Comments on: Ozzies touring Malaysia http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/ my random thoughts on computers, engineering, transportation, society and blogging Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Shin http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/#comment-98 Sat, 07 May 2005 02:02:56 +0800 http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/#comment-98 Oh Heritage Hotel should be a nice place. I always lepak in old railway station, waiting to see some locomotives. If you are lucky you can see 26, 25, 24, 23, YDM and the shunter 19 class all within a few hours. Of course if you go to Sentul you can see a lot of them in the derelict line and also shunters 18 and 19 class. The old Balai Seni Lukis Negara, which was Majestic hotel, do they have any plan to convert it into a hotel again ? When I was very young we went there and I saw the jaga who sat at the entrance was reading Utusan Melayu, the Jawi newspaper. That was so many years ago when it was still a daily newspaper unlike now. The current KTMB HQ, which is located across the road from old railway station, will also be converted into a hotel once their new office in Sentral is ready. Don't you sense something funny in the trip itinerary of this couple ? Why do they divert to Temasek in between their days in KL, and also divert to Penang when they were in Langkawi ? They could have planned better, then save more days for Taman Negara maybe, haha :-) Oh Heritage Hotel should be a nice place. I always lepak in old railway station, waiting to see some locomotives. If you are lucky you can see 26, 25, 24, 23, YDM and the shunter 19 class all within a few hours. Of course if you go to Sentul you can see a lot of them in the derelict line and also shunters 18 and 19 class.

The old Balai Seni Lukis Negara, which was Majestic hotel, do they have any plan to convert it into a hotel again ? When I was very young we went there and I saw the jaga who sat at the entrance was reading Utusan Melayu, the Jawi newspaper. That was so many years ago when it was still a daily newspaper unlike now.

The current KTMB HQ, which is located across the road from old railway station, will also be converted into a hotel once their new office in Sentral is ready.

Don’t you sense something funny in the trip itinerary of this couple ? Why do they divert to Temasek in between their days in KL, and also divert to Penang when they were in Langkawi ? They could have planned better, then save more days for Taman Negara maybe, haha :-)

]]> by: sabre23t. http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/#comment-108 Sat, 07 May 2005 15:29:37 +0800 http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/#comment-108 "Trainspotter" eh, Shin? ;-) KTM's komuter line to Port Klang is right behind my M-i-L house. Used to see loads more interesting locomotives previously. Now mostly komuters during daylight. "<i>Why do they divert to Temasek in between their days in KL, and also divert to Penang when they were in Langkawi ?</i>" Yep, I wondered about that too. I guess they really want to squeeze in Singapore and Penang, into their KL and Langkawi trips. Seems, their reasons was to shop for electronic goods in Singapore and some souvenirs in Penang. I did suggest that they could have done the same in KL and Langkawi. regards, sabre23t =^.^= “Trainspotter” eh, Shin? ;-) KTM’s komuter line to Port Klang is right behind my M-i-L house. Used to see loads more interesting locomotives previously. Now mostly komuters during daylight.

“Why do they divert to Temasek in between their days in KL, and also divert to Penang when they were in Langkawi ?”
Yep, I wondered about that too. I guess they really want to squeeze in Singapore and Penang, into their KL and Langkawi trips. Seems, their reasons was to shop for electronic goods in Singapore and some souvenirs in Penang. I did suggest that they could have done the same in KL and Langkawi.

regards, sabre23t =^.^=

]]> by: Darryn http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/#comment-109 Sat, 07 May 2005 20:13:44 +0800 http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/#comment-109 Wow, you took a lot of time to write this, and I appreciate the comments that you posted on my blog. You were right, we went to Singapore mainly to get electronics and to eat chilli crab. We went to Penang to go shopping - in Langkawi most of the stuff for sale was genuine, and cost a lot more than the 'genuine copies' available elsewhere. Although Penang was probably not a good idea in hindsight, at least we got the experience of a 7th floor earthquake. I think the main thing I would do differently is get the suit made in Singapore instead of KL. I still have not received the pants and shirts and I am getting more and more convinced that they will not come. In Singapore there were tailors everywhere. Oh well, you live and learn. Shin is right, there was no planning in our itinerary. We arrived with the plan that we would land in KL, and we had to be back on the 31st. At some point we would go to Singapore and also spend at least 3 days on a beach. We decided that we would 'play it by ear' and just do whatever we felt like, at the time. We had a great time and I will be returning to see more of the country, first in September 2005 and then in March 2006 (when we return to Australia). Wow, you took a lot of time to write this, and I appreciate the comments that you posted on my blog.

You were right, we went to Singapore mainly to get electronics and to eat chilli crab. We went to Penang to go shopping - in Langkawi most of the stuff for sale was genuine, and cost a lot more than the ‘genuine copies’ available elsewhere. Although Penang was probably not a good idea in hindsight, at least we got the experience of a 7th floor earthquake.

I think the main thing I would do differently is get the suit made in Singapore instead of KL. I still have not received the pants and shirts and I am getting more and more convinced that they will not come. In Singapore there were tailors everywhere. Oh well, you live and learn.

Shin is right, there was no planning in our itinerary. We arrived with the plan that we would land in KL, and we had to be back on the 31st. At some point we would go to Singapore and also spend at least 3 days on a beach. We decided that we would ‘play it by ear’ and just do whatever we felt like, at the time.

We had a great time and I will be returning to see more of the country, first in September 2005 and then in March 2006 (when we return to Australia).

]]> by: sabre23t. http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/#comment-110 Sat, 07 May 2005 22:31:59 +0800 http://www.sabre23t.com/20050502/ozzies-touring-malaysia/#comment-110 Hi Darryn, ;-) "<i>Wow, you took a lot of time to write this, and I appreciate the comments that you posted on my blog.</i>" Yep, I did take a bit of time to write it, but I enjoyed reading your posts, and wanted to get a summary of your itinerary. I hope you'll enjoy your trip here in September 2005, where I'd guess you'd be looking a trip to the East Coast, or to our highlands resorts, or even to East Malaysia. If you'd like some pointers on the places to see, I'd be glad to. ;-) regards, sabre23t =^.^= Hi Darryn, ;-)
“Wow, you took a lot of time to write this, and I appreciate the comments that you posted on my blog.”
Yep, I did take a bit of time to write it, but I enjoyed reading your posts, and wanted to get a summary of your itinerary. I hope you’ll enjoy your trip here in September 2005, where I’d guess you’d be looking a trip to the East Coast, or to our highlands resorts, or even to East Malaysia. If you’d like some pointers on the places to see, I’d be glad to. ;-)
regards, sabre23t =^.^=

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