A week in KL

Kuala Lumpur. Arrived on 7^th July 2008, ALONE! This was because my best friend MaseZ had to attend a briefing which was compulsory and hence she joined my nephew’s flight which was the next day. KLIA wasn’t that tough to go through but I was confused with the Aerotrain. Took the Airport Taxi to go to my hotel; Pearl International Hotel at Klang Lama. I spoke a few conversations with the driver and he was astonished that I came to KL alone as this is the city that is known to NEVER COME ALONE!

Well, to me, you have to be brave and know where to be at. Don’t expect me to go to dark places and visit some pimp houses. Not only that, I have my Malaysian friends who I can call for help; Ben, Jason and Ivan. They are the ones who play with me online- Guild Wars. It’s good to have friends all over the place which tends to be the reason to fly overseas and visit them (and other secret intention *winxs*). *LOL*

On the way to my hotel, I kept texting with Ben as he informed me that he is already waiting for me at Pearl International Hotel. I was excited to meet them and heck, I didn’t even have negative feelings about it (as in being cautious in meeting strangers). As soon as I reached my hotel, I had to pay deposit of my room and Ben was so eager to see me that he came to the reception WITH JASON!!! I thought it was just Ben but Jason was there also as I recognised him from our webcam conversation.

So, settled my payment and went up to the room where they tagged along. Ben insisted to show me around the place and we headed off to MidValley. A shopping Mall that was too big for me to digest! I got confused of going from one end to the other. All I remember is the top floor which had sports items and Cinema. I also had the chance to send Jason over to his Grandma’s house as he had tuition there. Sadly, Jason was scolded by his mum for not being on time at his Grandma’s. Hence my chances of seeing Jason were a rare chance.

Returned back to hotel and watched some television. I called in for Masez and texted Muntui. I was so bored at the hotel, I thought to go out at that night and meet up. Funny how people asked me not to go out at night alone in KL, which I kind of break the rules. So we won’t go into details of where I mysterious went that night. *LOL*

Next day, woke up early and found out that the rain had just stop. I called Masez to see if she’s at the airport (in Brunei) ready to leave which she was STILL at home at 9am. When she reached to KL, she was blurred and lost until she met up with me at the Hotel. She told me she was like feeling unease starting from Brunei till the hotel.

I guess it’s the feeling of being alone (when she’s not as she had Muntui to accompany her) mentally. So, I decided to take her shopping for her first day in KL at KLCC as I had to meet up with Ivan for dinner. Everything was going fine and as we soon meet with Ivan, Masez was finally at ease! Even Muntui had notice Masez’s expression throughout his journey sending her to me because he sent me a message if she was alright which I assured him she’s fine and I’m letting her shop.

Back in Brunei, I told Masez that I’ll be having a different image in KL which I dress up in shorts and t-shirt when I waited for her at the entrance of the hotel. She wasn’t even surprised instead Muntui was! Fine, that didn’t work but the following day, I decided to put on my skirt, again she wasn’t even amazed and yes Muntui was surprised again when we coincidentally bump into him at Jalan Tungku Abdul Rahman where I thought he would be in class and the chances of bumping into him was ZILCH!*LOL*

I had fun in KL that I managed to see Ben and Jason’s cribs as well as Jason’s school. It all happened on a nice sunny Friday. Ben came to take us to Skateline for me to get my K2 Skate Athena and we got to meet a few of Ben’s work colleague but the one that entertained me the most was Nixon. We drool for his good customer service. Right Masez? *winxs*

I was eager to see Jason’s school that Ben agreed to help me out. So I dumped my skates at Ben’s house and we walked to Jason’s school. We waited for more than 30 minutes for Jason to come out. It was like us being a paparazzi waiting to snapshoot a superstar. You wish Jason! Coincidently, Jason’s dad was also there waiting.

When Jason came out he was surprised to see us there and he was so polite to offer us a ride to Parkson. We hitch a ride there and I couldn’t believe it that my chances of seeing Jason again were possible! Not only that, Muntui had his chance of seeing Jason (this is between Muntui@Nephew and I@Aunty joke) *LOL*. We dined there for late lunch which you can take a look at the video section when I’m able to post it up SOON, if not wait till I’m back in Melbourne.

After that, Jason had to return and I kept on insisting to go to his crib which we had to use a different taxi after we had to get Masez’s glasses and a short rest in the room. When we arrived Jason’s crib, I was like “OOOOO” as it was a calm place to live in and we entered his room. The sense of trying to ‘lepak’.

We didn’t hang out there for long as Ben kept on wanting to eat at this Mamak place nearby Jason’s area. I ordered ABC special which Masez had the same thing. We hang out till it was already dark and thank god we found a taxi around Jason’s area as it was very hard to get one. After that we headed off to MidValley to catch Hellboy 2 but the tickets were sold out and so decided to watch Wars of the Dragon.

Wars of the Dragon had a good storyline but they need to polish the scene up. I gave it 6.5 out of 10. After the movie we all headed separate ways as the next day we were going to head off to Genting Highland.

Saturday. Woke up early but still feeling tired, got ready and waited for Ben to pick us up. We then went to KL Sentral to use the bus which we changed to using the LRT. We actually wanted to use a taxi but the guy cancelled on us and Ivan jinxed us to use the public transport. It was Ben, Ivan, Masez, Muntui and I on this trip.

The hilarious moments was when we found out that Ivan is afraid of heights and kept on screaming when he looked down at the cable car. Another incident was when we were playing snowball fights, I slip and did a half split while throwing to Ben. Sadly, I didn’t really play much on the ride as the fog and rain came in to ruin my day except I was cheered up by someone playing peekaboo with me that day *LOL* thanks!

The ride back home was using the bus and it was fun to like talk in the bus but Masez was about to hurl as the bus ride wasn’t comfortable for her. I saw a few places that looked interesting to tour especially the carnival and the Batu Caves area. Ivan kept on saying ‘Puchong’ as he found out what it meant in Brunei Malay when we were in Puchong area. We all laughed.

That was a fun moment and I hope to see them again anytime soon but for now I have to prepare myself for next semester. Ivan joined to sleep with us at our hotel as he was having fun to be with us. I had to excuse myself to make a phone call and going down at the hotel. After that I went up to join them and we had much to say especially regarding C-dude.

KL has been a great experience for me except I just don’t like some Malaysian attitude when it comes to customer service and when they become racist to the extend they disapprove of us hanging with Chinese. So, the only reason that I will go back to KL is because of them! Shopping in KL is not my jell-o.

Quotes that I’ll always remember:

“Dah masuk ke belum?”

“Sabar aje le”

“Yang pakcik-pakcik dan makcik-makcik yang dah nak masuk kubur tu”

“Typical Malaysians”

“Malas nak layan budak ni”

“Puchong”-> Ivan’s all time favourite *LOL*

For pictures, I’ll post it up once I’m back in Melbourne.

KL POSTED!