Stay in d' Garden Hotel in Kuala Lumpur

2 February 2012 was the date of my VISA Interview for joining the work and travel program in United State. The interview was arranged in the morning at 8.50am, therefore I and my friends decided to go to the Kuala Lumpur (KL) one day before the interview.
I was responsible to find a hotel for the night, and in the end I chose the d' Garden Hotel.
When come to here, I would like to recommend a website which I always use to find a hotel that can fulfill my requirements. The website is http://www.letsbookhotel.com/.
I like the website due to it allows me to find hotels through some filtering options like types, required facilities, prices and the surrounding attractions. The most important thing is I can easily find which hotel is pet-friendly.
However, I did not book the hotel from the website as I believe it is more convenient and reliable to book the hotel through its own website or contact method.
Finally, I have booked d' Garden Hotel for the date of 1 February and called to confirm the available time for free breakfast.

On that day, we found the hotel at around 1.50pm. It looked not as new as the photos they posted in their website but it is still OK. The check-in time was set at 2pm but we are allowed to check-in earlier as the room is available.
*Tips: Always call to your booking hotel to ask whether you are able to check-in earlier if you want to do so, they are possible to agree your request when the room is not occupied by other customers in previous day.

d' Garden Hotel claimed that they do provide free breakfast in their website, but they also said that it is not their responsibility "must" provide the breakfast, so call to make sure their offer if you care about the complimentary breakfast.

Here are some photos that I have taken but I forgot to take a photograph of their entrance. :p
We were 3 persons and staying at 2nd floor. The view there is quite nice but their place is smelly including the room. Seem like not much people have been staying there and they do not spend much time on maintaining their place.

We stayed in the room beside the signboard. The girl in the photo is my ex-classmate, we were going to apply US VISA for the same purpose.
All the photos were taken by using iPhone 4, and the room is too small so it is difficult indeed, I cannot capture everything from a far distance.

Although the room is small, everything is included. We can request the hair dryer through the internal-line phone, they said the counter is 24 hours available. I booked the room online, so I enjoyed the discount at RM128, it was about RM30 lesser.

The buffet breakfast included fried mee hoon, pastries, bread and toasted machine, coffee and tea, all the basic things. We were in rush therefore we did not eat much and then check-out directly at 8am as we might not able to get back in the stated check-out time 12noon.
The dining area was under renovation at the moment, hope that they can make it a classy place for their future customers. :)

Sunshine Kebabs

I was going to Sunway Pyramid in 6 January.
The main reason I went there is to purchase some new dresses for greeting the Chinese New Year and use the pedicure-manicure coupon that I had bought from the Groupon Malaysia before it was about to expire in February.
After shopping, my friend and I felt hungry and decided to find out some special and delicious food in this shopping mall. Finally, we came to a fast food retailer named Sunshine Kebabs. Auntie Anne's is just next to it.

Sunshine Kebabs is a fast food chain that are selling Mediterranean cuisine, which originate in Australia. It was opened in Malaysia in 2011 as mentioned in their official Facebook page. So far I only know this chain. The picture below is the "Kebab" that I have mentioned.

 

(sourced from Sunshine Kebab Facebook Malaysia)

What have attracted me to give a try? The answer is simple, as this is just what I have long sought after. Sunshine Kebab offers two main food choices: Kebab and Pilav Rice. We are allowed to order a la carte or combo set like in Mcdonald and KFC. For combo set, Kebab comes with carbonated drink and French fried while Pilav Rice is served together with carbonated drink only as it includes rice.

From the advertising picture below, you can know that what kinds of flavors are available from the shop.

I ordered Kebab and my friend wanted to try the Pilav Rice. I can't wait to eat the Kebab when the food was ready, thus I almost forgot to take a picture for you :p. It was a bit late when I realized that, so forgive me to take such a poor picture as below.

 

Besides, creating own taste is one of the selling points of Sunshine Kebabs. This is the first time I go to eat the Kebab there, therefore I required the staff suggested a popular taste for me. Fortunately, it was in weekday and not much people were queuing there. The steward is friendly and the taste she recommended to me is really nice! /please

All the combo sets' price are around RM9 to RM11+ if I am not mistaken. It is a fabulous food experience that I must try the Kebab again next time when I go to Sunway Pyramid. However, my friend said that the Pilav Rice is just Ok only.

It is a great news!

For your information, admin of Facebook Sunshine Kebabs Malaysia had responded my question that they have two outlet at the moment. The another one is located in Subang Parade. (updated - 3 Feb)

伊伊的讨红包工具-- 旺财包

新年的脚步在慢慢逼近了~
在Facebook发现了一个特别的小东东，就是旺财包了。
旺财包是为了帮狗狗们讨红包而设计的发声工具。
原本想买给我的宝贝-- 伊伊（我的玩具贵宾狗）的，可是因为价钱有点高，
就犹豫了一段时间，结果小型的旺财包就卖光了。(T.T)
当我还在纳闷的时候，才想起有个朋友的哥哥是在台湾读书的。
最后，终于成功拜托他帮我上网订购，寄回来。
中间有发生了一点小插曲，以为不能再新年前拿到呢~
幸好昨天就收到了。
为了充分利用从台湾寄回来的国际运输费，我还特地买了两件衣衣。（^。^）

 

两件衣服都是长袖的， 红色衣衣和圆点假两件裤裙是一套卖得。

没有很特别，不过价钱也不贵，算ok...

下面这个就是旺财包了。本来是买红色的，可是朋友的哥哥订错了。

这个是金色，不过没关系，还是蛮好看的。

包装很普通，就是那种透明塑料袋，一起的还有这张说明卡和单据。

 

品质方面嘛就中下，可调式带子和包包结合处缝合得不是很好。

感觉带子很容易就掉下来...而且很多地方一直在脱线。

小型的旺财包本身就很小，里面装了个感应发声器后就几乎装不下其他东西。
感应发声器是没有固定在包包内的，可以随意取出。
有洞的这一面是发声的，而圆盘那一面就是感应的部分。

在订购这个旺财包后，我就训练伊伊在适当的时候吠，

好让旺财包发出声音。当碰到或发声而震动到感应器，另一头就会发出声音-- 

"恭喜恭喜，给我一个小红包，祝你今年发大财哦~"。 

蛮有创意的新年小物品~

下面就是训练可爱伊伊的时候录下的片段：

黑斑蚊的克星 Khind Branded Aedes Buster

家里的蚊子实在太多了，而且家里这么多人，可就特别喜欢咬我！>.<

没办法了，为了我的腿不再经常冒出钱币的印记就只好凑了点钱去

了新居銮（居銮）的一间电器店买了下面这个-- 黑斑蚊克星！价钱是RM138...

 

虽然这里说明两年保用，但店家跟我说的是一年。

这个是附有说明书的，但盒子的产品效益那一栏就已经写的很清楚了关于

这个产品是用什么方法来消灭蚊子的还有它的用法。

 

买的时候有两种颜色可以选，很明显咯~我选了红色。

再来就让大家看看开了这个电器的样子。店家说可以开24小时，灯管坏了的话，

换就是了。

通常开启的第一天是有可能捉不到蚊子的，但是不要灰心，可以在同个地方
开着几天看看有没有收成。
下面呢，就是开了好几天的成果了。还真的捉了很多只蚊子呢！
很高兴付出的钱并没有白费~
为了拍照，还让一只蚊子有机会逃走了。

温馨提示：按照使用指南的做才能捉到比较多的蚊子哦，例如放在灯光比较暗的地方，和离我们（就是人）远一点的地方。还有最好是经常更换摆放的地方，因为店家说放久了蚊子会学聪明，不再掉入陷阱了。