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KLCC (and back)

Day 1
18/09/2004

it's one of the earliest days Joshua and i ever woke up. we were due at Golden Mile Complex Beach Rd at 8am. that silly boy only woke up at 6.45am? but that is still comparatively early to normal days. we're embarking on a long bumpy tiring ride to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia!

that coach ride was so uncomfortable and bumpy. i forced myself to sleep all the way so i won't suffer from motion sickness and start puking all over. 6 hours... spare me. thank God Joshua was with me throughout the journey but that lazy boy fell asleep before i can say "talk to me...". well, i know he was very tired so didn't wanna disturb him too.

only reached KL Jalan Pudu at 2.00pm. checked in our hotel at 2.30pm. Swiss-Garden Hotel. well, could't get a better one coz that silly travel agency only offered 3 hotels and the other 2 better ones were fully booked. how unfortunate! rushed for a good shower. feels so sticky and dirty after coach rides... yucks. tried to catch a quick nap while Joshua played with the gadgets in the room, fiddling with the tv remote control.

we met Zhuo Min at 6.30pm. Min is my TJC schoolmate who is a KL native. but she studied for 2 yrs in Sg and now in Aberdeen UK. she doesn't really know her way around KL either. meaning, she is unfamiliar with the roads and the fun places. hahaha! she brought us for Bak-Kut-Teh (literally translated into English as Meat-Bone-Tea) with her grandparents. well, the Bak-Kut-Teh was so good! unlike the Sg version which is very oily and spicy with black peppers, the malaysian version is sweet and mild. not oily too. nice! i enjoyed it but didn't have much. not really a eat-meat person. i personally prefer seafood, tofu, veggies and fruits. just bland scalded stuff, or boiled in a soup. nothing too strong in taste and flavour and oily.

well, i was feeling quite tired and Joshua didn't have any idea of where to go, so we came back to the hotel to watch tv and sleep at 9.30pm. yawns...

Day 2
19/09/2004

woke up at 9.30am and had a hard time dragging Joshua out of bed to take his shower. well, he loves to roll in bed like a doggie, toss and turn like a salad and not get out of bed. the ultimate bum characteristic. and he doesn't like to bathe!!!! *smelly doggie* imagine after drooling all over his face and pillow, he refuses to bathe coz he says he bathed the night before? how more unhygenic can he get?!?! i am sorry, though that is my boyfriend, i totally agree that everyone must bathe once they wake up!!! went down for buffet breakfast which sucked. so disappointing hence came back to continue sleeping. yepz, we are 2 sleepy-heads... nothing is more enjoyable than pure-sleep....

met Min at 11.30am and took the LRT to Suria KLCC. yepz, the Petronas Twin Tower. really cool! i think that is also the cleanest part of KL City. the Twin Towers are 2 amazing architectural structures. all sleek and polished. it houses a huge shopping mall at its base, selling all sorts of highly expensive luxurious products like Prada, Gucci and Cartier. (middle eastern crude oil tycoons and family have the ability to spend and live lavishly anyway). around it are the very expensive hotels like The Ascott service apartments and The Mandarin Oriental. also there is a lush green park with wide open spaces and clean skyline and a public pool for kids. cool! but also got mat-rockers, couples and families with numerous kids running around. ouch to my ears. Joshua was happily entertaining himself with toys at the toys section of Isetan, playing with Transformer figurines and acting silly... (what's new?) i am not going to bring him out to shopping malls ever... so embarrassing!

moreover, i had not-fresh milk that morning. so kept going to toilet to diarrhead every half to one hour. how irritating can it get? lactose intolerance. thank God KLCC toilet quite clean...

after that, we went to Bintang Walk. Joshua wanted to take a look and maybe buy some pirated PS-2 software. thus we went to Plaza Low Yat which is something like our Sim Lim Square, selling all those IT stuff, mobile phones crystal-jade jewellery and arts-craft, together with pirated VCDs and PS-2 softwares. it was very crowded and noisy, bustling with activities and transactions. Bengs shouting everywhere, Lians prancing everywhere. i was going deaf and mute, too exhausted....

that evening, we went to Jalan Petaling with Min to have dinner and walk the night bazaar. dinner was ok, quite expensive coz it was out to empty tourists wallets. bought nothing at the bazaar coz didn't have anything else in mind to buy. moreover, it was raining and crowded so decided to just get out fast.

Day 3
20/09/2004

last day in KL. we slept in till late before heading to the chinese restaurant downstairs for some Dim Sum breakfast. so-so only, nothing fantastic. but cheap. S$15 for 2 pax. good. met Min at 1.30 Lalan Petaling to have beef noodles. nice and cheap! the beef was fresh and tender! but the walk under the sun was a killer. the noon sun gave me a bad throbbing headache for the rest of the day.... ouch.

went back to the hotel at 3 and rested till 5 before boarding the coach, embarking upon a long bumpy ride back to Sg....

Conclusion

KL is ok, not very fun, or perhaps i didn't visit those very fun places like Jalan Sultan Ismail and Zouk KL. well, don't really feel like clubbing either. this time, main aim of going to KL was to take a break away from the mundane routine of school and give my mind a rest which unfortunately was rather impossible, i didn't get my due share of rest, both mentally and physcially. i am now more tired than ever. also, wanted to spend time with Joshua. but coz i was so tired and uncomfortable, we didn't go anywhere much or do anything much but sleep when we could. he was engrossed in tv. the more fulfilling event was meeting my dear sotong fren, Min before she elaves for UK for another year.... well, it's really good seeing her again, and spending time with her, going places and talking rubbish. lame gang rules! ok... and i won't be going KL for a long time... hahahaha...

posted by Veen @ 09:35