We’re baaaaackkk…..and my back is aching!!

Freaky Friday

I actually managed to wake up bright & early at 4.30am on Friday morning. So I could take my time in getting ready. When I finally reached my office at about 6am there were already a number of cars parked in the parking area. Unfortunately, although I was on Bus #1, our bus was the last to depart due to umm…forseen circumstances : ) The journey took us almost 5 hours coz we left at 7.30am but only reached at about 11.45am, thanks to the superb driving skills of the driver. Superb coz although we were the last to leave and were moving at 90kmh all the way, but we still managed to arrive third!! Yaaaay : P Me & joeeey were seating behind Elaine Daly on the bus (and she said that we laugh a lot & had lotsa energy – impliedly: too much? yeah, we should be Club Med GO’s) Two movies were aired ~ Crocodile Dundee & damn ancient Hollywood Jet Li movie (dono whats the name but the mobiles were HUFFGGEEE dats how we know it’s old). We also passed the scene of a fatal accident and actually saw two bloody bodies sprawled on the road (= Karak Highway).

When we got there we immediately had lunch. Awww…lunch never felt so good than with free flow of beer!!! After lunch me & joeeey just headed back to our room and konked out haha. We were way too tired for activities. We woke at about 5pm though, to the sound of GSC’s intercom asking us if we wanted to go for a walk on the beach. So we woke up, took our baths and made our way out. We took photos by the beach and the pool whilst all the time complaining that we were extremely hungry and that dinner starting at 7pm was just too late : P Altho our seats were damn far from the spread & the food was nothing to shout about (thank to Jogoya maybe? : )) there was free flow of wine & beer to keep us happy! After dinner was the performance by the GO’s which kinda sucked on the 1^st nite. Then they started playing songs from a seriously sucky CD for us to dance to the rest of the nite. The songs were from Gawd-only-knew what era but a bunch of us were dancing anyway – maybe coz we were drunk, maybe coz there was nothing else to do and maybe coz we all just missed dancing so much.

After too much sucky music and a round of vodkas, me, joeeey & jolly ole st.nick went for a dip in the pool at 1am!!! Hahaha…the water was perfect coz it was quite warm, but we cant say the same bout the air – it was so cold there was mist above the water. Brrr!! (both coz of cold & coz of fright). After showering we called it a night, no more energy to walk half the way across the world to go look for our other friends. The village is huge, btw.

Saturday Nite Fever

Saturday I was dragged out of the bed by joeeey coz I had too many drinks the nite before. As anticipated, I was the last to go down for breakfast. We couldn’t eat too much coz at 10am we had our firm TELEMATCHES!!! Gawd…we were grouped according to our normal sports club teams and there were five games to play altogether. My team lost as usual. We have kept our record-breaking losing streak since some partners were chambies I think. One team mate commented that we should be given a point for consistency hahaha : D Anyway, as we were the loser team and are always short of people I had to participate in every single game. We played a mad relay whereby u had to run to the other end of the field, place ur head on a stick with a tennis ball on top, spin (5x for gals, 10x for men) and then run back. Sounds easy, but try running in straight line after u’ve spun urself around. This had to be the funniest game coz people were toppling all over the place! We also did a war cry & played Club Med ski, 3-legged race, pass the hula hoop & collecting water from the sea. Mad but fun.

After that we had lunch, sneaked an unfinished bottle of white wine out and headed over to the Pantai (a beach which is about 15min walk from the main village) for some water sports. There was no wind so we couldn’t go on the catamaran, but we managed to do some kayaking. It was really fun but me who doesn’t exercise at all had a terribly achy back, arms and legs (from the running this morn) after. I cut my foot on a rock in the sea, damn them rocks. Luckily it was only a small cut so I could still walk. We walked to the Pantai but were very tired so we wanted to take the tram back (trams are every half hour). U wont believe what happened next.

Me & KN went over to the tram stop but really needed to go to the bathroom so we scouted around for one. We spotted a fine-dining restaurant whose doors were open so we went in and used their toilet. When we were heading back towards the tram (which had already arrived by then) I realized I left my handbag in the toilet!! So I rushed back to get it but upon reaching found the doors locked!! Oh no…so I banged on the glass wall as hard as I could using my hands and the various cutlery laid out on the tables and shouted HELLLooOOOoooooooo. But no one came to the door although I was SURE there were people in there. Then KN came over coz she was wondering what was keeping me. After another round of banging the glass we decided to return to the beach and get the GO’s to call the restaurant but suddenly spotted a back door. We went up again and tried to open the door sacre bleu it was open!! So we just went in and got my bag but SAW 2 chefs preparing the meals who must have been deaf to not have heard us. Anyway, by the time we got back to the tram stop the tram had left us. But our towels and my cap was on the tram!! Arghhhhh…so we decided that instead of waiting another 30min for the tram we should just walk back. Ouch, with my foot hurting. We figured we could catch the tram in time at the village to get our stuff back. But when we got there, it had already left for the beach again. Cochon!!! (keeping with the French theme since Club Med is French) So I had to go to the reception to report my loss and told them to notify me if they retrieved my cap.

After that we just headed back to shower & met back again at the Theatre for our firm’s lucky draw & prize giving ceremony. As usual, I didn’t win anything : ) Thankfully one of my colleagues informed me she had taken me cap off the tram, bless her soul. Then was dinner with again too much wine and beer and after that the GO performances again. Tonite was much better coz they actually had two plays where they involved the audience and so many of our colleagues got picked to play!! Farnieee…we were laughing til we cried. Once that was done, it was dancing & drinking time again. Tonite I reaaallly drank a lot. Wine, beer and an assortment of other liquor. Someone had a crush on one of the cute GO’s but instead of that someone chatting him up, she got drunk. And the rest of us who weren’t exactly clear headed stayed up til 2.30am chatting to him. Whaat?!

Super Sunday

I didn’t want to go back. I didn’t want to wake up for breakfast. I didn’t want to pack my stuff. I didn’t want to sit in a crammed bus with my aching body. I contemplated extending my stay by a day & taking emergency leave for Monday. But obviously, it didn’t happen. I had to drag my over-worked liver out of bed and to pack my stuff before being one of the latest down for breakfast. Thereafter we couldn’t do anyting else coz it was so late and we had to check out and leave by 11am. So we looked at the souvenir tees but they were seriously ugly. The ones they had many, many yrs back when I first came were delightful! But these were just plain ugly. I couldn’t bring myself to buy one, even though they were 40% off. Then it was bye bye Club Med, sleep on the bus a lil, watch 50 First Dates (which we’ve all seen rite) in the last 2 hours of the journey and head back to the office. I actually had to go up to the office to send out an email, would u believe that? Client/boss instructions : )

Me and joeeey were contemplating going for a body massage to soothe our super-achy legs, back & arms. When I got back and after I did my laundry and went to church, I decided I HAD to get a massage. So I scouted for those in my area and found two. One was a lil cheaper but looked more seedy so I chose this one where they used aromatherapy oils and charged RM50 per hour. But it was sooooo good til I fell asleep at the end.

In the end

Overall i had a good time not becoz of Club Med but more becoz of my friends. Thank u guys for the great company. *hugs* I have never drank so much in a weekend as I have here. I mean, beer for breakfast, lunch & dinner?! : ) I also realised that i didn’t participate in a single Club Med activity besides kayaking! Maybe i was a lil lazy coz previously when i came i had already tried my hand at archery, wall-climbing & wind-surfing. Man, i missed the flying trapeze & roller blading!! How could i? Cons? One gripe is that the food was a lot better & were greater in variety when the few of us who have been there last visited, and the GO’s were much friendlier and approachable too. Oh, and the evening performances by the GO’s were way better too in the past. Pros? They added a TV to the rooms which were absent previously, and we got a double bed+single bed room so each had a bed! : ))

Time so sleep now, im sure the massage will help me sleep like a baby tonite… and im sure there are gonna be plenty of MC’s tomorrow!! : P