An Enjoyable Holiday II: Hanging Out At KLCC

Since there were only five of us left Wednesday morning, it was just nice to travel somewhere with a car. Albert's adhoc decision was not really a good surprise to John who was enjoying his first stay at my house, even less to Matthew who found everywhere boring except for his foster father's house, cinema complex, Johnny's restaurant and maybe tuition centres. Only Daniel liked to follow the crowd. As long as I did not have to hold the steering wheel myself, I was always very interested in outings.

I supposed the farthest place we would go was Tampin. Albert's mind had crossed the borders to the capital. "After all," he said, "it'll only take two hours." Not only he was ready to drive to Kuala Lumpur, he also did not mind going all the way back to his house at Ayer Keroh to fetch his beloved Papago GPS who had become his greatest motivation to travel outstation since "she" had come into his life.

There we were on the road again.

On the first day of the Muslims' fasting month, the traffic towards the capital was rather smooth apart from a small jam due to an earlier accident near Seremban.

Our destination was KLCC (Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre).

After lunch, we had the intention to go up to the sky bridge of the Twin Towers but learned that it was too late to obtain the free entrance tickets. So we decided to visit Petrosains at Level 4.

In this interactive science discovery centre, we could do a lot of experiments.

We had a chance to conduct a caterpillar excavator,

experience an earthquake on a bench,

see our faces transformed in all shapes,

sitting in a helicopter in simulation, etc.

The exhibit centre was divided into many sections. Albert and I had to make sure the boys in their own exploration were always within our eyesight.

The hands-on approach was interesting. The Calvary Care Home (CCH) administrator was excited to go through series of tough physical training like karate, being aware that his fragile bones would definitely ache the next whole day.

When he was squatting at the skiing machine, he looked as if he had been suffering from severe constipation for days. John, I and two other visitors could not stop giggling at his funny movement and position.

Daniel enjoyed the hurricane ride so much that I thought one day he would invent a fan which could create that kind of strong wind.

Matthew and John loved the goalkeeper machine most.

Very soon they discovered the tactic to score full mark.

Our visit which ended with a 3D movie and a dark ride lasted more than three hours.

The boys were hungry when we came out from Petrosains. While we were buying snacks on the ground floor, I suddenly remembered that Albert had not taken back his bag with Papago inside which he was keeping in a locker at the science centre. We quickly returned there and thank God it was still open. Otherwise we might have been obliged to spend the night in Kuala Lumper and put up at Trekker Lodge again like we did during our previous trip.

After brief visits to a bookstore and cell phone shops, we started our journey back to Melaka. This time with the lost-and-found Papago's guidance, we easily found the highway and were no longer stuck at Smart Tunnel entrance. Albert was also using the turn signals more regularly.

Our tour leader was tired but satisfied with the day and was already planning the future "mission trip". Knowing that both his driving and tour guiding skills had improved, this time I dared to sign up in advance for the next trip.

Thanks for this enjoyable holiday, my friends.