Day 20, Day 21, Day 22: Mighty Weekend - As He is so are You in this world!

Woke up at 6.00a.m. in the morning for the Go-karting trip. Woke up, washed my faced, got dressed, prepared my things and left the house. Met Hong Siong, Hong Kian and Uncle Freddy for breakfast. We all went on the trip.

Waited at the CC for a while before boarding the bus, a while later, a Night Safari bus came into the CC and all the participant board it. I was quite surprised to see people of all ages there, there were some old aunties and some teenagers there. Some come as a group of friends while others came in families.

Travelled to Johor and with our new biometric passport, the whole procedure was very fast and efficient. Everyone got back onto the bus within 10mins. There we met a tour guide who frequents the Johor area. He told us the Itinery for the day and our first stop was breakfast. We stopped at this place where it is famous for its noodles. Its called Ah Koong Restaurant. I personally did not find the place fantastic, I thought everything was quite pricey and overrated.

As we got on the bus, I noticed some interesting advertisement pasted near the walls. From far it might look like any normal advertisement. However, on close inspection, they are all Advertisement set by Loan Sharks and gangs in Johor to entice people to borrow money from them to improve their business. If they did the same in Singapore, surely kena Fined and jailed!

After breakfast we then went to the Go-karting track. We then learned that the place was called Permas Jaya and there is a 1.3km long racing track there, the largest in Singapore. As we came off the track we saw a lot of stray dogs lazing around and the sound of Go-karts were quite defeaning. The track look majestic, nothing like the sort in Singapore. The track itself was quite big with many twist and turns. Our course has two hair-pin loops which the hardest and most tricky turn any driver can faced as we learned later. The two pictures that I added could hardly cover the whole track.

There were also a few gorgeous Go-karts around and I conviently took pictures with them. There was a Ferrari among the midst of the vechicles and this is quite special as compared to the other karts. It has gears, different tires and in a stream-lined shape to improve speed. The other go-karts look simply sleek and amazing as you can see. It felt good to be driving one. Lets just take a moment to admire those pictures... =)

As the first batch of guys took to the racing track, the rest of us went to the tower to watch to catch a bird eye view of the race. There were chairs there and being up like 2 storeys eyes give a clear view of the whole track. The actions were clear. Took some pictures with the dudes and here is the picture of my crazy jogging buddy Hong Siong.

Soon it was our turn at the go-kart. There was 2 session. The first ten minute was for us to get use to the track, its turn and the speed of the kart. It was for us to practice our track techniques and over-cutting other people and the second session was a timed session where we will compete against each other for the best time. Here is a picture of the results. I was Kart 67, Hong Kian was Kart 3 and the result to the left of Hong Kian was Uncle Freddy. Hong Siong's result was not in the list.

The race was exhilrating to say the least. The most problem I faced was at the hairpin loop as was likewise with the other guys. Racing is about breaking your limits and at the start, I went slower and slowly increase speed. However, it is not just about that. It is daring to do crazy things such as stepping on the pedals to go full speed and increasing the speed at impossible turns and near misses to the curb that makes it exciting. Making such turns at a high speed just throw your whole body to one side of the kart while it moved in the direction of your desire, the thrills was incredible. Also, I experience what it was like in the movie "Initial D" where drivers try to cut each other. The most difficult experience was trying to cut another driver while making a hairpin turn. The whole experience was awesome.

After the driving, we had a lunch of Fried rice, fried egg and Fried chicken wing, whilst it was clearly oily, the food was quite nice! The lunch place was at the course itself. After lunch, we decided to go shopping. The guide told us that the shopping destination was at a huge shopping mall called Jusco, which I learned is also a shopping place in many parts of the world including Bangkok! I could not find a camera angle to get the whole place so I took two pictures, I'll only show one. :P

The first thing we went was to the Arcade since we did not want to do any shopping. The things sold at Jusco was qutie expensive and I feel that I can find a better deal in Singapore. The arcade was not fun... We just spent our time there playing table soccer. We then decided to go for a drink. My throat was feeling uncomfortable since morning. My voice was hoarse, deep and my sputum was a dark green color though there was no pain. So I thought that as we were walking around, maybe we should find a place where there are some herbs I can eat which could make my throat better. We found a Chinese herbal restaruant and went in. I ordered two Gui Lin Gao which has the ingredient of turtle shell and a mixture of different herbs and my friend ate Black chicken soup which smelled really great. For those of you who do not know what is Gui Lin Gao, heres a picture of it. I also added pictures of the aftermath of our meal... Hee hee and the Front page of the menu where the name of the restaruant is clearly shown. The food is not bad at all and it is quite affordable. The Gui lin gao cost 5 ringgit and the Black chicken soup cost 30 ringgit.

After this little meal, we were off, back to the bus. This time, we are going for the much promising Seafood dinner. The place is by the beach, and we can see Senoko power station across the waters some distance away. It is located in a kampong village and there are two restaruants there that has the most exotic live seafood in huge aquarium. The place is famous for its crab and view at night, but too bad we had an early dinner. There were Fish head Fried Thai style, La la (Some kind of shellfish), Chilli crab, Butter prawn, Sambal Kang Kong, Egg Tofu (Which was marvellous), Lotus soup with Bak ku, White chicken, Some kind of vegetable, Fruits and free flow rice. Yum! Added a few picture of the location of the place.

Ok so now, I'm going to start raving about the seafood shown on display in their aquarium. They are caught live up from the aquarium and then cooked by the chefs in the kitchen. It was an absolute eye opener. The first picture is the Geoduck, also known as the King Clam. Compared those Geoducks to the size of the tank... Amazing. Next on show is the gigantic Fuji crab. It is only slightly smaller then the damn water tank. It is THAT huge! The next picture on show is the oysters, in their native forms and a whole tank if it was a magnificient sight indeed. The next picture shows Lobsters that are quite huge. There were a whole tank of them. Then there was this flat fish that looks very similar to the Sanddab. It is the first time I have seen this fish and I have never tasted it. Can you spot it's eye?