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  • KLCC And KL City Walk

    KLCC And KL City Walk

    KLCC, KL City Walk And Christmas Decorations At Pavilion
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    KLCC And KL City Walk – Few weeks back, I went to Kuala Lumpur downtown alone and armed with a camera. I drove to the LRT station, parked my car there and took the public transport to town. I didn’t want to drive to downtown because I am very sick with the traffic congestion and also don’t want to pay for the expensive parking fee, so I went for public transport.


    #2. The quiet LRT station – Taman Bahagia.

    You know, the week before I went to KL, I drove there, it took me 1 hour plus to reach the Chinese VISA Centre at OSK Tower a.k.a. Bank Of China at Jalan Ampang from Bandar Sunway, from there, it took me another hour to reach Bukit Bintang. It’s really sickening. Only then I know there’s a LRT station right below the place to do the Chinese VISA, so it’s pretty convenient for me to take the LRT.


    #3. Taken from OSK  Building.


    #4. OSK Building and Bank Of China, the place to do Chinese VISA.

    Woohoo, I am going to China for travel soon, so I need to do VISA. Because I was in KL at that time, so I went directly to the Chinese VISA Centre to do the VISA. Normally if I am in Penang, I would just drop my passport at the travel agent, of course extra charges will be applied, and take a longer time too. One thing, please don’t go to the Chinese Embassy on Jalan Ampang, they don’t do VISA there, you have to go to 2nd level of the OSK building.

    After I’ve done with the VISA thingy, I went to Bukit Bintang area for a little walk and look for lunch.


    #5. The real Tong Pak Fu Hong Kong Dessert in KLCC just opened not long. There’s also a dessert shop with similar name in Penang named Tang Bo Fu. Haha.

    Although Ampang Park Station (Chinese VISA place) and KLCC Station is just one stop away, but I was so lazy to walk so I take the LRT back to KLCC, alight and start touring around the place.


    #6: Lovely KLCC Park.


    #7: World tallest twin towers in wide angle!

    From KLCC, I started my journey walking from the shopping mall to the convention center, where there will connect me to Jalan Kia Peng to Pavilion shopping mall and then to Bukit Bintang area.


    #8. Construction in progress.


    #9. Didn’t get a chance to walk on the air-conditioned underpass.

    You know there’s actually an underpass from Suria KLCC to the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The funny thing is the underpass is located in the car park where air-conditioning is not available. And now, they have started to construct a air-conditioned walkway for the underpass. They should have work it out earlier!


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    Normally, going to Pavilion need to pass through Jalan Kia Peng and you have to walk under the sun and rain. Now they are building a air-conditioned bridge which connects KLCC to Pavilion shopping mall which is very good! They only opened part of it so it’s not fully connected to Pavilion. I was curious, I went on the bridge and see where it’s connected to at the moment.

    It brought me to Corus Hotel, I went down the bridge and found a new hotspot in town – the KL City Walk.

    KLCC And KL City Walk
    #12. Free WIFI available at KL City Walk.


    #13. The KL City Walk.

    KL City Walk has a many restaurant located in a alley in between office blocks. Originally, the KL City Walk is just a lorong or lane behind office blocks. It’s then converted into a walking street featuring many restaurants for dining pleasure. It’s a very good idea of converting ugly back lanes into place like this.


    #14. The KL City Walk is quite shady with tall buildings blocking the scorching heat of the sun.


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    The KL City Walk is well decorated with fans as well as some green plants and trees.


    #16. An unknown brand bubble tea shop with the price of famous Chatime and Gong Cha. o.O

    You can find many office worker dining here during lunch hour and tea time. It’s a hidden spot in town. I wouldn’t have know this place if the connecting bridge from KLCC to Pavilion doesn’t exist. Haha.


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    I reached Pavilion and saw construction was going on down there. Seems like there’s many construction are going on in the city. Woo.

  • Sunset At Kuan Hwa Seafood, Kuala Selangor

    Sunset At Kuan Hwa Seafood, Kuala Selangor


    #1: The Kuan Hwa Kuala Selangor Seafood Restaurant.

    Sunset At Kuan Hwa Seafood, Kuala Selangor – This is not a blog post about food, but it’s just happened to be at the famous seafood restaurant, Kuan Hwa at Kuala Selangor. During the trip to Kuala Selangor, the whole class went to for seafood dinner at this restaurant, but half of us did not eat at there, because we didn’t feel like eating seafood at that time.


    #2: Snapping photos.


    #3: Restaurants and houses on the water.


    #4: Birds flying.


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    So what we did there was just talking and snapping photos, at the same time seeing others eat. The sunset at there was pretty and I had a feeling of very peaceful and relax at there. It’s like getting myself away from the hustle and bustle city life and the heavy assignments.
    #6: MJ’s enjoying his take-away KFC at the seafood restaurant.


    #7: Ruezhen too, was enjoying his KFC.


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    The calm water and the quiet forest, with a little bit of breezy air blowing along, makes the atmosphere very enjoyable.


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    Sometimes, it’s good to be away from the busy city, out to the country side, for a little retreat. You know, college is so much different from high school, so much work, it gets stressful sometimes, and there’s no chance for failure because tuition fee is quite expensive, and that’s why a little retreat is good!

    Anyway, if there’s chance, I will want to visit the place again.

  • Look Out Point, Ampang

    Look Out Point, Ampang

    Look Out Point, Ampang
    #1: Someone celebrating birthday at there. Cool.

    Look Out Point, Ampang – Have you ever wonder where to get a good and magnificent view of the big capital of Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur? It would be Look Out Point at Ampang. It’s not very far from town, on a little hill and at there you can get a wide perspective of the whole city and it’s really a nice place to chill.

    What you will be seeing is not anything like the cityscape of Hong Kong or Singapore because the place is kinda far from the city centre and so, the cityscape became tiny and far.


    #2: Welcome to Kuala Lumpur. The night view of Kuala Lumpur.


    #3: Me and you, Hueisean.


    #4: Hueisean the pretty girl.

    Look Out Point is only accessible by road and at there has a various restaurant serving western and local cuisine. I have visited Haven Restaurant with dearest, Hueisean on a Saturday night but the food wasn’t that awesome. What’s great was the atmosphere and the awesome view.


    #5: Nick Chan!

    Driving there take a bit challenge at first as it doesn’t show up in my GPS device, but if you follow Google Maps, you can arrive there easily and the road accessing Look Out Point has no lamp, so it’s just lights from the vehicles on the road. =D Parking is rather cheap at RM2 per entry and you can opt for valet parking at the top for an extra RM3 but you probably difficult to get one as the parking always get full on top. We park our car down there and walk up the stairs, tiring a bit, yet fun with a little breezy wind.


    #6: Stairs going down to the carpark.


    #7: Look Out Point Western Food.

    Eat, talk, chill, take photos and I like it. =D

  • Bukit Melawati At Kuala Selangor

    Bukit Melawati At Kuala Selangor


    #1: On the tram.

    Bukit Melawati At Kuala Selangor – Hello people, I am back, I am back, I am finally back to blogging! Let’s get into the main topic of the day, 2 weeks ago, I went to a field trip to Kuala Selangor with my Diploma In Interior Design semester 3 classmate as well as my lecturer Miss Sofia. Well, I have been to Kuala Selangor before, the fishing village there but I have never been up to Bukit Melawati, the main attraction of the little country side town.


    #2: On the tram, still, going up to Bukit Melawati.

    Kuala Selangor is a quiet and peaceful town 45 minutes away from the hustle and bustle city life of Kuala Lumpur. What’s famous here are seafood, Bukit Melawati, fireflies seeing, as well as the Kuala Selangor Nature Park (which I think kinda sucks).


    #3: Lighthouse on top.


    #4: Monkey and the lighthouse.


    #5: Monkey!!!


    #6: Monkey!!!!!!!!!! Black.

    We took a tram that took us from Kuala Selangor Nature Park up to the Bukit Melawati. The mini hill top is not very high, but yet it gives a spectacular view at the Malacca Straits and the special thing up there are the lighthouse and the monkeys! Yes, I mentioned about monkey.


    #7: Nice view with Malacca Straits at far end.


    #8: Zhi Sheng!


    #9: The blogger me.


    #10: Ken, Wesley, me and Steve.


    #11: Wesley acting cool.

    Upon arrival at the top, you will see many monkey wandering around the place, waiting tourist to feed them the monkey food that can be bought at RM1 at there. The monkey food basically is the Chinese Long Bean.


    #12: Monkeys acting cool.


    #13: The people.

    Surprisingly, monkey at there looks different from the one in Botanical Garden, Penang which the monkeys there have black hair and are not aggressive. They won’t snatch or attack you for food.


    #14: My lecturer. Haha.


    #15: Junior.


    #16: Zetty and Ana on the right.


    #17: Rashid.


    #18: MONKEYYYYY!!!

    We spent some time up there enjoying the windy breeze and fooling around with the monkey. The place is quite nice. =D

  • A Walk At Chew Jetty


    #1. The Chew Jetty Kongsi.

    A Walk At Chew Jetty – Few weeks back, I went to the Chew Jetty with dearest, Hueisean. I like the place, I have been there for quite a few times and it just doesn’t feel bored every time I visit it because the little fishing village-like houses give a sense of peacefulness, a sense of calmness, it’s so near to town, yet it’s just relaxing, maybe because its location of by the sea.


    #2. It’s written Chew Jetty in Mandarin – read as Zhou Qiao.

    A Walk At Chew Jetty
    #3. Mini grocery store.


    #4. Lamp post.

    Chew Jetty or also known as Clan Jetty is a famous tourist spot in Penang, in the heart of the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site. Clan Jetty is located at Weld Quay, it consist of 8 jetties which are named after the surnames of the Chinese. Why people like to call Chew Jetty more is because it has the most number of “Chew” family living at there. The jetty is actually the villages of the Chinese immigrant when the first came to Penang in the 18th century.


    #5. Colourful artwork.


    #6. Hair saloon at the Jetty.


    #7. Bokeh!!


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    It’d now become a tourist spot, and also photographer’s favourite spot for photoshooting. Well, it’s not a surprise that there’s still people living at there, and some still goes out fishing by their private boat.


    #10. Net.

    #11. Saw some kids fishing at the jetty.


    #12. So we went to check it out.


    #13.His name is Jason and his fishing string got stuck at the boat and we went to help. HAHA.


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    The weather was pretty good that day, although it was sunny but occasionally sea breeze blew over my face which makes touring the place and taking photos nice.


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    It was a quiet afternoon, there’s not much people around in their home. There’s some other visitors like us too.


    #17.     Peace.

    I feel the place is full of culture. One very cool thing is that different jetties has different house layout. It’s because that different clan from China last time has their very own clan living culture.


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    The Chew Jetty is very happening and crowded during the Thni Kong Festival during Chinese New Year, as well as the Nine Emperor Gods Festival. You will not want to miss out this place if you happen to be in Penang, during or not during the two festivals.


    #20. Fisherman


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    Although the wind blew once in a while, it’s still feels hot once in a while, just when my perspiration started to break out of my pores, we started leaving Chew Jetty.

  • Meet My Brother At Raffles Place, Singapore

    Meet My Brother At Raffles Place, Singapore

    Meet My Brother At Raffles Place

    Meet My Brother At Raffles Place – Raffles Place, Singapore, it’s just like the Central in Hong Kong which is the CBD (Central Business District) of the city. Fill with high rise office towers and at Raffles Place, it situated Singapore’s tallest buildings the OUB Centre, Republic Plaza and UOB Plaza One.

    Meet My Brother At Raffles Place

    I alighted at Raffles Place MRT station to meet up with my brother who was working at that area on a Friday. It feels so “Hong Kong” when I got out of the MRT station where I was surrounded by high rise buildings. Looking around, it’s just white collars and office lady everywhere, walking fast to the MRT station to get home or to somewhere else. There’s nothing that looks like it in Malaysia. In Malaysia, after work, many has their own private vehicles and office buildings spread out all over the cities.

    It’s all office towers, nothing much, took some shots and went to Raffles City for dinner that day.

     

  • Short Walk At Clarke Quay, Singapore

    Short Walk At Clarke Quay, Singapore

    Short Walk At Clarke Quay, Singapore

    Short Walk At Clarke Quay, Singapore – I went to Singapore few months back to check out Saturday In Design event and in the trip, I went to the famous night life spot in the city, Clarke Quay at night for a short walk. It’s really a fast walk at there as brother and I didn’t want to go back that early after checking out Marina Bay Sands.

    I have been here before few years back, and I am here again. Though, it’s still walking around and didn’t spend time at any of the pubs or bistro.

    I see people playing the reverse bungee thingy which is pretty scary, yet expensive. I felt like want to try but I was at scared at the same time. HAHA. It looks fun and exciting from far. It’s a gigantic swing, swing you up and down. Have you tried it before?


    The bridge where people buy their own beer and hang out at there. It’s so much cheaper than drinking out at the pubs there.

    Clarke Quay is really a nice place for people who doesn’t want to go home at night, it’s a very happenings night life spot in Singapore with lots of pubs and bistros. I am very amaze with the crowds and everything is so well-organized. Unlike Kuala Lumpur where pubs are pretty spread out in the city. Given that Changkat Bukit Bintang has a similar function, yet it’s so much smaller when compare to Clarke Quay.


    Very cute and weird pub with a hospital/clinic theme (The Clicnic) which offers alcohol in syringes, drips and test-tubes. Don’t be surprise to see nurses serving you there.

    Just tour the place for a while, and finally tiredness attacked me then we went back home. =D

  • Mexico Seaside Vacation Reservations


    image by Jonathan Caves.

    Mexico Seaside Vacation Reservations – Travel is my passion. I like to travel around the world, to explore, relax, learn, at the same time to enjoy. Mexico is one of my destination in my traveling list too. Going to travel or a vacation needs some research and it’s not “just go there and have fun”. You need to look for good and cheap accommodation, and importantly reliable.

    One of the city that must not miss in Mexico is the Rocky Point (also known as Puerto Peñasco) for it’s beautiful beach and resorts. It’d been develop into a tourism area since the 1990s and is heavily visited by people from Arizona and California. So, Rocky Point also has another name which is called the “Arizona’s beach”.

    Beautiful coast line, ivory sandy beach and crystal clear turquoise seawater are making life relaxing at there. Book yourself a Rocky Point Beach House and spend the holiday with your friends and family is a ideal break from the busy city life. It’s really nice to spend to at Rocky Point according to my research. It’s a city that is cater for relaxing people, it’s not like a busy city of Los Angeles or San Fransisco. It’s calm, it’s windy by the beach, it’s just beautiful.

  • My Experience In Saturday In Design Singapore

    My Experience In Saturday In Design Singapore

    My Experience In Saturday In Design Singapore – In May this year of 2011, I and part of my class of Diploma In Interior Design friends, as well as my lecturer Mr CK Foo all together visited a design event in Singapore called the Saturday In Design, Singapore.

    Originally this event is a yearly event in the Australia where designer’s furniture shop, product designs and design studios open up their place to design lovers to visit, communicate, interact and enjoy the design, but it came to Singapore for the first time and we were pretty excited


    Chair at Morroso.

    What we have visited was mainly furniture shops. These furniture are not typical house furniture but they are premium, expensive, branded and are designed by well-known product and furniture designers all around the world.

    All the station (shops and studio) located at different zone, spread out in the city of Singapore. We have our Malaysia bus who ferry us around different station. There were also van to bring you around if you are in a group or if you are in a person or two, you get a luck to be drove around by Mercedez car which is actually their main sponsors for the shuttle service around the stations.


    Paper lamp shade.

    It’s really an eye opening trip which most of the brands were quite new to me and I was really inspired by some of the designs. I also saw that the price for those designer’s products is pretty expensive too.


    Wei Kean, me, Zhi Inn and Nita.


    Nice shop houses! Really very colourful and nice. I hope Penang’s can be like this.


    Connie, Wanyi, Nita and Mellysa.


    We got free Instax too!

    We actually started our tour and visits at about 11am and ended the whole thing at 5pm because we were rushing back to Malaysia that night. Despite being 6 hours in Singapore, we couldn’t cover all of the stations, we left about 2 which we did not able to visit.

    We were in fact rushing from station to station with time. We did not have a proper lunch but then our stomach was satisfied and filled with excitement and pleasantly delicious snacks and light food which were served by almost all of the stations. They were mainly Western cocktails style snacks and light meals which were pretty good in mouth and also did a good job for preventing my stomach from growling.


    Awesome office which I like!


    Nice big red chair!


    I signed my name there too!


    Innovative, a good way to place your chopstick.


    Food was just so awesome which makes us wanted more and more.


    Checking out a cool office design.


    Shanghai is written!


    Nice cut out of brown boxes cardboard art featuring the Statue of Liberty.


    I believe this is somewhere in Chinatown.


    Birdman Wesley.

    Well, would probably visit again in the next event, and if there’s an opportunity for me, I would like to visit the actual one in Australia. =D

  • Hello New York

    Hello New York

    Hello New York

    Hello New York – I am now in New York right now, weather not bad. I see many yellow cab, I see Apple Store on 5th Avenue, Statue of Liberty is very pretty, Times Square is really very happenings, but food here are so expensive.

    =D I want to go NEW YORK CITY!

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