I needed that...

Now that I'm fully rested and recuperated (read: got off my lazy arse to blog), it's time to blog about my time in KL.

Tuesday, 18th of May

Got up reeeeally early to change and get ready for the trip. Messaged the kitten good morning, but was so sleepy I spelled my name wrong. Left the house with Mum at about 6 or so to go pick the kitten up. Picked her up around 630 or so (she kept saying her bag made her look like a turtle, bleah. Everyone knows tortoises are the land ones.) Made our way to Lavender MRT to meet people and depart finally. When we got there, was surprised to see Danny and Lynn there. Surprised more that Danny was there more than Lynn. Hahaha.

Eventually, the rest of the fellowship joined us, and after a mix up involving our bus we boarded the bus headed for KL, which unfortunately had the airconditioning broken down. So it was sweat, sweat and more sweating as we trundled our way to Malaysia (Truly Asia)'s capital. Reached there 6 or so hours later. Tried to sleep on the way but I just can't sleep in the day time. Kinda like a reverse vampire. Ah well. Danny asked the bus driver to drop us off at the Swiss Garden, which thankfully saved us a bit of walking. After yet another muckup of the payment, we finally managed to check into our hotel rooms. The first thing I did was to put my bag on the floor. The next was to crash on the bed, and flip through the channels on the TV. The channels suck, by the way.

After a short rest period, went out shopping with the rest at a nearby shopping mall of which I can't remember the name. Anyway, let it be said that Danny and I went crazy and many PS2 DVDs were bought, and I was out quite a bit of cash on only the first day. had dinner at Okonomiyaki downstairs, which was pretty damn good, and we went over to Chinatown to do more shopping. It was really, really crowded, and about every 5 steps there'd be a table selling pirated DVDs. I was accosted by this guy who grabbed my arm and asked: "Porno, you want porno?" Sleazy guys with bad accents aside, I shrugged him off. Danny found a really cheap pirated DVD stall (comparatively that is) and just about everyone went crazy. Well, almost everyone. Serene bought absolutely no contraband whatsoever. Crazy. After pocketing a grand total of about 36 DVDs, we walked around some more. Kitten bought 2 pairs of shoes, along with Lynnette, the both of them self-proclaimed Purple Prostitutes. *cough*

Had some roadside hawker food before leaving, and damn if the food isn't fantastic. Huge wantan stuffed with really big and juicy prawns. It didn't really matter that the soup was chock full of MSG, it mattered that it tasted pretty freaking awesome. Took the shuttle back to the hotel and proceeded to crash.

Wednesday, 19th of May

Woke up at about 8, changed and showered and went downstairs to have what turned out to be a really good breakfast. Huge spread of stuff to eat, and I sure wasn't complaining. The rest strolled in around 9.45 onwards, and had their fill. After that, it was upstairs to the hotel rooms to change and get ready, and we went off to Sunway Lagoon (after a fair bit of negotiations with the cabby, by Danny to squeeze 5 people in one cab). After some deliberation when we got there we decided to go on the land rides first. Much to my chagrin. Ironically, I'm afraid of heights. Yeah, I know.

Started off on some small rides first, and then went to the Great Canyon River Rapids ride. I stayed mostly dry, while poor Kitten, Serene and Edwina got the brunt of the water splashing. Even on our second run through. Bwahahhaa. Anyway, after all the smallish easy rides, everyone wanted to go on the Tomahawk. I hear it was a really good ride. I wouldn't know as my eyes were closed all the way through it. After that the gang wanted to go on Lost Gold. Said my prayers and then had a ride. That was enough high angle, high velocity, ball cracking rides for one day, and the rest of us decided to go for the water rides.

We changed, and had a pretty fun 2 or 3 hours, while the rest shopped. Got an massage from a mushroom (ha.) and then splashed about with the guys, while the girls went to talk by themselves for a while. We all met up around 6, though we didn't have time to walk on the huge suspension bridge sadly. Went to the Sunway Pyramid for a spot of shopping after that. Had dinner at KFC (which is quite a step down from the KFC here. Blech.), and after that I wanted to go check out the Comics shop there, but it was sorely lacking. Eventually I bought a couple of Tshirts and a pair of berms, but it was mostly me tagging along with the Kitten as she shopped (mostly for accessories).

Took another cab back to the hotel, and after some lazing around went for Dim Sum with Kitten, Edwina, Siwei, Andy and KuiBao. Went to what seems to be the only 23 hour joint (I maintain the 1 hour is to relac one corner) in the world, and had some absolutely incredible Dim Sum. We all bought ourselves Ramly burgers, and got some Dim Sum takeaway for the rest who didn't want to go. (boo.) Went back to the hotel, and brought the Dim Sum back for the very grateful room 818. The whole crew piled into the room to watch The Rock (with Sean Connery! I am a whore for cool accents) and I ate my Ramly burger. It was full of artery clogging goodness. The good guys won the day, and the room dispersed. I watched some weird movie with Danny Devito in it, and eventually got to sleep around 3 or so. And it was yet another day the next day.

Thursday, 20th of May

Somehow managed to wake up for breakfast, and then later we piled into our room to discuss what we were gonna do that day. Turned on the telly, and it was yet another Danny Devito movie. Must have been Danny Devito week or something. Anyway, we went off on a sojourn of shopping malls in the area. Went to Sungei Wang first, which was mostly uneventful except for the fact that we managed to lose about half of the group for a good half an hour I think. Then Lot 10, which was mostly useless. After that, we had some sushi, and after some aimless walking about we went back to the hotel to rest and recuperate.

Most of us crashed onto the bed and slept for an hour straight. We regrouped and went off to explore Times Square, which had a roller coaster inside. One with corkscrew twists and a huge loop. Yippee skip. I stayed out along with Andy, Danny and Liling, while the rest happily (and Siwei almost too happily) bought admission. Of course, I took care of their bags. We had McDonald's for dinner, while the rest of them had screaming and twisting. Occasionally the non-crazy crew would look up to see people screaming past on the roller coaster, then shrug and continue eating. After that we walked around exploring Times Square (it was going to be a long hour plus). I bought a nice Emily tee for Kitten (purple and it had cats on it, I couldn't go wrong) as Danny and Andy bought DVDs, and Liling bought some handphone accessories.

After much aimless walking, the crazy crew were done at the amusement park. I surprised Kitten with her Tshirt and she helped pay for half of my shiny new Soundwave toy =D It was off to Zouk after that, and we were pleasantly surprised at the lack of people walking about inside at 1030 at night. It was kind of like Phuture swallowed what Zouk was, everything was a mix of hip hop and R&B music. Of course later I learned that the place only really closed by 5 am, so... yeah. Had a bit too much to drink, but Lynnette, Serene and Edwina apparently had too much fun at the amusement park. They drank a bit much quickly got quite sick, leading Danny to escort them and Liling for some reason back to the hotel, leaving the rest of us to dance like madmen. (Like a maniac, maniac!) We eventually got tired and went for supper. Which. Was. Amazing. Stingray, Hor Fun, Chicken Wings, even the Fried Rice was delicious. We returned to the hotel after that, and saw the denizens of 818 crashed on the bed. Poor them. Had a quick shower/soak in the tub, and went to bed.

Friday, 21st of May

It was the last day. Was woken up by my mother on the phone at about 8 something. Woke up again at about 9.45, it was too late to have breakfast downstairs (okay, it wasn't, but we wanted to finish our instant noodles). So we bummed around, and started packing up to go home. Boooo. Said goodbye to the hotel room, and then we went off to check out. We did some last minute shopping at Times Square, where I showed Kitten the shop with all the Emily tees, and I bought a windchime for Mum. We went to Pudu Raya next to try to find the coach agency, but it took some walking about and noxious exhaust fumes before we reached our goal. We found it (it was some small dingy shack) and got our bus number (5555. I'm somehow surprised I managed to remember it. No, really.) Had a quick KFC lunch (the portions are absolutely tiny. I'm sorry for doubting Singaporean portions.) and then went off to wait for the bus to arrive. Siwei went to buy some A&W (Curly Fries!) and people took some last photos of KL. Then it was back to Singapore.

Along the way, with rest stops with brown water (to think I almost washed my face) and traffic accidents, I couldn't sleep. So I spent the time talking crap with the Hair twins (read: Siwei and Lynnette.) Got down at another rest stop, where Kitten and I bought various snacks, and had some dubious Hor Fun that couldn't hold a match, let alone a candle to the Hor Fun we had previously. A few hours later, we reached Customs. Most of us debated leaving our ill-gotten gains on the bus, but decided to bring them down. Good thing, too - They didn't seem to care that we had them, even Danny's haul. Poor Lynn got checked, but she got through okay in the end too. Either way, we were back in Singapore. Some of us took cabs back, while the rest went back some other way. We learned how Lynnette almost became a trolley, and reminisced a little about KL. I sent Kitten back home, and took a cab home myself. Crashed into bed, and it was yet another day the next day.