6.00am: Am going off to sleep as earlier have been progressing on Spartan: Total Warrior. Must make full use of job flexibility now as once procur job as top-flight pharmacist may not have such luxury to stay up all night. Must get up early to go to JPJ to get back car registration form sent in last week for hakmilik cancellation.
8.00am: Mother barges into bedroom announcing that we better get up and head to JPJ.
9.00am: Mother shouting from downstairs inquiring if we're still asleep. In fact have woken up, but only to turn the air conditioning off. Mother was also making statements regarding fact that it is the puasa month and upcoming Deepavali/Hari Raya celebrations means civil servants will take longer to get things done. Inwardly was thinking that it was going to be us doing the waiting, after all. Surely collection of form wouldn't take that long?
9.15am: Have woken up and breaking fast. Blah. Am planning to head to some nice quiet park once done at JPJ to nap in car.
10:30am: Have been waiting for half and hour now. Ticket number states that we are 7032 while current number at counter at time we took ticket was 7026. Nevermind, have Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason book and Nintendogs to while away time. Ooo! Must take dogs for walk.
10:45am: Barking has unnerved poor Malay woman sitting in front of us causing her to move to end of row. Whoops, officer at counter verbally calling out us number rather than buzzing it. Wanted to know to whom car belongs to. Says is sisters, which he then proceeds to check with his head. Decide to sit nearer to counter, which happens to be 2 seats away from poor Malay woman. Still walking dogs while they yark their heads off unsettling poor Malay woman all the more.
11:00am: Am out of JPJ. Hmmm since heading into Klang might as well use inner roads and avoiding silly RM1 toll.
11:15am: Must not autodrive so much unless have destination fixed properly. Was deciding to head to (old) home instead of UOB Bank near Klang Parade. Needed to fill in form for process of exchanging bankbook for ATM card. Ooo UOB Vox card has Visa Wave! Must resist. Must get steady job where can be top-flight pharmacist before grubbing for another credit card.
12:00pm: Hmmm decided that since in Klang shall take pictures to show how much has changed. Also driven by fact that lad has asked if there were places of interest in Klang and did not seem to believe us when told him no.
Used to be called Blue Sea Pools. Why the pic? This place has 2 pools at the back where you can pay and swim. First learned of this place when our primary school scouts decided to spend a day here (must have been scouts and not class activity, but definitely primary school). Oh yes, why does this place stick in Memory Lane - there were arcade machines here! Imagine the joy of finding a Street Fighter 2: The World Warriors arcade (20sen a game, oh what times) with many many contenders. We gather many people who cycled here didn't come for the swim.
This cornershop's popularity lies in it's Fried Kuey Teow. Absolute dee-lish. The man also tends to bang his wok with spatula every other second, thus us dubbing him the 'musical char kuey teow man'. Nowadays someone else helps with the cooking. Our sis also enjoys the prawn mee here but we haven't tried it before. Right opposite this coffeeshop is the Grace Assembly Hall.
Was planning to have lunch here but the place was closed!
The lady selling kuey teow soup here is absolute dee-lish. She adds in loads of lieu instead of just the regular fare of 2-3 fishballs and some chicken strips or fishcake slices. Her store normally has a very long queue. She's also not open today! What's wrong with these people? Anyways if ever you want to find these places, just ask about for the Chi Liung Public Bank or Grace Assembly Hall. Can't get lost.
Admittedly we have no idea who owns the building. This building can be seen on your right on the way down to Port Klang. What's so special about this building? It used to be a Grandy's Restaurant. You know? Fried chicken? After that it became a Carls Jr. Restuarant for a while. We remember that bit because we always wanted the Carls Jr. keychain. The children's play area was upstairs, with a segmented area filled with plastic balls to drown in. Must have been too old then, tho'.
Took this picture while on way to find YN as heard she was working in the Port Klang branch of Lee Pharmacy. As could not locate store walked into K. H. Hoe Pharmacy and met a P1/99 senior, Jqln!
Focus supposedly not on Panmour Villa but it does play a part. We took this picture as we saw a new signboard of our old tuition place. It's the dark green one on the left, 2 floors up. Taught Science and Maths until Form 3. Funny man from our church. The last we saw him was when we started working in Guardian 1 Utama as we recognized his wife and daughter but couldn't place name to face at first.
As for Panmour Villa wethinks it opened when we were in Form 2 (Klangites please correct us). Dunno how many star hotel and food court downstairs. Mainly good for ais kacang.
The one just 5 minute's walk behind our old Klang house. Happy trips to Sogo, The Mall and especially to PC Fairs at PWTC begins here. Mornings to college also began here. We do remember occasions where we overslept in the train and ended up at the Angkasapuri stop before class started or at Pelabuhan Kelang on the way home.
Nowadays we find refuge here as a place to park and sleep when there is no shade in the park while in Klang.
Now the fugly bits. This be the crossroads branching off to Happy Garden, Taman Chi Liung and Port Klang if coming from Klang Town. It's still Persiaran Raja Muda Musa but now it has these road dividers and roadworks in action.
3:00pm: Business in Klang is complete. Am heading back home.
