Yummy Malaysiana: 09/03/11

FlexiRoam Affordable International Roaming for RM10

FlexiRoam offers Malaysian Travellers Unlimited Roaming Service for a Significantly Lowered Rate!

Malaysia-based ReapField Technology has launched a roaming service called FlexiRoam at RM10/day for unlimited calls at 15 countries.

The 15 countries are:

Australia, Brunei, China,France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam.

How does it work?
Register & purchase credits from Flexiroam.com. Activate the service via SMS before departing from Malaysia.

Upon arrival at your overseas destination; buy a local sim card.

Activate FlexiRoam via SMS from your new number. Readhow Flexiroam works over here.

FlexiRoam directs all calls from your Malaysian phone line to your foreign line while you are travelling overseas. This allows you to remain in contact through your Malaysian number while enjoying the privileges of making and receiving cheap calls on your foreign line. It also means theres no need to inform your contacts of any new international mobile numbers.

CONS:
1. Calls are unlimited for RM10/day, but users will still be charged at local rates (Malaysia) as calls from their actual mobile number (not your new country of destination number) are forwarded to the local Flexicall number in Malaysia.
Also users wont be able to receive SMS as the mobile operators in Malaysia doesnt support SMS forwarding. Read thelimitation of Flexiroam here.

2. Flexiroam systems cant promise to displaythe Caller ID. Their system are set to send Caller IDs to the foreign mobile operators but it is up to them to decide what to display. So when you receive calls, the display may show private numbers or some random numbers.

My personal opinion:
Dare I say Flexiroam is a good service but not so much so for those who are very DATA roaming dependant? For instance, me. I probably need DATA more than anything. If Im on Flexiroam overseas, Ill still need to purchase another package just for data so perhaps FlexiRoam may not be the ideal roaming partner for me?
Lets face it, how many of us (lets just say the tech savvy, smartphone users) calls often? Ill probably call AFTER I had attempted BBM, Whatsapp, Twitter DM, email, FB msg (or write on the wall of their FB) & lastly, SMS.
If all the above fails, I normally assumed that the person is unavailable & will then wait for his/her reply on any of the communication medium I had used above.

But then Im only one person out of the whole human race out there. LOL.
Browse through how Flexiroam works over here & decide for yourself if its suitable for you.

More on FlexiRoams service:
** Flexiroam leverages on the GSM network instead of Internet connectivity (3G or WiFi).
** For the convenience of travellers, they can top-up their FlexiRoam credits at KLIA and LCCT departure halls. There is also online payment facilities on FlexiRoams website.
** For corporate users, FlexiRoam also offers a RM2.75 per day rate under Corporate Plan
** ReapField Technology is an MSC status IT research and development company.

HAPPY DEALS: 1 million FREE roaming passes from FlexiRoam!

Throughout this September, FlexiRoam is giving away up to 1 million FREE roaming passes worth RM70 million ! for ever yone.

Each free roaming pass allows user to make and receive UNLIMITED international roaming calls for up to seven (7) days when he or she travels overseas. (RM70 worth)

FlexiRoams website will showcase a featured country for that particular day and users will be able to grab a free roaming pass if they are travelling to the featured country between September 2011 to February 2012.

Kindly note that the featured country is updated daily so users can return and purchase multiple roaming passes to multiple countries throughout the entire month.

SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR BLOGGERS: Flexiroams first bloggers contest.

All a contestant need to do to stand a chance to win is:

1. Blog about why the contestant would enjoy unlimited international roaming calls.
2. Include information regarding the 1,000,000 free FlexiRoam passes that FlexiRoam is giving away in the month of September 2011
3. Tweet his/her blog link with #freeunlimitedroaming with @flexiroam to qualify as a submission. (eg: I miss my mom when Im overseas! I want #freeunlimitedroaming with @flexiroam http://bit.ly/xxxxx)

The most creative entries will be uploaded to FlexiRoams Facebook Page using Notes application where they will be available for public voting.
The entry with the highest Facebook Likes will win an iPad 2 as well as RM100 Flexiroam credit and the second highest Likes will win an iPod Nano as well as RM50 Flexiroam credit while the third highest Likes will win an iPod Shuffle as well as RM30 Flexiroam credit.
The contest is open for submission from 1 September 11 September 2011. Selected entries will be posted on FlexiRoams Facebook Page from 12 September 25 September 2011 for public voting.

Below: Jef Ong, Founder of FlexiRoam at the bloggers launch event.

So what do you think? Would you find Flexiroam suitable for you if youre overseas?

Day 3 - Leaving Club Med Cherating 01 September 2011

Here I am waiting for the sun to rise in the early morning at the East Coast of Penisular Malaysia.

I was patiently waiting and merely listening to the sound of sea waves coming to the shore.

At last you appear.... bright & strong.

There is nothing that is disturbing this Tai Chi man, it`s only the sound of sea waves and finally the sun that came & shine upon him.

Our Room D1142.

I missed this trapeze fun ...

Let have fun in the swimming pool with the kids.

We were testing whether our waterproof casing for the camera is still working.

The daddy is having a good time too.

Zu Yi like the idea being behind bars.

Yeo & his 2 children

Brother & Sister

Goodbye Club Med and I do not know when I will came back again. The first time was in 1982, the second was 1995 (see here) and currently 2011. Looks like it takes 10 over years to make my re-visit.

Cherating Beach Club Med

29th mile, Jalan Kuantan Kemaman,Kuantan 26080, MalaysiaGPS : 4.14179,103.407932

The Whisky Bar

Back to The Whisky Bar after over a year. Earlier entry: June 14, 2010.

What to eat with whiskey? Pork ribs, smoked with Scottish whiskey, seem like a safe bet _ meaty, fork-tender and somehow subtly sweet. Raise your glass!

Pork belly pizza with rocket salad. Also excellent; the velvety topping of pork slices lifted this thin-crust concoction to luscious new levels.

Fondue for two, fondue for two: Swiss gruyere & emmenthal cheese, with gherkins, broccoli, potatoes, sausages & bread cubes. (Chocolate fondues are available for dessert lovers)

Creamy and aromatic, as all fabulous fondues should be.

When the fondue is more than half-finished, a raw egg & kirsch are added into the mix to supply a special kick (liquor-laced fondues rule!).

A whiskey flight, featuring a tasting set of varieties from five countries: Hakushu (12 years, Japan), Old Pulteney (12 yrs, Scotland), Jim Beam Black Label (12 yrs, USA), The Irishman (Ireland) & Canadian Club Classic (12 yrs blended whiskey, Canada).

The Whisky Bar also now serves a traditional Sunday roast platter, EVERY DAY, 5pm-10pm, with roast beef, lamb shoulder, gammon ham, Yorkshire pudding & more, for RM48++.

The Whisky Bar,

Changkat Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

Starhill tea break, RM3.60 (3pm-6pm) every Saturday and Sunday

Starhills3.6 tea break is still on, the ending date for this promotion is until further notice, only available on Saturday and Sundays 3pm-6pm.

Above is Pak Loh Chiu Chow RM3.60 menu

Pak Loh Chiu Chow drinks menu

Slow braised duck webs and wings, flavorful although very little meat, this comes with a complimentary bowl of plain porridge

Soup of the day made with some gourd/pear, flavorful and nice

Salt and pepper cuttlefish, RM6.60, just ok

Baked mussel with minced garlic, RM6.60, garlicky yum

Delicious minced pork porridge with halibut, very yummy and generous portion, it is made with dried halibut frequently used to make soup stock

Luk Yu Tea house serving dim sum and chinese cuisine

Luk Yu drinks menu includes many types of tea: Oolong, Jasmine, Pu Erh, Shui Xian, Chrysanthemum flower, green tea etc

Century egg chicken roll, not bad although quite oily

Very generous portion of braised bee hoon(rice vermicelli) with duck, very little duck shreds, worth a try as it is like a normal size noodle dish.

chicken siew mai, yummy, must order

Shook tea break menu

Shook drinks menu includes durian milkshake made with durian ice cream and milk etc

my favourite grilled cumberland 8-inch sausage with honey mustard sauce, i like how they served this previously, with brown gravy, instead of now with honey mustard, the sausage is still as juicy as before though

6-inch pepperoni pizza is not cheesy enough, and the pepperoni taste just ok

Boiled baby soybeans (Edamame) is satisfyingly warm and moist

Fishermans Cove tea break menu

The ultimate soy bean pudding, must order, wonder what they use to set this pudding(agar agar powder, some pudding powder?) have rich soya taste and just taste really good eaten with gula melaka(palm sugar)