Yesterday (29 May 2010), my family and I were going to Kluang, Johor, Malaysia. We went with the tour guide together with someone who participate this tour. We meet the tour guide at Lavender MRT Station (Exit A), the opening space beside the ICA Carpark. Meeting time is at 6.45am. The bus will leave the Car Park area at 7am sharp. The guides says if we late for the bus, we have no chance of going to Kluang. That’s why they ask us to reached there early.

The checkpoint that we went is at the Tuas Checkpoint. The moment when we reached Johor Checkpoint, it is very crowded as there were schools and other tour group at the same checkpoint. That time was around 8.15am when we reached, and leave the checkpoint at 9am. It is very long.

The first activity is Breakfast. We went to a street food court which takes around 20mins from the checkpoint. "Some of us haven't taken breakfast yet, that’s why we went to eat first", said the tour guide. The food there is very cheap as a carrot cake can cost around S$2 (RM3.50). The drinks are almost the same price in Singapore. 1 can drink cost RM 2.

The second activity is going to an Organic Farm to have a Steamboat Lunch. We went is not the Rice farm, but Vegetable/Fruit Farm. (Nothing much to say)

The third activity is going to a Coffee Factory located at Jalan Besar (Not Singapore's Jalan Besar). We went there to see how they roast the coffee bean. We also have a sample of their Kopi-O. If we interested, we can buy their coffee packet. Also, Singapore Mediacorp Artiste, Mark Lee, and Sharon Aw (Currently studying in Japan) were used to be the Factory.

The forth activity is going to the Kluang KTM Station, which link to Singapore and Thailand via Kuala Lumpur. We not managed to see the train because we near the station, the train just left. The station manager say that the next train will only arrived 2 hours later to Kuala Lumpur.

The fifth activity that we went was Noodles Factory. On the way there, we stopped and alight to buy some things, like biscuit, etc. Later, when we reached the Noodle factory, the tour guide say that we running short of time, some people can go to the Railway Coffee shop located nearby if we don't want to explore the Noodle factory. In the end, all of us eat at the Coffee shop, but some seriously got explore.

The sixth activity is going to Kluang Mall (Shopping centre). It located near the Noodle Factory, and the Mall's road name called Jalan Rambutan. The Rambutan is a fruit name as you know. It is our free time to shop at that mall. But our shopping time is been reduced because we went to the Coffee shop a moment ago. "Be back at the bus by 4.30pm, to reduce the time for the next activity", said the tour guide. We went to the Popular Bookstore located at the second floor. My family brought 2 VCDs, 3 pens and a pack of envelop, which cost RM64.80 (Before discount). After discount, is RM59.90 which only cost S$30. It is very cheap. The cashier thought that I'm a Malaysian, and she talked to me in Malay. My respond to her is "Huh!" But she is saying, "Do you mind for not having a receipt." in Malay. Overall, she still speaks English. Later we went to KFC to have a slight snack. Due to time constrain, we only eat a regular whipped potato, and a large Wedges. The cashier also told me in Malay again, which I totally don't understand. He knows that I'm not a Malaysian, so he speaks me in English. Later after eating, we went back to the bus. We cannot go to the part of the Shopping Centre because of time constrain.

The last activity of the day is exploring the Organic Farm that we visited in the Lunchtime. We also trying to pluck the vegetable called "Kang Kong" too.

We also eat dinner too. But now, we not eating Steamboat, but a random food that we can pick. This food is as nice as the steamboat that taken during lunchtime. After eating, they have a talk about the organic. But most of the people don't wish to listen, so we went outside. Some went back to the bus.

Finally, after the talk, we were heading back to Singapore. It is very nice to sleep in the bus because the driver off the lights and turn on the air-con much cooler.

It takes 2 and a half hour to reach the morning boarding area from the organic farm. That also inclusive of the checkpoint. At the Tuas Checkpoint, there are a few automated checking machines before entering the luggage. For automated machine, there is two parts to do. Firstly we scan the passport which has the photo. After it passed, we need to scan our fingerprint (either left or right) before entering the luggage checking.

To see more pictures in Kluang, please find me to ask to see the picture.