Malaysia Homestay - Blessings Homestay

Blessings Homestay - A unique Malaysia homestay

If you are looking for a uniquely designed eco-sensitive Malaysia homestay, check out Blessings Homestay. Ideally located in Bangsar, this Malaysia accommodation close to Bangsar LRT station is in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city and a self contained neighbourhood.

Soothing water feature at the air-well, the place we love most

Steps by the water feature

A different angle to the indoor water feature

With refreshing indoor and outdoor gardens as well as soothing water features, this home-away-from-home gives you great value for money.

Herbs growing in the garden

Place to relax

The well-kept garden

More plants

Holiday travel tips:-

One thing though is that they do not provide you keys to your room unless you request. Do note that if you are going to return to this Malaysia homestay after midnight, you need to inform them as they will need to wait up for you to let you in.

As we love the ambience of the place, we asked to be given a tour of some of the rooms available.

A room that can fit 5 with an adjoining room for another 2, making it a unit for 7 people for just over RM200 (USD64.70)

Another bedroom

1st floor sitting area

1st floor vantage point

Ground floor looking up at the 1st floor

Lots of utensils from past

More utensils that grandma used to use

An old sewing machine

Olden day dining table

Our room - a little cramped as there were 3 of us

Pussy willows

There is also the possibility to savour the delicious home-cooked food if you have the time. There is an extra charge but well worth trying.

So if you are looking for budget accommodation in Malaysia, check out this Malaysia homestay, Blessings Homestay, where you will be greeted with warm hospitality.

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Malaysia Kuala Lumpur And Malacca 25/8 – 29/8/2010 Day 3

Malaysia homestay

This morning, the 3rd day of our Malaysia Kuala Lumpur trip, we went to have a tour of Blessings Homestay, a great and cozy Malaysia homestay accommodation with a truly Malaysian feel.

After saying our goodbyes soon after 0900 hrs, we made our way to Klang which is famous for their bak kut teh (pork bone soup). We tried the one just below the bridge, also popularly known as Klang Bak Kut Teh (under the bridge) at co-ordinates:- N3 02.612 E101 26.895 which we found to be quite tasty and fragrant. At RM42 (USD13.53) for the three of us, it does not come cheap.

Klang bak kut teh

Yummy bak kut teh

We started our drive to Malacca at 1040 hrs. However we had a hard time getting out of Klang even with the aid of the Garmin global positioning system as the roads have been changed and our map was not fully updated.

We finally started our journey to Malacca at 1100 hrs. Taking a slow and easy drive, we stopped by Ayer Keroh petrol station to fill up the gas tank before exiting at Ayer Keroh.

Before going into Malacca, we stopped by a few hotels for site inspection to see if we could use the venues for our upcoming "The Opening" event in Nov:- Puteri Resort, Ayer Keroh Country Resort and D’Village Hotel.

Puteri Resort pool

Kampung (village) house

Meeting up with Maria from Puteri Resort

Ayer Keroh Resort - beautiful flowers welcome you

Ayer Keroh Resort room

Ayer Keroh Resort surroundings

D'Village Resort room

D'Village Resort hotel

D'Village Resort chalets

After the site inspections which took a total of 2 ½ hours, we made our way to a Malacca boutique hotel, Arenaa DeLuxe Hotel in Ujong Pasir. Having stayed in Arenaa once before, we love the place for its beautiful furnishing and thus booked this boutique hotel once again.

Arenaa DeLuxe hotel lobby - classy looking

Arenaa DeLuxe Hotel - lovely furnishings

Arenaa DeLuxe Hotel - where black and red meets

Upon arriving at Arenaa De Luxe Hotel in Malacca, we took a rest whilst waiting for hubby to join us in the hotel. Dinner was with our Malaccan friend, Edwin, back at Delicious Home Taste Restaurant where we enjoyed the food before and made it a point to go back there to savour the delicious food once again.

Delicious Home Taste Restaurant

Dinner was great as usual and we had a great time connecting with Edwin once again and sharing ideas.

We returned to Arenaa De Luxe hotel and enjoyed the lovely furnishings in the lobby whilst chatting with Edwin further and discussing places of interest in Malacca as well as yummy food joints.

After talking for some time, a friend of Edwin returned to the hotel and Edwin introduced Lucy to us. We ended up going for Satay Celup (steamboat satay) supper with Lucy at Ban Lee Siang @ Jalan Ong Kim Wee. This is an interesting concept where you select your food on skewers from the refrigerator and dip into hot peanut sauce to cook.

Eagerly waiting for our food to be cooked at Ban Lee Siang Satay Celup

Another popoular Satay Celup shop is at Capitol Restaurant located along Bukit China. However, be prepared to queue as the seating capacity is smaller than Ban Lee Siang Satay Celup.

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Malaysia Kuala Lumpur And Malacca 25/8 – 29/8/2010 Day 2

Waking up about 2100 hrs, we had breakfast on the go whilst making our way to Desa Park City for an appointment with Naz and Jasmine, the franchisees of Kizsports.

As this is a pretty new development, we could not locate the address on the Garmin Global Positioning System and got lost somewhere along the way. Calling Naz, we met her at the nearby Tesco Kepong and she led the way to the destination.

Kizsports

Lasting slightly over an hour, the meeting finally ended about 1200 hrs. We then drove to the nearby Kepong Village where the first thing we did was to fill our stomachs.

Kepong Village Mall

Medan Selera at Tesco Kepong

Making our way to Medan Selera, we decided to order the Indian food which turned out to be quite delicious, especially the mutton bryiani (yellow rice) which was very fragrant and with a nice aroma, though the price was a bit steep for a food court.

The August special of rice and tandoori chicken was quite good too though the chappati was a little tough.

Mutton Bryiani (foreground), chappati (right) and rice and tandoori chicken (left)

Shopping was next on the list at Tesco before we passed by Bean Garden and decided to buy some ‘kaya balls’ snacks. Freshly made, they cost RM2.80 for 10 pieces and were great tasting and delicious when eaten piping hot.

Kaya balls - mmmmmmm...... yummy

Tesco shopping

Resting after shopping in Tesco

After the Tesco shopping, we made our way to AA Pharmacy in Sri Petaling to purchase some medication before returning to our Malaysia accommodation, Blessings Homestay in Bangsar Park. With a short break, we were totally refreshed and proceeded to Eco-Oasis, an organic café in Jalan Riong, 1 km away from Blessings Homestay.

At Eco-Oasis, we had an organic meal, met up with another ten friends and had a great time networking as well as conducting the Get Real evening. Facilitating the Get Real evening, we basically showed people how to live in their truth and gain more clarity in their lives.

Get Real evening participants

It was a productive evening and we ended at 2230 hrs. After packing up our stuff, we went to Jalan 222, also known as Jalan Templer, where the famous black Hokkien mee is located. We had our supper consisting of the all-popular black Hokkien mee before eagerly returning to our Malaysia accommodation for the night, Blessings Homestay.

Famous black hokkien mee

Here at Blessings, we met Mun, the owner of this cozy Homestay and managed to chat with her on the disappearing foods of Malaysia as well as antiques that could be found sprawled around Blessings Homestay.

If you are looking for a cozy and homely accommodation in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, check out Blessings Homestay. You can even try their delicious home-cooked food; which we did not have the opportunity to this stay.

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Malaysia Kuala Lumpur And Malacca 25/8 – 29/8/2010

Leaving with my friends Lisa & Lionel to Kuala Lumpur on 25th Aug, we started the drive into Malaysia at 0800 hrs. Our main purpose for going into Malaysia this time round was to meet up with friends and have a ‘Get Real’ Evening tonight as well as tomorrow night.

Taking our time to get to Kuala Lumpur, we stopped by Machap Rest & Relaxation for breakfast. We love the Malay food here and we enjoyed the authentic Malaysian breakfast.

Malaysian breakfast at Machap R&R

Malay breakfast food

Typical Malay food

Going on, we stopped again at Ayer Keroh Rest & Relaxation just to stretch our legs before moving on to Kuala Lumpur. We made good timing and reached Kuala Lumpur Malaysia at 1300 hrs.

Since we were in Kuala Lumpur, we decided to visit Antswork Communications Showroom to check out some packaging materials and supplies. However, we could not locate the location on our Garmin Global Positioning System and had to call them for directions. We finally found their showroom; which was located in a condominium in Sri Petaling.

The inviting pool on a hot day...

We checked out the café at Endah Puri to have lunch since the person with whom we had an appointment was having lunch. We tried some foods including the hokkien mee and loh shee fun, different versions of noodles which were not too bad and reasonably priced.

Fried rice

Loh Shee Fun

Hokkien mee

Next we went to Antswork and admired some of the uniquely designed boxes and discussed prices of some of the packaging designs which we were interested in.

Interesting packaging designs

Another sweet design

After more than an hour there, we made our way to our Malaysia accommodation for the night, Blessings Homestay in Bangsar Park. Located within 10 minutes walking distance of Bangsar LRT station and 5 minutes drive to Mid Valley Mega Mall, Blessings Homestay is uniquely designed as a quiet and eco-sensitive home; built with a combination of recycled and modern materials.

Blessings Homestay - A cozy and eco-friendly Malaysia homestay

After taking a short break there and freshening up, we made our way to Eco-Oasis café, 1km away from Blessings Homestay. Here, we would be meeting up with some of our warrior friends at 2000 hrs and having a Get Real evening, a session designed to show how one could gain more clarity in one’s life.

Eco-Oasis cafe

Light refreshments

It was a wonderful meeting session and although the session ended at 2230 hrs, we did not leave till after midnight as one of our friends stayed behind to connect further.

Connecting with one another at Get Real Evening

We finally returned to Blessings Homestay, our Malaysia accommodation for the night in Kuala Lumpur, after a long fruitful day.

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