Malaysia - Day 7

Day 7 - Saturday 22 September:

Our day started with a sleep-in (8am!) and a warm shower - wonderful! A bit after 9am Michael took us to one of his favourite restaurants for breakfast, and we had eggs and hashbrown and toast! I was so glad to have normal food, and it was very cheap; quite popular with students. From there we all met up at Annie's house and started our tour of KL. 

The Petronas Towers - 88 storeys

We went to a very upmarket shopping centre - KLCC - at the base of the Petronas towers. They had Prada, Gucci, Chanel, Dior and Versace stores - stuff I could never afford! From there we had lunch in a western restaurant near China Town; minestrone and salad had never tasted so good! The prices were a lot more than we were used to seeing here and it made us think about the difference between the rich and the poor.

Then we went to China Town and learned to bargain.  Jesse and Bradley saw it as a game, but Vicki hated it as she is not a fan of high pressure sales. Thankfully we had Annie and Lily to assist us in choosing the better quality products and step in to assist us in our haggling. I bought a genuine imitation Chanel wallet (RM20), a Jimmy Choo wallet (RM20) and a Coach evening bag (RM40).  We also bought gifts/souvenirs from the indoor Malay Central Market.

Group photo with the Sunway Youth!

We were then running on Malaysian time to go to the Sunway Youth group (30 minutes late). We had a pot luck dinner (yellow watermelon tastes delicious!) and a worship service, which was conducted in both Chinese and English. It was quite weird slipping from one language to another in a single song. We had a few games - human bingo, Chinese whispers charades, and a puzzle - and then the night was over. We had a few group photos and chatted to the youth a bit more before we were all dropped back at the Luther Centre, all tired and ready for bed.