Kuala Lumpur-fect, Malaysia

We took an 8-hour train to Kuala Lumpur (let's just say, Kevin and I kicked some booty in multiple rounds of Spades and Hearts) on Friday, June 2nd afternoon and got to our hostel (Punjangga) around 11 pm. Malaysia is primarily Muslim so we had to take our shoes off inside the hostel... and the hostel was notably wonderful. Everything inside was from IKEA and it was absolutely adorable. There were couches upstairs, dishes and cereal, unlimited refreshing water, and cool showers that felt wonderful after spending time in the heat outside. And cheap just like last time: 20 Ringot (RM)/person/night, which is about six American bucks. Again, we had our own 8-person room with bunk beds... and although we didn't get much sleep, we slept hard and good that night. The area we stayed in was very nice and extremely cute! Down the Christmas-lit street there was an Irish Pub (playing 80's music!) that we relaxed at until the early hours Friday night/Saturday morning. By the way Tiger Beer is the beer of Asia.
Saturday most everyone (not me... oops) got up at 7 to get time tickets to see the Petronas Towers... for 11:15. I have great travel buddies. We have a very, very proactive group! Here are some pictures from/by the Petronas Towers... (88 stories; we went up to the Skybridge which is on the 41st/42nd floors)

More pictures here.
So then we stayed in the towers most of the day! There was a mall and it was the King's birthday on Saturday, so there were TONS of people out shopping - there were some killer deals. We ended up taking a taxi to the MegaMall as well to tear up its 300+ stores... I bought a beautiful beautiful barrette, earrings, and a belt for pretty cheap. We never made it to any markets but we had a great time shopping at the malls! There were American stores, European stores, and I suppose Asian stores... but I'd say all the clothes were Western geared for Asian sizes, haha! Yes they had my size, although it's bigger here than in the U.S., and yes they had size 10 shoes (I saw like 1 or 2! Haha) - not all Asians are itty bitty! For dinner we found a Chili's at the bottom of the mall and it was AWESOME... I think we all wanted some good American food!
I realize I haven't been including things like tipping and driving, etc.. There is absolutely no tipping in Singapore, but there IS tipping in Thailand and Malaysia. We Americans tip well! Also the driving is crazy in Thailand and Malaysia... in Singapore it's not as bad because everyone takes public transportation or taxis to get around - private cars are discouraged in Singapore.
Back to the weekend, we headed to the train station after dinner and hopped on the "red-eye" train back to Singapore. Thank goodness we had sleepers - all of us crashed behind our little curtains! The ride was 10 pm - 7 am, but including customs/immigration and taxis afterwards, we didn't get back to Prince George's Park until 9 am.
Now it's back to school... we finished our extremely hard history class last week, and have just begun Quality Control (ISYE 3039) with Professor Lee Loo Hay. Same place and schedule as before, but probably more difficult.
Hope everyone's doing well at home!