Fourth Day in Kuala Lumpur

Today we had decided to go shopping. Our first destination was SOGO, a shopping mall. We were actually quite disappointed by that place. They were having a great sale, but we couldn't find anything to buy.

We have now also discovered that we should use old taxis rather than newer ones. The price difference ranges from 6.70MYR to 25MYR for the same distance! If they ask for too much we just refuse to pay that price and we get the price down. After SOGO we returned to the hotel area and went for lunch. 2 stories below the shopping mall, that is only minutes away from the hotel, we found the largest food court I have ever seen! There were restaurants galore as well as shops. We ended up at a Japaneese restaurant and had mixed tempura and green tea. We also stopped by a great bake shop and bought some pastries for our afternoon coffee at the hotel.

After lunch we headed out for China Town and some shopping. Here we did find some handbags - fake of course, but still nice.

The Swedes are trickeling in from all over the world and it is great to see old friends. This organization we belong to, SWEA, is incredible. Even people you have never seen before seem like old friends and some you might have been e-mailing with for months and you finally get to meet in person. For dinner a bunch of us went to a Malay restaurant called Top Hat. We talked a little "business" but mainly it was just a great evening out. Tomorrow the actual conference days start with registration and I have a meeting with the SWEA International board in the morning.