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My top 5 Winter Wonderlands.

Having grown up in the hot tropics of the equatorial Malaysia, I have never had the chance to experience the change of seasons and indeed I have never experienced the white wonder that is snow.

As winter is rolling around, here are my favourite winter vacation spots. Continue Reading »

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Being lazy in nature, I do not like to venture far for my daily meals and salute those who would drive to Ipoh for dimsum for breakfast and then back to Penang or KL for lunch and dinner.

While it’s true that my place has a number of coffee shop, fast food outlets and mamak restaurants, occasionally I hunger for a place where it’s also nice on the eye. It is thus, fortunate for me that Street House opened for business last year.
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When you are thinking of a short trip to Malacca, either to visit historical sites or to get your fill of Sate Celup, you may want to consider renting a house. ‘What?’, I hear you asked, ‘A house for a one day trip?’. Well, yeah… especially if it’s a family-style trip.

Forget about getting multiple rooms with connecting door and meeting up at the lobby or reception area; get comfy at One Residence. It’s basically a row of double-storey linked houses that you can rent for short periods or long durations.

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Ever wonder about how small those rooms are at Tune Hotels? Here’s another innovation which could change the face of budget hotel accommodation as we know it. Introducing the Dubai Sleep Box:

Sleep Boxes are basically cubicles which are placed in airports, train station and the likes for people to rest (and maybe sleep) while you wait for your next connecting flight/train. Continue Reading »

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Ever wanted to become a Hotel Baron?

Well it may not be a big trophy property, here’s you chance to own a piece of the action in the historic city of Melaka! Hash House Hotel offers 35 rooms with attached bathrooms. Rooms are equipped with LCD TV, Astro and individual air-conditioning.

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I know maintenance is not exactly something that Malaysia is known for seeing as how we often have new attractions that very quickly turn un-attractive in a space of a few years.

So imagine my surprise when I was told that KL Bird Park has been around for ages. I had thought from my visit that it was perhaps rather new-ish since:

1)      The carpark was rather full

2)      The water feature outside had clear water flowing – a far cry from the usually dried up and algae-clogged fountains that you usually encounter at ‘attractions’ after a year or two.

A good first impression

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