Hello Back to Reality!.............(as I crawled back into the routine of work…….)
It has been quite a happy holiday for the past week or so after me and the Mrs completed our KL and Cambodia tour…..
For our KL Trip
We started with a short 5 hours bus ride on the 27th of December to KL where our dear friends, Ah Tham, Yen li and their adorable 4 year old Ming Kit picked us up at the bus station. From then on, we ate and ate and ate till….. the NEW YEAR! Hahahaa… really tons and tons of good food and good company…….
I contributed to the Malaysian economy by doing my fair bit up Genting Highlands. (“God” rest Uncle Lim’s soul as we paid our last respect on the way) Well, that was one wish out of the way: Gambling on the tables for one full day. I must thank the Mrs. for being so patient by my side waiting for her husband to win a BIG one…… (shd have bought small on the last call.. damns…)
Along the way, we also enjoyed an Amy Yip Da Bao that was really huge! I think it can equal about 8 of our Singapore’s version of Da Bao. Not as delicious as the Kou Ba bao but an interesting find. There is also a need to mentioned the delicious Sunny Bao (a tim sum item that is filled with salted egg cream) that is absolutely mouth watering and the delicious soup found at the half way mark coffeeshops up Genting. The succulent taste of the double boiled prawns pampered your tongue that you can literally float up like the rat in Ratatouille………..
The highlight of the trip up KL was supposedly the musical of MamaMia. Well, it certainly lived up to its expectation: The musical and the fiasco before that. Hahhahaa……. So the story goes….. On 30 Dec, we set out 2 hours ahead of the show in anticipation of the crazy jam in the capital of Malaysia. Within 40 mins, Sheirly confidently drove us to our “musical hall” and exclaimed happily that we have arrived. Strangely, there were no huge jams, lots of parking space and no big banner advertising the show. In our own world, we proceed to spend the next 15 to 20 mins taking photos and enjoying the nice atmosphere of the Malaysian Tourism Building. Check out the photo......
It has been quite a happy holiday for the past week or so after me and the Mrs completed our KL and Cambodia tour…..
For our KL Trip
We started with a short 5 hours bus ride on the 27th of December to KL where our dear friends, Ah Tham, Yen li and their adorable 4 year old Ming Kit picked us up at the bus station. From then on, we ate and ate and ate till….. the NEW YEAR! Hahahaa… really tons and tons of good food and good company…….
I contributed to the Malaysian economy by doing my fair bit up Genting Highlands. (“God” rest Uncle Lim’s soul as we paid our last respect on the way) Well, that was one wish out of the way: Gambling on the tables for one full day. I must thank the Mrs. for being so patient by my side waiting for her husband to win a BIG one…… (shd have bought small on the last call.. damns…)
Along the way, we also enjoyed an Amy Yip Da Bao that was really huge! I think it can equal about 8 of our Singapore’s version of Da Bao. Not as delicious as the Kou Ba bao but an interesting find. There is also a need to mentioned the delicious Sunny Bao (a tim sum item that is filled with salted egg cream) that is absolutely mouth watering and the delicious soup found at the half way mark coffeeshops up Genting. The succulent taste of the double boiled prawns pampered your tongue that you can literally float up like the rat in Ratatouille………..
The highlight of the trip up KL was supposedly the musical of MamaMia. Well, it certainly lived up to its expectation: The musical and the fiasco before that. Hahhahaa……. So the story goes….. On 30 Dec, we set out 2 hours ahead of the show in anticipation of the crazy jam in the capital of Malaysia. Within 40 mins, Sheirly confidently drove us to our “musical hall” and exclaimed happily that we have arrived. Strangely, there were no huge jams, lots of parking space and no big banner advertising the show. In our own world, we proceed to spend the next 15 to 20 mins taking photos and enjoying the nice atmosphere of the Malaysian Tourism Building. Check out the photo......
As the phone rang, we heard the loud shriek by Sheirly that we are at the wrong place!!! Within seconds, joy and peace turned to nervous laughter, shock and !!!. hahhaha….. it was quite funny in a weird way….. Anyway, Ah Tham was on the other line giving instructions on how to reach the correct location. We had about 40 mins left to drive to the musical and in KL city terms, it is quite suicidal to even attempt. Amidst the left and right turns and U turns, somehow we managed to negotiate our way to the Istana Budaya in double quick time. Although a banner was seen and people were wearing more appropriate concert clothing, we rushed into the reception area to double check as we can ill-afford another mistake. Well, we breathed a huge sigh of relief followed by loud laughter as we join up with Ah Tham and Yenli.
Nearly forgot to mention…..Mama Mia was awesome in the second half of the show. For the first half, I think some of the singers’ voices were drown out by the volume of the music or they have not warmed up enough. Me and the Mrs are significantly impressed enough to decide to get a copy of the CD. (from CD shops of course and not there…)
Lastly, just like to mention that Sheirly has a lovely house that we were lucky enough to spend the last few days of 2008 in. Nicely decorated with huge effort on her part and impeccably clean that you may even slip on the floor. Baoling fortunately avoided falling on the impeccable floor.
We had a very lovely countdown party at Sheirly’s house with many close friends and lovely food. I also learned to play a 3 leg mahjong and rode well on my beginner’s luck to recoup some contribution to Uncle Lim. As we approach 2009, we even had a small cake cutting ceremony with many photos taken. Personally, will like to thank all the friends who have took care of us during our KL leg of the year end holiday.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! IT’s a GREAT TRIP and ALL THE BEST IN THE COMING YEAR! HAPPY 2009.
Stay tune for Part 2: Cambodia
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