Day 5: Shopping time
10 Feb 2008, 4th day of Chinese New Year / Che Si
It was our last day in KL. We would fly back to Medan on the morning flight, the next day. So, we had to use the time wisely. At first, we thought of taking the ‘Hop On Hop Off’ bus, RM38/person for 24 hours, to see interesting places in KL. Some more the 16 years old girl was so eager to pay a visit on Petronas Twin Tower. Wherever we went and saw the twin tower, she would say,”ni kan, liang jie mei ar.”
Due to some reason, we decided to spend the day for shopping. She told her parents that she could walk to KLCC by looking at the map that she had. -__-” Sounded so desperate and brave. I told her that she could take monorail to KL Sentral, LRT KL Sentral - KLCC. I asked for the taxi price at Jalan Alor, and it was RM15 to go KLCC. Again, as expected the mum didn’t let her go, either by walking or taxi or LRT. Whatever.
This time, Sungei Wang was so alive, most of the shops already opened. Same thing with TimeSquare that was within walking distance. Even though it was Rat year, the saying-Hi-cat furniture was still around. One day wasn’t enough to shop at this 2 shopping complex.
At 7pm, Bukit Bintang already so crowded. It was the Chinese New Year Open House by the Prime Minister, Pak Lah. There were a few projectors at the road side. The celebration itself started at 8.30pm and scheduled to be ended at 10.30pm. After dinner at Jalan Alor, the three of us (mum, bro and I) joined in the crowd.
I was just exciting to see the Chinese Opera show and the other shows. Seeing Pak Lah wasn’t a big thing. He had paid a visit to Limkokwing before. What surprised me was, how generous the government was to do a Chinese New Year Open House. It sounded that there wasn’t racism in Malaysia. Later on the boyfriend even told me that Pak Lah will come to Sibu, for somewhat St. Elizabeth school re-opening. Whoa. But hor, we all know that nothing comes good without purpose and reason. What else, because election is coming soon lo. Aiyoyo.. Politician memang politician.
But the PM definitely scored and gave good impression to the tourists by doing Chinese New Year Open House. It was a good place that he picked, Bukit Bintang, the tourists heaven, instead of some Dataran or Lapangan. Part of his speech that I heard was,”20 years of living in KL, this is my first time seeing so many people gathered at Bukit Bintang.”
The minus thing was, we hardly saw the shows. The stage was in front of BB plaza, and the politicians were sitting facing the stage. It was done in a horizontal way instead of vertical. After all, we only saw through the blurry projectors. What was the point of doing the celebration if it was only the governments people that could see the shows clearly? Chew.I was so tired, I slept before it ended.5 days seems to be not enough. So many places not yet go: KLCC, KL tower, Eye on Malaysia and shopping complex - Mid Valley, Pavillion, 1 Utama, The Curve, Pyramid also not yet finished.
