Today was a long day. First, I barely slept last night. My eyes were closed shut but my mind was so freaking active, I was awake the whole night.

Before the late flight, Aslan and I had so many things to do. To be honest, we did not have enough to do everything on our list. It took the whole morning for us to complete his right of abode application form.

Fast forward to 8pm, we dined in at The Coffeebean and Tea Leaf at the departure terminal of Kuching International Airport.

We weren’t going anywhere international but not many dining options were available or opened near Air Asia’s terminal.

We both had Double Vanilla Ceylon and Aslan had a big chicken pie for dinner.

Since I got back from Singapore, I went through a lot of temptations and trouble to get back in shape. Not exactly slim nor fat, but I guess I am fit enough to feel comfortable and confident in swimwear.

Tired me.

Instead of wearing the old faithful MBT, I traded comfort for style. Wedges as my travel shoes.

The iron bird for the night arrived 10 minutes late. Not surprising at all when flying with Air Asia. Sometimes it is on time, sometimes it is a bit late, sometimes very late and well, at times, cancelled.

Slept throughout the flight. Aslan and I struggled to keep our eyes opened during the safety demonstration. The last time Aslan fell asleep during the demo, the air stewardess rolled her eyes at him! Hahaha.

The rude shock of finding out a 330ml Ribena cost RM7 kinda made us more awake. All this while we never realized how pricey Ribena is on Air Asia. :S Aslan had this WTF impression on his face when the air stewardess informed him one Ribena and one mineral water cost RM 10.

Aslan was still in shock when I pestered him to camwhore with me...

Before that, we were charged RM 90 for being three freaking kg overweight. I could have avoided this completely if I just upgraded my baggage size to 20kg! MCB. I am such an ass to think that 15 kg would be enough for me. Boohoo…

The last time I used Air Asia to Kuala Lumpur was in 2010. LCCT has improved a lot since then. More organized and cleaner. Unfortunately that good change does not applies to the travelers. Meh.

Our journey hasn’t reach its end, yet. We still have another flight to catch at 6am in the morning. In order to cut down on cost without having to spare comfort, we decided to try Tunes Hotel in Sepang, just a stone’s throw away from the LCCT.

The shuttle service to the hotel from LCCT costs only RM 1 per person per journey. A return journey is RM 2. You don’t have to worry about missing the shuttle because its service is quite regular, if I am not mistaken, every fifteen minutes.

This sign is hopeless and vague. Either that, the driver of the shuttle service from LCCT to KLIA does not know how to read because he parked where the hotel shuttle ought to be...

Happy budget traveler

I am aware of the tiny size of Tunes Hotel room but I just couldn’t believe how compact it is until I went into my closet room. We were given a room on the 1st floor, number 21.

We were supposed to have two rooms but we sold the second room to this family from the UK. Her children were extremely unwell and she was in such great distress, I figured she could do with the room as there was no more rooms available. Food poisoning sure is a vacation kill joy.

Anyhow, let me bring you on a quick tour of the room.

The bedroom area along with the closet (aka two hooks), a pull out table and just enough space to stack the luggages on the left side of the bed.

We bought the room with 12 hours a/c credit and comfort kit which consisted of one towel and basic toiletries.

The room is stuffy if you don't purchase the a/c credit. But once the room has cooled down from the a/c, you won't complain! I find the duvet is a little bit thin but it was bearable lah...

I can't see how this pull out desk can be of help. We never use it.

The toilet and sink along with hairdryer

Shower stall was clean and the shower pressure was awesome. And yes, there is heated water!

The comfort kit: If you are such a scrooge, you can skip this and bring your own towel and shower basics.

Soap, two in one shampoo and shower gel. No toothbrush and toothpaste kah?

There was no tv in our room. We have windows but not much a view to admire, just the carpark.

Overall, my stay at Tunes Hotel is rather pleasant. It catered to my most basic needs when traveling, i.e somewhere to sleep, shower and store things. Good for short stays, not advisable for long stays unless you are the kind of person who likes to rough it up a bit. :p

It could have been the perfect stay if it was not for the noise. The door was so thin, I heard everything happened outside of the room to the carpark clearly! Oh, just when I was about to sail to dream land, vroooooom went the shuttle bus and slammmmmm went the door of the nearby rooms. These two event kept on repeating throughout the whole night.

Still, I am thankful to have a room, most people either sleep in the lobby of Tunes hotel or worse, in the departure terminal, on the floor.

Well, I will continue this travelogue tomorrow. Need to reorganize the things in my luggage.

Love,
E.