Friday, December 10, 2004
TRIp to KL
Yo dude and dudettes, miss tan is in the house!
Yeah.. juz got back a couple of hours ago from KL. and i thinki 've learnt 6 impt things.
1) only the craziest drivers survive KL roads
2) don't leave your car at home
3) Taxis in KL are the worst
4) even when you'res stuck in the worst jam you've seen, there is always a way to move your car..
5) I really really still look like a kid.
6) there is always room for more food ( whether it be goreng pisang or not , *wink at char*)
Day 1
Tuesday morning:
We caught the bus at Coptourne hotel singapore...NICE bus. really not bad, except the aircon switches on and off. We arrived at the KTM ole station and booked our tix back. Then we started our love/hate affair with the KL taxi drivers.
For the uninitiated.. KL's public transport system is practically unreliable. If you wanna get your ass anywhere, you really need your own set of wheels. I had the impression that KL was juz made up of this great big city.. oh boy was I wrong. We caught this cab, which had a really nice taxi driver..and drove out to subang jaya to my Aunt's house.
Then we went to Taipan for lunch. I realised how handicapped we were w/o knowledge of Malay when we had difficulty ordering drinks. We still got the wrong drink anyway. sigh. Then we flagged a cab to Midvalley megamall.. SHOPPING. bought a swimsuit ( finally!) had teppanyaki for dinner and dragon beard ( yummos!) and mochi! Also bought some cute stuff at thiz pink shop.. haha.. ( char 's heaven). And hey lz, i actually found temp tattoos! hmm. where to put it? :P looking forward to swimming. have stayed off swimming coz i'd been too lazy to look for a swimsuit. Been wanting a bikini for ages, but decided i'll spare pple the eyesore. SO i got a tankini!!! haha.. ok. i suppose since i've the bottom too, i can get a proper one from melb.. quote from aiai" You live in melb, and you don't ahve one????" jo got a swim suit too.. LOL. thanks to aiai's and char's wunnerful taste we can now go swimming in style.. Oh yeah.
Here's the taxi prob again. No one wanted to go back to subang for less than 20 bux. ok.?? it was probably 9 bux by meter loh! we ended up being ripped off for 25 bux. Eek.
Wed. Day 2
I was initiated into the crazy world of taxis by my uncle and aunt. Uncle was kind enuff to call the taxi companies the night b4 but none of them wanted to send us to shah alam in the morning.. Think spore cabs are bad enuff disappearing around midnight??? try cabs that don't even wanna do business. They all just wanted to stay arnd their suburb or go to the international airport.. and whack you off 40 odd bux for it. Sigh. Uncle drove us to a shopping complex and managed to bargain with a driver for a ride to concorde hotel in shah alam.
We met sue and samy with the msian gang there. Poor jo feeling a little extra tho'. Nice to see everyone again.! THe bus ( not sekolah.. grinz.. poor char's dream was crushed) brought us to UiTM Shah alam. THe campus was huge!!!! on the hill ( can't imagine weijie climbing the hill every morning to get to uni tho'.. eek)
We broke into 2 classes and the msian teachers took turns tutoring our pbl session. Quite interesting. Some teachers spoke too much, others we barely noticed. Sue was an awesome orator or in the words of my sister " can crap alot" spoke to her a bit about austin hosp.. hmm. quite a lot of ppl going austin. :P ok, getting over my disappoitment slowly , i suppose i can make the most out of it.. :) aiai, nic and j9 will be there neway. THe gang got split into half.
Can't believe we had to od reading at night!!! SCREAM. " well.. the 80 aussie includes studying..." sue said wryly as she glanced at our crestfallen faces. THe msian gang took us to sunway pyramid for lunch and shopping. Chris give us a lift there. More shopping, then we parted company and went to taipan for a yongtau fu dinner. Yup.. but no goreng pisang.. haha.. sorry, can't get over that.. haha.
zi ee and zi diao dropped into to see jo and i later that night. couldn't really chat coz had to cover the reading for pbl.
Thurs
Early again... dua diao gave us a lift to subang lrt station. Coudln't get a cabbie this time.. groan.. had to pay 25 bux to concorde!!! GULP. omg.. HELLLO. i paid like 12 bux the day b4 lor.
the session was quite boring.. highligh was probalby losing samy from the hotel to the uni. surprisingly he recalls my name. haha.. can see nic rolling his eyes. yez.. dear ole samy.. itook some photo and i looked super weird coz i was looking at my sister strugglin with everyone's cameras and i called her name at the snap point. whoopz. super unglam
solved the case.. osteomyelitis.. nv did pbl in one night b4. LOL... there was this qna nd ans.. one of the tutors was very rude... he seemed very skeptical about the whole pbl thing and was extremely unattentive and rude to our students.
Vanessa brought us to KLCC and treated us to lunch. Didn't see much of KLCC.. juz recalled dashing in an out.. coz we finished at 3.30pm and aiai and char were to leave at 4pm for penang. We emerged form the carpark and came face to face with one of KL's infamous traffic crawls. Vanessa demonstrated incredible dextarity at the wheel.. OMG. incredible manz.. this gal should be on fast and furious. She could actually keep moving even in the most hope\less looking situation. Go vanessa!!! I need to bai \ta wei shi. but even then, we missed the bus by a split second. Thank goodness to calvin and vanessa's negotiating skills. aiai and char managed to get on the next bus.
FOllowed calv to Times square.. relatively new complex .. his dad was really nice to give jo and i a lift back to subang
Dua ee and dua diao took uz out for dinner in PJ... had quite a good time with 'em.
Friday:
Got a lift from Dua ee to the nice office in the city.. Chatted with this lady who was heading to singapore Fa hai temple.. I think someone attended that temple... can't recall who. She was going there to help out with charity work. Awesome lady.. probalby meeting her in spore for dinner or smth.. I'll probably drop by that temple to have a look. i't s supposed to be really nice.
it's good to be back.. yay! tho' jo indicates that my enthu levels could be higher. Dunno.. guess i'mn used to being away from home, so it juz feels like.. ok. juz another home coming. yeah. for everyone's info. i came back on my siste'rs passport. the immigration guy thought i was the younger sis.. Yeah. another of the passengers also thot my sister was older.. he balked when i told him i was 20.. grinz. i'm young looking. i'm young loooking.... LOL
ok. blog another time. can't wait till the whole gang reunites.. SOON ppl.. SOON.
Yo dude and dudettes, miss tan is in the house!
Yeah.. juz got back a couple of hours ago from KL. and i thinki 've learnt 6 impt things.
1) only the craziest drivers survive KL roads
2) don't leave your car at home
3) Taxis in KL are the worst
4) even when you'res stuck in the worst jam you've seen, there is always a way to move your car..
5) I really really still look like a kid.
6) there is always room for more food ( whether it be goreng pisang or not , *wink at char*)
Day 1
Tuesday morning:
We caught the bus at Coptourne hotel singapore...NICE bus. really not bad, except the aircon switches on and off. We arrived at the KTM ole station and booked our tix back. Then we started our love/hate affair with the KL taxi drivers.
For the uninitiated.. KL's public transport system is practically unreliable. If you wanna get your ass anywhere, you really need your own set of wheels. I had the impression that KL was juz made up of this great big city.. oh boy was I wrong. We caught this cab, which had a really nice taxi driver..and drove out to subang jaya to my Aunt's house.
Then we went to Taipan for lunch. I realised how handicapped we were w/o knowledge of Malay when we had difficulty ordering drinks. We still got the wrong drink anyway. sigh. Then we flagged a cab to Midvalley megamall.. SHOPPING. bought a swimsuit ( finally!) had teppanyaki for dinner and dragon beard ( yummos!) and mochi! Also bought some cute stuff at thiz pink shop.. haha.. ( char 's heaven). And hey lz, i actually found temp tattoos! hmm. where to put it? :P looking forward to swimming. have stayed off swimming coz i'd been too lazy to look for a swimsuit. Been wanting a bikini for ages, but decided i'll spare pple the eyesore. SO i got a tankini!!! haha.. ok. i suppose since i've the bottom too, i can get a proper one from melb.. quote from aiai" You live in melb, and you don't ahve one????" jo got a swim suit too.. LOL. thanks to aiai's and char's wunnerful taste we can now go swimming in style.. Oh yeah.
Here's the taxi prob again. No one wanted to go back to subang for less than 20 bux. ok.?? it was probably 9 bux by meter loh! we ended up being ripped off for 25 bux. Eek.
Wed. Day 2
I was initiated into the crazy world of taxis by my uncle and aunt. Uncle was kind enuff to call the taxi companies the night b4 but none of them wanted to send us to shah alam in the morning.. Think spore cabs are bad enuff disappearing around midnight??? try cabs that don't even wanna do business. They all just wanted to stay arnd their suburb or go to the international airport.. and whack you off 40 odd bux for it. Sigh. Uncle drove us to a shopping complex and managed to bargain with a driver for a ride to concorde hotel in shah alam.
We met sue and samy with the msian gang there. Poor jo feeling a little extra tho'. Nice to see everyone again.! THe bus ( not sekolah.. grinz.. poor char's dream was crushed) brought us to UiTM Shah alam. THe campus was huge!!!! on the hill ( can't imagine weijie climbing the hill every morning to get to uni tho'.. eek)
We broke into 2 classes and the msian teachers took turns tutoring our pbl session. Quite interesting. Some teachers spoke too much, others we barely noticed. Sue was an awesome orator or in the words of my sister " can crap alot" spoke to her a bit about austin hosp.. hmm. quite a lot of ppl going austin. :P ok, getting over my disappoitment slowly , i suppose i can make the most out of it.. :) aiai, nic and j9 will be there neway. THe gang got split into half.
Can't believe we had to od reading at night!!! SCREAM. " well.. the 80 aussie includes studying..." sue said wryly as she glanced at our crestfallen faces. THe msian gang took us to sunway pyramid for lunch and shopping. Chris give us a lift there. More shopping, then we parted company and went to taipan for a yongtau fu dinner. Yup.. but no goreng pisang.. haha.. sorry, can't get over that.. haha.
zi ee and zi diao dropped into to see jo and i later that night. couldn't really chat coz had to cover the reading for pbl.
Thurs
Early again... dua diao gave us a lift to subang lrt station. Coudln't get a cabbie this time.. groan.. had to pay 25 bux to concorde!!! GULP. omg.. HELLLO. i paid like 12 bux the day b4 lor.
the session was quite boring.. highligh was probalby losing samy from the hotel to the uni. surprisingly he recalls my name. haha.. can see nic rolling his eyes. yez.. dear ole samy.. itook some photo and i looked super weird coz i was looking at my sister strugglin with everyone's cameras and i called her name at the snap point. whoopz. super unglam
solved the case.. osteomyelitis.. nv did pbl in one night b4. LOL... there was this qna nd ans.. one of the tutors was very rude... he seemed very skeptical about the whole pbl thing and was extremely unattentive and rude to our students.
Vanessa brought us to KLCC and treated us to lunch. Didn't see much of KLCC.. juz recalled dashing in an out.. coz we finished at 3.30pm and aiai and char were to leave at 4pm for penang. We emerged form the carpark and came face to face with one of KL's infamous traffic crawls. Vanessa demonstrated incredible dextarity at the wheel.. OMG. incredible manz.. this gal should be on fast and furious. She could actually keep moving even in the most hope\less looking situation. Go vanessa!!! I need to bai \ta wei shi. but even then, we missed the bus by a split second. Thank goodness to calvin and vanessa's negotiating skills. aiai and char managed to get on the next bus.
FOllowed calv to Times square.. relatively new complex .. his dad was really nice to give jo and i a lift back to subang
Dua ee and dua diao took uz out for dinner in PJ... had quite a good time with 'em.
Friday:
Got a lift from Dua ee to the nice office in the city.. Chatted with this lady who was heading to singapore Fa hai temple.. I think someone attended that temple... can't recall who. She was going there to help out with charity work. Awesome lady.. probalby meeting her in spore for dinner or smth.. I'll probably drop by that temple to have a look. i't s supposed to be really nice.
it's good to be back.. yay! tho' jo indicates that my enthu levels could be higher. Dunno.. guess i'mn used to being away from home, so it juz feels like.. ok. juz another home coming. yeah. for everyone's info. i came back on my siste'rs passport. the immigration guy thought i was the younger sis.. Yeah. another of the passengers also thot my sister was older.. he balked when i told him i was 20.. grinz. i'm young looking. i'm young loooking.... LOL
ok. blog another time. can't wait till the whole gang reunites.. SOON ppl.. SOON.
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