291207 - Tebrau City Shopping Centre

1/01/2008 04:58:00 PM | Labels: dates, family, JB

At 3pm, Mummy asked if i wanted to follow them to JB (Johor Bahru, Malaysia).

Upon seeing my reluctance, Mummy said, "Everybody's going." Not wanting to be left all alone at home and feeling melancholic, i agreed to follow.

We went out at 6pm, even then, not straight across the border but westward to a birthday party.

But it felt so awkward i didnt take any picture. Why awkward, u ask? Because its my mum's mosque friend's granddaughter's 1-yr old bday party! It was held at the Senior Citizen lounge with a nearby two-storeyed open air hall in Bukit Batok.

The only evidence I have of that party is this picture of Syifaa' playing with the yo-yo included in the children's party pack.

Time check: 7:30pm

Finally, we made our way up north to JB via the Second Link. (There are two bridges linking Singapore and Malaysia. The first and most popular one is called Causeway which is like just 5min away from my house. The other one in the Second Link far towards the west side)

We spent another 15min finding a petrol station and pumping in just enough petrol to make it to the 3/4 tank mark. Its a law to fill up to 3/4 bcos the M'sia gov dont want us to use up (read: take advantage) of their precious resource, petrol being one of the commodities being heavily subsidised by the gov. Furthermore, S'poreans would profit substantially with the currency exchange. On the other hand, S'pore gov is also protecting their business interest, the oil companies. Which, i suppose, is fair enough. Bcos in the long run, it will benefit the country anyway with employments remain stable when the petrol stations dont hafta close down due to lack of sales!

Sorry, i digressed. But only to benefit my overseas relatives and friends.

We didnt reach the border till 9pm. and stepped into Tebrau City Shopping Centre only at 9.30pm. Luckily, they close only at 11pm. Well.. what can i say about this place except that its TOTALLY like Singapore!

Told you.

They have clothe stores, designer labels just like what we can find here. No doubt it will be AT LEAST the same price if not higher. They have M.A.C., Dorothy Perkins, MNG, and whatever lah.

The only reason we still like crossing the border is because of the WIDER selection of HALAL food chains. For eg: Bread talk there is HALAL! Not to mention they have Dunkin Donut (The FIRST MANDATORY stop we made) and Baskin Robin.

My Parent's usual banana split order.

Im not much of an ice cream fan but decided tot ake a single scoop of ...... MANGO SHERBET! Darling, are you jealous now?

Psst.. to tell u the truth, we collect Baskin Robin's spoons! LOL

I wonder if there is any other family doing the same?

Syifaa' learning to use the spoon

Syifaa' sharing ice cream with Ummi

While waiting for the rest to finish their ice creams, i went over to check out the popcorn smell coming from the cinema. I wanted to buy Nachos, but guess what? They dont have it! Even their hotdogs were out of stock. Well.. i tot, since i was there already, might as well buy something even if its just popcorn. BUTTTTTTTT... they dont have the salty ones!!! *shake head* Oh well.. i suppose their taste is diff from ours.

Actually, i dont know what was our purpose to go all the way to JB. Bcos we didnt do much except for eating ice cream, bought PS2 games at RM5 each (SGD 2.50) and Buy 5 games get 1 free, then Ly bought some pillows at the department store called JUSCO. At least, now i know where is Tebrau and that its not convenient to go if you dont have a car and its also inconvenient for drivers bcos of the tho huge but still limited parking space. (probably its just the entrance that has got problem in design.)

Time Check: 11:30pm

We just drove out from Tebrau. Having not had a proper dinner, Ayah asked where are we going next? While the rest are not too hungry, I said i wanted to eat but i dont mind anywhere. Mummy's choice is of course Singgah Selalu... AGAIN!!! *head down* At the last min, i said, Al-Ameen (in Woodlands, Spore) is also good. and Ayah agreed straight away bcos it was already very late.