in the car...

A long long long drive from jb to kukup for seafood. Apparently it's supposed to be worth it. But long long long drives dont just pass in an instant... And a family of 5 very different pple is a festival of its own.

RADIO
Me: (turns on the radio)
Me: Hey dad, i thought u said you had a thumbdrive with mp3s in it.
Dad: Yeah it's in the glove compartment.
Me: (takes out thumbdrive) It... It's not all SHAKIRA right?
Dad: No la, it's mixed.
Me: (plugs thumbdrive)
(RADIO starts playing Shakira song)

PINEAPPLES
Mom: Welcome to Pekan Nanas!
Jasper: What's that?
Mom: Here la! It means Pineapple Town!
(All look out the window)
Oliver: I dont see any pineapples.

MUSEUM
Me: Did you just see that sign?
Mom: What?
Me: It just said "Muzium Nanas".
Dad: Yeah, it's a museum for pineapples.
Everyone: ... ... ...
Me: What's so museum-able about pineapples?

RADIO 2
Dad: It's a MIXED album. Only the first song is Shakira.
(Next song plays - not shakira)
Me: Oh okay then.
(5th song plays - it's shakira)
Me: Oh so it's just every 5 songs?
Dad: ... It's... a MIXED album.

BAD TOUCH
Mom: Pontian is not so far from where dad and i went to that temple.
Me: Which one?
Mom: The one where they let you stroke a fish for fortune.
Me: Oooh i see.
Oliver: That's dumb.
Mom: There's actually another just nearby that let's you stroke lucky pineapples!
Oliver: That's also retarded.
Mom: I even heard there's one that let's you stroke MONKEYS.
All: OH MY GOD.

MUSEUM 2
Dad: Well there's the museum!
(Drives past a building with a MASSIVE pineapple in front.)
Me: Wow...
Oliver: I think that's the ONLY pineapple in Pekan Nanas.

RADIO 3
(Radio plays Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World.)
(Radio plays Vengaboys' Boom Boom Boom Boom.)
(Radio plays The Doors' Riders on the Storm.)
(Radio plays Madonna's rendition of American Pie.)
Me: Dad, your choice in songs is very... ... varied.
Dad: (Smiles) I told you it's mixed.

MUSEUM 3
(Car drives pass a sign - MUZIUM BUGIS)
Me: And what does that museum show?
Mom: Probably named Bugis after the Bugis pple. Probably a museum for the local Bugis?
All: (Picturing a statue of a huge Bugis man in front of a building.)
All: ... ... ^_^""""

KUKUP
Dad: Well here we are - Kukup!
Jasper: It's damn dirty la.
Dad: It was like this a long long time ago.
Jasper: And they still havent noticed??

RESTAURANT
Dad: (Ordering food)
Mom: Dad, i think we'll have prawns instead. Dont order the fish.
Dad: Hmm... okay... (Finishes ordering)
Mom: Now let's go to the veranda and take a look.
(Whole family goes to the veranda)
Me: What's that?
(It's a dead flounder floating in the water, just near the restaurant.)
Mom: Luckily didnt order the fish.