And so here I am back in depressing Singapore.

Day 1

I boarded the Aeroline bus at Harbourfront Center after work. Strongly recommend this bus that goes to various parts of Malaysia. Non-stop journey except for a 20-min toilet break, which happened to be the highlight of my journey on the road. Watched a Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson movie on board the bus and they even served chicken rice (half a normal portion) for dinner.

I finally reached 1 Utama shopping centre at about 1130pm. No cabs in sight to go to my hotel. When I finally found a row of waiting cabs, they were the touts. I was offered 15rm to go to my hotel which is pretty near. I said no thanks and walked away. The dude asked me how much I can offer and I was generous enough to offer 10rm. He said ok and off we went to find Sam! The actual taxi fare should be 5rm. Not a bad deal that I manage to cut. Luckily I took a negotiation module in my final sem in school.

My hotel was good. Royale Bintang Damansara. There's another Royale Bintang KL. I figured I wasn't exactly in KL but nearer to Selangor. I went to the reception and ask them to put me through to room 08-14. The bloody idiot at the desk told me there's no such room. I was like wtf. Then he asked for the name of the guest who had checked in. So I told them. And then the dude was like 'eureka! ms sam tan is in room 814.' KNNBCCB. 0814 and 814. You tell me the diff la.

Finally I met Sam. The room was fantastic. Sam told me that we will be staying 3 days in their normal room and the last 2 days in their club room. So I was pretty amazed by their normal room. Balcony, big bathroom, LCD TV and all. Shiok.

So after unpacking, the adventurous me decided to check out the streets below. Wow I was maciam staying at Robertson Quay la. There was The Curve which is a shopping mall with branded stuff, Cineleisure Damansara which needless to say is a cineplex, Ikea, and another shopping mall. The streets were lined with F&B outlets from pubs to restaurants to cafes. Being on foreign soil, I decided to go to a pub to get some Spore comfort food - Tiger beer. And my goodness, either I was too nervous about meeting Sam after quite some time or due to the fact that I was drinking on a pretty empty stomach, I puked much later on back in the hotel room. It was simply hilarious.

Ok thats all for now. Stay tune for Day Two.