August 11, 2004

Rest and Relaxation

Having finished work late yesterday, my flatmate and I decided to walk down the Jalan Bukit Bintang (the main shopping street) in order to buy some water and get a little exercise. Off we went, our eyes drinking in colours and vibrant settings, people streaming in and out of the mall (it was nine pm!) and traffic zooming up and down the road. We were quite shattered so battling our way down the sidewalk wasn't really a relaxing thing to do. Suddenly we were accosted by someone touting for customers for a foot reflexology massage. 25 Malaysian Ringitt (about 9CHF) for a whole half hour may seem like a lot to some, but for me this was too good to pass up! Ah, the utter bliss (well, not quite, some of his efforts were downright painful! but absolutly worth it) that followed is highly recommendable. We left feeling refreshed and energized.
Now we've decided to go the whole hog and look for a spa to be pampered to the nines! It's kinda tricky though to know if the spa you're interested in is what you had in mind or if the ladies in there cater for a more, let's say, intense experience. Karaoke venues are just as bad, hairdressers are pretty straightforward, luckily. I was planning to get a haircut.