Jalan2 Cari Makan & Buku di Singapura Pt 2
4-7 August 2009

Ibis Hotel.. not iblis! :p

Before memulakan kerja jalan2 cari makan & buku di S'pore, kita posing dulu!! :p So this is where we stayed kat sana - Ibis Hotel. Pelik kan nama tu?? Skali pandang, mcm iblis hotel plak.. haha.. anyway, Ibis actually stands for i believe in service. The room is very nice la.. sgt simple but very cozy & uniquely designed. So after dah brekfas apa semua, we started our book selection @ Taylor & Francis. Lama jgk kat situ. Then we went for lunch @ Royal Plaza Hotel which is owned by Sultan Brunei. Sgt best gile makan kat sini.. variety of foods and yummylicious too.. These are some of the foods that i took..

Main dish 1

Main dish 2

Dessert 1

Dessert 2

Dah abis lunch kat situ, we went sight-seeing dkt area Geylang kot kalau x salah.. kat situ la letaknya Sentosa Island.. we just passed by aje, x sempat lah nak jalan2 kat Sentosa Island this time around.. we went there pun on work trip.. so most of our day-time are fully occupied.. next time lah insyaAllah.

Vivo City

Pintu gerbang Sentosa Island

Our next stop was Dorothy's bookshop. We had the best time selecting books at her place.. not only does she provide the nicest hospitality, but her place is so cosy, and all the books there are medical-related, so it made our job very easy.

Dorothy's Bookshop. She's standing 2nd from right.

So that was our last stop. After that, free & easy session. =) The girls went to Arab Street looking for kain2 utk buat baju raya.. I went jalan2 sorang2 around town doing some sight-seeing..

Bugis Street

Then at night, we went jalan2 at Bugis Village. One of the interesting place there was Bugis Street. Kalau kat Malaysia tu, dia mcm Burmah Road la kat Penang.

@ Bugis St

Masa tu i have around S$20 left kot in my wallet.. so i looked for things costing around that much to spend.. i found this bermuda short worth S$15 and 1 S'pore short worth S$10 for 3 pieces. So we decided to share the t-shirts among 3 of us.. i bought a ring worth S$1, which means i have only S$1 left in my wallet.. haha..!

@ Bugis St

Changi Airport

The next day was our travelling day back to KL. Our flight is at 8.35am, so we drove to Changi Airport as early as 6.30am. So there, my Jalan2 Cari Makan & Buku trip in S'pore.. yg paling kelakarnya, licin habis duit S$ spend kat sana, tinggal S$ aje bawak balik Mesia.. kalau convert to RM to dpt la dlm 2.50. :p

Jalan2 Cari Makan & Buku di Singapura
4-7 August 2009

So continue my entry of 1 week full of jalan2.. lepas aje 4 hari di KK, balik2 tu sampai2 aje kat KLIA, terus ambik limo cab to LCCT plak.. owh b4 that, exchange duit dulu.. aku tukar RM500 aje.. dpt la dlm $200 duit S'pore.. ciput je kan?? takpelah.. aku pikir bkn bnyk pun aku nk belanja kat sana.. lgpun duit pun dah bnyk hbs utk trip KK.. almost 1k jugak la.. huhu.. so duit tu just utk duit makan n shopping sikit2 la mcm souveniers ke apa.. i thought that was enough!! but oh boy, how wrong was i.. huhu..

John Wiley & Sons' Warehouse

Anyways, aku smpai Changi Airport around 10pm.. then ambik cab to Ibis Hotel.. mlm tu terus tido kepenatan.. huhu.. the next morning, our first stop was John Wiley & Sons pny warehouse.. oh btw, lupa nak mention our purpose gi S'pore is actually utk carik buku.. yup, looking for books smpai ke S'pore..! and we're not talking about 10 or 50 books.. we're talking bout plenty & plenty of books worth 250K alrite!! hehe.. Anyways, dah abis kat Jon Wiley's we went for lunch at Raffles Marina - an Indian Restaurant just by the jetty.. these are our foods..

Beriyani fish

Salmon + salad

Fish & chips

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Then spent some time jalan2 kat jeti n ambik2 gambar.. it was raining earlier on and stopped just b4 we finished our meal.. so that's why pemandangan mcm kelam2 aje in these photos..

Aksi wajib.. haha

Cantik gile tempat ni.

Our group, minus the cameraman.

@ McGraw-Hill Showroom

Dah abis lunch, sambung jalan2 carik buku.. our next stop was Mc-Graw Hill's and Elsevier's. Pastu abis aktiviti jalan2 cari buku for that day. Fyi, it was my 1st day carik buku, but for them, it was the 2nd day. hari yg aku smpai malam tu, diorg actually dah smpai waktu pagi, aku je lmbt sikit sbb dr KK. Anyways, mlmnya kitorg menjalankan aktiviti shopping.. mula2 ingat nak beli souveniers aje, skali terlekat plak kat perfume section dia.. huhu.. terembat la pulak 2 botol.. rugi x beli sbb 1 botol tu cost u roughly around S$50 je.. kalau convert duit mesia, baru RM100++.. kalau beli dua botol, lagi la murah.. nak tak nak, terpaksa jgk beli.. huhu.. then as i was about to pay, ternampak pulak jersey section ada jersey baru MU tuh.. aduss.. tergoda la plak.. pikir2 rugi kalau x beli coz it only costs around S$70, kalau convert to RM baru 175. Relatively cheap la kan?? At the end of the night, almost licin dah SG Dollar dlm wallet aku.. huhu..

Hasil shopping di S'pore which costs me almost 450++ ringgit m'sia.

Nasib baik la makan tgh hari sume sponsored. So aku just spare few dollars utk dinner mlm tu & the next day plus kalau ada emergency ke apa. So we call it off a night right there. Part 2 to be continued. =)

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Trip To Sabah Part II

~ Day 3 : Mount Kinabalu Garden, Poring, Kundasang, KK ~

Our day 2 starts very early.. asalnya plan nak gerak at 7 am.. tp masing2 bangun lambat.. almaklumlah, kepenatan bersnorkel hari seblomnya.. so around 8 baru semua ready to go..

Aku sebenonya kompius sikit nama tempat2 kat sini.. we went to so many places that i don't really know which part is Kundasang, which is Poring.. haha.. anyways, we had a lot of fun here.. altho nak sampai ke sana tu punya la lama.. approximately 2 hours beb! Itu x termasuk lagi jalan dia yg berliku2 lagi.. huhu

Anyways, kat Mount Kinabalu Botanical Garden ni mmng sangat cantiklah.. mmng best lah esp for kaki2 gambar and photographers..

Rafflesia gergasi.. yg tipu2 punya la..

Jambatan gantung

Selamat dtg ke hot spring area

Ada hot spring jgk kat situ but we chose not to mandi2 kat situ sbb cam ramai org, instead kitorg trekking sampai ke air terjun kipungit.. bnyk lagi tempat best2 kat situ mcm canopy walkway, butterfly garden.. tp kitorg x sempat nak lawat semua tempat.. the garden is huge, and we might need 2 days to explore the whole place!

Mount Kinabalu Botanical Garden

Trekking to Kipungit Waterfall

Air dia sgt sejuk ok!!!

Main air ngan awek2 Sabah.. haha..

And one of the speciality of this air terjun is dia ada original fish massage lagi!

Dah puas bermandi manda kat situ, then kita jalan2 keluar ke area Kundasang and we stopped at this place mcm menara tinjau la jgk.. where at the back is Mount Kinabalu.. nyamannya rasa kat sini.. angin sepoi2 bahasa..

Our complete group

Adoring the beauty of mount Kinabalu

Dah puas kat Kundasang, we went back to KK.. going back seems to take such a longer time.. dlm 7 lebih br smpai our apartment.. then bersiap2 for dinner.. we went to a nearby seafood restaurant and it was packed with so many ppl.. we decided to wait smpai ada kosong.. and the wait was totally worth it.. seriyusly the food mmng heaven!!

The lobsters that we chose from

Lobsters ready to be eaten

Prawns

Sweet n Sour fish

Tak dilupakan ayam goreng juge

Dessert - kuih keladi

After dinner, we went for a karaoke session.. jgn tak tau, one of our friends whom we call Tycoon, dia ni model video clip Wings lagu Sejati tau!!

Model lelaki video clip Sejati (Wings) - Tycoon yg paling kanan tu..

Karaoke session

~ Day 4 : KK - KLIA ~

The next day, dah siap2 brekfes apa semua kitorg round2 town KK looking for souveniers.. mmg rambang mata betul tgk all those pearls and kraftangan yg sgt menarik.. we found this apek pnya kedai yg jual far cheaper than other kedai.. so we spent most of our time kat kedai dia aje..

Getting ready to leave KK

So dah abis shopping2, packing2 then gerak ke Airport KK.. we arrived at KLIA around 6 pm.. Diorg lepak2 dulu makan dsb, aku plak kena rushing ke LCCT coz i need to fly to S'pore plak for a work trip.. will blog on that later plak.. anyways, this trip mmng sangat2 fun.. altho' 4 days kat sana mmng x cukup.. next time at KK, we'll be hiking mount kinabalu plak.. ciow!

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Trip To Sabah Part I

~ KLIA - KK - Manukan - Sapi Island ~

Some of our group member

Day 1 : KLIA --> KK

I've been really2 bz this past few days after balik from KK & S'pore that i just haven't had time to update this blog.. ini pun actually still bz coz we're having an internal audit next week, but i've become muak with all those documents & printing stuffs that i just had to do something else.. so this is part 1 entry of my vacation trip to KK.. there were about 20 of us & we had lotsa fun!! 4 days in Sabah is obviously not enough!! there's so many places to visit, yet so little time.. we departed from KL via MAS Airlines on August 1st, at 3.30 pm.. arrived at KK around 6 then straight to our apartment, Marina Court..

In front of our apartment - Marina Court

So malam tu kitorg jalan2 kat waterfront, then jalan2 dkt pasar malam & had dinner kat situ.. there were like plenty of fresh seafood to choose from.. the squids were gigantic! and not to forget, dia pny chicken wing mmng marvellous!!

Variety of seafoods

After dinner, lepak2 kat waterfront usha2 awek2 sabah.. :p Then lepak kat one of the nightclubs there - BED.. band dia lead by 3 female vocalists yg hot2 mmng superb.. plng best masa diorg bawak lagu When I Grow Up.. mahsyuk gile.. So that's the end of day 1 in KK.

Day 2 : Jesselton Point --> Manukan --> Sapi Island --> KK

@ Pintu Gerbang Jesselton Point

Our day 2 starts with breakfast nasik lemak beli kat bawah.. then gi Jesselton Point.. macam jeti la.. from there, ada boat bawak kitorg ke Manukan Island..

The view @ Jesselton Point mmng cantik

On the way ke Manukan Island tu mmng seriously mencabar sungguh.. it started to rain, mula2 renyai2 aje.. tetiba hujan turun dgn lebatnya.. kitorg plak melawan arus.. so u can imagine the ombak mmng sgt kuat and we were like melambung up & down.. one of the girls menjerit2 ketakutan.. bkn stakat menjerit, siap menangis lagi.. haha.. by the time smpai ke Manukan, bontot aku yg nipis ni dah kejang dah!

At the beginning, the rain wasn't as heavy..

Half way thru, hujan sgt lebat, ombak pun mengganas gile!!

Arriving Manukan Island.. see the platform & our baju yg kebasahan

Selamat Datang ke Taman Tunku Abdul Rahman, Pulau Manukan

Getting ready to snorkel

Two of the guys renang berirama :D

Tayang body la kunun!

Snorkeling time

The fishes here are very pretty.. but the chorals not so.. cantik lagi dekat Sipadan.. but then to compare dgn Sipadan which is one of the top 10 most beautiful diving site in the world mmng unfair lah kan.. nothing can top Sipadan.. but still, Manukan is beautiful also.. lagipun, waktu tu baru lepas hujan.. so condition laut tak berapa best utk snorkel.. we still had a great time tho' at Manukan..

Posing

Before leaving for Sapi Island pulak

After around 2 hours at Manukan, we left for Sapi.. kat Sapi kitorg mandi laut light2 aje.. the chorals & fishes at Sapi are actually more beautiful than Manukan.. even the beach.. but we're already tired by then, so kbnykannya main posing2 aje kat sana sambil menjamu mata.. =)

Photoshoot!

Before leaving Sapi Island

Last pose at Sapi Island

On the way back to KK

Sampai KK around 6 or 7 like that.. us boys sambung mandi kat swimming pool apartment. plak. the girls pegi pasar beli bahan2 utk masak for dinner plak.. so malamnya kitorg makan kat apartment hasil air tangan the girls.. not bad jugak.. pandai diorg masak! But then, kalau dah penat tu apa pun belasah je kan! :p After dinner, masing2 mmng kepenatan so most of us after lepak2 tgk TV tu semuanya terus berdengkur.. esok nak bangun awal lagi nak gi Kundasang plak.. so stay tuned for Part 2 in Sabah. =)

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