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Friends, Kuala Lumpur, Life, MALAYSIA, Memories, Travel

Experiencing KL City of Lights (Night Bus Tour)

May 25, 2023 thammelissa 4 Comments

KL City of Lights (Night Bus Tour) or better known as KL Night Hop On Hop Off is a bus tour around KL City at night.

The total number of hours spent during this tour is 2 hours and the coverage includes popular spots such as……

Saloma Link
KL Tower
China Town
Central Market
Little India
KL Sentral
National Palace
Merdeka Square
River of Life
Istana Budaya
KLCC

2 months ago, together with my Uni housemates Siew Sian and Jeanly… We decided to meet up in KL. The last time we met and gather was several years ago at Year 2017… Jet was still a toddler. This round Siew Sian drove from Penang together with her 2 sons. Whilst I travelled from Seremban. We put up at Four Points Hotel Puchong because its near to Jeanly’s home.

So, we planned our itinerary before hand and decided to play tourist by joining the KL Night Hop On Hop Off. We chose night bus instead of afternoon because we wanted to watch the beautiful and color city at night. Moreover the weather will be cooler at night too.

Pick Up and Drop off Point – Sg. Wang Plaza Main Entrance

The night bus scheduled at 8pm. Hence we were required to arrive slightly earlier before the departing time. For your info, it is a double decker bus with an opened roof. The top deck is definitely a best choice in terms of better view. However we didn’t take chance as we sees grey sky with lightning. Hence we decided to sit at the lower deck. But many seems to not care bout it.. Proceed occupying the top deck with rain coats on. (It was a free seating concept, first come first serve basis.)

If you have bought the bus tickets online, make sure you go over to the kiosk to validate your online order to issue you a physical ticket. The authorized kiosk located in front of the main entrance to Sg. Wang Plaza.

Saloma Link (Pintasan Saloma) is a 69 metres (226 ft) combined pedestrian and bicyclist bridge across the Klang River in Kuala Lumpur. The bridge’s architecture is inspired by the sireh junjung (betel nut leaf arrangement) concept, which is an integral part of a Malay wedding. The name is derived from the Malaysian-Singaporean singer Saloma.

Minutes later as we started the bus journey, it rains heavily. 😦

Kuala Lumpur Tower, also known as KL Tower and is a 6-story, 421-meter-tall telecommunication tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the world’s 7th tallest tower, also, Malaysia and Southeast Asia’s 2nd tallest tower. Its construction was completed on 1994. It features an antenna that increases its height to 421 metres (1,381 feet). The roof of the pod is at 335 metres (1,100 feet). The rest of the tower below has a stairwell and an elevator to reach the upper area, which also contains a revolving restaurant, providing diners with a panoramic view of the city.

Petronas Twin Towers or KLCC Twin Towers, are a pair of 88-storey supertall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Petronas Towers are a major landmark of Kuala Lumpur, along with the nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower and Merdeka 118, and are visible in many places across the city.

Above showing the route of the bus tour. A guide will briefly explain to us about these places. The bus made 3 short stops at KL Tower, National Palace and River of Life. Unfortunately it was still raining and I do not have a rain coat nor umbrella with him….Hence I did not get down from bus to take a clearer view and photos of the place.

River of Life is really really beautiful at night!! I wished to go for another ride when the weather is good. It was really a good experience because I hardly drive to KL City, what’s more during the night.

It is a good opportunity to bring family and friends to experience this Bus Tour.

For more information about tickets and offers, you can visit the official website.

https://www.myhoponhopoff.com/kl/

Life, Memories, Parenting

Painting Lesson at Bluer Art Studio Seremban

April 29, 2023 thammelissa 1 Comment

Calling all art enthusiast…. To have an art jamming session at Bluer Art Studio in Seremban. 🙂

Early this year, I chanced upon an Art Studio ad via Facebook offering weekly CNY Theme Painting. It was during Chinese New Year and it is the year of Rabbit according to Chinese zodiac.

They offered a good price of RM38 which includes a canvas, painting materials from studio and also a drink. Without hesitation I signed up for that single lesson together with my son.

This studio is rather new. It is located at 2nd floor of the shop lot at Kepayang Seremban.

Using Acrylic paint, we were told to choose our choice of color as the canvas background color. I chose red whilst my son, Jet chose sky blue.

Comfortable and nice environment…….with a furkid assistant ^_^

Not forgetting the young and beautiful instructor to assist us. She was so patient to assist Jet in every steps.

After using a pencil to lighting draw the outline of the rabbit, we were required to use mixture of acrylic paint & sand to create a texture technique.

Using the palette knife to gently swirl it all over the drawn outline. Now that the rabbit look more interesting with a different texture from its red background.

Ta daaa….this is my final outcome. I think teacher’s work is definitely much better because I felt mine looks like a hamster. LOL! Nevertheless it was a great painting lesson.

Showing our paint work result. Jet said he enjoyed the lesson and would love to come here again in future. Besides, it was a great bonding time too.

Other than Canvas Painting, they also offered Mirror Painting and also Turfing.

No plans over the weekend or during school holidays? Perhaps can consider this place to spend sometime here to show your creativity.

Bluer Art Studio

Address: 83-2, jalan MPK 2, medan, bukit kepayang, 70200 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Phone: 010-296 5513

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BluerArtStudio

Life, Memories

Sharing my experience of my first tattoo.

March 25, 2023 thammelissa 2 Comments

Many years back I saw my late friend did some tattoo on her body. I told her I wished to have it too. She replied, “go for it”! But I wasn’t brave enough nor have the courage to be inked. Moreover I couldn’t think of a nice image. I wanted it to be something meaningful because it will stays permanently on my body part.

Each time she sees me, she would ask have you done your tattoo? I laughed and said not yet.

On September year 2020, I stumbled upon a post in a FB group asked about recommendation for tattoo artist. A person recommended Selina Tattoo Studio in Seremban. I went to browse her work on her Facebook page and immediately like her work! Without hesitation I texted her to make an appointment on that weekend. LOL!

Located at Pusat Perniagaan Templer, opposite Chinese Medical Hospital.

Selina Tattoo Studio

Address: D-8, 1, JALAN PPT 2, PUSAT PERNIAGAAN TEMPLER, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Phone: 016-665 1562

I made an appointment with the tattoo artist on the earliest session. HAHAHA! We had discussed earlier on the tattoo design that I wanted. Upon arrival, she printed out the design that I wanted to trace the outlines for tattoo. I intended to place the tattoo on my arm. Whether to be at bicep or triceps, I seek her opinion.

Assorted ink colors uses by the tattoo artist.

I suddenly felt like I am seated on a surgery chair / in a dentist. I began to feel nervous. But my tattoo artist named Selina ensured that it is not as painful as what I thought. (Successfully traced the image on my hand).

The inking process! For safety and cleanliness, Selina uses new needle and wears gloves while handling her clients.

Apparently Selina has over 10 years experience in tattooing. She started off from Taiwan. Most of her clients here are females, she said. We chatted abit, but most of the time she was quite focus, to ensure she done a proper job. We do have 5 minutes break in few sections.

Ta daa…the first image is up! I can feel that the needles move rapidly up and down, kinda like a sewing machine. HAHA! Look at the fine detail lines. Selina said she want to make sure the lines are inked closely, so that I do not require to touch up.

If you asked me whether was the pain bearable? I would say 2 out of 5. You will got the pricking feeling, towards the armpit will feel abit more painful than the rest. The whole process took about 1+ hour .

I was required to send daily photo to the tattoo artist to monitor the healing progress. Thank you for being attentive. To take care of this tattooed area, less contact with water, no soap and to apply a thin layer of lotion to keep it moisturized.

My current tattoo since September 2020. Its an image of 2 elephants which represents a mother elephant (which is me) raising the baby elephant (which is my son) with love <3. Selina did a good job, hence my tattoo still looks good after 2.5 years with minimal care.

There it goes my first tattoo experience. Feeling of getting a 2nd one…still looking for the ideal image. hehehe…

Unfortunately I couldn’t show this to my friend who is no longer in this world. All of us misses her.

Life, Memories, My Collection, Shopping

Gashapon Bandai First Official Shop in IOI City Mall Putrajaya, Malaysia.

March 18, 2023 thammelissa 2 Comments

Bringing excitement to fans of Gashapon. Gashapon Bandai First Official Shop is now located at IOI City Mall Putrajaya, Malaysia – Expands in Southeast Asia.

Bandai Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo.

Gashapon (ガシャポン), also called gachapon (ガチャポン), is a trademark of Bandai. Among the variety of vending machine-dispensed capsule toys that originated in the 1960s, it became popular in Japan and elsewhere. If you travel to Japan, gashapon machine is often spotted everywhere.

This specialty store, dedicated to Bandai’s popular capsule toy brand, opened its doors on Thursday, 16th March 2023. Located at 3rd floor of Phase 2 IOI City Mall Putrajaya.

The store space of approximately 846sf, with over 300 gashapon machines!

The token changer machine accepts cash, e-wallet & credit card. If all fails…do not worry, because the staff at the counter will be able to help.

Every token is priced at RM5 each. In conjunction to the opening…. you will get a free tote bag (as shown on the photo above) with purchase of RM100. (promo valid till 19th March 2023)

Jet & I are fan of Gashapon. Hence we decided to check out this new store. We were both excited to know about its opening especially the whole store filled with gashapon machines.

some of the premium collectibles are price from RM100 onwards.

Jet, to choose wisely because many seems nice and attractive, but ain’t cheap ya….I noticed mostly requires minimum 4 token onwards.

Our loot of the day from Gashapon Store. ❤

Here’s a short clip to sum up our visit to Gashapon Bandai First Official Store. 🙂

For more info and latest promo, do check out their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/GBOMYS

GBO Malaysia

Lot L3-217, IOI City Mall Phase II, Lebuh IRC, IOI Resort, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Hotels, Langkawi, Life, MALAYSIA, Photography, Travel

A unique experience staying at Tubotel Langkawi

May 20, 2015 thammelissa 10 Comments

Hi…I just came back from my 3D2N trip to Langkawi with my GF. This trip was meant to be a relaxing trip and a short getaway from our busy life. On the first night we stayed at ‘Resort World Hotel’. But on 2nd night, my friend suggested we try Tubotel Langkawi. Well, from the photos…it looks pretty interesting. The concept I meant. Tubotel is located 6km from airport, 1.2km from Pantai Cenang.

“Tubotel is the first budget concept hotel of its kind in Asia, in a panoramic paradise, on a tropical island. A genuinely unique experience of no frills packed with tubotonnes of thrills… everyone should try it, even it is way below your budget!”

We booked a sea-view room at the rate of RM180 which inclusive of breakfast for 2.

The check-in procedure was quick because we’ve made the payment through Agoda. These colorful tubes are meant to be bedroom. These are the rooms with sea-view

These are the rooms with garden view. I suppose the rates would be cheaper than sea-view.

Given a key to our Room No. 4, we were lead to our room.

Our neighbors. 😀 😀

Our room at night.

My jaw dropped opened seeing the actual room size. HAHAHAHA! I was like…omg..where should I place my luggage? Totally blank. There’s a small empty space or void under the bed where you can place your luggage.

This tiny room is sufficient for 2 adults. And equipped with 2nos. of power socket, 2nos. mineral water, 2nos of towel, an electric fan.

I was aware about the ‘shared bathroom’ basis, which was my turnoff. But at the same time I wished to have an experience putting up at something different, just like the backpackers.

View from my room.

You can also watch the sunset directly from your room.

Not only sea-view but I’m able to sight flying planes across my room too. Because the airport is just a short distance from here.

A beautiful bloomed morning glory greeted us at the garden.

The dining room, where we had our breakfast on the following day.

You can also choose to dine at the Al Fresco area. Unfortunately it was a wet morning that we got no choice but to dine indoor.

Pick your choice of breakfast from the list above.

Each breakfast set is served with home baked bread with butter & jam, a cup of coffee & a glass of orange juice.

I had Ham & Mushroom Frittata (smoked turkey ham & mushroom) while my GF had 2 fried eggs with roasted tomato & chicken sausage. The breakfast was good as its made to order.

The calm sea after the heavy downpour.

Below are some photoshoot of ourselves before leaving this unique place.

Mattresses are usually laid here…so that travelers could laid back and relax while enjoying a good sea view.

wefie in our room

Each room comes with a different wall painting. And we got a sexy bikini lady. LOL! 😀

My Summary

Did not experience bad services
More suitable for backpackers, light or solo travellers
Nice sea-view
Although the room is small…but there are space for you to roam around outside.
dislike the fact about shared bathroom. haha….
Wifi is provided for free at the lobby area.
Wasn’t aware about the Jacuzzi.

Website : www.tubotel.com

Life

Long Break

March 5, 2014 thammelissa 12 Comments

Greeting to all my readers.
Sorry for not blogging for more than a month.
Reason is that I am still on maternity leave (2 months) and will return to work in 2 weeks time.

I have safely delivered a healthy baby boy weighing 3.35kg on 22 January 2014, 2 weeks earlier before the estimated due date.

Hello everyone…my name is Wong Shin Jet.

It has been a long journey till today. The photo above was captured during week 36 of my pregnancy. It ain’t easy walking around with a huge belly towards the end of the pregnancy. Yet I could still drag myself to go shopping. Hehe…..

Looking at him…. sometimes made me thought..is this for real? I am a mother now? This is my baby? I would say that there are many things no longer the same as before. I am adapting to it. I am learning new stuffs everyday. I know now my baby need me the most!

When he is asleep, I am the happiest person. That means I could sleep too… hehe…

Life

I Thought I saw Ghost!

August 6, 2013 thammelissa 20 Comments

Beginning of June 2013, Alex and I decided to go for passport renewal when we realized that our passport has expired. I’ve heard about the service of renewing passport via kiosks…(only at selected place in Klang Valley) is fast and easy. Therefore I google for information and address before going there.

Read HERE….the writer got her passport renewed and ready within 90minutes via kiosk.

Well prepared ourselves with a new copy of passport photo, a photocopy IC (front and back) and our old passport. Penuh bersemangat, Alex and I reached;

Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia, Negeri Selangor, (Cawangan Subang),
Blok A, Plaza Glomac, Jalan SS7/19, Kelana Jaya,
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel : 03-78830975 / 78850149 / 78850301
Faks : 03-78850243

in the afternoon. Went over to the information counter to inquire about the kiosk. Then only was told that they has stopped the service for renewing passport via kiosks kononnya the government has implemented new passport. With different quality (effective since May 2013). I was damn pissed off lor…. Means I gotto get a number, queue and renew via counter. Want to get number also finished. So many people want to travel meh……….

Forget it…I then changed my mind to renew our passport at the Immigration Dept. in Seremban. We went there early before 8.30am. Wasn’t crowded…may be cos its still early. Get it done within 20 minutes from getting number, waiting time and to payment. Then we were given a collection receipt for our new passport. Guess what… 4 hours to be ready!! “So EFFICIENT lah”!! I do not want to waste time…I decided to come back another day to collect my new passport. After all the collection receipt is valid for 3 months.

Passport Fees

RM100.00 for 2 years
RM300.00 for 5 years

Kindly refer to photo #1 and photo #2…both are source from www.imi.gov.my.

Kinda confused right. One saying ‘blue background’ and the other one saying ‘white background’. Anyway…..the current photo specification is ‘white background’. Do take note.

Went to collect our passport on another day (you are not allowed to collect on behalf of other person) at the collection counter. Remember to bring along the collection receipt. It was quick. However I got freak out!!!!

I thought I saw Ghost!! @_@

This was my original photo. With color okay! How come they changed it to ‘black & white’ on passport?!!! huhuhuhu…..

New passport (with embedded microchip) can visit Japan without the need of applying visa. (Read HERE)

**My new passport is so ugly! Luckily its just for 2 years. That’s all about ghost.** 😀

Life

I wish to have a dog at home.

April 22, 2013 thammelissa 21 Comments

I wish to have a pet at my home.

I love dogs especially.

I wish to have a dog at home.

I wish to go home greeted by him, wagging its tail vigorously with hugs and kisses.

Waited eagerly for the owner to come home.

Dogs are very loyal especially towards their owner. Unlike some human betrays each other.

Photos like this made me feel like adopting one. Look! They are pedigree dogs. Why would someone abandoned such nice dogs? Often situations are the owner bought it for the sake to please their children. So when their children are bored with the dog…then they’ll just abandon it. Other excuses are “I can’t afford to rear the dog” I may not know the true story behind..but common..you can afford to buy the dog, but to can’t afford to give at least a simple living? Some just decided to gave up the dog when it has skin problem. Don’t you think that skin problem occurs depending on what you feed on them? All the above apply to cats as well. The most heart wrenching is they are abused by their owner. Hello….they are living being also! I can see their sadness through their eyes and face expressions..they felt disowned.

What hold me back from adopting one. I really wish I could. But before I press the “Start” button…I told myself..I often travel between 2 states, do I have the time for my dog? I’ll be away to work longer hours than I’m at home. What if someday I have my own family…will I neglect my dog? That’s what I often see these days. They do have feelings too. And do you know…dogs are sometimes smarter than human! No doubt they can’t talk, but they do understand what we are expressing. Never mind…I can’t have a dog at my own house…but over the weekend I can still spend time with my dearie doggies at my parent’s house.

Quite true isn’t it?

Do check out Malaysia’s SPCA and MDDB. And if you are kind enough, why not do some donation, a small contribution to help the dogs and cats.

Cinema, Life, Memories

My 1st Experience at Beanie Plex (TGV Setiawalk Puchong)

January 17, 2013 thammelissa 22 Comments

I don’t usually go for movies in cinemas. Unless there are some particular movies that I’m really interested (thrillers or action movie). Often, Alex is the one who suggested to go for movie. Hehehe….

Recently, TGV Cinemas being the first has introduced the ‘Beanieplex’ movie hall. The first location was at 1st Avenue Mall, Penang. What is ‘Beanieplex’? A cinema hall featuring bean bag seats instead of the common seats that we often sees.

Now, you can experience ‘Beanieplex’ not only at 1st Avenue Mall, Penang, but also at TGV Bukit Indah, TGV Ipoh, TGV Sunway Pyramid, TGV Tebrau City, TGV 1 Utama and not forgetting the latest one at Setiawalk Puchong. I’m glad they have it here. Why? Shorter traveling time for me ahh… 😉

Clean and spacious hall at TGV Setiawalk Puchong.

Bean Seats are meant to accommodate 2 person. If you want to go alone also can…more spacious lor…You can occupy the whole seat. The seats design..really space ship or airplane look. Obviously this is more comfortable then our low cost flight lah! We paid RM44/ bean seat. Means RM22/person. Comparing to the normal price tickets..of course we are paying almost double the price. But once in awhile to chillax…okay lar..

Huh?! Alex has fall asleep? But still holding tight on the handphone?

The bean seat was quite firm. You need to smack abit to adjust your butt and sit comfortably on it. It was a good experience. I like lor… Seat is spacious and quite comfy. No barrier in between ma. Moreover I can sit cross leg la…sit side way la…anyway also can la…as long as you don’t block people’s view. LOL! BTW…We were here to watch CZ12..the only show that has bean bag then.

*sorry for the poor resolution photos. Very dark lar*

TGV Setiawalk Puchong is new and very nice. Very cold too…Go experience it yourself lar… 😉

Contest, Friends, Life, Memories

I am One Lucky & Happy Winner.

November 27, 2012 thammelissa 27 Comments

I’ve been following Bangsar Babe’s blog every now and then.

On July 2012, she organized an annual blog giveaway in conjunction to her blog’s 5th anniversary. The giveaway consist of F&B vouchers and also Hotel stay. To stand a chance on winning bigger prizes, you’ll have to take a photo of your favorite food along with Bangsar Babe website (header photo), add in a short description about the food photo then emailed it to Bangsar Babe and she’ll upload it on her facebook page. All you need to do for the whole 5 months giveaway period..get as much people to like your photo (not forgetting to LIKE Bangsar Babe FB page first) in order to have a higher chances to win the grand prize.

Despite ~~begging~~ asking favor from people to like your photo, there’s no slogan needed..which I thought its pretty simple (because I am not a slogan person). So, I decided to try my luck and submitted my entry on July 2012. However my numbers of LIKE on my photo grew so slow. I couldn’t even catch up with the highest score. I have 600 over friends on my FB..but there were only 100 over likes on my photo (including some unknown people) How sad huh. I thought there ain’t hope of winning anything already. Although there are 2nd and 3rd prize…no chance also lar…I meant myself. :-p

This was my photo submission. A good Japanese meal I had at Senjyu.

On October 2012, I received an email from Bangsar Babe saying I was chosen as best monthly photo entry. I walked away with a 8inch mille crepe cake from Food Foundry! Wow…..happy jugak lar…. *smile widely*

Together with Bangsar Babe (not only lenglui but also a friendly person), Pin Pin of Food Foundry and Min Xian (the other selected entry), redeemed my mille crepe cake voucher. (I’ve already redeemed a Vanilla mille crepe cake, nicely shared with Alex and also my family)

1 week ago, the final result has announced! Received an FB notification, that my friend congratulated me. I was really surprised, overjoyed and excited knowing that I was selected as Best Photo Submission. Seriously I never expect there is such category and I felt lucky as well.

Thank you for giving me hope 😉

Here are my prizes… 😀