I could feel the humidity immediately as I stepped off the plane. Malaysia.
KL was frustrating for me because:
A. The airport I came into wasn't the terminal I was leaving from to go to Penang. Had to get a taxi to go to the other terminal, which I knew already but finding the right price was kinda hard.
B. It was hard to communicate with people, especially the airport workers because their English was often limited and my Bahasa Malaysian was non-existent. They kept pointing me back and forth.
I also met some Vietnamese people...a lot in fact. I didn't realize how many Vietnamese people there were in Malaysia. A lot come over for work. They pointed me in a certain direction too. They were nice to me though. They didn't understand my Vietnamese at first...well when I woke up at least they didn't understand me...:( Then they understood after while. I totally understood them...blow to the self-esteem.
C. my luggage was overweight (as usual right?). I should have weighed it before and bought the extra. It was no problem through international flights. The only thing is I was about to fly a domestic flight from Kuala Lumpur to Penang, the island my friend lives on, and for a domestic flight, the baggage allowance is CONSIDERABLY LESS. I had a big luggage and a little luggage. To check-in the big luggage had to be 15kg (what I bought on the plane ticket...could have upgraded it but I didn't...poor planning on my part...didn't weigh my luggage). Mine was close to 23kg. The little luggage to bring on the plane was supposed to be only 7kg. Mine was 11kg. I moved as much stuff over to my little luggage and stored it at the airport for 7 days for 70 Malaysian Ringets, which comes to about $21. I also had to pay EXTRA because the luggage I was checking in was STILL overweight at 19kg, so I paid 60MR for that, about $17. Plus, I had some of my friend's stuff that I needed to give to him like four packets of beef jerky, a costco pack of gum, and some other junk. But even without that coming back, I think my luggage will still be oveweight, so I will probably call in and upgrade it for my flight back.
D. I was frustrated with my luggage weight problem ALREADY and then a WOMAN CUTS IN FRONT OF ME IN LINE! That really irked me but then she said something and I didn't understand, and it seemed like she didn't understand me either...although I'm pretty sure she said that her flight was soon (and so was mine!...I saw her, we were on the same flight), so she cut. So irksome but whatever I just let her go. She was fast about it.
E. I got to KL at 10pm and the flight to Penang was at 6:55am, so I tried to sleep and only managed about 2 or 3 hours of sleep. It wasn't no Seoul Airport and I tried many different positions.
By close to 3am, I just stayed up for the rest of the time talking to the Vietnamese people behind me. They thought I was Thai at first.
Finally got to Penang's airport the next morning, and James was on time waiting for me. Well, he was sitting down and watching me for a while seeing what I would do and I sat down and didn't see him. It wasn't until I walked outside that he finally came up to me. What a jerk, but I was definitely glad he was on time, and everything was good after that. :)
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