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Our taxi driver… lets call him Samy, wookay… from the start, he was already stressful… we tried to start a conversation, but Samy seems to be concentrating at the major traffic jam. He was squeezing through at every opportunity (photo at the bottom). He was doing more stunts after receiving a call… he was speaking in Tamil, so we don’t know what the conversation was about… the call did made him doing more stunts… I know KL drivers do a lot of stunts… but Samy is doing more… hongking at every car although he was at the wrong… but thanks to him, we arrived at the hotel quicker, we arrived at the hotel around 2.30pm… wow 40 minutes journey… donno how late we will be if Samy wasn’t  doing his stunts…

Hotel said, room not ready… o mannn… I made the reservation a month ago and it’s not ready yet!.. I did ask for non-smoking room… the lady said it will be ready in 40 minutes… we ask them to keep our bag and went for foods!!! The only food I have since morning are the $10 breakfast and the rice on the aircraft.

We walk to Low Yat Plaza and straight to the food court. We landed at Kopi Club… ordered our food… and the service was so slow… after the food, we went back to the hotel… I needed a rest badly. Check with the counter, they not sure what is our room… damm… the lady is gone… now new shift I guess… they dig their documents and found my registration… then told us, they need another 10 minutes to find out if our room is ready… waited at the lounge… at last got our room… room 417.

Stayed here in early January this year… Royale Bintang Hotel.

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To be continued…

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We arrived at KL Central around 1.50pm

We proceeded to the taxi counter. Bonn and I decided to take the budget taxi. It cost $14 for the trip to Sol Melia Hotel.

When we put our bags into the taxi’s compartment, my bag and Bonn’s two bags can’t have enough room… the ugly LNG tank was occupying 1/3 of the taxi compartment… I did ask a taxi driver before if the LNG does save them money… his answer was… swearing… cursing… at the GOV… LOL. Bonn took the front seat and I took the back seat with my backpack. While at the back, I was imagining what would happen if Mat Rempit comes and grab one of our bag while we are stuck in the jam since the taxi compartment is not locked… only tied with an elastic band.

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When I left KKIA, my checked-in luggage was 7kg… and with me is my backpack… we’ll see how much it will grow when I go back next Sunday 😉

Last year TechEd SEA 2006, I stayed at Cititel Hotel Midvalley. We took the LRT from Midvalley to KL Central… then with Putra to KLCC.

So, while on the plane, I was already planning my route from Bukit Bintang to KLCC. This time I stayed at Sol Melia Hotel, Bukit Bintang. Maneuvering around these areas should not be a problem. So, I decided to use the monorail from Imbi to Bukit Nenas. Then I will continue from Dang Wangi to KLCC with Putra.

 
We arrived at KLIA around 12.40pm

 
Then proceeded to KLIA Express…

 
My backpack and luggage (with wheels) on the KLIA Express.

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This gonna be a very long posting… but to make it shorter, I will spread it into a few posting for the next few days… all depends on my time and how much I can recalled… I’m very forgetful…

Here we go… my journey started on the September 9, 2007. I arrived at the KK International Airport around 7.50am and the flight is at 10.00am… I know, I’m too early… got reason for that.

I’m supposed to check-in with Bonn… but his phone seems to be out of service. Waited for him until 8.40am and proceeded to check-in. As usual, I requested for the emergency exit seat… coz it has 2 seats instead of 3 (for Boeing 737)… the space is bigger, u know lah big size mah, can stretch-stretch my legs bah….. Unfortunately, all emergency exit seats are taken. I end up at seat 9A, next to window… cool September 9 and getting row 9… 999 😮 lucky not 666 😛 SMS Bonn my seat number… hoping he will get the same row.

 I went inside and look for foods… imagine, paid $10 for this mee kosong, sausage & a cup of tea. I felt more energized after finishing it… then went to Gate 4. Saw few people I recognized… chit chatted with them… and still wondering where the heck is Bonn. His phone is still unreachable. Then 10 minutes before boarding… Bonn appeared… his Dopod keep hangs-up every time it rings. He got the very back seat; I think it was row 24 out of 25 or 27… I hate the back seat coz it’s very hot over there… my tips… for Boeing 737, emergency exit seat are at row 12, 13 & 14… around there lah. Take row lower than row 14 coz its cooler… the air-cond is stronger towards the fronts… don’t ask coz I don’t know why…

To be continued…

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First, my apology to all those who have been sending me messages wondering what happened to me during the TechEd becoz I have no new posting…

Well, I’m still in KL right now… been shopping like mad for the past 2 days 😮

Unfortunately, my hotel don’t have WiFi service in the room 🙁 that is why I can’t do my blogging. When I’m back in KK tomorrow… my flight is late at night… I will continue my blogging as usual 8)

Right now I’m writing my blog in my room… trough DIAL-UP service to KK… can you believe that??? The speed is like tortoise… it’s not cool you know… but I have to do this way becoz I want my office to pay for my hotel phone bill 8)

I have not pack a single stuff… I only have like 2 hours before going to sleep… else I’ll be sleep walking during my flight tomorrow.

I’ve reconfirmed with the hotel yesterday and my booking is still on… I’ll be staying around Bukit Bintang.

I hope once we checked-in, we (5 of us) can go for the early registration at KLCC before 6pm tomorrow… else we have to fight for the long-Q on monday.

One of us, David, already in KL right now… probably having fun… he went today’s evening.