Army Outing @ Johor

Quite a lot of people can't make it today as they are either working or in orientation camps. Too bad they can't make it coz the trip is rather fun despite the fact that most of us walked until our legs were tired. The 5 of us Ks, Jianyu, Daryl, Liyuan and i met up at Kranji mrt this morning to take 170 to Johor.

After all the administrative procedures, we were in Johor. A view from Jalan Wong Ah Fook along the way to City Square (Johor biggest shopping centre).

We spent some time in FOS before having lunch at MacDonalds. I ordered the upsized fillet meal at the price of RM 7.62 which is equivalent to S$3.40 according to current exchange rate at S$1 to RM 2.23 The taste is generally better with softer fries and tender chicken.

We then naturally split into the faster group and slower group. I was with Liyuan and Daryl leisurely taking our time to see the clothes and i bought a dry fit nike tee for RM 65. We quickened our pace when the time to meet draws closer and we have areas of the shopping centre that are not covered.

Left City Square for Holiday Plaza in 2 cabs as Ks had planned to go the 3 biggest shopping centres in JB. We were rather disappointed when we entered the shopping centre as it looked like a bigger Queensway Shopping centre, old but with many shops (there are many shops selling pirated games, movies and music albums). Upon touring the centre, it was not as bad as we expected and we spent around 2 hours there. All of us bought some clothes in Parkson Grand with the exception of Jianyu.

We left for Pelangi Plaza and we were quite pleased when we saw the newly furbished shopping centre with Coffee Bean and Cold Storage at the entrance. However, there is nothing much to shop there except Metrojaya which has more higher end products than Parkson Grand. We left the shopping centre after spending around 40 minutes there.

As we had earlier enquired about the route to Da Ma Hua Yuan, we know that the famous eating place is not very far from our current location and it is within walking distance. Confirmed the direction with a local and we got there in 20 minutes. Took a few pictures along the way.


I was not too sure where my classmates and i ate the previous time (there are many stalls there) but luckily i recognised some features of the place and brought them to the right seafood stall. Ordered beggar chicken, chicken essence frog legs, kang kong, butter prawns, stingray and la3 la4. The food is as tasty as before and we all devoured the food within a short period of time. Got ourselves the incredibly huge glasses of surgarcane juice again.

The stall attendant had earlier asked for our budget (RM 25) and the total bill is RM 120 which is only RM 24 per pax. It is cheaper than the last time my classmates and i ate there as we had ordered crabs.

We headed back to City Square and most of time bought some local food products before heading back to Singapore. All of us had quite a fun time shopping and eating in JB.