Tag Archives: golf

What Shall We Do?

3 May

It is Day 3 and we changed our plans. Although we decided to tee off at 12.30pm at Shan Shui, we woke up early to go out for breakfast instead of dining on the free breakfast in the hotel. The venue: a noodle shop next to Kam Ling, it was yet another good and hearty meal.

After that, the van took us to go buy some dried seafood. It was a quick stop and once we were done with our purchases, we visited the local wet market. It was nice to see the wonderful colors of vegetables out on display.

With two and a half more hours to kill, we decided to check out the original 9-hole Tawau Golf Club and sit at its Clubhouse for a drink. The other Tawau Golf Club which we played at on Day 1 is also known as Hot Spring.

   
 

Tags: , ,

What a Feast

2 May

After snacking and drinking at the Club, we still had time to go eat the famed Soto of Tawau, buy fresh seafood to bring home and take a snooze before dinner time. 

Dinner tonight was by far the most expensive. Our seafood spread consisted of the common and the exotic: a whole fish, snails, just the fish head, lobsters, flower crabs, jellyfish (2 types) salad, and fish stomach & fish lips, plus a vege and noodles. I think we over ordered. If we thought last night’s meal was good, tonight’s choice were better and more refined. But double the price. 

The restaurant has been reputed to charge an arm and a leg. But when you are so well known, I guess you can get away with it.

I think tomorrow I should walk rather than take the buggy when we play our third game to burn all that calories.

  

Tags: , ,

Where’s the Crocodile?

2 May

Shan Shui is obviously different compared to Tawau Golf Club which was very narrow. And it has a star attraction. Actually had. At the Par 3 and we heard the sad end to it.

After our game, we were seated at the Clubhouse, the Golf Director came and joined us and told us tales of how the resident crocodile ate one of his worker! Oh my goodness. We were horrified. 

It seems that the worker was encroaching on the nesting beast, prodding the edge of the pond with a stick looking for lost golf balls, and mama was not happy about this. So out she leaped from the pond and grab him by the leg.

The next day, the body was discovered with the tummy section gone. Gulp… Something had to be done then. With a plan and the aid of several agencies, the resident croc was nabbed and killed. Hence, when we played today, no croc leaped out from the pond to grab us by the legs as we walked near it to approach the green. Phew.

And since we had a good time today, everyone agreed to the plan to play Shan Shui again tomorrow and play Tawau Golf Club on Monday instead.

Tags: , , ,

It’s Different

2 May

We have gone off for many golfing trips with Thailand topping the list as the preferred destination. This time it is a first to Tawau, Sabah. It is only Day 2 and I can feel the difference. Somehow one just cannot compare but just experience the moment in time.

Car rides are shorter within Tawau. Maybe because everything is closer and it is not like we are going from one far end to another like in Thailand. As for the golf course, well, every club is sculpted differently by different architects and nature, so the challenges cannot be compared. While some can be easy, some can be challenging; sometimes it is not just the course but the company as well. As for food, it is also very different.

Today we will play at Shan Shui Golf & Country Club and after that, eat at a different venue.

Tags: , , ,

Where to Eat

1 May

One must know where to eat when in Tawau. And it’s not just normal food, it has to be seafood. Do avoid big air conditioned places where their menus don’t have pictures at all, not even their signature dishes. On top of this, the service crew looks frazzled, the Captain avoids eye contact, being evasive about choices, totally rude and  not apologetic when service is not up to par.

One should eat at non-air conditioned places where the food is good, cheap and prompt. Above all, they don’t make you wait an hour to be served.

In short, Yah Hoo gets our thumbs up while Maxim’s a thumbs down.

  

Tags: , ,

Welcome to Tawau!

1 May

We arrived in time at Tawau Airport. The weather has been good unlike what we googled up, prior to departure, through Accuweather.com which said rain and thunderstorm!

Nonetheless, Tawau Golf Club is one very challenging golf course. Up and down the hills with narrow fairways and many blind holes, I lost a good six balls!  Only one game and the loss is way more than my four rounds in Bangkok and Hua Hin the week before.

We are all having noodle soup and beer now to replenish our energy before a hot shower and the real seafood dinner.

Life is good.

  
  

Tags: , , ,

Surprise! Surprise!

1 May

Bitten by the golf bug, we are off again for yet another golfing trip with the same people save for the 4th couple! Whee… With Friday and Monday being public holidays, this long weekend is an opportunity not to be missed.

By now, M2 is used to it but I suspect she’s very happy we won’t be around to nag her to study for the coming mid-term exams. Although the maid is taking care of her, there’s no real restriction on her watching her shows online or playing her games to her heart’s content.

I just hope this time around we will have better wifi connectivity so that I can check on her periodically. But until we arrive, I wouldn’t know.

Tags: ,

Can’t Live Without Them

24 Apr

Although the last five days in Thailand we had sporadic wifi connectivity, my virtual games went on as they can be played without connection. It’s amazing that I even have the strength to hold up my iPad and poke at it to move candies and farm animals after a long hot day out on the golf course, followed by a bout of drinking during dinner and waking up at 5.30am the next morning only to repeat this routine for four days.

And there has been progress despite the minimal time with the iPad. Candy Crush finally moved and now at Level 894, Farm Heroes at Level 735 and Candy Crush Soda at Level 336. Looks like it will be full swing at them this weekend!

Tags: , , , , , ,

It’s Been Good

23 Apr

Despite the lack of sleep and being awaken by the other rude hotel guests, our last game at Lam Lu Ka was superb. The weather was cloudy making the playing condition optimum; it should have been like this the past four days instead of hot and very hot.

The terrain was not too hilly and the pace was good. I think it’s a befitting end to cap yet another wonderful trip with our golf friends.

We are now at the airport, checked in, seated and connected to update our status because we have been starved of wifi connection. The one down side of this trip is the lack of free wifi at the hotel that we stayed in. Oh well.

It is a golf trip and I think we should learn to deal with the sparse connectivity.

So goodbye Bangkok again. I know we will be back. Soon.

Tags: , , ,

My Goodness

23 Apr

I have heard and read many stories about the Chinese from mainland China on how rude they are as tourists when traveling abroad. I am sorry to say this about them but this morning, we experienced the rudeness firsthand. 

At 5.15am before our alarm went off, we were woken up by a loud commotion in the hallway of our hotel floor.

Unable to stomach it, I grumpily opened my front door and stared daggers at these several people talking so loudly outside their room door, four doors away from us. My goodness! Can you crank it up a wee bit more so that the floors above and below can hear you as well? Sheesh.

There was absolutely no consideration at all for the other guests as they bickered for a good five minutes. When hubby opened our door again to shush them, they just stared at him as if he was the one creating the disturbance. Sheesh.

Obviously I cannot go back to sleep. Might as well get ready for our last game at Lam Lu Ka.

Tags: , , , ,

← Older Entries
Newer Entries →