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    A 3N2D Staycation at Hard Rock Desaru Coast, Johor

    The Elephant & The Butterfly restaurant by the pool

    Prior to the pandemic, I didn’t even know Desaru Coast is located at which state… or country for that matter. It was during the first opening of state boarders a couple years ago that I got to learn about this

    KY November 4, 2022November 5, 2022 By Invitation, Eats, food video, Foreign Food, Halal Food, Travel, Western, within Malaysia 14 Comments Read more

    Ultimate Trails of Penang 2022 – 20k Event Report

    crossing the finishing line!

    Other than being blessed with plenty of awesome hawker dishes, Penang also has plenty to offer for those who loves trail running and hiking. Last weekend, we finally completed UTOP (Ultimate Trails of Penang) event that we signed up two

    KY October 14, 2022 sports, Travel, within Malaysia 11 Comments Read more

    My 2022 Merapoh Trail Run Experience

    left - last 2km, right - running in river

    Earlier this year we signed up for Merapoh Trail Run 2022 that was supposed to be held on March. Like many other things, Covid said – “how about you delay it to a later date?”, and that’s how we did

    KY August 3, 2022October 14, 2022 sports, Travel, within Malaysia 7 Comments Read more

    KY dives – Sepanggar Island, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

    star fish, shrimp manicure, angry puffer, clown fish

    Following my only dive trip at Pulau Kapas back in 2017, I actually managed another underwater excursion in October 2018 while on a work trip to Kota Kinabalu that involved staying over the weekends. Since this is still a blog

    KY January 15, 2019August 1, 2022 Travel, within Malaysia 13 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Underwater World Langkawi

    penguins!

    Last weekend when we stopped by Langkawi for a short work trip, we took the opportunity to visit the biggest aquarium in Malaysia – Underwater World Langkawi. Underwater World Langkawi I’ve always been a fan of fishes and aquariums from

    KY August 21, 2017October 24, 2017 Travel, within Malaysia 19 Comments Read more

    KY Dives – Pulau Kapas, 2017

    nemo with anemone, always one of my favorite shooting subjects

    Earlier this month I went to yet another island in the East Coast of Malaysia for a little bit of R&R as well as put a bit of time breathing compressed air underwater. For this trip, everything was arranged by

    KY June 28, 2017July 29, 2022 KY TV, Travel, within Malaysia 19 Comments Read more

    KY eats – FireFly watching and Seafood at Restoran Kuang Wah, Kuala Selangor

    Firefly watching at Kuala Selangor

    Quite a few moons ago we went to do one of the more touristy things you can do in Selangor – firefly watching at Kuala Selangor. To be honest, it was my first time doing that, and I had our

    KY October 26, 2016December 15, 2016 Eats, Kuala Selangor, Selangor Others, Travel, within Malaysia 24 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Climbing Gunung Kinabalu, the highest peak in Borneo

    Poul near the summit

    Earlier in the year, one of my colleagues sent out an email to the whole department mooting the idea of a group hike to Gunung Kinabalu, the highest peak in Borneo and South East Asia, I immediately msg Haze to

    KY September 4, 2016July 19, 2022 Travel, within Malaysia 37 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Rasa Sayang Hotel by Shangri-La, Penang

    there's complimentary afternoon tea at Rasa Lounge

    A few weeks ago we went back to Penang and instead of staying at home at mom’s place, it was a short staycation at Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, a place with fond memories from my teenage years as I

    KY July 31, 2016March 15, 2022 Travel, within Malaysia 22 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Got to the Top of Mt. Kinabalu 

    KY travels – Got to the Top of Mt. Kinabalu 

    I made it to the top of Low’s Peak on Mount Kinabalu after a grueling two day hike from about 1800+ meter to 4095 meter above sea level. We’re still at Kundasang nursing sore legs right now. Will pen down

    KY July 25, 2016July 27, 2016 within Malaysia 12 Comments Read more
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