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Being a Malaysian myself, I sing the song "Negaraku" ever since I attended kindergarten, just like anybody else.
Seeing the flag being rose up into the deep blue sky, while standing still with both hands on my side, murmuring lyric which I did not really know what it meant, until the day I've grown up and likened to play with words.
Having stay in this country for almost 23 years now, but shamefully, I ought to admit that I am not really familiar with certain places which every Malaysian should... until my relatives who came from Hong Kong taught me something about my own country, in an indirect way.
My relatives (my grandfather's brother and his daughter) had gone to many places ever since last Sunday. First stop, we brought them to Ipoh, and had so many famous dishes, thank God that I followed :) But sadly, we did not manage to snap any photos during the Ipoh trip, due to some undisclosed dumb reasons... (should have taken numerous pictures of dazzling foods if I had the camera with me)
Since I am living in a BIG extended family, thus my other relatives took turn to serve both of them, taking them to other places which they've never been before, showering them with tempting food galore~~
When it came to Wednesday, it was my eldest aunt and my turn to be their tour guides. Well, although I'm a sucky tour guide, but things turned out to be wonderful with the aid of KL Hop-on Hop-off! Well, if you don't know a thing about this, KL Hop-On Hop-Off (KL HoHo, I call it :) ), is actually a bus, a city tour bus, to be precise.
As discussed earlier with my aunt, both of us planned to arrive at Central Market, latest at 9 o'clock in the morning. I made on time, well, in fact, I arrived at 8 something. But due to certain reasons, I welcomed three late arrivals. After four of us had gathered, we went for our breakfast. Dim Sum..... But I thought that was.. err... not a really good idea perhaps? I mean, by bringing Hong Kong people who always taste greatest Dim Sum all their lives to a tiny Dim Sum restaurant in Malaysia!? What's more... the Dim Sum we consumed did not seem to be impressive... at all.. the ingredients were sticky... perhaps it wasn't served hot, and that was the main reason why everything seemed agglomorated.
Next up, we actually walked to Dataran Merdeka, and took some pictures over there. I could not remember how many times I've been in Dataran Merdeka before that, probably just once. Whereas for the rest of the time, I probably only watch it on the tube, especially during National Day, seeing the huge and wide green field along with the Masjid Sultan Abdul Samad.
A water fountain located near Masjid Sultan Abdul Samad
The wide field where cries of "Merdeka" sounded some 50 years ago...
The magnificent flag which soar in the sky
Seeing the flag being rose up into the deep blue sky, while standing still with both hands on my side, murmuring lyric which I did not really know what it meant, until the day I've grown up and likened to play with words.
Having stay in this country for almost 23 years now, but shamefully, I ought to admit that I am not really familiar with certain places which every Malaysian should... until my relatives who came from Hong Kong taught me something about my own country, in an indirect way.
My relatives (my grandfather's brother and his daughter) had gone to many places ever since last Sunday. First stop, we brought them to Ipoh, and had so many famous dishes, thank God that I followed :) But sadly, we did not manage to snap any photos during the Ipoh trip, due to some undisclosed dumb reasons... (should have taken numerous pictures of dazzling foods if I had the camera with me)
Since I am living in a BIG extended family, thus my other relatives took turn to serve both of them, taking them to other places which they've never been before, showering them with tempting food galore~~
When it came to Wednesday, it was my eldest aunt and my turn to be their tour guides. Well, although I'm a sucky tour guide, but things turned out to be wonderful with the aid of KL Hop-on Hop-off! Well, if you don't know a thing about this, KL Hop-On Hop-Off (KL HoHo, I call it :) ), is actually a bus, a city tour bus, to be precise.
The above picture shows how the bus looks like. Ahem.... I know, I know.. you'd probably have terrible impression about local transportations in Malaysia. The one word which you could probably think of regarding these vehicles, would probably be "LATE", "SLOW", "SUCK", every single tongue-lashing word you would probably thought of.
But hey, this bus is... errr... extraordinary. Its speed of arrival is unbelievable, it's so much faster than any other local buses around the town. Despite of the heavy and tedious traffic going around busy areas such as Bintang Walk and Jalan Loke Yew, these KL HOHO buses do great jobs by dropping by their respective bus stops within half an hour.
First of all, these buses stop at 22 different stops, with the likes of 1. Malaysia Tourism Center, 2. KL Tower, 3. Jalan P. Ramlee, 4. KL Conventional Center & Aquaria, 5. Karyaneka, 6. Bintang Walk, 7. Tengkat Tong Shin, 8. China Town, 9. Central Market, 10. National Palace, 11. KL Central, 12. National Museum, 13. Lake Garden, 14. Bird Park, 15. National Mosque, 16. Dataran Merdeka, 17. Medan MARA, 18. Raja Laut, 19. Bulatan Pahang, 20. Titiwangsa, 21. Ampang Park, 22. Suria KLCC.
But hey, this bus is... errr... extraordinary. Its speed of arrival is unbelievable, it's so much faster than any other local buses around the town. Despite of the heavy and tedious traffic going around busy areas such as Bintang Walk and Jalan Loke Yew, these KL HOHO buses do great jobs by dropping by their respective bus stops within half an hour.
First of all, these buses stop at 22 different stops, with the likes of 1. Malaysia Tourism Center, 2. KL Tower, 3. Jalan P. Ramlee, 4. KL Conventional Center & Aquaria, 5. Karyaneka, 6. Bintang Walk, 7. Tengkat Tong Shin, 8. China Town, 9. Central Market, 10. National Palace, 11. KL Central, 12. National Museum, 13. Lake Garden, 14. Bird Park, 15. National Mosque, 16. Dataran Merdeka, 17. Medan MARA, 18. Raja Laut, 19. Bulatan Pahang, 20. Titiwangsa, 21. Ampang Park, 22. Suria KLCC.
As discussed earlier with my aunt, both of us planned to arrive at Central Market, latest at 9 o'clock in the morning. I made on time, well, in fact, I arrived at 8 something. But due to certain reasons, I welcomed three late arrivals. After four of us had gathered, we went for our breakfast. Dim Sum..... But I thought that was.. err... not a really good idea perhaps? I mean, by bringing Hong Kong people who always taste greatest Dim Sum all their lives to a tiny Dim Sum restaurant in Malaysia!? What's more... the Dim Sum we consumed did not seem to be impressive... at all.. the ingredients were sticky... perhaps it wasn't served hot, and that was the main reason why everything seemed agglomorated.
Next up, we actually walked to Dataran Merdeka, and took some pictures over there. I could not remember how many times I've been in Dataran Merdeka before that, probably just once. Whereas for the rest of the time, I probably only watch it on the tube, especially during National Day, seeing the huge and wide green field along with the Masjid Sultan Abdul Samad.
A water fountain located near Masjid Sultan Abdul Samad
The wide field where cries of "Merdeka" sounded some 50 years ago...
The magnificent flag which soar in the skyAfter attacked by the scorching sun for a while, we walked back to the 9th station (Central Market), and started off our HOHO journey, and proceeded to the 10th station, National Mosque.
The special guards were changing shifts during noon time...
There are two horsemen guarding the palace, one seated on the right, while the other one on the left
After visiting the gate of the palace, we skipped KL Central and hopped off at the National Museum. It was really a farcry compare to my last visit there, which is like.... maybe 10 years ago or more... The National Museum now is simply sizzling to visit! There were a lot of improvements, and eye-magneted features and designs have been embedded in the galleries. There are four galleries in the museum, which basically, describes 4 different distinct moments which Malaysia encountered. It's definitely worth a visit on this one.
After so many hours of lethargic walks, we proceeded directly to Suria KLCC.
After visiting the gate of the palace, we skipped KL Central and hopped off at the National Museum. It was really a farcry compare to my last visit there, which is like.... maybe 10 years ago or more... The National Museum now is simply sizzling to visit! There were a lot of improvements, and eye-magneted features and designs have been embedded in the galleries. There are four galleries in the museum, which basically, describes 4 different distinct moments which Malaysia encountered. It's definitely worth a visit on this one.
The nostalgic beautiful fountain welcomes the visitors...
We did not make a stop for every single station as there was not much time left for us, so we visited places selectively. Since the ablazed sun was killing us and seemingly striking us into pieces of charcoal, we decided not to enter the Lake Garden, but instead, we went to the Orchid Park. Dissapointed, the flowers were not really attractive, and they were certainly not delightful to see. I was hoping to see different colors of orchids blossom gracefully, with eye-catching sceneries fill my eyes and left my eyelids sagging... but no... perhaps many of them were still sleeping...
I like this one... the chair absolutely adds some icings to the cake...
I like this one... the chair absolutely adds some icings to the cake...
After visiting the Orchid Park, we planned to go for the Butterfly Farm, but unfortunately, no electricity was available in the park, hence we did not enter. I was kinda wanting to scream @#$#$#%^ for such service they provided... and I thought this is supposed to be a hot spot especially for foreigners?
After so many hours of lethargic walks, we proceeded directly to Suria KLCC.
These are the moments to be in awe...
Setting foot into this gigantic complex was certainly an immense experience, especially for foreigners like my relatives. After window-shopping for some time, we decided to have a go at Aquaria KLCC since we did not manage to get entrance pass for the highly recommended Sky Bridge (get the admission ticket before 10am for this one!)
This was the first time ever I entered Aquaria KLCC.... and it also disappointed me.... Well.. perhaps I put too much hope in it, I expected too much from it, I had anticipated for a grand finale of the day. Yes, of course, there were a lot of sea creatures in the aquatenarium, but sadly, the so-called underwater tunnel was just way too short to travel. I was actually making comparison between our very own Malaysia's underwater tunnel with the one in Singapore, as well as the one in Hong Kong. I remembered vividly that I enjoyed very much in the other two places previously.. but certainly not this one.. this one was expensive, and... not really entertaining.
Time capsule in Aquaria ?!
My grandfather's brother (I don't know how I should call him in English) seemed to be worn out after so many hours of walking, so we decided to quickly settled our dinner by taking KL HOHO back to Bintang Walk. After filling our tummies, three of them and I went separate ways. Since it was still early for me, so I hanged around in Bintang Walk, did some window-shopping, sight seeing, and entered Lot10 to purchase a long sleeve Padini at Isetan.
Setting foot into this gigantic complex was certainly an immense experience, especially for foreigners like my relatives. After window-shopping for some time, we decided to have a go at Aquaria KLCC since we did not manage to get entrance pass for the highly recommended Sky Bridge (get the admission ticket before 10am for this one!)
This was the first time ever I entered Aquaria KLCC.... and it also disappointed me.... Well.. perhaps I put too much hope in it, I expected too much from it, I had anticipated for a grand finale of the day. Yes, of course, there were a lot of sea creatures in the aquatenarium, but sadly, the so-called underwater tunnel was just way too short to travel. I was actually making comparison between our very own Malaysia's underwater tunnel with the one in Singapore, as well as the one in Hong Kong. I remembered vividly that I enjoyed very much in the other two places previously.. but certainly not this one.. this one was expensive, and... not really entertaining.
Time capsule in Aquaria ?!
My grandfather's brother (I don't know how I should call him in English) seemed to be worn out after so many hours of walking, so we decided to quickly settled our dinner by taking KL HOHO back to Bintang Walk. After filling our tummies, three of them and I went separate ways. Since it was still early for me, so I hanged around in Bintang Walk, did some window-shopping, sight seeing, and entered Lot10 to purchase a long sleeve Padini at Isetan.
And there it goes, I took my last KL HOHO bus of the day, and snapped the last shot of it unassumingly...
Back to the 11th Station, I waited for the train to arrive... surprisingly, the passengers seemed to understand the law of good behaviors, and they were actually queuing up for the train during such a peak hour (around 8pm...).
Amazing! Unbelievable! I've never seen such "scenery" during all my previous experiences.... This certainly did not correlate with our usual selves, did it not? Public education is on the rise I reckon...
But well, when the train arrived, the lines did got a bit messed up... Wayyy to improve, Malaysians! Haiz... well... when I was waiting for the train in KL Central, a lot of stuffs to be reminisced... A lot of memories, where majority of them were my own thinkings which I usually do in this very place.. I always think a lot of silly stuffs, all alone in KL Central back then, during the moments where I took series of trains alone, for one sole reason. Ugh.. I suddenly realized that I have stopped doing this for...a year now..
Amazing! Unbelievable! I've never seen such "scenery" during all my previous experiences.... This certainly did not correlate with our usual selves, did it not? Public education is on the rise I reckon...
But well, when the train arrived, the lines did got a bit messed up... Wayyy to improve, Malaysians! Haiz... well... when I was waiting for the train in KL Central, a lot of stuffs to be reminisced... A lot of memories, where majority of them were my own thinkings which I usually do in this very place.. I always think a lot of silly stuffs, all alone in KL Central back then, during the moments where I took series of trains alone, for one sole reason. Ugh.. I suddenly realized that I have stopped doing this for...a year now..
Yup.. almost a year now...
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