Downtown, New City, Old City and the Concorde

I think I forgot to mention that another facet to my Mom's personality is that she never appears in public unless she is in full battle gear -- full make-up, fashion outfit, jewelry and accessories. It's her thing. It takes her about 4 hours in the morning to get moving but once she does, she's good until the end of that day. Having said this, it's no wonder our day begins after lunch. So to save us the unnecessary stress of arguing about tardiness, we just let her be and amuse ourselves by going around the stores at the Starhill Gallery. Shopping, shopping.



By 1pm, we meet up at the lobby for lunch at MyThai. The food was good naman but we thought it was too pricey. So, bumawi nalang kami sa pictures. After a dozen photo requests, we met up with Sherbert at 2:30 pm to continue our tour of KL.



The great thing about Sherbert is we just give him a list of places we want to go to and he makes an on the spot itinerary for us. He knows which one to go to first, next and last. We started with the Istana Negara which is the official residence of the King of Malaysia. Hanggang gate lang kami. Moving on, we then head for the Thein Hou Temple. Sherbert says that anything you pray for at the Temple will be granted. Smarty me was so busy taking pics, I actually forgot to take time out to pray. Next stop was the Dataran Merdeka or the Merdeka Square where you can find the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Royal Selangor Club Complex, St Mary's Anglican Cathedral and a 95-meter flagpole, one of the tallest in the world.

What's a trip to KL without making a stop at the Batu Caves? Ok lang to go pero sinong nagsabing akyatin mo yun? Yes, crazy me climbed 272 steps with my platform shoes and in drizzling rain. I missed Reymond so much and knew that it was something my crazy hubby would've wanted me to do. Again, another been there done that moment (consuelo de bobo). Was glad to be relaxing in the van for the 40-minute ride to Putrajaya. It's still as beautiful as I remember it to be.



Quick stop at the hotel after our 'day' long tour to freshen up! It's time to chow again! On to Jalan Alor, a popular place for Malaysian Chinese hawker food, especially seafood. This used to be the red light district of the city now converted into street food heaven. In direct contrast to KL's modern facade, this place looks like time had stopped. Anyway, you just stroll down the street past the various stalls until you see a place that's clean enough for your taste. Heehee. In our case, we just went to the resto we had gone to the last time around.



Seen in the pics for the first time beside T.Jean is John. He is Mom's adopted nephew in KL. They first met when John was still working in Pangkor Laut in 2002 and they have been friends eversince. Everytime my parents visit KL, they make it a point to meet up with John.



After dinner, John led us to the Concorde Hotel to satisfy my Mom's Tuesday fix (this is her regular dancing day at Conway's). We watched Take Note (pinoy) and Colors (local). Ok lang. We had fun naman. And something drinks! That helped alot. Heehee.

Our day finally ended at 1am. Before going to bed, I declared that tom. should be 'relax' day. Time for some retail therapy naman!