Awana Genting Highland resort, is it nice? 😃

Hye, so last week I went to Genting Highland. Didn’t go for cable car, just chilling and relaxing 🥳

The entrance

Well, last time when I went there before the pandemic, it was an old resort (not well maintained). However, when I went there last week, I can see some changes and differences, and there were also some on going renovation in progress. I think it’s pretty nice, open concept resorts. Check this out..

The lobby…
Kiosk..
Im not sure what was this, something like glass house? Its still in progress..
The elevators..
It looks like hydrophonic plants..still in progress..
This is steamboat restaurant..

What I like about is…the cafe 😍

Okay, I think the rest pretty normal, just the cafe looks a bit luxury and chilling 😍

They have an open concept cafe, you can seat whenever you want. I love the music they played, it reminds me of the gym I used to go before. Check these out…

Open view, nearby the pool side..
The drinks they offered 🥰
Muffin a bit dry…but still fine..
The view from inside of the cafe..there is bar outside, beside the pool. I like the concept, if you wanna feel cozy and warm cafe, you can seat inside. If you wanna have some fun, the bar is outside..its versatile concept.
View from the cafe entrance..
They have some machines…that you can play..
The pool view at night..

Okay, enough with the lobby, cafe etc, we go to the room…Zoom In…

The hallway..pretty old school…but I think they will change it later..renew the look..

What I like bout this resort is that…it has nostalgia memories when me and my siblings were kids. We came here most of the weekend 🥰❤

There were 2 rooms…check these out…

1st room….master bedroom
2nd room..twin bedroom
Living room…dining room and kitchen
Washroom..

Breakfast at the balcony….

Okay, that’s pretty much about the resort..we enjoyed it 🥰

Till then…to be continue

Love, Sofia

Organizing “Gadget” for An Organizer Freak 😂

HeLLooOoo everyone!! What’s up? It’s finally here!! So called – My organizing “gadget”…haha..🥰

So, I bought 3 different sizes of Rattan Box storage, to keep my blankets and other stuffs like my hairband, hair clip, sleeping mask, detox patches etc.

Tadaa!!! Cute rattan storage in different sizes – S, M and L 🥰

The reason I don’t buy big basket for my blankets, is that because Im living in a small room – to keep virtual clutters away 😃

Oh, and another things, the grey storage is for my undergarments. I like it to be well organize, soothing in my eyes 😍

The other Organizing “Gadget” I have in my room 😃

1. The Square Storage Box (with zip on top and side) – for Towels and Bedsheets
2. Medicine Kit – all first aid medicine including Covid-19 swab test 😃
3. Make Up storage – unfortunately, I don’t have much make up. Mostly for my skin care serum, hair serum, backup Parfum, Massage Oil, body lotion, hand lotion, nail clipper, haircomb, contact lens casing etc 🥰
4. Clothes Dust Cover – other than Virtual Clutters free, this cover helps to keep away the dust in wardrobe. Coz, I noticed there are dust at the bottom of the wardrobe and I need to clean it, weekly 🤪
5. Parfum and pins storage – Okay, I have lot of parfums, but these 2 are the most often I used. Easily to pickup and put back, to minimizing the virtual clutters and as a deco too. 😃
6. The humidifier essential oil – Okay, okay, parfum freak in the house..whoott whoot!! 😚 So, I have my fav flavours which I often used – Hotel version: Banyan Tree, Grand Hyatt, Westin, and Hilton and typical essential: Orchid and Lavendar flavour. I do have more such as peppermint, Oranges etc, but I keep it away in wardrobe to avoid virtual clutters. ☺
7. From the back, Hotel version : Hilton hotel, Westin hotel, Grand Hyatt hotel, Banyan Tree hotel. Orchid. From the front: Lavendar.

Crystal Collections: To Re-Use?

Okay, Im pretty okay for the rest, there is only something I don’t find the purpose to be displayed on my table – My Crystal Collections.

Well, I used to put some essential oil onto it, coz I thought to make it as a crystal diffuser. But it turn out, not so good compared to wood, plus my crystal out of shapes and colors 🥲

I’m thinking to re-use it for something better and useful, if you have any good idea, you can comment below, thanks 😉

It looks horrible in a cup..
I think, some has changed color and shapes. I used to have emerald green color, but now its gone 😭

Okay, that’s all for today…to be continue…

Love, Sofia

Colmar Tropicale, Berjaya Hills

HeLLoOooooo Everyone!!! How are you all??? This week is a holiday week!! Yeppie! 🥰

So, we went to Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang. I book via online booking, 2 sites – Booking.com and Agoda. It’s a last minute booking, since both my parents wanna join too. 😁

Okay, you will need transportation to come here. It’s kinda far from the city, surrounded by forest. Well, the food kinda expensive here if you compared to the normal price. 1 cup of coffee may cost you around RM 10. I’m talking bout the normal coffee, not starbuck kind of coffee 🙈 So, those who wants to be on budget, I suggest you to have picnic for the 1st day, then you can go for outside eating for the next day.

Registration at Hotel Lobby

Once you reach here, if you are using private vehicle, you may park at basement parking. Don’t bring along your luggage, I suggest you to register first to see which building is your room. You will need to fill-up some registration forms upon check-in.

So, I booked 2 rooms – Deluxe King and 1 bedroom apartment King. I’d asked for both rooms to be close together, you may asked the PIC at the hotel counter (subject to availability). So, I got Deluxe King at Level -1 (underground) and the 1 bedroom King at Level 3. Here are those rooms..its lovely and clean rooms.

The 1 bedroom apartment (King bed)

This room at the highest level, 3rd floor.
Some space for luggage
Simple and cute 🥰
Narrow and long bathroom. I think they used the space wisely. Its small, but yet functioning well. ❤
Dry kitchenette. They didn’t really allow you to cook, you can cook instant noodles only 😀
Hurm…spacious dining room..idk why its so spacious here..i think can built the 2nd bedroom here 😃

Okay, that’s all for the 1 bedroom apartment. Now, let’s checkout the 2nd room..which is Deluxe King.

Deluxe King

The living room..
Dining room and dry kitchenette. They have minifridge inside the cabinet, but I think only suit for drinks.
Bedroom…
Bathroom
Toiletries
Towel and hairdryer
Pencil and note

The hotel building…..🥰

It’s a beautiful france building for the whole hotel. I like it’s unique design..❤

View from the front..
It has the pad lock love too….idk what is the purpose….😃
Some of the view from side of the building..
Duckie….
Best port…sunrise..

Okay, I bought rooms with complimentary breakfast. Well, the croisants are much nicer compared to the rice. 😃

Last, but not least. My travel essential 😃😂

I can’t live without parfum…so i bring along the hotel flavour parfum..by Mayci. My fav were Grant Hyatt and Banyan Tree.

❤🥰

Okay, that’s all for now..to be continue….

Love, Sofia

Johnny Johnny…yes papa! Yummy yummy 🤤

Heyy!! Everybody! If you come to Malaysia and you love steamboat, do visit Johnny’s restaurant! And order for their Tomyam soup…slurrppp 🤤 It was my fav steamboat restaurant, so far..

Okay, the restaurant have different kind of food, they do serve steamboat with min of 2 pax steamboat and also they do serve ala carte like ‘Nasi goreng cendawan’ my fav 🤤. It doesn’t cost much, was around RM 40++ for 2pax and with Tomyam soup some extra RM 15. Total I ate was around RM66 (included drink-lime juice). This price was in June 2022 and might change over the months/years 😃

So, I just wanna chill alone that day, and ordered for 2pax steamboat. If you love spicy, I recommend the Tomyam soup, it’s damn nice if you mixed it with the ‘asam laksa’ sauce 😍🥰

What will you have, in the 2pax steamboat (June 2022): Prawn, Chicken fillet, homemade Fish ball, homemade seaweed ball, Japanese Tofu, Bee hoon, fresh egg, Golden mushroom, Chinese cabbage, Hong Kong Kailan, and Seafood Tofu.

Well, I’m seating next to the window, and the last table at the corner. A nice spot to have little privacy 🥰

Tadaaa!!!! It was a nice spot to have some privacy 🥰
Before ‘they’ arrive….😀
After ‘they’ arrive…😃

Okay, I went to the Melawati Mall branch, they served customer with cute robots 😃

The ‘waitress’ to serve my steamboat 😀
This is the fav sauce..it taste lil bit like ‘asam pedas’ or ‘asam laksa’ sauce…it mixed well with the Tomyam soup 🤤🥰
I think its homemade fish ball, its different taste than the normal round fish ball. It taste ‘rich’ in fishes🤤
My fav too…Seafood Tofu 😍
Japanese Tofu..
The golden mushroom..where is the golden? 🙈
Fresh eggs…i love the egg pouches..🤤
Hong Kong Kailan…my fav too..it taste sweet..not like a normal vegie 😃
The homemade seaweed ball..this taste soo nyummy 🤤🥰😍
Prawn…quite big..but not one of my fav. I ate it the very last…🥴
Normal chicken fillet..nothing special bout this..lol
The Chinese cabbage, I don’t really like the taste. It tastes bitter 🙈

Then…after the nice selfdate, ….i went to cinema…alone…lol 🧐

I booked a horror movie…then…it end up…im alone in the cinema…hahaha…..🥴

Home Alone – NO … Cinema Alone – YES 😃

Okay, I have so much fun…dating with my own soul…a lot of things running thru my mind…decision has been made. Haha..cheers!!

To be continue…

Love, Sofia

Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur Hotel….is it nice? 😃

Hello everyone!! Just a throwback for last weekeend holiday, we went to one of the 5 stars hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur.

To be honest with you, for those who love cultural, and especially for tourist, this is one of the best hotel in Kuala Lumpur for you. It’s more classical and traditional carving decoration for the building and it’s decoration as well. There are some of the times I can see that the staffs are wearing traditional ‘songket kurung moden’ and the guy wearing ‘Baju melayu’ some with ‘Tanjak’. It’s was the best for family gathering and to relax, but i should say not a hotel for business purposes 😃 The service a bit slow and not so organize, not a hotel if you are in a hurry 😀

Where to park? (If you have vehicles)

Well yea, for those who have vehicles, you may park your vehicle at the basement parking. There are B1 and B2 basement parking. I will recommend you to park at B2 basement, coz too many cars at the B1 basement.

So, there will be 2 elevators, one is to the hotel lobby, and the other one is to the apartment lobby. You will need to park nearby to elevators which for the hotel lobby. The good about the elevator is, you don’t need to touch the card when you want to go to your room 😂 well, yes it’s good for safety reason to have designated card to your room, but if you go with your family, it’s kinda irritating. Haha. Yeah, I give a thumb up to the traditional way for the elevators 😄

Elevators….

Royale Chulan KL has 2 elevators, one is for the apartment, and another one is for hotel lobby. Use the one for hotel lobby, I managed to snap some photos for the elevator, lobby and the front counter. Check these out.. 😃

Registration to check-in hotel

If you bring your own vehicle, you will need to register the plate number at the counter. So, whenever you are going out, you will need to go to the counter first, for complimentary parking -multiple entries (each time need to claim complimentary parking at the counter).

I booked my room directly at their websites. You may use another platform too, but if you choose to booked directly to their website, make sure you fill in the booking room with your full name. There is no deposit at the time of my visit. I did booked for 1 studio apartment and 1 superior king, but they provided me with connected room with 1 suite room, and 1 twin room. Aaaa…its win-win situation..perhaps its something similar to upgrade room? 😀 But it’s okay coz the visit is just for relaxing. So, you will be given mainly 2 cards, one is for the key and another card is to plug in the power.

The rooms….

Okay, once you reached to your room’s level, you will see a beautiful hallway to your room. I think so far this is the biggest hallway for hotel I’ve been in my whole life 😀

When you entered the room, you will see the dry kitchenette and big mirror..

Kitchenette and big mirror

The suite was kinda spacious, it has 2 seaters sofa and small round dining table. TV and console table. But I think the TV channel is kinda old, think it should be better if have netflix channel 🙂

The small dining and living room..

The dining/living room and bedroom are separate by 1 small wooden sliding door.

The view from the wooden sliding door…

When you go further, then you can see the whole bedroom…as below…

The bedroom…it’s spacious for a hotel 😃
Side table…it’s a very old and traditional for a hotel.

As I mentioned earlier, I got connected room and for the other room was a twin room.

This is the twin room. Some find it’s very fascinating, but I don’t feel the same way, coz my parents house was more ‘traditional’ and more ‘royale’ than this 😂

The bathroom…

The hotel bathroom is kinda spacious..but the concept kinda similar to Pullman hotel. The bathroom has partition to divide the shower, and bowl, and each of the rooms has bath tub 🥰

The pool….

The pool was located at level 2. It’s just nearby to our rooms 😍 very convenient..

This is the entrance..it’s available from 7am until 8pm
There are 3 swimming pools, purposely for babies, kids and adults…it’s pretty awesome for the pools

The complimentary breakfast, indoor waterfall…and garden… 🥰

Just like a normal hotel, this hotel has a complimentary breakfast. The food is local food and served ‘Nasi Lemak’ with ‘sambal’, ‘Roti Canai’, noodles, croissant and bread. Drinks, they have mango/apple juice, detox lemon water and hot drinks – nescafe, ‘teh tarik’, tea and black coffee.

I think overall, the food is not so bad. My mom said, it was nice. But I like those in Seri Pacific hotel more 😃

The restaurant…
My ‘teh tarik’ and tosted bread..i toasted it twice 😂
‘Teh tarik” and muffin. The muffin looks so dull, but it’s actually taste nice and fluffy 😃 i thought its hard..haha
Okay, thats me with my glasses..too lazy to stick my eyes with contact lens in the early morningm..so I let those eyes relax a bit…hahaha

Okay, just nearby the cafe/restaurant..there is a tropical waterfall and garden….and lot of big koi fishes in the pond..😍

The indoor waterfall…inside the Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur
Cute koi fishes
I think they were hungry…

Well overall, it’s not that bad…a spacious hotel, very traditional and rich of cultural, nice food, but I think it will need a lil bit of maintenance especially the room furnitures. It’s quite old and got some scratches on the furnitures. A lil bit of nice room parfum, will be good, coz most 5 stars hotel I went have a decent smell, like spa smell. Not bad for tourism, but not recommended for business trip as the services a bit slow 😀

Till then…to be continue….for the next hotel trip…

Love, Sofia

Hey Coffee Lover!!! 😘

Hello friends!!! How are you today? Happy weekend!!! WoOooooHoooo!!! It’s finally weekend.

Okay guys, I used to have Dolce Gusto Piccolo XS on my workspace desk in office, however due to shifting workplace, I don’t have a place for my Piccolo anymore. 😢 Staying with your parents, meaning your space is very limited to your room only. Living with maximalist, means “Sorry, no space for you!”. Hahaha..so, I have to keep all my Piccolo and ‘his’ babies in my small pantry (small wardrobe).

So, what I did, I kept all my coffee capsules in container to preserve the aroma (I hope so). Next month, I need to do an appropriate setup for my Piccolo in my room 🙂

All my babies…😃

Till then…see u in next post…

To be continue…

Love, Sofia

What will you do when you feel down?

Hey everyone…how are you, mentally and physically? Are you all really okay?

For me, both mental and physical health are very important. There is no point if you have a lot of cash, but your inner health is not happy/sad. If your mental was tired with your chaotic life, then you need to stop and follow your own pace.

Well, recently something had happened. I snapped and do my own checking for my mental and physical health. I had noticed, recently I had not exercising and easily tired. Insomnia is one of the sign that I’m having a mental disturbed.

What you need to do if your mental is disturbed?

1. You need to find a backup plan, if your current plan didn’t work out.

It is very important to have some extra 2 or 3 backup plans on anything, so whenever things didn’t go right, at least you will have some other plans to do.

2. Find and create your own happiness.

Yes, this is very important. No one will make you happy. Your happiness is your own responsibility. You rule your own happiness. Do things that make you happy, as long as it didn’t against the law. Be yourself, be real and don’t be fake. Coz once you’d been noticed fake, it’s just…disgusted.

3. Let it go, everyone is not perfect.

Everyone has his/her own strength and has his/her own weakness. Nobody have right to pull down anyone, because himself/herself has their own weakness. Human is created by God such way, and to complete each other. I really don’t believe if someone told me, that they are perfect. Coz nobody does and only God is perfect in multiple ways.

4. Catch memories of the happiness and spread the positive vibes

It wasn’t easy to be happy on this earth, so catch some photos or videos of these memories if you have a chance. Your inner happiness will create a positive vibes around the society and spread the positivities.

5. Pray to God

Last, but not least is to pray to God. We are the planner, but on top of our plans, there is a Big Planner which is..God’s plan. Doesn’t matter what religion you are, pray to your God and asked from God. Those who don’t have faith in any God, I pray someday you will have some faith to God. For muslims, perform some extra prayers other than 5mandatory prayers, and recite Quran. Insya Allah, Allah will ease everything for us. Amin 🤲

Till then, to be continue…adios…

Love, Sofia

Sweet Escape to….a 5 star hotel….Pullman Hotel @KL 🥰

Hey everyone….its the last week of Ramadhan that people gone crazy for shopping. But, Im done all shopping in the 1st Ramadhan itself 😂😅

So, I went to energize myself by staying at a 5 star hotel for a night 🥰

I chose Pullman Hotel, located at the Golden Triangle KL. I planned to have iftar at the hotel’s restaurant too, unfortunately it was fully booked. I called earlier before, and they took my phone number, but no one is calling me back. So, I decided to call again for booking, unfortunately is fully booked now. Well, everything is good, except for the receptionist for the restaurant who pick up calls. I even wants to order for in-room service, but after couple of trials, no one is pickup up the call. Pretty lousy for the restaurant ordering. So, I just order grabfood. The grabfood services always the best for me, everywhere I go. Too bad. After check out and review the hotel, then only the receptionist of the restaurant called me. Too late for you 😒

Okay for Pullman Hotel, what you need to do, first thing first you can park your vehicle at the entrance for check-in. After check-in you will be given 2 key cards, which you can enter the parking using same key cards. I love the concept, so you will be holding only 1 card, to enter hotel and also to enter parking. The wifi is very strong and you will be given your own ID and password to sign in the hotel wifi. I think its brilliant concept.

Okay, after you park your car, you will need to go to the lobby first by elevator. Then, there are separate elevator to the hotel floors. My room was at level 20. You will need to access the floor by touching your card key room, then press your room floor. So, mine should be Queen room, but they upgraded it to King room, good service by this 5 star hotel ❤

Okay…when I entered the room, it will look something like this….

The entire room
The couch…love the design. Very comfortable at right level of height. 🥰
The bed is very thick. Not soo fluffy, but still okay. Its feather fill pillow. They put on bed topper, but I think I will love the original mattress more coz the texture was like a bit latex feelings. The bed topper was like a normal foam to me. But still okay, not bad.
It got side table, plenty of switch and lights, service phone, minibar fridge, coffee machine, mineral etc
Here got only coffee and tea, if you need chocolate, u need to order in-room service..or simply bring your own..or..you can order Grabfood 😃
Coffee and tea available..with creamer and sugar
Available, hair dryer, rechargable torch light, iron and board. Its very thoughtful to have the torch light, in case if there is an emergency blackout happen.
Nice..

I love the bathroom. Its very huge and well organized. It got both shower and bathtub. Got 3 sizes of towels-body, hand and face. Got comprehensive toiletries as well🥰

Well organize, the tissue is very soft as well..very detail
Shower-shampoo, body gel and hair conditioner available

My fav part is the side table and smart alarm clock beside my bed side. 🥰 I survey, the alarm was around RM 600 😅

My fav part…
The most fav part 😁🤩

Okay, after check out the hotel, I went to the opposite Pavillion mall. Actually, you can just simply walk. Its 4 minutes walk, but well..I just stay for a night and don’t wanna waste any minutes, enjoying the hotel. So, after checkout, I went to the mall and bought a parfum. 🥰

Not bad…testing a new parfum. Most of my fav have discontinued 🥲

Okay guys, thats all my minitour about my short stay in a 5star hotel, located at the center of KL’s heart 🥰

Till then, to be continue…..

Love, Sofia