Eye on u8

Went out in a group of 8 – namely me, Shawn, Heng, Ding, WH, Esther, Jess, Suet – to Kuala Lumpur, that big bad city that we’re still struggling to conquer and navigate through the bloody multi-faceted routes.

WARNING: 1MB+ PICS AHEAD.

Left Subang at almost 2pm – at first I met up with Shawn’s car at Petronas USJ 2, then we went on our separate ways to reach Berjaya Times Square as that other car (containing Shawn, Heng, Esther) needs to go to Midvalley first to collect their pay for their recent job stint.

The 5 of us in my Matrix.

Let’s just say that BTS is bloody confusing because there wasn’t any clear signs leading to their parking lots at first, till we made the wrong turn. And their parking lots – when compared to brightly-lit ones like The Curve and IKEA’s – are quite sub-standard. We were lazy to scourge through for an empty parking space so we went straight down to B4 instead.

On the way to BTS.

We ate our very late lunch at McDonald’s at about 3pm, walked around while waiting for Shawn and the lot to arrive.

Our original plan of wanting to catch a movie was scrapped because all the showtimes did not fit into our schedule exactly, since we wanted to go to the Eye on Malaysia early to avoid traffic jams and give allowances for getting lost (as we had expected).

The 3 of us resting near the theme park cause we were bloody tired with all the walking.

After the rest of us went for some shopping on what little shops BTS has to offer, we went to Sushi King for dinner.

Heng looking a little high on his, er, Japanese food (don’t know its name).

The girls sitting on the sushi bar as there wasn’t any space left for them at our table.

So it turns out that Sushi King wasn’t all that great either. My black pepper grilled dory fish was just alright – or maybe I’m not accustomed to Japanese food? WH, our resident lover of all things Japanese, was mentioning about how the rice they provided for Shawn’s RM10 dish was extremely little, that Shawn managed to finish the entire thing in several gulps.

We soon left BTS for Eye on Malaysia, following pOp’s directions on how to get there before I realised the instructions stopped at KLCC. With the expanse of the great twin towers right in front of us, we were quite stumped on how to get about next, looking like really lost sheep in a big city.

After turning on our hazard lights while stopping at the left lane (my car was leading the entourage), Suet finally asked to go on straight since it would be better than staying put.

Did I also mention that it was raining when we were out from BTS’ parking lot? My spirits dampened a little but heck the show had to go on – after singing really silly songs related to the word ‘sun’ like “You Are My Sunshine” and “Seasons in the Sun”, the rain actually got better and it finally fizzled out.

When we stopped at one of them KL traffic lights next to a red Proton Saga (or some local make, I don’t quite remember), Suet, who was on the passenger seat, winded down her windows and gestured to the Malay man to wind down her windows. Speaking in fluent BM (all of us were fluent too in case you’re wondering), she asked, “Macam mana ya nak pergi Eye on Malaysia?”

Halfway through his explanation of “you pergi straight” etc, the lights turned green and Suet panicked “OMFG LIGHTS GREEN EDI MACAM MANA!!”.

“You ikut saya,” the family man said, who has his entire family in his car, kids and all.

We were stunned momentarily at the display of such kindness, and Mr. MBF 6210 (not sure the numbers correct or not ah, so don’t go out and buy 4D) led us all the way to Tasik Titiwangsa wtf – through the traffic jam, billions of turnings I can’t remember at this point, and all.

Woooow. Faith in Malaysians +10.

When we finally reached the perimeter of the lake, he winded down his window ahead of us and waved while pointing right. We didn’t even thank him enough to show our genuine gratitude because we couldn’t possibly stop in the middle of the road to do so, but were we downright touched.

We finally reached our long-coveted destination – the Eye on Malaysia. After parking our car a long distance away from the entrance, we queued for about 15 minutes and the 8 of us went inside the gondola – we only paid RM100 for the 8 of us, as opposed to the original RM15 per person (only saved about RM2.50 per person, heh).

..while in the gondola.

Amazing 10-15 minutes ride. It didn’t exactly make one full round and stop, but 5 rounds or so which made it an enjoyable ride. Too bad the early rain marred it a little as the windows were all wet with moist that you couldn’t see outside quite clearly – but heck, it was all in good fun. :)

Posing in front of the great wheel.

And the guys.

Another group shot.

Then.. for the time I’ve been waiting for. Jengjengjeng.

Ergh stupid heads obstructing what could otherwise be a perfect photo. Never mind will crop later.

Fireworks of all sorts of colours illuminated the KL skyline – it started at about 9.30pm or so.

And my personal favourite shot. <3 Beautiful.

I was quite satisfied with the outcome of the pictures and was drenched with sweat while I worked around on the tripod, occasionally moving it around to adjust the angle, etc, because a lot of people were crowding and obstructing part of the view.

Amazing what you can do with a point-and-shoot camera – am thinking of getting an external flash to play around if my camera supports it.

Anyhow, we went around looking for Jalan P. Ramlee to look for the PanGlobal building for Luna Bar – as expected, got lost a bit before we finally went to a petrol station to ask for directions. Suet with her words of wisdom, “When lost, seek directions at a petrol station.”

Directions were great as we reached there, parked inside the PanGlobal building because the idiots of the jaga kereta menace wants RM10 just to park outside wtf.

After climbing through the floors, Luna demands RM50 cover charge wtf which was quite steep – even the few clubs I went to before was waaaaaay cheaper. Apparently on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays after 9.30pm, they’d charge that amount heh.

Since some of us didn’t even bring that much, we left the place.

Making full use of the RM5 parking lot. Bad lighting.

Emo pic doh. I like.

Jessica’s emo pics always have her laughing wan so not nice. This pic – I like (er why got additional arm that doesn’t look like hers? wtf).

We finally parked somewhere near Planet Hollywood, Bukit Bintang, and fed the jaga kereta dogs RM10 to so-called protect our parents’ cars.

Went to Lecka-Lecka, and what supposed to be an ice-cream outlet provided other food and alcohol beverages – we got ourselves some cocktails, mine was Sex on a Beach which was a bit too mild. There was even shisha, which Heng and Esther ordered.

Suet trying shisha out – all of us did try, not able to produce large quantities of smoke as well as Heng and Esther lol.

Excellent place to chill.

The whole lot of us – bad lighting huhu.

No idea wtf that tiny glint on my teeth was, and am too lazy to Photoshop it away.

I wanted to snap a grand, impressive photo of Lecka-Lecka, but after trying to adjust my tripod and get a nice angle at the entrance, a security guard (presumably from Starhill Gallery) stopped me and asked to quickly take a photo and go away.

I looked at him with a “WTF” look on my face because I don’t understand – what’s wrong with snapping a picture of an outlet? I even asked one of the waiters beforehand if it’s alright to take photos around and he said it’s OK.

Said guard told me if I was snapping people it was okay, but not without people. Erm okay that logic seems quite flawed.

So I went back inside Lecka-Lecka, and another waiter who probably witnessed the whole booha said that the area is ‘private property’, which is why the guard didn’t want me to take any photos. He further explained nicely to me that the owners of ‘the place’ (god knows what the place is) don’t want free advertisement or something like that – wtf?

Someone kindly enlighten me why the eff I’m not allowed to snap pics of Lecka-Lecka, branch of Bukit Bintang.

Inside Starhill Gallery near JW Marriot Hotel.

Starhill Gallery’s toilet cubicle. I like like like this photo – been wanting to shoot it for ages because the toilet’s lighting is the love, but always failed cause I didn’t bring my tripod before (yeah I brought the tripod into the toilet too wtf).

Funky lights from earlier that change colours every few seconds.

Hanging out/resting at JW Marriot.

We wanted to go to Jalan Alor (at 1am plus wtf), but then couldn’t find our way there so gave up and returned to Subang. After making our way to Ming Tein, Sunway, we found out that most of the stalls no longer have much food, so we worked our way around SS15 to look for some restaurant which was also closed, and finally returned to Asia Cafe.

Reached home at 3am. Best outing I’ve ever had.