4D3N KL Trip

many have been asking how's my KL trip.. so here's a summary of how my trip went:

coach: grassland/草原

paid about $65 per pax for a return trip - a pretty good deal i would say! went on the super VIP bus. spacious seats, good leg space (im 1.73m tall btw, so if i say there's good legspace, there IS really good legspace)

hotel: the 5 elements (chinatown area)

my colleague recommended chinatown area to me when i was planning for my trip. he mentioned Ancasa hotel and The 5 Elements hotel was pretty good. i chose 5 elements because of the economical factor - it was about 20bucks cheaper than Ancasa per night. with that savings i cn spend more on food &shopping, right? BUT! it was a bad choice!!!!! read on to find out why :]

28 april 2012, day1 (WORST DAY EVER)

• yes, very unfortunately, it was the day of the bersih 3.0 protests -__- upon arrival in KL, my coach had to make turns and turns just because there were roadblocks everywhere!! we were supposed to alight at Imbi, and every path leading to Imbi was BLOCKED. spent an extra 1hr+ in the bus.
• finally reached our destination. bf &i had to take a train to Rakyat station. all the ticketing machines at Imbi station didnt accept our RM10, and we didnt have any small change on us. therefore, we went to the customer service counter and requested to buy a ticket. the officer was very rude, demanding that we buy the ticket from the machine. upon hearing that we had no change, she rudely replied "i also don have change!" while showing us her cash drawer. irritated, i answered her "THEN HOW I BUY?!". upon which, she got 2 RM5s from the neighbouring counter for us. in the first place, getting change from the next counter very difficult meh??
• finally got to Rakyat station. exited the station to see a huge number of people there for the demonstration. quickly made our way to our hotel. we were put on the 13th floor. once the lift door opened, what we saw was unused beds lying against the walls, &unused bedsheets lying on the floor. proceeded into our room, looked around. toiletbowl was not clean! was actually quite stained. 
• requested to have a change in room, cuz of the dirty toilet &the 13th floor was not populated at all! we were the only human beings on the 13th floor. we also felt unsafe, cuz the hotel does not have a habit of locking their rooms when it is vacant. which also means that any stranger cn go into their empty rooms, do whatever they want (hide inside there, put a spycam, whatever). IMO i think its not safe to leave their rooms unlocked.
• headed down for lunch. the moment we exited the hotel, we saw a large group of the protesters heading our way. immediately made a turn and ate at the dimsum stall just beside our hotel.
• e demonstration got wayyyy outta hand, and during the time we were eating, the protesters were shouting, cheering, pointing their middle ringers at low flying helicopter, etc. and then, tear gas came. imagine while we were having our first meal in KL, we were fogged with tear gas. lagi best!
• headed back to the hotel cuz there was obviously no where we could go with those people around. even the shops in chinatown were not open on that day!
• when all has quieten down, bf &i headed down to chinatown for dinner &a walk around Petaling street. most of the stalls were not open. had dinner, went back to hotel to sleep. we thought that was the end of our very bad day. we were WRONG.
• at 1am on our very first nite, our room BLACKED-OUT. woke up from my sleep feeling suffocated. wtf right, where got hotel blackout one?? first time i ever experienced this shit. called the receptionist. he picked up, & i said.. "hi cn u come check the power on the 7th floor? it seemed to have cut off..." i havent finished my sentence and he hung up on me already -_-
• someone came up to the 7th floor, resumed the power &started BANGING on my door (yes, its not a "knockknock, room service" but a "bangbangbangbangbang" instead). we therefore replied "thank you! ok already", but that rude fella answered us "WHAT OK? YOU GOT ANYHOW USE THE POWER SUPPLY OR NOT??" NB!!!!
• FYI, there were only 3 power points at the table. among those 3, we were unable to push in our adaptor into 1, so we tried the 2nd one - able to push in, BUT NO POWER!!! so outta 3 we could only use 1 of their powerpoints.... to charge our mobiles. HELLO! you only let us use 1 powerpoint &u dare say we anyhow use it?? 

lucky for us, the next few days went pretty ok!

29 april 2012, day2

• headed to midvalley megamall. train transport to midvalley's not that convenient. their train interchanges are not like sg's - you'd actually have to walk quite a distance to change to the other line.
• lucky for us, midvalley was quite a nice looking shopping ctr! (not like jb's lok kok ones lah)
• walked around abit, decided to book movie tix (RM14 only!), did massage, did manicure &pedicure (for half of sg's price!). we were really enjoying our holiday on the 2nd day.
• spent the whole day at midvalley. lots of shopping, lots of food. its a good place to go to!
• headed back to the hotel &wished out aloud that there wouldnt b blackouts anymore. thankfully, there wasnt :]

30 april 2012, day3

• seeked some travel from my manicurist the previous day - she suggested us to go to Bukit Bintang - the Orchard Rd in KL
• had lunch at Jalan Alor. they have some pretty gd food arnd there! lotsa zi char stalls around.
• wandered around till we found KL's "Funan IT Mall. its called Plaza Low Yat. the only impression i had of that plaza was... "wakao the toilets sibei expensive!!! RM0.50 per entry -_____-"
• headed to Pavilion, what locals say its comparable to sg's Ion Orchard. true enough, i felt rly comfortable there - that mall had lotsa varieties of shops. walked, shopped, starbucks-ed, movie-d there. 

1 may 2012, day4

• whole day (till 4pm before we boarded the bus back to sg) was spent at Imbi, Berjaya Times Square.
• all i cn say is that its the equivalent to sg's Far East - totally not my type. 

so.. this sums up my trip to KL.

will i go back to KL, ever again? 

prolly not :]

my ambition is to be a housewife, i realized.

(-___-)"

2011.

throughout 2011, i've had probably afew of the biggest changes of my life.

and 2011 had been a great year cuz i think i've been very lucky.

for the first half of the year, i schooled.

then came june when i had my final exams. yes, really - the final final exams of my education. for a very long time, i thought i'd just wait for my results (which was then scheduled mid-july) before i start looking for a job - cuz who knows, i might just fail any module in the final semester, right?

but less than a month upon graduating, i couldnt sit still at home. by then i have already finished watching afew dramas, went for my grad trip (to taiwan!), hung out once a week w my fave uni mates.. i was almost bored to death.

the next wise thing to do was to apply for a job then. i was lucky - secured a job in 2 interviews. so the 2nd half of 2011 was spent working. work has been alright so far - work load's not that heavy yet. but im blessed with awesome colleagues, and most importantly, joker team mates! they're the awesomest, and i look forward to seeing them at work everyday. &im lucky to have secured a job with a company that provides lots of good benefits ;)

working, comes with spending power too!

for the very first time, i paid for my overseas trip! went with family &bf to hk, macau, &zhuhai where i paid for my own expenses. also satisfied one of my biggest wants - a camera with changeable lens! still uber happy with my purple beauty :] im also able to pay for my car's petrol &servicing now that im earning my own gold! happymax.

&probably the best thing that happened in 2011: balloting for a flat, &obtaining queue #3!! nuff said.

im grateful - for 2011 has been another year well spent with my family &love.

2011 - an awesome year!

have been grumpy the entire week.

seriously dont know what went wrong or why am i feeling so 烦..

tired.

人家同样都是人，为什么同人不同命？

为什么有些人一出世就不愁吃不愁穿，而有些人连吃饭的钱都没有？

为什么有些人做工赚的钱这么多，而有些人怎样赚钱都不够养家？

为什么有些人就轻轻松松的做工都能赚很多钱，而有些人那么卖力。。赚的钱有这么少？

为什么有些人一结婚就有家住， 不用想着每个月要付贷款。。而有些人要结婚买屋子的钱都没有？

为什么同样都师兄弟姐妹，而父母又那么偏心？

人活着又好多好多烦恼－－－多数是为了爱和钱。。

怎么才能活的开心自在？

on mc today again!

im nt very happy though.. i've been falling sick alot recently (3 times in a month?!) that i've taken a total of 6 days off from work. somewhat paiseh to apply for medical leave again.

but last nite was feeling realllly horrible :(

after seeing e doc i slept at 10pm. jumped up at 10.30, 11.30, 2.20 bcuz i couldnt breathe. have been blowing out phlegm through my nose recently so e mucus is really thick, thus causing heavy blockage in my nose -_- other times i drifted in and out of sleep, mostly waking up cuz i could feel e mucus rolling down my nose. woke up in e morn to find tissues lying around on my bed without knowing how they came about. hais.

feeling much better now though!

throughout the morning my nose was still leaking but it became better as the day passed.. at least my nose isnt leaking anymore, but theres now lots of phlegm stuck in my throat instead -_-

also managed to cook a meal for my sis! today's menu was fried spaghetti w lotsa onions, garlics and mushrooms, panfried fish w fresh tomato sauce &french beans!

was yummy and my sis loved it :]

've been cooking alot recently, whenever i have e time (mostly during weekends) - and i must say im finding joy in cooking! especially when everybody's been lovin what i cooked. happymax :):)

im sick again wtf!

just popped runny nose medicine plus the chinese herbal chuan-pei-pi-pa-gao. (dont know how to type those cheeeena words and m lazy to search hehehehe) the herbal medi is good btw! first time eating it &i thought i my thought my throat didnt feel too sore immediately after the herbal paste slid down.

im gonna blame my current condition (sorethroat + runnynose +headache) on TWO reasons:

1) uncle &ahkim's 40th wedding anniversary.

was at springcourt, chinatown. i must say the food was not bad but the service was lousy. if it wasnt for the karaoke we had, we would have been just sitting down and waiting aimlessly for the food to arrive -_-

at the end of the dinner we all yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-seng-ed many times over &over again, so loud that im blaming my sorethroat on the dinner now.

2) heavy rain yesterday.

went to botanic gardens cuz dearie wanted to take pictures with his baby. thought it was a gd idea cuz we can now take a train to botanic gardens!! 12 mins from my place :] damn convenient this circle line.

i walked while he snapped.. and he snapped.. and snapped..

&e rain came.. and stopped.. came &stopped.. in e end it rained so heavily.. we had a tiny umbrella above our heads but we kinda still got wet -_- thus leading to my runny nose.

*sigh*

its e 3rd time im falling sick in a month! :(

on a side note, from this weekend onwards i'll be able to snap pictures alongside my lub bcuz I'VE JUST ORDERED MY EPM-1!!!!! IN PURPLE. damn chio i think. hohoho, i know its just an entry level (&some might not consider it a DSLR), but IMHO i think it takes much better pictures than normal digicams, its not as heavy as a DSLR, AND it supprts interchangeable lenses!! haha gd for d &i cuz we cn share lenses :p

've been spending so much these few months..

bought facial &waxing packages, spent so much on medical bills &now im buying my camera.... not to mention our HK/macau/ZH trip NEXT MONTH!!! hehehehehe.

ok better curb my spendings already. *sighhhh* money no enough to spend.