The "sampat" people like us who have not been on a train before decided to take the train to KL for the very first time. The lost sheeps departed from house at around 4.30 am and reached the Ipoh train station. Well, it was not as lonely and quiet as expected. Many people were also waiting to board the train. When the train came, we were wondering which coach to enter and was quite excited. When we were all settled down, well, everyone went to sleep like most people would do except for me. LOL..... This is how the interior looks like. Quite plasticky though. The noise is something people might not expect but it's a train, what can you complain more. It's a bullet train also... Din know they had a cafe and worse still a toilet. This is super LOL.... din go search though. Maybe next time.
Wanted to look outside for some scenery so badly but it was pitched black 6 am in the morning. Nothing could be seen. Dun have anything to do but watch the silent movie of the day "Clash of The Titans". Not bad watching that while listening to music. Without noticing, we finally reached KL Central. Though at first hesitated whether to leave the train or not, but since everyone was walking off, we decided to follow. Walla, it was the right decision. LOL.... Behold KL Sentral....
Our supposed tour guide got morning tantrums. She was enjoying too much the day before counting down, drinking alcohol and playing games. And she said she had no idea we were on such an early train. So, I started panicking. We have to spend some time on our own. But, do what? Started wondering around, we then found Mc'Donalds, the all time reliable breakfast provider and hang out place.
Yup, we sat at this position. Two tables. It was a public holiday, so the normal cheap RM 4 breakfast was not available. We decided to order the Big Breakfast Box Set B.
Box A (For 2-3 pax) @ RM19.90
- 1 Big Breakfast with 1 pc Hash Browns
- 1 Sausage McMuffin with Egg
- 2 pcs Hotcakes
- 1 pc Hash Browns
- 2 Coffee/Tea (M)
Box B (For 3-4 pax) @ RM24.90
- 1 Big Breakfast with 1 pc Hash Browns
- 1 Sausage McMuffin with Egg
- 1 Egg McMuffin with Chicken Roll
- 2 pcs Hotcakes
- 2pcs Hash Browns
- 3 Coffee/Tea (M)
To be honest, not very filling for 4 person. Or maybe I was just too hungry. Then we chat and eat and chat and eat, finally, the "dai siu jie" was fully awake and was on her way. I had to order another set of hotcakes for her. It cost like 10 bucks of something. Total suck off. Then we were well on our way to begin our journey in KL.
My very first experience on vehicles suspended in the air. Other words, it's called a LRT (Light Rail Transit).
The dumbos like us had no idea what to do next. Depending on our KL tour guide, this is how it should be done. First you have to buy your tickets to the destination you want. Thus, to know where you're going, here's the map for all the LRT stations in KL.
1. KL City Subway:
a) Light Rapid Transit (LRT), Kelana Jaya Line (previously called the PUTRA Line)
How to go to LRT Ampang Line from KL Sentral:
From KL Sentral, take LRT Kelana Jaya Line towards Gombak direction. Get off at Masjid Jamek station to change to Ampang Line.
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| Ampang LRT Line from KL Sentral Station |
2. KL Monorail:
City loop Rapid KL monorail train, connecting KL Sentral to major attractions within Kuala Lumpur such as Jalan Sultan Ismail, Bukit Bintang and Times Square.
The following are the other services available to get to places such as Genting, KLIA, LCCT etc...
3. KLIA Ekspres:
Express Train (non-stop) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Takes only 28 minutes.
4. KLIA Transit:
Multi stop train from KL Sentral to Kuala Lumpur International Airport KLIA, stopping at Cyberjaya, Putra Jaya, Bandar Tasik Selatan and Salak Tinggi.
5. KTM Komuter:
connecting to five major township around KL, which are Rawang, Sentul, Port Klang & Seremban
6. KTM Intercity
Long haul train service to all rail destinations, as well as Bangkok and Singapore. KL Sentral is one of the station for TransAsia Railway Network that extends to Vietnam and China
After knowing all the routes and which LRT to take. This is what we did. We took the KL Monorail. First we bought tickets aka tokens because only the tour guide has touch & go card.
OK. So when you get your blue chip, you have to touch at the blue spot on the machine like above. It would then beep and the gates would open. REMEMBER: hold on to the chip till your destination or else you cant exit later. After entering, go up using the escalators and wait for the monorail to come. When it arrives, let others come out first, then only you bang all your way into it. The journey was smoother than expected unlike a bus which bounces here and there. You can choose to stand at ease. At times, it may be crowded till everyone was touching everyone like literal sardines in a can. So, ladies be careful.
We got off at the IMBI station cause we're going to Times Square. The place is so different from what i remembered from my childhood days. Well, we were just playing in the playground back then, LOL. Remember this...
We started walking round and round and round the place like crazy cause there were like infinite floors to finish. The christmas decorations kind of struck me a little.
And that piano stairs that i read somewhere before.
We walked around the first floor at first. When we enter Voir Gallery, we kind of stayed for quite sometime.
It was kind of because there was a long couch inside the store and was hidden from people outside. Everyone was sitting on it and didn't want to move their fat asses. LOL.. I love this brand G&H (Gene and Hue) and i think it has become one of my favourite brands besides Padini. Their collection is quite nice and not that expensive.
We had lunch at the Ayam Penyet Express. Malay-Indo food. Not very bad. Majority of us had the chicken sad. I ate the fish one (bawal/pomfret).
The chicken and fish was pretty good cause they were fried to crisp. The sambal was extra spicy but i liked it. The soup was this yellowy turmeric taste. Some may like it, others might puke drinking it. The tofu/beancurd like thing was also pretty disgusting. And the safe choice drinking lemon tea was always safe. I wanted to try the shop opposite but there were like tonnes of people inside. It's Pontian Wanton Noodles.
Looks pretty interesting right compared to the Indo Meal. LOL... After the shocking meal, we continued shopping like crazy. Ladies being ladies. After walking around like crazy, we were so exhausted. The tour guide wanted to split from the group and so we did. Hahaha. We went to a simple cafe at the bottom level called Sweet Chat Cafe.
Did you see those comfy chairs? It was those chairs that lured us to visit that cafe instead of the one beside it which is Meet Fresh (鲜芋仙). The chairs were stools and we can't lean. But the drinks were more tempting cause they were the blackball style taiwanese dessert.
Kind of regretted a lot afterwards cause we ordered this.
It's some kiwi something. Since we were not very hungry, 3 of us shared this. It tasted just so-so. Like normal dessert. But the worst part, the staff was extremely rude. Not sure because it was a busy day or we ordered too little stuff. But I don't think that was an excuse. We went straight up to the counter to ask for an extra bowl and spoon and guess what.... The staff totally ignored us and turned to do her work. We were like WTH. There was even service charge in the receipt. It's not like we were asking rudely or anything. Totally fooled by the luring looks of the place. We left. Duh... of course. Now that Taiwanese Dessert was such a regret cause I can't taste it in anytime soon.
Then we went hunting for screen protector for the tour guide's brand new iphone 5. Apparently, it's already old news holding an iphone 5. KL is really KL. I could see a lot of people holding one. This shop was pretty good. Only charged RM 10 for very basic but dedicated work in putting it on. Or maybe because the tour guide was just too pretty. LOL... She even went back to the same shop for the front part after doing the back part the previous time. Not sure the name of the shop cause its one of the stores along the Taiwan snacks street. Let me try. You enter from the front and the last lane before you turn right. It's next to a handbag shop i think. Couldn't remember much. But the guy was not bad. For a typical guy perhaps.
Then the group leader called us and said that they were at Toast Box and we have to go all the down again.
The egg was as awesome as the one above. I was really curious as to how they could have make it. They also said the curry laksa was nice. Din get to try though.
We got so bored of Times Square so we thought maybe we could visit Sungei Wang Plaza next door. There's a bridge that connects both sides that makes it easy. But it's quite noisy there too. Got a lot of people, nice and not so nice, hanging around that place. Girls should be aware. There's nothing much to talk about the place besides it being extremely low ceiling that my head almost touches it, there are loads of phone shops and it's just very very complicated and messy. All in all, not so nice place to shop. But there's still loads of people rushing in and out. And a lot of companies also like to held events over there. Not sure whether it's cheap or there's a contract. Maybe they should give it a facelift or something.
We then moved back to Times Square once again. It's almost time for us to get on our train ride, so we just simply ate at the food court. But then, it turns out we have to purchase the card. You may think it's quite complicated but then it's actually not really. The card cost around RM5 or RM10 and you just reload it with credit and pay when ordering food. The balance can be taken back by retrieving it at the counter.
After that, we walked around for a while and started heading back to KL Sentral. The line to get our tickets was extremely long but luckily we had time. Reached KL Sentral and there was actually a lot of time left. Everyone was super exhausted cause we woke up at like 3 am and walked throughout the whole day. But, I really did enjoy my very first new year in KL as a holiday and trip instead of working. It was awesome. The tour guide then left as she still has to go to work tomolo. When our train arrived, everyone was rushing down. Hahaha, i still remember saying this, which was quite embarassing for some reason "Malaysian mentality, already got ticket and place for you, why still have to rush". LOL... That's what makes us Truly Malaysians i supposed. Signing off for now. XOXO =DDD
PS: i got the photos from google cause was not able to take any photos that day. But i picked the photos that closely resemble what I've experienced. Credits go to the original owners. Muackkksss....