Surf and the City

I currently find myself in Kuala Lumpur. Seems that all the buses from Kuantan to Penang are filled until Monday night, which would have been an unfavourable choice for me, as I'm flying from Penang to Bangkok early Tuesday morning. By the powers of the universe, my family is in KL today for a wedding and I'll be hitching a ride back to Penang with my Aunt. See how everything just has a magical way of working out? Smashing really.

When I got in via bus last night, I could see the Petronas Towers all light up and pretty looking. It was quite nice, but unfortunately I couldn't take a picture because my battery is almost dead and I wanted to save the last shot in case I saw Whitney Houston walking down the street....or trying to make a deal in an alley.

I'm in Chinatown, which is home to a discount shopping mecca road and I've managed to buy more things. I don't have room for them, but that's not really a concern. I'll figure it out er something.

So the day after I surfed for the first time (this would be Friday), I made friends with some weekend surfers and since the weather was not very good for strong waves, we went into town and watched Mr. Magoriums Magic Emporium. I typically would not want to catch that movie at the theatre, but since it was my first movie in 3 months, filmed in Toronto and only 6 Ringitt ($2), I found myself looking forward to it. Indeed, I spotted a bunch of the Toronto locations (Natalie Portman is playing piano in the lobby of the Fairmont Royal York in one scene, and the Wonder Emporium seems to be at Wellington and Simcoe) and it made me long for my city. Ohhh, we shall meet soon my beloved.

Saturday proved to be much better weather and I went out with Mad Mat in the afternoon. For those precious 2 hours, I was one with the sea and a surf goddess in my own right. I rode 5 or 6 waves for a good 20 seconds, and was quite pleased by the euphoric feeling that overcame me. The current was very strong and I probably got about 1 km away from where I started by the end of the first set of runs. Joyous, joyous fun.

Well, I should go frolick about the city now and see some stuff or something. Haha, I've got a bit of travellers fatigue today, plus it's dammmn hot, guesstimating 35-ish.