I just got back from a chalet at tanah merah safra. It was terribly fun as there were more than 20 of us crammed in a double storeyed house, turning the whole place upside down and fighting over the bathrooms. Mind you, it was not easy controlling my bladder when you have ten others in the queue ahead of you. When it was night time, we switched off all the lights and lit up tea lights all around. At first, we looked like an entire group of cult members waiting for satan to manifest in the dim room but the ambience slowly became more romantic except that there was no melancholic violin to accompany the lovely atmosphere.We were also tense as we had to watch out for the tea lights not burning up anything in the chalet. The last thing we want is a burnt up place. We were supposed to have a karaoke session but two smart alecs lent out our karaoke microphones to a bunch of kids from another chalet so we were left high and dry. Thank goodness, one brought a vcd which featured sammi cheng and andy lau looking grossly fat. The really amusing part was them eating a tapeworm to lose weight. Don't ever try that because you will suffer from malnutrition. The show was mostly amusing because it was funny to see how they wobbled about and how they really gorged on their food. Oh man, it's scary to see a person eat sucha spread of food. This show is a good reminder for me to eat less. Apart from the immense humour in the show, there are also touching scenes where andy sacrifices so much just for sammi. This story has a great and amusing ending and hey, i have derailed into a movie review instead. Anyway, some girls in the chalet were darn corny. They imitated sadako from The Ring and started crawling up the stairs. The stupid part was they started screaming at themselves because they were scared. Don't you think that's absolute madness? They enjoyed scaring themselves by talking about ghosts and blah blah. I wonder why it seems to be a tradition to talk about ghosts during chalets. What's the kick? The strange thing was, after they finished scaring one another, the lights at the back porch outside our chalet suddenly went off and none of us switched off the light. They freaked out and got me to accompany them outside to look for the switch. Then there were also the gluttons who only ate non stop, ranging from instant noodles to potato chips despite having a sumptuous dinner of 6 different dishes, pizza and drinks which I personally mixed and refused to drink much because it was gross mixing tap water with ribena syrup. I swear that the stomachache that a few of us got was probably from the drinks. There were the snorers who snored like a thunderstorm while there were violent sleepers who inflicted internal injury to others sleeping nearby. Of course, the majority didn't sleep because they were busy scaring one another or playing cards. It was a whirlwind of activities getting everybody to wake up this morning and once again, the fight for the toilet ensued. Imagine, I even went out of the chalet to use the toilet at the swimming pool. I must be really unlucky this morning because when I tried to withdraw some money, the ATM retained my card for no freaking reason. Worse still, the dumb shuttle bus arrives hourly so when we checked out and got into the queue, we were right at the back of the amazing queue. Of course, we were stuck behind because the bus was full so we had to wait for another hour! Imagine our horror when the bus came back an hour later and did not stop to let anyone board which meant that we had to wait again for another hour. We were screaming by then and were about to mouth unmentionable words. We had no choice but to pass our time, taking pictures of ourselves with masks and doing really corny kung fu actions. Imagine ultraman vs teenage mutant ninja turtle. Yes, we were providing free entertainment for others. The bus finally came and the driver had a sucky attitude. I was helping my friend to put a bag on top (it's like how tourists would put their bags in the shelves above their seat) and the dumbfreak of a driver shouted to me to put the bag down and sit down. I was embarrassed as the entire busload of people stared at me and also angry coz he was such an ass. What's wrong with putting it up on the shelf? What is the shelf meant for then? For breeding cockroaches or for storing his bedtime snack because his wife doesn't allow him to snack at home? Anyway, I was glad I was outa the bus really soon and back to home sweet home.