Xmas Getaway Day 4

And so this was the last day of our short trip. We basically did not have a good idea where to go, and we only have that much time in the morning. So we went back to Sungei Wong and we finally saw a pet shop this time. We did not really buy anything there, but we saw something of interest... You will never guess.. Its a pair of Prairie Dogs... They are.. well... hyperactive... We did not take any photo because they shop owner probably won't like it, but here are some info and photo about Prairie Dogs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_dog

Then we went back to the shop and bought the "Prawn Cracker King". We tried a few that other day and loved it. The normal one that is. I didn't like the Tapioca one though. So we both bought one deluxe pack of 3 x 3 pieces each and carried it all the way back.. And I also found out that although the packing looks great, it wont really last... You will still have to finish them soon.

So for the last meal here, we decided to try out the Toilet Cafe here... I had heard rumors that its real bad in Taiwan and Hong Kong, but what the heck, you have to try it to know it. And guess what, the rumors were right after all. It look cute, but the taste just won't make it.. Maybe its because when you associate it with toilet and such, you lose appetite somehow. 

Here are some photos of the food we got:

And of course, even the restaurant is designed as a toilet :

After that, I took a little bit of time to quickly buy some flashrive (which was cheaper there) and we rushed back to our hotel to finish our packup and finally bought the bus back. The bus was a double deck, but our seats end up in the lower deck. We had our usual stop and such. What we did not anticipate was that it turns out to be a holiday on the day we were coming back and there was a bad jam at the course way. To make it worse, there was this China lady which was like skipping queue (with a stupid excuse like, you all do not want to move in front, so I moved). At first, it was only her. Then I grumble to get the people to unit against her. EVIL. But social engineering was one of my better trade of skills. And when she tried to ask her group to slot in as well, everyone turns and gave her a good scolding. But the real reason I did not took it against her at first was actually because SHE IS ON THE SAME BUS as me! So you can imagine because of her, we got delayed. And more jammed. And really really late when we get back. It was ok, I did not really care because I was with Jane. With her, every second feels nice.

So we came back and took a cab home. That finally ended our 4 days short trip to KL.

Here were the previous posts:

http://nemesisv.blogspot.com/2011/02/xmas-getaway-day-3.html

http://nemesisv.blogspot.com/2011/02/xmas-getaway-day-2.html

http://nemesisv.blogspot.com/2011/02/xmas-getaway-day-1.html

Xmas Getaway Day 3

Day 3 started at the same time (due to breakfast) but I am sure I could have slept a bit longer. So we spend the morning packing and wasting some time watching TV etc. It is near lunch that we decide to set off to Times Square. Time Square is as last year, decorated with the snow houses for Christmas. Here are some of the photos I took:

There is a indoor theme park with a indoor rollercoaster which I had seen for many many times over the year, so it was not such a "wow" for me. There are lots of food there too. I remembered I had a Thai buffet the last time I came with my guys from EY, but I will definitely give it a skip because I think I prefer something lighter for my stomach on that day. There is Wendy too, which I had skipped last year and I skipped it again this year because I did not find something I really love there. We had Secret Recipe last year too and the service really sucks, so no way I am going back... While wondering around looking at fake bags, fake watches and stuff, we finally ended up in a unlikely place. Its a Hong Kong Restaurant called Uncle Duck (得哥火锅餐厅).

Now, normally you will order the most famous stuff, which Jane did, was the Duck Rice. I, instead, went for the Beef Western. Well, I did regret. Of the 2 pieces of beef I got, one of them was in fact over cooked and it was so hard I couldn't cut or swallow it. Damn, I thought I will never come back again. On the other hand, Jane's duck rice was suppose to be very good.

After a lousy lunch (for me), we went to check out what was on the theater and we ended up buying 2 tickets to Tron : The Legacy in 3D. Well, at least 3D is consider expensive to the local folks considering its RM15 where as normal is RM10, and pirated DVD is RM4. Do the maths. But the normal is filling up fast, so I thought: what the hell, I just went for the 3D. Tron is a good show. It does brings back the memory and feelings of the 80/90s. The soundtrack was really really good too. Well, I can't say the 3D is something very different, as it was just like any other 3D movie out there. But at least we had a great time.

And after some more looking around (without much buying though), we end up at dinner time. Its again time to decide what to eat. We had reserve a seat for the shuttle bus to Chinatown for tonight, but thats going to be at 9pm which is so late for dinner. So after some wondering, we end up at Uncle Duck again. This time I ordered the duck rice. And yes, it was really really good. In fact, after this meal, I did not had duck rice anywhere else for a long long time. Here are some photos of it, but I doubt I could express the taste with the photos:

After a good dinner, we return to the hotel. I did some shopping (for other people) at the shop selling pearls which was honestly pretty cheap. Before I know it, I am on my way to Chinatown again. This time, we did not need ot buy any more stuff from Watson or Guardien, we just walk around, enjoy looking at the cheapo imitations bags and stuff. Along the way, we sat down on a beef noodle store. I overheard a funny conversation from a lady (probably from Singapore) asking how many grams are the beefs for some cost and the store keeper can only answer, that she roughly just take. Pay more, take more. Its really funny because at Chinatown, things just doesnt't run the way it is as if in the city (Although Chinatown is right in the middle of the city). Anyway, we each had a good bowl of beef noodles there seated at the old wooden chair by the roadside. 

We hang around until the shops starts to close and we realized its also time for us to return to get our ride back. I notice this truck selling really big buns the last few times we came, but never tried it. So this time I decided to have it a go. The bun is huge and named after Amy Yip (叶子媚) and it is really huge as you can see here:

Thats how big it was as compared to a 50 cents and a HTC Snap Handphone. Took us a while to finish it. 

When we returned to the hotel, we found a nice candy man in our room with courtesy of the hotel. It was kinda cute.

After some washing up and we took our time to watch some TV, it's time to sleep and get ready for the last day of our trip...

(To Be Continued)

Previous Posts:
http://nemesisv.blogspot.com/2011/02/xmas-getaway-day-2.html
http://nemesisv.blogspot.com/2011/02/xmas-getaway-day-1.html

Xmas Getaway Day 2

So it was rise and shine the next day and what other best way to start the day then a early breakfast? The breakfast was also provided by Swiss Garden and luckily there were some variety instead whats being left over from last night's dinner. Basically we were too tired to go crazy on Silent Night and we seemed to had missed quite a bit of fun here. So after a nice and quiet breakfast, we headed out for KLCC.

We took the subway there and I notice Avira Antivrus is actually quite aggressive in their promotion in KL. Here is photo of one of the ads in the train where the whole train is basically Avira's ads:

Notice how the ads is targeted at multi racial community.

Another strange thing we realized was this sign:

Wow, it must be really bad that they had to setup a sign for it. I paid double attention to my belongings while I was taking this photo. The joke will be on me if I get mugged while taking this photo. :)

One of the place we always loved at KLCC is, well the Kinokuniya book store. In the last trip I actually bought too much magazine, so I controlled myself this time and only buy what I can carry comfortably. There were a lot of good Japanese stuff here too, but I seriously could not buy all of them back. J bought a Magazine which gives free Sanrio product inside. I think this is the trend in Japan. People usually do not buy the magazine, they just want the "free" gift inside. It was also too bad that my Digital Camera magazine did not realized the new issue in time and I already bought the current issue before I started the trip.

There were the Christmas tree display at the central area as usual. Here are a few of my shots:

I wish I could put up more, but that will make the blog load too slowly.

We also checked out the movie theater just before lunch. Since we did not ended up with a good time for any movies, we decided to pass and go straight for lunch at Sushi King. Sushi King is very much just a store inside the good court now, but its is still tasty. Now I am not saying it is good sushi because the sushi does fall apart etc. In terms of true to Japanese style, it fails miserably. But it is still cheap and tasty. The sushi is nice to eat. Come on, what the most important thing about food? The taste. And this, Sushi King still has it. There were a promotion which allow us to claim 2 more plates of sushi for free on the next trip, but obviously we will not eat Sushi King AGAIN in the next 2 days. I thought of passing the receipt to someone else so that they can enjoy it, but the receipt does contain something which I find sensitive, related to the credit cards, so I skipped it.

We tried to take a cab back to the hotel and as usual, it was hell. The cab outside did not want to run meter and the cab inside who wanted to run meter, but you have to pay RM2 to take those cab. Its a lose, lose situation. But at least the metered cab seems newer and you do not need to queue. So it was marginally cheaper and we managed to get back to the hotel to rest and put down our stuff. We did not waste too much time before we decided that we should go for Sungei Wang as well on the same day.

Sungei Wang was the place for shopping for IT stuff, but actually the Low Yat Plaza besides it was even more so. It was separated nicely into levels which sells cameras, notebooks etc. I wish I had more time to spend here, but I had to move on and I do not have something really in mind to buy. Sungei Wang was the place to stop for dinner and after walking for a long long time, we finally kinda narrowed down to the Malaysia (Ben Zheng) Wantan Noodle or the Toilet Theme Cafe next to it. Judging from price, I went for the Wantan Noodle and it was damn good. The even had FREE Wifi. BTW, I do not know its the the same vendor that setup the Wifi in the whole KL, but everyone uses a1b2c3d4e5f6 for their WEP password. Fantastic! The noodle was nice, but they kinda run out of Char Siew (roasted pig). I guess its ok.

We swing by Lot 10 and the other shopping malls on the way back and we spot Parkson was having a display for Sanrio characters in their windows. We took some shots of it.

I admit I was playing with the lightings in these shot. Only a few of them had the correct lighting actually :)

We took a short trip back to the hotel and took some shots along the way. One place we actualyl saw a 3D (As in a real cube) TV. It has 4 faces. The Christmas lighting was ok, nothing I had not seen before. Its still pretty crowded for Xmas day.

Notice on the last photo that law enforcement did not have a break even on Xmas day. Well, I guess thanks to them, we had a peaceful Xmas.

Although we had a heavy dinner, Jane ordered hotel room service at night anyway. But I was too dead tired and I missed all of it. Jane took some photo of it though.

Anyway, that concludes our Day 2...

(To Be Continued)
Previous Posts:
http://nemesisv.blogspot.com/2011/02/xmas-getaway-day-1.html