Saturday, July 22, 2006
Okay, so I left without saying goodbye. Okay, I did say goodbye, but to close friends and family members. I don't feel homesick now that I'm here in KL, but I sure do miss all the little things I would normally do with my family, like grocery shopping and fussing about what to cook for lunch. No more of that.
Now, in KL, it just occured to me how far apart things really are from each other. At LUCT (Limkokwing University of Creative Technology), everything's cool, though I feel a little out of place (I suppose I'll get used to it, really). But to travel back and forth, finding a place to eat, a place to stay... gosh. I think it would make no difference if I stayed at a place 'near the college' or 'my own place' which is in the city center, the heart of KL.
Everything is happening around here! Gosh. On weekdays things seem pretty quiet, but even if it was three or four in the morning, there are people out for food and drinks and walks. On weekends, the city doesn't sleep. There's constant music and entertainment wherever you go. Oh, and the sale season is supposedly approaching (month of August), but majority of the shops have launched their sale already. Haha! I'm frustrated though, I want to buy jeans and trousers, but all are not available in my size. I feel damn fat now. Dammit.
Anyway, today was pretty eventful. Rare coincidences happened today - first, I was coaxed by some lady who handed me a leaflet, when afterwards I enquired what was it all about, it was a model search thing. At the same time, another girl enquired the same thing so we were both listening. When she suddenly spoke of training and all sorts, we both said we were students, and strangely, we found out that the both of us are studying in LUCT, and that she is also doing Mass Communication (but only in the second semester of her foundation year). After that, we totally hit it off, doing a little bit of shopping before a noise from outside Times Square beckoned us to check it out. Apparently, Vincent Chong was performing there, in conjunction with some Disney premiere of the Asian Version of High School Musical. Err... I'm not a big fan of Vince, but Yen certainly was. So, despite the fact that the queue was full of little kids, we joined in and got his autograph (and took a photo with him). I was stunned to the fact that I even did such a thing! (Dexter, I think the shameless gene has just rubbed on me). I also met Serena C, but before I got to take a picture with her, she disappeared, because I asked for her autograph - she didn't have a pen, so she went looking for one and disappeared after that. Kind of. LOL. No one could locate her after that, actually.
Ooh yes, and I bought myself a copy of the original soundtrack for High School Musical. Really nice! I bet my two sisters are at home right now, saying to themselves, "I told you so". Peh. I didn't say I hated the movie ok? I'm just not raving mad about it like the two of you are. :P
So Yen and I continued shopping after that. Retail therapy failed me so bad this time around, because all the stuff I tried were just not my size. Bloody hell.
Before Yen and I left the scene to rejoin our family members (dad was looking for me, he's here with me for the moment), we bumped into men on stilts, women in funny puffy dresses and those funny clowns that twist the balloons into only two things - either a sword or a dog (oh come on. I can make that dog too). There were performances on stage too, a variety of traditional dances promoting the rich cultures of Malaysia. Ahahaha. It's not only about the Malaysian sale (that goes on three times a year), but also the tourism industry. Heck, there are a lot of Brits here - summer holidays, see? I even saw them eating
durians at the
kaki lima stalls of Bukit Bintang!
Ah well. I think I'd better stop for now. Don't want to miss on all the excitement happening right under my nose as we speak (or write). Till next time, TTFN!
9:57 PM Azzie's got style
