1 June 2008
The morning saw Uncle Bob up and about before 8am. I don't know the exact time he got up - I was exploring my dreamscape. I vaguely recall Gordon's hibernation growling. It wasn't really snoring - it was more like a long drawn wheezing that reverberated from within: damn scary! LOL.
I was startled out of sleep when Uncle Bob, in his chirpy voice, declared, "GOOD MORNING!" Translation: "Get your lazy @$$ out of bed this instant!". Well, he was right; it was time to get up - no sense going on a vacation and sleeping it away.
We decided to leave Gordon chasing his dream butterflies - he's had a very tiring previous day driving and I felt he deserved a little more sleep. Bob and I went down to the cafe for 'breakfast'. It wasn't much of a spread - the 'mee goreng' they served resembled sickly yellow worms; the toaster was like a contraption out of the sixties; scrambled eggs were likened to have been mixed up with some form of liquid glue. Add all that to the sour face of the attending 'cook' and we sure had a real 'interesting' breakfast. The best part of the entire spread was the coffee and the tea. And that's saying a lot!
David came by as promised at 9am. Gordon freshened himself at record speed! :) We went for the 'best' Bak Kut Teh in Malaysia, supposedly in Klang. I must admit - it was really, really good! David really knew his food! Coffee followed - Old Town Coffee was truly growing on me! David drove us to a nice mall in Klang.
The rebels in us decided that we would 'demean' magic - whatever the heck that meant - so we broke out the cards and all in an Old Town Coffee Magic Session! Uncle Bob entertained us with his cardwork and we had a very nice discussion. David also demonstrated some of his mental work - from coin bending to nail bending. I think we were all very impressed with the Nail: it was one of the finest gimmicks I've ever seen - the attention to the detail was stunning!
We headed off soon after. David got a call from his friend and found that his appointment in the afternoon was cancelled so he decided to take us to more places! We tried to visit the largest mall in Malaysia 1 Utama (I hope I got the name right) but couldn't get a parking place. It didn't make sense - if the mall were designed to be *that* big, you'd ensure that your parking were equally substantial wouldn't you? However, that wasn't the case here - seems there were many cars all looking for a parking space, us included. David was quite determined to get us into the mall (God bless that soul!), but seeing as all of us were not shopping people, we told him that we'd give it a pass. He decided then that we should go for lunch and the best Claypot Rice in Malaysia.
It seems that we were going to a lot of 'best' places. They truly were well-deserved of the titles though. I have to say that the Claypot Rice that David brought us to was certainly the best I had ever eaten! The fragrance and the flavour was truly out of this world - Paul Curry would've been so proud! As usual, I ate more than my good sense dictated and paid the price for it.
David sent us back to the hotel after that and we took a nice long rest. It was to be a quiet second night - the 3 of us had a nice quiet dinner in Chinatown and the steamed ginger chicken left memories my tongue would never forget - and we settled in for an early night. Fortunately so because I doubt I could've lasted a second night of sessioning after the previous night.
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