Saturday, December 31
just came back from kl last night...ard midnight...was a super fun trip, i think...very fruitful...primarily its because its my first trip with friends instead of family....and u go out doing things with pple whom you have similar interests with...and you tend to enjoy yourself even more cause you end up getting more out of the short trip...literally every moment of the trip was enjoyable...
the hotel that we stayed in was pretty near klcc, which is the shopping mall at the petronas, so it makes our itinery so much more convenient....cause we can always start and end off our itinery of the day there...we were supposed to go chinatown on the first day...ended up in some bazaar in some place we didn't know where...then it started raining, so we gave up and took a cab to mid-valley mall which is one of the largest mall in s.e. asia....its really impressive...and we got really excited cause there were lotsa shops with discounts and it kept us occupied for hours...we had dinner at this rest called mdm kwan which is quite famous (we found out later)...had their speciality nasi lemak...joking abt how their service was super fast cause they were overstaffed...brought back dunkin' donuts' back to the hotel to eat...missed those donuts..had them in kindergarden....
had a&w on the second day...something which everyone of us missed since it closed business in sing....satisfied our craving for root beer float, chicken wings and curly rings....even bought their famous a&w bear for keepsake...went over to a few shopping malls to shop...i even had a hair cut, complete with wash and style at times square...not bad...at least i lked it...almost lost our way while making our way to chinatown...but it wasn't too bad..had fun along the way...met various malaysians, lk those little girls from a primary sch whom we seeked directions from..the whole conversation was kinda hilarious...anw, chinatown wasn't too bad...got rip-offs at a bargaining price...it was an experience over there...but kinda crowded and unsafe over there...so we left soon after to seek shelter back at klcc and it feels more homely...haha...it feels more familiar over there...anw, we end off the day with a sudden urge to watch wallace & gromit...my first movie overseas., got pretty excited over it..the movie was so worth watching...i didn't regret it...and it helps that our hotel was near enough to walk back after the movie...on the third day, we wanted to go to the skybridge but it was super crowded and the free tix were all given out already...so we ended up going to various shopping centres which ended up being so crappy that we end up going to the menara kl tower...there's admission free but its so worthwhile up the observation deck cause the view from up there was magnificent...simply breathingtaking...but we shld have gone there on the first day cause we were given brief overall intro of kl up there through the audio guide....we end off at klcc (again) at the kl convention centre, the scenic park next to it...visited the giftshop of the aquaria (didn't want to pay the exp entrance fee) and end off the day at the shopping mall....mf and yk are really enjoyable companions for an overseas trip...similar interests, common topics to chat abt...and we can easily bond tog...thats why i wld say i spent quite a fun time there...had fun chit-chatting at the hotel at night, making jokes and going through all those fun tog...and mf also enjoys taking photos, so we end up taking lotsa photos at the various places that we've been to...have to upload them soon, i hope...and there's yk who has this similar interest in shopping for clothes, we wld exchange opinions of clothes we see there...had quite an experience getting ard kl in taxis...taxis which tried to overcharge us, one which is exceptionally cheap, some which are friendly, one which was a premier taxi and many others which we rejected cause they dun go by meter....bought a few stuff over there...only got things that i wldn't really find in sing...most of the things are rare finds and i really lk them, esp the pair of bottoms i got from times square...i simply lk it...i knew i had to get that although it was a bit exp...its imported from hk and its something i haven't seen here....a belt from topman which i hadn't seen here too but looks nice on my bottoms...got a t-shirt and berms too...didn't really got a lot of stuff but i end up spending all the ringgit that i brought here ...haha..lucky i didn't have to withdraw more cash over there...and i managed to control my budget quite a bit cause i didn't get stuff i cld easily find here...and the return bus trip was a pleasant surprise cause it was an executive coach and we didn't expect to have executive treatments lk nice waiting area when we check-in...massaging chairs for our seats on the bus, personal tv entertainment and even food-on-board....it was so comfortable and enjoyable...what a great way to end off our trip...there's so much more to mention for our trip...really one of the more memorable one i've ever had...hope to have more of such overseas trips next yr with them as well as with some of closest friends....last day of 2005...enjoy the last few hours while you can...
jel; 1:49 pm