Nope..it's not about the Greek hero Odysseus's ( circa 700BC ) exploits after the Battle of Troy which later took him 10 years to reach his Ithaca home; nor about Nasa's Mars probe to poke at the origin of the universe or about a certain cruise ship or a BMX bicycle brand name. This is about a luxury liner, a coach trip that my better half and I took recently from Kuala Lumpur - Singapore vice versa. The trip from KL-Singapore took us 5 hours ( pretty good compared to Odysseus journey of 10 years ! ). Certainly the travel was one of 4 major highlights that we accomplished but definitely it did not include shopping ! Firstly, the journey via Odyssey was extremely delightful.....smooth and comfortable. It was so comfortable that time passes by quickly from the moment I plonged my butt to the seat and kind of distracted with the personal entertainment screen which can project movies and games of your choice. Its like travelling by air, complete with the captain and an onboard crew. Lunch was served and coffee too. What more can you ask ? I must have dozed off abit later before I was awaken by a guggling atomic mode snore, from someone in the coach. Highlight number 2 was the smooth flow through the immigration complexes of both the Malaysian and their Singaporean counterpart. It was a breeze with no Qs to speak off. Highlight number 3 whilst in Singapore, I managed to catch up with friends ( since our primary school days in Melaka ). Yes, we had a great time. Thanks to Quee Leong and Yoke Meng. Both of you made my stay in Singapore a wonderful one especially getting updates on wassup in the city state. The Sentosa island revisit ( formally known as Pulau Belakang Mati....kind of a dead island ) , now it's booming but crafted and chisseled blanding development and nature resulting the island becoming one of the top tourist attraction for Singapore, discounting shopping of course. It was reported on the day of my visit that Singapore had already welcomed its 10th million visitor and the lucky fella from India brought home $50,000 worth of prizes.Number 4 highlight was the opportunity to hold my granddaughter and teasing her for 3 solid days. No matter what, I promised her that Datuk will come again....via Odyssey.
