We had our short holiday of 5 days 4 nights at Johor. It was mostly lay back kind of holidays without much activities except for the water park.
This is second time we went to Desaru and its water park but first time we stayed at Hard Rock Hotel, Hotel Amerin and Teega.
29th May 2024 – Going to Desaru, Johor
– We had our lunch at Malik Bukit Jelutong
– Check in at Desaru, Hard Rock Hotel
– We had our dinner at SDS Cafe
30th May 2024 – Water Park Activities
– We had our breakfast at Hard Rock Hotel
– Around 1030AM we played at the Desaru Adventure Water park. The entrance tickets were complimentary from Hard Rock Hotel for staying there.
– We ate Hard Rock burgers at the Water park.
– For dinner, we had it at Subway.
It was really tiring and we all slept early.
31st May 2024 – Johor Premium Outlets & Puteri Harbour
– Our 2nd day and last breakfast at Hard Rock Hotel
– After breakfast we had a free bicycle ride provided by Hard Rock Hotel
– Checking out, we had our complimentary welcoming mocktail from Hard Rock. It was delicious.
– Then we went to JPO and buying some shirts and shoes to replace our old clothes.
– We checked in at Teega Airbnb at Iskandar Puteri.
– Dinner we had it at Mana Cafe our favorite restaurants.
– We were strolling at the Puteri Harbour. There were no more e scooter because they had fatal accident when a kid fell down and died last year and the authority banned it. Now can only play electric cars.
1st June 2024 – Johor Bahru
– We had our favorite soto at Mana Cafe but this time the taste waste not really delicious like before.
– We played foose ball and snooker at the Teega Airbnb facilities. It was really fun.
– Around 11AM we checked out from our Teega Airbnb and went to Mid Valley Megamall Southkey.
– We ate at Texas Chicken and did some shopping and bought some macaroon at SDS but the macaroon was bit hard not that good.
2nd June 2024 – 7 Spice and Went Back Home
– We ate our breakfast at Hotel Amerin, but the food not that nice but I like its americano.
– The kids played in the bath tub.
– We had our lunch at 7 Spice our favorite Indian cuisine restaurant.
– Then we went back home around 2PM. The highway was jam and it took us 6 hours to reach home instead of 4 hours.
Sewa kereta Toyota Innova dengan Alan dengan bayaran RM160 untuk trip dari Shah Alam ke KLIA.
Bertolak dari Kuala Lumpur 1820 dan sampai di Kota Kinabalu pukul 2100 dengan menaiki kapal terbang MAS.
Kami berbuka puasa di dalam kapal terbang dengan menu chicken lasagna dan ayam barbeque.
Semasa di lapangan terbang KK, kami masih berasa lapar jadi beli McDonalds di balai ketibaan. Selain itu beli, dunkin donuts mayo chicken sandwich.
9/4/2024 (Selasa) – Hari Terakhir Puasa
Bersahur pada pukul 330AM awal sejam jika bersahur di Shah Alam pada pukul 430AM tetapi kami buka awal around 630PM. Hari puasa tidak buat apa sangat.
Pada malam hari, anak-anak keluar dengan sepupu pergi beli minuman.
10/4/2024 (Rabu) – Hari Raya Pertama (Rumah Terbuka Mama Baba )
Hari raya pertama seperti biasa akan pergi ke masjid untuk sunat hari raya. Selepas balik bermulalah sesi maaf bermaafan dan membagi duit raya.
Ramai keluarga datang ke rumah terbuka mama baba dan bertandang di rumah sehinggalah ke malam.
Kami juga bermain “Spot It” untuk merapatkan lagi silahtulrahim.
11/4/2024 (Khamis) – Second Day Raya (went to Papar to visit cemetry)
Breakfast: McDonalds nasi lemak dan pancake.
Hari ini jatuh deman tak dapat join pergi ke melawat kubur arwah nenek dan makcik-makcik di Papar.
Makan soto ayam masak sendiri dan ahli keluarga bermain “Spot It”
Ahli keluarga bertandang sampai ke malam.
12/4/2024 (Jumaat)- Third Day Raya (Masra open house)
Breakfast: Makan roti canai di Era Tanjung Era. Roti canai tak sedap. Hahaha tak akan makan lagi roti canai di sana. Kemudia dobi baju.
Tengah hari beli mercun di Servay Putatan.
Makan Malam: Pergi ke rumah terbuka sepupu makan seafood mee hoon goreng, ayam goreng dan pouri.
Selepas makan, ahli keluarga bermain mercun, bermain galah dan anak ayam dan serigala. Kemudian mereka menari poco-poco dan sumazau.
13/4/2024 (Sabtu) – Fourth Day Raya (Kakak Mas open house)
Breakfast – McDonald di Karamunsing
Kemudian beli fridge, aircond dan juga kipas dinding.
Makan Tenghari: Chicken rice shop dan minum red bean Yoyo.
Makan malam: Pergi rumah terbuka kak Mas.
Memandangkan aircond untuk ganti aircond yang sudah rosak dan beli fridge untuk ganti fridge yang dah agak lama. Saya beli aircond dan fridge di kedai Top Kinabalu, Karamunsing kerana harga yang berpatutan. Selain itu saya ada beli kipas dinding.
14/4/2024 (Ahad) – Duduk Rumah
Breakfast: Makan roti canai di Anak Mami Sempelang, Sembulan macam biasa servis lambat dan kali ini roti canai tak sedap sangat.
Tukar kipas dinding denga dua standing fan kerana mama tak suka kipas dinding kerana nampak buruk kalo pasang nanti.
Selain itu beli bunga api di Karamunsing yang kebetulan ada dijual di sana.
My wife bawa anak-anak ke pantai Tanjung Aru.
15/4/2024 (Isnin)- Transfer Tanah
Breakfast – Makan soto ayam di Malindo
Buat pengesahan kad pengenalan di UTC Kota Kinabalu. Pemasangan aircond Daikin oleh kontraktor.
Tengah Hari – Kopi Ping kueh teow goreng
Selepas makan tengah hari, memohon surat pengesahan anak negeri di Wisma Tun Fuad. Kemudian pergi Damai untuk cari suis berkembar dan kemudian minum petang di Daily Coffee, Aeropod KK.
Makam Malam – Borenos
16/4/2024 (Selasa) – Baiki Suis Rosak & Hose Washing Machine
Breakfast roti canai di Maimunah Tanjung Aru.
Masa pagi tukar suis berkembar yang dah rosak dan tukar washing machine hos yang dah reput.
Lunch makan rumah.
Dinner makan nasi lemak di Kopi Ping tapi kali ini tidak sedap dah lah ayam mentah.
17/4/2024 (Rabu) – Bertolak ke Kundasang
Sewa Hyundai Staria Lite untuk 3 hari. Kos dalam RM400+ per day.
Bertolak ke Kundasang dan makan rojak ayam untuk tengah hari. Malam makan barbecue ayam dan kambing.
Selepas makan malam, bermain werewolf and human dan bermain bunga api.
18/4/2024 (Khamis) – Kundasang
Hari ini banyak tidur kerana rasa berat kepala dan demam tetapi ahli keluarga bermain “Spot It”.
Breakfast makan mee hoon dan nasi goreng yang dimasak oleh ahli kelurga.
Kemudian check in kat Ausvilla dan makan tengah hari dimasak oleh ahli keluarga.
Makan malam bersama di restoran Ausvilla, pandan chicken, sweet and sour chicken, fried squid, park choy dan fish dishes.
19/4/2024 (Jumaat)- Balik dari Kundasang
Selepas breakfast mee goreng dan hotdog, we all checked out dari Ausvilla tapi sempat hiking di sekitar Ausvilla sebelum check out.
Kemudian kitarang makan tengahari di Benjamin restoran dan kemudian melawat Spring Garder yang terletak dekat dengan Benjamin restoran.
Selepas itu, kami pergi melawat Desa Cattle Farm dan makan aiskrim yang sedap yang dibuat fresh dari susu lembu di sana.
Kami pun bertolak balik ke Kota Kinabalu dan makan pizza hut untuk makan malam.
20/4/2024 (Sabtu) – Beli Water Tank
Pagi cari kedai hardware jual water tank dan kembalikan Staria
Lunch: Kopi Ping
Dinner: masak mee
20/4/2024 (Ahad) – Pasang Water Tank
Ahad banyak habis masa beli batu dan pasir dan pergi dua kali trip ke kedai hardware kerana kontraktor underestimate bilangan pasir dan batu.
Untuk makan malam beli sweet and sour chicken dan siput sedut di Gayang Seafood Restaurant di Tuaran.
21/4/2024 (Isnin) – Balik KL
Breakfast: Roti canai kat Sri Muslim Putatan
Melawat kampung air dan pasang paip tanki air.
Makan Tengah Hari: chicken ball & sayur sawi masak sendiri.
Kemudian lunch lagi at McDonalds double cheese burger.
Pada 15 Februari 2024, saya berkesempatan melawat ke Muzium Bukit Besi di Terengganu. Muzium ini dibangunkan oleh KETENGAH untuk memperingati zaman kegemilangan Bukit Besi tempat perlombongan bijih besi di Terengganu.
Pada zaman kegemilangannya, bandar ini amatlah maju dan mempunyai penduduk yang ramai.
Ianya mengambil masa selama 30 – 45 minit untuk melawat muzium ini. Baru saya tahu mengenai kewujudan dan kerancakan ekonomi Bukit Besi pada zama 1930-an ke 1970an.
Pelbagai jenis kerepok lekor yang dijual, direbus, goreng dan vakum untuk dibawa balik. Selain itu, keropok yang siap digoreng pun sedia dijual. Ramai orang membeli dekat sini, non-stop pembeli mengunjungi gerai Mak Adeq.
We had a 4 night 5 days vacation at Penang from 28/9 to 2/10/2023. I thought I would be a boring vacation because before this our trip was a bit boring.
Surprisingly, this holiday was really fun especially activities at Escape Penang & National Park.
Our Activities in Penang
Thursday 28/9/2023
Arrived in Penang around 5pM.
Check in at our Airbnb at Sunrise Gurney condominium.
We had our dinner at Fried Chicken Master. The chicken was not well cooked so I wouldn’t go here again.
Then we had a simple dessert at a Starbucks nearby.
Friday 29/9
We had our breakfast at Gemas Road Brothers. The queue was really long. I think the roti canai is overrated. I don’t really like it. The kuah taste sour and really spicy.
After breakfast, we went to Design Outlet – similar concept like premium outlet in Genting & Johor Bahru. We bought track suit for our next day activities at National Park.
We had our lunch at Coffee Bean in Design Outlet Mall.
We took our dinner at Lotus food court in Seri Tanjung.
After then we went to Medan Renong to eat pasembur at Ghani Pasembur.
Saturday 30/9
For breakfast, we ate bread history breads that we bought at Lotus. Then we went for Penang National Park and arrived around 1030am.
We went to Monkey beach by boat. We had our lunch at the stall in Monkey beach. The maggi goreng was delicious.
After lunch we went up to Muka Light house. It took us 1 hour to go up and 40 mn to go down. It was really tiring, we stopped few times to reach at the top. For a fit person that can climb up in 20 minutes.
Then the kids swam at the beach and played sands.
We had our dinner around 5pm at McDonalds because we were so hungry after the activities.
Then at night, we went for supper at Pasembur Gurney road.
Sunday 1/10
We had our breakfast at Ascott Hotel. Then we went to Escape Penang and arrive around 1000am.
We rode the longest waterslide, zip coaster, flying lemur and many more. It was really fun and tiring at same time.
For lunch we at A&W inside the park and dinner we just eat at the shopping mall near Gurney some of us ate Subway and some Coffee bean.
We fall asleep early with muscle pains around the body.
Monday 2/10
We had our breakfast at a nasi lemak restaurant nearby the Sunrise Gurney condominium. The nasi lemak was delicious.
Then we went back to Shah Alam and reached Shah Alam around 430pm.
We had our short vacation during the long Hari Raya Haji public holiday from 29/06/2023 till 02/07/2023. We stayed at Lotus Resort & Spa, Desaru, Johor.
We chose Lotus because all other hotels were fully booked. We were disappointed because had to choose Lotus but at the end we had very enjoyable stay and we gave 5 stars for the welcoming and friendly staff and the room was really nice and we did few activities inside the hotel.
Hotel Surrounding
Breakfast with lots of Choices
Rooms
Activities
Beach
Cleanliness
The hotel was really sparkling clean!
Fast Response To Replace Faulty TV
Price
For 3 bedrooms, with a kitchen, living room and dining table it costs us RM2,710 for 3 nights including service tax.
We had our short vacation during the long Hari Raya Haji public holiday from 29/06/2023 till 02/07/2023.
We went to Desaru, Johor. It was our first time went there and decided to stay at Lotus Resort & Spa because other hotels were fully booked.
1) Thursday 29/06/2023
We had our breakfast at Family Mart, Denai Alam before traveling to Desaru around 1030AM.
We arrived at Lotus Resort & Spa around 3.00PM. It was full of visitors at the lobby and hard to get parking.
We stayed at a 3 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms unit. The place was really clean.
While waiting for check in, the kids were looking at the birds cage near the hotel lobby.
At night we ate at mamak restaurant called Ehsan and had our icecream at Iceyoo.
2) Friday – 30/06/2023
After having our breakfast at the hotel, we played at the Splash water park which was located inside the hotel area.
We had our lunch at Marry Brown nearby the Lotus hotel.
Then we went to look around at the public beach, went to Hard Rock and Anantara hotel compound.
We inquired about the entry ticket to Desaru Water park. Then we decided to buy entry tickets for Saturday activity.
After buying the ticket we had paintball target shooting just for fun.
Then in the evening the kids went to swim at Lotus swimming pool.
At night we ate at different mamak restaurant but the first mamak restaurant @ Ehsan was more delicious.
After that we ate durian at the nearby stalls. They charged RM38 per kg for D24 durian. It was really delicious.
3) Saturday – 01/07/2023
We went to Desaru water park, surprisingly not so many visitors to the park but the park was 3 times better than Legoland water park. We really enjoyed it. Entry fee was RM96 per adult and RM92 for kids below 12 years old.
For lunch, we had burgers at Desaru water park. The burger was really delicious because it was provided by Hard Rock cafe. The burger meal costs around RM30 – RM38 per meal including soft drinks and wedges.
We played at the water park till around 5PM. It was really tiring but really exciting.
For dinner, we went to SDS Cafe and Bakery. The nasi goreng kampung, spaghetti were really delicious and at affordable price around RM14 per plate.
4) Sunday 02/07/2023
We went to the Lotus private beach. The beach was small not really interesting but my kids love to collect sea shells.
After beach around 930AM, my kids went again to Splash water park.
After checking out, we ate Iceyoo chocholate ice cream and buys lots of SDS breads because it was delicious, you can’t find SDS outlet in Selangor.
For lunch, we went to our favorites Indian restaurant 7 spices and dinner we ate A&W near Ayer Keroh Over bridge.
We reached home around 12AM and everyone was really tired.