Kelong Trip

Helloooo everyone! dun worry xiaolee this blog is not totally dead yet! i do still pop by occasionally to check for updates :)

anyway, if you've been checking your email recently, you'd know that beng is organising this Kelong Trip in Malaysia! To be exact, the kelong, called Chai Soon kelong, is located at Pasir Gogok, which is about an hour's bumboat ride away from Changi Point Jetty. I went there last month with some of my zaobao colleagues, and it was a really refreshing experience! First we took a bumboat from Changi to Pengarang to get our passports stamped, and after that, we rode for about 20mins more on the bumboat before reaching the kelong. The kelong is quite a big-sized one, which, according to the owner, can accomodate up to 100+ visitors! There are rooms which have partitions in between them (no doors, though there're curtains), 6 toilet cubicles (3 for guys, 3 for girls) which use the simplest and most primitive way of disposing wastes (straight into the sea!), and lots and lots of beautiful scenery of the sea! (cos u'll be smack in the middle of the sea)

Activites on the kelong include mahjong (mahjong pieces n table all provided), karoke (the songs are not TOO outdated), fishing, card playing, admiring the sunset and sunrise, taking the kelong owner's boat out to a little island to buy soft drinks and ice creams (tt are really cheap) etc! Lots of photo opportunities everywhere, for the place is really picturesque. Dinner is prepared by the kelong ppl, after which follows a nice BBQ (everything is also prepared by the kelong ppl) that consists of tiger prawns, stingrays, whatever fish they've caught tt day, chicken wings etc. So all u have to do is just to sit there and eat :D Breakfast in the next morning is the kelong owner's signature dish: Seafood porridge! It's so tasty that most of my colleagues gobble down at least 3 bowls at one go! At night, if u dun wish to sleep in the rooms (in which mattresses are provided), you can bring your sleeping bag out onto the deck and sleep under the stars :D

The kelong is owned by a nice Chinese m'sian family, hospitable and friendly. This is a really great place to go to, if u need to get away from city life for a short while. Fabulous place to relax, unwind and have fun! I have lots of picture of the kelong... if anyone would like to see them i'll upload them on shutterfly or sth ok?

So... what are u waiting for? Sign up with beng now! =D