Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur 25 Dec - 28 Dec 08 Part 2

The huge & spacious room in Holiday Villa Subang Jaya

Continuing on our Christmas vacation to Kuala Lumpur, we checked into Holiday Villa Subang Jaya. The standard rooms are huge and spacious and a range of recreational facilities for fun and leisure are offered including:-
* fully equipped gym
* steam bath
* games room
* music room
* squash/badminton & tennis courts
* olympic-sized swimming pool
* children's pool
* learner's pool
* wading pool
* outdoor jacuzzi
* 'Pins and Balls' 10-lane bowling alley
* Snooker Room
* Oxford Room Library
* Business Centre
* Florist
* Hair Saloon

Olympic sized swimming pool

A variety of food and beverage outlets are available to suit your taste buds, ranging from Italian to Japanese to Thai and Chinese. If you are in a dancing mood, head on down to La Vida Lounge where the in-house live bands perform nightly. Better still, if you prefer to sing your heart out, then Lifestyles Karaoke is the place to go.

Being a Buffet Club Card member in Singapore, we are entitled to 3 days 2 nights free accommodation in certain hotels, Holiday Villa being one of them. Hotel guests are given free parking.

Made our way to 1 Utama Shopping Centre. It is huge! Anchor tenants Jusco and Parksons are familiar names. However, there are many unfamiliar names like John King's since 1965, Dave's Deli, Caffe 1920, Korean Satay and Yippee Cup as well. Action City, a concept shop is also there. Attractive and uniquely designed jellies can be ordered from Q Jelly Bakery located on the lower ground. They also have a website www.qjelly.com if you are looking to order some specially designed jellies for any special occassion.

1 Utama's Christmas decoration

For dinner, our friends brought us to Tak Fook Seafood Restaurant in Kepong area. It was packed. You not only have to queue for your seats, but due to the fantastic business, we were only allowed to order 1.5kg of crab for the 6 of us. As we were all hungry, we decided that 1.5kg was not enough for all of us and thus walked over to Dim Sum VG across the road. Although this is not a seafood restaurant, it serves fresh seafood. We had fish head curry, steamed prawns, bittergourd, crab and mantis prawn and deep fried cuttlefish. Bill came up to RM110, a price you can't get in Singapore.

Dinner at Resoran Dim Sum VG

Visited Sunway Pyramid where you can see the sphinx at the entrance. Sunway Lagoon and 2 hotels are nearby. A mega shopping centre where you can find lots of interesting shops if you bother to walk around. Lots of upscale outlets and exceptional leisure facilities. For entertainment, you can go to any of the 10 cinemas or 48-lane bowling alley. The Archery is where you can test our skills with the bow and arrow and the ice skating rink, your balance. Tried Sushi King for lunch where you get sushi on the conveyor belt. Price range from RM2 - RM6 depending on the colour of the plates you choose. Pretty reasonable prices!

Sunway Pyramid's Christmas decoration Sushi King where we had lunch

Archery & Ice Skating

After shopping, your aching feet and tired body could use some pampering at Reborn Healthcare at the basement. Here you can destress and pamper yourself as well as reap long-term rewards for your health. Foot reflexology is able to help you:-
* relieve stress and reduce tiredness
* relax muscles and stimulate nerve connections
* improve blood circulation and oxygenation
* improve lymhatic flow and drainage
* strengthen body and improve immune system
* revitalise and increase energy

At the same time, if you would like to experience the oldest form of authentic therapeutic massage, you can try the Tui Na which applies the principles of acupressure to bring the body back into balance in order to heal it. Tui Na Therapeutic massage is a natural and non-invasive therapy and is effective in treating or complementing many medical conditions.

If you are a frequent traveller to Malaysia, be it for vacation or business, you might want to consider getting a J-card from Jusco department store. This card is similar to our credit cards where you can enjoy privileged shopping at over 500 shopping partners around Malaysia including food and beverage, specialty shops, fashion, services, hotels and resorts. Most of the shopping partners offer you some sort of discount or other making it a very worthwhile RM12 that you pay for a whole year. At the same time, when you shop at Jusco, you are able to collect points which can be redeemed for gifts or exchanged for rebate gift vouchers. There are also specially priced supermarket items just for J-Card members. Applications for the J-Card are open to all residents of Malaysia and Singapore aged 18 years and above. A great bargain!