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Saturday, October 29, 2011

el-zahraa inn: sg petani

Hotel entry! Hotel entry!

Planning yang dok bertukar-tukar continuously, ended up in Sungai Petani lah. Calm place for me, yang akan pegi once a year. Meh bocoq satu rahsia. Kalau rerasa ai nak lari dari umah, ai datang sini lah. Boleh gitu, hoho..

Celebrating someone's birthday, masuk dalam tentative padahal tak kuar duit sendiri pun. Eh, cane tu? Hihi..

Dengan tanpa membuang masa, introducing~


Hotel HPA. El-Zahraa Inn. 

Cane nak pegi? This hotel is located in Sungai Petani Utara. Specific ialah di Lagenda Heights, berdekatan dengan Tesco Sungai Petani Utara.

Let's say kalau korang from PLUS hiway, please use exit Sungai Petani Utara yer. Boleh kalau nak pakai exit Sungai Petani Selatan, tapi korang me-round satu Sungai Petani la jawabnyer nak ke atas ni. 

Keluar dari tol jer, amik the first traffic light ke kiri yang menghala ke Butterworth/Pusat Bandar. Jalan terus. This place akan berada di sebelah kanan korang. Landmark area sini, korang akan jumpa shopping complex The Village Mall di sebelah kanan. Korang kene u-turn di traffic light pertama yang dijumpai selepas Village Mall tu. Then, terus himpit ke simpang ke kiri. Masuk simpang kiri pertama yang nampak OCBC Bank di sebelah kiri dan Old Town White Coffee di sebelah kanan. Jalan sampai hujung, masuk kiri. Jumpa T-junction, masuk kiri. This hotel ialah di antara Bank Islam dan Maybank. So let's say korang lost, then buat another round n datang balik jalan ni. Pusing-pusing jer. Hoho..

Spesifik gitu arah dan hala tuju. Oh baidewei, tempat ni tak susah. Eceli ai jarang sangat datang sini. Still remember la. Dan boleh ingat dengan cepat, don't worry.

Errr.. How to say. Plan tukar last minute. Patutnya stay kat Seberang Perai, tapi changed to here and for 2 consecutive days. Kalau orang lain check-in hotel pukul 2 pm, ai pegi check-in pukul 8 malam. Nampak tak betapa merewangnyer tu. Padahal dah sampai sini around kol 2 petang. Hoho..

Back to descriptions on hotel.


My choice ialah 1 bilik dengan katil besar. Alasan: Tak cukup ruang nak golek-golek. Haha.. Dan stay hotel sorang-sorang, haruslah perasaan tu macam The Boss gitu. Get the whole room for myself. Hoho..

Katil yang empuk dengan comforter yang tebal. Bantal pun best jugak. Tapi, ekon tak cukup kuat. Walaupun on the minimum temperature oredi.


Dis is the entrance view from inside. Hotel ada banyak cermin tau. Sangat banyak dan besar-besar belaka. So macam tak pelik la, walaupun agak kekok asyik nampak diri sendiri jer. Sebbek not all the place. Hoho..

Sebelah kiri tu ialah almari baju. Kesian benar ai ni. Ai bukak sebelah kiri, tapi tak buka sebelah kanan. Hadoi.

Inside, provided beberapa hanger/penyangkut baju. Tak lupa, ada sehelai sejadah, sehelai kain pelikat, sehelai kain batik dan sehelai telekung. Kemudahan bagi traveler muslim. 


Ok. This is rare. Ada jugak disediakan tafsiran Al-Quran. Bagi yang menjadikan sebagai rutin seharian, tak perlulah mengangkut self copy ke hotel. Orait la kan?


Meja mekap, bercermin. Ada seat dan mini-fridge. Small individual heater pun ada, senang nak buat morning or late drinks. Oso, cawan dan gelas. Kang nak buat ayaq, nak letak kat mana pulak kan? Provided jugak air mineral dan beberapa Radix's coffee sachets.


LCD tv, tak tau berapa inci. Ada Astro, tapi don't expect much la. Basic cenel jer. Tv1, Tv2, Tv3, Tv9, 8tv, Ria, Prima, ESPN, NatGeo, Arena, Awani. Muvi cenel suma takde. Reception tak berapa, therefore gamba gegoyang dan tak clear. Mebi dis one thing, boleh improve lagi kot. Just for me, ai not really can tolerate. Sebab ai pegi bercuti, bukan all the time merayap. Lepak dalam bilik lebih banyak, ai need the entertainments. Alot.

Luckily to have an alternative. I brought along ajim's leptop. So online sampai lebam. Pomboleyyy. Wifi connection is okey. Another important criteria a-MUST-have for me. Cuma yang tak best, plug kat belakang. Ai mean, leptop dan tivi is not parallel. Tak boleh one shot tengok leptop dan tengok tivi. Agak terteleng-teleng ke belakang. With choices of cenel yang sangat-sangat minimum dan biasalah rancangan tivi tak berapa nak best hari khamis malam jemahat, ai solely depend on leptop semata. And it kinda bowring.


Bathroom yang panjang, sangat panjang ke belakang dan agak luas. Agak seronot jugak. Toilet with 2 flushing system untuk menjimatkan ayaq. Ai loike. Heater, macam not really functional. Provided sabun, shampoo, especially made by HPA lah. Juga, towel badan dan face towel for two. Cuma yang tak best, apart of heater tadi ialah sistem pengairan dia. Agak bertakung sebentar jugak lah. Like, errr..


As informed earlier kan, hotel ni suka letak cermin. Besar-besar pulak tu. Ni pemandangan di tangga. Senang citer, the whole dinding is mirror. Baru boleh cakap mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of all? Hehe..


Pemandangan tangga. Agak tinggi, mebi ada sedikit curam. So, for those yang susah sket nak naik tangga. Perhaps, consider bilik bawah ke cane.. Hotel ni ada 3 tingkat yer.


Reception area. Katanyer hotel ni berkonsepkan from timur tengah sumting. Owned by HPA = Radix Coffee tu lah. Alot of marmar. Sumting carve. Interior design cantik la omputeh kater.

Info pasal hotel? Tak lupa..

Name: El-Zahraa Inn

Address: No. 75, 76, Jalan Lagenda 1, Lagenda Heights, 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah

Tel: 04-425 9144

Fax: 04-425 9131

Ada beberapa rules yang agak strict here, including no illegal partners bawak masuk bilik la yer. Dah tulis siap-siap sini. Boleh kata ni hotel islamik la. Kot. Maybe that's explain ke-minimum-an cenel dalam bilik.

Entry ni ditulis agak emo senanye. Most likely sebab ai dah biasa tido hotel bajet tak bajet, so dah boleh consider which n which to have. Bukan lah high expectation sangat. Just rasa macam tak cukup berbaloi la. Dan jugak salah tulis nama ai. Rasanya dah cukup pendek kot nama ai stated in IC tu. 6 huruf jer n still salah. Human error, understood. But not really, err..tolerable.

Another thing is hotel ni takder interkom. So, agak leceh di sana when ai have to call via hempon ni nak tau password wifi. Let alone la kalau nak dihantar iron kan. So, turun naik jugak la from tingkat 3 ke bawah. Dan kene berpakaian lengkap pulak. Tau-tau jela dok sensorang dalam bilik kan, ala-ala seminimum mungkin pemakaiannye. Dan jugak, maybe ai jela kindof yang tidak menutup aurat sepenuhnya. Tak pakai tudung labuh. Pakai lengan pendek, jeans segala. Well..

Ahh.. Got a complimentary breakfast yang bernilai RM 4.00. Stated yer kat kupon tu. Kalau more, kene topup duit sendiri. Makan kat restoran sebelah tu. Acetengok gamba pertama tadi, ada Restoran Organic Recipe. Ai choose ketiau goreng yang kemelampauan banyak ngan telur sambal, and it costs only RM 2.50. Saving-saving sket di sana.

Ehem. Jarang kot minum air suam bekpes pepagi. Kat restoran ni, takde air selain Radix punyer yer. Sebab tu ai minum air suam sebab tak dapat teh o ais. Huk huk. Take note eberibadeh.

Onwards, my hotel entries memang tak sama macam dulu kot. Previous ada advantages and disadvantages kan. Dis time around, boleh get straight from the paragraphs, unseparated.

Maybe alot la boleh improve lagi with this hotel. Kater nak tolong Melayu, kan. How to say, if ai can get much-much more facilities and better with less price paid compare to here. Yelah, walaupun stay free kat sini sebab owang lain support, but still ni emo entry. Muahahaha.. *matila kene ban lepas ni*

Receptionist. Lenkali jangan let the customer to wait for so long. Okey?

Dan jugak halwa telinga pepagi sampai tengahari dengar suara budak melalak. It is not convenience at all. Plish la parent-parent ni. Tolong lah buat yang sepatutnya. Cukup annoying. Homai.

Di samping melepek Sungai Petani sampai 2 hari dis time. Ai jugak mengamik kesempatan untuk driving alone to Penang Island. Selalu ajak orang tak dapat jer. And so bawak baby, emm, kiter drive sendiri lah! Heben gituuu. Merayap nombor satu budak ni. Hoho..

Around one hour journey la to the specific place to meet Anne, my kos-met kat UMT dolu-dolu. Eh, tak amik gegamba pulak. Not fotogenik enuf. Haha..


Doing the thing, best during driving! Amik gamba the nearest to get to have this Jambatan Pulau Pinang trademark. Hoho..

Kat atas jambatan ni memang takleh benti yer.. Memang ada signboard besar-besar stated. Kalau benti tepi bahu jalan without alasan kukuh ni, eg eksiden ke, tayar pancit ke, mau kene saman ngan polis melayang tiga ratus hengget ni. Haruslah! Mengganggu lalu-lintas. Summore dah cukup banyak kete sini, kalau ada yang berenti, mau crawling-crawling tu.

Lagi satu! Lagi satu! Nak masuk Penang kene bayar tol RM 7.00 yer.. Ada 2 plaza tol sebelum tu, Plaza A dan B. Both akan bertembung nanti, so jangan nak susah hati sangat lah considering which n which. Sama jer kekdahnyer. Hehe..

Sempat selit tips sket kat sini for those yang belum penah naik Jambatan Pulau Pinang ni. Kalau kuar from Penang, dah takde tol. Tapi kene make sure which direction lah. Either kiri to Perai, atau kanan to PLUS Hiway dan samada nak ke utara Alor Setar, atau selatan ke Ipoh.

Oh yer. Masa lepak kat area Leboh Acheh, got a call to exit from Penang Island sebelum kol 5 pm. If ai terlewat, habes lah! Kol 9 malam pun tak tentu lagi boleh sampai to the other side. Real quick goodbye before chiow. Plus bagi kek to Anne for her family. Coming again, nantilah! Kene kumpul duit dulu ni. But sure akan jugak. One fine day. Hehehe..


Peneman baby n me during this trip to utagha. Belum bagi nama lagi, hehe.. 

Til then, wait for my next post of hotel entry lagi. Wokeyh~~

Saturday, October 15, 2011

arms

currently humming n dis song keeps lingering on my mind.


by christina perri, the same singer of jar of hearts.

broken heart song {again}, lol.

usually lagu broken heart dalam dis blog, mesti nak relate ngan ai kan. n so, begitulah.


just browse the lyrics n gonna understand why lorr.

be happy n cheers.

eh, copy lirik from here.. 

I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart
But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
You put your arms around me and I'm home

How many times will you let me change my mind and turn around
I can't decide if I'll let you save my life or if I'll drown

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

The world is coming down on me and I can't find a reason to be loved
I never wanna leave you but I can't make you bleed if I'm alone

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

I tried my best to never let you in to see the truth
And I've never opened up
I've never truly loved 'Till you put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

You put your arms around me and I'm home

Sunday, October 2, 2011

marco's pizza: kelana jaya

Hulo huloooooo..

Memang sah lah berhabuk betul blog ni dikejekan. Last published about raya kan?? Hamboi, hamboi gituuu..

Bila dah ber-mood nak updet, gamba pulak yang takleh nak upload ha. #majorturnoff sungguh!

Wokey lah. Tanpa berlengah lagi. Here we go!

As for those yang close, maybe tau dah kot ai keje kat mana after last resignation. And ai hope ai can stay for a long time here. Dah penat kot nak berpindah-randah. Haha.. And for those yang tau where ai work based on this post n informal information, please don't leak out at least for this year, as ai still have some issues back with my previous employer. Best not to spread the news. Thank you.

Back to our makan-makan story ni!

Nak bawak to Marco's Pizza, which located not too far from office. Walking distance hokey.. And summore bos bayar kan. Tu yang paling penting. Hehe..


Sini lah! Bersiaran langsung dengan S90, kali ni tak pakai Aino. Kekekeke..


Welkam~~

Apa yang lebih penting dalam post makan-makan ai? Haruslah gamba makanan yang membuatkan viewer kelaparan gittew. Kemaen! Cam ramai jer yang belek-belek blog ni. Hehe..


Wild mushroom soup. Pekat, sedap. With coke or sprite yang dipilih masing-masing.


Padanannya dengan soup, garlic bread. Lembut dan sedap jugak ni.


Salad.


Another salad.

Kitorang ada 4 tray of pizza. Different suma. Disebabkan post yang tertunda setengah bulan, takde daya nak ingat satu-satu. *mode pemalas*





Khusyuk kan sumorang makan? Sampai tak sedar pun ai amik gamba ni. Nice!

3 types of pastas yang kitorang order. Ada carbonara, fettucini dan spagetti.




Sorry, but dis one seafood fettucini ni memang tak in lah. Both di atas sedappp!


So, mereka lah yang kitorang celebrate for today's event. Both birthday on 21st September. With my mom's tiramisu. How to say, we sang n bawak balik kek pi opis. Sumorang full with all dis food oredi. Haha..


Tenang gittew ambient nyer. Spacious n cozy.


Macam biasa, blog owner pun haruslah interframe jugak. The official photog for the day. Haha..

Gamba2 with colleagues sket.




Nampaknyer tak berenggang dengan fon lah ai ni. Hikhik.

Okey. Kinda lame sket entry ni. Lama amat kott tak tulis. Then mood pun ke laut, ke gaung suma. But i need to write sumhow.

Bagi yang ingin ke sini, it is located depan stesen LRT Kelana Jaya. Opposite eceli. If u're using LDP hiway menghala ke Damansara, dis will be on your left-hand side. The signboard is very huge. Once u nampak jer, himpit ke kiri exit tu n straight u-turn kiri di simpang pertama sebelah kiri untuk menghala ke shoplot tu lah. Simpang tu tak bernama kot. Just kalau terlepas, u will come across the traffic light n u-turn balik la. 

Kalau datang dari Damansara pulak, once nampak LRT Kelana Jaya tu, himpit ke kiri untuk u-turn dengan signboard ke Taman Emas before u see the church n the shoplots, as explained above. Begitu lah.

For the food reviews, not bad. Recommended, walaupun agak mahal sedikit. Oops, ai dah gemuks yer?? Haha..

Pricing and all, ai kurang mengambik perhatian sebab tak kuar duit sendiri kan. But, tengss bos! Murah rezeki boss nanti. Hihihi..

I guess, wait for my next updates kat blog kot. Huhu.. Adios!