Figure 1. Lunch with Stella at La Bodega Tapas Bar Pavillion
Earlier this week, I travelled with my sister to Kuala Lumpur for the main purpose of getting several documents authorized by the Taiwan Consulate to fulfill the university requirements which my sister plans to enroll in. The trip was after all an all-expense trip. So I agreed. :)
We stayed at the Pearl Hotel International—brilliantly marketed as the hotel conveniently between Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur which pretty much meant it was in the middle of nowhere. Given the lack of negotiation skills, getting thru and fro from the hotel each day was a frustrating experience, we were literally chopped by taxi drivers trying to make a quick buck almost every time.
Surprisingly, I did manage to meet a few acquaintances while I was there—Stella, Ovidia and Joanne who all seem to reside around 1utama. So it wasn’t all that bad apart from the weather that is. Hot! Hot!
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Oh that’s me in the pic!
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no wonder didn’t update for quite some time. hhmm, how’s everything with the documents?
yeah, its true, taxi drivers always chopped passengers~~ *sigh* but you’re lucky then.hehehe!
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getting chopped? i think getting slaughtered wld be worse off … hehe
yeah, not all kl taxis are like that. u have the option of not boarding it actually. always plan to leave early then u wld have the option to choose whichever taxis that goes by the meter.
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@stella Yes. That’s you! We played a terrible game of Scrabble back then.
@ladylike On our end, everything is done. We are now waiting for the Taiwanese Consulate to do theirs.
@johnny ong Fair enough. If it constitutes as hope, I did manage to get a kl taxi who used the meter, RM15.90 from the hotel to Bukit Bintang.
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It’s because you never gotten any vowels.. Muahahaha
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where’s the hotel? i like the pics of the jazz greats in their cafe….
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@cktan - Pearl International Hotel on Old Klang road. Ditto. I quite liked the restaurant itself.
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Dude, taht isn’t the middle of nowhere!
I LIVE tehre! well, near there anyways, like a 5 min drive.
And let me tell u, the houses there are NOT cheap.
If u’re lookign at smthg with a bit of land, itll set u back abt 980k - 1 mil.
And, it’s very convenient.
TAxi drivers cheat you.
i the future, send me an email, lol & i’ll sort u out, alirght? :)
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lo. oh yea, and NEVER take a cab to BB frm OKR.
Take a bus to Kl Central instead & hop on the monorail. Saves u a TONNE.