10th Dec 2009 Day 5 Thursday
Christmas Decor in Malaysia Shopping Centre
The last day of our Malaysia vacation, we had bought quite a number of items during our Malaysia shopping. Now in the KL Hotel Capitol, we decided to take a slow and easy day and just enjoy our time here in Kuala Lumpur before we fly home to Changi Airport Singapore by Air Asia Travel, the budget airline.
As we had done most of our shopping for this trip and bought whatever we had wanted to buy as well as not thought of buying, we met at 0900 hrs for breakfast at Bebe Coffee House on the mezzanine floor of this Kuala Lumpur accommodation. As before, since we had 4 rooms and each room came with one complimentary breakfast, we were entitled to 4 complimentary breakfasts. For the other 4 persons, we made use of our FHI privilege cards to have 2 complimentary breakfasts and thus ended up paying for only 2 breakfasts. Using our last RM30 (USD8.75) cash voucher, we ended up paying RM32 (USD9.35) for our breakfast.
Bebe's Coffee House in Hotel Capitol
Condiments for nasi lemak (coconut rice)
Nasi lemak and other food
Bread and cheese
The ever popular sunny side up eggs
The waffle with a dash of peanut butter... oh... This was a hot favorite
Nonya cakes
TIPS FOR TRAVEL:-
If you like staying in the heart of the shopping district and enjoy some great travel deals, you can sign up for the FHI Privilege Club. For RM448 (USD132), the valued member can look forward to complimentary dining in any of the FHI Hotels which include Federal Hotel and Capitol Hotel when accompanied by at least one guest.
Other bonuses include:-
• 2x Complimentary Night Stay
• 5x Complimentary Room Upgrade
• 10x Complimentary Visits at The Federal KL’s Swimming Pool
• 2x Complimentary Welcome Drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
• 1x 50% Discount for Special Occasion
• 1x Complimentary Bottle of House Wine / Appetizer / Dessert
• 1x Complimentary One-kilogram Cake for Member’s Birthday
• 1x Complimentary Set Lunch or 1 hi tea for 2 persons
• 1x RM20 (USD5.90) Cash Voucher
• 1x RM30 (USD8.85) Cash Voucher
• 1x Birthday/Anniversary Benefit of 1 Complimentary Bottle of House Wine or 2 dessert
As we had bought some items in Giant Supermarket in Sungei Wang Plaza yesterday and upon realizing that we had been overcharged, we went back to Giant this morning to get a refund.
Giant Supermarket shopping
Christmas shopping goodies
Pretzels ready to be baked
Cages seem to be the trend... Recently when we attended a wedding dinner, the table decor comprised cages as well!
Balloon decor
TIPS FOR TRAVEL:-
This is not the first time that we have been overcharged whilst shopping in Giant Malaysia. Do check the prices of the items on your bill or when the cashier is scanning the items to ensure you are being charged the correct price.
We then proceeded to a little kiosk on the same basement level selling Lulu Nonya cakes and bought some onde onde, a local Malaysian kuih (cake) made of glutinous rice and covered in grated coconut, to bring home. When you pop it into your mouth, you will feel the sweet sensation of gula Melaka (palm syrup) oozing into your mouth. At RM2 (USDxx) a pack of 9 mini onde onde, it was great value for money.
Onde Onde
Lulu's kiosk with various varieties of nonya kuih
After that we made our way to Starbucks coffee to order another 3 cups of coffee in order to hit 11 stamps on the Christmas wish card so that we could redeem for another 2010 year planner. We had already redeemed one 2010 year planner during this Malaysia vacation and this would be the second redemption.
Purchasing Starbucks coffee
Christmas Wish
On the way to 11 stamps
Redemption for the 2010 year planner
Enjoying the drink
And the free wifi
TIPS FOR TRAVEL:-
If you have a Jusco card, you can get 10% off at Starbucks and some other outlets, thus giving you more for your money.
Next, we went back to Hotel Capitol to do our final packing before checking out at 12 noon. Leaving our luggage with the bellman, we made our way to Plaza Low Yat, the IT center to do some window shopping.
Nonetheless, our eyes were ‘itchy’ and we could not just shop without buying anything. Before we knew it, we ended up buying some small souvenir items as gifts.
Christmas decor at Low Yat Plaza
IT products galore
Located at the basement of Plaza Low Yat is a food court. The whole group split up to eat at the stall of their choice. We went to Taro Ramen, a Japanese eatery, to have some Japanese lunch. We ordered the Tenshin Don (egg over rice) @RM10 (USD2.90) and the unagi (eel) bento set @RM22 (USD6.40). Overall the quality of the food was good and we were happy and satisfied with our meal.
Taro Ramen
Unagi Bento
Tenshin Don
1901 Hot Dogs outlet
After lunch, we collected our luggage from Hotel Capitol Kuala Lumpur and the family van that we had booked was at the KL hotel driveway at 1400 hrs as arranged waiting to pick us up and send us to Kuala Lumpur Airport LCC Terminal where the budget airline, Air Asia travel is stationed.
TIPS FOR TRAVEL:-
A nice and friendly driver, Syamsuddin can be contacted at 019-2579023. He basically operates out of KL Airport LCC Terminal but can be booked for day trips or bookings around town. If you are coming through the LCC Terminal, you can contact him in advance and arrange with him on the transportation cost.
For a family of 8, he charged us RM150 (USD43.75) from the KL hotel to Kuala Lumpur Airport LCC Terminal. He is very prompt and always on time as arranged, making our trip very memorable.
The family van...
We arrived at the LCC Terminal at 1515 hrs and checked in at the counter for our Air Asia flight which was scheduled for 1700 hrs. We went through immigration and did some last minute shopping inside.
Air Asia travel - budget airline
No more free seating as in other budget airlines
Air Asia boarding notice
Our group members getting ready to check in
After going through immigration and customs, we had some time to do some last minute shopping.
If you are looking for book, LCC Terminal has a book store
Lots of tid-bits as well at Kuala Lumpur Airport - LCC Terminal
A room just for cuttlefish tid bits
More tid bits
More shopping
Air Asia Travel
The Air Asia budget flight that we went on
Boarding the Air Asia plane
Taxiing on the runway
During the short journey from Kuala Lumpur Airport LCC Terminal to Changi Airport Singapore, we managed to catch some great clouds images as well as aerial images as attached.
Clouds images
Aerial images
And upon arrival at Changi Airport Singapore, a view of the runway and the Changi Airport Tower.
Changi Airport Singapore runway
Changi Airport Tower
Changi Airport Singapore
Luggage Conveyor Belt
Our budget flight was slightly delayed and we finally took off at 1515 hrs for our flight back to Changi airport Singapore. This was a short, yet unforgettable holiday vacation in Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur and Genting Highlands. Not only did we gain more tips for travel, we also had a fun Malaysia vacation with family members, not forgetting the amount of shopping we managed to put in as well.
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