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  • Seremban: Good Lao Shu Fen @ Pasar Besar

    Seremban: Good Lao Shu Fen @ Pasar Besar

    Seremban: Good Lao Shu Fen @ Pasar Besar – Last weekend, I went down south for a little food and getaway trip with Clarice. The first stop of the trip was Seremban, hoping that I could get my mouth on the famous Hakka Mee at the Pasar Besar Seremban which I missed out last time.

    Very big market. Pasar Besar Seremban.
    The wet market area on ground floor.
    Famous Tow Kee Hakka Mee, so sad, sold out already.

    I arrived there about 11.30am with the help of GPS. I wander my way to the first floor of the big market where all the food stalls are and search for the Tow Kee Hakka Mee among the super many stalls, very sad, very unfortunately, the friendly staff told me that it’s sold out, oh that’s sad. It’s not only us that got dispersed away, there’s some other people who was looking for Hakka Mee too.

    Stall 735 is the Ah Di Lao Shu Fen.
    Lovely and small small bowl of dry lao shu fen.

    Nevertheless, I went to look for some other food, asked around and found out the the Lao Shu Fen is good too! So we went to order a bowl to try it out. It’s just a small meal before heading to Malacca for more good Malaccan food.

    It was a small bowl of Dry Lao Shu Fen (silver needle noodle) with plenty of minced meat, a bit of welsh onion, and their special soy sauce. It’s quite nice in my opinion, not too salty and just nice. Best of all, it’s only RM3 per bowl. Awesome.

    Pasar Besar Seremban
    Jalan Pasar,
    70200 Seremban,
    Negeri Sembilan

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  • Malacca: Good Morning, Where’s The Sunrise?

    Malacca: Good Morning, Where’s The Sunrise?

    Good Morning Malacca!

    Malacca: Good Morning, Where’s The Sunrise? – Hello, I just came back from Malacca people, the historical tourist city of Malaysia! I was so lazy this morning and reluctant to go out of my hotel to search for the sunrise spot, so I stayed in my room and keep my eyes out of the window.

    The dragon at the entrance of Jonker Walk sprouts out water from the mouth
    Looking lovely although no sun, I was facing the wrong direction. LOL

    I guess, there’s some problem with my compass on my phone where the East was not really the ‘Sunrise East’ that I was looking out. Anyway, I woke up early, 5 minutes before sunrise time according to Google and waited, but find no sun rise and only a ray of sun glowing at far end. Well, I slept back after that. =D

  • First Time Visit To Setia Walk, Puchong

    First Time Visit To Setia Walk, Puchong

    So many ‘To-Let’!

    First Time Visit To Setia Walk, Puchong – If you are from around Puchong, confirm you will know about the latest Setia Walk somewhere near Bandar Puteri, but in case you don’t know, here it is that I’ve just visited last weekend.

    Seems like there’s a Hotel, but I couldn’t find it.
    Very cool place because of the water features.
    Fountain!

    Setia Walk is a mixed commercial + residential + small retail mall development. Currently, there’s really nothing much at there, except some restaurants and a numbers of pubs, a cinema – TGV Cinemas, and a gym – Celebrity Fitness.

    There’s also some boutique at there.
    Brussels!

    I went there for the cinema actually and the rate is pretty reasonable when comparing to other TGV @ RM10/ticket on a Saturday! Watched Life Of Pi and the screen is pretty awesome, not forget to mention, it’s very cold too for the air-conditioning. Haha.

    Well, it seems to be a good place to chill with friend at the pubs at night, pretty interesting concept with nice water features, but then we’ll have to wait for the shops to open all up first.

  • Singapore: My First Time Eating TWG Macarons!

    Singapore: My First Time Eating TWG Macarons!

    Singapore: My First Time Eating TWG Macarons! – Guess what?! It’s my first time eating macarons, for all my 20 years on earth, with all the trends and people talking about macarons, finally I’ve got myself hands on the macarons. Haha. Funny, and don’t laugh me. I’ve always wanted to eat but I’m just lazy to go get it and I feel macarons are expensive all the time. LOL. In fact, some is cheap. =D

    Colourful and they are all tea flavoured.

    No idea what’s macaron is, it’s just colourful in my mind, and sweet. Well, to make it simple, it’s a French confectionery snack which is sweet, soft and colourful. Yeah.

    S$2/macaron.

    Was at Singapore last weekend and randomly walked into one of the many TWG Tea Store in Marina Bay Sands and bought a box of 6 to try out. Mom said it’s too sweet, well, I have sweet tooth, and I like it. Bang. What do you think?

  • Ipoh: 糖水街 Tong Sui Kai (Desserts Street)

    Ipoh: 糖水街 Tong Sui Kai (Desserts Street)

    Ipoh: 糖水街 Tong Sui Kai (Desserts Street) – Ipoh oh Ipoh, I spent the day eating at Burps & Giggles, and also some times in Ipoh Parade shopping centre, it’s also the day I went to watch Sinister, oh so scary, shocking and exciting. =D Night, I went to this Tong Sui Kai, which literally means desserts street near old town, somewhere just in front Sam Tet Primary School (SRJK Sam Tet).

    So this street has a lot of desserts right? Not really, there’s few stalls only, selling the same Chinese desserts like lin chi kang, ABC and mix-fruit ice and stuff like that. Besides there’s local food stalls like wan tan mee, beef noodle and more! Sounds interesting right?

    Once interesting thing in Ipoh is that they are proud about their food, unlike in Kuala Lumpur, hawker stalls tend to write food place name at the their stall like Penang Asam Laksa, Ipoh Hor Fun and blablabla. At there, it’s just Asam Laksa, Wan Tan Mee.

    Well, I ordered a plate of wan tan mee (RM3.50) and a bowl of qing bu liang  清补凉 (RM2.50). Cheap and yummeh! Well, consider this as a place for dinner in Ipoh. =)

    Tong Sui Kai, 糖水街
    (in front of SRJK (C) Sam Tet)
    off Jalan Sultan Idris,
    Ipoh


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  • Ipoh // Sekeping Kong Heng

    Ipoh // Sekeping Kong Heng

    Lobby, I assumed, A common area too.

    Ipoh // Sekeping Kong Heng – NG SEKSAN, one famous landscape and building architect in Malaysia whose concept is based on raw materials. Sekeping Kong Heng is one of his masterpiece located in Ipoh, Old Town, on top of of a old school kopitiam called Kong Heng.

    My classmate actually went there before on a class trip but I missed the chance last time. On my visit to Burps & Giggles, I accidentally came across it that this is connected with the cafe. They are just back to back.

    Well, talk a little bit about Sekeping, it’s a modern type of hotel, or you might call it homestay, it’s totally different from the typical hotel with a luxurious lobby, nice hotel room with warm light and shiny marble floor bathroom. The Sekeping is a hotel series located throughout Malaysia and which most of them have their different identity or style, but most of them with design based on bare raw material. There’s one Sekeping Victoria in Penang too.

    Well, side alley of the building.
    Kopitiam Kong Heng in front. It’s totally different thing from the back of the building,
    Corridor to the room.
    Green wall shading the area and the room.
    I was able to open up the louver window and snap a shot of interior of the room. Weird, cold, cool, open, raw feeling.

    Located on the first and second floor of the Kong Heng Kopitiam shophouse building is the Sekeping Kong Heng hotel, there’s like 10 rooms on first floor and and there’s a mini lobby at the ground floor. The second floor is more likely the roof area is a leisure/gathering spot. The whole building is open for visit except the hotel room.

    The sexy stairs.
    Attic area where there’s two more bed up here.
    Gathering, hangout spot at the roof.
    A view of adjacent building. Truly old town of Ipoh.

    It’s more likely something new that you haven’t experience before. Living so close to the local, you can hear the laughter of uncles drinking kopi-peng in the morning, chattering in local Cantonese dialect, a connection with the raw material and the original building, it definitely will bring up a lot of feeling and inspiration in you. Well, Sekeping Kong Heng is sexy, I would say. Yums.

  • Singapore: Another Swim At Marina Bay Sands Skypark Swimming Pool

    Singapore: Another Swim At Marina Bay Sands Skypark Swimming Pool

    Singapore: Another Swim At Marina Bay Sands Skypark Swimming Pool – It’s swimming again! The weather on Saturday was very nice with a little bit of Sunny weather, yet it’s still windy up there and the water was still chilly cold. =D

    Lovely sunset from the 57th floors of Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

    How can I not swim till the max when it’s one of the best swimming pool in the wold with awesome view at a high altitude and moreover we paid S$300+/night for the hotel room. So yeah, swim to the max. This time, a little bit of blue sky, a little bit of Sun, not too cloudy yet, and I have my super wide angle lens with me – photography time!

    The pool was even more crowded on a weekend evening. People were everywhere, sunbathing, swimming, just chit-chatting. Me and brother went for a little dip in the water, it’s cold and crowded so it’s not really swimming. Just fooling around with the camera and jokes. Still, I wish the water has heater to maintain a warm water, how nice it would be?

    Well, that’s my last time in the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark Pool and I kinda miss it. Please share with me some other cool swimming pool in the world. For instance, I wanna visit the Therma Vals in Switzerland, it’s a hotel built over a thermal springs. So cold, and so warm!

  • Singapore: Nice Pancake At Hoshino Coffee, Plaza Singapura

    Singapore: Nice Pancake At Hoshino Coffee, Plaza Singapura

    Singapore: Nice Pancake At Hoshino Coffee, Plaza Singapura – What to do after a tiring walk in the mall? Of course it’s take a break, sit down for a high-tea with some nice beverage and light bites. Mom and I came across of this Hoshino Coffee at new wing of Plaza Singapura and we went to have our feet rest.

    The wait was not fancy because it took about 15 minutes for us to get a place. The queue was long and people in the didn’t really seems want to get out of their comfy seat. Anyway, skip the rambling on the queue thingy and let’s get into food.

    It’s a Japanese brand cafe serving pancake, some desserts and also pasta too! So wanted to try them all but my stomach was pretty full over the lunch. I ordered their recommended Scuffle Pancake With Chocolate Banana and Softee (another option instead of softee is cream) at S$13.

    And then we also ordered a cup of in-house special Hoshino Hot Coffee at S$5.

    The coffee, the fragrance very nice, the taste very smooth. Not a very coffee guy I am, but I still like it.
    Nicely presented pancake.

    Overall, it was a good resting place for us. The pancake was nice, pretty sweet and the warm pancake serve with softee ice cream and chcolate banana and a little bit of honey was just delicious for me. Yums. By the way, it’s my first time eating such pancake. Haha.

    Hoshino Cofee 星乃珈琲店68, Orchard Road,
    #03-84 Plaza Singapura
    (Atrium @ Orchard)
    Singapore 238839
    Telephone: +65 63383277
    Opening Hours: 11.30am – 9.00pm Daily


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  • Sunrise: Good Morning Singapore Straits From Marina Bay Sands

    Sunrise: Good Morning Singapore Straits From Marina Bay Sands

    Sunrise: Good Morning Singapore Straits From Marina Bay Sands – The hotel room at Marina Bay Sands has a good view of the Singapore Straits and you need not be surprise with all the ships parking in the middle of the sea. Come on, this is Singapore, one of the busiest port in the world. Guess that breaks the beauty of the straits. Anyway, you can get a good view of sunrise from here but then the weather has been naughty. There’s no clear blue sky, a little bit of cloudy, and here’s what I’ve got.

    Overlooking Gardens By The Bay.
    Ships and the shy Sun.

    At least it’s better than the second day which I got nothing because of rain and I am pretty happy that I’ve got the photos! Yay. Lovely, still, right?

  • Singapore: Day 1 At The Marina Bay Sands Resort

    Singapore: Day 1 At The Marina Bay Sands Resort

    Singapore: Day 1 At The Marina Bay Sands Resort – Singapore, oh Singapore, it’s like my another home now. I was there like 2 months ago! And now I am there again. It’s my fourth time in Singapore for this year and in my mind, Singapore is just another part of Malaysia. HAHA.

    Entertainment on the Aeroline coach. I guess I almost finish all the movie available.

    I was very excited to go Singapore this time because my exam is over, I have no stress of assignment and the best part is to swim at one of the awesome-mest and tallest swimming pool in the world (at 57th floor of Marina Bay Sands Resort Singapore).

    The trip to Singapore via a comfortable coach was tiring and long because of the freaking delayed at the immigration. Upon arriving at Harbour Front at 4pm, it took several change of subway to reach the Bayfront station (Harbour Front >Outram Park Interchange > Raffles Place Interchange > Marina Bay Interchange > Bayfront). Luckily, my brother guided me or else I will be spending extra time looking at the maps.

    Interesting decor hanging at the atrium.
    Marina Bay Sands.
    The view from the hotel room. Lots of vessels on the Singapore straits.

    Parents were there earlier already, dropped my luggage and first thing was to eat to cure my freaking hungry stomach. My first meal was on the bus, the second meal is at the Rasa Pura food court of Marina Bay Sands, after meal and it’s swim time! This one was fun because this was long-waited for me. Visitors have to pay S$20 to visit and you can’t go to the swimming pool!


    It was windy, chilly and I have no idea where the sun was. A toe into the water brings a series of chill up to my body. A quick dip into the water send of a shivering all over me and after a while, I got comfortable. It’s 57th floor and no doubt that it’s windy up there. The view was just magnificent, it’s crowded with kids, babes, uncles, and aunties, it’s so different from the busy city life of Singapore’s CBD, this is call resort.

    Pepper Lunch, the same thing I ate when I was a t Rasa Pura 2 months back. =.=
    Brother.
    Singapore, same shot everytime. This time with a proper camera, my Canon 60D.

    Just a quick dip into the water then went to Rasa Pura again for dinner, nothing much cheap in MBS and that’s why the food court again. Window shop around Marina Bay Sands, visited the Louis Vuitton again, take photos of the Singapore’s city scape again (I’ve been doing the same thing everytime I go to Marina Bay Sands), and then I went to the swimming pool again with my brother, (again).

    Ze swimming pool at night.

    Night time was fun because of the awesome night view, but it’s even colder than evening. I wonder why there’s no heater in the pool, perhaps to shoooo people away from it I guess.

    Pool closes at 11pm and we went back to the hotel room to call it a day.

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