My Virgin Trip to KL

30Dec07

My first trip to the capital of Malaysia with Papa and of cuz umm his GF and GF’s daughter, let’s call them Jean and Laura. I expected it to be quite alright considering the fact that it is a city after all, so expected something similar to SG. Big malls, Big hotels, many “business” people trying to coax you to buy their stuff etc. Of course, expected a certain level of cor***tion. ok enough about that, now about the real trip.

Started off quite screwed up cause on the morning of the trip itself we did not actually GET the bus tickets though we THOUGHT we booked it. Nothing was given except the receipt and we were told that there were no seats. yada yada, cut the long story short, papa and jean had a big bust up over the phone deciding how to settle the situation which wasted quite a lot of time , it was already 9+, bus was suppose to leave at 1030. better still, we were told that they were still packing. power. Anyways, papa and i decided to ride down to the tour agency (where the bus was also) and knock on their doors and demand a ticket. The person in charge was there, non of the colleagues were, we saw how busy she was, no wonder no time to pick up the phone. Thankfully and luckily there were seats (because an extra bus left during tt day) and Jean and Laura decided to come (they did not want to come because they thought calling the tour agency would solve the problem, the line was busy, stupid stuff). Off we were to KL. Biggest cock up ever before a trip.

Shall just comment on the main things that caught my attention. The city is more polluted than SG. many of the buildings are obviously old but most of them are very interesting, the design and architecture, can guess which culture or race actually designed it. their public transport (i mean train and buses) is no where to be found or are as rare as diamonds. the food oh glorious food was excellent. will elaborate on what i had later. The people, quite friendly i would say, they lead simple lives but all seemed quite ok with it. The chinese spoke chinese or dialect (mainly cantonese), malay spoke malay, indian spoke tamil and malay, where has the english gone… i wonder sometimes…  We got around KL by taxi that did not charge the proper meter rate but instead we had to put in the effort to bargain and bargain for a price to pay. Prices like 20 ringgit to Sunway Lagoon and 10 ringgit or so just to get around the city area. Oh btw, the traffic is horrendous, i mean IS because i bet they are having a damn jam over there now also. Blady road planning was rubbish. I can imagine the number of hours lost for productivity. My gang was staying in the Chinatown area, in a hotel called the Swiss Inn. 3 star, reasonable, but i would have gone for something cheaper. S$20 per night per person was not worth it for a place where you put ur stuff and just sleep in. I am quite thrifty as my father is when it comes to accommodation. Oh well, we booked it w/o checking out the rates and my father tio stun when he thought he paid and it was included in the travel package when he didn’t, guess it was carelessness. So that’s that.

Places of interests. 6 days, we went various places, 1 place each day, spending quality time in each place. Berjaya Times Square, Cameron Highlands, Sunway Lagoon, Petronas Twin Towers and KLCC shopping centre. Berjaya was such a huge shopping mall, 10 stories and a few blocks. Had fun in the indoor theme park although did not go for the hiong rides such as the rollar coaster. I was hum ji and the queue was fking long, so no point waiting. Cameron Highlands was scary yet peaceful. The traveling time was like 4 to 5 hrs in total by car from KL to the top of Cameron. My father drove, he was the only one who had the license after all. What i love about the mountain was that there was Durians on the side of the road. My father stopped immediately and went to it like a bee goes for honey (we went bee farm also), we bought 4 durians, ate one and had 3 in the car. You can imagine the immense fragrance of the durians perfuming the air in the car. was literally drunk on durian on my trip there.  The tea plantation was something out of the ordinary. The effort needed to plant tea on mountains, not flat land but MOUNTAINS, not 1 but MANY MOUNTAINS, amazing, the air smelt like the scent of tea also. so that’s where BOH tea comes from. The air in Cameron was the freshest natural fucking air i smelt in my whole life. You could just get an orgasm by sniffing it, oooh i so loved it.  The ride down the mountain was scary, no lights, my father had to rely on his skills and follow the leading cars in front. We got back safely thankfully. My father was exhausted though. Sunway Lagoon was huge, 3 theme parks, actually 1 small zoo, we covered a little of the main theme park and went to the wet theme park late, it was raining, din really enjoy much. KLCC was nice, another huge shopping centre, first time seeing the Petronas twin towers that is most renowned and one of the prides of M’sia. So that’s that for the places of interest.

Nth much to blog about. Let the pictures speak for themselves.

Orgasmic Air

Look at my lovely face

Our lovely faces

At the peak!

Pride of malaysia and a kuku boy’s face

Muah Chee! (no bye) Different flavours. yummy!

I got sick eating these. during that particular time. we couldn’t bring our 68 ringgit durian back to SG. so messed up. had to wallop the whole thing before we boarded the bus. one of the best durians ever. however, it got me sick for the first time in the year. Fuck. right at the end of the year somemore. fuck. anyway that’s over and i recovered within two days. shall stay away from durians for a while now.

Will definitely go back to Msia again, other areas, especially for the food. Fucking wonderful!

With Love, enjoyment and fun,

Kelvin

P.S. Sorry Tricia for PSing.

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