Holidayed in Malaysia

Had a great (and very very tiring) holiday in Malaysia over the weekend. Monday was a public holiday and I had taken the Tuesday off, so we had a total of 4 days outside Singapore. Sa's parents and her brother Vi are here - we had 5 people in our trip.

What I learnt from the trip -

1. 5 people + driver can fit in a taxi.
   
2. Never underestimate the power of air-conditioning.
   
3. Don't mess with Immigration.
   
4. There are 2 kinds of pirated watches - the cheap and the ridiculously cheap.
   

We left Singapore on Friday night. First took a cab over to the Singapore immigration checkpoint which is in a location in the North of SG called Woodlands. We had a small problem there with immigration (more on that later), but managed to clear that and took a bus number 170 across the bridge between Spore and Msia. Then queued up for Msian immigration (all the while noting our train was scheduled to leave at 10.45 pm and it was now already 10.00). Finally reached immigration and had another encounter with an irritated and irritating officer. Finally cleared that too and made a mad dash for the railway station (not too far away). Reached at 10.46 and watched a train pull away from the station at that moment. Briefly considered catching a cab to the next station, but decided to walk into the station anyway to check. Realised our train had not arrived yet! Ended up having to wait on the platform for another hour.

Train arrived and we piled in. Very very cold, esp since it was night. Quite uncomfortable too - we could't recline too much. The 7 hour trip passed in with all of us struggling to keep warm with whatever shawls and sweaters we had. Finally reached KL at 7 am on Saturday, and took 2 cabs to the hotel and checked in.