KLIM 2005 pt.1

KLIM 2005...click on pile of pictures for the full set.

What a rush. It all could've started so wrong for us. We were in a cab, trying to make it to the train station before 10pm. Luckily for us, we got a crazy driver who thinks he is Schumi, and the traffic on that night was quite smooth.

Sukaimi was calling me on my cellphone a few times.

Kevin, where are you? The train is leaving, they are closing the gate!

Stress! We felt like we were in the amazing race! We were just outside the train station and the taxi was like taking forever to make the u-turn. Thank God, we still managed to get there and boarded the train about 5 minutes before it started to move.

We were greeted by Sukaimi and this guy David. I will talk more about him later.

It was my first time taking the KTM, so I was looking forward to it. We got the cabin with the bunker beds, and I must say it was pretty comfortable. Ct and myself decided to bunk together and very soon, I was off to dreamland. The ride wasn't too bumpy, and the shaking from the train actually helped put me to sleep. I was only interupted when ct woke me up to switch sides cos she was feeling cold. As usual, we didn't bring any sweater or stuff to keep us warm. Didn't sleep too well after switching sides, it was cold indeed.

We arrived at KL in the early morning and took a cab to the hotel. Read more about the rest of the day at Sukaimi's blog.

It was a relatively uneventful day, except for when I received an sms from MINDEF about a notification of activation!

My heart almost hit the floor! I had forgotten to notify MINDEF of my overseas trip! Technically speaking, I was still safe since it was less than 24 hours after I had enter Malaysia. But still, if the activation was immediate, I would have to rush off to take the next bus back to Singapore to report.

I called back the number to check, and, fortunately, it was a notification for in-camp-training in September. Man! Of all the days, they had to choose this day to send out the sms! You have no idea how much of my brain cells died there and then.

Later in the day, I went to the humongous Berjaya Times Square and wasted no time in finding an Internet Cybercafe to notify MINDEF about my trip. Phew!

Meanwhile, Sukaimi was pretty busy, taking care of his family, calling and getting calls from people he's supposed to meet, and also waiting for Fd's arrival, so ct and myself had lots of time to spend together with our dear friend David 'the boss' a.k.a. 'handsome elite runner who is member of MR25'. You know Oscar from Sesame Street? David reminds me of him, only this is Oscar on steroids, lots of it.

I've known him for less than 2 days, and already we were trading blows verbally whenever we talked. The way we 'compliment' each other, anyone who didn't know better would've thought we had been 'friends' for many years. Ct was litterally holding me back from verbally poking his eyes out, heheh.

But honestly, I really enjoyed his company. He was quite animated and very chatty. And he is also rather comical in the way he moves and talks. He also gave me the opportunity to practise my sarcastic remarks and verbal swordplay. Haha. It's a pleasure to meet you David!

To be continued....

To KL for KLIM via KTM

Will be off to the train station in a few hours.

Ct's running the half-marathon, and I'm going to the mega-mall for shopping...

Yeah, we're switching roles. She's gonna do all the sweating and panting while I get the most unenviable task of trudging the malls.

It's gonna be lots of fun, food, and laughter I'm sure. And we're gonna meet up with some of our blog friends.

I just have one little concern. I'm not so familiar with my new Panasonic Lumix DMC FX-7 yet. Time to read up the manual, I'm afraid.