"Buy" One Get the Other Free

My younger brother and I went out to Kuala Lumpur yesterday. We had many things to do in the city but we had never driven in there by ourselves. It is very difficult to navigate this city. We found out that road signs were not to be trusted and polite drivers are a rarity.

We checked out KL Wesley where the recital will be and the acoustics will be great for us. We also went and visited the pastor. We needled our way through Petaling Street and found roasted chestnuts for about $2 a pound. That was quite a treat!

We headed to the airport to pick up Dr. Coats. We missed the correct junction to the airport and ended up looping around the suburbs. Thankfully we didn't miss her and the wait was nice. When she came out, I saw that she had someone else with her. Dr. Paul Stewart, MTNA President was at the baggage claim area at the same time. So we had another person unexpectedly.

We managed to get Dr. Coats to Crown Plaza Hotel before traffic got crazy. Dr. Stewart wanted to try the KL Monorail and we ended up having to use the monorail to get to his hotel, the Dynasty. I was supposed to pick out my piano that afternoon but we wanted to get him settled into the hotel. Little did we know that the piano shop is about 5 blocks from his hotel. We didn't waste too much time and managed to get everything done.

Before dinner, Justin and I helped them settle all the technology questions. Almost like another orientation session. Dinner was an outdoor steamboat/grill buffet at a restaurant called Talipon (Telephone). James and Jasmine took us there. I liked what we got to try: lamb, steak, sting ray, mussels, fish, cuttlefish, different tofu, and the lot. Made dinner a hands-on, communal affair. Hopefully we didn't drag Dr. Coats and Dr. Stewart around too much, but making them stay up a little would have helped the jetlag.

(Here's a picture of the restaurant, taken by one of my classmates Yee Tong, whom I ran into there. Arthur was also there.. what a surprise!)

We sent Dr. Coats off with tissue paper and Dr. Stewart with drinking water. ;) It was lots of fun having Dr. Stewart as our freebie! Somehow I forgot my business cards today. We navigated around a traffic jam and got home at 2 am. More later..