Heritage Station Hotel KL

I was reading Lonely Planet Malaysia online, and a short review of a hotel caught my eye. It was Heritage Station Kuala Lumpur. Located at the main railway station in Kuala Lumpur, this hotel has been around for almost a century. Like many colonial buildings around the country, this building was designed by A.B. Hubback, bearing features inspired from the Neo Moorish period.

Today, this majestic hotel is long forgotten, as many are seeking for comfort in newer and more stylish hotels.

I had an encounter with this hotel myself. About 2 years back, we stayed at this hotel for a night, we chose this place because we had to be at Pudu Terminal early in the morning the next day, plus this hotel seemed less dodgy than the ones along Petaling St and Pudu. ( I was not familiar with the idea of staying in backpackers then) The one night stay at this hotel made quite an impression as I still remember the details up till this day. As we only checked in late evening, the hotel was brightly lit. It was remarkably clean, and I remembered the manager on duty that evening was a man. He was quite friendly, informing us about breakfast the next morning. As we made our way upstairs in the ancient elevator, an eerie feeling came by, but I chose to ignore it of course. The hallway leading to our room was quite dark and the floorboards creaked with each step we took. Despite the appearance on the outside, the hotel is not at all rundown, it was pretty well maintained. Our room was simple, don't expect anything posh, the furnitures are well in lined to the hotel's name - Heritage. I'm just glad it came with good air conditioning and a shower with hot water.

After a movie and dinner in Mid Valley ( it being just 2 stops away) , we came back to our cozy little room. I went under the covers and was asleep in no time, I'm not too sure about someone though, I think he was kept away by footsteps on the creaking floorboard, and probably some wild thoughts. The hotel has been around for a while, it's location on a side of town that is away from the hustle bustle of the city, it can be pretty quiet at night. If I was alone and not dead tired, I would be sitting up all night with the TV switched on too ! Then again, if you have watched The Ring, you probably don't want the TV to be on. *grins*

We got up bright and early the next morning, and skipped the hotel breakfast. Took a few pictures in the cafe downstairs, and outside the hotel. After all, we didn't think we would be coming back for a second stay. I don't remember where the pictures are, so I borrowed this from "TripAdvisor"

I read with interest that the hotel management is working on to promote the hotel as a community hotel, rich with values of history, arts and culture. Do check out their website, and if possible, stay a night ! I think I would too. http://www.heritagehotelmalaysia.com/

Backdated: Sg Lembing Curry Mee

Totally forgot about the awesome curry mee we had in Sg Lembing until I was cleaning up some pictures. While we were driving there, Dad was talking about it, obsessing over the fact that he has seen in on Ho Chiak - a local programme promoting local delicacies. We found the stall after asking around, but after some googling, I'm not too convinced it's the same one he saw on TV ! Nevertheless, it was really good. Here's the pictures to back me up!

"Ah Foong Noodle Stall"

Which do you fancy?

I picked the curry, @RM2.50 only!!

Ding Dong

My phone went off as a text message came in. Who could it be at this hour? ooh... what a surprise hun, it's funny how i wish you good morning at this hour and it's bedtime for me, and we are just 5 hours apart!

Attended yet another interview today. Ok, I should say yesterday, cos it's 2 am now. It went on quite well, and the HR lady was really nice.. She was friendly and chatty, offered me some helpful tips about attending interviews for hotels. Bless her. I have been actively looking these few weeks, sent in applications for some that I'm really keen, hope to hear from them soon.

Hope to do more baking tomorrow, depending if I need to go out and meet my ex- employer to sort out some matters. I hope things will be settled pretty soon.. bummer

Well, I guess I really should be going to bed now.. Goodnight

It's 2.30am, and I'm still up. Just in time to send a good morning msg over to NZ. Hope you are up already, hun! Submitted a few more job applications today, jobs that I really look forward to, crossing my finger that they will ring me soon ! Am keeping my phone with me 24/7, don't wanna miss any calls.

Been out and about today. Went on a lil grocery shopping with momsie, and she was scouting for a prezzie for my fav aunt. We went looking in the ladies dept, after a few trips to the fitting room, we finally got her something. Mom got a few nice tops for herself, all pink and red, just nice for CNY ! I spotted a nice purple dress too, loved the design, so I got it too ! Yay!
Next on the list was groceries, did a lil price survey in the supermarket, but we did not actually purchase anything. Reason being - on every 5th and 25th of the month, MaxValue supermarket gives 5% discount to JCard members. So, we were actually heading over to Desa ParkCity for the actual shopping. Mom continued her price survey at Carrefour since it was just across the road from Jusco. She made her jottings on a piece of paper, while I did mind digitally... with my phone of course.
Picked up lunch and ms.piggy from home, and off we went to Desa Park. Shopping for groceries is always fun, I like walking down to aisle looking at the food products and deciding what to stock up. It's extra fun when I am not footing the bill, then I don't worry about the prices! We ended with a whole trolley of goods for the house - rice, oil, cereal, coffee, frozen pizza, cheese, oh it's too much to name them all! Now that our pantry is all stocked up, we'll never have to complain there's nothing to eat.

Hmm what should I have for breakfast tomorrow? Lolz

A lil progress

I'm still clouded by thoughts and emotions. I almost lost my tempered on them.. but I kept calm. The change in me lately is annoying myself, hate the mood swings, hate the procrastination. I need to get out. really need to.

Lost in transition

I suddenly find myself in a foul mood, have not been for a long long time. Familiar causes in the past are stress and frustration from work. Well I'm not working, so what could possibly cause it? I don't want to be the typical woman who blames it on PMS.( which I'm pretty sure it's not !) I blame it on the train of thoughts I've been having these 2 days, and the monotonous of my life, which I am not doing much to improve it. These thoughts keep trailing in my mind, but I feel like I have not singled them out or anything. I really need to decide, and then get it going.

I can't believe that I'm actually stressed out with too much time on my hand. *sobs*

The Holiday

It was a fairly long weekend for me, cos the fun began on Thursday already! As it was just the perfect timing for all of us - semester break, the mark of freedom after SPM, unemployment , it was the perfect time for a family trip! As for Dad, he took leave from work of course. With a discount voucher from Resorts World, we got ourselves a 3 D2N at Awana Kijal Terengganu for only RM338. That's a steal cos the normal room rate is RM300 per nite. Everyone was looking forward to the trip, even Daddy made a travel checklist! *grins*

We started out journey from KL at 7+ on Thursday morning, and only got to the resort at 3pm. On the way to Awana Kijal, we made a few pit stops. First stop was Bentong, we had breakfast there, and dropped by to see my grandparents. 2nd stop was Sg Lembing that used to be a busy mining town, it's more like a ghost town now. We also visited the Sg Lembing Museum - it was pretty interesting to look at the artifacts and equipments from the mining days.
We were all pretty exhausted by the time we got to Kijal. A good rest followed by a relaxing dip in the pool.

Day 2 was spent lounging in the resort, as it's the monsoon season now, we can't do any watersports, so we had a go on the ATV bikes ! It was awesomeeeee. Then it was a routine of swimming, sunbathing, eating, and more swimming ! We also had TimTams with tea in the room! Yum...
Day 3 was departure day, we left Awana Kijal with a heavy heart, it has been a great time with the family. We left Terengganu with lotsa keropok ikan and lekor of course. Had lunch at Karak before heading back to KL.
And then my next trip started from there, I went down to Seremban to meet the ji muis and also for a wedding photoshoot. It has been a great time catching up with them, and having pillow talk in Seremban Inn was fun! Am looking forward to the next trip with the girls.

Spaghetti Grill @Mid Valley

Finally managed to see Ms Pei Kei and Yi Ling on the same day. Started the catching up session with a movie. We watched Did you hear about the Morgans?, it was a good watch, have always like Mr Grant and SJP, and having both of them in a movie is a bonus!

As I was craving for pasta, we decided to give Spaghetti Grill a try. Their set lunch was priced at RM9.95. For a main course and a bottomless drink, I think it's a fairly good price. The food was served within 15 minutes, presentation was lovely, and the taste? I would rate it as fairly acceptable. I ordered the Aglio Olio, not the best I've had, it was a lil cold, but it tasted quite alrite.

Behold the pictures of the meal.

The Fried Calamari was quite tasty, and came with a lovely salsa dip. -RM24.95

Chicken Bolognaise

Hawaiian Pizza

Aglio Olio

Played tourist for the day

It started out with me being a tour guide for a friend from Canada. The plans included a visit to Petronas Skybridge, a walk around the city and some eating out. Thanks to KTM, which in my opinion, stands for Kurang Tepat Masa, I only got down to town at 11am! The tickets to Skybridge would have been long gone. And, the plan to eat lotsa Malaysian food was also a lil farfetched as Sinan was vegetarian. Hrmm... that leaves us with not much choices now.

Then I played tourist, we walked to Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve, and did a walk around the nature trail. We were lucky to jump in the guided walk, so we had a pretty informative walk. After that it was Chinatown, in search of a new hostel, Dataran Merdeka, and Masjid Jamek. In between, we made a pit stop at KL Library, just to check it out and cool down of course :P. Despite the dark clouds, it was a mighty hot day !

We then grabbed a bite in Petaling St, before we said goodbye. I don't think I was a pretty good guide, but I did show him quite a bit of local delicacies. Among the new food that Sinan tried was tau fu fa, ciku,jambu air and herbal tea. I hope he'll have many more new experiences to come !

Attacked !

I think I've been attacked by bugs.. literally, all sorta bugs.

Firstly, there's the bug giving me a sorethroat..woke up this morning to an uncomfortable pain in my throat. Have been sucking on Strepsils and downing litres of water, hope I get well soon.

Then, there's the lazy bug, I have been getting out of bed, later and later.. that's not like me at all, but with nothing to do in the morning, I tend to laze till 10am.. tsk tsk tsk..
The lazy bug's doing is a lil more serious, as I have almost not been out for a week, skipped my walk-in interview yesterday, and opted to write in. Great on the pocket, as I spend less money by staying home, but not good for my social life, as I sit here complaining bout being bored, but reluctant to get my bum out of the house !

The domestic bug has recently cling on to me too, I am almost a housewife, just that technically, I'm not a wife yet. My daily routine and concerns involves cleaning the house, and what to cook for dinner. Goshhhhh. I'm fully domesticated now !!

Thought got now? Should I go to the CS event tonite? But my throat hurts so bad, and I don't feel like I could chat and mingle..
:*(

Food for thoughts?

Went downstairs to snap a picture of my 'flower cookies' and caught my bro in action. One of his late nite quirks.. and this time dad was involved too.

Dad's bowl of noodles...

Just another day..

I woke up groggily from the weirdest dream I've ever had, just to realise it was 12.30 in the afternoon. There goes half a day, this waking up late habit really has to go, it's not me at all.

Loiterred around all day, surfing jobstreet.com and applied for some jobs. Then it was lunch time. at 3.30pm? Oh dear..
Took the English Assessment Test on Jobstreet.com and scored 35/40. Darn, cos I scored 37 during the practice. See what unemployment does to your brain? It was then raining cats and dogs, I got into a baking mood. Baked some 'Highlander Cookies" from Nana's recipe... it turned out to be.. different. With the cookie cutters and a lil icing, it looked alrite.

Made dinner, washed up and was glued to the tube for once.. Watched Ghost Whisperer, Gossip Girls, and Timeless Season. Just another manic day.

Backdated: The Hunt for Crabs

It's been a while since the whole family went on a food hunt. The last outing was Beggars' Chicken @ Ijok, that must have been 2 years ago. Don't get me wrong, we make a trip back to Bentong at least once a month to have dinner with my beloved Grandparents, uncles, aunties etc etc. It's just that once in a while, we all drive to somewhere FAR for food. This time, the place was too close for comfort, it was a seafood restaurant in Sg Buloh. Dad suggested this place as the price was pretty reasonable for crabs. A picture speaks a thousand words, so here's a few thousand words.

Restoran Yin Her @ Sg Buloh

My portion of rice

Bro's portion

My favourite Romaine Lettuce


Braised Tofu with Mixed Vege


"For Yim Pai Kuat"


Must have dish for Grandma - Herbal Chicken


Butter Crabs


Kam Heong Crabs

The bill - Paid with Mastercard - RM160

Satisfaction gained - Priceless

Happy New Year 2010 !

It's the first day of the new decade ! I'm pretty sure many of you went out partying welcoming the new year. As for me , I stayed home last night. Taking a drive to Desa Park City just to realise there's no space to even stop my car, that doesn't count as going out really. So my countdown moment was spent watching the live telecast from The Curve on 8tv, and listening to the booming fireworks from Desa Park. Not too bad aye?

It's a cliche to ask " What's your New Year resolutions?", but we all still do it. I have mine drafted up here*finger pointing to my head*, and for now I rather look back and make a tick on last year's achievement!
2009 has been an eventful year, with a long list of happy ones, a few dramatic ones, and sadly a death in the family. The biggest adventure that took place last year, *can't believe I'm referring to it as last year already* was my trip down south. The 6 months spent in NZ was truly amazing, it will be a book of memories that will last for a long long time. It's where I learnt to be truly independant, make important choices, seen amazing places and crossed out quite a few things on My List *winks*. There's more on the list though. In that few months, I've met quite some interesting people too - friendly, sweet, drop dead gorgeous, mean, weird, boring.. you name it. There are some that made it to a special spot and will always stay there. xoxo to you all.

So, now, what's instore for the year ahead? Well, for starters, a job would be good. Hahaha. Then the other plans can fall in place. So to start off, Resolution No 1 - Get employed! And to achieve that, I'm logging off now, so that I could sign in on Jobstreet,Jenjobs, etc.............