Genting Highlands - City of Entertainment

Here I am at Genting Highlands, City of Entertainment. I went there last Saturday with my sisters. We stopped at Shell Station just before the exit to Genting for our breakfast. We arrived around 11:30am.Immediately we went for Space Shot ride as there were still not many people queing there.Goshhh..my butt was not on the seat when it went down..kind of scary but it was fun.Then, we played most of the ride including the cockscrew, cyclone, antique car, spinner, flying dragon etc till night.Well, at night was better coz we can save time queing. I rode the Super Toboggan again just to get the different feeling at night. Before went home, we wandered around the First World Plaza to buy souveniers. For me, chocolate :-) We reached home around 11:40pm. Luckily, the weather condition was great when i drove down the hill. Haahhh...what a great weekend.. I wish I can play in the Theme Park all year long with The Genting Theme Park Annual Passport where I can save the cost and play with a peace of mind :-)

Myanmar - Tanah yang penuh misteri

Saya sentiasa teringin untuk menjelajah seluruh ASEAN. Kewujudan penerbangan tambang murah AirAsia telah memberi peluang kepada semua golongan terutama golongan yang berpendapatan rendah untuk turut sama merasai pengalaman terbang di awan biru sejajar dengan ungkapannya 'Kini sesiapapun boleh terbang'.Baru-baru ini AirAsia telah membuka laluan baru dari Kuala Lumpur ke Myanmar dan ini telah melengkapkan penerbangan AirAsia ke seluruh ASEAN.

Oleh kerana Myanmar adalah negara di rantau ini yang agak kurang mendapat publisiti dari segi pelancongan samada di media massa mahupun media elektronik, jadi amat kurang maklumat yang diketahui mengenai negara ini. Namun begitu, peraduan 'Blog Your Way to Yangon' yang diumumkan oleh AirAsia baru-baru ini telah membuka mata saya untuk membuat carian di internet mengenai rahsia yang dimiliki oleh tanah ini yang secara tidak langsung mendekatkan hati saya untuk menjelajah ke bumi yang penuh misteri ini.Seandainya saya berpeluang untuk ke Myanmar, beberapa perkara utama yang akan saya lakukan adalah:

1. Melawat ke wat/pagoda

Oleh kerana Buddha merupakan agama utama di Myanmar, maka boleh dikatakan kesemua bandar di negara itu mempunyai wat/pagoda yang tersendiri. Ini merupakan tarikan utama sekiranya seseorang itu ke Myanmar kerana senibina dan ukiran yang terdapat di wat itu serta pagoda yang berkilau keemasan amat unik dan menarik untuk dilihat. Saya pastinya tidak mahu ketinggalan menyaksikannya.

2. Mencuba makanan tempatan

Ke mana sahaja seseorang itu pergi, peluang untuk mencuba makanan tempatan seperti Mohinga dan Onnokauswe adalah sesuatu yang tidak harus dilepaskan. Saya pasti Myanmar mempunyai menu-menu lain yang istimewa dan sedap untuk dikongsi bersama dengan masyarakat di luar sana.

3. Menikmati keindahan Tasik Inle

Tasik ini merupakan nadi kepada puak Intha yang mendiami sekitar tasik ini. Keindahan panorama di sekitar tasik ini tidak harus dilepaskan sekiranya datang ke Myanmar. Pengalaman memgelilingi tasik ini dengan bot atau sampan pastinya meninggalkan memori indah buat saya sekiranya berpeluang ke sana.

4. Membeli hasil dan kraftangan tempatan

Tekstil dan permata merupakan antara barangan yang boleh dibeli sebagai cenderahati untuk dibawa pulang. Permata seperti jade dan nilam yang berkualiti boleh diperolehi di sana dengan harga yang murah. Begitu juga tekstil seperti sutera juga boleh dibeli di kedai yang menawarkan harga yang berpatutan.

5. Menerokai sejarah silam

Sesuatu yang indah untuk diterokai dan diketahui ketika di sini adalah mengenai sejarah Myanmar itu sendiri. Bermula dengan empayar di Bagan sehinggalah kepada pendudukan British dan Jepun, Myanmar menjanjikan maklumat yang berguna berkenaan sejarah asal negara ini. Selain itu, peluang untuk melawat empayar di Bagan yang terkenal dengan bilangan pagoda yang banyak tidak harus saya lepaskan sekiranya berpeluang ke Myanmar.

6. Mempelajari budaya dan adat tempatan

Keunikan dan keindahan budaya dan adat sesuatu bangsa itu tidak dapat disangkal termasuk juga Myanmar. Negara ini kaya dengan tarian tradisi seperti tarian Marionette dan Apyodaw serta muzik yang lemah gemalai. Selain itu, kepelbagaian alat muzik serta kostum masyarakat di Myanmar juga merupakan sesuatu yang amat menarik untuk dipelajari.

7. Bermesra dengan masyarakat setempat

Pastinya, peluang untuk mengenali masyarakak setempat merupakan perkara yang indah sekiranya saya dapat berinteraksi dan mendalami perasaan mahupun cerita di sebalik negara yang penuh misteri ini.Kunjungan saya ke Myanmar tentunya lebih bermakna sekiranya saya dapat turut sama merasai pengalaman hidup sebagai masyarakat tempatan yang berusaha keras untuk menjalani hidup seharian.

Saya berharap agar saya berpeluang untuk menjelajahi negara ini bersama AirAsia. Sesungguhnya, pengalaman yang diperolehi dengan melancong ke nagara ini menjanjikan sesuatu yang amat bermakna buat diri saya kerana saya dapat merasai sendiri semua perkara yang saya ceritakan di atas. Hanya AirAsia yang dapat menjadikan impian saya satu kenyataan kerana 'AirAsia, Simply The Best'.

Flymas.mobi - as easy as drinking a cup of coffee

Baru-baru ini, MAS telah melancarkan perkhidmatan penerbangannya melalui aplikasi telefon bimbit. Pengguna MAS kini dapat melakukan aktiviti yang berkaitan dengan perkhidmatan penerbangan MAS melalui telefon bimbit. Aplikasi ini amat mudah kerana telefon bimbit telah menjadi salah satu keperluan bagi setiap individu pada masa ini. Dengan adanya perkhidmatan ini, sesiapa sahaja kini boleh membuat penempahan tiket kapal terbang menggunakan telefon bimbit yang dapat menjimatkan masa serta mudah digunakan di mana jua dan pada bila-bila masa. Selain itu, aplikasi ini juga membolehkan seseorang memeriksa rekod penempahan tiket, memeriksa jadual penerbangan, memeriksa status penerbangan, mendapatkan tawaran diskaun bagi tiket kapal terbang, mendapatkan maklumat pejabat MAS di dalam dan luar negara, mengesan status bagasi sekiranya didapati hilang dan yang lebih penting dapat mendaftar masuk penerbangan dengan hanya menggunakan telefon bimbit. Dengan hanya menaip http://flymas.mobi dalam aplikasi web pada telefon bimbit, pengguna boleh melakukan segala urusan penerbangan hanya dalam beberapa minit. Sesungguhnya, langkah yang diambil oleh MAS ini memang tepat pada masanya sejajar dengan peningkatan penggunaan telefon bimbit di seluruh dunia di samping membantu memelihara alam sekitar dengan cara mengurangkan penggunaan kertas. Aplikasi telefon bimbit ini memang amat mudah digunakan walaupun bagi mereka yang pertama kali menggunakannya kerana tiada pendaftaran mahupun aplikasi yang perlu dimuat turun.



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flymas.mobi - as easy as 1,2,3!

Ringggg...a long alarm suddenly woke me up from sleep. It was 7 O'clock in the morning. I am gonna fly to Singapore today for a business trip. I jumped off from my bed and took a quick shower.

Ohh..no..where is my flight itinerary..?? I tried to search in my bedroom and in my office briefcase but i couldn't find it. I might have left it at the office and it is not possible to go to the office and took it as I am running out of time. What should I do now..?? I quickly grabbed my handphone and thinking of to contact Malaysian Airlines (MAS) call centre to confirm if it possible to check in without the itinerary.

While searching for the number, suddenly I remembered that MAS had just launched it's MHmobile portal recently where customers may check their travel plan throught mobile. I saw the ad in the newspaper few days ago. I immediately typed http://flymas.mobi/ in my mobile web browser and I am in. By simply keyed in my 5 digits booking number and my name, I am able to view the itinerary and check other details as well. I was impressed with it because it was so simple and easy especially for first timer like me as no application to download or registration required.

On the way to KLIA by ERL, I surfed MHmobile portal to check on my flight status for any rescedule or delay. Luckily, my flight was on time. Even I didn't bring the physical flight itinerary with me, but now with Mhmobile portal, I can simply check in by showing a 2D barcode mobile boarding pass from my mobile. How convenience it is. With this, now we can go paperless and help to save the environment. Credit to MAS for this effort.

I arrived Singapore 1 hour later. All I can say, I enjoyed every minute flying with MAS. With comfortable seat, great in-flight entertainment, delicious mouth watering cuisine, quality in-flight shopping items and world-class cabin crew services, the experience was amazing until I forgot that I was actually thousand kilometres away from the ground. That is why MAS is a 5-star airlines as rated by Skytrax. Keep it up MAS.

Two days in Singapore, my schedule was tight with meeting with clients. Only on the 3rd day, I managed to find some free time shopping at Orchard Road and Chinatown. I bought quite a number of corporate suits and souveniers. Err..to be exact, a full of travelling bag. Luckily, I rented a car in Singapore. I cannot imagine holding shopping bags commuting by MRT. Besides, I managed to facebook-ing my travel itinerary with my family through MHmobile portal.

At night, I received a call from my boss asked me to fetch our important client from Hong Kong the next day. I am not really sure how to get to Changi Airport by car. What I did was to locate MAS office at Changi using the MHmobile portal anf followed the google map shown. It was good as I managed to arrived Changi in less than 20 minutes. Besides, I did check a latest flight arrival from MHmobile portal and found that a flight from Hong Kong had just landed in Changi.

After a whole day discussion, I managed to close the deal. I was so happy and it was time to fly back to KL. Without thinking twice, I took my handphone and searched for the best deals and offers exclusively for MHmobile portal user. I've found a pretty cheap ticket and quickly booked it. Actually, I can either hold or buy the ticket, but i chose the latter. I also chose to sit near the emergency door just because I can do that with MHmobile. No other valid reason.haha..

I arrived KLIA in the evening. Waiting for about 20 minutes for my bag, I realized that I have lost it. Yes, the bag full of corporate suits and souveniers. Luckily, I didn't put any other important things in the bag. So, I didn't really care so much. After lodged a report, I went home and had some rest. After 2 days, I checked through MHmobile portal for a baggage tracer and surprised that MAS has found it. I was so excited. Thank you MAS.

MAS new MHmobile portal is so convenient and user friendly. With this application, MAS is now accesible to everyone who own a mobile phone with web access at any time and anywhere. As the service is free of charge except the call charges levied under our mobile phone contract, users do not have to worry about the cost even when travelling oversea. Our personal data is safe because it is handled with latest security standards with statutory requirement. All I can say, MHmobile portal make my travel easier, so do everyone. Let's fly with http://flymas.mobi

Marakesh

Last week I went to Bukit Bintang looking for something to eat. Well, since my friend and I are fans of spicy food, so we decided to go to Marakesh to try the Moroccan cuisine. We did not order a main dish but just a dessert for us to share.We had our dinner at office's cafe before went to BB. So,we're still full i guess and the dessert was just nice for us :-) It was so delicious..sorry i can't the remember the name..but it's look like apple crumble with the milk in it.For drink, both of us ordered the same menu, Chocolate Banana juice. It taste ok but can't beat the one that we have had before.Not to forget, the ambience, design and decoration in the restaurant are nice with the Moroccan touch.We chit chat and discussed about our next trip before headed to Pavillion for shopping...Errr,actually my fren who bought a jean almost RM300 from Esprit..Can i borrow..??haha...

Break fast at Naab Restaurant

Last Wednesday, my friend and I went to Naab, an Iranian cuisine Restaurant at Bukit Bintang to break fast. We ordered 2 sets of the main courses and traditional Iranian drinks. I saw a lot of arabian people came to Naab and opt for buffet that cost about RM66++. We sit there until 8:15pm before went to Sungei Wang Plaza for a window shopping.

Movie time

Last week, I watched two movies at TGV. Both were free as Setem i won a ticket from RTM and GI Joe was a treat from my cousin. Directed by Kabir Bhatia, Setem is a comedy genre movie. The storyline is simple, a few groups of people planning to steal a setem that worth millions dollar. They met at one point and realized that they had been fooled. Next...errr..go and watch it :-). There are few screenings left at TGV, KLCC. On Sunday, I went to Sunway Pyramid for GI Joe screening. If you love action-packed movie, you gonna love this. Besides, the CGI is excellent and it is worth to watch :-)