Nix Trips: Malaysia

Sunday, June 26, 2011

2.5 more weeks left =(

We're in the last week of Malaysia now. Just spent the past several days in BM and Penang. Was awesome seeing my cousins again.. been a long time, but even so, it felt completely natural to be with them again and that I had never left. I miss that closeness! I wish I had more cousins back home. I definitely miss the big family dynamic.

We did more touristy things in Penang like visit the Kek Lok Si Temple, a couple of the Buddhist temples, and the botanical gardens. It rained a lot of the time we were in Penang but we still managed to see a few things.

My friends' parents have been asking them if they're tired of travelling, mine haven't asked though haha. Good sign right! Means that they're not worried? Haha, anyway!

As for me, I'm not tired of travelling.. but I am tired a bit. We do get the occasional off day where we don't do much, but it's nothing like just sitting at home. That being said, I don't regret any one moment of being on this trip. It's been a learning experience - for both on the tricks of travelling around the world, and also of how to travel with other people.

Am I ready to return home? I'm not sure.. I do miss my family.. and my stomach and health miss home haha (I've managed to get sick twice within 2 months) but I'm definitely not ready to start "real" life yet.. not that I really have to worry about that right away anyway, but I'll have to think about it eventually haha.. meh. Later, later!

Anywho, here are some pics! Peace out.

Some canon at Fort Cornwallis in Penang

Freedom memorial thing in KL

Bird Park in KL

St. Anne's Church in BM

Kek Lok Si temple in Penang

"Sleeping Buddha" in Penang

Some beach in Penang

Black sesame soft ball thingy in sweet ginger syrup

Steamboat a.k.a hotpot for Father's Day

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

First week in Malaysia

Hey all!

So it's almost been a week in good ol' M'sia (Malaysia). The flight from Singapore to KL was really short.. 30 minutes as I recall? Pretty much listened to like 4 songs, filled out the customs card and bam - landed in KL.

Was a bit confusing at first because I thought KLIA and LCCT were the same thing, but apparently not. The budget airlines land in LCCT, and you walk from the airplane to the terminal. Anyway, that was that.

So Malaysia is a place to eat and shop. Beware - if you have a sensitive stomach like mine (hyperacidity), Malaysian hocker food is delicious, but very oily.. and it is hard to find fruits and vegetables, except in the supermarket.

As far as touristy things go, so far, we've seen Batu Caves (my second time), and the Petronas Twin Towers. Batu Caves is always cool to see, so that was fun. Petronas Towers were not that great in terms of an attraction, but it's something that everyone has to check off their things-to-see list right?

In terms of malls, we've mostly checked out Berjaya Times Square, Pavilion, and KLCC. Pavilion is mostly hi-end stores like Prada and Gucci, with some mid-range stores like Forever 21. KLCC is like Pavilion. Berjaya Times Square is huge.. 12 levels or something like that.. the first 4 are store stores, and the rest of the mall are those stalls like Burgis Street, where you can't try anything on, but stuff is realz cheap.

One crappy thing that happened was that I left my camera battery charging in my aunt's kitchen this morning, the day we were going up the Twin Towers.. so sad. We're staying 2 days at the Renaissance cuz apparently Malaysia is the cheapest place to stay at a 5-star hotel. Then we're off to Penang for 6 days.. so I gots to find me a camera battery and charger ASAPs!

Hmm.. what else.. oh public transporation is bleh here compared to Singapore. There are like.. 3-4 different transit types, done by different companies, and they only meet up at one point - KL Sentral.

Anywho, will leave you with some pics again.

Peace out ^_^