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Part 1
There was never any doubt that I would return to KL.Only the right reasons were begging.
The perfect opportunity came along soon enough.
It was a free day for my brother and Dawn who were in KL for a competition. They were planning to go Hard Rock Cafe. Hooi Ying would be free the day after, and I could pop by at Penang for some good food. And Pong was in KL for a debate. I haven't meet her for almost a year since my conference in Chulalongkorn University.
And so I packed my bag, for yet another trip to KL.
It was almost impossible to find the commonwealth hall in Bukit Jalil Stadium. 6 people pointed me in the wrong direction, until my brother came out to look for me. It was nowhere near where they pointed me to, and I wondered why can't they tell me they had no idea where the place was. Unless of course, if there were six commonwealth halls in the stadium.
Jessie had dragged Mei Fong and another medicine student out to meet us at Hard Rock Cafe. It was indeed a very nice gesture from her. But as the night dragged on, it became obvious we were not going to make it there in time. I was very apologetic, by the time we reached the place, it was way past 11pm and Jessie and friends had to leave the place.
The night however was never ending soon. I met up with Pong and her friend, Top. They were in KL for the World Universities Peace Invitational Debate which ended only a few hours ago. I dismissed the plan to go Hard Rock Cafe as Dawn didn't meet the age requirement. Instead, we made a long walk all the way down to Bukit Bintang, eventually stopping at some Arabian restaurant. I first met Pong when I was in Chulalongkorn University for an International Conference in January this year. She was part of her university team then. Pong is yet another impressive student. Debating competition has brought her to many places, and she speaks five languages: Thai, English, Danish, Japanese and Vietnamese.
The restaurant closed at 2am so we made our way to Hotel Impiana, where their university had an extra room as one of them left earlier. Pong retired early, she woke up early for the last round and it had been almost 24 hours since she last slept. And Top was really a nice guy, promising her that he would stay up with us, although it was obvious that neither of them wanted us to fall asleep in that room. Top would be making his way down to Singapore the next day, so we promised to meet up with him then.
It was also about then that Hooi Ying told me she would not be free to meet me in Penang later in the day, which means I would spend the time with the chess guys. The trip to Penang seemed more likely to be unrealized.
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