I visited another Malaysian city for my new year..but this time with my brother, the birthday celebrant Aaron. Even without the trip, my holiday spirit soared as soon as I saw him at the airport. I never thought I would miss seeing my family this much. My father always tells me that this was my choice and that I miss them because I wanted to miss them. Well, life is a choice and it does not mean that I am always happy with my choices.
Anyway, that is not the topic of this blog. I wanted to tell you about my Kuala Lumpur trip remember? Well, we started off in the KTM Railway station in Tanjong Pagar which later on we learned was already Malaysian soil so to speak. I think that was the best part of the journey, instead of going down the train twice for immigration, you only go down once because Malaysian immigration is done before you even board the train. And so we arrive at the Kuala Lumpur SENTRAl terminal and to my surprise, it was much better than I expected. THis is the hub of all the train lines in all of Kuala Lumpur including the train we used straight from Singapore and one directly from the airport. You will not be mugged by taxi drivers as well (as i hear other travellers say when they reach the bus station in KL) because there is a line for us to buy taxi coupons to take us to our hotel. The trip took us 8 hours in all so we are famished when we got to Kuala Lumpur at 5pm.
When we reached Trader's Hotel in KLCC, we are only too glad to see that the location was perfect. It is close to the Petronas towers but not too close (in fact it is across the towers with a park in between them) lettin you enjoy the view even better. The kind front desk personnel Eirene upgraded us (for only a few ringgits) to a top level executive room, with an access to the executive lounge that gave us free breakfast, afternoon tea (which we used as our lunch) and evening cocktails (flowing drinks, wine, etc.). You could imagine how much time we spent on this floor! We also have access to the internet in the lounge where we can print out documents as well. We booked our Aeroline bus ticket to return to Singapore through this terminal.
I enjoyed my time with "bunso" the most. How he was so much in the holiday mood and that it seems like nothing can spoil his holiday. He almost completely let go of sleep for our second night had I not told him we should book a hotel room where the Aeroline bus will pick us up. I love my brother! I mean really love him...I miss him already just thinking he will be leaving in a few days.
Which brings me a thought as I start my new year. I should go home more often. I should even considering going back after my commitments here in Singapore. I don't know, now that I am with my bro, I suddenly felt there was something not right in my leaving home.... well, for now, it is just a thought. I'll let that sink some more.
Happy new year everyone! No flashback of the year that was this year...only looking forward... for the mean time. Take care and Seize the day everyone!
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