Monday, July 02, 2007

KL, Malaysia Day 12

Today Kim spoiled us rotten. Last night she was kind enough to offer to take us out for the day. She picked us up at 10 in her SUV and took us to a cute outdoor café, very rundown and traditional, in town. It was brutal hot and she, like us, prefers air conditioning, but admitted its hard to come by during the breakfast hour. She ordered various noodle dishes for us that were excellent, and we filled up very quickly. She also stopped in a shop and ordered us some dried turkey, both teriyaki and pepper flavored, for us to have as a snack the following day should we need it.
She took us straight to her family doctor, Doctor Tan (no relation to her or Agnes) and he was somewhat keen to remove the toenail to ensure it didn’t get infected. I advised him that to do that, he would either have to knock me out or get me very very very drunk, so he bandaged it and prescribed an antibiotic for it. Much to my chagrin, he advised I keep it dry. "But I’m going to the beach tomorrow! Oh the humanity"
We then returned the rubbish Nikon S50 camera I had bought a few days before. It just didn’t do what I needed it to do, and bought a Canon Ixis75. Christian fell in love with the thing. She took us around to various malls in the area, where we shopped for luggage and sunglasses, then she treated us, yet again, to lunch at a beautiful chinese restaurant in SuperPoshExpensiveMall.
We then left KL, headed to Midvalley where I returned a shirt I had bought that kept having wardrobe malfunctions (the plastic clasp in the strap kept breaking and stabbing me in the shoulderblade). So I saved 89.90 ringgit for that. I bought a magnificent pair of leather pumps at my new favorite store, Bonia, which masters in Italian style shoes and handbags. I then decided I would go for it and buy a pair of Gucci sunglasses I had had my eye on. They were incredibly expensive, even in Malaysia they were about £124. They took them out for me, cleaned them, then took out the case.
What the devil is that supposed to be?
The case was a huge leather monster, incredibly bulky and awkward to open. They said it was necessary to protect the glasses, but I know me. There is no way I can carry such a bohemoth in my typical handbag. As such, I bailed on the glasses, much to the stunned amazement of the staff.
Christian talked Kim into taking us to Chinatown, where he proceeded to buy another 3 watches. She then wanted to take us for dinner, bless her, but we were still so full from lunch. So was she, but she was so worried that we would starve in our room. She was so incredibly accomodating and welcoming, we had the best time with her, and assured her we could easily survive for months on the fatty deposits we have built up in the last week.
She dropped us off at the hotel, with a gift of a large cannister of tea and some pineapple cakes from China.

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