Travel for Work at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah - 20 - 22 May 2008

The date is 20 May and Kota Kinabalu is the last destination for work.. for now. The flight, as usual, was early in the morning. OK, the flight per se, at 7.30am, wasn't that early.. but this meant being at KLIA an hour before, which meant leaving the house an hour before that and waking up an hour before that - which meant 4.30am!! N'er mind, 2+ hour flight.. can sleep la..

Thankfully, we had a rental car again.. an MPV this time as there were 4 of us. We stayed at this place called Likas Square Business Suites. The reception area didn't look like much.. the walk from the lift to our unit was... far and a tad creepy - and this was like at 12 noon! Can't imagine what'll be like at night! Yikes!!

But..., the apartment was cantik la..

Yes, Jasmin was my roomie again & that was our room.. The living room (and dining area that can't be seen in this shot..)

The counter top looking into the kitchen.. The kitchen..

The residnt cat downstairs.. very chatty this one..

After settling in, it was time to work. It seemed like a long day - I guess it's only 'coz it gets dark by 6-ish over here. After dinner, the lot of us headed in to town.. No, not to have fun - we had to meet with some other colleagues who were staying at the Oh-So-Posh Le Meridien!

After that, we headed back to the apartment and man.. was I right - the corridor leading from the lift to the apartment was SUPER creepy at night! Somehow most of us weren't that tired and we stayed up chatting and watching TV. The Martha Stewart Show featured a super duper chocolate brownie that made all of us just go "OOOHHH..." in unison - it was hilarious!

Bright and early the next day it was off to work and like all the other locations we finished by about 3pm.

Another Floating Mosque.

When back, chilled a bit and hit the town. My colleagues Shamini & Rafidah had some major salted/dried fish shopping to do, Jasmine was meeting up with her friend (yes, she's quite the socialite, has friends & relatives everywhere this one! Haha..) while I headed off to the bookstore.

Made some great purchases, very happy.. especially of these 4 books!

Then, it was off for dinner with Shamini. Rafidah had gone off with her cousin - she too is quite the socialite and has friends & relatives everywhere! Haha! Dinner was at the market place. In all the times I'd been to KK, I had never had the opportunity to go jalan-jalan! So, yes, this was all new and great to me!

BBQ (or more accurately, bakar) seafood galore.. Our pick..

Condiments for the seafood... A very happy Shamini with the food..

Then, it was off for dessert... Shamini with our picks..

Close-up of our picks... The variety of flavours.. well, actually, only half it.. Good stuff!

We were pretty beat by the time we got back.. not to mentioned stuffed! Well, at least I was.. Shamini went on eating - she had a take-away order of chicken wings and was quite happily munching away, encouraging the rest of us to join in but.. we just couldn't even tho' it really smelled great! The gal can eat.. and it doesn't show - how good is that??!!

Left the apartment early the next day as we had to make a stop at the maket, before heading for the airport, to buy prawns! It's really great 'coz they pack it up really nicely with dry ice and all for you. No drips or smell.. and apparently cheap too! Had a late breakfast at the airport.. our flight wasn't till about noon.

Snapped this from the car on the way to the market.

We boarded the plane, waited in it for about 1/2 an hour and were told get off! Apparently there was a"technical" glitch that needed fixing! Awww, man..! In the end, we ended taking off about the same time we were supposed to arrive in KL! Yes, we were almost 2 1/2 hours delayed!

Finally arrived at KLIA at almost 5pm! All the waiting just made me tired.. Sadly, unlike our return from Penang, today isn't a Friday and w had to go in to work the next day... Aww, man..