Snoopy And The Peanuts Gang Bring Year End Festive Cheer To Resorts World Genting

Every year, Christmas is my favourite day because it is also my birthday! Yes, I was born on Christmas day and my mommy said I was her best Christmas gift from God. When Christmas is near, I love to see beautiful Christmas decorations at shopping centers and hotels. This year, at Resorts World Genting, there is 'Tour The World With Snoopy' as there are 52 Snoopy in costumes located at various locations at Sky Avenue and First World Hotel.

The Peanuts gang parade will see them joined by 11 friends as they light up the resort with their exuberant presence but the street procession is only one of many activities in the pipeline to celebrate the holiday season. A main highlight of Tour the World with Snoopy, to be held from 1 November 2017 to 1 January 2018, involves the friendly neighbourhood beagle showcasing various countries. Be among the first in the world to catch Snoopy in 52 custom-made costumes of different countries and cultures - the figurines will be placed at various locations in SkyAvenue and First World Rainforest.

Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the comic strip Peanuts - all creations of Charles M. Schulz - first became famous in 1950 but they have remained popular over the years. Today Snoopy still captures the imagination of all with his funny and buoyant nature. I love Snoopy since I was a small girl and now my children love Snoopy too.

Visitors to the resort can catch Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Santa Claus and company on parade from 25 November 2017 onwards during the Tour the World with Snoopy period. The colourful characters will meet and greet visitors as they spread festive cheer at Sky Avenue and Genting Grand daily.

The largest Snoopy you will ever see will also make an impact at the mall; the larger-than-life six-metre high inflatable Snoopy will be erected at Sky Avenue Level 1.

Genting Rewards members can look forward to own some exclusive merchandise - a limited edition piece of Snoopy fun. They may utilise their Genting Points to make redemption for a limited edition of Snoopy lanyard. Shoppers who spend above RM400 at SkyAvenue will receive a Snoopy notebook while those who spend above RM600 will receive a Snoopy tote bag.

For more information, call +603 6101 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com

Adventures of the Monkey King - The Golden Hooped Rod at Resorts World Genting

Recently my mommy and I watched the Adventures of the Monkey King - The Golden Hooped Rod at Resorts World Genting. Thanks to Resorts World Genting for this invitation. I really loved this acrobatic show in 3D visual effects.  The whole show was awesome and I would recommend everyone to watch it. 

The Monkey King is a mythological figure in Journey to the West, one of the most popular classical novels in China. The Adventures of the Monkey King: The Golden-Hooped Rod that will run from 11 November 2017 to 1 January 2018, presents a simple story of good versus evil that will nevertheless still charm its audience. To be held at Genting International Showroom, the 65-minute show is scheduled for 9pm daily with additional shows at 4pm, 5pm and 8pm on selected dates.

Performed by talents from all over China specializing in acrobatic performances, who are also members of the National Performing Art Troupe; the plot, though predictable, unfolds in a thrilling manner in this production.

The story begins in the event after the Monkey King has claimed the Golden-Hooped Rod from the East China Sea. It is discovered that the enemy of the rod, Chi You, has also been released, and now intends to destroy it.

In order to battle Chi You, the Monkey King and the rod must work together and go through Mana Practice, an exercise that enhances one's life energy. The Monkey King manages to master the ability, but then the rod reveals its weakness - something that Chi You is also aware of.

As it turns out, Chi You manages to lure the rod back to the East Coast Sea and imprison it. This, of course, leads to the ultimate battle between the Monkey King and Chi You.

Tickets to enjoy the show are priced at RM176 (VIP), RM136 (PS1) and RM96 (PS2). Genting Rewards Card (GRC) members enjoy 10% discount.

For more information, call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.   

Mc Donald's Story Telling Competition 2017

Recently I joined the Mc Donald's Story Telling competition for year 2017. The title of my story was 'The Floating Stone'. Last year I joined the same competition and told a story about 'The Honest Woodcutter'. I love to tell stories and this year I was not nervous because it was my second time telling stories in front of the judges and others. To read my blog about this for last year's competition, click http://mel-happy-blog.blogspot.my/2016/12/mc-donalds-story-telling-contest.html.

This year there were more than 700 participants from all the states in Malaysia and selected ones were to tell their story in a live audition at a Mc Donald's branch on different dates. I was happy to be chosen for the live audition and told my story early November. I was a little nervous but not too nervous because it was my second time. Here is a video my mommy recorded of me. I did not bring props to win like many other participants. I just joined this to build up my confidence in public speaking.

The final will be on 25 Nov 2017 and the prizes for the winners are as below:

I learnt a lot from joining this contest. I am not that nervous compared to last year's story telling competition. I enjoyed listening to other participants' stories. Good luck to all the participants for the finals!

My visit to Lost World Of Tambun

Recently during the Deepavali school holidays, my parents brought my brother and I to Lost World Of Tambun. It was my first time there and I really enjoyed visiting this place. This theme park is different from other theme parks I have been to because there are lots of beautiful limestones.

There were lots of Halloween games we played to win Eclipse and Pocky.

We visited the Petting Zoo which was my favourite because I love to pet and feed animals. I learnt a lot about these animals here.

This hedgehog is very spiky and you have to becareful when holding it. 

I saw snakes, tapirs, racoons, hamsters, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, birds and many other animals here. I want to come back again to see these cute animals. My brother had his first horse ride here and I loved to pet the cats at Catopia.

My brother enjoyed playing at the kids pool water slide the most. I liked Lupe Adventure which is a very short and not scary roller coaster ride. I went on this twice with my mommy.

At night, my family and I soaked ourselves at the warm and relaxing natural hot spring waters. There were many colorful and beautiful lights there. We played at Saphira's Lair which was for children and adults.

Soaking ourselves in hot spring water is very healthy for our skin.  Wish there was a hot spring near where I stay.

After our hot spring experience, we walked back to Lost World Hotel, Sunway which was very nearby. This hotel was very comfortable, clean and good.

This whole trip was truly an unforgettable one because my family was very happy and we enjoyed every moment here. We want to come back again. To read more about Lost World of Tambun, please visit my mommy's blog HERE. Thanks.

Child Aid Asia 2017 Concert - Magical By Youth For Youth

I attended Child Aid Asia Kuala Lumpur : Magical by youth for youth concert held at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) recently. This concert was performed by talented young children. Some were very experienced and some were first timers.

Child Aid Asia KL is to raise funds for underprivileged children who are poor and not doing well in their studies but are talented in music or performing arts. These children would be given a chance to learn and do what they are talented in. 

Themed A Magical Journey, the concert event was supported by Kiwanis Club of Damansara. This concert brought children closer as friendship was formed and they learnt to work together. The concert is attended by guest-of-honour Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, Chairman of Malaysian Chinese Culture and Arts consultative council and blossom arts festival, Governor of Kiwanis Malaysia Mr. Vincent Lim and Dr. Mario De Castilo. The president of Kiwanis Club Damansara, Siaw Wei Tang, and the co-founder of ChildAid Asia Malaysia, Ralph Lim were also present.

Child Aid Asia managed to raise RM 70,000 of which RM10,000 of the proceeds will be presented to POBP Day Spring Selangor and RM10,000 to Matu Social Organization (MSO) to help them in their daily living. Child Aid Asia will receive RM 50,000. Thanks to donors and supporters Suntory and Paramount Properties for contributing RM50,000 and RM10,000 respectively.

Sixteen-year-old Yap is an award-winning musician. Among his achievements are winning the Grand Prix Award in the Junior category of the Asia Pacific Yamaha Electone 2014, and winning the silver medal at the Chopin 2012 Competition where he also won the Dato' Ruslan Award.

Fourteen-year-old Lau, for his part, is incredible with his prowess in beatboxing. His talent has taken him to as far as Germany, where he was invited to Munich to take part in the Super Kids talent competition last year. The teenager's love for music began at the age of three with the violin, but he discovered his love for beatboxing at eight, and has pursued the latter wholeheartedly since then.

I enjoyed the concert very much because I love music. I love to support events like this. Thank you for reading my blog post.

Mooncakes Galore at Resorts World Genting

I am happy to know that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. I love to eat mooncakes and play cute lanterns with my brother and friends. Shopping centers have started to sell mooncakes and that's how I know the Mooncake Festival will be coming soon. Every year I see different flavoured mooncakes and there are many new flavours too. Chefs everywhere are being creative in making the best mooncake flavours.

At Resorts World Genting, many varieties of mooncakes await visitors at different locations. Mid-Autumn festival celebrants can purchase them at Genting Palace (2nd Floor, Genting Grand Hotel), Good Friends Restaurant (Level 2, Maxims Hotel), Malaysian Food Street (T4, SkyAvenue), Garden Courtyard (T1, SkyAvenue), and Grab & Win (Level 1, Sky Casino) from 19 August to 4 October, between the hours of 12 noon to 8 pm.

Chef Gan Chee Keong with his new flavour of mooncakes

There's also a kiosk at Wisma Genting selling these delicious desserts; OneHub (next to Resort World Tours ticketing counter) offers enough variants to cater to different taste buds. Visitors can purchase them from the kiosk from 11 to 29 September (except weekends and public holidays) from 11am to 4pm.

New tempting flavours this year are Snow skin blueberry paste, Green tea paste with black sesame jingsa, Sweet corn paste with single yolk, White pandan jade with buttermilk custard, Dragon fruit lotus paste with coconut jingsa, Pu er lotus paste with dry mandarin orange jingsa.

TOP                   : (From Left to Right)

普洱陈皮蛋沙 (NEW)

Pu Er Lotus Paste with Dry Mandarin Orange Jingsa – RM 19.00 nett per no

单黄金蜀蓉 (NEW)

Sweet Corn  Paste with Single Yolk – RM 19.00 nett per no

龍果椰皇金沙 (NEW)

Dragon Fruit Lotus Paste With Coconut Jingsa – RM 19.00 nett per no

BOTTOM           : (From Left to Right)

白玉奶皇金翡翠 (NEW)

White Pandan Jade With Buttermilk Custard – RM 19.00 nett per no

黑芝麻绿茶蓉 (NEW)                                                                                                   

Green Tea  Paste with Black Sesame Jingsa – RM 19.00 nett per no            

冰皮果仁蓝莓蓉 (NEW),

Snow Skin Blueberry Paste  - RM 19.00 nett per no

The normal traditional favourite are Low sugar white lotus paste, Lotus paste with single yolk, Lotus paste with double yolk, Red bean paste, Green tea lotus paste, Golden jade with single yolk, Durian lotus paste, Assorted Nuts “Ng Yan”, White lotus paste with black sesame yolk, Single yolk with pu er lotus paste.  

God of Wealth cookies are available in a pack of two pieces. And the more you buy, the more rewarding it is because every purchase of 50 boxes (each box containing four pieces) gives you a discount of 30%. Every purchase of four pieces of mooncakes comes with a free carrier mooncake box. So some here to get your mooncakes and try out the new flavours available.

For more information, call +603 6101 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com

Hotel On The Park, Resorts World Genting

Hotel On The Park is the new hotel at Resorts World Genting replacing the old Theme Park Hotel. This new hotel is suitable for families or a group of friends to stay because there are mostly quad sharing and sixers rooms. This hotel was designed with more beds as Resorts World Genting is expecting an influx of visitors with the soon to be opened Twentieth Century Fox World.

There is a giant bench for customers to sit and a high pile of giant tea cups stacked up to the ceiling. There is also a trick mirror at the hotel lobby where I took many photos.

There are still 448 rooms with no structural changes but the new design makes the rooms look more spacious and very cute. My family stayed in the sixers room. There are a total of 3 queen sized beds. I loved the upper level of the bunk bed. There is luggage storage space below the raised sleeping platforms. What a great space saving idea!

I love the cute designs in the rooms especially the TV cabinet. In lieu of expensive heavy drapes and curtains, artists pitched in to hand draw designs in white paint on blackout roller blinds, resulting in original works of art in every room.

Cute hand drawn pictures are on the walls too. 

The bathrooms are separate rooms for the shower and toilet. There are 2 sinks so visitors do not need to fight if they want to use the sink at the same time.

Here are some photos of the quad sharing room type.

There are also rooms for the disabled. These rooms are more spacious for people on wheel chairs.

There are also honeymoon suites located in the valley wing which overlooks an uninterrupted panorama of the Genting valley offering stunning views of natural mountain forests. The suites designed around the four fun stages of romance - courtship, proposal, wedding and honeymoon are all executed as stand-alone units.

For more information on Hotel On The Park, visit www.rwgenting.com or call 03-6101 1118.

36-Hours Food Trail at Sky Avenue Restaurant, Resorts World Genting

Recently, my mommy brought my brother and I to Sky Avenue for the 36-hours food trail at 28 restaurants. We were very happy to be able to try so many different types of food but I think the time was too short. I was very full after eating at the first few restaurants. 

We visited Starbucks Reserve, Morganfield's, Inside Scoop, Tian Ma Bird Nest, Koong Woh Tong, I Love You, KyoChon 1991, DC Comics Super Heroes Cafe, Babajia, WanHoi Yamch'a, RichDad, Just Heavenly, Tampopo. Tai'Bae, Madame Waffle, Go Noodle House, Ah Yip Herbal Soup, BMS Organics, Canton-i, Tokyo Secret, Palsaik Korean BBQ, dal.komm Coffee, San Francisco Coffee, PappaRich, Flavurs, Zok Noodle House, Dome and Royale Vietnam.

I will mention on the restaurants that I really liked. For more information on this food trail review, please visit my mommy's blog at www.yeelinda.blogspot.my. 

DC Comics Super Heroes Cafe had very nice Super Heroes comic decorations on the tables, chairs, walls, menu, small figurines on display and even human size Super Heroes statues was one of my favourite because I loved themed restaurants. I believe all children love themed restaurants. 

We had Mera's Ocean Magic which was Seafood Spicy Spaghetti and Katana Sliced Hawaiian Pizza and drinks. All the food and drinks came on plates with the Super Heroes logo or have shapes of Super Heroes logo on the food. It was very cool and I loved it. 

I also liked the Chinese dimsum restaurant, WanHoi Yamch'a because the food tasted very delicious and they had those cute Custard Pau, BBQ Pork Bun and Salted Egg Yolk with Lotus Paste Fillings which were in the shape of birds in a cage. These were so cute, I did not feel like eating them. We took lots of photos with these cute and delicious dimsum food.

I also loved the extraordinary and unique food at Royale Vietnam  which serves authentic Vietnamese cuisine. I had never seen prawns served on a coconut with fire. This dish was the flaming prawns which tasted very delicious. The coconut water tasted different from normal coconut water and the prawns had some slight burnt taste which made it tastier.

The other really tasty dish was very nicely decorated. There were a mixture of Fresh Spring Roll, Fried Spring Roll, Summer Roll with Prawn, Sugarcane Prawn and Fried Chicken. You have got to try this dish if you dine here. 

My family and I visited Korea a few months back and when I saw Palsaik Korean BBQ, it reminded me of the time I dined at the same restaurant but at a different branch in Seoul. I loved the BBQ meat which was marinated in 8 different flavors namely ginseng, wine, pine, garlic, herb, curry, soy bean and hot pepper. Besides the BBQ meat, I was very happy to try Japchae (stir fried glass noodles with vegetables and pork slices) because it was so delicious I had to take the balance home. Since everyone was so full and could not finish it, I told mommy that I wanted to pack it home for lunch the next day. 

I had the tastiest porridge at Canton-i which I never tasted anywhere else. Even though I was very full, I still finished it because it was too delicious. The wontons were very big with prawn fillings. I also loved the Roast Goose and Roast Pork Belly, the skin was so crispy and the meat was very tasty and tender. 

For desserts, I loved Inside Scoop where I had waffle with ice-cream.

Madame Waffle gave us 2 smaller waffles with bananas and ice-cream. This was very delicious too.

My brother loved to eat the Tokyo Secret cheese tarts and cheese cakes.

Not forgetting the famous Tian Ma Bird Nest which I loved very much. The bird nests was very nice to drink but I had to add more sugar because I loved mine sweeter.

Clockwise from the top : Signature Double Boiled Bird's Nest, Bird's Nest with Pear, Bird's Nest with Ginseng Tea

Koong Woh Tong served herbal jelly and herbal tea. We finished ours very fast because my family loves to eat herbal jelly.

For the other restaurants food review, visit my mommy's blog at www.yeelinda.blogspot.my. Thanks to Resorts World Genting PR for this wonderful 36-hour food trail. It was not easy eating so much in a short time but I loved it.