Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Malaysia Truly Asia - Day 1

He never calls often but that day he did, Krushant please come here said Vasu. It was 22nd May, next day being my birthday. I wondered why he had called, first he said jokingly Krushant you are fired then came the big surprise he said our company is being merged with a Foregin group and as a part of it you are being sent to Malaysia for training. It came as quite a surprise to me as it was least expected and never on my mind also.
However the process to the trip which was schedule on 6th June started, Visa, tickets, foregin currencies, info about the places to visit all began & the most exiciting part was that I was going there with office colleague yet great friends.
haaaa the camera were pushed in, the travel insurance policy was taken care of, shopping was done & instructions were all given from parents. Here comes 6th of June & nine of us were all ready to fly by Malaysian airlines from Mumbai. Rains delayed the start but journey was one thing I wanted to enjoy.
The excitement of the first trip abroad, foreign flight experiences could be all seen on each one of our faces. The flight took off & poor Souvanik could not take that and started praying to God...heheh all part of that excitment. A four & half hour flight full of sleep and Nikitha's silence who was sitting next to me got us to Kuala Lumpur (KL). A car was well booked for us to take us to the One World Hotel where our stay was planned. Even the journey from airport to hotel was one thing to remember, way we admired the cars on those long stretched clean roads, the bill boards & the greenary around.
A 30 min ride got us to the hotel, we all were taken back as the hotel offered more than we had searched about it online. We all got divided into our respective rooms. Souvanik was to share the room with me.


"One of the coolest pics of Malaysia - Great memories"

Those personal bars, lcd tvs, bath tubs, chocolates & yes that brilliant cushioned bed is something I'll cherish for my entire life. As planned we all were suppose to freshen up & leave for Petrona towers famously called twin towers. All of us got ready & I knocked on the girls doors to remind them its time to leave. But girls will be girls, Teena opened the door and she was still brushing her teeth. :p


"Petrona Towers at KL"

However we left in sometime from the hotel to Petronas. The sight was amazing, they say you need to see it to beleive it. Its a gigantic structure I sware, the cameras were now active & we made our best attempts to get a complete picture with those twin towers but well the architectures of that building did not keep this aspect in mind while building them.


"The Underground Aquarium"

We then headed towards the aquarium in that building...the experience of seeing those sharks, whales, fishes from the under water tunnel was something that shall always remain fresh. You dont mind letting yourself being conquered by those marine civilians. Awesome...
Hunger had finally called & we headed to this small Indian restaurant joint for some Biryani. Considering it to be foreign lands the food was quite delecious. We now made a move from there & somehow Praveen, Teena, Nikitha & me were able to get ourself lost from others. However we made best out of the "LOST" tag and got ourselves enjoyed in the lawns of petronas...clicking snaps and jumping around... The snaps had such great poses we were sure they will come out awesome but well some thing are just to be stored as memories in mind and not as pics. The snaps got deleted some how. No blames, the trip was amazing guys.
We finally found our lost office siblings and then headed towards some malls to shop for some Malaysian pick up, but well the best of a country is always found in its interiors & China town was the place where we went & shopped for stuff for our loved ones back in India.
Our first day in Malaysia was about to get over, a few discussions of the day, some phone calls back home was all that was left. We finally jumped on those cushioned beds to wake up next morning when our boss was about to join us in Malaysia. Good night guys.

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