your light will shine when all else fades...: Trip to Kuala Lumpur

30 Apr 10, Friday to 2 May 10, Sunday.

Been wanting to go somewhere somewhere. Thought of Kuala Lumpur for quite some time but no action. Finally I am going there.

Friday early morning I took the following route.
- MRT from Khatib to Kranji.

- SBS 170 from Kranji MRT to Lakin Bus Interchange, Johor Bahru.

- Coach from Lakin Bus Interchange, Johor Bahru to Puduraya station, Kuala Lumpur.

(KL closed their bus station and direct all buses to a makeshift bus terminal at the car park beside stadium.)

A long journey from JB to KL and will very restless so did not take much photos.

My bus tickets from JB to KL

From KL temporary bus terminal, took a shuttle bus which costs RM2, to go back to the original interchange where Soon Fatt's auntie will pick us up. The temporary bus terminal is far away from the main city area. First stop, she bought us to Suria KLCC shopping complex to visit the Petrosains Discovery Centre (Science centre about petrol). Arrive at around 4pm and they had close their counter sales. I am like HUH it is closed so early when the shopping mall is open till late.

Change of plan. Not able to go to the Science Centre, we head for late lunch instead. Auntie highly recommend this casual restaurant serving Malaysia local fares - Madam Kwan's. She was saying all other restaurants are very expensive and this is affordable with great food. Trust her taste. Ordered immediately once we seat. All 3 of us ordered Nasi Lemak and they are having ice lemon tea while I chosen mango milk shake.

The Nasi Lemak smells so nice~ Tasty coconut milk rice with chilli ikan, curry chicken, half hard boiled egg, fish floss and achar achar. Everything is nice or am I too hungry? =P The portion is very filling. Finishing the whole plate, I could finish my mango milk shake. It is too thick. This meal is a treat from Auntie. Thank you!

Shop around the mall and realise that they are not cheap. Majority of the shops are big brands. So I did not purchase anything. Oh there is a park beside the mall. Look at how beautiful it is from inside the mall. The weather is quite humid, I wonder how they sit under the warm sun chatting away.

Went out for a short stroll at the park, saw lots of kids at the play area. And take note - it is strictly for kids only. If a adult use the facilities at the playground, security auntie will "BEEP BEEP" blow her whistle at you. Fountain area and the kids are happily playing water. I walk on the steps to pose for a photograph when I hear "BEEP BEEP" again. Oh no shoes allowed. So pai sei didn't see the notice which is so tiny on the floor.

Uncle called Auntie to inform her of dinner at 8pm. After a round of shopping, photo taking and rotting, we head to their home to drop our bags and rest. Uncle drove us to a nearby coffeeshop where they actually wanted us to try the laksa but it has closed shop. Wonder is business too poor or they moved? So end up having century egg porridge. Ordered one claypot (for one person) and share. Lucky we ordered only one pot. Cause we can't even finish it when we are sharing. This shows how full we are from the Nasi Lemak earlier.

After dinner, Uncle bought us to this place where there are a few restaurant (very expensive kind), one supermarket and a big pond. We went to the supermarket for free air-con and saw New Zealand ice cream having promotion. He He ... ice cream ice cream my fave!

Regular tub costs only RM17.40 which is S$6.22. A lot cheaper then in Singapore. We get to chose 2 flavour and I ordered Berries sorbet and Choco chunk (something like tat can't remember liao). It is so nice~!

I was also drooling over 叶子梅包. Is this the correct name to use??? Uncle knows of this shop selling them and went over to say Hi to the owner and bought one for us too. Look at how huge the bao is! Bigger than my palm.

This is just 1/4 of it and the 料 is so packed. Worth the $$. Each quarter gets half hard boiled egg. He he... The rest are chicken meat. So meaty lor.

1 May 2010, Saturday.

Early morning, Uncle drove us to the famous Kim Tek Bak Ku Teh. Meetup with Auntie's brother and his wife there for breakfast. When we reach the place it is so packed that we had to wait for a family to finish up. So famous meh???!?!?!?

Munched on 油条和白糕 while waiting for the bak ku teh. Super long Q lor!

Here comes the anticipated Bak Ku Teh! Still boiling lor! Yummy fatty meat and it is nice!!! Thumbs up!

After breakfast, we head to Dark Cave 黑风洞 for sightseeing. Think the Indians are celebrating their festival as it is so packed and they are doing their prayers and offerings.

This statue is so huge!

Look at how beautiful is the view from the stairs (near to the entrance to the cave). I was panting as I climb. He he didn't exercise much. There is 2 smaller temple inside the cave. Some of them carried their offerings on their head and climb the stairs to reach these temples. Strong stamina!

As we walk deeper into the cave, I saw lots of monkeys loitering around. They are searching for foods like fruits. Indians carried flowers, coconut and banana as offerings. Saw this monkey munching the banana where this 2 kids stare at it. So cute~

I saw this lady walking out of the temple with her small little plastic bag of offering when a monkey run up to her and try to snatch her plastic bag. She tried to retaliate but of no use. As the monkey grab on her and try to climb further up. So she throw the bag on the floor. Ah yo the monkeys are so aggressive.

Next stop - Science Centre. Actually I do not know that it exist in Kulau Lumpur. He he =P Doesn't the building structure reminds you of Esplanade?

Science Centre entrance which is a robot hand! Actually there is a admission charge for the centre but they had removed the charges. Think they are trying to encourage more people to visit them.

Nothing much in the centre as most interactive stations are malfunctioning. Wondering around and left around 1.5 hrs later. Took quite a lot of stupid photos actually. Then now I know why they are not charging admission fee anymore. As so many facilities are not working. Haiz...

Went to visit Auntie's daughter at work - there is a Design Week happening at CapSquare Kuala Lumpur (Level 2). The person on the extreme left in white jacket with pink print is her Boss. Young and rich. They started a graphic design magazine and set up a booth to promote the mag. There are lots of booth selling accessories, t-shirts or wall paper.

Art exhibit put up!

Selling T-shirts

Candy art chef

All these are made from Sugar! Even the plates and bowl are.

Adorable shoe with lots of lace

(would you wear it?!?)

Super cute tent

There is a stall beside this super cute tent selling services of customising the tent. You can chose any drawing and they will hand draw it onto the white tent. Think they must out in a lot of time to draw them.

Shuttle bus just outside the mall for the Design week to shuttle them around the different venues

Next stop - Chinatown! Highly rated by lots of people - a must go.

To me it is like 女人街 in Hong Kong or Papong street in Bangkok. The whole stretch of shops are selling fake branded items from bags to shoes to accessories! It rains when I was there and got to seek shelter at a coffeeshop and rest for a drink. As we are strolling out when the rain stops, Aunties stop to buy a handbag. Me spotted something from the same stall and bought a bag at only RM50. To me it is quite cheap already without bargaining at all. Hehe finally bought something.

Head home after that as Uncle date his friends and Auntie's brother out for dinner at a chinese restaurant. Went home to bath and chiong out for dinner! It was nice =) didn't manage to take any photos of the food. Too shy as they are all strangers to me. So better don't take so much photographs.

Afterwhich, Auntie drove us back to the city area to have a look at their night life - pubs along the streets lit brightly and packed with people. Ah yo and the traffic jam is very bad too. Then I suggested Auntie to bring us to try her favourite Roti Kacang. I actually thought that it would be at a roadside stall or something like that. But Auntie drove us to the whole stretch of houses behind her house (just the next few roads) and they converted this semi detach into a shop. It is a chinese stall inside which has close for the day and Indian stall outside. Business is so good that as it is so packed and crowded.

Roti Kacang

2 May 2010, Sunday.

Packing up to leave this KL le. So fast. Had not go to a lot of places and didn't not buy lots of stuff. I don't want to leave. =(

Went for breakfast nearby with our bags to leave. Ordered 三色茶 and chicken chop. The tea is not very nice and the colour is all mix up. The skills of the coffee maker is not up to standard. But the chicken chop is nice!!!

Times square. Karen told me to go this place for lots of cheap clothings. Went down after breakfast for quick shopping treat and they have this amusement park in the mall. So interesting - there is a roller coaster! The entrance tickets are not expensive, however we have no time for that. Shop for around 1.5hrs - bought a top and t-shirt for myself and 3 t-shirts for my brothers. At least I got something from my trip! Sat at KFC for a drink and chiong ah to rush to the terminal to catch our coach at 3.30pm.