20260312 - A 61 Merdeka KLcelebration By E Train!

 15/3/26:-

On the E train now from KL to JB by 3 pm ish. This time on the standard seat at RM105:)

Some little reflections on this “Omakase “ KL 4D3N trip? Celebration of 61 is not the main reason actually.  It was more of a try out at their new Electric train and a visit to their latest second tallest building @ 118.  And of course to meet aunty & cousin and friends and John’s Canada uni mate. 

Omakase indeed. Well it turned out pretty adventurous not knowing what to really expect. 

1. Did the E train experience 

2. ⁠Went up to the 98th of Merdeka 118 as the viewing gallery was yet to be opened. 

3. ⁠Had the most expensive buffet at Park Hyatt on 98 spending $118! For the dinner buffet :( but omakase? Enjoyed the lights out at 9pm for the aerial night view from this 118. 😂 paid for the view!

4.First time walking at their Perdana Botanic gardens ( section 3 of their Warisan KL initiative). And just found out it was slightly bigger than our Botanic in 🔴! Have been to Manhattan Park in NY but thot ours was prettier than 🇺🇸. Well KL’s not bad too 

5. ⁠KL MRT starting fare is RM1.20. Not LRT and what was good? They have a “ladies  carriage “ where NO Men can enter! Yah! Wo-men power!

6. ⁠Lesson learnt? Never take Grab during peak hours. When we arrived at 5pm - we took 40min from KL Sentral to our Four Points Sheraton @ Chinatown. Rm28! But this morning - it took us only RM6 in 8min!!!! Should have taken that MRT to Pasar Seni stop just few stations away! Well well…ha ha ha

7. ⁠Omakase city walk! Thanks to our Frankie Wendy friends. They too became tourists cos this new KL City Gallery was just opened last mth! They too wanted to have a peep! From Petaling street we headed to Central Market. ( was there 25 years ago…) Now so transformed. Great artisan and handicrafts stuff! From there we went to Mederka Square area where all the Colonial buildings were recently restored.  Part of their Warisan KL initiative. ( really like our Padang art gallery area). Impressive on the inside and outside. It is Ramadan. So less crowded. Choose the correct time to visit Malaysia! ramanda is their low season! Good for tourists!!! 😂 

8. ⁠Omakase Sungai wang for the Miniature Malaysia! Really impressed ! GOod overview of Malaysia states and history in 3D miniatures!

We did not cover all the places in all the 3 sections. Think the night walks would be pretty to behold. 

Wanted to go to the Luge which is 1.5 hours away from KL. No time. Perhaps next time?

This trip seemed a little different from previous trips. For those of us who came to KL for KP wedding? Think can come again after 2 years. This time? By E train for the experience. Pretty smooth and cool. No fear of lack of toilets and leg stretches!

VErdict : 4/5 stars or 5/5 also can ! ❤️

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The E Train Video!

The Mederka 118 Evening Video

THe Miniature Malaysia @ Sungai Wang!

THe Perdana KL Botanic Gardensb

THe Central Market Video

THe Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad ( City Gallery)!

MUI 61! YEAH!!

20260309 Digging Patience!

 Finally on 10/3/26, we found the leaking pipe!

Originally the plumber wanted to give up! His hired men kept flying his plane:(. So he had to do the manual hard work of digging !

It was tough. Finally … the patience paid off. 

The leak was so tiny. Cannot see it with the naked eye eye except when we turn on the tap and the water gushed out!

Reflections

A tiny hole can cause so much leakage. Both in water and the $. 

MONEY flows like a river! GOsh!

But glad that this leaking episode is finally over!

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HOORAY!

Thank God for hearing our prayers!

20260308 Chinatown Horse CNY

My beautiful GG!

The Horse is finally Here!

A Fiery one too!

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A little look at 2026 Chinatown Horse CNY!

20260226! FOund the Leak!m?Seal ! CLosure!

 LEAking Woes! How does one find the leaking area?

By hearing the bubbling sound! Just like a stethoscope!

The water bill was high since Oct 2025 

And we wonder why?

Finally called for a specialist leakage contractor!

They came and they “Hear”

We found the leak at last !

Now is to close it up!

Reflections:-

Something happened this morning  

Was feeling a little disappointed 😔 

Perhaps the Leaking contractor who came during this time did bring a closure of comfort to me  

It is a time to Move On  

To be more discrete in messaging in Group chats cos we really do not know how the rest of the group members may react even though it can be a close knitted chat group  

The world is getting more UNKIND? 

Some people fail to be more diplomatic in replies in a group chat setting  More difficult to agree to disagree in a kinder tone   That sense of condescending tone  and use of words  Ouch   🤕 Hurts bad eh!

So I have learnt  The hard way  

There is no such thing as a safe haven even in a close knitted chat group  Unfortunately  I was naive  perhaps  

But good to learn to move on  

The learning journey on this earthly pilgrimage  

Be oneself  be True be honest  

the better Be- attitudes to remember!

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20260214 The Beauty of Fireworks

 The Horse Year Fireworks!🧨 

What a night!

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A horse memory!

20260213 Silly squirrel caught in rat trap!

 

 

This was a second time a little squirrel was caught in the rat trap!

What a silly squirrel!

Today 12/2/26? We decided to drive a long way off to release it. 😂 Hope it won’t come back and get trapped again!

20260228 Spore Air Show @ Changi

 Drive. Bike. Gawk

on 8th Feb 2026

Catching the final day of the Spore Airshow!

Hey Guess what happened? It was an impromptu decision on the sunday morning! And the LORD Was so so kind! We found a one and only car park lot at the Changi Hawker centre!

So we pedalled just in time down the 2km  Changi Beach road to catch the airshow which started at 11am.  

Only a short 40min aerobatics performance!

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Here's the airshow video!