spinxie's babblings

Friday, March 28, 2008

Saturday 22 March 2008

Before I went to Kuala Lumpur, I already informed Sim Sun Sun that I would be going there. We planned to meet up and she also invited Jessica Yim to join us.

Sim Sun Sun was my neighbour when we were growing up. We were also in the same grade in primary school but different class. Jessica was her classmate.

I met Sun Sun again last year when both of us went back to Sandakan on the same weekend. I have not seen Jessica since we left our primary school ie. more than twenty five years ago!

Sun Sun came to fetch me for lunch and we detoured to Subang Jaya to collect a file her colleague had left in the opto shop the day before.

Then she drove back to Sunway Pyramid and Jessica suggested we should have lunch at Tony Roma's eventhough she was still attending a meeting at work.

The ice-skating rink at Sunway Pyramid is undergoing renovation for the time being.

Above the ice-skating rink

Sun Sun and I chit-chatted for about an hour before Jessica arrived. After Jessica joined us, we ordered our lunch. We shared an appetizer consisting of potatoes (but looks liked mussels), chicken wings and salad.

Left to right: Spinxie, Sun Sun & Jessica

For main course, Jessica and I both ordered fish with two side orders. Sun Sun only ordered two side orders.

By the time we had lunch it was after 2p.m. Eventhough that was my first and only meal for that day, I did not finish the fish. Likewise Jessica as well.

We had so much news to catch up on. We talked about our past, our present and our future. Time flew by and we did not leave the place until about 6p.m.

A big thank you to Sun Sun for treating Jessica and I to this filling meal.

Sun Sun suggested I join her and her husband for dinner since they are staying nearby but I declined the offer.

I do not why I was feeling so tired during my Kuala Lumpur trip this time around. After arriving back at Tracy’s apartment, I managed to go online for free again. I went to bed around 8p.m.

Good Friday 21 March 2008 (3)

At about 2.30p.m. I took the monorail from Bukit Bintang to Hang Tuah Station (behind this station is Berjaya Times Square). From Hang Tuah Station, I took a train to Bandaraya – which is directly connected to Sogo Complex.

On arrival, I found out that Sogo Complex was having sales as well and there were so many people. I have not been to this complex since I left Peninsula Malaysia for good in 1998.

At 4p.m. I met Lily Tan and after about 10 mins, Shirley Chin arrived. Five minutes later Choo Siow Chin called Lily to tell her she was waiting for us at the entrance.

We proceeded up to the 6th Floor because I told Lily I wanted to see what restaurants were up there. When I was working in Tg. Malim, my uncle-in-law liked to bring his family and me to have meals in the Vietnamese Restaurant (if my memory serves me correctly).

This time when we arrived, there were not many restaurants left. Most of the place were converted into a food court.

All of us ordered different food individually. I ordered from the Penang stall – asam laksa. Lily ordered from the same stall as I did but she had soup noodles. Choo had fried meehoon and assorted Malay kueh. Shirley had Malay kueh as well.

Left to right: Spinxie, Shirley Chin, Lily Tan & Choo Siow Chin

Asam Laksa

Everytime I went to Kuala Lumpur, I had to at least try asam laksa once because I have not found a place that serves this dish to the standard I want in Kota Kinabalu.

We chit-chatted for over an hour before Lily and Shirley parted company with Choo and I. Shirley had to go to fetch her husband Steven from work and Lily joined them for Good Friday evening service in an Anglican church. Choo and I walked over to Pertama Complex to see whether we can get any clothes from Reject Shop. We did not find anything that we fancy.

We walked back to Sogo Complex and bought a pair of high heels each at the Ground Floor. When we were at the Upper Floor Shoes Department, I managed to find another pair of high heels. I did not find any clothes that I wanted to buy eventhough I tried on a few blouses.

At 6p.m., Choo and I parted company at Bandaraya Station. I went back to Hang Tuah Station by train and took the monorail from there to Bukit Bintang again. The rain started to come down when I was inside the monorail.

I bought two blouses at Parkson Grand, Sg. Wang Plaza and some hair accessories at one of the shops.

When I arrived back at Tracy’s apartment, she was home. We were able to go online for free since her computer can detect someone who stays near her apartment going online as well.

Good Friday 21 March 2008 (2)

I arrived at KL Sentral around noon and walked over to the monorail station to go to Bukit Bintang. The journey took about 20 mins and I called Aunty Linda on arrival at Sg. Wang Plaza. We had made appointment to meet up there because she was waiting for cousin Yeng Yeng to finish her class before both of them took the bus back to Tg. Malim.

Aunty Linda and I shopped for a while before we opted to have lunch at Madam Wong Café in Sg. Wang Plaza.

Most of the comfortable seats were taken and there were only left these ones which looked very uncomfortable to me.

Aunty Linda and I ordered almost the same set lunch. We had chicken chop with rice and veges.

Our order also included a glass of ice lemon tea and ice-cream. My order also included a salmon cake. The waitress served us the ice-cream first followed by the ice lemon tea.

I could not finish the rice and I did not like the salmon cake. It did not taste good at all. The chicken chop was ok.

Aunty Linda and I spent some time in catching up before we went over to Lot 10 to meet up with Yeng Yeng.

Aunty Linda and I

Yeng Yeng and I

Both of them were taking the bus from Bukit Bintang to Puduraya. I could have accompanied them to take the bus since my next stop would be Sogo Complex and the bus passed by there. But I did not join them because I wanted to shop in Parkson Grand, Sg. Wang Plaza first.

Parkson was having sales and I found some clothes I liked but I did not manage to try them.

Good Friday 21 March 2008 (1)

Since I only had less than five hours sleep on the night I arrived in Kuala Lumpur and was out for more than fifteen hours straight the following day, my body was pretty tired.

I did not wake up until 10a.m. on Good Friday. Unlike the state of Sabah, all the states and federal territories in Peninsula Malaysia do not observe public holiday on this day.

I left Tracy’s apartment slightly after 11a.m. and walked to the train station behind her apartment – Setia Jaya Station. I missed the train by one minute and had to wait for half an hour for the next one to arrive.

While I was waiting, I saw a train carrying heaps of steel passing by. It must have come from Port Klang. After ten minutes, the same train came back to Setia Jaya Station backwards. I found that kinda amusing because of wastage in time, energy, etc.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Thursday 20 March 2008 (36)

As Tracy and I finished our hair trim, Jeff appeared and we went to Plaza Low Yat basement for dinner. It is operated by Hongkongers.

Jeff had cuttlefish ball soup with ‘horfun’.

Tracy had wet fried noodles.

I had shrimp dumpling with noodles. I liked my food.

On the way home from Tun Sambanthan Station, there were major traffic congestion on the road even on a public holiday.

Thursday 20 March 2008 (35)

We went Tracy’s friend’s shop called Curve Hair Studio in Sungei Wang Plaza to get our hair trim.

I meant to go to my hairdresser in Kota Kinabalu on the weekend just before I flew to Kuala Lumpur but because I was sick, I could not make it and my hair at the fringe was really getting too long and annoying me.

Before

After (Look at the sunburnt on my neck!)

Before

After

Thursday 20 March 2008 (34)

When we reached Selangor, the rain was pouring down like cats and dogs.

Tracy parked her car at the carpark at Tun Sambanthan Station so that we can take the monorail to Bukit Bintang Station. We intended to have our hair trim.

Photo taken from Tun Sambathan Monorail Station - Same mirror design but two different hotels. Hilton Hotel on the left and Le Meridien Hotel on the right.

Photo taken at Sungei Wang Plaza. There is a wall but with a Gents signboard. Even you bang your whole body on the wall, you won't get to any Gents at all!