Kobe Me

Those that know me will agree that i'm game for a good steak anytime. Unfortunately there aren't any good steak places in KL or rather the choice cuts are rare and few. One of the best cuts I've ever had the priviledge to try would be the Kobe ternderloin. It is so juicy and light that it literally melts in the mouth. The poorer cousin wagyu doesn't come close.

I was told that a lot of care and effort goes into making the Kobe cattle/meat the way it is. It all begins with how it is reared. Apparently the cattle/cow lives in an environment that's stress free, surrounded by soothing music, right temperature, fed choice corn and grain, drinks beer and has daily massages. I've always wondered how lucky I would be if I'm a kobe cattle/cow..except for the being slaughtered part.

Well guess my wish has come true. For the past few days, hubbs, tt, ew and I have been living the life of a prized Kobe cow. We literally laze around the cabana the entire day looking forward to the next meal and listening to the soothing sound of the surf. Our daily highlight would be the spa sessions where we are scrubbed, massaged and soothed with milk baths. When it is meal time we are fed with freshest choice fish from the ocean and drink alcoholic cocktails, courtesy of ew.

I know for sure I'm nicely marbled but may have a slight excess of fat but the four of us are truly living the Kobe cow life. So, me Kobe.

Guess what this is?

We went trekking this morning to a lovely waterfall. We saw the above along the way. Wonder whether the owners were trying to keep animals or females away :)

Lazing & chillin

This is the view from the cabana that hubbs and I are chillin in. The black sand beach right in front of us and nothing to do except read and enjoy the sound of waves hitting the shore and the wind blowing in our faces.

Off to Bali on Air Asia

Holiday! Holiday! Holiday! I'm finally off to Bali. But this is going to be one long trip to deepest darkest Bali. 3 hours on crappy Air Asia and another 3 hours by car/van to some secluded part of Bali. Counting the hours including travelling to LLCT I guess I could be on my way to Maldives instead :)

I've been whinge-ing to everyone about travelling on Air Asia. If I had a choice I would not be on Air Asia. Too bad MH ran out of tickets. I for one do not believe in this cheap air fare scam. In my particular case I paid rm780 for the fare. Additional rm50 for excess bagage (allowable 15kg, i'm travelling with 18kg-what decent female going on a 5day trip can limit herself to only 15kgs :) ) adding up to rm830. The average price of food plus drink on board is rm12 making it rm842. So plus the additional inconvenience and stress of having to walk to the plane lugging my laptop and handbag under the hot sun and up some steep steps to the plane would round up the airfare to rm900. Mh is around that price too. And you get the comfort of KLIA unlike the wet market environment of LCCT, 25kg baggage allowance and better crew, (less fake eyelashes-i'm hot(slut) looking, you're not attitude) friendlier and classier (they don't walk around with black garbage bags collecting trash)
service. So for me it's MH anytime. More value more frills.

I am an hour into the flight and the only good thing is that the flight is rather empty and I've got all 3 seats to myself. :) But not having anyone to chat with for another 2 hours will be a real challenge. Hence the blogging. :)

Tembok Bali

I've never been a big fan of YTL resorts and now I remember why. I've been to Pangkor Laut and now I'm at their other resort in Bali and and I am still not impressed.

The rooms are super small maybe that's why it's called a 'small luxury resort'. The room's toilet is also not becoming of a 'luxurious' resort. How can a so called 5 star resort not have a separate shower stall?!! And besides, there's isn't enough room for two to stand in the toilet. To top it up the shower cum bath doesn't have a proper shower screen so when showering the entire floor including the toilet bowl ends up wet. The overall maintenance of this relatively new resort (1 year old) isn't becoming as well. Brown stains around the sink and edges of the shower is a big turn off. This is so not acceptable for a SLH resort.

I can live with a small room that doesn't have enough space to put two luggages but a small toilet without a seperate shower stall is not acceptable. But to be fair I have to say that the service staff are impecable and they really do go all out to make sure you're comfortable. They drew a lovely flower bath for us in the mini toilet but poor hubb had to clean up the petals so that he could have a proper shower. I would give the service two thumbs up. If only they could change our rooms. We tried upgrading but all the bigger rooms are fully booked.

So much for a good holiday. I think I would have been better off staying at home. As for the food, we've only had one meal and it was quite lacking. Let's hope tomorrow's breakfast will be better.

More to come.....

Update Update Update

It's been ages since I've updated my blog. I've been meaning to but the past few weeks have been crazy. Nothing much has happenned since then. My new place isn't progessing well, I've still not moved out and I'm sick again. What's new right? Thanks (again) to online doc consult, I've managed to check out my tonsils and realised that I don't have pus :). Note to online consult:( time to seriously go into virtual medicine. I bet you'll make more money than occupational medicine.)


The upside is BALI HERE I COME!!!! So I'm drowning myself with panadol, vitamin C, vitamin B and all kinds of herbal tea to fight this horrible infection. I'm so determined not to let it spoil my first holiday with Hubbs in two years!! Can't wait. The only thing I'm not looking forward to is having to travel Air Asia and go to the market place airport of LCCT. Oh well, shall remain focused on the resort. Here's the link to where we're staying. Let's hope that it's as good as it looks.

Will update once I get back :) I'm so gonna miss Elmo.

My Favourite Cousin

Meet my favourite cousin from Singapore. He's 13 years old and has the fairest and smoothest complextion ever. It's always a joy to have him back in KL. Best thing is that he shares the same initials as hubbs. Wkw :)

I am still alive :)

I know some of my very good friends have been checking my blog at least twice a day just to keep the count up. Thank you guys so much. You guys are totally the bestest friends I could ever ask for. It has been rather hectic the past week with raya holidays and all so I've not been able to blog much. My average get home time the past week has been around 11pm :(

Anyway, just wanna thank my few faithful friends (esiotrot, siew pau and online dr june) who have taken the time to check in on this blog even though I've not posted anything for ages. Also to let you guys know that I'm still alive and kicking although my shoulders and neck have been killing me. More on that another time. Got heaps to update so keep checking ok?

Thanks and love you guys big time :)