about 8smtg just i reached kl, and went for a dinner which took us 2hours for only searching the location of the restaurant dim sum.luckily the dim sum tasted quite ok==
yup, a special and too a meaningful day for me, because i had my first try that day !!!
: acted to be a backpacker!(stayed one night alone in a dormitary)
"pondok lodge"- a budget hostel where i went to few years ago with my classmates.
there are single, double or dormitary(4 ppl per room) room. i selected to stay in dorm because the thought of knowing and chat with backpackers struck me.
when the time i walked to my room, i was so excited and curious about what kind of people i was going to meet?? It is around 2am in the midnight when i checked in to my room. i was so embarrassed that the roommate of mine was awaken by me at that time just to open the door for me.(he locked the door from inside)
he was a foreigner.
he continued his sleeping after that, no conversation was made.
the night, it can be said that i wasted RM25 to stay at there, because i was having insomnia, cant fall asleep.
it was about 7 , he woke up for bath and breakfast. at the meantime, i was so tired and stay lying on bed, pretending i m sleeping. The conversation was heard, it was in english, few men and women's voices. Sure all the backpackers were chatting. it was what a impetus for me to wake up, but i was not. i was too tired and meeting will start at 10, i had to rest.
on 8am, finally rose up my body. he walked in, a soft and gentle "good morning" was made by him. yup, "good morning".
"sorry for yesterday night, disturbing you from sleeping" i started the conversation.
"is ok..... is ok,not a big problem." a slow,soft and polite voice in return.
"where are u from" i asked
"o.. i am from Europe. what about you?"
"i am a malaysian," feel funny when answered this,haha. A malaysian backpacking in malaysia??haha. because most backpackers are foreigner
"i come from johor. do u know where is it"
"Johor? is it near Singapore?" wow! i was surprised when i heard this! he was so familiar with here!
we continued our topic about Malaysia. This was actually the third time he came to malaysia.
He actually been to many places already. Pinang,KL,Melacca,Sandakan,kinabalu,singapore,,.........
He even shared with me which place is nice, he loved where and dot dot dot.......
Wow, can i say he is just like a Malaysian even than me? A foreigner introduced to a Malaysian about Malaysia!!! What a shame!haha.
then we talked about his country. I was blurred actually, dont know what he was talking about. because all are the places' name ==
He is in middle age i guessed, with partially white colour hair.
why a middle age people will travel or backpacking alone?where is her wife? i wondered.
"do you have a family?" i questioned, out of curiousity.
"nope" he answered. (i was just like, "oppps!am i asking the wrong question??")
"no family also good. i can go travel, go to visit many places i want to go." (felt relief, luckily he doesnt feel bad of my question).
conversation was continued with cost of travelling, studies, job, handphone, ipad, dslr, and what he did in malaysia for these few days, bla bla bla......
He was a technician, dealing with those IT stuff last time. He was so familiar too with the IT products. He talked about nokia when saw my nokia 5800. He told he was going to buy samsung pad instead of ipad2 when i mentioned the ipad2 because samsung one can support the external keyboard while i pad cant. His DSLR was stolen when the previous visit to malaysia.(OMG) He said he used to go swimming in china town(although i dont know where there is a swimming pool in china town). He used to walk to reach the destination or take lrt if it is far. (He knew where to take lrt and monorail. He knew pavillion, low yat, time square those! wow! when the first time i been to kl last few years, i dont even know where i was at and what is around and how to go!)
the time was approaching 930am, i had to leave for the meeting in pj.
i leave a note on his table, written that
"very nice to meet you, and a nice experience chatting with you. i have to go. if u have FB, just add me. siang lim."
Taking my camera out, took some picture of the hostel,and street. it was really a nice experience chatting with those backpacker. you can know their culture, country , their life.
When is my next time??XD
pondok lodge
third floor of the building. click the door bell and wait the person in charged to open door for ou
the counter's look like
4th floor living room
the backpacker luggages and bed
my messy stuff
place to have breakfast
the breakfast is included in RM25
sure i need to in the camera
well, lost a chance to take a photo with him=(
backpacking is not that easy as what you think
many aspects need to be counted-- the 1st thing sure is ur safety, as you are going out alone, meeting with many unknown person.
i did worry about my safety too, and my properties like car, camera, wallets those...
backpacking is every enjoyable for some, but remember be a wise backpacker.
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