Sixth job as tourist guide - Singapore-Malaysia Genting Highland transfer

Today is my sixth job as tourist guide - Singapore-Malaysia Genting Highland transfer job. Due to today is Thursday not a weekend, both the Singapore and Malaysia Customs checkpoint is not congested. Singapore tourists reach Sultan Abu Bakar Complex – Malaysia Second Link Customs at 7.05am. After check-in to customs and clearance procedure for all Singapore tourists and headcount done, we depart to Malaysia Genting Highland. The bus we take for this trip is a first class luxury coach, the highest standard of bus categories. This type of bus is only available in Singapore.

First Class Luxury Coach

Firstly, our bus move towards GP Sentral Bus Terminal which is located at Nusantara, Gelang Patah for petrol fill up.GP Sentral Bus Terminal is launch and entering into operation early this year February. At the time we reach there, I only see 2 buses stop there and can’t see any passenger waiting there. Behind GP Sentral bus terminal is a development of a block of condominium called GP Prima Condominium. According to bus driver, the GP Prima condo project look like stagnant, the height of the construction remain the same for quick long period of time.

GP Sentral Bus Terminal

After petrol fil up, we continue our journey to Genting Highland. We take a resting and toilet break for 25 minutes at Pagoh R&R (Rest & Repair) around 9.20am. Within this part of journey, the weather is cloudy with small rain at certain section of road. Our next stop for toilet break is Gombak Toll Plaza at the time of 12pm.

We reach our destination-Genting Highland at 1pm. Some Singapore tourists alight at First World hotel, while majority of them alight at Genting Resort hotel. We stop at B5 bus terminal at Genting Resort hotel for about 45 minutes before receiving the return Singapore tourists into the bus. After all return Singapore tourists headcount done, we depart to return back to Singapore. On the journey back to Singapore, we has 1 stopover at Malaysia native products shop near Batu Caves for Singapore tourists to purchase Malaysia famous local native products. Bus attendance collect the packaged dinner meal set here which will be provided to Singapore tourists later on the journey back. After the Batu Caves native products shop stopover and return back to coach, I start to take order for muachi and famous Muar otak-otak (also known as Muar otah for Singaporean) from Xiao Mei otak-otak shop which is located at Yong Peng. With the order received, I send sms to Xiao Mei otah shop for the information of quantity to purchase, type of otah flavor, and the time for collection.

We reach Yong Peng around 6.20pm. We go to Ming An first for Ma Ti Su collection. There is a Singapore tourist said the Ma Ti Su, or Beh The Soh / Beh The Saw, literally translated as “horse hoof biscuits”, or some people called it Heong Paeng by Cantonese language is freshly baked, fragrance, crunchy and very nice. She requested me to order for her. After taken Ma Ti Su, we drive to Xiao Mei otah shop for otak-otak collection which is located within few meter distance. After otak-otak collection, bus driver told me that the bus real tyre is puncit and need to get tyre replacement by tyre shop technician. We search around the Yong Peng street for look for heavy  vehicle tyre shop but couldn’t see such shop. At the end, bus driver depend on his past memory drive towards a smaller road to find the heavy vehicle tyre shop, however we still can’t found it although it suppose to be located there. Bus driver ask the youngster playing football there and the youngster point to front cornet shop said that the heavy vehicle tyre shop is just in front and the shop is just close. Coincidence the tyre shop owner is driving car towards our bus direction and the youngster immediately tells bus driver that the person inside the coming car is the tyre shop boss. Bus driver waved his hand immediately to stop the car and tell the tyre shop owner the bus tyre need to be replaced. The boss return back to his shop and call back his worker technician who is about to leave. It is really fortunately part out of all the misfortune. If I am not going to Ming An to collect Ma Ti Su, bus driver wouldn’t step out from bus to top up cash card and realized the real tyre puncit, and if we are reaching the tyre shop a little bit later, the tyre shop would be close and the owner left. Due to current school holiday peak season period, travel agency bus is fully deployed with no spare bus available, and if the bus continues to drive at normal speed in the highway, the tyre will be exploded. We finish replaced the spare tyre at 6.50pm and reaching Sultan Abu Bakar Complex – Malaysia Second Link Customs at 8.10pm.  

Ming An Ma Ti Su

Ma Ti Su or Beh The Soh, Beh The Saw, Beh The Sor literally translated as “horse hoof biscuits”. It is also called Haeng Paeng, literally translated by Cantonese dialects as “fragrance biscuits”. Ma Ti Su is a traditional Chinese pastry. Ma Ti Su at Ming An is freshly baked. You can feel the fresh and crunchy flaked biscuits with maltose filling. You still can feel the warm if you eat on the spot. The location of Ming An is Lot 1523, Batu 1/2, Jalan Muar, 83700 Yong Peng, Johor.

 Ming An Ma Ti Su

First Class Luxury Coach

First class luxury coach is an 18 seated double decker bus. The bus upper decker has 14 seats plus 1 last row of middle seat dedicated for tourist guide, and the lower decker has 4 seats with a mini kitchen familiar to airplane mini kitchen at the behind of seats. First class luxury coach seat can be adjusted to be like bed for passenger tourists to sleep comfortably and it has the massage chair functionality. Besides that, every first class luxury coach seats installed with a small LCD panel with pre-installed entertainment with the categories of movies, music, kids movies and games. The coach also provides on-demand video. Not forget to mention, like flight attendance, first class luxury coach has bus attendance to serve food and drinks for tourists.

Coach Mini Kitchen