KLCC Revisited

Nikon D40 @ 18mm, ISO200, f9, 1/320 sec

KLCC was the number one place I wanted to visit in Kuala Lumpur. When that wish came true, I used to hang out there every weekend just sitting at the park admiring the gigantic architecture. During my vacation to KL last year, I spent some time at the park paying tribute to the good old times. I still love the place :-)

PS: I still couldn't get all of the building into the frame even though I was shooting from the furthest end of the frontal park with an 18mm lens heheh.

Shiny

Sun

Twinkle

Lights

White Flowers

My knowledge of flower names is so limited, I'm ashamed to be a girl

Its a Monster!

Look closely and you can see the eye, nose and mouth. Eeeek!

Another View from Skybridge

Skyscrapers vs. the vertically challenged.

A Trip to KLCC Skybridge

A view of KLCC park from the skybridge, 170m above street level.

Time for a long story (rant) heheh... I woke up at 7am today and reached KLCC at 8.30am thinking I'll beat the crowd but I was very very wrong. The ticketing counter was already full of people consisting both locals and foreign tourists in a "S" shape queue. Reluctantly I went to line up as well.

I end up lining up for 40 mins :-/ Boring, yes... But there were alot of cute tourists to ogle at so it wasn't that bad. They have pretty eyes ^_^ Click to see the hard earned ticket and the visitor pass (For those who wants to know how big my fingers are the ticket photo is life sized :-P) Since I went alone, they manage to squeeze me in with the 9.45am group which was about 30 mins away. While waiting for my group's turn we waited at the mini theatre room where they showed interesting infos about the construction of the twin towers.

When its finally our turn, we have to pass through a security checkpoint which is alot like those found in airports. After that its off to the high speed lift. The journey up 41 floors only took 41 seconds and my ears were uncomfortable from the change in air pressure. We were briefed once again at the skybridge before we were finally released to explore it :-D Apparently it is a double decker skybridge and the one open for public is the lower one. It also serves as an important escape route in case anything happens to one of the towers.

Some short movies that I took (Can only view with Quicktime Player)
Video #1 (2.86MB)
Video #2 (14.5MB)

We were only allowed 10 mins at the skybridge. Judging from the amount of people lining up for the pass everyday, that's alot! I learnt from Wikipedia that only 1400 tickets are issued daily on a first come first serve basis. The visiting hours starts from 9am until 5pm but the tickets are usually out very fast. Hence the long queue :-/ Before leaving the place I lingered at the waiting room awhile reading informations on the wall and trying out some of the interesting exhibits, like the tower sway simulator, the height scanner (At 158cm, the twin towers are 286x taller than me :-(( ) and the Tesla Coil lightning strike simulator.

Going up the skybridge is a nice experience (because it gives bragging rights hehe) but I will never do it again, can't stand queuing up like today again :-/

Like a Painting

Blood red iris found in KLCC park. The group of irises can be a nice backdrop for potrait shots, like what a group of giggly teenage girls was doing when I was taking this photo ;-)

Purity

An untainted white flower with youthful light green stem, purity at its finest.