December 12, 2022 Our plan to make my grandparents' vacant house into our second home in Malaysia was abandoned. I didn't have a backup plan for lodging so here are all the short term rental woes we experienced.
View moreNovember 16, 2022 Shane and I found our favorite Japanese Restaurant at Citta Mall. Sushi Zanmai has some amazing varieties of delicious sushi and sashimi and we are inspired with the food presentation. One big bonus for us – they have the real Japanese wasabi for us to try and it was indeed a culinary experience!
View moreNovember 5, 2022 Our quest to look for the real Japanese wasabi leads us to Don Don Donki outlet and Sen Sen Sushi restaurant in Sunway Pyramid, Bandar Sunway. Braving a huge crowd on the weekend of their Grand Opening to get a taste of the Japanese wasabi as advertised.
View moreNovember 2, 2022 I LOVE ice kacang. My favorite place for this thirst quenching famous Malaysian dessert is at Suria KLCC. It is quite a distance to get there from where we are staying BUT ice kacang there is my to go place. I will explain why.
View moreOctober 25, 2022 Shane and I are fortunate to celebrate many festivals in Malaysia as a part of a multicultural families. We celebrated my sister Helen family's Diwali, an important Indian holiday for the Hindus with scrumptious Indian food cooked by Pati. She is an amazing cook and every dish was made more flavorful and authentic when served on banana leaves.
View moreOctober 23, 2022 From excess baggage at Spokane Airport to exhausting long haul flight from Seattle to Singapore. We were completely drain out when we finally landed in Kuala Lumpur. Do not book certain legroom seats with Singapore Airlines.
View moreMarch 22, 2019 It's time for us to go back to the US and we spent our last days with GIFT children in Klang, Selangor. We brought along Ah Ping, the Goat mascot after their alpha goat who died last year as a gift. Hopefully it could be used to promote GIFT Foundation. Shane came with a few gifts for the children and he tried to encourage each one to learn and study hard.
View moreMarch 14, 2019 A trip to Swiss Garden Resort Kuantan, Pahang gave us a once in a lifetime fishing experience with the local fishermen. They were amazing hardworking people and the community spirit in still prevalent amongst villagers. We ate giant freshly caught prawns cooked for us by one of the men. A wonderful experience we want to repeat one day.
View moreFebruary 9, 2019 Curious after seeing gilded roofs of a Chinese temple every time we drove by over the bridge, we found this temple after Google search interesting places to visit in Klang. It turned out this 130 year old temple is just a 5 minutes drive from our rented house! This amazing discovery has us in awe over the designs and architecture.
View moreJanuary 12, 2019 Read how our niece, a Malaysian girl celebrates her 8th birthday in the suburb of Subang Jaya, Selangor. She starts her birthday by getting up early in the morning, going shopping with her mom and I and picks her own present. Afterwards she helps bake her birthday cake and gets to choose where to go and eat for dinner.
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