Kitty Update

I still haven't taken the furkids to see the vet. It's been quite a busy month. However, I've gotten a pet carrier medium size, only RM55 in Kulim. Neat.

Kitty's diet. Basically, I think Ku Teh is somewhat fussy. She loves wet food more than kibbles. Sometimes she absolutely refuses to eat just kibbles. Whereas Ku Tam eats anything laid out. He's still a fraidy cat. I don't know how to tame him. Mr. Hubster and I have caught hik several time to make him get used to us. However, he still runs helter skelter when we try to touch him. Kitten's diet are Whiskas Jr. wet food + Whiskas Jr. kibbles + Royal Canin kitten kibbles.

I had to teach Ku Teh once only to use the cat litter box and voila, she's litter box trained. Ku Tam is smarter since he wasn't even taught and yet he knows where to do his business. For starters, I was using Tesco Cat Litter, which was RM13.80 per 8litres. It was ok but I think it doesn't do much odour control. So I bought Fussie Cat apple scented litter (RM13 per 5l @ Animal Safari,IPC) and mix it up with Mango Magic Kitty litter (RM15 per 10l, bought in Kulim) + wood pellets (RM7 per kg @ Kulim). Fussie Cat odour control is really great. Very pleasant. I'd recommend it for those living in small quarters (i.e condo, apartment, indoor cats).

I've also bought matching gravity auto feeder and waterer from an ad in Mudah.my. The 2 tier kitty cage was also from the same people. The feeder set was RM25, with a RM7 posting fee. Cage was RM130, which I think is quite cheap. But I have high hopes that I could upgrade the cage to a large 3 tier sometime in the future.

Behaviour wise...Ku Teh is sooooo manja. She loves being stroke and purrs loudly. Strange thing is she likes to climb up my lap and suckle on my clothes. I think she's a bit deprived of a mommy cat's love/milk. Kesian dia. Ku Tam, as i said before, still haven't gotten over his fear of people. Once in a while we get to trap him, dapatla pegang.

So that's the kitty update at the.moment. >*___*<

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Milkadeal's Bread Basket Voucher Redemption

A few days ago, I remembered I haven't redeemed my Bread Basket voucher from Milkadeal. The voucher was for two pax, almost 50% off I think for sandwiches, pastries and drinks.

So yesterday, Mr. Hubster and I went to redeem the RM15.90 voucher before it expires on the 15th.

Bread Basket is at The Sphere, Bangsar South. There's nothing there except offices and a couple of restaurants and a Carrefour. Parking is free for the first 2 hours (or 1 or 3..I forgot!).

So here's what we got :

The food was not bad. Price wise pun not bad. The Loaf is way more expensive. Mid afternoon ambiance is relaxing, plus masa pergi baru lepas hujan so it was definitely sangat selesa.

Will probably not go there, not because the place tu tak sedap or mahal..but because it's far away from home. But to those who wants to try it out, be my guest. There's a 25% discount after 4pm for selected items, so there's nothing to lose.

Tune Hotel, Danga Bay, Johor Bahru

Ever since I heard of Tune Hotel, I was skeptical. Is it really true that a hotel can deliver a satisfactory stay with really low prices?

Yes, it can!

Mr. Hubby and I was planning on a sorta backpacking trip to Singapore but we didn't want to stay in Singapore because it would be way too expensive and over our budget. Then, we remembered seeing Tune Hotel at Danga Bay on our previous trip to JB, so we decided to give it a try.

Booking online is so easy and would be the preferred choice because that's where you get all the discounts. The thing is, the earlier you book your stay, the cheaper will the price be. An early start on planning your holidays would be great for this sort of hotel. As for payment, you could pay with major credit card and via Maybank2u. Also let it be known that room charges does not include air-condition, towels, toiletries, and tv (you have to pay all this you want them but not to worry, the charges are reasonable for a no frills hotel). There's also no telephone in the room and you can pay for WIFI in your room.

Check in time is 2.00p.m sharp and check out is 10.00a.m sharp. When I say sharp, it's sharp. Because we arrived around 1.40p.m and they won't let us check in yet. So we had lunch at Singgah Selalu across the street (which serves variety food that's good) while waiting for 2.00p.m to come.

The room was cozy albeit how small it was. For the two of us, we considered it perfect. Pictures will tell you more.

View from the door. As you can see, there's no cupboard, just a swiveling table and a place to hang your clothes. I love the feature wall.

The bed was comfortable. Definitely worth your money.

You'll need to pay RM1 per day to use the hair dryer.

What I love the most is the huge shower head with the awesome water pressure!

So how much did we really have to pay for our stay? The total was RM162 (including 24hour air-cond credit, RM5 Tune Hotel Insurance, Service Charges and Taxes) for a 4 days 3 nights stay. Roughly, it's RM54 per night. In my opinion, the price is affordable and more than reasonable. We paid RM10.60 for 1 day TV usage, this is just for our first day in the hotel because we were out from morning to night on the 2nd and 3rd day.

There's a cafe on the 1st floor, a 7Eleven on the ground floor and an ATM too. There's 4 computers near the concierge (if you can call it that) that hooks up to the Internet. They're free for hotel guests, I think. While there's no room service for ironing, I saw a sign that says there's a complimentary ironing service on the 1st floor. Also, you can leave the door sign to "Make up Room", and voila, when you return, your bed is made and the trash is gone.

Tune Hotel, Danga Bay is situated next to the main road from Skudai to JB. It's also accessible from Pantai Lido. At the time of our visit, there were major roadworks going on, so going there might be a hassle if you don't know JB roads.

The hotel certainly lives to up expectation and it's motto of no frills budget hotel with 5star bedding and 1star charges. The hotel is very clean and comfortable. Will I come again or try out other Tune Hotel outlets? Yes, definitely.

Hokkaido Restaurant

Last Saturday, I had dinner with a bunch of friends at Hokkaido Restaurant. FYI, it's a Chinese restaurant. It doesn't have a certified halal from JAKIM but it's well known among muslims that the restaurant serves halal food (no pork or lard, actually). In fact, there were like 7 or tables with muslims there while I was there. So, if you're interested, go. If still in doubt..don't.

My friend had this craving for chili crabs, so that's what we had.


That's not only thing that we had..hehehe..Here's almost overall of what we had :

2 style chili crabs, dried chili prawns and butter prawn, dried chili scallops, steamed fish, calamari fritters, veges, sweet buns and rice, also fruit platter for dessert.

In my opinion every dish was great. Except I thought that the chili crab lacks a bit of kick. But some of my friends said that it was hot enough for them. Taste is subjective, people. So unless you tried, you won't know for sure. Overall, it was all good enough for me.

I am not sure of the price for each dish but there where 10 of us and when the bill came, we each had to pay around RM53 each. This was including drinks (which some had 2 or 3 glasses). Not bad, for a KL restaurant and Chinese cooking.


To those interested, the restaurant is located at Jalan Lumut, Off Jalan Ipoh KL. It's situated exactly opposite of Vistana Hotel main entrance. The restaurant opens at 6pm. Parking is not a hassle if you arrive early.

Alexis's Meringues

Yesterday, Mr. Husband had to go meet up clients at Great Eastern Mall, I tagged along. I didn't have to, and I was actually kind of lazy to go out yesterday but I remembered that there's an Alexis at GEM, and I've been wanting to try out their meringues ever since reading about them at ThePinkStilettos blog.

So, met the customer..yadda yadda..and just before leaving GEM, I went to take out these babies.

Mixed Fruit Meringue

Chocolate Nutty Meringue

Price is RM15 for each slice. The slice cut is big and I think you could share it between two persons.

Taste wise, it's almost everything that I had expected. Silky smooth, soft like cotton candy and the meringue was crispy and sweet.

They weren't skimping on the nuts, there tons of pecans, macadamias and walnuts in each layer. The fruits on the fruit meringue was ok..but my slight lack of enthusiasm for the mixed fruit shows that I am a chocolate lover through and through. Don't get me wrong, the fruit meringue was divine but I don't think I will order it again...love hate relationship with strawberries I guess. You know how they're soooo good to look at, and they look so mouth-watering..but once you take a bite, sour explosion (yikes!) hits you taste bud. Well, that I can't handle well.

Anyway, I'll definitely will try more desserts from Alexis because their display case is just so..so..I dunno, I can stand there for quite some time just looking I suppose. The only thing that disappoints me is that no matter how lovely the Tiramisu with its gold flaky and nutty exterior (I never seen a Tiramisu dressed like that!)...I can't get to taste it ever because it contains Cognac. Oh well..

Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extras.

Better known as the Uglies trilogy. It has another fourth book that is sort of an epilogue book for the trilogy, Extra. These books are in the Young Adult category but the theme is relatively suitable for all ages. The author is Scott Westerfield, I haven't Google if he has written any other books.

In my humble opinion it was a good book which made me think of some issues we have in the world today. Looks, race, environment, and social status. What if everyone was Pretty? But the down side of being Pretty, you'd also be a bubblehead. At 16, you will get an operation that will make you Pretty, or least pretty in the sense that has been implanted in you ever since you're a baby (everyone will look more or less the same). So before that, you are an Uglie.

The thing is when you're Pretty, there's going to be a lesion on you brain that would suppress your ability to feel real anger, unhappiness, creativity and the desire to be different. The pro would be having a really peaceful place to live in and the con is you're actually puppets to a higher council. You don't really know you can't feel or think differently unless you're like Tally Youngblood, the main character, who I think has a strong subconscious or will to change.

Setting for the books is like 300 years in the future, where technology is so advance. It's kind of cool that you can just order your closet to make any kind of clothes you want.

The books has been around for years, the fourth published in 2007 but I've only known about them a few months back when I downloaded them on my e-book reader. And I just checked out that they're going to make a movie from this book, but of course when is still unconfirmed. Just the rights has been bought. *cross fingers* But then again, don't hold you breath because I have been waiting for Scarpetta movie since learning that Angelina Jolie has agreed to the part...and yet it's still not in production..oh well..

Anyway, it was a great read, because I was left wanting more after the last book. I will definitely reread them some other time.