Felda Residence Hot Spring Sungai Klah Sungkai Perak

This time, let's explore a hidden gem in Felda Sungkai that is the Hot Spring Sungai Klah. Spending a night or two in one of the hotel room or villa/bungalow with 1-3 rooms will allow you to enjoy the hot bath in the pool. If you choose to stay in the hotel room (2 storey building), you will have to go to the main pool to enjoy the hot/cold bath. However, your willingness to spend a bit more out of your pockets will give you the opportunity to experience a private hot/cold bath plus jacuzzi at home (the villa/bungalow). Just a few steps from your room or living hall, you can spend all day long in the private pool. I love it so much!

A bath tub is also provided in the master bedroom's bathroom. It's quite luxury...But, I really enjoy it. The whole family have fun at the villa. Nevertheless, my boy still want to go to the main pool. Yeah, i understand that the main pool is larger than the private pool, no doubt about that.

There are two main pool at the hot spring; one with the hot water and the other with cold water. My boy also enjoy boiling egg at the egg boiling station. My parents take the opportunity to put their leg into the hot water...having foot spa...hehe...

Since there are not many stalls that sell proper dinner or lunch, the Meranti Cafe that is located within the residence also offer foods for the visitors at a reasonable rate. You can choose from its menu in ala carte or buffet. Convenience stores are available nearby the residence, selling tits bits, traditional food, ice cream, local fruits, etc.

Philea Resort and Spa Malacca

Resort made from log

The resort is located at Lot 2940 Jalan Ayer Keroh Off Jalan Plaza Tol Melaka. Immediately after exit the Ayer Keroh's toll, take the left turn. The resort is built next to the Butterfly and Reptiles Park Malacca. 

I would say this resort is unique. Why? As highlighted in its official website, http://www.phileahotel.com, the resort is the first and largest log resort in Malaysia. It offers a calm and privacy holiday for those who need one. Since we stay in Kuala Lumpur, we will choose this resort whenever we need a short vacation nearby our place. It takes about 2 hours journey from Kuala Lumpur.

Love the fascinating view around the resort

 Visitors' cars are parked at the designated parking near the lobby. From the lobby, visitors may take the buggy or walk to the assigned cabin or room. My spouse prefer to walk around the resort to enjoy the beautiful scenery around there. My son and i enjoy the buggy ride. So, sometime we take the buggy, the other time we walk.

Beautiful pool

My son fall in love with the swimming pool. With no interest in pool before, he become motivated to swim in this pool having seen the beautiful layout of the pool surrounded by man made waterfall. We have some privacy there as there were not many people at the pool. Since we didn't expect to use the swimming pool, we didn't bring our swimming costume. Here there go extra cash spend for the unexpected cause. We shopped at Aeon Malacca. Not that far from the resort, yet the heavy traffic really caused inconveniences.

Overall, we really enjoy our short vacation at the resort. There are several types of room to choose from (e.g. pavilion room, Philea Suite). I admit the price is a bit expensive. However, this can be compensated with the experiences that we got there. Philea Resort and Spa Malacca offers different experiences than the typical hotel rooms and environment (e.g. in the city center).

Room for 3 persons

In term of food, i would rather suggest visitors to eat outside the hotel, as the food taste in our opinion, is just so-so. If you are keen on having a great taste of food, you may want to travel outside the resort, for example, go to Umbai for tasteful grill fish and other seafoods  or Malacca central for traditional Malacca foods. However, you have to forgo the time spent at the resort. So, choose wisely. We definitely will come back for another short vacation in the near future.

Rabbit Park Shah Alam Selangor

Located within the area of Giant Hypermarket Section 13 Shah Alam, this small park is great for toddlers who are really appreciate this cute tiny creatures. Most toddlers love animals, right? With fee of RM3 per person, i think this place is good for a very short visit, especially for those who does not have pets at home, yet, the child love animals so much (i wonder if you can spend your money every week to go to zoo to watch the animals..heheh...). So, for me, this is one of the alternative. Mommies can also spend some time to shop at Giant, while their kids enjoying themselves at the park with guardian, of course. I heard that this park also provides overnight place for rabbits, in case the owners wanna go outstation. Great hah!

Penang - Food Heaven

Wow...the title has made me feel like eating...eating...and eating...yumm..yumm... But, to go there, I need to spend about 3 1/2 hours drive from KL to Penang. Erkh...

Any ideas on what's special in Penang? Many people said there are so many yummy food there. Look at what I have found so far.

Nasi Kandar Beratur Penang

Nasi Kandar Line Clear at Penang Road

Mee Sotong Padang Kota Lama

Sotong Kangkung Gurney Drive Penang

I'm sure this is just a few of them. Will add more from time to time. For those who have suggestions, pls...add them in the comments. Sharing is caring...


Hmmm....yummy.... I'm looking forward to go to Penang and enjoy the "makan-makan" (eating) time there.

I'm back after a long silence.

Tags: malaysia, malaysian, travel, tourism, blog

Huh! What a long break! Very busy with my daily schedule. Haven't had so much time to update my blog. Hope this time around no more LONG break. It's almost 3 years. Yeah! That's the age of my son now. Will try to allocate time for this blog while he's away for school. Wait ya!

BOH Tea Plantation @ Cameron Highland, Pahang

Located at Cameron Highland, Pahang, BOH Tea Plantation offers another attraction for those who visit to this premier hill resort. Even though I had several times been in Cameron Highland, this is my first time there. I always stop at Cameron Bharat Tea Shop, to have some light refreshments before continue my journey to Brinchang. But this time, I had the chance to visit Boh Tea Plantation instead. The route to the plantation is quite challenging. But, once you reach the plantation, you may have some rest there, visit the factory to see the process of tea production, feel the calmness and beautiful scenery out of the tea plantation while tasting the great tea at the tea shop, and even shop some souveniours there. There’s so much variety of tea you can try (original, mint, herb…can’t remember all). I wish I can be there everyday…having my tea time with my love one there…Hot tea served with muffin, sandwiches, pie, cakes, yum..yum..yum...Can’t wait our the visit. Maybe to bring other family members together.

I wish I can visit the factory on that day, unfortunately, the factory was closed. So sad…huhuhu…and I wish I can climb the hill to see the larger view of the plantation from the top of the hill (look-point), but with my condition of 2+ months pregnant during that time, just can’t afford it. Even the journey to the BOH tea plantation (from the main road) had made me feel a bit dizzy…Hmm…but, it can be compensated with the great taste of BOH tea at the tea shop on that day.

As alternative, you can visit the Sungai Palas Boh Tea Centre, near Equatorial Hotel at Brinchang. That is my aim for the next visit to the Cameron Highland.

For 'Satay' / 'Sate' Lover: Satay Hut, Tanjung Karang @ Tanjong Karang, Selangor

I can say it (Satay Hut) as one of attraction in Selangor. What’s so special about this place? We can simply find satay almost anyway in KL or other places. “Satay Hut”, a place to taste a “large size” satay. Before this, we have Sate Ria and Sate King in town, but now both businesses shut down already.

Here it comes another choice for satay lovers. Satay Hut…Located in Tanjong Karang, Selangor, nearby Tanjung Karang Hospital. Opened at 4.30 pm till 2.00 am. It is a worth place to come for satay lover. Even though the main attraction is the “plus-size” satay, there are also small / ordinary size satay there. In case some of your friends or family members don’t really like satay, Satay Hut also offer other menus such as Thai and Malay cruisine. I went there with my beloved husband. Just to try some meals at another “popular place to eat”. We tasted mee bandung there, hmm..not bad. It tasted great. We had ABC and watermelon juice too…may be we will try other menus in our next visits.

Especially for those who are already in Kuala Selangor, beside having seafood for dinner, may be you can try Satay Hut, as alternative. Just a few miles from Kuala Selangor, you’ll reach Tanjung Karang. You can see Satay Hut just beside the main road, near the Tanjung Karang Hospital. Make sure you come in the evening or night because Satay Hut is not available during lunch.

Really hope that I can bring my family members to taste Satay Hut next time. Enjoy your Satay @ Satay Hut Tanjung Karang @ Tanjong Karang.

The MINES Resort City Tour @ The MINES Shopping Mall

My husband and I had great experience yesterday from the MINES Resort City Tour @ Mines Shopping Mall. Got the opportunity to enjoy the sightseeing cruise for almost 1 ½ hours. Just pay RM60 for two persons, you’ll be cruising from the MINES Cruise main jetty, to the water lift (new experience for us), and then down to the north lake. We saw Palace Beach and Spa Resort, it's really beautiful. Nearby the lake, we had fishfeeding. We can see so many fish in the lake. We had the cruise with another two families. Their children really enjoy the moment here.

After seeing the beautiful scenery from the golfclub, Palace Beach and Spa, several VIPs’ private bungalows, including our our former Prime Minister’s mansion, we headed to The Palace of the Golden Horses, the six-start hotel. according to the tour-guide, the rate for 1 night at the hotel is around RM600-RM700. So expensive...But, I'm sure the service and facilities are superb...six-star...Then we made a U-turn, to continue our journey to the south lake. More VIPs’ mansions and apartments by the lakeside can be seen from the south lake tour. Not much interesting things explored from the South lake tour.


My new experience from the tour was the “WATER LIFT”. Before this, I had several times enjoyed the sighseeing cruise, but during that time, there's no water lift and the tour was rather limited. wanna know more about the water lift? Click here: http://www.minescruise.com/water_lift.htm

Other packages are also available to choose from. For example, Sunset dining cruise, message cruise, etc. We started our cruise at about 11.30 am and finish at almost 1 pm.

"Pekan Rabu" or Wednesday Market @ Alor Setar, Kedah

Every time I went back to my hometown at Perlis, I must visit this place, Pekan Rabu. This is one of the popular places in Kedah. Pekan Rabu is located at the centre of Alor Setar town. The place is well known for their traditional items such as foods, clothes, etc. and is very popular among both local people and also tourists from all over the countries.

Traditional foods (Kuih tradisional) such as dodol, kuih karas, peneram, bahulu, etc. are among the hot items sold here. With the new business complexes built surrounding the Pekan Rabu, the variety of items sold increased. Now, there are plenty of shops selling different kind of textiles, tudung, songkok, traditional clothes such as baju kurung and baju melayu. It’s more or less like Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, which is also known as the Heaven of Textiles.

So, now, people who live nearby, for example, Perlis and Penang, they may choose to go to Kuala Lumpur or just shop at Alor Setar, which is nearer to their places.

Pekan Rabu will become more busy during public holidays, festive seasons such Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raya, and weekends. You can see that many outsiders, from other states went back to their hometown, and shop their things at Pekan Rabu. This is the place where they come to get their materials for the preparation for Hari Raya.

Trishaw Ride Around the City of Malacca

Trishaw Ride? I love it so much!

Suddenly, I feel like I wanna have a ride on a trishaw. So, my husband took me to the City of Malacca on the Chinese New Year Holiday. Wow, there were so many people in town. Most of them are tourists. Our first destination was the Maritim Museum, which I had written about it before. Then, we had a tour on a trishaw. Tour around the City of Malacca. What is so special about the trishaw ride at Malacca? Here, you can see many beautifully decorated trishaw with different theme. Just choose which one you like the most. The tour become more meaningful when the trishaw ride includes a tour guide given by the trishaw’s owner. They were all well-trained by a tourism body to deliver the tour guide to the tourists.

We were brought to the Ethnics Museum, Dataran Pahlawan, Kota A Famosa, etc. What a wonderful moment I had on that day. With the beautiful decorated trishaw, riding with your loved one…you’ll feel really great! I wish I can be there again in the future.

Of course there are many other places of attraction around Malacca, but we straight away go to the city because we want to have our lunch at Umbai after that. As usual, love the “Ikan Bakar @ Umbai” grilled fish together with other seafood such as prawns, crabs and cuttlefish. The sea foods here are fresh…and delicious…and one more thing, the price is also reasonable as compared to seafood in KL.

Due to heavy traffic on that day, we didn’t have enough time to go to Mini Asian, Malacca Zoo, Crocodile Park, etc. Even though I had already been there a few years back, still wanna see if there is a change or new attraction available at those places. Hope we’ll find some other time to go there.

Malaysian International Batik Festival

I brought my family to Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) last weekend for sight-seeing, shopping and lunch. They just came from Kangar, Perlis last week. And KLCC is always be one of the must visit places for my niece and nephews. They really enjoy sight-seeing and playing at the KLCC park. For the adults like my MIL and FIL, I think they just need some relaxing moments spent in KL, other than Kangar, Perlis. And not to forget my SIL, she’s busy with her shopping…My husband and I have to become the driver of the day…Heheh…

When we reach KLCC at about 11 am on Saturday, we straight away go to the KLCC park. On the way there, we saw a stage with a backdrop written “Malaysian International Batik Festival”. There you go…My niece and nephew were so excited to watch the demonstration held at several booth at the festival.

What make they became more excited is where they’ve got the opportunity to try themselves producing their own batik print. After received the batik chop from the first booth, they went to the second booth to color the batik design. Once completed, they can kept their works. Maybe it’s good to frame the batik design and hang them on the wall…

At the festival, there have been many interesting activities held, which much of the focus has been given to promote Malaysian batik to international level. I can see many tourists and foreigners experienced themselves on batik-making process. Detail explanation has been given by the demonstrators on the step-by-step process of making batik. It was really fun, yet informational.

I’m sure there will be more activities coming up in conjunction with the Malaysian International Batik Festival.Don’t forget to watch for more events. My family cannot really visit every booth on that day, as we had spent too much time waiting for the kids coloring their batik. After finished with the coloring, we had our lunch at Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Need to go earlier, otherwise it will become fullhouse. Really enjoyed ourselves at the festival.

Good Bargain @ Padang Besar

Padang Besar, which is located in Perlis, is a border town between Malaysia-Thailand. Padang Besar is a popular place for shopping, particularly items from Thailands. Shoppers can purchase variety of items (e.g. leather goods, accessories, households items, groceries, clothings, snacks, etc.) that came from Malaysia and Thailand at a bargain price. A duty free shop is also available at Padang Besar. I will not miss to visit Padang Besar, every time I went back to my home town.
Padang Besar is not only an attraction for local and international travellers, but also business owners. Some of business owners get their supplies from Padang Besar, and sell the items to end customers at affordable price. So, those who don’t have the opportunity to visit Padang Besar, but would like to buy something from here, they can get it from the business owners. That’s why we can see nowadays, most products available at Padang Besar are also available at other places. But, may be it is sold at higher price.

In my opinion, Padang Besar is more popular among the ladies, compared to men. This is because, sometime I can see several grouped trip arranged at own cost, to go to Padang Besar for just 1-2 days, and most interesting things, they are all ladies. The main purpose is just to “shop” at Padang Besar. Of course there are several places nearby Perlis that are very popular for shopping too, for example Wang Kelian and Bukit Kayu Hitam. These places are just border of Thailand. Look for forthcoming entries on these two places in near future.

Padang Besar is also synonym with Rantau Panjang, which is located in Kelantan. The shopping experience that one may have in these two places is very similar. I can see many tourists spend their money to buy households items such as comforters, home decors, towels, etc. While the children love to go there because there’s a lot of toy, teddy bear, snacks that they could have at Padang Besar. The man, may be they can shop their casual clothing and enjoy the fresh coconut drinks with Thai meals at the food courts.

Although most of Padang Besar items can be made available at many other places, the popularity of this place remains especially during festive seasons and school and public holidays. Many people who visited Perlis should not miss the opportunity to visit Padang Besar, a must-place to be visited in Perlis.

Putrajaya Flower & Garden Festival 2007 - Floria

Last Saturday, my husband and I went to visit the Putrajaya Flower and Garden Festival 2007 (Floria Putrajaya), which is held at Precint 2, Putrajaya for about 1 week. It’s still not too late if you wanna go there. We went there on the 25th August, the very first day of the event. After we had our breakfast at TTDI Jaya, we straight away go to Putrajaya. My husband was really excited to watch the event. He said that he wanna apply the photography knowledge that he got from the Internet. Let’s see…

It’s already 11.30 am when we reach the venue. It’s quite late actually…matahari pun dah naik…the weather is getting hot (cair le puteri lilin ni, paling tidak pun sunburn). With the theme of “Splash of Colour”, visitors will be enthralled by a spectacle of every imaginable colour of rainbow being displayed in all its glory throughout the festive setting.

We visited the “Merdeka Garden”, a special garden designed in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary Celebration. This garden features as the entrance garden that aimed to be an inspirational masterpiece. Next, we entered the “Floral Pavilion” that exhibit floral masterpieces by both the international and local designers. Each garden is segmented into several sections (Special Gardens, Floral Windows, Flower Power, Floral Sculpture, Floral Fashion, Tutti-Frutti, Fine Dining and Floral Arrangement), so that visitors can really appreciate the beauty and feel the differences between sections.

Not enough with the indoor garden, an outdoor garden showcase consists of the Floria Showcase gardens with the theme “Rainbow Serenade”, Orchid Precinct, Garden Square and Bazaar, etc. While watching the beautiful scenery surrounds the exhibition area, you can also buy souvenirs such as “kain batik”, plants, cupcakes, and a lot more.

For both of us, this event is definitely an event worth visiting. We thought that we had to pay the entrance fees, but you know what?!!...It’s free…No need to pay anything to enter the festival…The parking is also FOC.

Wow, definitely the 50th Malaysian Independent’s Day celebration will become another remarkable event for Malaysian. I can see there are so many activities take places in conjunction with this memorable event. Looking forwards to see the firework performance…and may be the Merdeka Parade…

Source of info: http://www.putrajayafloria.com/

A'Famosa Resort, Malacca

Every Kind of Fun @ A’Famosa Resort, Malacca

The A’Famosa Animal World Safari in Alor Gajah, Malacca, is definitely the place to take the family for loads of wholesome fun and adventure. Thinking that it was just a hyped up version of a zoo, the writer was not too keen to visit the park and having to bake under the sun simply to see some animals lazing around in their cages. But golly, she could not have been more wrong…

Blurry-eyed after having nodded off during the 45-minute bus ride from the Century Mahkota Hotel in Malacca, I was pleasantly greeted at the entrance by the park’s management staff, Minah the baby orang utan and three elephants. It was love at first sight with the adorable Minah. However no amount of cajoling would allow me to carry her as she had her heart set on one of the guys in our group. Poor me had to contend with Minah plastering a kiss on my cheek as I bade her adios and ventured into the “wilderness” constituting the Animal World Safari. There is definitely “so much” to explore.

The safari walk through the landscaped park offers visitors the opportunity to touch and feed the mild animals like deer, ducks and rabbits, ride the camels and ostriches, and milk the cows. We were ushered off to catch the very entertaining multi-animal show which evoked shrieks of delight not just from the children but adults as well. The show featured orang utans golfing and weightlifting, dogs doing tricks and a monkey diving into a pool, among others. Visitors were allowed to snap photographs with some of the animals like the Albino python after the show.

Next was the excellent elephant performance which is at par, if not better, than the shows in Thailand. The gigantic beasts enthralled the crowd with their intelligence and graceful beauty. Animal World Safari also boasts a bird show and the Wild Wild West cowboy stunt show which is similar to the one at Universal Studio in Orlando, Florida.

Get ready to embark on your African safari with the heart-lurching truck ride which will take you into the predator zone of the majestic lions and tigers, an African “game reserve” and a crocodile pond. Our group was greeted by a lioness doing her “business” as we entered her den. She was however unperturbed with our presence and instead stared curiously at this bunch of gawking trespassers. The reserve was like a real African safari with animals like zebras, giraffes, camels and antelopes roaming freely in a vast expanse of land sparsely dotted with trees and shrubs. You can almost reach out and touch the animals had it not been for the “fenced-up” truck. The park aims to create awareness on wildlife conservation.

Animal World Safari is also equipped with comfortable rest stops, camping and picnic sites, and stalls serving a variety of food. There is also a high-tech farmhouse hatchery, nutrition workshops, animal rides, animal petting houses and a river cruise to the monkey island where you get to meet various species of monkeys.

Animal World Safari is just one of the many attractions in the self-contained A’Famosa Resort that also boasts one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world and the biggest water theme park in the country. The international class, 27-hole golf course is a paradise surrounded by breathtaking scenery. The natural hilly contours provide a great challenge for golfers. The nine holetracts - Rocky course, Palm course and Crocodile course with live crocodiles were created by Australian golf course architect Ross C.Watson. The greens are from Bermuda Titwarf while the fairway is landscaped in Bermuda Greenless Park. Fishing enthusiasts can try their luck with patin, haruan, tilapia, keli and jelawat in the fishing pond which is the extension of the golf water hazards.

Occupying an area of 8ha, the Water Theme Park features a man-made beach, the adrenaline pumping, seven-storey high-speed slide, wave pool, family raft ride and the longest and widest theme park river in Malaysia, the 504m Lazy River. Toddlers can have a splashing time at the Tots Activity Pool while children will find the Arabian Village a sheer delight.

A new attraction is the A’Famosa Cowboy Town offering a taste of the American Wild West adventure like stunt shows, a street brawl, trick gun draws and trick horse rides on the main street. Visitors can enjoy their BBQ dinner while being entertained by cowboy singers belting out country songs. Facilities here include a beer garden, discotheque, cyber cafe, wet market, 12-lane bowling alley, children theme park and fun fair. Admission is free. The town is open from 5pm to midnight on weekdays and from 5pm to 2am on weekends.

The A’Famosa Resort also contains an Equestrian Club (open to both members and the public), woodball course, archery, kite flying, cycling and jungle trekking. In short, there is something for everyone. Gastronomic needs are more than catered for by the western and local cuisines served at the breezy Golfer’s Terrace while authentic Chinese fare can be enjoyed at the Huang Di Restaurant.

To accommodate your business and social activities, the resort’s clubhouse is equipped with a beautiful ballroom and five function rooms. Accommodation is in the form of the luxury A’Famosa Resort Hotel, condominiums or the three to five-bedroom bungalows with private swimming-pools. The resort is a mere one and a half hour’s drive from Kuala Lumpur and two hours from Singapore.

A’Famosa Resort
Jalan Kemus, Simpang Empat
78000 Alor Gajah, Malacca
Tel: (06) 552 0777, Fax: (06) 5520811
E-mail: afamosa@po.jaring.my

· The Consortium Agents for Malacca Packages in Penang are offering several tour itineraries to Malacca that include visits to the A’Famosa Resort.

· The Weekend Getaway (minimum 40 adults) is priced from RM229 adult/RM139 child with departure every Saturday while the three-day Discover Malacca-Family Holidays (minimum two adults) is available from RM399 adult/RM199 child and departure is every Friday.

· For bookings, call Admiral Tours & Travel Tel: (04) 263 6394) or Georgetown Transport & Tourist Service Tel: (04) 2295788).

· This article was written by Catherine Chong. Her visit to Malacca was organised by the state government.

Retreat @ Shah Alam Lake Garden

Shah Alam Lake Garden is one of the popular places for people, particularly the residents in the vicinity, to relax. Many people spend their weekdays’ evening and weekend at the garden to do recreational activities such as family outing, jogging, picnicking, or spend their quality time with families at the Shah Alam WaterTheme Park, which is located nearby the Shah Alam Lake Garden. The man-made lake, surrounded by vast, beautiful landscaped garden is an ideal place for retreat, especially for those who are always busy at work.

While you walk around the lake, you will see several fresh water habitat (for example, tortoise and fish) in the surrounding area. If you are fortunate, you will be able to see peacock, forest chicken, goose and stork that are reared here.

For those who are searching for places to eat at Shah Alam, the Shah Alam Lake Garden also offer wide range of food and beverage, served at different restaurants and café in the surrounding are. Most of the eating places at the Shah Alam Lake Garden are very famous with their taste of foods. For example, “Kedai Kopi” and Shah Alam Floating Restaurant (Seafoods).

Apart from that, visitors may also drop by to the Laman Budaya or culture centre, which is also located around the lake. With its facilities and attraction, this recreation park is always being a favourite venue to held activities such as exhibition, sport games. For example, the Shah Alam Lake Garden hosts international events such as the annual International Orchid Exhibition and the International Boat Show.

Shopping Therapy - Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival

The Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival is back!

Need a shopping therapy? Good news to all shopperholics! Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival is back! Most departmental stores throughout Malaysia promise a bigger sale this year as Malaysia is celebrating its 50^th year of Independence. More discounts and promotion…The period of the carnival is longer than before (16th June till 2nd September 2007). This is a very good time for shopping. I’m sure most popular shopping complexes throughout Malaysia are full, especially during weekends. In Klang Valley itself, we have One Utama Shopping Centre (Bandar Utama), Mid Valley Megamall (Kuala Lumpur) and KLCC (Kuala Lumpur), as among main attractions for shopperholics.

The Mega Sale Carnival is an annual event for Malaysia. Normally, this is the best time for both Malaysian and visitors (foreigners) to go for shopping. Most products are offered at discount (except for new arrivals). I’m yet to go for shopping in this Carnival this year. I just went back from Singapore. The country is also having a great shopping bargain now. I had a long way walking along the Orchard Road, Singapore, with the hope to find whatever I want to buy there at lower price than Malaysia. Unfortunately, the exchange rate nowadays is quite high. After converted into Malaysian Ringgit, plus the 5% GST (applicable to sale of good in Singapore), I found that for some products it’s more worthwhile buying it in Malaysia. This is because you can get the same thing in Malaysia at lower price. So, now I have to find my time to shop @ Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival.

Enjoy your shopping @ Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival this year. Hopefully, you’ll get what you want at a great bargain…

Catch Your Own Fish @ Restoran Sangkar Ikan, Langkawi

Fish Cage Restaurant (Restoran Sangkar Ikan), Langkawi... I didn’t notice the existence of this restaurant till my last visit to Langkawi Island last year. Maybe the restaurant has been there since long ago…I’m not sure about that (Sorry, forgot to ask the restaurant’s staff. I was so excited to see the fresh meal ordered on my table. Hehe…).

I saw a long floating wooden bridge built on the crystal clear blue water when the ferry that I took from Kuala Perlis Jetty (Jeti Kuala Perlis) reached near to the Kuah Jetty (Jeti Kuah). Wow, what’s that? The beautiful scenery from the ferry really attracted me to go there.

So, once my husband and I got our rented car at Kuah Jetty, we straight away go to the Restoran Sangkar Ikan. The place located near Kuah Town (Pekan Kuah). But, you have to take the small road behind the town to reach the restaurant. You won’t miss the restaurant because there are a few signage to guide you to the Restoran Sangkar Ikan.

It was raining when we arrived at the Restoran Sangkar Ikan. The staff gave us an umbrella so that we can still go to the fish breeding area (Sangkar Ikan, which is located about 1 km from the beach) even though it was raining.

It takes about 10 minutes walking (on long floating wooden bridge) before you can see the fish cage. We really love and enjoy the fresh air and beautiful scenery along the way to the fish cage. What a great experience for both of us! We managed to capture a few beautiful pictures along the way to the fish cage. Unfortunately, some of them are blur because the floating wooden bridge shaking, following the wave of the sea. You have to be more careful if you bring children with you.

When you reach at the fish cage, you can see most of workers there are busy with their works (feed, catch and transfer the fishes, clean up their boats, etc.). You can catch your own fish here…fresh from the cage. Exciting hah?

Once you’ve got the fish or other preferred seafood, you can ask the workers at the restaurant to cook them for your lunch or dinner. We had a great dinner there. Hope that we can bring the whole family to eat here. It’s a seafood restaurant. So, you can have your seafood meals such as tom yam, sweet sour fish, crab, or any other available recipes. Taste it, and you’ll love it….

Take a Walk into the Cave of Darkness (Gua Kelam)

My first experience to explore the Dark Cave was in 2001 (soon after I married to my beloved hubby). “Gua Kelam”, which means the Cave of Darkness, is among the tourists’ favourite places in Perlis. The cave is located at Kaki Bukit Village, nearby Wang Kelian. This place is popular for its enchanting “cave walk” where you can enter from one end of the cave and come out at a different end.

With RM1 entrance fee for adults, we start a walk into the cave. The only path into the cave is via a suspension wooden bridge, which made of a wide wooden walkway. Even though the walkway is generally well kept, please be careful while walking along the walkway. (maybe the wood is not that strong, who knows…)

The wooden bridge links Kaki Bukit to the Wang Tangga Valley, a valley on the opposite end of Gua Kelam. I tried to capture several pictures while I was in the cave. But, unfortunately, the pictures were all blur… as the walkway vibrates while I capture the pictures. If you’re patient, you can wait until the walkway is empty to take your pictures. It’s really nice if you have a “good” camera. You can capture “good” picture even though the lighting is not that good.

There’s not much different from the first time I went there…and today. But, many tourists and local people love to go there. Some of them like to explore the beauty and uniqueness of the cave, while others love to spend time with their families by picnicking at the recreational park.

Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur

Mid Valley Megamall, a huge shopping complex located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur, has become a central of attraction among visitors. Whether weekdays or weekend, this shopping complex will be full of people. The traffic around this area will always be congested with both public and private transports.

You can choose to travel by bus, taxi, LRT or your own car in order to arrive at Mid Valley Megamall. But, for me the easiest way to come here is by taking the KTM commuters. Thanks to Kak Su, the first person who advice me to use the KTM Commuters to arrive Mid valley. I have tried once. It’s really easy. No hassle. But, sometime I prefer to use my own car because my house is not nearby the commuter’s station. Poor me…I’ll make sure to arrive at Mid Valley Megamall earlier to avoid heavy traffic.

Why that Mid Valley Megamall is so special?

There are three of Malaysia’s famous anchors: Metrojaya, Jusco and Carrefour, in the building. You can shop whatever you need for yourself, friends and families.

That’s not enough. Mid Valley Megamall can be your one-stop destination mall, whereby you can have your “preferred activity” here. So, whether you are gym enthusiasts, movie buffs, ardent bowlers, serious readers, IT experts, toy-collectors, home-proud owners, food-lovers, or even fashion dwellers, you can have all you want to do here. It is a centre for all.

Shopping Heaven at Mutiara Damansara

If you are familiar with One Utama Shopping Complex at Bandar Utama, you should extend your journey to Mutiara Damansara, which is located next to Bandar Utama. Huh! But you have to be ready with the heavy traffic surrounding this area. Especially during weekend.

What’s so interesting about this neighbourhood?

Mutiara Damansara…This is one of the prime location in Klang Valley, where several huge buildings, which consists of shopping complexes and cinemas, are located. Just named it…Cineleisure, The Curve, Ikano Power Centre, Ikea, Tesco. All of these buildings located next to the others. This make the traffic congested especially during weekend from afternoon till night. You may spend the whole day here because there are so many attractions here, especially for the shopping & food lovers.

The Curve @Mutiara Damansara is the first open-air lifestyle centre in Malaysia. It is anchored by world-class retail establishments namely, IKEA Home Furnishings, IKANO Power Centre, Tesco Hypermarket and Cineleisure Damansara. All these establishments are connected to the Curve by all weather walkways.

Feel the excitement…shopping and dining at the Curve promises a whole new experience. The unique concept of dining (food and beverage) section at the Curve, which is divided into Asian and Western courtyards, provides much flexibility and variety in term of choice of foods and dining environment. The main departmental store at the Curve is Metrojaya, while others consists of private boutiques. Among the common retailers here are Watson, Mph, Borders, Body Shop, etc...so many to name it.

Apart from indoor shopping, you may want to experience the outdoor shopping at the Flea Market, the Curve. There's so many things that you can buy from the market. For example, clothes, accessories, toys, decoration items, etc. All items here are sold that reasonable price. I can see that the outdoor shopping concept at this Flea market has attracted so many people to shop at the Curve. It's very interesting to watch the price bargain between the buyer-seller here. It's make the Curve alive!

After spent some time at the Curve, you can choose to go to Ikea and Ikano Power Centre. Explore the house of interior design and electronic items in these two complexes. Or you can watch movie at Cineleisure. I've been there..but only for a walk. It's a nice place to watch movie. Hmm...waiting for the right movie to watch there. For more information about the Curve @ Mutiara Damansara, you can read here: http://www.thecurve.com.my/

Located next to the Curve’s building is a 4-star boutique hotel, Royale Bintang Damansara, which provides both local and tourists a chance to experience its cozy atmosphere and wonderful amenities without leaving the Curve. So, for those who stay out of Kuala Lumpur, and wish to spend your time at this quite new shopping heaven, you may want to stay at this hotel. It's just a walking distance to the complexes. About the room rate for this hotel, you can check here: http://www.royalebintang.com.my/