For those who missed the Matta Fair September 2010 can view the photos below. I was working on the 3rd day of the event and it was quite packed. I represent Holiday Villa Hotels & Resorts and we managed to sell quite a number of vouchers that day. Our facebook fans were also given a password where when they reveal to us during that day will receive the chance to win added room rights and mystery gifts.

So to those who wanna plan your holiday for next year, make sure you attend the up coming Matta Fair 2011 which will be held in the month of March. Keep yourself update.

Matta Fair - Star Cruise

Matta Fair - Malaysia Airlines

Matta Fair - Reliance

Matta Fair - MAS

Matta Fair - Reliance

Matta Fair - Sabah Tourism

Matta Fair - Holiday Villa Hotels & Resorts Team

Matta Fair - One of Holiday Villa's Fan

Matta Fair - Holiday Villa Lucky Spin

Matta Fair - Holiday Villa Hotels & Resorts

Matta Fair - Berjaya Hotel

Matta Fair

Matta Fair - Resort World

Matta Fair - FireFly Holiday

Matta Fair

Matta Fair

Matta Fair - Sentosa

Matta Fair - YourSingapore

Matta Fair - Bird Park

Matta Fair

Matta Fair - Creative Booth

Matta Fair - Me posing with Holiday Villa's Lucky Spin

Last week friday we gathered to celebrate 2 of our colleague and ex-colleague’s Birthday. We managed to make reservation at this Delicious Indonesian food called Puti Bungsu Batam which is located in Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, Kuala Lumpur. The shop is just a few minutes walk away from our office (Megan Avenue 2). It was the birthday of Ms Jeannie and Ms Suriyani, what better place to have a double celebration.

For those who are planning to have your buka puasa within these few days, make sure you make a reservation because they are fully packed during that time.

We ordered their famous Avacado drink which is enhanced with chocolate syrup. At first I was hesitant, but after tasting it, it was a great choice. The drink was sweet and thick like a milk shake.

The food was then displayed on our table. This is something different, they will display all the food that is available in a small plate on our table. We will be charged for what we take. It is said that the same method is also done in Indonesia.

This is not my first time here, infact it was my second. My favourite among the dishes was their prawn sambal and “pucuk masak lemak”. A total of 6 of us had to only pay RM122 at the end of the session, which I found fairly cheap.

We also brought along a cake, which was sponsored by Kak Edel from our office, she couldnt make it to join us that night. And as usual being the photographer, you don’t usually get a photo of yourself in there

Entrance Area

Jeannie and Lilia

Sitikay and Suzana

Waterfountain

Dishes available

Dishes available

He can carry all in one hand

The dishes displayed on our table

Prawn Sambal

Ikan Masak Lemak

The dishes displayed on our table

Sitting Area

Avacado with Chocolate Syrup

Cleaning all one shot

The bill

Birthday Cake from Edelina Tamrin

Birthday Girls blowing and Cutting the Cake

Thank You

Yesterday we had a Bloggers Gathering for Buka Puasa at Holiday Villa Subang. We decided to have it here because the food variety is superb, I was told that there are about 270 different dishes that is made available for their Ramadhan Buffet. Frankly I was excited to meet these bloggers, that I did not have a change to try all the dishes. The buffet dinner was set at Palm Terrace Coffeehouse which is open 24-hours. Barbecue, oyster, mussel, prawns, crabs, chicken rendang, steam item, satay, roti john, skewed lamb, malay kuihs, kebabs, cookies, cakes, puddings, jelly, tepanyaki, fresh bread, curry noodles, noodle soup, ice-kacang, Len Chee Kang (Sweet Lotus Seed Soup), and the list goes on.

The reason for the gathering is of course to get to know some Travel Bloggers, who in the future, Holiday Villa would like to engage with to help promote all the promotions and competitions that we have in store. We were placed in a private room and that gave us alot of private chit chatting time with each other sharing tips and skills on Social Media. I’m currently quite active with Facebook and Twitter (@thristhan), but still finding it  a challenge with FourSquare, only because of my old skool mobile phone (!#$#@!$ someone give me an iPhone).

I’ll introduce everyone with the photos below. Enjoy.

At the Hotel Lobby

Our Private Room

Oyster, Prawns and Mussel

Barbecue pit, with a Skewed goat

Malaysia Local Dishes

Curry section and vegetables

Cakes and Desserts

Oyster

Ulam, local raw vegetables

Guest helping himself to some mixed rice

Fresh Bread

Kebab etc

Local Malay style Kuihs

Steam stuffs

Tepanyaki

Check out the size of that Wok

Ice-Kacang Area

Anna Bella helping herself to some delicious food

One of the many eating area

Crowd at the Ramadhan Buffer

Gorgeous Anna and Cheeky Feeq

The Charlies Angel - Edelina, Lillian and Rebecca

The Macho looking guys - Kenneth, Tian Chad, Marcus and Feeq (right to left)

I felt left out here, everyone was FourSquaring - David with the wide smile.

The Gang, Holiday Villa Team and Bloggers

Special thanks to Tian Chad, who I’ve met for the second time now and who also gathered most of the bloggers to join us at Holiday Villa. Also Anna Bella for being such a darling (you’re too quiet la). Special thanks to Malaysia Asia and BeautifulNara for joining. Last but not least, Rebecca, Marcus, Nicole and the Little Monkey. Be good guys

Eventhough I was born in the city of Kuala Lumpur, I lived most of my 28 years in the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. During my younger years, we rented a house at Subang Jaya because my Dad was working as an Air Traffic Controller at Subang Airport, namely Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport. Years later when I was 3 years old, we moved to Klang, Royal Capital of Selangor.

Thristhan.com features interesting places that you can visit in Selangor. To start with, I would like to talk about I-City Shah Alam (Shah Alam is also the state capital of Selangor). I-City Shah Alam is a retail and commercial hub with advanced information-communication infrastructure in Section 8 Shah Alam, and to introduce this place, it has installed millions of LED lights to brighten up the night.

I-City Shah Alam

I-City Shah Alam

Bukit Cahaya Sri Alam (Bukit Cahaya Agricultural Park), which is also in Shah Alam is a place to promote the agricultural and forestation advancement in Malaysia. It hosts all sort of activities which consist of jungle tracking, camping, cactus farm, animal farm with parrots, deers, peacocks, horses, buffalos and many more. The highlight of Bukit Cahaya Sri Alam is the Four Season House where you get to experience Winter, Summer, Spring and Autumn here in Malaysia.

Bukit Cahaya Sri Alam

Tropical Fruit Garden

Animal Farm

Four Season House

Cactus Garden

Nearer Meru, which is about 15 minutes from Klang is a Shooting range called Klang Shooting Club. You have to sign up as a member in order to be able to access this area due to security issues. Experience using a Handgun is marvellous.

Klang Shooting Club

Klang Shooting Club

Malaysia has the biggest limestone caves in the world, Batu Caves is one of them. There are also alot of restaurant around Batu Caves who serve delicious Indian Cuisine. Inside the cave reside Indian temples where prayers are conducted.

Batu Caves Selangor

Batu Caves Selangor

Batu Caves Selangor

Just a few kilometers North of Selangor is a town called Sekinchan with vast paddy fields and windy atmosphere. This location is one of the biggest rice producers in Malaysia. Famous for fresh fruits like Mango, water apple (Jambu Air), Corn and Coconut Juice. Since Sekinchan is just beside the coast, it is also famous for Sea Food.

Sekinchan Selangor

Sekinchan Selangor

Sekinchan Selangor

Sekinchan Selangor

Food wise, Kajang Satay at Dengkil is a must try. Pulau Ketam near Port Klang is also a recommended place to eat seafood. Klang is famous for it’s Bah Kut Teh which is a herbal pork soupy dish, usually eaten with rice. If you’re around Kuala Selangor, try their famous Begger Chicken at Ijok town. The restaurant name is Ijok’s Begger Delicious Restaurant where each delicacy is marinated and wrapped in foil before heating it up in an underground oven.

Satay Kajang at Dengkil

Satay Kajang at Dengkil

Ijok's Begger Delicious Restaurant

Ijok's Begger Delicious Restaurant

As you have just witnessed, Selangor is a great state to chill at and I would surely recommend it as a tourist destination to all my friends locally and internationally.

I’m entering a competition to promote Selangor along with Selangor Tourism. Kindly vote for my post at www.myselangorstory.com so that I will be motivated to write more about this wonderful state. Thank you in advance

Dear travellers, holiday seekers and fun goers. This year the 2nd Matta Fair will be held from the 3rd to the 5th of September. The KL event will be held at the usual location, namely the PWTC (Putra World Trade Centre). I know alot, or at least a handful of you were really looking towards this event. For those who are not familiar what the Matta Fair is all about, you can view my previous post on how the Matta Fair 2010 looked like for the 1st one in March this year.

Matta Fair 2010 @ Putra World Trade Centre

Holiday Villa Hotels & Resorts @ Matta Fair 2010

As usual I will be representing Holiday Villa Hotels & Resorts and we will be selling value added vouchers during the Matta Fair 2010. Holiday Villa Hotels & Resorts will not only sell vouchers for stays in Malaysia, but we will also be giving our discounts for our overseas properties such as Holiday Villa London, Holiday Villa Paris and many more.

Many Travel and Tour companies will be promoting their travel packages to offer you great holiday trips. Do expect more than 800 booths to be there. The holiday packages are for many types of travel goers including diving packages, honeymoon packages, family travel discounts, holiday packages, holiday cruise packages, europe tour packages, asia tour packages, malaysia tour packaces, cheap airline tickets and many more. The airline companies will also be there at the matta fair, including Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, FireFlyz etc.

Crowd at Matta Fair 2010

Scene at the Entrance of Matta Fair 2010

Based on my experience, I strongly suggest that you attend the Matta Fair at least 2 of the 3 days. First day is more of window shopping and getting to know what are the offer holiday packages that are made available. Collect the brochures and flyers, take them home, sit down with your holiday partners and start planning. The second day is where you go to those interested booths and start bargaining. Make sure they you also observe the added value offers. A particular package maybe slightly higher than another, but the value added items could be worth the extra cost.

There will be an entrance fees (usually only a few ringgit), and this fee will only apply entry for that day. Multiple entry is allowed for that one day as you will be given a wristband. Do wear something that you are comfortable walking with so that you will be able to cover the wide area that the Matta Fair have provided.