KL - 25 Sept - Mid Autumn Night

We were initially told we could all be off work to rest for the whole day. But well, in KL, nothing is certain. However, I had to conduct a few trainings today, 1 in the office & another one in Gardens: a new shopping mall yet to open.
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So I got up at 6:45am. Left with taxi uncle at 8:30am & went to the office.
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At 1pm, Uncle picked me up & sent me to the Gardens.
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When I was over at Gardens & saw the familiar dust, noises, workers, masks... I felt a sense of Dejavu. Lucky me I need not be involved in the set up for this store. I also thought to myself - Why open so many huge malls? Gardens is located right beside MidValley Mega Mall.
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I heard the mall was to be officially open on the 26 Sept, which is tomorrow. But when I was there I had a shock. Personally I doubt the possibility BUT of course I could never be sure. Our store is ready however.
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Uncle picked me up at 4:30pm & sent me to Pavilion. At Pavilion, a few of us went supermaket-ing. We bought fresh vegetables & food to prepare for steamboat dinner tonight at our manager's unit in the Somerset Apartment.
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We figured: It's Zhong Qiu Jie, we should be spending the evening with our families & since all of us are away from home, we shall make the homely feeling right where we are.
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Here are the pics:


The whole SIngapore Team here in KL, all from different departments got together to whip up a fun-filled evening.

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Initially we had wanted to get lanterns & such but were shot down by some saying there were no space for us to light them.. sigh.. SPOILER.. *grins*
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We prepared Steamboat using the rice-cooker that the apartment provided, we prepared Pasta, we ordered takeaways of BBQ Chicken Wings, Satays, Grilled Sambal Stingray from Jalan Alor nearby. We didn't intentionally blur off the pictures.. WELL excuse me I am handicapped with no camera this trip... I have been struggling with using my handphone camera to snap pictures SO QUIT COMMENTING!

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Many in the team are also down with flu & lethargy. Well, we all worked non-stop since we arrived here. We have put up with dust, dirt, noises, mosquitoes & sleepless shifts. We had to endure the on-going renovations. We even sent one staff from the other department back to Sinagapore as he was badly affected by the situation that stirred up from Tuberculosis from years ago. That is HOW BAD the dust really are!
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As for me, I am recovering. No fever.
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Well, we also had ice-cream & moon cake of course for the night. How can I do without moon cakes? Yummy to the thought of it.

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Just when all the talking & eating were going on.. it started to pour. There were thunders rolling from faraway.. BUT the view outside of the apartment was spectacular!

I stepped out onto the balcony, wow.. it was beautiful. Suddenly the city became engulfed in the softness of rain & breeze. What was left standing bright & tall was the Petronas Twin Towers (Suria KLCC). Breathtaking.

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You can't help but to wonder if this rain was called in for us to miss our loved one at homes.

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