Friday, May 06, 2005 @ 12:33 am
I'M BACK!!!!!!!! did anyone miss me?? (I know Ben did, coz he called me right after i reached home! thankew!! *muacks* ;P)
wow, 3D2N is really vvvv short. altho KL wasn't as fun as i had expected it to be, it was still a great road trip with Ugin coz we get to spend some good quality time tog after the dreaded exams.
woke up real early on Tue morn (think around 5.15am when Mummy came into 'ka jiao' me) and headed to Lavender where the coach was waiting for us. We had arrived early, but didn't noe exactly where we're suppose to board the bus coz the staff didn't tell us when we went to collect the tix. Luckily Ugin said we should check it out at Konsortium's counter in case, and only to realise that we had actually waited at the wrong bus! it was 7.25am already and our coach was due to leave at 7.30am. So we had to go to the adj building where their branch was to check ourself in for the coach. Luckily we made it on time. Konsortium buses are quite spacious, good transport for long distance trips like this one.
Spent about 4+, 5 hours on the roads (M'sian roads are like never-ending one, and there are alot of toll stations as well) before arriving our asses at Puduraya Bas Station (act we got down halfway becoz the coach was stuck in the traffic waiting to get into the bus station). Hailed a teksi ("taxi") to our hotel which was at the borders of KL and Selangor.
Our accomo was at Eastin Hotel, which was a rather nice 4-star business hotel. The staff there were lk quite shocked to see 2 ginas walking into their front lobby, checking ourselves in. (mebe the Singnet promo that Ugin got was targeted at businessmen) But well wat the heck, since we're here liao, and we're paying for their services, guess we shoudn't feel out of place (altho i think we were the only ones, in bright red Deuters, sandals and shorts :P)
The promo that Ugin got from Singnet was act a birthday promo, so the hotel package came with a 500g cake and coffee for high tea. Gosh, u shud haf seen the astonished look on our faces when the waiter brought in the plate. We had thot it was jus a small and nice SLICE of cake and a cup of coffee BUT NO!!! it was a 500g cake!!! which is like 18cm x 18cm???? *faints* it was so damn beeeg that i was wondering if were able to finish it at all!!
haha we could only managed 2 big slices of the cake before we called it quits. Took a teksi again to Times Square!!!!!!!!!! Been wanting to go there so long liao, coz kept hearing about how big and grand it was. Well true, it was huge and posh and stuff, but hey, the shops there were exorbitantly ex!!!!!! piang eh, it was like no diff from Taka or Paragon in SG lo... duhzz, make me come all the way here to look at stuff that cost the same in SG. nabeh.
After walking level by level (it was super big with 10 floors altog!!), we managed to find a seemingly-good hair salon (with a nice sounding name, Kimarie. think SG also haf) to get a hair cut. Jus nice they were having a opening promo which gives a wash+cut at
RM$17.50!!!! haha that's freakingly cheap lar!! hah we hurried went for it, so kiasu! :P But the hair cut was good, i had a better deal coz normally hair cut for girls are more tedious so for the same price, i had a pretty good hair trim by a chio-bu hairstylist (think SG Orchard Rd high class salons can't be compared to her! *
mesmerised*). But it was kinda spoilt when she sunk her well-manicured nails deep into my scalp when she washed my hair!!! *
oouuchhh!!!* wah lau eh, i almost screamed my lungs off when she began
scrubbing my hair with shampoo. it was as if the cat's paws was scratching on the wall!! *
goose pimples* yikes, i think i shan't elaborate in case u guys alr have the goose pimples all standing up!
ok apart from that, shopping at Times Sq was no fun esp becoz u're there to buy bargained items, which is ME. So we adjourned to some other shopping places on the map, Sungei Wang Plaza (Wat a name, so ah tiong. *oops!* )
But hey this mall ain't no ah tiong k... hee :P It's machiam like Far East Plaza lidat... the kind of setting and shops, really like the exact replica of FE. But the stuff there are cheap and interesting too!! I found one boutique which sells Mickey Mouse clothes, shoes, bags and accessories only!!! It's so cool!!! i was trying out the jeans and was so tempted to get that! but too bad it's rather ex (RM$139) and it's alittle tight for comfort so i gave up. The tops were vvv nice too! most were sewn on with sequins that has the shape of Mickey but were abt S$50 at least..... waayyy out of my budget. So there's only the eye feast and the
"wah....".There are really a LOT of stuff to shop and as the shopping queen which i was well known of, i could hardly resist the temptation of sinking my hands into one or 2 items. Bought a Snoopy pencil case at this shop which sells all kinds of wallets, pouches, handbags, pencil cases of all diff kinds of characters like Snoopy, Blythe, Nightmare before Christmas, Playboy, PostPet, Doraemon and others!! really cool, stayed there for like almost half n hour, touching this and that, before Ugin pulled the reluctant me away... :P
ok i think most of u would haf fallen sleep at this juncture... So i shall jus cut short on my KL trip. hee :P
Second day was at
Sunway Lagoon, with a free Mercs ride to and fro to the theme park. Sunway was really boring.. there were unfinished construction goin on and the water rides were jus too..... UN-EXCITING (if there's such a word) It can't even be compared to the old Fantasy Island in Sentosa can! *
pui!!* We ended Sunway Lagoon after 2 hours inside and headed for more shopping instead. There's a shopping mall jus beside it called
Sunway Pyramid, which is built like the Pyramids in Egypt. The shops were much better than Times Sq and were more affordable. We shared a Coney Dog hotdog bun and Sisters Crispy Popiah. The food was good and it was under RM$10. ;P Our Mercs came to pick us up back to the hotel at 4pm (we felt as if were from some Royal Family. hah.) and we went out again after 1hr of pitstop for more shopping!!! haha, wat can u expect to do in KL besides eating and shopping??? =D
This time we went to Mid Valley Mega Mall. Trust me, it's really a
MEGA MALL. the whole bldg was separated into 5 courts, the North, South, East, West and the Centre Court. Each court has about 5 levels, so u can imagine how many shops there were!!! I kept asking Ugin how come SG dun haf such megal malls, becoz if we do haf one, the tourists n locals would be streaming in everyday!! and they haf shops there which were only one brand, like MCKY (the Mickey boutique store. why SG dun haf!!! urgh.), M.A.C cosmetics, The Dance Shop (which sells appraels for hip-hop dance, ballet etc), The Pets Store (this is a double storey pet shop in a shopping mall!!), Toy City etc. I really think malls in SG should take reference from this Mid Valley Mega Mall, becoz even on weekdays, it was also very crowded!!
After 2 days of shopping, i was really worn out.... my legs hurt and my back aches. my eyes were blood shot red from all the browsing and stuff, my stomach is filled with sushi (Their Sushi King franchise pale in comparison to our Sakae. Sakae rules!!!), doughnuts, ice-cream, coke, hotdog, fries and other sinful food!!! my 2weeks hiatus from snack resulting in minimal weight loss is GONE. I hafta try harder to lose weight now.
boohoo!!~~ Anyway, it was really good getaway from SG (altho it's still more shopping, but at least I feel rich over there coz everthing is half price!! *
muahahaha*) plus i'm with Ugin, which makes the entire trip more enjoyable!. Kudos to my darling for keeping me company, for offering to carry the heavy haversack, for buying me food when i'm jus too tired to walk anymore and for other things. love ya loads!!!! *
smooch!!*
Hopefully this is a 'good' guide for those peeps who are considering goin to KL for shopping. A word of advice: Find a hotel that is near KL city, preferably near all the shopping areas, so that it'll be of walking distance from ur hotel to the shopping districts. We spent almost RM$70 on cab fare alone coz our hotel is at the suburbs of KL city and cabs are the only means of convenient trspt.
Also, unless u jus want to take a peek of the 'famed' Times Sq and Sunway Lagoon, I would advise u gif it a miss and spend more time shopping at Sungei Wang and Mid Valley, becoz these 2 shopping malls are really worth walking n buying stuffs from!
Some pics to go along with the otherwise
too wordy entry:

In the Konsortium SuperCoach to KL. So bored that we played with our hp's camera. :P

Ugin took this with my hp. Din realise that half of my right boobs were
almost spilling out after he took the photo. He said I look abit like Fiona Xie... *
meow*

Whee~~~!!! our new haircut at Times Sq for only
RM$17.50!!! haha ;P

On the Mercedes back to Hotel from Sunway Lagoon. This is our free '
shuttle' for the day.

Super cute
ferret from The Pet Shop at Mid Valley Mega Mall. This was one of the pets found in this 2-storey pet shop!!

Cute
baby Chinchilla drinking water! Gotcha!

Ugin making a funny face. He look so dorky! :P
KL Ramly Burger rockzz to the max!!! juicy and tasty! Yummy!!! UMP!

Sibei dulan face of mine. Bus ticket wrote check in at 2.30pm outside Puduraya Bus Station but the bus din come until 3.15pm.
I WAN TO COMPLAIN!!!! *
grrrrrr*
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