In today's post, i am going to blog about my KL Trip back in December 2014. This trip was my first overseas trip with my friends. We planned to go on a holiday trip after our hardwork during the four months of internship. God knows how hard it was to convince my grandma to allow me to go on this trip. At first, we planned to go to Hong Kong but due to the protest that was going on, we decided to bring it down to Bandung but, my friend isn't allowed to go to anywhere else besides Kuala Lumpur. So, KL it is :)
My girls and I was the organizer of the trip. I was the one who did all the admin stuff. Initially, we thought of travelling by flight to KL, but since our budget was on the lower side, we took a coach to KL.
I booked through a very popular bus coach called Aeroline. Aeroline travels to different destination from Singapore. You can travel directly from Singapore to Sunway Lagoon, Penang and Kuala Lumpur(Corus Hotel).
15 December 2014
Our bus was scheduled to depart at 9.30am and it did. The journey was about 5 and a half hours(due to the jam at the checkpoint) it could be lesser than that because the driver will only make one pit stop for the whole journey. We arrived in KL around 4pm and we checked in immediately at Corus Hotel after alighting from the bus.
After resting for a few hours, we decided to go out and explore the areas near our hotel. Our hotel is located near a shopping mall called Avenue K. Not only that, our hotel is only 3 minutes away from the famous Twin Tower, KLCC. We had dinner at Nandos and did some shopping at H&M and some other stores. Trust me, Malaysia's H&M is the best place to shop in December! Sales everywhere! Although most of the items are controlled items and its about the same price as Singapore, if you convert it to the exchange rate when you change your money, it it way much cheaper than Singapore! All hail Malaysia's H&M! Afterwhich, we did some groceries shopping so that we can stock up the fridge with some food and snacks. Went back to the hotel and that was the end of day one.
16 December 2014
Second day in KL. All of us woke up early in the morning and made our way to Pavilion to have our breakfast and we had Subway. Our plan on that day was to go to Berjaya Times Square Theme Park and go karaoke. After breakfast, we walked around Pavilion and i kind of splurged at NARS and bought some good make up from the store. NARS doesn't have an official store in Singapore hence that's the reason why i decided to go to NARS. We asked the make up assistant to try some foundation and concealer on us and i finally settled down for the NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer (RM100) and NARS Audacious Lipstick in Ingrid (RM95) in total, i only spend about $70+. Cheap right?! Heaven on Earth!!! *put hands up in the air*
We walked from Pavilion to Berjaya Times Square because it is only about a good 15 minutes walk? Here's some of the photos that we took near Bukit Bintang Walk while we were on our way walking.
The entry fee for the indoor theme park at Berjaya Times Square is RM47 if i'm not wrong. We bought the package that comes with the haunted house ticket as well. Our first ride was the rollercoaster ride. Heard so much about the ride, how it was unsafe and how people fell while they was on the ride but thank god, it all went well during my ride :) After the rollercoaster ride, we tried the DNA MIXER and hell yes, it was a wrong decision that we made to ride it for our second ride. The ride was insanely annoying. It shakes us up vigorously to the extend that all of us got so exhausted and giddy after the ride.
Please, I warn you, DO NOT ride on this DNA MIXER if you have low tolerance of rides that makes you go round and round or if you really want to try this shit out, make it the LAST ride of the day. Trust me. You will regret it.
All of us felt so sick so we tried around 2 more rides and we even skipped the haunted house. All of our plans to go karaoke was push backwards because everyone was just so cranky and exhausted. We decided to go to Petaling Street (Round 1) to shop for some stuff and i bought hell lots of things!
We couldn't find any nice restaurants over at Petaling so we went to the supermarket had dinner at our hotel room. End of day 2.
17 December 2014
Early wake up call, yet again! We left our hotel around 9.30am and took a cab from our hotel to Sunway Lagoon! The last time i've been here was i think back in 2002? I can't remember.
Our very kind and friendly taxi driver that we hired during our trip, decided to bring us to a local Travel Agent and buy our tickets from them. Sunway Lagoon ticket which is inclusive of the Outdoor Thene Park and Waterpark + Go Kart is about RM105-110(depending on what activity) which is only less than SGD 40.
Thank god for my waterproof camera that i brought, i was able to capture some photos at the waterpark.
(NO MAKE UP WATER POOL SELFIE)
I will rate Sunway Lagoon a 6/10. Adventure Cove is way much better than this!
18 December 2014
Day 4 of our KL trip!
All of us knocked out the night before and woke up at 1pm. We were supposed to go do some Cafe Hopping but it was cancelled because all of us woke up late. I wanted to go up to Genting Highlands or go hike Bukit Tabur so badly but none of them are on it! We decided to go to Berjaya Times Square and go karaoke.
3 hours of Karaoke = RM28 with one meal and free flow of drinks. You won't be able to get this in Singapore!
After shouting and singing our hearts out, we finally decided to go to one of the most popular rooftop bars in KL, The Helipad. We took the Rapid KL to Raja Chulan station and walked to Menara KH. That is where The Helipad is located at. There is no entrance fee to enter but you must be in formal or smart casual clothings and also get a drink (it doesnt have to be an alcoholic drink) before you can go up to the top and chill.
I was in love with the view of KL but we only spend around 20 minutes at the top because we wanted to explore other things. We went to Masjid India afterwards but most of the shops are closed so we had dinner at a nearby stall and walked back to our hotel from Masjid India all the way to Corus Hotel. It was a long walk, around 45 minutes walk? But it was good because we got to pass by some good places like KLCC, Zouk and other places. It was also a scary walk because we are not familiar with the road and also it was quite quiet at that time.
We all decided to just sleep late on our last night and all i knew was i slept at 5am.
19 December 2014 (last day)
I woke up at 8am and decided that i will go do some last minute shopping at Avenue K with Nabilah and yes, i went to H&M again, to shop and got a few more items. I also went to Factory Outlet Store, Nichii and etc to buy all the good clothes that i can before it was time to go home. We also had Nandos for breakfast!
Checked out of the hotel at 1pm and chilled out at Aeroline Lounge for Aeroline Guest while waiting for our bus. Our bus got delayed till 4pm. We left Kuala Lumpur and reached Singapore around 9.30pm? And guess who was the most busiest girl ever? Who came with only one luggage and went back with one luggage, two backpacks, one paper bag?
By the time i got back to Singapore, i was already broke but, i was satisfied with the trip and the shopping that i did in Kuala Lumpur! I would love to just come back and shop! I am already missing KL and my friends so badly. Looking forward for the next trip maybe in March or April!
Now, that was a lengthy post! I hope this post will make it up to all of my readers out there! I will try to post about my 19th Birthday Celebration in a few days time, alright?
Lots of Love,
Errah Athirah :)
