Friday, July 27, 2007
To KL and back!
Following my mom's vacation (the first she took in 5 years after my dad's accident!), I decided that I ,too, should just get out of the country and get my passport stamped after all these years.
We (Nia, Mia & I) had planned to go to Bangkok initially, but stuff came up and we changed the location to Kuala Lumpur. Things didn't go very smoothly during the planning phase, but I'll pass recounting the incidents.
I've been on vacations before, but this is officially my first time going overseas with friends. I've been looking forward to the trip and my excitement peaked when we finally bought the tickets!
It was to be a 3D2N shopping extravaganza in KL!
13 July! The day finally came and I'm absolutely hyped about the trip: 3 friends going on a 6-hr road trip = endless chatter and flashing cameras! However, things didn't turn out the way I expected (strangely, nothing ever turns out to be the way I expect in life, so what the heck!).
Anyway, the trip kicked off on a rather hostile note when we barely made it for our coach. Apparently, I was the cause of the whole unhappiness 'cos I wasn't prepared for Nia to pick me up. And when I was, we were further delayed 'cos she was unable to get a cab and the morning rush hour didn't help. In the end, we're unable to pick up Mia and she had to get her own cab. I did sense some hostility from Nia when we shared the cab, but there were still some patronizing conversation from her. On the other hand, Mia's hostility was.... let's just say... omnipotent.
So I spent most of the journey to KL listening to my MP3, gazing at the endless palm plantation and sleeping. [I admit I wasn't guilt-free, but I was pretty pissed that my friends were giving me the cold treatment on my vacation!]
But the atmosphere eventually warmed up after our stop-over at Yong Peng...
After checking into our hotel (our room was pretty spacious!), we headed straight to Berjaya Time Square, which was a 10-min walk from our hotel. The gurls definitely seized every shopping opportunity they had; I was the bodyguard cum bag-carrier for most of the time. That was until we entered Body Glove (a surf shop) and it was having a store-wide 50% sale!!! I bought 4 t-shirts and a back-pack from just that store!!! [Of course, my purchases were nothing compared to what the gurls bought...]
The same evening, we visited Chee Cheong Kai (Chinatown) and it reminded me very much of Bugis Street. The place was kinda disappointing, 'cos most of the stalls sold similar stuff - fake designer bags, watches and shades. The only rewarding thing we got from visiting the place was locating the famous stall that sold 'luo han guo' drink, and buying a bunch of local products from a shop that features a 'boxing chicken' on its signboard - we literally emptied their rack of 'chicken biscuit'! Subsequently, we headed back to our hotel, but not before dropped by Jln Alor (street full of eateries) to order a sambal stingray takeout and some KFC set.
Day 2: Got up pretty early to get breakfast then head out to KLCC. It was the 1st day of the lunar month, so I was supposed to be on a vegetarian diet and I couldn't really enjoy myself at the hotel's breakfast buffet. Fortunately, they had a variety of non-meat stuff like cereal, waffles (they were the best I ever had!) and danish pastries, so it wasn't too bad.
After filling our tummies, we hopped onto a cab and requested that the driver switch on his meter - he did it reluctantly and was whining about it. We later realised that it was because the journey was a very short one and it would only cost about RM$4+. Anyway, our encounter with him didn't end there.. after alighting the cab, Mia sorta slammed the door a little (actually, it was pretty hard..) and the cabby actually got off the car and approached us! He was seriously intimidating, and went: " Why you slam my door?! I respect you, you tak respect me lah you!" I think we were kinda clueless at that moment, 'cos we just stood there and stared blankly at him. When he left, Nia freaked and thought he might get his 'ah-bangs' to come after us, so we hurried into the mall! It's hilarious thinking about it now, but we were pretty intimidated then!
We really wanted to go onto the skybridge between the Petronas towers, but the tickets were all given out by the time we got there (It was only 9.30am!). So we spent most of the day wondering about the huge mall, which houses a number of designer boutiques (it was like Paragon..), and decided to go back later that evening to snap some pictures when the towers are lit. We also went for a foot reflexology session @ RM$25 for 30-mins... Mia was 'diagnosed' with a variety of problems, ranging from gastric to teeth! Hah! =P
Day 3: It's our last day in KL and we had slightly more than 4-hrs before our departure, so we decided to explore Jln Bukit Bintang (the vicinity where our hotel was located..). Went to BB Plaza and Lot 10, but since we've already done most of our shopping in the past 2 days, we were pretty much just browsing around.
That pretty much rounded up our KL trip. Intensive shopping in a foreign capital was really fun in the company of good friends. It was most memorable and I'm looking forward to the next one!
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