Timeless Elegance: 3rd Day in KL

Sunday, April 03, 2005

3rd Day in KL

Here's the 3rd day of KL...but nothing really much, because we spent the whole day in KLCC, never go anywhere else, actually got nowhere else near KLCC to go also, because around the buildings are all office towers (think Shenton Way) so it's just a shopping haven. :)

But first, my monkeys!!! Heehee.

Yup, we got our tix from Zuji, because they have the best rates for air tix to KL lar. At first we thought can take budget airline from Singapore to KL, but it turns out that no budget airline flies to KL lor. So surprising...so in the end we had to settle for a normal airline, and Japan Airlines offered the cheapest rates. S$168 to be exact, including taxes. And must have 2 persons flying together then can get this rate. Compared to air tix to Bangkok and elsewhere, it's really quite expensive lar...

But no choice, because I don't want to take bus there, and we weren't sure about the train thingy, and since clement had to work the night before, it definitely made more sense to travel by air so that he can rest before going over mah. :) Anyway Zuji's service is very good! After clement booked the tickets, the next morning an operator from Zuji called him up to confirm his details, and then they confirmed his ticket and sent it to his doorstep 3 days after! So fast and efficient sia...haha. :)

Anyway, on the 3rd day, we originally wanted to go to Petronas Towers, but in the end we didn't know we had to queue for tickets early in the morning (the towers opens at 10.30 lor) so we only set off much later...so in the end, no tickets and no Petronas Towers to go lar! But we took a different mode of transport...it's a train, but it's different from the monorail one, and like our SBS Transit's NEL line, it doesn't have a driver too.

This is the picture of the KL Sentral Station. It looks like a shopping centre actually. But in the basement, there's the express train (which we took from the airport to here) and then there's the normal train (which runs from Singapore to various states before ending at KL here) and then there's this passenger train that brings you around KL. However, like our MRT here, they also have many many lines, so have to be careful which line you hop on to, if not you will find yourself somewhere else rather than the intended destination lar.

This is the platform, while waiting for the train. It's funny how everyone here in Singapore complains that the platforms all should have safety bars so that people won't fall onto the tracks. Look at the one in KL, its platforms doesn't have safety bars too, and to add to that, the trains are driver-less. Isn't it like, more dangerous?

I still strongly believe that everyone should be vigilant and take care of themselves while waiting for trains at the platforms lar. We can have safety bars too but in the end when somebody bangs into a safety bar and hurt themselves people will complain that the safety bars are a hazard and want it removed also. What's the point man?

Anyway. Hehe. Enough of that "preaching" thingy. LoL~ When we alighted from the train we had to walk through the underground passway to the Petronas Towers and KLCC lor. The Petronas Towers are just beside KLCC, so both are within walking distance. And anyway, that's when we realised that we couldn't go up the tower because we did not have tix lar. So sad.

This are 2 shots of the Petronas Towers were taken while standing from opposite the road. It's quite hard to take man, because the towers are so tall, so we had to cross the road. Then after we cross the road we have to wait until the traffic are relatively cleared so that can take a nice shot. So this is what we got in the end.

Anyway, since we couldn't get the tix for the towers, in the end, we decided to watch movie in KLCC lor. Have been wanting to watch movie in Malaysia because the tickets are very cheap lar! RM10.00 only...it's not even the cost of the cheapest movie tickets in Singapore. Hehe. So we decided to buy tix to Meet the Fockers, since clement haven't watch it yet. :) I watched it already though, because of the christmas-eve outing I had with my friends. But anyway, I have to accompany mr clement to watch, and there were no other movies, so we watched it lor...

We watched at Tanjong Golden Village (as shown in the picture), which is the only cinema we could find in the city of KL. You would be surprised, that not every shopping centre has a cinema. Unlike here, whereby there are usually 3 cinemas within any 5km radius. Hehe.

They have Kinokuniya too! Hehe. Familiar brand names...they also have Royal Sporting House, Mango (I have said it's too ex for words anyway), Body Shop...blah blah.... The usual shops you will find in shopping centres lar...

Anyway since it was still December, it was still Christmas! They did some decorations in the building...

Christmas tree nice? Anyway it was day time then so the lights were not as bright lor. But the Christmas tree is very big leh, a few storeys high, just like the one in Ngee Ann City. Actually on that day we went, it was New Year's Eve! Hehe...31st December 2004 liao. So also got quite a lot of "mood" lar...

Anyway the KLCC was so big, it has so many different wings, so we walked and walked till we were a wee tad confused. And then we found this "courtyard" lookalike place at one of the exits...hehe.

That's the courtyard. Isn't the fountain nice? Hehe. The 1st 2 shots were taken while we were athe the courtyard, and there wasn't much, plus there were a lot of people smoking, so it wasn't really that good.

However some time later while walking around in Kinokuniya, clement realised that the windows in the bookstore had a great view of the fountain/courtyard below, so he took out his camera and took a few shots. I was quite worried that it wasn't allowed so I kept rushing clement to quick quick take the photos and run. Hehe. But in the end, the shots were worth it! Nicer than if we watch from below yah.

Anyway other than taking these few photos, the rest of the day was spent shopping and the movie lor. The shopping was great! I think there were at least 3 major departmental stores in KLCC. I think there was the Debenhem's, Isetan, and one more I can't remember...hehe. They were having big big sale...so, like mr clement always say....everyone's having a buying frenzy. :p

I bought 2 Mambo tops from the Mambo shop...I would never have stepped into one here in sg but heck, that shop was moving out so it was having at least 70% off everything inside! Hahaha...really can shop till broke lor. But by then I had already spent most of my money liao, so gotta take a tighter grip on my money...so I only bought things I really fancy. And anyway, if the prices are cheap enough, then should buy right! Hehe.

On a side note, I felt like the movie cheated my money can! Sheesh. I always thought Singapore's censors are a bit overboard when it comes to censorship, but then again, one needs to experience something more extreme to appreciate the less-extreme. Hehe. That Meet the Fockers were censored till it was so extreme...at least here we stick a higher rating so that the movie can pass uncut. After watching it we both agreed that even if the movie is cheaper, they chopped off more bits too, so it didn't make much of a difference too. -_-

This is the picture of the christmas tree at night. The colours look more vibrant hor. Hehe. Anyway it was around 9pm that night on a New Year's Eve...so really got a lot of mood lar. Haha. People were milling around and all that, with all the whistles and cat-calls. At that point in time, clement and I thought it would be safer to be back in the hotel room, you never know when people decide to get rowdy anyway...so we bought some Auntie Anne's and Roti Boy and went back to hotel le.

I always like to eat Auntie Anne's in Malaysia because it's so cheap. Hehe. The prices of half of that in Singapore, so I will definitely have it whenever I am there. And as for this Roti boy, heard a lot about it in magazines and newspapers, but never got a chance to know what it is...so that time when we saw that there was this Rotiboy shop in KLCC, we decided to buy and try lot. At first we didn't know what's so special about it, so I made clement go and ask the girl at the counter what's their specialty. The girl just merely replied, "Rotiboy", so clement ordered 2 from her lor. It's RM1.50 each...quite cheap lar. Hehe.

So it's the coffee-flavoured bread, with some sort of cream filling inside lor. Anyway the shop had long queues after the bread was made, luckily we ordered beforehand so we skipped the queue and gave them our receipt in exchange for the bread lor. :) And after tasting that mr clement was forever smitten with the bread...he vowed to find it and buy back to Singapore the next day when we fly home. -_-

That's me in the train! Hehe. I purposely made mr clement take photo like that so can see behind me and can see how the interior of the train looks like. The train is definitely bigger than the monorail lor, and so it's definitely more crowded. Hmm...but it's okay lar, I think everyone going partying that night liao. Haha. So it's still quite empty-looking. Anyway the train is only above-ground for the 1st few stops and underground for the rest already...

Anyway while walking back we realise that there were groups of police on patrol. Maybe scared got terrorist attacks bah. And then clement was saying probably they were there to make sure people don't get too rowdy, because it was already 11pm liao, that's when people starts to get rowdy and all that lar. Quite true I think...hmm...anyway got police also good, at least we know we can be safe bah. Heh~

And then after that we also took pics of our tickets. Forgot about it lor. Hehe. Now that I see the tickets, then I realised that this train system is an LRT system. Hehe. Ah well, I also cannot remember liao. Even the mag and maps that we had, I also dunno put until where liao. Hehe.

And that's the model of the KL Sentral Station lar. Since we can never see it from the top...the model will have to do as well. Hehe. Come to think of it, the tickets we have, are the ones that we used to use when there was no EZ-Link in the past also. Those kind of magnetic film-strip tickets lor...I used to love bending then and folding then and then watch it spring to its original shape again. Haha. So right now I have a chance to play with it once again lor...haha.

And so its home-sweet-home again lar...hehe. Anyway, everywhere we go, both Hilton and Le Meridien are together...they share the same building (since the buildings are joined), they share the same lobby, and then they share the same lifts too. It's only the entrance then the 2 hotels seperate lor...it's the right-side picture. It's not the lift...it's the entrance to the hotel le... :)

Clement carried a lot of things hor? Haha. I also carrying a lot of things. We both carry so many things still want to take photo, so in the end carry and take lor. Scared leave on the floor will kena stolen. Haha. Actually we were quite worried got attacks and all that, so have to be vigilant at all times. Somemore at night that lobby don't have people de...so must be even more careful lor. :)

Anyway after I reached the hotel I decided to take a few photos of the more interesting thingys in the hotel room. This room is full of surprises man...got so many interesting things which both of us didn't realise, because we were too tired 90% of the time and clement was just so interested in fiddling with the tv (that 42-inch plasma tv lor...). So I must go and explore. Hehe.

So many thingys...hehe. It's quite funny how they labelled everything, and how everything was stored. The shopping bag was damn cool...soooo big. Hehe. As big as an A3-size paper. Can really put a lot of things. I recently realised that almost every hotel will provide their hotel paper bag in the room, as sort of an advertisement for them when we go out. I have got quite a few already at home...most from local hotels. I think this is a recent phenomenem...haha... :p

And I realised that Hilton is really special, because they have these boxes called the Lifestyle Box! Haha...specially for us to use de lor. While some stuffs are free of charged, some must be paid...so they will list down specifically what is charged and what is not lar. Anyway this is the 1st time I have encountered this in a hotel...really really impressed sia!!!

Anyway the one on the left is the Rest and Relax box. Forgot what is the original name liao, so I think it's something similar lar. hee. Anyway got eye mask, as you can see, got wet towels, got a lot of creams also...it's for someone who's probably just alighted from the plane and feeling very jet-lagged lar....

There are 2 more boxes too, got a Kiddy box, and also a Business box. Hehe. The 2 boxes are self-explanatory lor...hehe.

Very interesting right! Hehe. The Business box got everything imaginable lor. Hehe. Got some things once opened, must pay, but other than that nothing else need to be paid. Scissors and punchers no need mah. Hehe. And the Kiddy box even more powerful lor...hehe. Got so many things. Hehe. Though the Uno must pay once opened though, and also the stickers and the game sets lar. Hehe. My monkeys looked very at home in the box, mainly because it's also a toy like the lego...wahaha.

These are the information files. About the hotel, about eating in KL, and of course things to see in KL lor. Actually it wasn't very accurate, for instance, they didn't have a map of the monorail service even though there's a monorail train there lor. But then me and clement did pored through it to see whether we missed anything out that we should have noticed. Hehe.

Nevertheless, it was a very thoughtful gesture to provide such a "guide" lor. Not every hotel will bother to have all these to help guests around lar. Hehe.

Anyway, there were a few other amenities also in the hotel which are worth mentioning...because it's really very out-of-this world and one would have never thought of it lar! Hehe. For instance, the toilet bowl...

The toilet bowl darn stylo! Got controls to wash your butt lor. And for girls...the intimate part too. Hehe. I think it's because Malays often wash after they do their business, so I guess they integrated this into the toilet bowl so that no need to be so troublesome, have to get water ready. Hehe. Anyway this is something I have never seen before, so there. :)

That's the LCD tv! Can brush teeth and watch tv at the same time lor. That's what I did...hehe. Somemore there's plugged in speakers in the toilet, which means that it's definite possible to hear the television lor. This LCD tv is connected to the tv outside, so I can continue watching tv even though I am in the toilet lor...haha.

Anyway the camera and the spray are 2 items I found in the fridge. One would have thought the mini-bar is full of food...but this one even has got camera and cool-spray. So powerful sia...haha. But of course it will be quite expensive to use lar...so we look at it and then put it back. Hehe.

That's about it. Heh...last day updates...later bah. :) Tired le.

Cheers~

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