oily noodles, but I can't simply deprive myself during a trip right? Excuses excuses....*evil wink*



And so after lunch, we past time by walking around at the lobby again, chooping some tickets to take the free shuttle ferry to the island. Saw the golden horses below? I think it's the centre of attraction in the cruise, cos' many people actually took turns to take pics with them. Us? Siao ah...we of cos' waited till past midnight then take all the time to shoot non-stop lah! Who wants to squeeze with all the Ah Nehs? Talking abt that...I dunno what was the occasion, but the ship was filled with 400 over Ah Nehs. Everywhere we go, they are visible...as in we are always surrounded by them...look front, look back, look right, look left...you SEE THEM! Go restaurant, they are there, go toilet, they are also there, go redang, they are also there! Wa lao eh...can faint ok?



So we reached Redang Island..



Here's the rebuilt Summer Mor Mor Tea House..it used to be right smacked in the middle of the island and in ruins, but now they have built it next to the bridge and used it as a Souvenir House, sucking moolahs from the tourists like us.



This is the newly built Laguna Redang Island Resort - the most happening place in the island. There were live band, alfresco cafe, hawker stalls selling char kway teow and ramly bugers. This didn't even exist when I first visit Redang 4 yrs ago! The island was so quiet and serene, you can hardly find a soul walking by the beach. Now it's so commercialised that you can't even find a decent place to sit or just watch the calm sea. Sigh! What a huge disappointment! I demand my quiet Redang Island back!!!



Surprisingly, the Redang Reef Resort which I've stayed previously still exist. I have thought that it is long gone to make way for new developments, but surprise surprise, it is still going strong and steady, I heard the regular divers prefer to stay in this resort cos' it is relatively more economic than the Laguna Resort.



This is the diving centre where I did my virgin dive and met the lovely Divemaster - Don Juan. I checked with the centre and realised that he is already no longer there. Sigh. Another sad disappointment...



The congested beach...I have no eyes to see actually... I hate their government for not preserving this lovely beach. The last I heard was down under the sea now, the water is not as clear as before and the divers don't get to see the beautiful sea creatures or corals in there anymore. So much about pollution and commercialisation.





So after the day trip to Redang, we headed back to the cruise, washed up and went for the yummy yummy BBQ dinner at the open deck. The food was good, the live band was fantastic, but after that, we couldn't decide what to do, cos' there was practically nothing much to do...really. We ended up watching their free show in the Lido Auditorium...don't ask me how was it, cos' I dozed off like 10mins after the show started. keke....must be the dinner lah.



Day 3:

We again overslept and missed the breakfast. Met up with the rest and had our last meal in the cruise before they released us back to the shore. Ah! Finally...what a relief! And guess what? The staff in the cruise purposely held back the smelly Ah Nehs passports, I heard from my Indian colleague that he could only collect his passport after 2pm while the most of us could do as early as 9am! I guess that was a brilliant move by the authorities, cos' they knew that once the ah nehs get their passports, they will be shoving and pushing their ways to be the first to clear the clearance. So there we were, having no problems with immigration. In fact it was so swift and quick like what we went through in Changi Airport. Thumbs up for the Superstar Virgo Crews!!