We arrived at Boulevard Hotel @ Mid-Valley City shortly before 2pm. I am always a little sceptical about checking-in. Are the service personnel friendly? Is the hotel sleazy looking? Are the rooms well-aired? Bug and cockroach and lizard free? We were pleasantly surprised when we opened the door to Room 1013. Not only was the room well-lit, we had a panoramic view of Mid-Valley. Not to mention the tasteful design of the room. I didn't get that icky feeling of dirt and dust in the room! Score 1 to us!! We freshened up, dusted and powdered the weariness of the journey away before going out again. Of course the whole point of going to KL in the middle of a school term, lest informing our relevant heads was to head down to PWTC for the Pesta Buku. I wheezed in excitement when I got the whiff of fresh books as we stepped into the jostling arena! Booths after booths stood firm, displaying an extreme repertoire of titles. I went crazy, and seconds later purchased one of the many books I thought could provide invaluable information that would aid me in lesson preparation. It was my first time in a convention/ exhibition in KL and the crowd was definitely adding to the crazy atmosphere! I got more than 10 books in all. Thank god Nora was willing to shoulder the load I have purchased. Or I would have just fall flat on the uneven ground, exhausted. Next stop was of course KLCC. What else would we go after in bustling KL but California Pizza Kitchen! I have been having recurring dreams about the place that should we fail to have a meal at this place, I would have gone back to Singapore, salivating. The food was great, service was not nearly excellent enough because of the moronic behaviour of 3 waitresses. KLCC was a shopping monstrosity. Rows and rows of shops, carrying renowned labels, nitty gritties and all. We were just as amazed at how crowded the entire place is! The crowd in KL can definitely beat any crowd in Singapore! What say you Singaporeans?!!? I felt really tired when we finally left KLCC to head back to Boulevard. But the satisfaction of succesfully locating the various titles that I need at the Book Fair more than make up for all the sore and pain. We chilled out at San Fransisco Coffee, after gluttonly ordering Drinks AND calorie laden Hazelnut Cake. It was great! The place was excellent!! Oh ya, we decided to be disgustingly high class when we ordered room service. The house specials caught our eye and we spend the next half our night tucking into a scrumptious meal of pan fried salmon and lambshanks! Woo hoo.. The wailing sound of the wind and the stormy rain kept me up half of the night. (If I'm not making sense anywhere in this entry do understand. I'm even nodding away as my fingers and hands type) Second day started pretty early. We had breakfast before checking out the shops at Mid-Valley Mall. Pretty interesting observation is the crowd who have already packed themselves in the mall at 10am! Sushi King was where we had lunch. It was satisfying. And before I could do anything else, the bus came to take me away from the bustling city of KL. The whole experience brought back memories of that extended trip with my colleagues. Since then, KL has been the one way place that holds the memories we had. Pretty sentimental! |
