Kuala Lumpur Road Trip!!

so here we are, on our MPV road trip to Malaysia, KL.

had some problems with the car initially. lack of engine oil or rather zilch, to sustain us for the trip up north. had to stop by a petrol station b4 entering causeway to get nitty gritty stuff settled. car's air con n sound system, aha seems a bit screwed. the back guys were complaining coz the speakers at the back were pounding their ears so bad tt they cant really hear a shit on conversations being made in front.

at malaysia checkpt, we were without those white travel forms n kudos chongwei, for safely negotiating his dribbling skills past the checkpoint lanes to take from a office on the other side of the road. finally we are on our way. had a pit stop along the way. played this word game to kill off boredom. stopped to pay never ending tolls. the whole expressway was pretty smooth n before we know it, we have arrived in kl n got stuck in the congested traffic.

time to look for a hotel to stay. Swiss garden intl was too ex, swiss garden inn was super booked, furama was closed down permanently, but we managed to get this cheap, reasonable hotel which i stayed b4. somewhere near chinatown. And that hotel is 'Mandarin Pacific'. after we have settled down in our rooms, we took a stroll round chinatown. had our dinner at a back alley. the best part was the coconut drinks hooha. we told the auntie 3 coconuts coz the other 3 dun wanna drink. but the auntie assumed 6 coz she saw 6 of us there and chopped 6. damn and she insisted that we were the ones who din make ourselves clear. wad a rip off. in the end, we had to buy all 6, haha.

the chinatown night market is similar to the pasar malam we have. haha, if u dun mind the not so real stuff, there's always cheap bargains to be found. we stopped by this jersey stall. the fake jerseys, it was bout A++ replica man. quality feels almost like the real thing.

while contemplating buying Brazil jerseys for everyone to wear during soccer games, the stall owner kept reducing the price down to make our decision easier. but in the end, b4 we got to a conclusion, he chased us away, chiding us for being so 'ai mai ai mai' and blocking other prospective customers. heh

wanted to watch Germany Vs Argentina on tv tt night, we stocked up on snacks, icecream and eagerly sat down in front of our room tv, expecting to watch some soccer but to our agony, all the tuning of tv stations yielded nothing. how screwed. we consoled ourselves by feasting on the snacks. how ironic eh, that the whole group of us came up together to watch soccer only to stare at disappointment in the end. k anw, we got to see the highlights during the next morning news. haha

2nd day... morning, we made a trip to petronas twin towers to go up dunno how many storeys to see the whole of KL skyline. instead of driving, we chose to take the local train system there. hmm kinda confused, din know where we supposed to stop initially. anw, good experience la, after all, first time riding it too. feels much like our own MRT when its crowded. at petronas, sadly though, tickets were limited and by the time we got there, the security guard had sealed off the queue so too bad. next place to visit was Batu Caves as recommended by Jason.

BATU CAVES
woah, there's quite a huge number of steps up the caves. haha, me and yewshih kinda shagged halfway while jason and chongwei had some mini race up the steps. quite amazing caves. how does nature ever does that man. interesting.


besides the scenery, we were spending the rest of the time trying to ji siao the monkeys living there. there are really lots of them la. expert pickpockets too, they will take wadever you have hanging around you loosely and mess with it. the monkeys there, some r pretty smart, but some r simply dumb.

The Monkeys
we tried feeding them empty peanuts shells, some were tempted and they did took the bait but threw them away immediately in a fist of 'tamade', lol. leaves, branches, stones proved to be useless charms.

anw, while we were walking down the steps from the caves, i got to witness this incident. haha, this monkey suddenly grabbed a gal's waterbottle and tried to figure out how to open it. soon, a crowd gathered with all the video cams and cameras. the monkey has become a mini celebrity! jz as we were thinking, ok, this dumb monkey doesnt know how to unscrew the bottle when it did it and started to drink from it. and u dun expect it to return back to the owner politely. it jz slammed the bottle down onto the ground.

the remaining part of our 2nd day was spent walking around Berjaya Times Square. its a real and fake world over there in KL. if u wanna real stuff, haha.. jz stick to Berjaya and KLCC. a night of disappointment as usual. no soccer to watch.. missing out on England Vs Portugal, watched the match highlights as usual on the next morning news. haha

3rd day.. out of KL and onwards to Malacca

haha of coz, before checking out of our room, there should be a bit of Tao Poking done. first up was freddy (oh, happy birthday fred! haha), followed by chongwei. it wasnt a easy task. one's stronger and resilient than he looks, the other's loud and ferocious which belies his usually 'man of few words' image.

off to Malacca den.. stopped by this mr lim factory, u know that guy who produces all those durian stuff that we always buy back frm malaysia. yeah, tts him. had durian chendol there, plus buying of the traditional food stuffs back.

tried to find this noodle stall recommended by jason somewhere there also, but the search was fruitless. tink it has moved or closed down. the whole street looks mafia-ish. a street where u can imagine punks having fights and wadever. haha, almost all the shops there have graffiti on it. bypassed the famous church landmark and tt ship.


Back to Singapore... after deciding to skip Johor for seafood dinner, it was cheong-ing all the way back to sg via Tuas second link. free of traffic with no jam, thanks to the $$ tolls $$. finally, we are Home! quite a fun trip actually despite missing out on live football on tv. yeah, tt was quite a damper.