This past weekend was more relaxing than the past few - we didn't have any major adventures planned, and I think all of us were in desperate need of a rest.
The absolutely lovely people that we work with decided that we should spend the day being less like tourists and more like real Malaysians, so they planned our Saturday for us... and we had an absolute blast!
We started the morning at Hong Kee Tim Sum for a dim sum breakfast. Dim sum is a Chinese cuisine with a variety of steamed dishes - definitely not the typical American style of breakfast but completely delicious. I managed to successfully eat my breakfast with chopsticks BEFORE my coffee. I couldn't resist a typical Malaysian coffee to finish the meal though. Yes, my coffee is in a bag with a straw. "Coffee in a packet" may be my next favorite Malaysian treat besides "Corn in a cup." Perhaps everything just tastes better when served in a unique container?
After breakfast, we headed over to The Curve for some shopping and karaoke. Yes, I said karaoke. It was actually surprisingly fun. You don't have to embarass yourself in front of a bunch of strangers - only people you know :) Karaoke Box, as it's called, allows you to rent a room for a group of friends to sing karaoke. Put 10 of us in a room after a breakfast and hefty dose of coffee in a packet and you get three hours of crazy karaoke fun. The highlight of the day was the performance of Gangsta's Paradise by Robin and me. However, I won't be posting proof of that one on the web - my limits of embarassment only extend to the walls of that karaoke room.
After karaoke, we headed outside to the street market that is held at The Curve every weekend. It's sort of become my unofficial mission to shop at as many locations as possible in KL. The rest of the day was very relaxed - we crossed the street to another mall, 1 Utama, and had some pampering girl time with manis and pedis. The bargain of the day ended up being the five pairs of adorable shoes that only cost me $51 US total. What better way to end the day than with a great deal on shoes?
The absolutely lovely people that we work with decided that we should spend the day being less like tourists and more like real Malaysians, so they planned our Saturday for us... and we had an absolute blast!
We started the morning at Hong Kee Tim Sum for a dim sum breakfast. Dim sum is a Chinese cuisine with a variety of steamed dishes - definitely not the typical American style of breakfast but completely delicious. I managed to successfully eat my breakfast with chopsticks BEFORE my coffee. I couldn't resist a typical Malaysian coffee to finish the meal though. Yes, my coffee is in a bag with a straw. "Coffee in a packet" may be my next favorite Malaysian treat besides "Corn in a cup." Perhaps everything just tastes better when served in a unique container?
After breakfast, we headed over to The Curve for some shopping and karaoke. Yes, I said karaoke. It was actually surprisingly fun. You don't have to embarass yourself in front of a bunch of strangers - only people you know :) Karaoke Box, as it's called, allows you to rent a room for a group of friends to sing karaoke. Put 10 of us in a room after a breakfast and hefty dose of coffee in a packet and you get three hours of crazy karaoke fun. The highlight of the day was the performance of Gangsta's Paradise by Robin and me. However, I won't be posting proof of that one on the web - my limits of embarassment only extend to the walls of that karaoke room.
After karaoke, we headed outside to the street market that is held at The Curve every weekend. It's sort of become my unofficial mission to shop at as many locations as possible in KL. The rest of the day was very relaxed - we crossed the street to another mall, 1 Utama, and had some pampering girl time with manis and pedis. The bargain of the day ended up being the five pairs of adorable shoes that only cost me $51 US total. What better way to end the day than with a great deal on shoes?
Suji, me, Robin, and Annette with our new sunglasses from the street market
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