KL | Taman Connaught Night Market

Brayden 7Y9M24D
Bevlynn 3Y6M18D

On 18 Dec, immediately after arriving at Kuchai Lama from Genting, we dropped our luggages and head over to Taman Connaught Night Market. The streets were jammed and filled with people. Every stalls were different and there was a variety of street food, CNY decorations, tarot card reading, clothings, toys, accessories. We ate and ate and ate; pan mee, grilled octopus, drinks, taiwan sausages, smelly toufu, hokkien mee. Bought water bottle and crocs charms for the children. There was a small setup for game to win free Wrigley's chewing gum, we just have to throw to balls in the same flavour; I WON. I thought how lucky was that as I was just craving for chewing gum when we came down from Genting. We took too much food and was almost vomitted at the end of the walk. 

The next day, we went to the coffee place near the Kuchai Lama's house and I was writing some blogs there. We then walked over to the back alley for my favourite Sang Mien and Lor Mein. 

After that, we went to Petaling Street for Curry Mee and bought some roses (RM15 for 5 roses) from the place where we bought the flowers for my wedding Weng Hoa Flower Boutique. We walked to Chan Temple and prayed to ancestor before walked to Sunway Belfield (still under construction but almost done). A sense of accomplishment rained over me. Beneath the hill, hidden at Jalan Rotan, we discovered old buildings, which had been revamped and filled with pop-up shoplots and small cafes. It was an interesting find - felt like a tourist discovering new places.

We then took a Grab to Midvalley. Spend some time and money there.... 

Then we headed to meet Ming Hong, Yeeyu and Jim for dinner at a street hawker alley opposite of Sunway Velocity, near the traffic light. We took a ride on Ming Hong's new EV car. It was nice and quiet, with loads of impressive features. During dinner, we were talking about mid-life crises, then it hit me hard. 

I was not affected by the mid-life crisis topic; but I started to feel upset when MH asked me if I felt afraid during my travels for work. I admit, I do; every time. I was afraid of travel accidents that might happen, I was afraid of strangers who approached me, I was afraid of harassments, I was afraid of being lost in a foreign city. And I do have many stories from the past, my fear grew. Then my mind shifted to "if only my Hubs would understand the sacrifices I made and challenges I faced." I cried feeling all alone. 

That night, we talked about it (He knew) and I felt better.... Fighting, one day, I will look back to this day and feel all these sacrifices are all worth it!

We had massages at HealthLand and went to our favourite salon. 

Our flight to Penang got cancelled on the actual day 21 Dec. We were really really lucky. Gene did not travel up to Penang yet, so we hitched a ride from him. If it weren't for him, I believed we would have panicked like headless chickens. It was a long 7 hour ride from KL to Penang because of the traffic jam. We dropped by for a famous Hing Kee bak kut teh in Kepong.

Finally, we moved to Part 3 of our year-end holiday.