Some Malaysians - East Malaysians especially - think that Kuala Lumpur and Selangor is the same thing. Even I thought that Selangor=KL. But, no, that is not the case.

So I spent my Deepavali weekend in KL/Selangor; I stayed in Selangor with a few friends and spent most of the time in the Garden City of Lights.

Ham actually made a spending food budget for the both of us while in KL, simply because… we eat too much. X) I’m glad to say that we managed to keep to the budget, but that was because:

1. lunch on Saturday was provided by Kuhan when we visited his house
2. TGIF dinner on Saturday was on Sam, as a birthday treat
3. Pizza Hut lunch on Sunday was on Yong Jenn
4. Paddington’s Pancakes on Sunday was on Uncle ;)

Not to mention that I received discount vouchers from Roxy and a free movie ticket from GSC. Ah, the joys of visiting a metropolitan city during your birthday month. :D

The worst part of this whole ordeal is, even with the said treats and discounts and such, I am still broke. :(

P.S. I got a Deepavali packet for the first time in my life. It’s pink.

14 October 2010, Thursday

Ham and I took an 8.55PM bus down to KL. The journey took three hours. We took an LRT to Dang Wangi LRT station and set off to hunt for the Nuffnang office at Jalan Yap Ah Shak. We managed to find the office at Heritage House. Ham rang the doorbell. Then a lady opened the door and let us in. The Nuffnang office is so orange! X) The lady handed me my tickets. Then I had to sign a receipt. It was then that I turned in the other direction and saw Timothy Tiah! But was not thick-faced enough to ask for a photo. Everyone looked busy. :( Oh well.

After getting all hyped up upon getting my tickets, we headed to Bukit Bintang to meet up with Martin and Sean at Hotel Nova. When we got there, Martin was busy dressing up with new clothes, gearing up for the concert that evening. He suggested dropping by Times Square to grab more ‘gear’. So that we did. A lot of time was spent at iSocks. =.=

We headed to Marcel’s place in the evening. I was exhausted so I slept while the boys showered and got dressed. Then I got dressed in a long top, shorts and boots. :) Marcel lead us to Putra indoor stadium, which wasn’t very far. I had trouble walking fast, thanks to the boots.

When we got there, there were riot police trucks everywhere (and everyone would know why) =.= *cough*PAS*cough*

The concert was awesome! I can’t believe I actually saw Adam Lambert. And I cannot fathom how he lost to Kris Allen in American Idol. Martin claims that it is due to the gay conspiracies but that’s not fair! X(

After the concert, Ham and I headed to Vista Komanwel C2 to visit Kavita. It was a surprise. I managed to get details of her home from Sharmela earlier during the day. Thanks Mela! :) we talked and talked and talked. Boy, do I miss the twins now. :’(

I was feeling really tired and my feet were sore - thanks to the boots - so we headed back to Marcel’s after midnight. We had yummy nissin instant noodles courtesy of Marcel! It’s a tradition to have instant noodles there every time we sleep over. ;)

15 October 2010, Friday

All of us got ready by 9.30AM. We dragged our asses on to the LRT to Bukit Bintang. Martin and Sean left for their hotel while Ham, Marcel and I went off to meet Eva. Our next stop was Pavilion KL. Dragon-i for lunch! Lunch was on Eva. Or should I say Uncle? Haha :D

We walked around Pavilion until Eva had to leave. Then Marcel had to leave for class. The  two of us dropped by Hotel Nova to meet Martin and Sean and to drop off our bags. At 3.00PM, we met at Times Square. Nothing interesting happened except that Julian and Vanessa joined us there.

After much pointless loitering around Times Square, we moved on to Sungei Wang Plaza. Marcel joined us again. Dinner at KFC. Then Ham and I had to leave for KL Sentral to catch the 9.45PM train to Ipoh.

We rushed back to Hotel Nova to collect our bags. Then we had to stop by to give the hotel card key back to Martin. We were under the impression that we were going to be late. We rushed to KL Sentral to find that we were 20 minutes early. And that was when the drama started.

The train delayed 30 minutes. So we waited at the KLIA terminal. Ham went to sit on the massage chair while I sat on the floor and guarded his phone and my iPod, which were charging. Martin called after a few minutes, saying that Ham left his garment bag back in the hotel. We panicked, but couldn’t do anything to get it back but to call Marcel and get him to collect it from Martin and keep it in his apartment.

Ham and I then left to the departure gate, only to find that the train has been delayed again. =.= This time we didn’t leave the gate, but sat nearby, charging phone and iPod again. Half an hour later, another announcement was made, saying that due to unforeseen issues, they couldn’t let us know the ETA of the train. X( Pissed, Ham walked off to ask about refunds. Later, we just left KL Sentral for Hotel Nova. So yeah, we got a room there for RM175 and I told Seng Yee that I couldn’t make it for the PPT field trip. What a waste. :[

That ends the story of my very eventful weekend. Now, back to the books. X(

[Pictures can be found here on Facebook.]