Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Our stay at M. S. Garden Hotel, 17th - 18th September, 2011
At the request of M.S. Garden Hotel we enjoyed a free night's stay at their lovely hotel over the last weekend.
The lobby design has changed a lot since I did a brief hotel survey two years ago, in particular the addition of Angelo's cafe, inspired by John Kars.
We checked in at 12 noon on Saturday after having lunch at Angelo's. The fried rice there is heavenly, and comes with prawns and chicken curry. It is just spicy enough to give you a flavour of Asia, but is also acceptable to the European tourist's tongue.
It was a lovely feeling to enter our room and to be greeted with a wide, spacious scene before us. There was a king-sized bed beside a balcony, wardrobe, dressing table and study table, including a small sofa and two more single chairs making up a living area. The wide open space proved to be a great dance floor for Lauren!
We had a nice view of Kuantan town from our 9th floor balcony:
In the daytime:
The South China Sea lies a short distance away on the horizon
When the evening rains were coming:
And at night:
The bathroom was nice, complete with sink, bath tub and shower, a nice large mirror, and a pleasantly funny shaped toilet seat!
We had real fun giving Leah a bath in the sink. However, we couldn't manage to keep the water in the sink! It kept slowly emptying when we thought we had plugged it!
At night we had a lovely dinner on the hotel at the Jade Terrace Chinese Restaurant at the Lower Ground Floor. We were joined by Kathy and Christina, and John and Beverley. The food was absolutely gorgeous and we left fully satisfied.
The back entrance, guarded by two Terracotta soldiers
The view inside the restaurant
Our food
Here are some more pictures of our lovely hotel room:
Guests and visitors are welcomed into the lobby by a large chandelier directly overhead:
Panorama of the lobby from the entrance
The Ground and Lower Ground floors of the M. S. Garden Hotel are connected by beautiful staircases. Here are some examples:
Finally, every good hotel has a good swimming pool. M. S. Garden Hotel is no different as it possesses a large and beautiful pool with some stunning rocks which act as a waterfall dropping into the children's pool.
We enjoyed playing in the pool . . .
We are thankful to the pleasant and helpful staff who served us during our stay at M. S. Garden Hotel. Kathy, Christina and Megat were all very professional and left a very good impression upon us. Also much thanks to our friends John and Beverley for keeping us in lovely company on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Overall, it was a most delightful stay at M. S. Garden Hotel and we would go back there any time because of the large and spacious rooms, excellent staff, great swimming pool, and vast array of good food.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Blog Flashbacks
Welcome to this weekend's Blog Flashbacks post!
In mid-September 2010 I discovered a nice little Chinese temple on top of a hill. The Tow Moo Keong temple sits atop a hill with views of Kuantan town and is just a few minutes from the town centre. The artwork is colourful and skillfully displayed. It's well worth a visit!
A couple of years ago we bought a small aquarium with some tiny little fish. We were excited but soon enough the fish began to drop dead and it was all over pretty quickly. The following link will take you to one of the updates on the state of our aqaurium from September 2009:
Friday, September 16, 2011
Fidelia's Friday - Wonderful husband of mine!
Where do I begin? Today's post is all about my dearest husband. I would like to make a small contribution for my lovely husband which he totally deserves.
I was inspired to write about Duncan when he cycled to the National Registration Department yesterday to get Leah's MyKid (Malaysian Children Identity Card). I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who is willing to cycle for 30 minutes rather than having me drive there and leave Leah at home. Leah needs me because I am fully breastfeeding her and I don't like to pump my milk and store it in a feeding bottle because she doesn't like it.
When I gave birth to Lauren and Leah, he would cycle to the hospital to see me. He didn't want to trouble anyone to take him there. Every time he arrived at the maternity ward, there would always be a big smile on his face despite all the tiredness and sweat. Cycling from our apartment to the hospital takes about 20 minutes. To cycle under the hot and humid weather back and fro? Yes, it is very hard work! Kudos to him! Not many people can do that.
Duncan will also cycle to the post office to pay our bills. It saves time to find a parking space if we drive there. He can just lock his bicycle in front of the post office which is very convenient.
Another thing that Duncan always does is food shopping. With two young children, that can be very difficult. Duncan always volunteers to do it himself. He will walk all the way to the supermarket with his back-pack and come home carrying all the food. He prefers me to stay with the children at the comfort of our home. How sweet and thoughtful of him.
There are so many things that he has done that I could mention here but the most important thing that I want everyone to know is that he is a husband and a father who is willing to sacrifice himself so me and the children can have a better life.
Lauren wouldn't want any other daddy than Duncan. She told me herself. She loves her daddy so much and she can't be apart from him for a long time. She would ask "Where's daddy? Why is he so long? I miss him!" Most of the time, he'll only be gone for 3 hours. Try to imagine when her daddy goes to Singapore. Yes, I have to answer her all the time!
Leah is always excited when her daddy comes to talk and play with her. Duncan knows how to make Leah smile and laugh. One of the reasons I fell in love with Duncan is he is a very funny guy. I love it!
I am the luckiest woman alive to be married to him. I wouldn't want anyone else. We've been married for more than 5 years and I am still so much in love with him. I am looking forward for many years to come with him.
How do you find your married life? Do you love it or you wish you never got married? Or you prefer to stay single? I love mine. I love being married and a guy named Duncan David Horne makes it a wonderful experience.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Promoting other blogs
Yesterday I spoke of how good it is to meet people who follow your blog. It brings them and the blog to life and further helps your blog prosper as they desire to share it with more of their friends.
Well today I'd like to give a little something back. I'm going to give you a few links to some blogs I've been recently impressed with.
First up is my sister's blog. Rachel got married last month to a lovely man named Peter, so she's not been online as often as she'd like. However, her photography is stunning and she could do with some extra visits and positive feedback and comments, which she fully deserves. Here's the link to her blog:
The next person I want to promote is Leovi. His photos of abstract images are unique to say the least. I visit his blog daily to check out the latest colourful images he has created. Hop over to his blog via this link:
I hope you'll take several minutes to hop over to these two blogs and leave a comment or two for Rachel and Leovi. The quality of their work demands it!
See you tomorrow with Fidelia's Friday
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