Thursday, 1 January 2015

Day 1 (27/12 Saturday) - Mid Valley

Early in the morning already have some drama. There was an unexpected problem with checking in at the airport. My mother wasn't allowed to check in because her passport expires in June 2015 (a few days less than 6 months). The travel agent had told her that it would be fine.

Anyway, my sister rushed her to the immigration office while I was left to check in with my grandma and we were both sort of expecting that my mum wouldn't make it back in time because the check-in counter was going to close in less than an hour :( I was also pretty concerned about checking in at the hotel because it was booked under my mum's name.

But all's well that ends well! My mother was able to check in JUST IN TIME. Seriously, at the very minute the counter was supposed to close. It was such a HUGE relief!

While waiting for my mother, I ran into Yuka going on the same flight!




All safely on the flight! I love how the clouds end right at the coast! Would someone explain the geography to me please? haha

Strato cumulus?


Decided to have lunch at KLIA2 since it was still kinda too early to check in at the hotel. Two enormous bowls of ramen, with the 2nd one at 50% off!


Itadakimasu!



It's been raining so much in Malaysia these last few weeks that Malaysia is experiencing its worst flood in decades. Approximately 118,000 people have been evacuated from 5 states, both residents and tourists.



On an unrelated note, we saw a car in flames on the other side of the road. It was a BIIIIGGGG fire, but it didn't look like anyone was hurt.. Passed by too fast to take a picture.



The view from the 17th floor of Cititel Mid Valley!
The rain cleared up!
Did some rediscovering of the megamall and quick shopping till my aunt came by to pick up my grandma.


It was difficult looking for a place to have dinner. It seemed like all the restaurants were full. Several restaurants had people queued up and some even had chairs lined up against the wall along the corridor. The queues started around 6pm and still long even at 8.30pm.

Lining up outside this Chinese restaurant were some people watching how dimsum is prepared. One kid was too short, so all you can see are his hands.


Mum and I ended up having dinner at the Chicken Rice Shop. The Pai Tee is awesome!! It's a must-have every time we're in Malaysia!






Goodnight, guys!

Thanks for reading!


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