A bit of a fright
I had a bit of a fright this morning with my flight departure time to Kuala Lumpur which I had thought was at 1320. I had thought of going to the airport at 0945 to have brunch at the lounge but didn’t think I could last till then without breakfast.
While having a piece of toast at 0845, my phone reminded me of my flight which was at 1135. Fortunately, I was almost ready, so I hurriedly asked my brother to prepare to leave at 0925 instead.
With my poor eyesight at my age, I had mistook the flight arrival time instead of reading the departure time.
I ended up having about an hour in the lounge before boarding the AirAsia flight to Kuala Lumpur. Had I left home at 0945 I would not have missed the flight. I would have had maybe 20 mins in the lounge but I would have been rather stressed.
Half-day in KL
Landing in KL for my nightstop at 1320, I managed to hop on the 1400 bus to KL Sentral. The ride took 1h05 today with some traffic. It was a about a third of the train price and only 25 mins longer on a good day.
Tonight, I’m trying a new hotel called Alaxis (formerly Euro Life). I got there at 1515 and I was meant to met a friend Patrick for drinks around 1700 and then dinner at 1800.
It wasn’t quite enough for a long massage and a shower afterwards before meeting up. So, I killed time in the room for a bit more than I had wanted as he had underestimated the travel time.
We met a couple of doors away from my hotel at the Indian Spices Village and had a great catch-up. He had moved to KL only a few weeks before with a new job.
Another friend Thomas joined us around 1800 for dinner. The restaurant specialises in Chettinad cuisine, referring to a specific region somewhat in the middle of Tamil Nadu.
I only know one Chettinad dish, which is chicken varuval. The sauce was awesome but the chicken bony. The other dishes were more common Indian ones.
I finished the day with a 2h blind massage. Unfortunately, the masseur did work as strongly or as specifically as I would have liked.
Aloo gobi masala, superb Chettinad chicken varuval, unusually thin garlic naan, mutton keema balls, mint lemon (sweet & salty), plain uttapam, palak paneer, masala chai.