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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Coach Mini Kitchen |
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