July 25-27 - the weekend before I turn 43. One SMSPian, AW will be getting married today and I will be attending the wedding dinner tonite. And since a few SMSPians are going and since some are in the committee fot the 7th SMSP Reunion, DF said let's meet up to discuss before the dinner. So I thought this weekend I would spend the weekend away, book a hotel room, and therefore there won't be curfew. JN agreed to stay with me. I checked all hotels around town and later found Federal Hotel the cheapest and I booked online. And only found out yesterday that I booked the wrong date! Instead of July 25, it was July 23. I didn't check. How could this happen? I don't believe this! And after going through the horrible traffic, I got to know this. And Federal Hotel don't even have its own parking anymore. I got to park at Low Yat. We then went to check Capitol and Coronade, all fully booked. Then we met up with S & M at Green Lotus for dinner and I made some calls. Most of the hotels are fully booked. We checked Piccolo and then hotels along Agora, then to Hicks Road- Imperial, Radius, Allson, etc... Only Flamingo which is in Ulu Klang. So tired, after all the walking...
When we reached Flamingo, I asked the guard where to park. He pointed left and we went to the basement. It was Plaza Flamingo! We carried our bags and walked so far to the lobby. And after registering, we have to walk so far again to our block - from one end to the other. After dropping our bags and taking a deep breath, we walked out again to get our cars to go watch a movie. When we reached the parking, we didn't have enough RM3 coins to put in the parking machine. We thought ok, let's take a cab to Pavillion. But 2 cabs didnt want to stop for us. We called S and told her we are not coming, as it is already 11.35pm. But she insist that she & M wait for us. We found the guard at the parking and asked him for RM3 change. We then quickly drove to Pavillion but faced with a terrible jam just before Pavillion. Watched Wanted. Although we were late for 20 minutes, we didn't miss much. It was a good movie and it was a treat from JN as well as for dinner for an early birthday celebration. It was my first time to Pavillion and re-living it coz it was ex BBGS premise. Something to remember for my birthday. What an unforgetable birthday!
On the next day, after breakfast, I followed JN to Sungai Wang for his haircut. Then we went to Low Yat where we met for the first time Jan. had light lunch and then we came back to the hotel to rest. AYC, EL & DF came at about 5.30pm and we had a discussion on the trip. It was perfect as there is a dining table enough space for the discussion. I told them my experience the night before and EL asked, did you book the correct date for Langkawi, I replied, I have already checked and it is correct. Just imagine, this mistake is for one person, Langkawi will be for 13 people!
Flamingo couldn't be more perfect venue as it is convenient to Nikko Hotel. SMSP had a table, and we had 9 people. After AW's wedding, we went to Ole Cafe in Hicks Road. Nice place. And after that, we all went our separate ways.
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