Lost World Of Tambun 2015

My roommate and I went to Lost World of Tambun on 29^th may 2015. 

I bought the ticket online on 27^th may, hoping that we could go the next day. They will send you the payment details through email and the e-store voucher that you need to print out. I received the payment details but not the e-store voucher. I did not know what e-store voucher was so I waited for another email but I received nothing.

I called Lost World of Tambun the next day to inquire about my ticket but the “receptionist” said in her (or his?) monotonous tone that I had to wait for 24 hours and asked to call her back at 5pm. Ok, so this was entirely my fault, I called them at 6pm and no one pick up. 

On 29^th may, I called them again and this time the same receptionist picked up and asked for my name, email and order id. What made me angry was, that freaking email that I received on 27^th may can be used to claim the ticket at the counter. Turned out, they just need the order id! That’s it! The payment details served as the e-store voucher. &%$@*^&%%&^%%&% Damn receptionist should hear my explanation carefully when I tried to explain during my first call. (Ok so that was my fault too. I talked in English, I should’ve talked in Bahasa)

So you will received an email right after the payment is confirmed. IDK if you will receive the e-store voucher too since I did not. If you do receive any, lucky for you. If you do not, just print out the payment details will do.

#Update: I received the so called e-store voucher on 4th Jun 2015. Freaking 9 days after my last payment. #shittymanagement . The e-store voucher will look something like this.

Before claiming your ticket at the counter, a picture with the cats is a must. Of all the blogs I visited about Lost World of Tambun , there must be at least one picture with the cats.

Then you can proceed to the online ticket counter. There are several counters, and the ticket for claiming online ticket was located on the right side.

The cats picture

My suggestion is, if you are planning to go to LWOT,  buy online ticket. It was cheaper. Check the ticket here Lost World Entrance Tickets. And do you know that tickets purchased are valid for 30 days from the date of purchase?

Ticket for two. Including freaking GST so, 50.40 MYR per person.

It was a lot cheaper during my first visit here. Now the price is whooping 56 MYR. 

WHY. WHY. WHY.

The top blue tag was for locker. It cost you 15 MYR for small locker. It can fit two bags or three if you know how to squeeze your bags like a sardine can. You can just flash your tag on to the scanner near the locker, and it will open sesame. I guess that's why the entrance ticket is so expensive.   

The bottom red tag was the entrance ticket you get at the counter. You cannot bring food or drinks inside, and your bag will be inspected before you enter. But who to say you cannot curi curi bring in food. If you have the skill, go for it. 

The pink tag was for photo. They will take your photo and at the end of the day, they will force you to buy the hideous and expensive photo. Eh, no la. But, I am still amazed. I hid the tag inside my long shirt and there's no way the worker saw it. But amazingly, she stopped me and my roommate to cut the tag and asked us to look at our hideous picture and sort of forcing us to buy it. IT WAS 35MYR for one hideous picture of ours! Ridiculous!  

Since we went on weekdays, there's not much of people there. There's no queuing at the Cliff Racer and Tube Raiders, but we only played Cliff Racer once, Tube Raiders twice. It was tiring trying to bring the tube up to the hill. (excitement level :70%)

There's a petting zoo there where you can see or even pet the animal, hence the name. Not so much since I've already went there before. The most disgusting creatures I saw there, the SNAKES. LOTS AND LOTS OF 'EM. 

It looks real? It Is! It was a preserved horse. among other things. 

There's a preserved goose (swan?) behind.

The most interesting thing there was the tiger valley. It was the main reason why we decided to go LWOT again. We did not have the chance to see the tiger feeding show during our first visit because we were so occupied with the petting zoo. Back then, you can even take picture while holding the snake and pet the sugar glider. Nowadays, they were all locked inside the cage.

The tiger feeding show was okay. I pity the tiger because they were so skinny. I had the chance to hear the roar of a tiger although it was a weak one. The tiger was hungry maybe? 

well, that conclude the interesting activities my roommate and I did at LWOT. After the tiger feeding show, we played some more water and then went to bath and checked out. 

Overall experience: It was okay. 

For me, the ticket was expensive. Bukit Merah Laketown is probably the better choice. The water park was much better. There's even chair lift!

Oopps. 

*cough* BukitMerahLaketown *cough*

~taya~ xoxo

Unplanned plans are good plans

It's September, and it's holiday! I've been gone through hell for two months, now's the time for me to rest. and watch movies and dramas and movies and dramas.

The idea of resting alone in my room was fantastic except the first day alone, I was so lonely I could cry. It's just that now with my new roommate -someone that I can talk to- went back, I have no one to talk to and I just felt melancholic. Figured that I have too much time in my hand, I decided to learn the ukulele. Learned the easiest song for the beginner, Jason Mraz's I'm Yours.

I finally got some fresh air on monday. We went jalan jalan to bowl. Ok, that was our initial plan but since the bowling center we went in Ipoh Parade was full and the queue was too long, we cancelled the bowling and opt for karaoke instead. This was not planned, but it was a good back up plan. Since there are seven of us in one room for karaoke and we only bought for one hour, it was not enough. What more with Bibi's insistence on holding the microphone without giving it to others (yes bibi, admit it, haha). But we had fun and eventhough Cyril refused to sing, he eventually gave in and sang duet with Mark. Cyril sang like an artist, I swear I could hear some vibrator in his voice.

After that, we went back the guys' home to take Pidah's bag so that we could send him to bus terminal. Unfortunately, Ihsan had to head back home because of some unfortunate event happened to his neighbour. We managed to grab some food and drink at the McDonald near Mydin.

On the way home, I forgot whose idea was it, but we suddenly decided to watch late night movie. We decided to watch the maze runner and chose Ipoh Parade's Cinema since there's a 11.30pm movie. Mark took the wrong lane and we went through two toll stations before we could get to IP. Well, better than waiting too long in IP I guess.

By the time the movie finished, it was almost two am. It was way past our curfew time in hostel. (Yes, we have curfew until 11, duh) We just slept in Cyril's house, in his room. Being a good host, Cyril prepare the bed for us and let us use his Listerine (which took my taste buds, I cannot taste salty and sweet taste for now) . In the morning, he bought us Roti Canai from God knows where. We didn't even know he went out to buy it because we slept in. If it isn't for Bibi, I think Eja and I'll wake up some time in the afternoon. We took the breakfast in the living room like family. So that hows it feels like to live outside campus. Another wishlist officially marked down!

We love a good company!
~Happy Malaysia Day~
~tayaxoxo~

Old stuff Younger self

Inspired by Santi's post about our old younger self, this one is for u. and Cyril too! (cyril read this and then click my nuff huh =D) This is us back in 2010 when we were young and free, very young.

Our first and last yakult. coz it tastes horrible.

now that i am reminded of my young self, one thing I can conclude is, gosh Cyril, u look thin. OMG! OK,kidding. but seriously. you are skinnier back then.

Ok, back to serious topic, back in 2010, mark the first year of our journey or should I say "adventure" here in IPG Ipoh. We were gullible, innocent, naïve and immature. All things seem new to us. That year also marked the first time we were away from our family, separated by land and sea for a certain period of time.  Meeting new friends, doing new things, adapting new environment was never my cup of tea. I’ve been in my comfort zone for too long that coping with new things seem a burden to me. I remember back then, I cried every night. My parents called me every day. I guess my parents were worried (and still is) because I was the first in my family to further studies far away from home and the fact that I am a girl myself make them worry more.  So I guess I was immature back then. VERY immature.

But I’m glad I was surrounded by nice people. I often heard about bullying happens in a new place, but I guess it didn't happen to me cause all my classmate are NICE people! (Even though the first two weeks was awkward and shit. So many people with different background and stuff, how am I supposed to cope with everything! But that was then.) And I’m glad I have two Sabahan friends who I regard as angel sent by God, one is you Santi because I know you since kindergarten, like forever and of course Cyril because he is just *Cyril.

*explanation for “Cyril” term = Someone who is willing to help others regardless of their difficulty. Someone who is raised as responsible person. Someone who is a good friend. Someone who is generous in terms of money aka BANK. 

lots of love

~taya92~xoxo

Satu hari di Pija hat..

sementara masih free ni, berblogging la dulu..aisehh..haha actually, i want to write this last night,,but,last night wifi totally cannot connect!! ..aish..sudahlah assignment PM and PN submit today (11/8)..dek kerana xda broadband T.T i slept at 4++ am in the morning..itupun x nyenyak..huh luckily i finished my assignment with broadband yang dipinjam dari vee..hish..and now i feel very tired..not sleepy but tired..T.T ok,that's not my point..haha~xD
ok, 8/8 kan syed's birthday, so we all celebrate at tasnim..satu kelas sama2 buka puasa..biasalah, setiap yang jadi KU ni,birthday mesti disambut dengan meriah..ceh..siap ada kek dari secret recipe lagi..sedap,but unfortunately sya makan kek x habis, kenyang makan nasi..duhh..so after that semua pun balik la..kan banyak assignment..but me,haaziq,syed,cyril and santi pergi pija hat..alaa, pizza hut..this is actually haaziq's idea..he wants to eat pizza cause biasalah elaun dah masuk kn..he asks syed..luckily, masa diorang bincang tu I eavesdrop and i say i also wanna go..hahaha..so we all pergila giant..maw pergi jusco tapi jauh..hish..so dengan perut kenyang,makan pizza..memang la susah menikmati kesedapan sebenar pizza tu..i eat pun only 2 piece..kenyang!!
so we lepak2 there until 10.30..then balik kampus..then sambung buat assignments..apalah hidup ini tanpa assignment kan..T.T

pizza first phase

pizza 2nd phase

santi tu gaya jak lebih, makan pun x habis..haha

i think they both look like sibling

our birthday boy..kaki pizza..^^

lots of love

~taya~ xoxo