Back from JB

Alya is happy that we're going for a road trip...
Thats me in the hotel's room window...

this is actually several seconds before a group of japanese tourist gathered around my daughter and take her picture while cheering "kawaii, kawaii" translation "cute, cute" or "comelnya, comelnya" well she is cute but not so very lady like...

Its a tiring and hectic trip but i'm happy coz i got to shop and travel at the same time (altho' i've been to JB more than i do than my own hometown) * :/ *anyway we checked in at The Zone Regency Hotel near the Duty Free Shopping complex. The hotel is abit old but the food was great (i mean the breakfast buffet) sooooo many choices from continental to all malaysian food choice! we usually go to Mutiara Hotel but this time around i feel that i needed the change....but u must say that Mutiara Hotel romm wise is much more better, bigger, and more comfortable/cozy but the breakfast buffet was not as great as the Zone hotel.

then when we're on our way to our room, we noticed that they've installed a new security system in their elevator. The guests have to swipe the room key card in order to go up and down the elevator. its great security and all but i think its too trouble some! you know what happened, after breakfast i wanted to go back to our room and change my daughter's diaper and i tried to swipe the thing and it didn't work! i was alone with mu daughter struggling to get the elevator to move. the door was closed but we're not moving, i've swiped in every angle...it didn't work. and suddenly the lights are off. and i was like damn! i paniced and became clostorphobic, it was dark and the room suddenly became smaller. then i pressed all the buttons and suddenly the door opened. I was glad, then i ran out and look for my husband. apparently the card has become faulty. eventhough i was only stuck in the elevator for a minute or less, but it was terrifying enough for me to be stuck in a dark and small space. the security card system suck...what if i fainted?teruk lah...

anyway...hubby brought me to a assam pedas shop. its called Restaurant Jadi Baru (Botak) but hubby just call it restaurant botak. assam pedas is their specialty. the place is pretty old school like kopitiam or sumthing and its actually situated in between rather old buildings. the assam pedas is REALLY GREAT (i was told its the best assam pedas) i can see why people like it. hubby said that the restaurant food quality is always good and consistant. people go ther for the assam pedas and their teh bunga and lime juice. but to me the food is all great, even the simple fried dishes also delicious...sedappp~ in short if you know where or if you in Johor you should go and try, don't miss it. oh i have to tell you that this establishment is owned by a chinese, i didn't actually see any HALAL sign but i see many malays/muslims eating there and they also don't serve pork sooo i guess its good enuf for me but if you was was sendiri mau ingat larr..

but while i was there, can you guess who was there too??? it was our very own tv personality Zakiah Anas, even she dines there...

This is me @ Botak restaurant.
Alya is sound asleep, poor girl still tired from last night travelling..
This is the famous teh bunga / Chrysantimum tea (is that how you spell it? i'm so lazy to check)
And here is the famous Assam Pedas...
Gone in a blink...
This is how the restaurant look like. and the lady in red...can you see her? she's actually Zakiah Anas. I didn't bother to take her picture personally coz she is already perasan perasan when i try to take the restaurant picture.
Now this is the real celebrity...*lol* "no papparazi please.."