The Smokehouse, Frasers Hill

One of the main problem we had with Smokehouse, was the amount of time we actually spent at the hotel. Not enough. We ventured into town too much while we should have just relax there, sipping tea, waiting for dinner in such splendid surrounding ......

We only realised that on the morning we packed up and about to leave. Even my Mum-in-law said the same. I was sure that the boys wouldn't mind as well, but unfortunately, my Dad-in-law has a hospital appointment the next morning. Plus the small matter of traveling up to Penang as well.

Irfan just couldn't stop fretting aboutThe hotel is about 15 minutes walk from town if you're keen. It certainly was far enough from the town to be secluded. Secluded enough that I did not have cellular signal. But luckily, the Internet at the lobby was pretty fast.

The hotel itself was not terribly huge. We stayed at Charles, the main family room, complete with bunk beds and a small lounge in the room. Nice cosy decorations, with a decent-sized bathroom. And the best thing was, it was the only room on the ground floor in the main building, right next to the restaurant. On the last morning, when the boys woke up late, we went for breakfast leaving them in the room .....

My in-laws stayed at Ashley, located at an annex building, behind the main hotel. One had to walk through a small covered corridor to get to the dining area. A couple of years ago, we stayed at the same annex when the room there had a bunk bed.

Since our last stay, the place had undergone some internal redecorations, although the theme was still the same. They had new carpeting, a change of manager, but the structure is still pretty much similar. Unfortunately, the pastry chef has since left. So, no more fresh croissant in the morning. On the first evening, I ordered a chicken pie, and was disappointed that it was not as creamy as the last time. The breakfast was also a notch lower than before. The manager said that the chef was still the same since our last stay. Shame that the quality of the cooking had gone down. The still have the same gorgeous afternoon scones though.

We would definitely be turning again in the future, although we would probably spent more time at the hotel rather than venturing too much into town. One of the problem was food. The hotel serves mainly western food. We probably had enough of the food after a couple of days. A quick drive into town should solve that problem with a good selection at the newly-built food center, near where the miniature golf was located. More information on the Smokehouse can be found here. More on the Fraser's Hill stay here.

More Mess!

Now that I've recover from my bout of depression, it was time to rejoicing as to or row would be my last day at clinic before Raya. Still the we're plenty of things needing sorting out, but it should be a nice day prior to a break tomorrow.

Looked so innocentLet me get some papersLet's start drawingThe robot almost done! On/Of!The boys had been really at it all day today since they were pretty much a home. The room was a right mess, and I think, I would have to take them out for a drive tomorrow evening. otherwise, they would drive everyone mad.

iKlout?

I thought that my accounts had been hacked since fixing out that my Klout score had surged from around 16 steadily towards 51in the past couple of weeks. It turned out that they have changed the algorithm. Damn it! I thought I was becoming an overnight sensation there, but it was merely a change in the way the count was established. Well, Justin Bieber had no reason to be afraid then .....

Not The Haze Again

The forecast looked ate grim as more haze would lend in Semenanjung from the neighbouring Sumatera by the end of the week. I knew the boys would be suffering, and even Anita had been having the sniffles and had gone back to her inhalers. The last time we had a bad bout of haze in KL, she had to go on steroids due to bronchospasm. Hopefully it wouldn't be that bad this time around.

That would really put a dampener on the coming festivities, as I was expecting KL would be empty again with the city dwellers leaving for their respective kampungs. We would be celebrating in KL this time around, with my parents staying around, and Julia only going back to Melaka on the second day of Raya. We would sure be hanging around at their place for the day.

Back to Gombak

After a two weeks stay at the apartment, moving back to Gombak proved to be a right downer. We were having such great time there and it was a shame that we had to pack things up and drag ourselves back. It also meant a return of my long commute in the morning, but unfortunately it had to be done. It had been a couple of days, and only now that I felt like blogging. It was that depressing.

The boys were also glum. We left most of their new toys at the apartment, but brought back their Wii. We promised them that we would spend a few more days at the apartment after Raya, just before they return to school. I would be on call the first day I would be back to work next week, so they would be at the apartment for that.

As for now, we were gearing up for Raya this weekend …..