kuala lumpur - the cynic's perception

things i learnt from the trip to Malaysia

1. not using the computer is a very effective way and saving ALOT of time. I'm really gonna restrict the time I spend in front of the computer screen and get some real work done.

like studying for my FTT. like cleaning up my dilapidated room. like re-inventorising my CDS. (ok.. the last one's bullshit)

2. eating can become a chore. especially when you spend 3 hours in the restaurant and after that it's so fricking late you can't do anything else. dang!

what kind of vacation is that!?

3. malaysians don't know the routes around their homeland well. in fact, they are the reason we get lost. and getting lost is not like singapore's get-lost-make-one-small-turn-and-get-back type of lost. it's a get-lost-wah-sian-take-another-route-kena-traffic-jam-waste-half-an-hour type of lost. so irritating especially when you have so little time liao.

4. ritz carlton KL is KEWL!!

why?

- they do your laundry for FREE.
- there's complimentary drinks 24/7 at the 19th floor executive lounge
- there's a nice piece of chocolate-ish dessert every night. yummy!
- it's a boutique hotel. ie? NO IRRITATING KIDS. NO OVERCROWDING OF SWIMMING POOLS.
- the jacuzzi was kewl...

you wonder why i comment about the irritating kids thing?

well, it's cos the situation was an exact opposite at the hotel in Malacca.

- the pool water was tepid, murky and festering with multitudes of unruly kids in various stages of undress, bobbing around and making the pool completely uninviting.
- irritating kids came to bother us when we were playing pool and table soccer. them with their spastic antics of trying to steal the pool balls, commenting about our table soccer skills and so on. BUGGER OFF

so yeah, imagine my relief. =)

5. malaysians have no clue about planning. be it city planning, area planning or so on.

- there's this spastic Times Square place which is touted as the biggest, most splendid mall in KL.

ptui! Times Square is filled with terrible pasar-malam-ish shops that sell ridiculous-ly fake items like ripcurl. (revive. reinvent. restore -- what!?!) the main reason for that?! they have 10 FRICKING FLOORS of shops. and each floor is obscured by the one below such that you can't see the shops upstairs or downstairs. the escalators are complicated and you just end up pissed off and tired whilst walking. and yeah, the building lacked personality and style, and just resembled a tired office building. bleah

- what's the POINT of the public transport system with monorails and trains and so on when

a) they don't connect
b) the trains come as infrequently as I brush my teeth
c) the stations are situation in the midle of NOWHERE. like one which stopped outside a disused prison. ?!?

oh well... but i did nejoy myself. i went with a motive of getting closer to my family. hopefully i achieved that. it's back to work now... (yeah i'm in camp doing duty)

frank