Class Picture - Class 5 Teratai of 2012
Date : 28 May 2012
I woke up
earlier than usual due to the foreseen circumstances that my dad had to bring
my brother and I to my grandma's house before work, like he does every school
holiday. I got dressed, packed up my stuff and head to the door. I had
breakfast at grandma's and was soon on my way to my best friend's house so that
her dad will take me and her to Kelana Jaya LRT station to meet up with my classmates.
Upon reaching,
I saw Kevin. He said,"5 Ixora is down there and they'll be having their
class photo-shoot at KLCC." In my mind, I was like, this can't be
happening. But whatever.
We waited for
the rest to come and at 10.00am, we soon depart to KLCC.
Inside the
LRT, we had to squeeze with other people. We didn't think many people would
take the LRT at this hour. Neither have we thought that we would depart this
late. We planned to leave at 9.30am.
After standing
for 6 stops, we arrived at KLCC. We head to the escalators near Aquaria which
was led by Valery and we made a big round I think, because we passed Starbucks.
Twice. In truth, the other escalator is just on the other side.
After reaching
the surface of Bukit Bintang, we walked towards the bridge that link KLCC to
Pavilion which is located in Bukit Bintang. The bridge was long and
air-conditioned. So it wasn’t half bad.
We made it to
Pavilion and start the photo-shoot. Valery, who was our photographer on that
day, took photos of the guys near the Madagascar exhibition which was located
near the entrance of Pavilion. It was hysterical! Cheng Jin posed just like how
Gloria (the hippo in Madagascar), posed – the ballerina pose.
Not long
after, Mun Leng, Jowyn, Yushan, Nicholas and Joon Yin arrived. From there, we
continue our journey to Starhill Gallery which was located right opposite
Pavilion. Once we got inside, the scent
and atmosphere startled us. We didn’t know how high class it was! Jewellery
shops can see been from left to right; Designer shoes and bags with price
ranges up to RM1000.
The atmosphere
was quiet at first. But upon our arrival, we penetrated that silence with our
chatting.
We start to
take some pictures again. But the lights were somewhat dim. We had tons of fun
there. It was awkward actually because we could feel the people working at
those branded shops were staring at first. We were that loud. But who cares.
After that, we
went downstairs, to where the food court was. To me, it wasn’t a food court
because it was just TOO HIGH CLASS! We continue taking some pictures under the
dim light and I took some with my little digital camera, unlike Valery’s DSLR.
The place was gorgeous. Little lantern lights decorated the side of the walkway
and unique lighting just right above our heads. It was just the perfect place
to take some pictures for senior page.
Unfortunately,
the security guard told us not to block the walkway. But not to my surprise,
not many people were in the building anyway.
Once we’re
done, we head back to Pavilion to shoot some more. Tourist and local people
tend to stare at us every now and then because we were making such a hell of a
noise and we acted funny. But who could blame us? We’re unique. We’re 5
Teratai.
After taking
individual and epic group shots, we went to Lot 10, which has the best food
around, to have lunch as everyone’s stomach was empty. Around 11.30pm, the vast
place was crowded with people. Song Kee, famous for its Beef Ball Noodles, was
there too and a line was forming in front of it. I wanted to eat it but I can’t
due to time constriction. But never mind. I could always go back there again.
After our
empty tummies were filled with delicious food from Lot 10, we continued our
photo-shoot in front of Pavilion. Jowyn went back home. Individual and group
shots were taken and unique poses were carried out. We also posed on the
Burberry alphabets outside Pavilion. After that, we shot some more photos in
front of the fountain.
As I was
posing for Valery, a tourist suddenly stood next to me and posed too. He almost
scare me to death! Never in my life have I experienced such a thing. Jia Yi
said I was really lucky to have a ‘Mat Salleh’ posed with me. I guess she got
jealous because she wanted to pose with him.
After shooting
in front of Pavilion and under the really hot sun rays, we went up to where the
cinema and Red Box located. Mun Leng and Yoong Hui bought tickets to catch Dark
Shadows. We shot more pictures on the bridge that links to the cinema and Red
Box. After what seemed like 5 minutes,
some wanted to walk around and the other half, karaoke. After discussing,
Valery said we all head down again and shoot some more.
We got bored
and took the bridge that links KLCC and Bukit Bintang back to KLCC. Before
that, some of my classmates went back home as it was already 3pm and they want
to avoid the rush-hour.
We head to
KLCC park and playground and shoot more photos there. After walking under the
scorching heat, we soon thirst for water. Luckily, there was a drinking
fountain there and we quench put thirst. I didn’t know the playground was huge.
There’s a pool too. But I guess it’s for kids and not for teenagers like us. We
soon found that out after Tze Ying sat on a swing and the security guard who
was on duty blew the whistle at her.
After reaching
inside KLCC, we were still thirsty and Min Sheng recommended that we go to his
uncle’s ice cream shop. The price of one cup of ice cream is enough for us to
buy two plates of chicken rice at the hawker stall!
We ponder
about it and Kevin decided that we went to the food court to buy drinks. Then
he suggested that we went to Sushi King as Sushi King gives free green tea
refills. We had some sushi and the amount of food that Kevin ordered was enough
to feed 2 people. No wonder he’s growing fatter. Some people had left to eat
something else. So all that’s left was Kevin, Valery, Jack, Jia Yi and me
sitting at the table.
After that,
with some extra time to spare, we head to TGV cinemas to kill time. Unfortunately,
the show times were not at our side. So we left and walked to Pavilion (yes, we
did cross the bridge again) and hoping to go Karaoke or catch a movie.
The Karaoke
price at Red Box during lunch time was so different compared to the usual time.
The guy at the counter said, “RM68 per person.” We were astounded! We didn’t
know it was that expensive! The price during lunch time was RM21 per person. I
guess that’s business. We should go during lunch hour. But none of us wanted to
go at that time.
So we hanged
around Snowflake at KLCC and chit chat while some of us had some dessert.
About 6.30pm,
we left to catch the LRT. The rest of them went back. So the remaining ones are
Kevin, Tze Ying, Valery, Fun Rong, Jia Yi and me. The 5 of us followed Valery
to the Monorail station and from there, we’ll take the monorail and stop at KL
Central to take the LRT back to Kelana Jaya. The monorail station at KL Central
to the LRT station was quite far. We had to cross the road and went through a
narrow walkway to the LRT station. Nearby, there was a bus. It said, “Bandar
Utama.” We were happy and glad that that bus will take us back to Bandar Utama.
But some of us already told our parents that we’ll be reaching Kelana Jaya
station. So we went up and boarded the crowded LRT.
After the LRT
had departed from the station, we were happy that we’ll be going home. But to
our surprise, the LRT was heading to Gombak! We got off at the next station and
took the next one back to Kelana Jaya. Thank God, it was the correct one. If we
had been blur enough, we might reached Gombak!
In the LRT, we
laughed at our silly mistake and joke about Tze Ying’s incident where the guard
blew the whistle at her and the time where Valery, Tze Ying and Fun Rong ran
inside the bridge and the guard on duty blew the whistle at them. It was EPIC!
Fun Rong told
me that Kevin’s tummy got bigger. I hadn’t notice!
Valery snapped
a few more pictures and to our surprise, we were the only ones talking inside the
LRT. Everyone else was sleeping, resting or reading. Oops! Our bad.
Overall, the
class photo shoot turned out to be epic and wild. I hope to meet up with them
again and have fun with the whole lot.
I bet none of
the classes that had their photo shoot were as fun and wild as this.
I’m going to
miss them for sure.
We’re 5
Teratai! We’re Versatile! We’re EPIC!
