Malaysia Madness.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Yeah so I went to KL for the weekend. I just had to get away from this place after a long week at work. It was the first time in my life I worked all alone in the shop 11.5 hours a day (yes we open from 830am to 8pm!) all alone! The reason for the early hours is to cater to tourists leaving for tours and all those kiasu people wanted to catch the complimentary breakfast buffets at the Chatterbox Restaurant. I also needed to take a break well before school itself kicks into high gear. I needed a getaway so so so badly.
Anyhows we got hooked up on a sweet deal with the coach thrown in and accomodations at the Renaissance for only $160! I had my initial apprehensions of travelling on a bus all the way there. I mean sitting in a confined place with aircon blasting away in your face was not exactly my idea of a good start. However it proved to be a rather relaxed experience, the bus left at 630am, forcing me to sleep the entire way. I woke up and found myself in KL. BEST BUY. Plus there was plenty of leg room and the adjustable seats helped nicely with the slumber as well.
And yes. Onboard entertainment.
We got there at approximately 1pm if my memory serves me right. It was a nice change from the constant rain that we previously experienced in Singapore over the week. Frankly speaking I can't really remember much in terms of the events and how they took place in chronology. I remember lot's, and I mean shitloads of crowded places. Imagine the wisma-taka underpass on a rainy day times SUPER HOT SHOPPING CENTRE WITH ZERO MERCY VENTILATION.
Get the picture right?
It didn't really agree with me either.
Taxis are possibly the best way to get around given the air quality and the heat. But most of them charge you a flat rate of ten ringers from point A to B. Of course I came across the occasional mofo wanting 15.
But you know all in all I had a lot of fun. I even checked out Zouk KL. It's very much like the Zouk of old, you know, before the whole multi million dollar renovation. The similarity is almost creepy. But the crowd is very different. The whole melbourne shuffle thing seems to be a really big thing there, and so are oversized raver pants and get this...sunglasses. Almost 30% of the peeps in the club were wearing sunglasses. Don't ask me why. But due to the lack of clubbing spot knowledge we headed to Zouk KL two nights in a row. Both nights seemed to be really hard trance, Saturday night was resident Dj Fono on the decks. Really nice. But of course not everyone likes DEE-DEE-DUI-DUI trance like myself. So I was forcefully taken to the phuture equivalent of Zouk KL called "the loft". In essence it is much smaller than it's Singapore counterpart, but the music is very much the same. RNB BALLS. It was fun of course.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IF YOU'VE GOT A HOT DANCING PARTNER.
I believe it was day two when I checked out KLCC, site of the famed petronas twin towers. I don't know about you but seeing the twin phallic towers was worth the trip to me. Looking all the way up gave me some backaches. You can go up for a tour and stuff but it's only limited to the joining bridge in the middle of the building. I chose not to be a tourist and opted out.
The shopping centre is filled with your typical upper class Atas type brands, nowhere for broke college kids like myself to be hanging out in. The only thing I got there was dunkin' donuts and A&W cheeekin. And oh yes, I also scored on some nice facila cleanser and moisturizer. I bet you wanted to know that too.
Also on the second day we went to BB Plaza, I'm assuming BB stands for Bukit Bintang. I'm not really sure but anyways it's kind of like far east plaza and sim lim square rolled up into one. Weekend crowds of both places to the power of ten as well. There's loads of stuff to be bought there, like most places however, more stuff for girls than guys. I got myself 2 tshirts. The black one shrank to porportions only fit for my little sister. I also got 2 tubs of sebastian hair clay for hundred ringgit!!!! WOOT. BEST BUY.
Signs with errors always humour me.
The last day before we left, we went to Crystal Jade La Mian and Xiao Long Bao for lunch. It's so damn friggin cheap, I had xiao long baos with Foie Gras inside can! Ordered my favourite Dan Dan mian but it was swimming in enough oil to soak an entire lifetime's worth of facial blotters.
But still damn shiok.
Christopher.
Anyhows we got hooked up on a sweet deal with the coach thrown in and accomodations at the Renaissance for only $160! I had my initial apprehensions of travelling on a bus all the way there. I mean sitting in a confined place with aircon blasting away in your face was not exactly my idea of a good start. However it proved to be a rather relaxed experience, the bus left at 630am, forcing me to sleep the entire way. I woke up and found myself in KL. BEST BUY. Plus there was plenty of leg room and the adjustable seats helped nicely with the slumber as well.
And yes. Onboard entertainment.
We got there at approximately 1pm if my memory serves me right. It was a nice change from the constant rain that we previously experienced in Singapore over the week. Frankly speaking I can't really remember much in terms of the events and how they took place in chronology. I remember lot's, and I mean shitloads of crowded places. Imagine the wisma-taka underpass on a rainy day times SUPER HOT SHOPPING CENTRE WITH ZERO MERCY VENTILATION.
Get the picture right?
It didn't really agree with me either.
Taxis are possibly the best way to get around given the air quality and the heat. But most of them charge you a flat rate of ten ringers from point A to B. Of course I came across the occasional mofo wanting 15.
But you know all in all I had a lot of fun. I even checked out Zouk KL. It's very much like the Zouk of old, you know, before the whole multi million dollar renovation. The similarity is almost creepy. But the crowd is very different. The whole melbourne shuffle thing seems to be a really big thing there, and so are oversized raver pants and get this...sunglasses. Almost 30% of the peeps in the club were wearing sunglasses. Don't ask me why. But due to the lack of clubbing spot knowledge we headed to Zouk KL two nights in a row. Both nights seemed to be really hard trance, Saturday night was resident Dj Fono on the decks. Really nice. But of course not everyone likes DEE-DEE-DUI-DUI trance like myself. So I was forcefully taken to the phuture equivalent of Zouk KL called "the loft". In essence it is much smaller than it's Singapore counterpart, but the music is very much the same. RNB BALLS. It was fun of course.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IF YOU'VE GOT A HOT DANCING PARTNER.
I believe it was day two when I checked out KLCC, site of the famed petronas twin towers. I don't know about you but seeing the twin phallic towers was worth the trip to me. Looking all the way up gave me some backaches. You can go up for a tour and stuff but it's only limited to the joining bridge in the middle of the building. I chose not to be a tourist and opted out.
The shopping centre is filled with your typical upper class Atas type brands, nowhere for broke college kids like myself to be hanging out in. The only thing I got there was dunkin' donuts and A&W cheeekin. And oh yes, I also scored on some nice facila cleanser and moisturizer. I bet you wanted to know that too.
Also on the second day we went to BB Plaza, I'm assuming BB stands for Bukit Bintang. I'm not really sure but anyways it's kind of like far east plaza and sim lim square rolled up into one. Weekend crowds of both places to the power of ten as well. There's loads of stuff to be bought there, like most places however, more stuff for girls than guys. I got myself 2 tshirts. The black one shrank to porportions only fit for my little sister. I also got 2 tubs of sebastian hair clay for hundred ringgit!!!! WOOT. BEST BUY.
Signs with errors always humour me.
The last day before we left, we went to Crystal Jade La Mian and Xiao Long Bao for lunch. It's so damn friggin cheap, I had xiao long baos with Foie Gras inside can! Ordered my favourite Dan Dan mian but it was swimming in enough oil to soak an entire lifetime's worth of facial blotters.
But still damn shiok.
Christopher.
