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this was the first time for both me and julie to go to her office in Kuantan... it was like a reconnaissance visit.


after about a 15 minute drive from the hotel we came to the industrial area of kuantan, Gebeng. Whoa... the plant was HUGE... it was the first time i have seen such a plant... clean though... very clean... (what u see coming out is vapour)


after signing in (security is quite tight in such plants) we went to the office or admin block which was a separate building. There we went to all the 3 floors of the office... Julie's collegue showed us around. It was a cosy and nice office. Very modern too.

Overall our Kuantan trip was an eye opener... it's a bit bigger then i expected, but still abit ulu... we did go to the major shopping mall in Kuantan, Berjaya Megamall with Parkson Grand as the anchor. It really felt like Pertama Complex or Maju Junction at its best... trafic condition was as expected... low... but the traffic lights were annoyingly long.

Our main minus for now is the housing areas. Most of Kuantan is made of small/tiny housing developments... ranging from just a row to several rows of houses per patch all slowly growing into a "Taman"... like patchwork... with no playgrounds in the middle... not your proper taman. only the newer ones which are further away are planned as such. Since we had little time, the ones we managed to see left us wanting...

living expences in Kuantan seem like KL prices, maybe just slightly cheaper on certain things...

the Pluses so far is u get BLUE skies everyday and great beaches at a stones throw...