On Wednesday, 8 May, I took my wife to Baliban Braised Duck. She thought the food was good. I am happy. After lunch, I took her to Aeon Bukit Indah. But she is not happy as the shopping was not good. She also found the Aeon supermarket price was too high. Hence my happy trip with her evaporated! We took the bus from Bukit Indah to JB Sentral. She asked how long it will take. I told her about 15 minutes. How wrong I was. Frankly, I don't really time the trip back; if I did, I did not bother remembering. She timed and said it took 45 minutes. Hence, she said I lied and cheated her. She was not happy. My enjoyable trip to JB was marred by her disappointment. I will need to go there by myself. It is hard to meet her expectations. She wants comfort, aircon and good shopping. Whereas, I just want cheap good food and exploring new places and food joints. Hence the disconnect.
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Thursday, May 01, 2025
Back packing
It was a dream of mine to travel the world backpacking. I have always wanted to be a "wanderer" or "liu lang han" in the Chinese Wuxia Novel. Travel cheaply and have adventures.
On 29 April 2025, I took my backpack and a bus to Johore Larkin Sentral. The
n I purchased a ticket to Terminal Bersepadu Selatan or the Bus Interchange in Kuala Lumpur. Cost RM35 plus RM1 for printing the boarding pass. At current exchange rate of 3.3, just over Singapore $10. The journey took about 5 hours. Reaching TBS, I asked the counters how to go to KL Sentral. The counter staff recommend KL Kommuter. So I went to buy the ticket from TBS to KL Sentral. Cost only RM2.40.
I ask where to go. The train comes in about 30 minutes. The journey was short and pleasant. KL Sentral is pretty amazing! Coming to Malaysia so many times in the past, this is my first time to KL Sental. It is massive! Although nothing compared to China's hub, it has MRT, LRT, intercity train and monorail. I usually stayed in Midvalley, 1Utama, Sunway and the Curve. Now that I experienced KL Sentral, I loved it!
The mix of old and new. NU Sentral is spanking modern mall. There are plenty of street side stalls. The food is amazing! I tried fried kway teow and it brings back memories of growing up. The taste is so nostalgic!
The next morning, I tried the wanton mee. It is a makeshift stall behind a temple. The wanton soup was same taste as wanton soup in 1960s.
