Ultra Cool Mama

For those of you who have been following my blog will know that I’ve been to this lovely island more then once. 3 times to be exact and out of those 3 times twice is in within 2 months this year. And usually I only sing praises of this beautiful island but not this time… Don’t be mistaken, the island is still lovely as ever, it’s just that something really terrible happened this time and I came back with a big fat bruise as a reminder of the terrible incident. I was actually contemplating if I should blog about this for a few days now…  Why? Well maybe after I’ve told you what happened then you’ll figure out why. 

So I was there last week with ‘the gurls’ to celebrate my friend’s birthday and also we wanted to make it a yearly trip to this island. All was well and good we had a wonderful time there until the last night we were there. My friends were on the beach quite far away from the Le Club main restaurant/bar. I went to join them later leaving Greg in our room in Safaris as he was still taking a nap. After I joined the group, I noticed that they were running out of drinks and I wanted to go get Greg as well.. So my friend went with me as he didn’t want to let me walk alone back to the room. As we were walking back to my room, someone from the restaurant shouted at us. Actually he shouted something really rude to my friend but I wanted to make sure… So I walked towards the restaurant to find out what and why was he shouting at us. He came right out and continue shouting at us and he was very rude and clearly was high on something. A few people came running out after him, 2 of the people I know works at Le Club. The cut the whole story short, there was a lot of shouting and he was getting very, very rude. Saying that he owns the island and he is some royalty and that he can and will throw us out of the island that night itself! I was very mad… My point is, I’m a paying customer and have just as much right to be on the island and what have we done wrong that he has the right to throw us out? That was when he pushed and then kicked me on my right thigh and I fell on the beach. Everybody started shouting then and tried to restrained him, I got very angry then. I got up and demanded for an apology but he only got more crazy. That was when my friend said to me that there no point and we should go as he is really getting aggressive and was very high. Then the staff there at Le Club was apologizing profusely saying that he has had a lot to drink and pleaded for us to forget about the whole incident. As we were turning to leave that fellow gave us another push and this time my friend and I both fell as he was hugging me to protect me from that crazy guy after that first push and kick from him. Then more people was trying to hold him down and that was when got back to Safaris. After that I got greg to get all our friends back from the beach. And even our friend who were suppose to stay at the chalet at Le Club did not stay there that night. It was too dangerous. 

The next day we went to settle our bill there… Yup, we still had to pay the full price after what happened and the fact that we didn’t even stay there the second night! Technically we were thrown out of that place. But they charged us! Amazing!! There was no apology, nothing… 

Of course when we arrived in Mersing, we went to make a police report and we found out that this is not the first time something like this has happened on the island and the culprit involve is HIM. And we also found out many other things about him (but I cannot say it here). 

So what happened from then? The manager from the resort we were staying in (Safaris), who is owned by that fella’s uncle, arranged for an interview with a Malay newspaper. I did give them my story and they even took some photos of my very bruised thigh but until now nothing… I guess there’s a lot of red tape when it involves any of our royalties. So maybe they are not in liberty to report? I don’t know.. Even the police have not done anything apparently (according to the Safaris Resort’s manager) So I really don’t know what to do now. I don’t want any compensation but I do want some justice. So is this the fate of us Malaysians? When it comes to royalties we are nothing? Because that’s clearly what this guy thinks… that he really can just do anything and get away with it. 

So since I cannot do anything about it… I thought I’ll just have to at least warn my friends and family or whoever that reads my blog about this place. And that’s why I was thinking a few days if I should or shouldn’t blog about this? Many have told me not to… saying that I wouldn’t want to mess with these people.. But really… in this time and day in Malaysia? 

But I would end this and still say… that it IS a really beautiful place to go… I still love the island and I will return but I’ll surely be staying in the safety of Safaris Resort, and I’ll never ever step foot in Le Club. It’s just such a pity that such a lovely place is spoiled by some crazy person.

Anyway, here is a link and a update to the case you can read about how this guy gatecrashed a couple’s wedding some time ago… Apparently this is also just one of the many, many incidences.