Last day in KL

Less than 24 hours to go before we start the long journey - Lucas' first flight and it is 17 hours in the air! About four and a half hours to Taipei, an hour layover, and then another 12 hours to LA. Just hoping the flight is not too full and that we will have some empty seats next to us. This is unlikely though, as it is the bulkhead and the only place where they can fix the bassinets - well maybe Lucas will have a new friend to play with!

I am glad that I changed our flight from Friday to Monday - the original plan was to wrap up everything in KL and then spend the first couple of days in LA (the weekend) acclimatising. Then the company decided to have an office-wide partners and managers meeting last Friday and I thought it would be good to attend this before going off (at least so that my colleagues know I exist!) - I have not been based in the office for the last 3 years! Turns out that this was a good decision as it is the last bit of packing that always takes the longest - this involves ensuring that all the cables, adaptors and batteries for all the equipment we are taking is not forgotten, looking for all the various membership cards that I use to get discounts, upgrades, etc (those of you who know me from projects know that I have not paid for any vacation flights or hotels in the last 3 years, instead using accumulated points for everything!), and most importantly, getting our last taste of good Malaysian hawker fare before leaving.

Yesterday we had Sarawak Laksa and Chee Cheong Fun for lunch; and Satay for dinner - both at our favourite places in Lucky Garden. Today we just got back from lunch with Yean Lin's family at Extra Supertanker in Damansara Kim - they have some pretty unique dishes there - if you want to know more about this place, click here. The food was good as usual, but the service was very slow today, probably because it's Mother's Day and everyone decided to take their Mum there! I guess tonight's dinner is a toss up between banana leaf rice, tandoori or if we can't make up our mind, maybe this. As you can see from the picture on top, Lucas enjoys his food as much as his parents do.

So it's not been too stressful as we have 2 full days to pack, say our goodbyes and fill our tummies :-)

Update @ 10pm: we decided to have Roti Canai and Paper Hat Thosai for dinner at Devi's Corner. I think we covered most of what we wanted, and now we are looking forward to some giant steaks and I heard the sushi in California is pretty good (wonder what the "real" California roll tastes like...).