"Let me tell you a story....long before your time....." Part 1

2.45 pm-The flight leaves at 5 pm.You have to be there 2 hrs before. But we are still at home. Apparently Paula came back late and is now rushing to get changed. All set.....now we drive to the airport.....(we all know how I feel about tardiness......)

3.15 pm-We get there on time but we are all starving since we did not have lunch nor breakfast even. We sit down for Burger King in the passenger area and Noel buys one of them 'Rey Mysterio' wrestling posters that they sell for $1.(How are we gonna keep that poster from crumpling and bending outta shape with all the travelling we will be doing??)

5 pm-I go through immigration security and they confiscate my teeny-weeny swiss army knife and my mini multi-purpose tool keychains as they pose a security risk! Gee...wonder how am I a security risk? Maybe I could use the nail file to pry open the plane cabin door? Or hold one of the stewardesses hostage with the screwdriver. They give me one of them claim slips to retrieve my items in K.L.


6.30 pm - The flight takes about 35 minutes and we are in K.L.

7 pm -When we get to the Immigration counter we see a throng of people waiting to be processed.(looks like close to 500 pax!!) It seems like it is the month of Ramadan and there are 3 counters open only.Geez....this is gonna be a long day. Eavesdrop on the 2 gentlemen ahead of us (both businessmen...one is italian/pakistani mix and a real talker...the other seems to be american...a good listener?)and listen to the rantings of people in the queue.One guys even goes bonkers and starts talking to himself and hitting the wall!

7.30 pm - Out of nowhere 300 little yellow people appear!! They appear non-plussed as they slot themselves into the queues ahead of the people who have been waiting there. Bleddy fools!! So now there are about 600 ppl waiting to get out. Tempers are flaring, ang moh's getting pissed at being 'invaded', little yellow people crawling all over the place! Dammit!!

8 pm - Finally see the light at the end of the tunnel . Now to go down and get a rental car. My bro spies beer at the duty free shop. The shop people give him funny looks. May have something to do with him looking kinda Malay-like. We advise him to buy a bigger crucifix. Paula kindly points out that it is an offence to be seen carrying and drinking from bottles of liquor in public. Wonder if that's true....

8.30- Off we go to Klang. Paula is driving and I am the 'secondary driver'. Feels kinda different to not be the one driving since I drive those two all over Singapore. Sitting there at the back seat and all I can think about is how I wish Joyce were here.*sigh*

9.15 - We reach Paula's family home. I get to meet everyone.Noel gets all the attention. Hmph! We are all gonna go for dinner later.This guy from China (!) is apparently staying over so we three (later to be 4) have to stay in a nearby hotel.The guy even gives my bro a great, big hug! Takes everyone by surprise.

10 pm- We all drive in 3 cars to this place that comes highly recommended. But alas...it is closed! So we make our merry way to this other place (not that highly recommended) . We eat and drink. Food is average. Think Paula's sis has the hot's for me. Problem:Boyfriend is just next to her.Real nice guy to boot.

11 pm- We go home....or more specifically to the hotel. Hotel room fridge has no booze. Paula and Noel go to the 7-11 for some. Me and the younger sis,Fei, watch TV and make conversation. When Noel and Paula get back we all get washed up. Paula go to sleep first. The other 3 of us play card games til 4 am.I am good in blackjack but suck at 'paitee' (or something to that effect). The aircon is too cold and I find it hard to sleep....