*This post is loooooooong o.O
Started our journey from Teluk Intan to Port Klang at around 8.00 am(we had to check-in at 12). Ate our breakfast in a coffee-shop before we continued the journey.
On the way!!!
Reached West Port, Port Klang earlier than we've expected (thanks to the maps, and no thanks to the unsurprisingly bad Malaysian road signs).
Terminal Star Cruises
Saw the ship when we arrived and thought it was huge because of the distance.
Wow, that's huge!!
But apparently we were wrong. After obtaining our cruise access cards (which act as our ICs, cabin keys, and credit cards on the ship), we proceeded to the port. When we looked at the ship up close, the third largest ship under the company wasn't that huge actually :S
Err, fishing boat? :P
Not to compare it to Titanic, but it does look small from here...
Gotta identify the small boats up there and run towards them as soon as you hear the siren! Everyone had to take a picture with a mascot and a pair of weirdly dressed dancers before boarding the ship.
Photos, key chains, and fridge magnets up for sale that my sis took (Shh...we were not allowed...). I did not buy any because one photo costed 12 SGD (Singapore Dollar!!! Current exchange rate: 2.4) and one tiny key chain and fridge magnet were 10 SGD each! By the way, everything on the ship was in SGD, so imagine what could I buy...=.=.
My elder sister thinks the mascot is a chicky, my second sister thinks it's a duck, and I think it's a bird. What do you think?
Straight away went to our cabins after boarding the ship. They were located at Deck 2, one for my parents and one for us. Oh my word, Deck 2?!!! My first reaction was:
"We are the first to die when the ship sinks!"
Not that I didn't know where we were sleeping already. But still, I couldn't help but bitch a little :P. You have no choice but to pay the price right? I mean, you've gotta pay the big "price" when you only paid a small price right? (Does this make sense to you?)
Room 2116
Weird picture on the wall
Amy checking out the hairdryer
Small TV on the shelvesLooked at the Star Navigator that we have to see what activities we could join. But before that, we had to check their food first. There are three inclusive restaurants: Four Seasons(western fine dining), Ocean Palace(chinese cuisine), and Mariners Buffet(international buffet), each has a different theme for dinner everyday.
We chose the Mariner's Buffet first and made our way to the rear of the ship. There were two entrances, one at the far left and the other at the far right. Since we came from the left side so it was natural to enter from the left entrance. I saw a huge word "EXIT" on the door and my dysfunctioning brain thought it was an alien word. Therefore, the whole family entered the restaurant from the EXIT and proceeded to the plates and cutlery, all the while shaking our butts and thought nothing was wrong. Fortunately(thank God), we were lining up beside the entrance and saw people queuing outside to get their cards swiped before entering the restaurant. It was only then that we realised we entered without swiping out cards, and feeling rather embarrassed, we quickly exited and came back from the entrance.
Everything went smoothly after that and we got our first ever meal on the cruise. Not many choices actually and the food wasn't really good. Can't recall the exact food but there were rice, chicken, vegetables, fruits, desserts like cakes and drinks like coffee, tea, and orange juice as always.
My food (didn't finish it)
Me and my sis "enjoying" the food
During the lunch, we saw Superstar Virgo coming to the port and it was huge! It's the biggest ship under the company.
Superstar Virgo (Why is it Virgo not Sagittarius?)
After the lunch, time to check our navigator! (I like how they called it navigator, so...piraty, or sailory) There were a ship tour and a Christmas Jumbled Words at 2.00 pm, but frankly I could explore the whole ship myself in 15 minutes, therefore off we went to the Galaxy of the Stars.
The name of the game says it all(isn't it obvious?). The host, Godie from the Philippines would show us a card with scrambled letters and we were supposed to unscramble them to form a word related to Christmas in a 10 seconds. There were a total of 15 words to be figured out such as christmas tree, candies, Santa Claus, reindeer, The Three Kings, Bethlehem, mistletoe etc. Five of us shared a piece of answer sheet, sadly we only managed to complete 10 words. In other words, we lost :(.
But the price wasn't good so I didn't care. After that, we had basic ballroom dance class with coordinator Douglas all the way from Brazil! (Woot, ballroom dancing! :D) Me, my father and my sisters all went up. My mum sat back to take pictures. And seriously, my camera was turning into a bitch, time to change a new one I shall say!
Galaxy of the Stars
Stage of Galaxy of the Stars
I like the way they arrange the chairs and couches
Move your hips!
Overall it was a fun lesson, after that we were required to couple up, and it was more fun! We had to twist and turn all the while having to avoid stepping on others' toes. After that Douglas told us there'll be a intermediate class tomorrow so we had to practice!
After that, there was a Cruise Variety Show at 4.00pm. Since it's a variety show, there were many different kinds of performances like singing, dancing, and even funny acts from the wacky performers.
When the show began, the ship started to sail too. After the variety show, my sisters went to the deck to take pictures and I went back to the cabin with a board game that I borrowed. Unfortunately nobody wanted to play it so we bathed and prepared for dinner.
We chose to go to Four Seasons, the western fine dining restaurant and of course, they have dress code =.=.
THEME: EAST MEET WEST
Dinner Menu
Appetizer
Grilled Chicken Salad
Thai style salad with mesclun lettuce
or
Garden Greens
mixed lettuce with choice of dressings: Thousand Island, Balsamic or French Dressing
Soup
Lamb Broth
Asian style soup with cumin and coriander
or
Cream of Asparagus
Main Course
Grilled Chicken Breast
served with lemon grass peanut sauce and raisin rice
or
Dory Teriyaki
oven baked teriyaki dory fillet with roasted potato and sautéed mixed vegetables
or
Spaghetti Bolognese
pasta in thick rich meat sauce
or
Pizza Al Fungi
mushroom pizza with double cheese
Dessert
Mandarin Bavaroise
or
Choices of Ice Cream
Vanilla, Strawberry or Chocolate
*If you don't see any pictures for certain food above, that's because nobody ordered them
Everybody ordered Grilled Chicken Salad because it sounded nice, and in fact, it was quite nice (8/10). My Lamb Broth wasn't bad (7.5/10), so was my mum's Cream of Asparagus (6.5/10). Dory Teriyaki (5.5/10) was okay but my sister's Grilled Chicken Breast (7.5/10) was better. I didn't really like Mandarin Bavoroise (5/10), and the ice-cream was no Ben & Jerry's or HäagenDazs (I kinda thought it was Nestlé's).
Overall I give the dinner a 7.5 out of 10 :), at least it was better than the lunch. But the service wasn't really good. (Well, I'm picky :P)
After dinner, it's party time!!! There's something called Call My Bluff at 9.15 pm. Basically it's like a game show. There are four liars in the Liar's Club: Hendrix, Godie, Herel, and Hari, and they are the crazy cruise staffs. A rare word would be given, and these liars had to give their own definitions of the word, only one would be correct. Four people from the audience would be chosen to participate and they had to decide who was telling the truth.
First word - Crapulence (The thing that crossed my mind was this word is a whole lotta crap!)
Definition - A sickness caused by excessive drinking or eating (And I was like, "Isn't that flatulence?" Lol!)
Anyway, these liars had their own style in giving crap, Hendrix (draped in christmas light bulbs and wearing devil's horns) is good at giving dictionary styled definition that could be mistaken as the truth. Godie was always talking about his girlfriend and his likes to find out the definition by determining the root word (Therefore crapulence means a person full of crap =.=). Herel has many ex-boyfriends all around the world, and claimed that she just loves men. And Hari is a grand-mamma's boy, and he learned all the words from his grandmother, who always tells the truth.
Second word - Tittup
Definition - A lively, capering manner of moving or walking; a prance, this word comes from the imitation of the sound of horse hooves.
Third word - Blenophobia
They wanted singles to go up, and of course, no adults in their right minds would admit they are single. So all four teens went up, including me =.=".
The correct definition was supposedly "The fear of slime", and I got it wrong because it chose Hari's answer, which was the fear of mother-in-laws (Pantheraphobia)
Here's where things got tricky...
You see, the correct answer was "The fear of slime", or that's what everyone ass-u-me-d. I went online to check, and BOOM! Blenophobia(or belonephobia) is the fear of pins and needles, and the peer(can't resists to use some Philipino slang :P) of slime is BleNNophobia! Wow, tricky isn't it?
A blurry pic as prove (how good a proof is it =.=") Although it's blocked, you can make out that the letter before 'n' was actually an 'e'(can't be another 'n'), and the letter they were showing was 'Blenophobia'
Okay enough of Sherlock Holmes!
Fourth word - can't remember! =.="
Definition - A slap by the bishop during confirmation ceremony.
People start guessing, and you might get prizes! Post a comment if you know.
Final word - Dynomania (Hmm...my favourite word among them)
Definition - a sudden urge to dance (An the crazy Hari started dancing Bhangra)
Although at first I thought it was "crazy over throwing explosives into fire", or something like that. (That'd probably be Dynamania instead)
After this game show we had another party called "Hollywood to Bollywood", were the audience were asked to go on stage and dance. Some of them were really funny and it was fun to watch.
This post is so long I hope it doesn't bore you guys.
That's pretty much day 1! Stay tune for the next day!
And please forgive the fact that I took a week to complete a day (blogging I mean).
