Malaysian Experience: Day 6 - Feedback Session

This day involved sharing our experiences with each other. Our meeting room was on the level 70, Tower 1, Petronas Twin Towers.

The meeting started off with a team building session. We were given a sketch of a simple single room house with a triangular roof. We were given a bunch of sticks and masking tape and asked how many houses we could build using our building materials. Once all the groups had given their estimates, we were then blindfolded, then asked again how many houses we could build

now. All the groups estimates dropped. We then had the build as many houses using the sticks and masking tape, all while being blind-folded. A good team building exercise for sure. This

concluded the official programme. Business cards were exchanged and our last goodbyes were said to some of the Petranas staff because not all would be seeing us off at the airport. Some of our group members left to extend their trip to Singapore as well.

The rest of the day was free time. I went to Sungei Wang, Bukit Bintang and Low Yat plaza. These malls are known for their good prices on electronics especially. But the electronics were about the same price as in South Africa though, probably because of the weak Rand currently. I actually got lost trying to find Bukit Bintang, but actually I was inside it already without knowing. Sungei Wang and Bukit Bintang are inside the same physical structure. Once inside you can walk, unknowingly, from one mall into the other.

The night one of the Petronas staff members took us to Little India with the train. We boarded from the KLCC station, then passed a few stations to arrive at Masjid Jamek station.

Commuting by train is very quick and convenient. At each station you can either by your ticket from automated ticket machines or from a manned counter. Using the automated ticket machines you enter your destination, the number of tickets required, then it calculated a fee which you then insert. A plastic ticket is issued. Its thinner than a bank card. The ticket is inserted into the access gate ticket reader, the gate opens, and your ticket is returned to you. At your destination station you ticket is kept in the ticket reader.

Little India is a night market similar to China town. Here there is majority Muslim shop owners.

View looking down from level 70, Tower 1, Petronas Twin Towers, showing the top of the tower.

View looking down from level 70, Tower 1, Petronas Twin Towers, showing the KLCC park in the centre, Masjid Al Syakirin to the left and Axion Mobil building, Traders Hotel and KLCC convention centre to the right

View looking down from level 70, Tower 1, Petronas Twin Towers, showing KLCC park to the centre and Axion Mobil building, Traders Hotel and KLCC convention centreto the right

Petronas Twin Towers seen from Traders Hotel