KL in February

I love KL, who doesn't? When I was staying in Bintulu, KL was just a distant city I could only see on TV, now that I am here staying on the outskirt of this big city, why not enjoy exploring it while we still can, right? We'll be returning to Bintulu probably in a year's time. Hmm... don't get me wrong, I love Bintulu, in fact I think every small town has character, be it Betong in Sarawak or Bentong, in Pahang, they have something to offer. For the uninitiated, currently Bintulu is home to the world's largest liquefied natural gas production facility on a single site, with an annual production of 23 million tonnes! If you calculate it in kilograms, that would mean trillions, right babah? Or need I mention to you that it has the first Gas To Liquid plant operated by Shell MDS? With 95% of the profit goes to Federal Government coffers, I can proudly declare that, my hometown plays very very important part in building this nation. Don't you think so? Anyway, I would grow up and working in remote places in the future, who knows but I am game for it, but as it is now, I want to enjoy exploring this city.. Adeeb, you wanna come with me boy? Adeeb, says, err.. which part, the Betong part or the .. cut the crap Adeeb, lets gooo!!

I suggested to babah that we stay in a hotel so that we have more time to spend there. Through www.agoda.com we found out that there is a budget hotel, that we have not heard of, with new amenities, located at Bukit Bintang area and it's called Sky Hotel. It offered great price if booking is made through agoda. So on the 6th day of February we went to KL for the city outing, we left home early as we plan to visit KL Tower before we check into the hotel. I've been dreaming to visit the tower, to see what it is like looking at the city from more than 100 meters above..

Wow.. it's the tallest telecommunication tower in the world? How come babah didn't know that? Babah said only 0.00000000001% of the world population aware of that, so he is in the majority side.. hehe after all, it is very hard to stay as the tallest, people all around the world built buildings and towers just about everyday, you maybe the tallest today, but tomorrow you may not. Just like me and Adeeb, I maybe taller than him now, but he will outgrow me for sure, right mama?

There are actually other activities to do other than climbing 125 meters tower on the elevator and watch buildings from the observation deck, but being a cheapo he is, babah didn't listen to me and Adeeb request to see Animal Zone and to try out F1 simulator.. grrrrr

Instead he treated us to this boring pony ride. Just kidding, anyway, thanks babah.. I love ponies and this was my dream came true as well, the queue was not long, unfortunately so was the ride, probably about 5 minutes ride circling the tower and the weather was hot.. and it wasn't fun, the management have to think of something to make the ride more fun, the driver, for example, if I can call him a driver, should be more friendly, he didn't utter a single word, ok maybe one or two, but it should be more than just a ride, it should be a session to explain and give information about the tower or anything, as long as it's not politics.. Adeeb said : you are right kakak.. , now finally Adeeb has something he could agree with me hehe..

After that we went to the hotel right on time for check in about 2 pm. The room is comfy, it has large bed and beautifully designed bathroom, but beware because the wall is made of glass and if you shower in nude, errr like me, you won't feel comfortable.. hehe I have not much complaint except that the airconditioning was poor, as we have to change room due to leakage aircond unit and the replacement room was not cold enough.. and the almost non-existence lobby, but the security personel are super nice though..

After check in, we went out walking along the Jalan Bukit Bintang, so many things to see there especially at night, and we ended up window shopping at the Pavillion

My first beary experience, bears were everywhere.. from around the globe, our bear was painted by cartoonist Imuda, a veteran artist only mama and babah knows hehe..

but inside the Pavillion we finally found what we looking for, a GAP store and we ended up buying GAP jeans for the four of us.. thanks mama!

I can't recall the name of the store, it could be Marvel Comic or something and me and Adeeb had fun inside the store, we buy nothing though. Marvel certainly doesn't sell Ultraman and Barbies, right Adeeb?

After that, we had our early dinner at the nearest Nando's in Bukit Bintang, as usual they will forget that we ordered desserts, hmmm.. it happens at all Nando's, I wonder why, I guess they need to include this in their training materials for staff

The hotel doesn't serve breakfast, I couldn't recall if they have restaurant, but hey there are plenty of good restaurants around. But that didn't mean that we eat at any of them, babah brought something last night when he went shopping alone around the Bukit Bintang Walk, so we ate inside. We checked out of the hotel early as we will be heading to Berjaya Times Square after that. You know, Times Square Theme Park.. I just couldn't wait!

We got to ride on almost everything available for us kids with certain age and height, that would mean, 6, 7 rides? We paid so much for so little fun.. pity mama who paid for the entrance.. right mama?

After about 2 hours inside the theme park, we headed for lunch at the Rasa Utara Restaurant. A nice restaurant that serves great food, you really have to try the next time you are here. I love daging salai the most.. hmm yummmyy! We returned to the car after that.. I couldn't remember the journey home, we were all tired and with full stomach, all I can think of is, it was a dreamy drive home.. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Weekend Getaway ~ Seremban

Babah come home this weekend. With additional of two days of public holidays for CNY celebration so I thought we can spend a night somewhere out of town, where would that be? So I helped mama to search in the internet, Port Dickson sounds great but I don't really like beaches. Hmmm.. anywhere as long as we can stay in a hotel. Then mama suggested Royale Bintang Resort & Spa Seremban, and I was like, they have resort in Seremban? Why not.. 

It is a great hotel.. quite new and located within the town centre

the room is spacious and well equipped, with lazy sofa for me lying down watching tv, and for adeeb sitting and playing with his new gadget.. ahhh heaven..

despite it being a large hotel, the aisle and lobby was surprisingly quiet, you can see me and adeeb running and screaming our lungs out like nobody care , except errr.. mama.. hehe

we don't intend to visit the museums or zoos (is there any?) we just want to stay at the hotel, watch tv, drink sodas and munch crackers than sleep, get up late, eat breakfast and swim. So first thing first, we went to the nearest Jusco to get the supplies of Mamee, Jack N Jills and drinks. I asked Adeeb to load as much as possible crackers, chips whatever you can grab Adeeb, c'mon boy fasttterrr.. before mama said stop..

it was already dark when we left the mall so babah decided that we go for dinner before we return to the hotel. Mama said she read a good review about one steamboat restaurant at Seremban 2 and why don't we go looking for the place and give it a try. It wasn't easy finding the place though, couldn't find it in the GPS. The address was right, so was the road, but we couldn't just find it, not after almost half an hour searching. Fortunately, the food was great, we spent almost 2 hours boiling and grilling assorted seafood, fishcakes, meat and eggs..

the next morning, it was all about food again, well the breakfast spread wasn't disappointing and the restaurant was full house, we were lucky not having to queue for our seats

this is the reason that I love hotels other than breakfast, swimming pools, and my goodness, they have beautiful swimming pool here and I guess this pool is the reason they call themselves a resort.. just my wild guess..

I thought I love pools, but I had just realised that Adeeb is crazy about swimming pools. He went wild jumping and running between the two small pools for kids and he wanted to jump into the larger pool for adults! Goodness me! Adeeb, relax brother, you need to learn how to swim first like me, I'm still learning though hehe..

Happy Belated New Year...

I hope it's not too late to wish you guys a Happy New Year...hmmm I was quite busy lately (I hope that could possibly explain the post update delayed for months *sigh*) mama said that's okay, it's better late than never, rite guys? I have sooo many stories to share - our unforgettable trip to Singapore, Bali, Hong Kong (opppsss that will be next year's plan hehe)...so many post updates to catch up, but I just leave it to babah to do that, will ya babah? 

You might be wondering how life is treating us, rite? Well, I've started my school days this year, so now officially I can call myself a student ;) adeeb, wait for your turn next year occay bro? I'm gonna be 4 in April, and yet I've already learned basic things like A-Z, 1-20 in English, 1-10 in Malay, and alif ba ta...I hope by the end of the year I would show babah that I could read the business journals hehehe

adeeb was making fun of my statement...hey little brother, listen to me, when I turn 4, I will write my name on your cute face, do your hear me? when I turn 4 occay? just wait and see *grrr*

so guys, I have to work harder on my spelling and reading parts. For the time being, I just focus on doing my homeworks, over and over again...practice makes perfect maaa...For simple letters like 'i', 'l', and 'o' I can write it down by myself, and the rest I have to beg mama to guide me...most of the times she will get mad at me when I refuse to follow her guidance, and she keeps asking me to finish my homework at school. Hellooo mama, this is supposed to be HOMEwork, not SCHOOLwork okay??? And there was a time when she was too tired to rake over the coals, she just did my homework for me without uttering a single word. I wonder how come she keeps telling people she's an educator when most of the times she seems to lose her endurance and patience easily *sigh*

Don't make it any harder for mama, big sista! She has sooo many things to do ~ struggling with her studies, taking care of us all by herself, and the list goes on...just look at me, I would never bother her with my homework (if I have any la hehe), I just sit back and do my own work :)

sometimes mama let us play with  the samsung galaxy tab and babah's old mobile. Well, we admit that we are not a tech savvy like babah, but we know better how to entertain ourselves when mama is busy ;)

especially for this little brother of mine, he would never let go the tab once mama handed it to him...well you know in one minute mama might change her mind, and she could hiding the tab away from us, so better safe than sorry ;))

okay adeeb, anything you want to add? "hmmm, other than the fact that babah is sooo far far away, life is treating us well..." occay brother, you sound like a genius this time ;)