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After talking about it for some times, finally, Grape sent me a message. She told me that she had booked her flight ticket and going to come to visit me. I was surprised, because I never thought that it's going to happen soon. Though like I said, we had been talking about it, but planning and realising it were two different matters altogether.

However, she told me that it's going to be a crazy trip because it's just going to be a day trip. I was delighted to meet her but at the same time a bit afraid of what to treat her in a few hours that she's going to be in Malaysia.

So, I decided that it's better if I stay together with her in the hotel so that we won't waste too much time for me to pick her up in the morning and trying to bring her to places in Kuala Lumpur. It's fortunate too because she will come on my long weekend because of Malaysia Independence Day holiday.

I was a bit apprehensive of whether I will be able to show Grape many things that make Malaysia unique within a short period of time, but I will try my best. And another thing, I said to her, I hope we can understand each other, because all these times, we had been text-chatting, rather than voice chatting.

On Saturday 30th August, I waited for Grape at the airport. I was afraid that we won't recognise each other, but when I saw she was smiling at me at the gate, I knew immediately that she's Grape. I think both of us were smiling from ear to ear. It felt like we had met with each other before this. There's no awkwardness of strangers meeting with other for the first time.

It was about one hour drive from the airport to our hotel. We talked about little things while I was driving. There was nothing much for Grape to see because it was dark already. And I must say, I was proud of myself because I took a wrong turn only once, I have to qualify myself, I don't like driving at night, before we reached our hotel.

After checking into our hotel, we went down to the shopping mall (the hotel was connected to the shopping mall). However, it was a bit late in the evening, about 9.30 pm and most of the restaurants and shops were closing. Thus, I asked Grape whether she's okay if I brought her to any Indian restaurant. Over here, there are a lot of Indian restaurants that open for 24 hours. 

Apparently it was the first time that Grape had ever tasted Indian food. And I don't think she enjoyed it that much because she said it was spicy. LOL. Poor Grape.

The next morning, we woke up very early to catch the Independence Day's parade. We took the train to avoid the traffic jam. When we reached the Merdeka Square, the place was jammed pack with all sorts of people. To tell you the truth, I can't see anything much, neither do Grape. So I decided to show Grape the China Town. 

Unfortunately, there's nothing much to see in the China Town in the early morning. The shops were yet to open. Then I brought her to a Chinese Temple and Hindu's Temple. Both temples are on the opposite to each other and nestled between rows of restored old shop houses. I told her that in a day she managed to visit two holy places of many Malaysians. Unfortunately, a famous Mosque a few meters away is under renovation and closed.

After visiting both temples, I thought I want to bring Grape to a Butterfly Park, which is located a few kilometers away. Unfortunately, all taxi drivers only wanted to take us there by charging an exorbitant fees which I refused to do. So I told Grape that we go back to our hotel, and play by the ear. If after some shopping and lunch, time permits, I will bring her to the Butterfly Park.

After a bit of shopping, I brought Grape to a well known Malay restaurant inside the mall. Once again, I don't think Grape enjoyed the food very much because she said it was spicy. LOL. Maybe I should tell Grape well beforehand that we love our food to be spicy.

Anyway, after our lunch I realised that we don't have much time to go to the Butterfly Park. So I decided just to bring Grape to the Petronas Twin Tower. We spent a few minutes at the park then I knew I had to drive back to the airport. 

Though I know we just spent a few hours with each other, I was glad to finally able to meet with Grape. I was sad to say goodbye to Grape and I wish that I could shown her more interesting places. I hope one of these days I will reciprocated her visit and go to Vietnam. 

To my good friend Grape Hyacinth, thank you for your wonderful friendship. I hope our friendship will last.