It was a nice and rare meetup. Kind of him to have actually asked me for a catch up session with our hectic schedule. Not to mention it was his birthday, my childhood friend and buddy's birthday. Happy Birthday dude. =)

17-18 May 2009
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After about one and a half hours coach ride, we finally arrived at the hotel. Capitol Hotel is the one we are staying at. Well, as one can expect, the room is certainly much bigger than the one at Genting. The bathroom, television are all much bigger and there's aircon too. Wahaha... =)

After putting down our luggage, we were off for our (or should I say my) shopping spree. Shopping was one of the reason why I wanted to visit KL. And so, our first stop, Berjaya Times Square. Gosh, it was really big inside, with about 8 storeys high and an indoor amusement park. I only managed to covered about half of it and my parents were already feeling tired, wanting to have a seat. After a short break, we continued on our brave journey to Sungei Wang Plaza, Bukit Bintang Plaza and Low Yat Plaza. We were dead tired after all these walking and decided to head back to the hotel for a cooling down session and some leg message. The weather in KL was just like Singapore, hot and humid...

And so after we got our rest, we headed out for our dinner and we proceed to Suria KLCC where KL's landmark, the Petronas Towers are located. It is a must visit place when you are in KL. The twin towers standing tall and sturdy from far. There, my shooting spree started once again. Thankfully, I finished my shooting spree as soon after, it was drizzling. And that's where we took a cab back to the hotel to have an early rest.

The next morning, we had our breakfast at the hotel. I would say the breakfast provided was pretty good. It was beyond my expectations. We had a short walk round KL, with me snapping street scenes along the way.

After which, we headed to another must visit place and that's the Central Market. It became a cultural and shopping destination for tourists and locals since 1987, showcasing and uniting the diversity of Malasia. There were stuff from Batik Emporium, Lorong Melayu, Little India and Straits Chinese all under the same roof. We couldn't cover more places due to the coach timing back to Singapore.

Soon after, it was time to bid farewell and head on back to our hometime. But still, it was a good experience for me, at least I got to see how Genting and KL is like. Who knows, I might be back shopping with the girl soon. =D

Ps: I had like 4 meals of fastfood in just 3 days! 2 meals of KFC, 1 Marybrown and 1 Macdonalds. Wahaha... Yummy... =P

16-17 May 2009
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It's been ages since I last traveled with my parents. Knowing that they wanted wouldn't mind touring Malaysia once again, I followed them to Genting and Kuala Lumpur for a short weekend getaway. It was my first time traveling up to Genting in my entire 27 years! A rare experience indeed... Taking the Five Stars coach service early in the morning, we took a quick breakfast and hurriedly made our way to the meeting point. The entire journey took us about 6 hours plus to reach our destination.

Along the way, there wasn't much interesting sights but I was impressed by the driving skills of the coach driver. They were like driving at about 120km per hour! Overtaking different vehicles was piece of cake for them. (Think they must have been practicing Daytona whenever they are free) When we reached the foot of the moutain route, I was intrigued by the steep winding roads leading to Genting. It was damm long and high! As we traveled higher, the fog started to drift towards us and the visibility was totally off. Next thing, it was raining in Genting! Wow, lucky me, only to be greeted by showers of rain for my first time in Genting!

Luckily for me, it stopped after sometime. So off we went to check in to our hotel, Hotel First World. The lobby looks good, but the room was way too small! There was no aircon too. People were saying it was due to the natural cool air up in the mountains, so there was no need for aircon. Oh well, wonder if that's true. Next, we were off to explore the place. For most of you people know, Genting was an entertainment centre, comprising of just a theme park and casinos. Basically, there was nothing much to do for me as I doesn't really gamble and that there was no one to take the thrill rides with me. The only ride which I had tried was the caterpillar ride which brought us round the amusment park.

So when night falls, I began to search for other activities to keep myself entertained. I went to the archery range and tried archery. It was again my first time and it was fun. Not too bad for a beginner like me as I had several arrows hitting the circle but not the bull's eye. Haha... Next, I went bowling with mum. It was my mum's first time trying bowling and my first after a very long period of time. Boy am I getting rusty after so long.

It was a nice game with mum, with the joy and laughter on her face even though our points are far too lousy, with me scoring about 100 plus points and mum lesser. =D After which, we were off to the casino, with me wanting to have a view on how Genting's casinos are like.

The next morning saw us searching for our breakfast and having a morning stroll together after that round the resort premises. The air was so refreshing and cooling... I was snapping away when I suddenly turned and saw this old ah peh cleaning his private part in the public area!!! I'm sure many others who have walked past the area, would have saw it too but he simply ignored the stare from others! What are you doing, ah peh!?!? I should have taken a picture of him. Wahaha... =P


With a little bit of window shopping to past time, we were off to take our laggage and catch our transit coach to Kuala Lumpur... Goodbye Genting... =)

I am going to Kuala Lumpur and Genting from 16th to 18th May. Yeah!...

Being a cheese lover, I've always wanted to try different kinds of cheesecake. Not long ago, I actually found out that the girl has the recipe and that she has made a cheesecake before! Not to mention she has promised to make me one but have yet to for a long time!


So over the weekend, I popped by the girl's place in the early morning and prepared our ingredients in making cake. (Edible cake please) I was so excited on getting started since it's been quite some time I have tasted one and that now, I got the chance to make one myself with the girl! =D I was prancing around in the kitchen and the girl could see that I'm all hyped up. Ahaha...

So first up was making the base. Being a guy, I offered my service in pounding the biscuits into powder form using bare hands! (Clap clap) It was nothing... Haha. While i was 'contributing' my strength, the girl start to prepare other stuff in making the cake. Finally, after battling with the electric mixer for like an hour, we managed to form the cake portion for the base.



The girl was so worried that it wouldn't turn out nice since it has been some time she last made a cake. Surprisingly, it turned out to be pretty good, only that the base was a bit too thick. Nevertheless, I was so proud of her and myself... (hee) that our combined effort turned out pretty good. I had so much fun stepping into the kitchen with her and that for sure, we will try other food making session next time. I can't blame her for helping me to put on weight right? =P