Tuesday, October 28, 2008
just as i thought it would be like any other trips. it wasn't.
i met hamizah early on saturday evening to make our way into jb. we went on to have our dinner at sushi king. the fried salmon skin is our new favourite. sweet crispy fish skin dipped in light soy sauce. after filling our stomachs, we walked around city square to kill time. surveyed for things that can be bought in kl. boarded the train and started the seven hour journey to kl.
after checking into our hotel and had a damn good shower, we had our breakfast at subway. mind you, it's less than rm10 for a meal. started our shopping spree and eating fever at klcc. had our 'tea' at a&w. it's a fast food place that i've come to treasure. you don't get a&w anywhere anymore. root beer float and curly fries are a must. bought my arsenal jersey from Nike. like finally. would've been great if someone got me an arsenal jersey for my birthday. but no. everyone got me dvds. because they know i collect dvds. but thanks guys. hahahaha. reef, billabong, roxy were having crazy sales. me and hamizah were trying our very best not to spend all our money at one shot. so we refrained from spending too much at klcc. made our way back to pavillion.
after putting back our purchases in our hotel room, we went to berjaya times square to pay a visit to borders kl. and i got a surprise. from the spacious empty two floor store they had, it's now a one floor busy store. they should give us a two storey store at wheelock. close parkway. hehe. ate baskin robbins as we walked to bukit bintang. had our dinner at tony romas. damn the steaks are huge!! i couldn't finish my slab of steak. we tried our best to keep our eyes open during the movie.
had our breakfast buffett. i got my sauteed mushrooms craving satisfied. did our final packing, checked out, left our bags with the concierge and did more last minute shopping. bought reef slippers, tees. sales have been good to us. we closed our wallets at Starbucks.
you must be wondering why i'm giving you a play-by-play of my trip right? you can see that we've the most wonderful time shopping and enjoyed ourselves. but what i'm about to tell you is where the nightmare begins.
checked into our bus. as the guy took our ticket, i sensed something was wrong. me and my cousin waited patiently. he came with our ticket in his hand. and asked me in malay, 'do you have another ticket?' and i was like, 'HUH? Why?' and then he dropped the biggest bomb you can drop on travellers. 'THIS TICKET IS FOR LAST MONTH!' AND I WAS LIKE WHAT???????????!!!!!! he handed me our ticket and it dawned on me. SHIT!!!! fuck!! fuck fuck fuck!! i didn't double check the ticket when i bought it. panic seeped through me. we went to Pudu to try to get tickets into singapore but to no avail. we ended up taking a bus into jb. which took the longest time. and half the time on the bus, i was wide awake trying to recognise anything on the route. once we reach johor, the driver kept stopping. we reached woodlands customs at 1230am. we touched homesoil at nearly 1am. so my advice to all travellers, CHECK YOUR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS. no matter how experience you are, always always check your travel documents. so yeah. lesson learnt.
9:01 pm
ilovedjason