KL Day 1

am back frm KL! short but great trip. would have been better if we could juz stay one more nite... too bad..

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headed to kranji after work on fri. according to my passport, the last time i visited JB was in june2007. i tell u, the msia custom had a 360degree change!!! it totally underwent a transformation. in the past it was this old and super lok-cock custom with only fans working and u can sweat like hell in there while u wait forever b4 it's ur turn to get ur passport stamped. but now, it's totally different! huge, airconditioned, brand-new. comparable if not better than sg's. the outlook is great too, like a mini version of the olympic birdnest in BJ. and it directly links you to the city sq shopping mall. it's juz plain awesome.

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took us very very long from woodland custom to JB custom cuz there were sooo sooo soooo soooo many pple. real chaotic. pple queuing everywhere, buses squeezing and horning like nobody's business......

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finally reached JB at abt 9pm+. had dinner at this jap restaurant in city sq..

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the railway station is juz across city sq. can link over from one of the exits in city sq. old station...
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now all excited to board the train! train arrived at 11.10pm.
**however, the excitement downed abit... cuz there were some hiccups.. apparently, we did not get the room we booked. the room we booked was supposed to be airconditioned with en-suite bathroom. but due to some prob, we were allocated to the 2nd class.. with no en-suite bathroom but juz a basin to wash-up...........................................*
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real disappointed huh..... the 1st class rooms are super hi-class and totally different frm wad we got...**
the pics are a little deceiving cuz in real, the room is rather old and not as bright coloured as it seemed on the pics.
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haha.. actually im fine with the room la. though old, but it's small n cosy. of cuz, the one we should get originally will be much better, but tis room also not tt bad lor. in fact, i dont even mind juz getting a seat. it's much much cheaper than getting a room. think a seat cost only $20+ .. but of cux, u have to bear sitting there for 6hrs and no proper place to wash-up cuz the toilet is really small and u wouldnt want to stay in there for a min longer than u need.
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so in fact, im quite happy.
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except for the fact tt we gotta use the shared toilet.........
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we were also given cakes and mineral water. lucky we also ta-bao some doughnuts along :)
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*the unfortunate thing was, on the return trip, the same thing happened. again, we were not given the room we originally booked, but was down-graded. they will refund the difference to my credit card (in a months' time!) and im exposed to exchange rate risks and i bet the refund, after converting, will be less than the original amount. real shit.. y are we being penalised for something tt is of no fault of us??! angry!

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anyway, reached KL early in the morning like 6am+? settled the refund thingie with the officers there b4 we took a cab to our hotel. could only chk in at 3pm, so we were to loiter after leaving our stuff with the concerige.
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this is wad we call the 道道地地s....
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headed to KLCC. hubb had always wanted to obtain the free tix to the top of the twin towers and he tot we could make it this time given how early we were.. but by the time we reached, the notice board was already up and saying the tix for the day were all given out. no chance.

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KLCC's more of a hi-end shopping mall.. and many of the shops were not opened when we reached. took a rest (and a nap)in A&W...
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we have plenty of time to spare and i finally relented to hubb's persuasion to visit the petroseins. basically it's somewad like our science centre with many exhibitions and stuff to explore. but the size of our sci centre is NOTHING as compared to the petrosiens. i cannot believe they can provide such a HUGE space in a shopping mall for exhibitions and explorations.
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we went in at 11am+ and exited at 4pm+ not cux we have finished all the exhibits but cuz we were too tired and hungry to go on! it's soooo huge in there that there's NO WAY u can explore everything in details in a day. no joke.

*some pics..................
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anybody can step onto the platform and take pics with these background. after tt, u can send them to ur email.. interesting rite?
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the last one is supposed to be a post-card and u can juz print it out using the printer there and send it to ur email after that. all FOC. we printed a copy each :)

**hubb experiencing how a F1 driver is like...*

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after the super long time we spent in there, we had lunch at a jap restaurant, again.

* *this meal costed 77.05rm. relatively cheap if compared to singapore..*

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*me n my dunkin donuts. abt 2.30rm each. also tried out krispy kreme. slightly more ex, 2.50rm each. think dunking donuts nicer*

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*seafood dinner which costed 93rm. cheap, but not tt nice though....
*more or less summed up day1. will continue with day2 another time.

after tt finally check in to hotel.. bath, rest a while and went out again at about 8pm. to petaling street (chinatown) for dinner n shopping. *lots n lots n lots of fake branded goods...

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