KL Business Trip, April 2012 P2

 

Part One here.

The unfamiliar surrounding of LCCT made me panicked a lil, as I wasn't sure of the exact location of this terminal nor am I aware of how far I am from KL city. At the back of my mind, I was prepared for the worst case scenario - that I would tell my boss I landed at the wrong terminal, lol! I wondered how "foolish" that would make me look. Maybe I should start practicing my blur-and-dunno-what-to-do expression to make it more convincing. While clearing immigration, I asked the officer the cab journey b/w LCCT & KLIA. I heaved a sign of relief when he told me that it was approx 20 min drive. Based on the calculations, I could still make it on time for the meeting. Nothing could describe my joy when I saw the all-time familiar airport transfer sign! Hopped onto the cab and soon, I'm on the way to KL city :)

 Took the train from client's place to KLCC for lunch. Needed the fuel for the next round of meeting in the afternoon.
 

Everywhere was crowded during lunch hours. Decided to settle my lunch at Dome, since the turn-over rate was high based on my observation :) 

The place was packed with people and tables were lined so close that I could hear the conversation going on at the tables beside me.

Tomato soup - Classica style made with loads of fresh tomatoes and herbs topped with croutons, served with fresh baguette slices. This big bowl was enough to last through the day! 

Dome Cafe

Suria KLCC 

Tel: 603 2166 1948

Work commenced again after lunch with another client. We ran into some technical difficulties & took a rather long time to resolve. I was on the phone with the boss on troubleshooting the problem when boss suddenly reminded me that I should be on my way to the airport. Geez, my flight was at 7pm and I was still at my client's place at 4.30pm. Thankfully, the system was up and running again! My kind client got me a cab. Once I hopped on, the driver told me to buckle my seat belt while he zoomed all the way to the airport. 

 I managed to reach the airport at 6pm - still in time to catch my flight.

There are quite a variety of dining options in LCCT, like McDonald's, MaryBrown, Coffee Bean etc.

I settled my dinner @ Taste of Asia, which is a local food court.

Queuing up at the "gate". Looked like it will be a full flight.  

Can't wait to head home &  crawl into bed :) 

KL Business Trip, April 2012 P1

 

A brand new month, the start of the 2nd half of the year. After several posts on Bangkok, I had to switch destination & blogged about KL instead. The only times when I traveled to KL on personal time were road-trips with bros & sis. We had our annual getaway to KL in 2009, then continued in 2010 (P1, P2, P3 & P4). Other than that, it was always work in KL - attending seminars and meeting clients. 

For this trip, I travelled to KL via Air Asia, as I couldn't get flights on SQ and I had to be there for a last minute meeting. In fact, I was surprised at the self check-in kiosks - certainly saves time in checking in! My 2nd encounter with the self check-in kiosks was during our BKK Nov 2012 trip, where Leecher had a chance to have some hands-on experience, lol! 

 

Going there on a day trip, so traveled with just my 2 bags - laptop & personal bag. I often lament that we should have lighter laptops to reduce our "baggage". Still praying that I'll be able to get new laptop allowance this year & finally change my heavy laptop. 

 Breakfast @ Coffee Beans, which was surprisingly yummy! Great way to start my long day :)

Dinosaurs theme for the month, where the main lobby transformed into a mini dinosaur land. Spotted a couple (I think 3) of dinosaurs but was rushing for the flight so didn't "request" for a pic with them.

I dunno what came over me, but I started walking over to the D gates when the flight was located at gate C13. Imagine my shock when I turned up at the gate only to realize that it was flying to another destination! 

  

One of the last few to board the plane.

 

I had the whole row to myself *yippee!* 

 

Spotted, SQ flight that took off in a different direction.

Kinda missed my hair, now that I have trimmed it 2 weeks back. Now it looked so much shorter, not a bob cut, but just shorter and more layered. My curls have gone crazy with the shorter length too! 

 Preparing to join in the queue for take-off. Fun fact: With more than 6,500 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 100 seconds.

One of the perks of window seat, so I can be occupied with taking pics of the view outside :)

 

Good enough to make it to Air Asia's website? 
 
Since take the front, must also show you the "butt". 

Doing it the budget way!  
  

I sort of panicked when I looked at the foreign surroundings. Not the usual KLIA airport that I remember. I searched frantically for my itineary again, only to realise that I have landed at LCCT, which is their low cost carrier terminal (aka budget terminal). This terminal was built specially to cater to the growing number of passengers for low-cost airlines, especially Air Asia (Malaysia's first "no-frills" airline).

Check out the rest of my journey in Part Two! 

伴 / Companion

No doubt one of my fave songs :) 

黄小琥 - 伴
作词：姚若龙 作曲：于晓光、李伟菘

如果 命运可以订做
如果 有另一次选择
我想我 还是会 把手让你紧握
快乐地陪你去坎坷
就算 你有天变落魄
就算 你老得不能动
我想我 还是会 挽着你看日落
你的心疼在泪光中
嘴巴上 彼此嫌麻烦
眼神中 关怀那么满
没说爱 却早已认定一辈子的伴
在人前 从来不浪漫
在心中 却总为对方打算
最懂的人最暖的伴
就算 我以后变罗嗦
就算 我老了有病痛
我想你 还是会 照顾我到最后
隐藏脆弱不眠不休
嘴巴上 彼此嫌麻烦
眼神中 关怀那么满
没说爱 却早已认定一辈子的伴
在人前 从来不浪漫
在心中 却总为对方打算
最懂的人最暖的伴
嘴巴上 彼此嫌麻烦
眼神中 关怀那么满
没说爱 却早已认定一辈子的伴
在人前 从来不浪漫
在心中 却总为对方打算
最懂的人最暖的伴
没有辛酸 没有遗憾
什么是陪伴 什么是心安
你是答案

Carpenter & Cook

 

 After our disastrous dinner at Kim's Family Korean Restaurant, we walked down to Carpenter & Cook for desserts. I have been wanting to visit this little vintage cafe! The place is filled up with vintage furniture that the owners painstakingly collect from all over UK. For vintage collectors, this is the place to get some pieces for your collection. For the foodie & photography enthusiasts, indulge in their pastries and you'll be surprised to find that every corner is so picture-worthy! 

 

The place was crowded when we arrived. Thankfully, we managed to grab a table at the back of the shop.  

I spot a couple of tea cups that I could totally imagine myself sipping english tea in. Leecher seemed to guess my mind and proceeded to order tea for me :)

While waiting for the rest of our desserts.

Latte ($5) for the guys, which they claimed they won't have problems sleeping later. 

Tarts were mostly priced at $6.50. We ordered chocolate sea salt caramel (my fave!), passionfruit meringue and lemon cream. We polished them off - the tarts were oh-so-good. Firm and buttery crust with generous fillings. I almost cringed at the sourness of lemon cream, but that made all of us wanting to have more! Kenneth even ordered 2 more for takeaway to let Meiqin try. 

 

 

I was tempted to go around the shop taking pictures of the vintage items, but was kinda shy to do so in a full-house environment, lol! Needless to say, I know I'll be back for more of their offerings :) Till the next visit! 

 Carpenter & Cook
19 Lorong Kilat #01-06
Singapore 598120
Tel: 6463 3648
Opening Hours: 12pm till 10pm (Tues - Thurs), 12pm till 11pm (Friday), 10am till 11pm (Sat), 10am till 8pm (Sun)