This journal is back from a long holiday... so have I...


Some of you may be wondering why i havent update this journal for like ages? Well this journal has finally come back from a long holiday, so have i...

Dont worry.. i will never abandon my journal without any official word of it, however this journal needs some face lift. But that will be done on another day.

I have lots of things to say, about my holidays in malaysia, my days playing City of Heroes, finally getting the game after 6 months release, and semester 2 and the ever cruel timetable.

First things first, last week, my family and i went to Kuala Lumpur, for a short holiday, more like a shopping bonanza then the usual relaxation holiday. Firstly, we wake up early in the morning and head straight to a golf resort in Johor Bahru. The resort i stayed was close to Senai Airport. The reason why we didnt take a plane to from singapore to kuala lumpur or drive up there for 6 hours is that we wanted to try Air Asia, malaysia's budget airline. since the service only takes people within malaysia at the time being, we have to depart at Senai airport in Johor, before heading to KL. So we stayed at Sofitel resort, 5 minutes away from the Senai Airport, which is about 45 mins away from singapore. We were fortunate that the causeway and immigration checkpoints were not jam packed and we immediately took a cab there once we crossed the straits.

The hotel was quite ok. 4 star. The food is quite bad though. Theres nothing much to talk about the hotel. We just stayed there for one night.
The next day, we depart from Senai to KL. The budget airline has shuttle service from Senai Airport to KL Airport 2 times a day, 8 am and 8pm. We took 8 am flight.

The budget airline is really budget but it was very cheap. If convert to Singapore dollars one person has to spend only 30 bucks for the trip ( the trip is about 45 min from Johor to KL). But that is the irony of all and ill tell you why later.

Firstly, the tickets were not those big tickets with lots of carbon copy and printed. Instead it looked like a receipt that you can get when you go to the supermarket. Its that budget. They dont serve you drinks or food and if you want them, you have to buy them. But the aeroplane was safe enough even though its budget and the level of service from the cabin crew is OK. A few imperfections here and there and that is expected of a budget airline.

After that we landed on KL domestic airport and its quite new. Not bad, but nothing can be compared to the splendour of Singapore Changi Airport, that has won numerous awards as being the best airport in many years. However, it was good and confortable enough and its better than other countries.

But the problem is, the airport is sooo far away from KL and we had to take an express train to get there. It takes about 30 mins from the airport to the capital. The worse part, its expensive. One person cost about 30 malaysian ringgit, totalling about 100 plus ringgit for 3 of us! However the train is very good and fast! its soo much better than our MRTs and its nonstop. So you can be very confortable.

When we reached there, KL central, we took a cab to our hotel, another 4 star hotel. That hotel was at the heart of the city and its within walking distance to all the major malls, such as sungei wang and times square and KL plaza etc.. The best part? The hotel room has a computer with internet access! ITs soo cool, i get to use msn to chat with shiming that time.

The next few days we went out shopping eating shopping and eating and more shopping and even more eating. We shop ALOT! I bought lots of clothes for the new semester and i can remember how many ive bought it.

Let me recall...

1 Samuel and Kevin T shirt
2 U2 Polo Shirt
1 U2 Zipped shirt
lots of t shirts from various brands
1 black shirt from sub
1 cargo pants
and lots lots lots...

Yup shopping and shopping. The stuff there are cheap.

We even went to Petronas Twin Tower and it was magnificent. The shopping area and the exterior of the building were fantastic. Used to be the tallest building on earth, i managed to see it with my own eyes.

I think thats basically it, for my holiday... tobe continued.