Bill and Ted misadventure

Last Friday me and Happydoc went down to Melaka for a conference entitled "Managing cardiovascular risk". Both the event and the accommodation were at Renaissance Hotel which was cool since it's a 5 star hotel so supposedly "all the good stuff in life" could come in its package.

The thing I love about waking up in a hotel for a conference is because at that moment of time it feels like I'm doing something else for living such as preparing for a huge boardroom meeting. Taking a hot shower while listening to a British chap on BBC news on the telly. Neatly pressed suit and a crisp white shirt readily hanged and me taking my own sweet time sipping that cup of hot strong coffee while watching Melaka folks minding their own business.

However to my surprise the so called 5 star hotel didn't come with a free Wifi or broadband. They instead charged a whooping $21/hour or $52 for the whole day. What a rip-off, we could even get a Wifi for a $10 coffee at sbuck. And all I need was to check a few important emails or perhaps any offline message which would take no longer than 10 mins.

After the event we decided to rush back to KL. Funny thing happened as we were approaching Linggi exit when all of sudden Happydoc's sweetheart started to moan and making weird noises. We stopped at the roadside and discovered that the cambelt was totally stretched out thin and bits of it shredded into pieces. Then the battery went flat and we got stuck for nearly 1 hour. It was so ironic that I end up laughing my arse off every 10 mins which didn't amused Happydoc at all.

Luckily PLUS men answered our SOS and jumpstart the battery. Trying not to push our luck with a worn out cambelt we continued at 50km/hr and reached KL by 1am - that's almost 4 hours from Melaka to KL. Tiring.. yes but I reckon that me and my buddy had some good quiet time by the roadside that night.

Moral of the story is "it's not the distance of a journey that counts but whom you share it with what really matters".