South East Asia Ki Ai! : A Bit of that Western Life

Ever since Singapore, the idea of going to the movies has high jacked Katy's mind. It sort sounded like a good idea to the rest if us, but with the limited time we had in Singapore we decided to spend our time exploring the unique city rather than the inside of a movie theater. Here in Kuala Lumpur however, we have had a bit of spare time and the idea of going to the cinema and eating a large, buttery popcorn had regained control of our dear friend's consciousness (I have to admit the idea was pretty appealing to me as well)...

At the never ceasing request of Katy, we asked around and we found there was a movie theater a few monorail stops from our hostle. On our way back from visiting the Batu Caves, Katy and I (the only ones looking to indulge in a little cinematic adventure) said see ya later to our friends and headed for the ultimate viewer experience.

When we got to the mall with the theater we came to find that the next showing was not until 8:30, leaving us with a little more than 2 hours to kill. It turned out, killing two hours in the Time Square Mall in Kuala Lumpur was quite easy! We enjoyed flavored coffees and walked around the ten floors of Christmas decorated shops. This particular mall even had a roller coaster running through it! Unfortunately for us, you had to buy a ticket for the whole theme park in order to ride the coaster, so after about 20 minutes we convinced ourselves that it would just not be worth it to spend more than we were spending on our hostel for 2 days on riding a ride in a mall... It was a tough choice though!

Before our film, we got a bite to eat at the food court but were outraged at the fact that they made us purchase a food court card in order to buy our food. Our discontent was short lived and quickly wore off after buying two large popcorns and a drink for the showing of Intersteller.

After the movie we didn't have anytime to ponder its interesting plot because we had to literally run across the closing mall in order to catch the last monerail of the night! As we navigated the confusing structure of the mall hope of not having to pay for an expensive taxi began to die away. We got to the station with just enough time to catch the last monorail. This only got us halfway though, so as we exited the monorail we had to start running again, this time to catch the last subway train. We sprinted across streets and climbed over guardrails into another closing mall. Our luck was still with us and we caught the last train! As we exited the station with one more last sprint under the closing gate of the terminal, we were finally able to breath easy and be happy at our successful evening escape back to western life.

Joey