MALAYSIA - TRULY ASIA

The King's Palace facade

Malaysia's Motto: "Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu" (Unity Is Strength)

The Thean Hou Temple is a landmark six-tiered Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur. It is located on a 1.67 acres (6,760 m²) of land atop Robson Heights along Lorong Bellamy, overlooking Jalan Syed Putra (Federal Highway). This temple, built by the Hainanese community living in Kuala Lumpur is dedicated to Goddess Tian Hou (The Heavenly Mother).

Beryl - Chocolate Factory ... divine taste-all-you-can experience. A bite of heaven. Tiramisu Almond White Chocolate, Coconut Delight Bar Chocolate, Camior Milk Pralines ... the feast is endless. Now readily available in the Philippines.

The view from my hotel room ... The Petronas ... this is Mandarin Oriental, a 5-star international deluxe hotel. As part of the prestigious Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) development, the hotel has direct access to and from the world�s tallest buildings - the Petronas Twin Towers, Suria KLCC shopping centre and the Petronas Dewan Filharmonik. Best view there is ... at 620 Ringgit.

Skybridge Visit - Open: Tue-Sunday. The Skybridge Ticket Counter opens at 8.30am on every operational days. Visiting hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm. There are 1300 tickets to be issued on first come first serve basis. The ticket is free of charge. Normally the tickets would be finished around 11.00am. The tickets will be issued on the visit day itself. To avoid any disappointment, I would suggest you to come to the ticket counter as early as 8.30am. The Skybridge Ticket counter located at the Concourse Floor (underground) of the PETRONAS Twin Towers. The floor can be accessed from both Towers.

The Petronas Towers are some of the highest buildings in the world. They are 452 meters tall. Following the most recent details: the Bamboo Shoot in Taiwan is at this moment the highest building in the world. It is like two crystal skyscrapers at night.

The Kuala Lumpur Tower (officially known as Menara Kuala Lumpur; referred later as KL Tower) is a tall tower located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is used for communication purposes and features an antenna that reaches 421 m (1,381 ft), which currently makes it the eighteenth tallest freestanding tower in the world. The roof of the pod is at 335 m (1,099 ft). The rest of the tower below has a stairwell and an elevator to reach the upper area, which also contains a revolving restaurant, providing diners a beautiful view of the city. This is also an observatory where they look for the crescent moon to start the Muslim month.

VINCCI - love at 1st sight. This is where I bought my 1st 3 pairs of Vincci shoes ... and the love story continued ... it is now available in Philippines as VNC. The only shoe store which has size 3. There's always a room for one more pair of shoes ...

RESTORAN SERI MELAYU - Authentic Malaysian Restaurant with cultural show while dining

Don't ask me about this ... I don't know either.

TRIP TIPS:
1. Electronics is very cheap here. Some items are cheaper here than Singapore.
2. Restaurants accept on-the-day reservation.
3. Suria KLCC is the shopping haven.
4. Chinatown offers the best bargain for souvenirs.
5. Vincci is half the price !!!
6. Catherine Zeta Jones and Sean Connery had their shoot at the Petronas Skybridge.
7. Take pictures in the Petronas quickly because you are not allowed to stay longer than 10 minutes I think.
8. Terima Kasih (thank you)
9. You can go to Singapore by bus from Malaysia.
10. Taste the freshly baked Amos cookies - delish!!!