Come to the dark side, we have cookies!

  I am back from the dark side! (I was supposed to say this 6 days ago, but I faced some 'technical' difficulties...) Now I am horribly homesick, no, not the I-miss-home kind of homesick, but the I-am-at-home-feeling-sick kind. I went to KL for a week on the 17th of December with my school band (which explains why I am back), it was really fun though tiring and involved lots of bad weather and horrible cleanliness topped with perpetual haze. I wouldn't want to blog about the whole trip bit by bit, so I'll just blog about some interesting stuff.

  We had 4 music exchange programs during the first 3 days. One memorable thing was that I met a guy who looked like Vicky's brother at the Confucian Private Secondary School (the school which we were also staying at), haha, he was younger though.


  We went shopping after all our official business was done, haha. I went to Times Square on the 19th. They had a Borders outlet there! It was so big and there's even a Starbucks in there! But unfortunately I didn't have much time to walk around and frolic so I just walked past it in favor of getting my dinner! I can't believe I just walked past a huge bookstore without even peeking past the windows... That night we went to the stadium (don't know the name... XD) to watch the World Marching Band Competition 2009. It was boring at first but then it got really awesome, haha. We didn't manage to watch it till the end because it was getting really late. That competition was totally an eye opener, I never expected Malaysia to be that good and is actually in the run for the top 3 spots. Hah...

  

  We went to KLCC on the 20th (?), I think it was the 20th... I went to Kinokuniya there, and it was HUGE! Books as far eye can see... They mostly sold novels and fictions and almost every genre you could imagine, except for textbooks and school reference books. I picked up 4 books there but unfortunately the line at the cashier was extremely long and I didn't have time to wait. Darn! Luckily, I got the chance to go back to Times Square and actually have the chance to enter Borders! My friends and I spent most of our time there, just sitting and reading. I bought 2 books there - The Lovely Bones and The Graveyard Book... If I had more financial support I would have bought a pile of books...

  Next we went to Genting Highlands on the 21st and 22nd. It was freaking cold up there, sometimes I could even see my breath (not my own breath actually, I saw other people's breath since I didn't know how to do it, haha). The whole place was covered in fog most of the time and it was really windy outside. We rode the cable car (gondola actually) to go up to Genting Highlands since our bus couldn't go up. We waited for hours at the cable car station, everyone was queued in an 'S' shape, haha.  I spent my time (window) shopping at Genting, I didn't have the guts to go on any thrill rides and I didn't have the patience to go on kiddie rides. Let's just say that the hotel there is 'not the best option'.

  We went to Mid Valley and Pavilion on the 22nd. I only got the chance to have lunch at Mid Valley, again, didn't have time to look around. Frankly I must say that I totally hate Pavilion. It's absolutely the place for those richest of the rich, I couldn't even get dinner without checking my wallet twice. Almost everything there has a 3-digit price tag...

  That's about it for my trip. On the flight back, I still didn't get a window seat. But I was really tired so I didn't bother to change seats...

Merry Very Belated Christmas everyone! And Happy Second-To-Last Day of 2009!