We stay at Nexus Karambunai Resort & Spa from 9th May till 11th May 2022. It was big family gathering after Raya. We rented 3 Pool Villas and 3 unit of apartments.
It was really wonderful holiday and good memory of family gathering.
Pool Villa
The pool villa unit was big with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with living hall and kitchen. The master bathroom has big bathub.
It also has small 3 swimming pools in the villa. It is fully furnished with fridge, cooking utensils, aircond and TV and towels and extra blankets were provided by Nexus Karambunai.
Unfortunately one of the fridge not really cold and aircond also not really cold and we faced few small problems like not functioning doors and toilet flush.
We did complain to the Nexus management they did their best to rectify it but some problems they were unable to repair like toilet flush problem and fridge.
Even though we faced all these smalls annoyances we had really good holiday as the villa were comfortable and we really enjoyed the swimming pools.
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Karambunai Beach
Price
For the Pool Villa we got it at RM490 per night while for apartment with one bedroom we got it at RM160 per night.
Recommendation
I really like the Pool Villa, it had good facilities and the villa was good for you to enjoy the beach, swimming pool and bathub. Even though we faced small issues but Nexus Management was really responsive and tried their best to solve any issues arises.
We had our holiday at Mantanani Island in Sabah from 11th May to 13th May 2022.
We departed from Magellan hotel lobby to Rampayan Jetty in Kota Belud by bus around on 650AM. It took us around 1 hour 30 minutes to arrive to Rampayan jetty in Kota Belud.
From the jetty, we had our boat ride for 30 – 45 minutes to Mantanani island.
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Sutera Mantanani Resort & Spa Itinerary
Below is the itinerary prepared by Sutera Mantanani Resort & Spa. Hotel staff is really friendly and helpful.
Day 1
10:00AM: Free & easy
10:30AM – 11:00AM: Snorkeling
12:00PM: Check-in
12:00PM – 2:00PM: Lunch at the Restaurant
2:00PM: Drone photo session
3:00PM – 5:00PM: Activity Time (ATV / Kayak / Volleyball / Frisbee / Kite Flying)
4:00PM – 5:00PM: Tea time at the Restaurant
7:00PM – 8:30PM: Dinner at the Restaurant
8:30PM: Blue Tears night tour
Day 2
7:30AM – 9:30AM: Breakfast at the Restaurant
9:00AM: Check out
9:00AM – 10:00AM: Activity time
10:00AM – 10:15AM: Depart from Island to Rampayan Jetty
11:00AM – 12:00PM: Arrival at Rampayan Jetty
Rooms
The room has safety box, aircond and hot water. Sutera also provides lots of mineral water in the room.
We took three unit of premium chalets with number 57, 58 & 59.
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Foods & Beverages at the Restaurant
The foods were delicious. Sutera provided 5 main dishes, soup and either one or two desserts. For drinks they provide cold water, hot black coffee and tea.
At one dinner Sutera didn’t provide any chicken, when we raised our concern the hotel staff cooked chicken dish just for us.
Sutera Mantanani Resort & Spa provides breakfast, lunch, tea time and dinner every day.
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Mantanani Beach
The beach has clear and beautiful sandy beach. Be careful though as the beach is quite steep especially when you see different shades of water.
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Activities
You can do snorkeling, ATV (free for 30 minutes), kayak, blue plankton view at night if you are lucky and others.
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Surrounding the Resort
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Island Map
manatanani island map
Price
The price I got during my trip as below.
Return ticket for bus from Magellan Hotel Lobby to Rampayan Jetty at Kota Belud: RM75
Premium Chalet per night for 2 persons inclusive of breakfast, lunch, tea time and dinner: RM490
Additional RM170 with single bed full board F&B per night for kids for 12 years old and below.
Additional RM255 for kids above 12 years old.
Mobile Coverage
The mobile coverage is not that good in the island. Wifi is provided near the lobby but the speed also not that good.
Celcom – can get 4G most area in the island
Unifi Mobile – Edge only
Digi – Edge only
Good discovery for a private beach and island with not so many tourists. You can complete the whole activities within one day so one night stay is enough if you want to have fast holiday.
My sink was clogged. I opened up the bottle trap but surprisingly it was clean. So meaning to say, my outlet pipe was clogged. Either I can use a snake or use high pressured water.
drain snake clog remover
Decided To Use High Pressured Water
I used high pressured water because it was easier as my bidet pipe was just near by and it could be considered as quite high pressured water.
As you notice from the video on 0:15, the water overflow back from the pipe meaning it was clogged.
Put cloths around the outlet pipe to ensure the water really flow down the pipe.
Shopee keeps introducing new gamification features to ensure we hook to its application. In other words, if you want to buy online, you will remember Shopee first.
Usually I buy my Baskin Robbins Promotion voucher at Lazada but last March, I couldn’t find it at Lazada.
Fortunately I was able to buy it at Shopee. At first I was suspicious whether it really has 31% off. When I read the terms and condition properly it seems it was legit.
You can redeem the voucher next day and it is valid for one month.
My Baskin Robbins Voucher Purchase at Shopee
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Redeem Baskin Robbins Voucher
Press your Profile Table @ Me, then click “View my voucher”
Swipe to Redeem
Show the bar code to the cashier.
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I installed Wifi Autogate controller at my autogate because I want to be able to open my autogate before I reach my home. So when I reach home the gate already open so I just need to park my car.
Besides that, normal autogate remote control hard to open as I need to be near to the autogate box and press few times the button before I can open.
I choose Wifi autogate controller that supports SmartLife application because I use SmartLife to control my ceiling fan, TV and airconds. So want to use same application.
Wifi Autogate Controller – 2 Channels
I bought 2 channels so the controller can control both gates means I can open either left or right gate individually.
The installation is really straight forward, you just need:
Screwdriver @ Test pen
Wire with the right diameter to connect all those pins.
Wire Cabling Scheme to Connect the Pins
how to connect the wiring
How to Do the Installation
I just follow the connection diagram provided by the Wifi Autogate controller seller and ensure you off first your electricity to autogate box.
The Working Wifi Autogate
smart life autogate switch buttons
Where Can Buy the Wifi Autogate Controller?
I bought it from Shopee. I recommend this mCube seller because he is responsive to all my questions and helpful in ensuring the Wifi autogate controller installation was a success.
I was waiting for this movie for weeks now. When I watched it last nite, I was disappointed because I found the story line was simple and the story telling not that easy to understand.
Overall I gave 3 stars out of 5.
Black Crab – Story Summary
It was about Edh whose mission was to carry a canister containing a virus to a place called Odo. She was committed to deliver the canister because she was duped that her daughter was at Odo.
When at Odo, she got to know that her daughter was not there then she wanted to destroy the canister.
I found Edh was selfish always think about her daughter rather than humanity even though her lieutenant asked her to destroy the canister at first place to avoid a lot of people being killed.
Scenes That Didn’t Add Value to The Story Line
I found some scenes didn’t add value to the overall story line
Example:
1) When the soldier left Edh inside a car then suddenly people around there started to attack her. (I don’t understand why the solder left her there and why the people want to kill her)
netflix black crab moview review – edh attacked
2) When Edh and her team reach to a house and the old couple starts killing them. (Who are the old couples? Are they from same nation?)
