Managed to pay Pullman Hotels and Resorts Kuching a visit and here’s some photos to share with you. Didn’t manage to join the tour because we were late. The last session is 7pm not 9pm as stated in Facebook.

The lobby.

Lounge at the lobby called Deja Vu.

Get connected to the Internet and enjoy your pastries at Cafe Ch@t.

Puzzle offers an al fresco dining experience with international and regional dishes.

Liquid, the hotel’s superlative poolside venue with a DJ entertaining the crowd every weekend.

The second floor.

One of the conference rooms.

One of the ballrooms.

Not so sure when Interhill Shopping Mall be opening though. I think soon.

Pullman Kuching was officially opened its doors to the public yesterday.

Being a niche, upscale hotel brand of the Accor group that targets the business and leisure crowd, it encompasses a total of 389 rooms, out of which only 130 rooms were opened to guests for its initiation and 73 rooms were already occupied for the day.

Pullman Kuching is located in the city’s golden triangle and atop the hill of Jalan Mathies, the hotel is just a mere 20 minutes drive from the Kuching International Airport and is adjacent to the Hills Shopping Mall which is also due to open this year.

The hotel’s elegant rooms, each boast the latest technological in-room connectivity devices and other ‘Pullman Room’ signature features such as Pullman bed, LCD Televisions with a large selection of international channels, high speed internet access, in room safety box and Pullman in room fitness workout equipment.

For those seeking other options for meetings and events, the hotel boasts a total of 3,660 sqm of space with nine comprehensive banquet and conferencing venues. The state-of-the-art ballroom is the largest hotel banquet space in the city, accommodating up to 1,500 people for a sit-down banquet.

Pullman Kuching also houses two restaurants Puzzle, which offers an al fresco dining experience with international and regional dishes and Nu Er Hong, a Chinese restaurant with an open concept kitchen.

There is also a cosy lounge at the lobby named Deja Vu. While those who wish to get connected while enjoying their pastries could try out Cafe Ch@t. Another option would be Liquid, the hotel’s superlative poolside venue with a DJ entertaining the crowd every weekend.

Guests staying at the hotel will also be offered a perfect balance between serenity and conviviality. Guests can maintain regular workout routines at the contemporary fitness centre with knowledgeable support staff to offer training tips and guidance. There is also a large spa facility with seven treatment rooms and an outdoor swimming pool with sundeck.

In conjunction with the soft opening, Pullman Kuching is offering a promotional rate of RM188 per night for superior rooms and RM288 for deluxe rooms until Jan 31, 2010. For those who are interested to visit the guest rooms, function rooms and other facilities at Pullman Kuching, tours are scheduled from Nov 17 to 21 from 9am till 9pm.

For reservations and enquiries, please call 082 222 888 or email to h6332@accor.com or visit the hotel’s website at www.pullmankuching.com or at www.accorhotels.com.

This piece of news is extracted from The Borneo Post online.

Remember to nominate your EPF beneficiaries. This is very important. In case something happen to you, your next-of-kin will not have to go tru’ the trouble of claiming your EPF such as slow payment. I’m sure don’t want them to suffer for that since they already suffer so much for losing you.

It is important for you to review your nomination of EPF beneficiaries from time to time to ensure that it’s up to date.

If you do not nominate anyone, your next-of-kin would be required to produce documents, such as Letter of Administration, Letter of Probate or Distribution Order from the relevant authorities to make claims. The process of obtaining these documents would be time consuming and a fee would usually be imposed by the issuing authorities.

Therefore, nominate your beneficiaries now by filling in the KWSP 4 form and submit the completed form to any EPF branch You can get the form ny EPF branch or downloaded from the EPF website at www.kwsp.gov.my.

Attention cat lovers! I’m sure you will not want to miss this.

Together with the Sarawak Society for the Prevent of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) and The Sarawak Cat Club, The Spring invites you to the “For the Love of Cats”, 13th to 15th November at North Court A & B, 11am to 9pm daily.

13th:

• “A gift of love”. Meet with the SSPCA volunteers and their furry friends and maybe even give a cat loving home through their Adoption Program.


• Participate in the fun “Girl or Boy?” Challenge which runs right through to 8pm

14th:

• Let your cat strut his stuff in the “Fancy Feline Contest” at 2pm


• Widen your knowledge about these domesticated creatures in the “All About Cats” awareness talk presented by experienced veterinarians.


• Exhibition of the Longhair Category at 5:30pm

15th:

• “Guess-My-Weight” challenge ending at 8pm


• “All About Cats” awareness talk at 1pm


• For children aged 7-9 years, there will be a “Kids Coloring Contest” at 2pm


• 4pm, cats in the Shorthair category will be exhibited

MBKS will be holding a recycling buyback campaign at Kenyalang Park Buyback Centre (opposite Kenyalang Theatre) this Sunday, 8th November from 8.30am-11.30am.

Recyclable items are exchangeable for Bonus Points used to redeem a wide range of household items.

MBKS will give double Bonus Points during the campaign based on the type of recyclable items such as corrugated carton boxes, old newspapers, mixed paper, black and white paper, scrap cans(milk and biscuit tins), plastic drinking bottles, other plastics(detergent and shampoo bottles), old car batteries and aluminium cans.

You can call Waste Management Unit (Recycling) at 082-242311 extension 261.

The fitness revolution has landed here in Kuching.

The grand opening is today.

It’s founded by none other than the famous blogger from Kuching, Kenny Sia. This is his secret project that he’s been talking about in his blog for quite a while.

Stephanie Chai was there to be the host.

Ribbon cutting ceremony.

The crowd.

Lion dance performance to grace the opening of the gym.

Stephanie and Kenny posing for some photos.

Here’s some photos of the gym:

Ground level.

Second level.

Third level.

Sign up before November and enjoy 1 year contract of RM99/month. Tomorrow is your last chance.

Address:
Level Up Fitness Sdn. Bhd. (850591-U)
Wisma Everrise, Lot 376, Jalan Petanak
93100 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Tel: 082-233 222
Fax: 082-415 367
E-mail: info (at) levelupfitness (dot) com
URL: http://www.levelupfitness.com

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 7am to 10pm
Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays 9am to 6pm

Forgot to update about this news. September 16 is declared as national public holiday in conjunction of Malaysia Day. Malaysia was formed on Sept 16, 1963.

What do you think about it? Well… I’m pretty sure majority favour this decision because it’s a holiday! Who doesn’t like holiday? However, I do hear some complains saying that we have too much holiday in Malaysia.

However, I don’t think many people really appreciate this holiday as Malaysia Day, all they care is that it’s another public holiday, a day to rest from works. No?

Astro was having a Hokkien Song Karaoke Competition at Boulevard Mall recently.

Quite a lot of people went to watch the competition.

MCs were from Astro.

The judges.

Many people were there watching the competition.

These are some of the photos of the contestants:

Even children also joined the contest.

Contestants getting feedback from the judges.

This girl is from Penang, on 13 years old. Her name is 刘婉滢(don’t know her English name). She’s the winner for the karaoke contest last year. She even won the singing competition in Taiwan.

Novetel Interhill Palace will be opening for business on 11 Nov. Supposed to be on 9th September but it’s postponed.

Here’s the photo Novetel Interhill Palace that was taken last week.

Pullman Hotel’s signboard is up already, Hills Shopping Mall’s signboard is also up.

Looking forward to this new place?