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Jacelyn • Filed under: Events, Travel • 12:00 pm • Comments(1)

I was invited to the soft launch party of a new boutique hostel in town – Five Stones Hostel. If you’ve read my travelogue, you will know that I would usually choose hotels that are extremely comfortable, good accessibility to food & shopping places and most importantly, safe.

To be honest, I’ve never had a good impression on hostels. I blame the Hostel films hahaha! I feel that hostels are:

• Dirty – Imagine having to deal with bed bugs and dirty toilets. Oh gosh, I can’t stand uncleanliness!
• Dangerous – Sharing a room with strangers is bad enough, what if they resort to stealing, molesting and other nonsense?
• Uncomfortable – Hard bed? No way, I need my plushy beds!

However, Five Stones Hostel made me changed my opinion on hostels! Let the pictures do the talking!

• Lounge Area – You can watch TV, mingle around or read a nice book here! See those adorable five stones pillows lying around? They are handmade by the owners, how cute!
• Internet Kiosk – Feeling bored? Feel free to use the computers provided to check your mail and surf the net. Not forgetting to mention, there is free WiFi throughout the hostel!
• Snack Corner – Free breakfast is included, with local breakfasts on Tuesdays!
• Washing Machines – Backpacking is all about traveling light. Hence, washing machines are provided for you to wash your laundry.
• Shower Areas – Male and females have separate shower areas. Toiletries are all provided!
• Storage Lockers – To keep all your barang barang safely.

Now on to the rooms!

The themed rooms are specially designed by local artists. Each of its 9 rooms is tastefully designed with a Singaporean cultural icon such as Vanda Miss Joaqium, Pick-Up Sticks and Chapteh. My favorite would be the Hopscotch room hee hee! Absolutely love the wall murals. Price for a bed starts from S$30 onwards.

Those who prefer privacy can select the private rooms, there’s even a TV in each room! Price for a room starts from $90 onwards.

Here’s what I love about Five Stones Hostel!

• Plushy Bed – Top grade orthopaedic spring mattresses and warm snugly quilts. Oh boy! Don’t you feel like sleeping on the bed now?
• Childhood Games – How nostalgic! It certainly brought back some childhood memories of mine since I grew up with them. *old*
• Female-only Dorm – Rejoice girls! More privacy eh? Any ladies keen for a staycation?
• Location – It’s just a 3 mins walk to Clarke Quay MRT. Key tourist attractions, restaurants, nightlife venues, shopping malls are within walking distance or a short 10 mins bus ride away.
• Deals & Discounts – The hostel has collaborated with nearby tourist attractions, F&B outlets and spas to provide deals and discounts for its guests!

Do check out Five Stones Hostel for a nostalgic hostel experience.

Five Stones Hostel
61 South Bridge Road
Levels 2 and 3
Singapore 058691
www.fivestoneshostel.com
www.fb.me/fivestoneshostel
@FiveStonesH

P/S: Pics by nadnut and I!

Plugs:  Rene

Jacelyn • Filed under: Travel • 12:00 pm • Comments(1)

Here’s Day 3 of our KL trip! Read Day 1 and Day 2.

Second part of Day 2…

MORE FOOD! We met Redsheep, a friend of Belinda who had nicely offered to bring us around in KL. How sweet right! And she brought us to this bak kut teh stall.

Rice with garlic and dark soy sauce. Apparently, this is how Malaysians eat their rice. I’m not a fan of garlic but managed to try this out, not bad leh!

Bak kut teh, light version. Very yummy with herbal taste. I wanna try the dry bak kut teh if I ever visit KL again! We were uber full after the meal! Ate too much!

Drove past the Petronas Twin Towers, pretty right?

Explored around the streets…

Spotted Sephora!

I thought it was 2-storey but got quite disappointed after realizing it’s not. The one in Singapore is so much bigger. But still, I managed to purchase a Too Faced eye palette and Soap & Glory bronzer.

Redsheep sent us back to the hotel after that cos we were so worn out! Thanks babe!

The next day, we took the coach to the airport. Saved quite a bit of money!

Settled our lunch at the airport. Nearly missed our flight (again) cos we entered the boarding gate way too late. *slaps self * Chiong all the way to realize that the flight has been delayed. First time I felt SOOO relieved lol!

End of my travelogue, for now. I’m planning for a solo trip to Ho Chi Minh in November to visit a friend. Hope it will materialize!

P/S: Pics credit to myself and Nad

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Jacelyn • Filed under: Travel • 12:00 pm • Comments(0)

Here’s Day 2 of our KL trip! Read Day 1 here.

All dressed up and ready to go out! Hahaha I know, damn vain. I brought my hair curler all the way to KL.

Walked to Sungei Wang since it’s just a stone’s throw away from our hotel.

And here we are at Sungei Wang!

Hello Angry Birds!

Couldn’t find Krispy Kreme, so we had to make do with Dunkin Donuts.

Omo omo look who I spotted – ???!!!

Can I bring you home? Hahaha!

Camwhoring at the monorail station lol!

We decided to take public transport to our next destination – Sunway Pyramid, but it was a wrong decision made! Totally regretted. It’s freaking far and poor Nad had to struggle with her heels on.

At last, we reached Sunway Pyramid. This mall is really HUGE!

And here we are at the first restaurant – Fullhouse Lifestyle Store and Cafe!

Overjoyed! I’ve been wanting to come here for ages hehehe!

 
 
Took some pictures of the restaurant. The decor is soooo pretty! So princessy and it feels like a home.

And now, food!

Al-funghi Spaghetti with Butter Base. This is by far the best spaghetti I have ever eaten. The butter base is super yummy and tasty.

Wok-Sear Chicken Chop. Awesome chicken thigh. They had added raisins into the black pepper sauce, sweet and delish!

Oyster Mornay. Not very fresh and way too much cheese.

Kiwi and Peach Yogurt Smoothies. There were “yogurt magic balls” in it which are really crunchy and bursting with yogurt flavor. Sweet!

Yummy food, happy Nad.

 
One last photo before we leave. I’m definitely coming back again! We were sooooo full but still insisted to check out the next restaurant.

T-Bowl!

 

Those who have been to Taiwan may have heard of Modern Toilet Restaurant. It seems like T-Bowl is inspired by them. Anyways, Nad and I were too full from the meal at Fullhouse. So we ordered light snacks just to take photos.

Look! A urinal!

Sip sip sip!

Seafood Soup. I had to finish it all by myself cos Nad doesn’t seemed to like the taste lol!

 
Poop ice-cream!

Moving on to our next destination! To eat again LOL! We keep eating sia! Check out the next entry soon!

P/S: Pics credit to myself and Nad. My outfit is by TheBlogShop.

Jacelyn • Filed under: Travel • 12:30 pm • Comments(0)

Nad and I had an impromptu trip to KL when Boss went for his Genting trip. Since he’s not around, might as well right? We discussed and settled the air tickets and accommodation within a week! Talk about efficiency!

Since the flight was on a Friday evening, I didn’t take leave and lugged my weekender bag to the office. Did I mention that I nearly missed my flight? I wanted to take the train to the airport (save money) but there was a train fault at Paya Lebar. Screw you SMRT! Increased the fare and still give us so much shit!

Waited for 20 minutes but there was no train in sight and it was so freaking crowded at the platform! Buay tahan liao, so I went down to take a cab but had to wait for another 30 minutes! Flight was at 850pm and I only reached the airport at 745pm. Nearly died of stress!

We settled our dinner at McDonald’s and finally reached KL in 45 minutes’ time! The journey from the airport to our hotel is like freaking far!

At last we reached our hotel – Apple Hotel!

There were loads of food stalls just below our hotel! Shiok! However, we also realized that it’s in the red light district Jalan Alor. Malu!!! Luckily nothing happened to us.

 
Overall, the hotel is quite unique. They have apple shaped furniture, very cute! BUT…

 
Our room is pathetically small. Totally look like a bomb shelter, no windows at all! We got a shock when we entered the room, it varies so much from the official photos here.

TIO PIAN!

Not only that ok?

 
The bathroom can see through one! FOL! Whoever wanna bathe, the other person must face the wall lol funny shit! And the so-called “free” towels are damn thin and small can?!

Ok lah, can’t complain too much. At least the bedsheets don’t have bed bugs and foul smell.

 
We were so fungry, so we went down and found this lok lok stall. All I can say is, FOOD SUCKS and it costs us $28! FOL. Tio pian again.

We went back to the hotel and were totally looking forward to next day’s itinerary – FOOD!

P/S: Pics credit to myself and Nad

Jacelyn • Filed under: Travel • 1:57 pm • Comments(4)

Genting and Batam again. Very. Very. Depressing.

I think I ran out of places to travel to. Saving up for the Taiwan trip next year though.

 
 
 

Got bored of Genting already. But Boss is super fascinated with casinos, no idea why. Made quite a bit at the jackpot but lost everything again. As the Chinese saying goes – “????, ????”, something we have to deeply remember.

 
For the Batam trip, we stayed at Golden View Hotel. Not that bad as the room is freaking huge and clean!

 
 
 
Tried the seafood at Golden 933, a short walking distance from our hotel. Should have trusted the reviews. The food really sucks, too overrated. Don’t try.

 
Pampered ourselves with a 2 hour massage at Eska Spa, just a stone’s throw away from Nagoya Hill. I don’t mind coming back here for more massages. SHIOK!

 
At night, we went for karaoke. It was tough selecting the songs as it’s all in hanyu pinyin (and wrong spellings).

Outfit of the day!

Top: TheBlogShop
Leggings: Uniqlo
Bag: TheBlogShop
Necklace: Flexor Empire
Bangle: Diva

Had A&W to satisfy my cravings.

My pathetic loot. Boss was like nagging at me at the supermarket and I only bought a few mandi lulur back. Blah!

Plugs:  vivien, Jacelyn, CeLesTina, Pat Smirnoff