Sim's life away from NYC : Malaysia once again...

After 7 long years I'm finally back in Malaysia again. I'll be traveling around Singapore, Thailand as well as within Malaysia until November 1st. This time back, I've brought my HS friend,Noah on this trip. She is also a foodie so we will be fine.

The flight from JFK to HK felt like an eternity with 15 hrs straight watching all the latest movies released on DVD and then a 2 hour layover. Passed out waiting for the connecting flight to KLCC and then passed out once again on the plane for 3 hours. Once we landed, I went through the immigration line pretty fast and waited for Noah because those of foreign passport had to see immigration officers for their stamps while I had the smart card which scans your thumb print and passport.

Since it has been so long, I almost didn't recognize my favorite uncle. Had to take a closer look before I recognized him. As we drove away from the airport, our car overheated and we were just chilling on the side of the highway until my 2nd uncle came to pick us up. We sat on the railing as we munched on our beef jerky and drank out water.

Once the 2nd uncle picked up us, we got dropped off my aunt's place to settle down and chow down. My (1st) uncle bought us a ton of food--satay with curry sauce, fried shrimp crackers, moon cakes as well as cokes to drink. Chowed down on the satay but two orders of like 20 skewers were a bit too much to have for dinner at 10pm. After eating, we finally had a place that wasn't a 1/2 bent chair and it felt AWESOME to lay flat and pass out.

9/26

Woke up pretty early due to jet lag (6:30am) so I decided to empty out my big suitcase full of vitamins and ginseng. Chatted to my uncle for a bit and watched the news which consisted of China's grand opening first fleet operational with 5% of the sailors were women. Then came the hard topic of Japan vs China on the Diaoyu island. News is the most depressing thing ever to hear about! After that, my aunt came back so we headed for FOOD! Went to SS2 for breakfast and had two different kinds of dosa and a roti. I also tried the new 3 layer tehrik with 1/3 milo; 1/3 nescafe and then the tehrik... I DEVOURED my food in less than 10 mins of getting them...I was starving and trying to make up my 7 years of not getting decent malaysian food.

3 layer tehrik

dosa

roti

Afterwards, my sis came around and saw her puppy. Went to a mall near by to get the necessities like shampoo and toothpaste. After the mall, we headed to dinner and stuffed our face with nasi lemak, grilled tom yum fish, blackbean sauce lala (clams) as well as chow kuai tehow served with the side of 100 plus!!! I AM IN FOOD HEAVEN!!