Mersing Trip 23th Sep. 2006 Registration (Clouded out...)

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:14 pm

23 Sep 06 Mersing Trip participants:

1. Anna
2. Arjun
3. Tan Kuan Khoon
4. Jia Hao (ETX-125)
5. Richard (C5+)
6. Ian
7. Clement (C8)
8. Elton (Teleport 10)
9. Arief (10" Truss-Newt)

If you have not done so, kindly let me know the specific telescope you are bringing so that I can prepare for the customs check.

Here is the suggested itinerary:

Saturday 23 Sep 06
1400 hrs - boarding at Kranji MRT, last call....
1500 hrs - clear customs, on the way towards Mersing
1730 hrs - dinner at Mg Seafood Restaurant, pack supper
1830 hrs - stock up at Mersing town
1930 hrs - reach Observation Site, set up scopes
2000 hrs - observe Scorpius, Sagitarius, Ophiuchus (suggestion only)
2200 hrs - observe Lyra, Cygnus, Aquila (suggestion only)
2400 hrs - supper time!

Sunday 24 Sep 06
0200 hrs - observe Capricornus, Aquarius, Pegasus or zzz...zzz....
0400 hrs - observe Andromeda, Perseus, Cassiopeia or zzzzzz....
0600 hrs - pack up and go!
0900 hrs - back in Singapore

denebman · Post by **denebman** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:26 pm

Hi, Rlow,

Do count in the waiting time at Malaysian Custom since not all of you are holding Singapore passport. The queue for non-Singaporean is much slower.

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:43 pm

can i come? just kidding.... :oops:

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:27 pm

Do count in the waiting time at Malaysian Custom since not all of you are holding Singapore passport. The queue for non-Singaporean is much slower.

Liuming, thanks for the reminder! Ok, anyone who is not holding S'pore passport?

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:28 pm

can i come? just kidding....

Yes, you can join us, as long as your superstition is broken...

jiahao1986 · Post by **jiahao1986** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:45 pm

maybe i'm the only one not holding a singaporean passports? maybe Arjun doesn't also, he is Indian

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:48 pm

wah? close already?

~MooEy~

jiahao1986 · Post by **jiahao1986** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:53 pm

becasue someone will need two seats, is it Arief or Elton right?

jiahao1986 · Post by **jiahao1986** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:55 pm

maybe I need to confirm with Richard if we can have one more people

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:35 pm

Lastest update:

1. Anna
2. Arjun
3. Tan Kuan Khoon
4. Jia Hao (ETX-125)
5. Richard (M210)
6. Ian (bananas)
7. Clement (C8)
8. Elton (bananas)
9. Arief (10" Truss-Newt)
10. ?

At the last Mersing trip, the foreigner passport-holders took more than 2-3 hours to clear the Malaysian customs; in the end, we only reach the ob site at 10pm! In view of that, on behalf of the rest, I would like to suggest to Arief, Jiahao and Arjun to share a taxi to clear through the Customs faster, then board the minivan after the Malaysian customs.