Guilty Pleasure

So I went to KL (fyi, Lumpur not Lurah :P) for the first time last week.
The actually purpose of the trip was APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Awards) a competition where all sorts of ICT people from Asia Pacific come to compete against one another to be the best in their category.
*pokemon music playing in the bg, "I wanna be, the very best, like no one ever was~" :3*
So that means all expenses were paid for including flight and accommodation.
I would like to record my experience in KL (minus the competition) hence this post.



Upon touch down at KLIA (KL International Airport) the first thing I'd notice is that, it's HUGEEEE!!!
The airport is probably a gajillion times larger than the Royal Brunei Airport!!! :P
Ok, I kid, but heck it's really big :D
From there, we used a coach (giant bus) to get to KL which took about an hour.
First half an hour, all I saw were palm trees stretching into the horizon to infinity and probably beyond -___-"
We also passed about 4 toll booths before reaching our destination.
Good thing roads here are free. *phew*

Also, I traveled as a team with 3 other team members and the hotel we stayed in is Traders Hotel, a subsidiary of the Shangri La Hotel chains.




Apparently, it's a 4 star hotel but not quite as I'd expected :\
Maybe it's coz I'm so used to seeing the homes of Bruneians which can be compared with the luxury of the hotel rooms. LOL
Internet access is provided free complimentary of the hotel, accessible via both wired and wireless.
Though wireless can only be accessed on the first few floor from ground.
Internet speed is...ok.
Not as fast as I'd expected.
It's comparable with my internet speed at home :/

Every morning there's a buffet breakfast by 7a.m. on the 5th floor at Gobo Chit Chat.
There you'll find a wide variety of food to cater for all people with different appetites.
From cereals to egg and sausages, and rice to noodle. Toast, steak, murtabak, omelettes, sushi etc.
I usually go for the dim sum though :D
And you can have as many as you want!!!

A building attached to the hotel is the KLCC where the APICTA competition was held, and no it's not the twin towers.
KLCC is actually a totally different building and the Petronas Twin Towers is a different building.
Though I'm not sure why people tend to call the Twin Towers KLCC.
Also, contrary to popular belief, the twin towers are not actually shopping centres nor do they contain any!
The shopping centre is actually a totally different building attached to the towers called Suria KLCC.


Suria KLCC main entrance

Suria KLCC is quite close to the hotel, about 5-10 minutes walk.
If you're lazy you can always wait for a free buggy ride which travels back and forth the hotel and the shopping complex.
Because the entire compound, hotel, KLCC and a park is concealed where no main road is found, it's actually quite safe and a lot of people walk round and about through out the area.
Just be wary at night and don't try to walk alone.
Trust meh, ya don't wanna risk getting butt raep'd >___>

I walked to KLCC the first day and the first thing I noticed is that there are a LOT of foreigners!
Caucasians, Arabians, Negros, and probably other oriental Asians are found all over the place.
I say oriental Asian coz I can't tell the different between the local Chinese and Korean, Japanese etc unless I hear them speak.
There's a LOT of chicks too! :3
If Bozz went there he'd have to 'mandi wajib' every day LOL
I'd also noticed that people there are very fashionable and a lot of people there has an iPhone 4 :O


Suria KLCC back entrance

You can see a lot of people hanging out a the back entrance of the Suria KLCC almost everyday all the time.
And there's gigs every now and then too.
On the corridors are restaurant, and one of them is the infamuos Starbucks.



I tried Starbucks for the first time and apparently chose the wrong drink.
Following a friend who recommended Chai Tea who said it was good.
IMO, it wasn't, or maybe it just wasn't my taste.
Plus its really expensive, so never went there after the first time LOL
Coffee-wise, I think its the same as those found in Coffee Zone/Coffee Bean, so...yea.



If I'm not mistaken, Suria KLCC is actually made up of 2 malls.
One stretching out to the left and the other to the right.
I remembered one was called the Ramlee Mall, couldn't remember what was the other one called.
Altogether I think it's probably around 5 times the size of the Mall in Gadong or bigger!

In there you can find a shop called Isetan :O


The devil shop! LOL jk

I was like LOL when I first saw it.
Apparently, it's a japanese department store. Haha
I tend to walk past most of the store as all they sell are luxury brands e.g. Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada etc

You can also find all sorts of restaurants there you won't find in Brunei but you've probably heard of them before.
First day I went to McDonald's and they've got a new menu not available in Brunei yet; Black Pepper Spicy Chicken McDeluxe.
Really spicy but muthaeffin delicious desu~
You guys should try it if it's available locally already coz it's limited time only.


*droooooool*

Another favourite is Subway.
At Subway, you get to choose between a foot long or 6 inch sandwich with the fillings, toppings and sauces of your choice and damn they're really good and filling.



*droooooool*

Then there's Sushi King!



Paradise for sushi lover where members can eat for RM2 per plate!
That's like reaaaaaaallly cheap~
And membership is only RM20.
I didn't try it out though coz I'm not really into Japanese food plus the queue is always ridiculously looooong!
There was once the queue was so long it reached up to a point where it stretched out to the emergency exit door near the restaurant and people lining up in there!!
And yes, in Malaysia, people actually queue up to eat in restaurants!
You don't get to see that here.

One floor below the ground floor, there's a snack stall called Auntie Anne's.



They specialize in pretzels, really yummy pretzels~
From chocolate to cheese, I usually go for the sour cream and they cost RM3.20 each, which I think is reasonably cheap.
Oh and there's usually a long queue for this as well :3

Also on the same underground floor is another infamous restaurant Burger King.



What's so special bout Burger King?
Well they grill their burgers and it's actually not bad.
Also another thing to note is that all the burgers in the fast food restaurants do actually look decently close to as advertised compared to the ones you find here locally which they don't seem to look anything like a burger >___>

On the top most floor, there's a book shop called Kinokuniya.



It's reaaaaaaally big!
Got lost inside when I first went there. Haha
You can find almost all sorts of books there from magazine to cook book and comics and they've got book in other languages as well.
The books are usually plastic sealed but if they're not you can read them for as long as you like and no one will bother you or give a damn.

to be continued....