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Kalumpang Rainforest Jungle Run 2015

If you are a reader of this blog or my friend on Facebook or Instagram, you would notice that I’ve been exposing AlienGoTravel to the great outdoors. We’ve been up to quite a lot of things and here’s sharing with you one of it.

A couple of weeks back, our friends from Tourism Malaysia Selangor invited me and my boys to witness the Kalumpang Rainforest Jungle Run 2015 with them. Kalumpang Rainforest Jungle Run 2015 is jointly organized by Green Leaf Events and Marketing Services, Kalumpang Resorts and Training Centre, Majlis Daerah Hulu Selangor and sponsored by Sneak Peak Products, Running Malaysia and last but not least, supported by Tourism Malaysia.

Kalumpang Rainforest Jungle Run is a 18km run held annually in Kalumpang and is part of an initiative in conjunction of #DekatJe campaign by Tourism Malaysia to elevate Malaysia as a internationally preferred sports tourism destination.

There is a lot of runs and marathons being organized around in the country. And one would have said that this one is no different than others, but trust me, Kalumpang Rainforest Jungle Run 2015 is the sort of run that will challenge you to get out of your comfort zone, push you to your limits and give you the thrilling satisfaction of being a champion. Unlike regular runs or marathons where the venue is usually the comforting and familiar path in the city or small town, Kalumpang Rainforest Jungle Run 2015 is held in a jungle. Yes. You are reading that right, it’s held in the jungle, where you will have to check-in at multiple different checkpoints before you can head back to the finishing line.

I have never participated in a run or a marathon in my life, and although we were also given the opportunity to participate by the organizer, my family and I opt to just be a spectator as we are well aware of the dire consequences of running without proper training. Although my family and I did not intend to participate in the run, but we’re adrenaline high nevertheless. We arrived at the venue at about 7am with our Visit Malaysia mascot, Bayau. He’s a new addition to our little family, courtesy of Tourism Malaysia, and yes, he’ll be joining us is most of our adventures from now onwards.

Bayau at the field in Kalumpang, waiting for flagging off.

Kalumpang Rainforest Jungle Run 2015

runners before flag off. The run is open to not just Malaysians but international runners too and was split to a couple of categories; Men Open, Women Open, Senior and Boys Junior and Girls Junior.

It was a well organized run. Medics and security officers on duty were spotted at almost all corners of the venue, keeping order and vigilant eyes, and ready to serve.

Everyone present were adrenaline high. Even the event crews were all hyped up that morning.

Flagging off

And look at them go, the runners ran as if their life depends on it.

So what did we do after flagging off? Well, my family and I rode ahead on a 4wd to designated checkpoints with the fabulous people from Tourism Malaysia Selangor and other members of the media. It was one hell of an unexpected ride.

We thought the path to each checkpoints was easy but all of us had quite a shock when the engine started revving and the 4wd roughly pave ways through the jungle to reach the checkpoints before the runners. I seriously can’t imagine what the runners had to endure to get to each checkpoints.

Here’s a picture taken at one of the checkpoints with our ride. They look pretty cool, don’t they?

At one of the checkpoints. We chilled out quite a bit before the runners started to pass through.

Runners passing through.

Check out our travelogue Kembara #DekatJe series video with our guest host, Kos Serani, giving commentary on the run at one of the checkpoint. Video was recorded in Bahasa Malaysia.

Fast forward a couple of hours after chasing the runners in the jungle with our 4wd, we headed to the finishing line, just in time to see then starting to arrive.

Spotted a runner at the finishing line, happily checking his time record.

Finisher with medal

Happy faces, still adrenaline high

International participants are spotted mingling with senior category runner.

Prize giving was done at approximately 1pm before the crowd was dispersed and we were ushered for our crib for the night at Kalumpang Resort and Training Centre.

I thought my adventure for the week ended with our 4wd ride, but I was wrong. Little did we know that more exhilirating surprises was practically waiting for us at the resort. I’ll be sharing about our experience there, but until then, take care. To find out more about Kalumpang Rainforest Jungle Run 2015, simply Google it or search for the hashtag #kalumpangjunglerun2015 and #kalumpangresort. For more info on attractive destinations in Malaysia and affordable domestic travels, look up the hashtag #dekatje.

More Exciting Professions and Activities at KidZania, City for Cool Kids

KidZania is an indoor family education and entertainment centre, which offers an interactive learning and entertainment experience targeted at kids aged 4 to 14 years. KidZania combines role-play with real life, creating a kid-centric city experience designed to educate and inspire kids; from arriving at the airport, to visiting a city centre to exploring the city streets. As in the real world, kids choose activities – such as being a police officer, doctor, journalist or a customer – and earn money, which they can then spend or save. KidZania operates just like a real city complete with buildings, paved streets, vehicles, a functioning economy, and recognisable destinations in the form of “establishments” sponsored and branded by leading international and local brands. The facilities are designed to educate through experience, fostering the development of life skills, but from a kid’s perspective it is all about fun.

KidZania Kuala Lumpur has won numerous awards, including “Best Experience for Kids” at the Best of Malaysia Awards (BOMA) 2013 and 2014 consecutively. Spread over 80,000 sq. ft. across two levels, KidZania Kuala Lumpur is conveniently located in Curve NX opposite the Curve shopping mall in Mutiara Damansara and offers more than 100 different role-playing activities in over 60 establishments.

KidZania Kuala Lumpur, the award-winning themed learning centre, announced Spritzer, Media Prima TV Networks, Media Prima Radio Networks, Canon Malaysia, STABILO and BHPetrol as its industry partners for its unique city role-play education model, today.

One of the newest additions to KidZania Kuala Lumpur’s partnership circle is Spritzer, where the brand introduces its bottling plant where it demonstrates the bottling and quality control process for mineral water as well as gathering used bottles for recycling through the role plays as bottling plant operators and deliverymen. However, if kids are interested in being involved in the radio broadcasting industry, Media Prima Radio Networks allow kids to experience the thrill and excitement of becoming a radio announcer, a guest speaker and a news reader. For photography enthusiasts, Canon’s imaging studio provides kids an opportunity to learn how to take photos using digital single-lens reflex cameras, understanding photo composition and handling the functions of the camera.

Meanwhile, Media Prima TV Networks, STABILO and BHPetrol, also announced the extension of their tenure with the themed educational establishment; allowing children to enjoy the roles and activities provided at the Media Prima TV Networks acting academy theatre, STABILO design studio and BHPetrol Pump Station.

All six partners were presented with ‘keys’ to the city of KidZania Kuala Lumpur, to symbolize the trust and appreciation of their industry contribution to the themed learning centre.

KidZania thrive on innovative approaches towards combining the elements on providing a fun-based learning experience as part of the customer experience at KidZania Kuala Lumpur their industry partners today provides authentic and realistic role-playing opportunities as the subject matter experts in the respective industries of media broadcasting, imaging, petroleum, bottled water production and writing instruments manufacturing.

KidZania Kuala Lumpur goes beyond traditional teaching mediums to continuously look at opportunities to expose kids to new experiences and endless occupational possibilities and is an officially endorsed co-curricular partner to the Malaysian Ministry of Education. As of now, KidZania Kuala Lumpur offers over 110 profession related role-playing activities spread across 60 various city establishments.

In pursuit of excellence, KidZania Kuala Lumpur was also recently awarded the silver winner under the Best Employee Engagement Strategy category at the Asia Pacific Loyalty & Engagement Awards 2015 held at Singapore.

For more information, visit www.kidzania.com.my or call the KidZania CareLine at 1300 88 KIDZ (5439) or get connected with KidZania through Facebook at www.facebook.com/KidZaniaKualaLumpur or tweet them at @KidZaniaKL.

Trick or Treating Guide in Sungei Wang Plaza

Regardless of religious and cultural beliefs, Halloween will always have a special place in my heart. Why? Not because I love dressing up as freaky creatures and go trick or treating, but more than a decade back, I get a treat of my life on Halloween. My son was born. So every year, I look forward to celebrating another a well accomplished milestone as a mother on 31st October.

Being a modern mum is not an easy feat, what more when your child is a special need. Stigma is always there, but hey, we survived all the horrors that comes with the label.

Detoxing with Senze D’Green and Senze D’Tone

Let me get this straight. I’m not the kind of person who likes to take supplememts.

So when these two boxes of items arrived at my doorstep, I was a little skeptical trying detox supplements cuz most supplement taste nasty, but since I don’t exactly have a healthy lifestyle and I could practically feel the toxin build up in my body after all the food binge I’ve been having, I tried it regardless.

Anyway, here is sharing my my 14 Days  D’GREEN and D’Tone detoxing experience.

Day1: Did not notice any changes.

Day 2: Did not notice any changes.

Day 3: I noticed that I had no problems running around day long in events and whatnot. Pretty surprising cuz I get tired pretty easily and my mood can get terribly nasty due to fatigue.

Day 4: Bowel movements improves. But I keep feeling so thirsty and drank water much more than usual. .

Day 5: I was able to sleep better. Being fully energized and powered up during the day makes me sleep earlier at night. And I could wake up earlier and feeling relaxed after a proper good night rest.

Day 6: Started noticing that I now no longer have constipation problems and could do my business with ease. Instead of 2-3 days once, it’s now once a day.

Day 7: The real fun begins, could really start to notice the distinctive difference in my energy level and my mood. I don’t easily feel irritated anymore and I feel very energized.

Day 8: Was out whole day again, attending events.

Day 9: Flaky and scaly skin due to being outdoor is much lesser and I could seriously see the new skin regeneration effects.

Day 10: Skin is much clearer and smoother

Day 11: Took a good look in the mirror and noticed that my face have natural rosy blush though there was no make up on.

Day 12: Another noticeable positive changes that I noticed is that my gum no longer bleed easily whenever I brushes my teeth.

Day 13: I noticed I not only look different but feel different too.

Day 14: Some scar is no longer noticeable. Skin much softer and smoother and my face is much more radiant than before.

Apart from that, my mood swings is not as violent in comparison before I started consuming D’GREEN and D’Tone. Basically, D’GREEN and D’Tone helps me with my energy level tremendously. And as it definitely has detox effect as I could see the magic it does to from the inside. To consume it is easy. I just mix it with water and shake it as per instruction and consume daily when I wake up in the morning.

D’GREEN and D’Tone retails at RM165, and is HALAL certified by JAKIM.

For more information on where you can get D’GREEN and D’Tone, please refer to the information below:

Herba Setia Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd

79-1 Jalan Jintan Manis

Taman Supreme

56100 Kuala Lumpur

Phone: +603 91342988

Email: admin@senze.my

Website: www.senze.my

UNESCO World Heritage Exhibition

Looking forward to spend quality and educational time with your family without spending a dime? Here is one place in Kuala Lumpur that you can go; the Sultan Abdul Samad Building.

UNESCO World Heritage Exhibition is being held at Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur. This exhibition features the four UNESCO World Heritage sites in Malaysia namely the cities of Melaka and George Town, the Archaeological Heritage of Lembah Lenggong, Gunung Mulu National Park and Kinabalu Park. Though small, the exhibition is packed with many interesting exhibits and information about each UNESCO site, and is a great stop before tourists decide to visit any of the actual destinations. The UNESCO World Heritage Exhibition runs from 18 October 2014 until 31 December 2015. Admission is free.

Venue

Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur 

Organiser

Department of National Heritage

Phone

+603 2260 9000

Personalizing Gifts with Printcious

I know Christmas won’t be here yet, but still, December is just two months away from now and it’s time to shop for gifts. One thing about buying gifts is that each and every one of my loved ones is unique and getting gifts that they really will like and cherish is quite challenging. But lucky for me, I discovered that I can actually buy personalized gifts for my loved ones via Printcious.com.

Printcious.com, with the tagline Precious Gifts From Your Heart is an online shop that offers personalized gifts for all occasions and for people from all walks of life.

As of writing, they are offering T-shirt, mugs and pillows for your to personalize.

You can create your own personalized gifts by adding artwork, messages, or colors in the items that you want to buy eg: mugs, t shirts, pillows. www.Printcious.com makes everything exactly to order, so you can be sure that there will not be a replica of your gifts should you decide to design something special for your special someone.

Right now I’m eyeing on personalized t shirts for my husband and son and looking forward to create my own t shirt and let my husband and son wear it.

I’m gonna head over there and create my own masterpiece for my boys to wear. I’ll show you when my specially designed item arrives at my doorstep, but in the meantime, you should hop over there too and make your own personalized gifts. All you need to do is hop over to www.printcious.com, create an account if you haven’t register an account and then place order for any personalized gift items.

And oh, don’t forget to check out their Facebook page and sign up for their newsletter while you’re at it. Plenty of ongoing promotions and discount vouchers is up for grabs.

Personalizing Gifts with Printcious, Precious Gifts From Your Heart

I know Christmas won’t be here yet, but still, December is just two months away from now and it’s time to shop for gifts. One thing about buying gifts is that each and every one of my loved ones is unique and getting gifts that they really will like and cherish is quite challenging. But lucky for me, I discovered that I can actually buy personalized gifts for my loved ones via Printcious.com.

Printcious.com, with the tagline Precious Gifts From Your Heart is an online shop that offers personalized gifts for all occasions and for people from all walks of life.

As of writing, they are offering T-shirt, mugs and pillows for your to personalize.

You can create your own personalized gifts by adding artwork, messages, or colors in the items that you want to buy eg: mugs, t shirts, pillows. www.Printcious.com makes everything exactly to order, so you can be sure that there will not be a replica of your gifts should you decide to design something special for your special someone.

Right now I’m eyeing on personalized t shirts for my husband and son and looking forward to create my own t shirt and let my husband and son wear it.

I’m gonna head over there and create my own masterpiece for my boys to wear. I’ll show you when my specially designed item arrives at my doorstep, but in the meantime, you should hop over there too and make your own personalized gifts. All you need to do is hop over to www.printcious.com, create an account if you haven’t register an account and then place order for any personalized gift items.

And oh, don’t forget to check out their Facebook page and sign up for their newsletter while you’re at it. Plenty of ongoing promotions and discount vouchers is up for grabs.

Media ASEAN Bloggers Tourism Hunt 2015

Tourism Malaysia is taking domestic travel to a higher level and is hosting the  ‘ASEAN Media Bloggers Tourism Hunt 2015’ in October. 

The program aims to promote the tourism products of renowned domestic and international level, especially to the Southeast Asian markets.

A total of 40 Media and Bloggers participants from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philppines, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia involved in this program in the form of ‘fly-drive’ and ‘explore race’. The participants are representatives of the media and bloggers who will be taken to explore the tourism destinations that includes Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Port Dickson and Melaka Historical City.

Define Your Beauty with 1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. I have always believe that, and so, I don’t take eye care lightly. I don’t have perfect vision due to my nasty reading habit when I was still studying and it is one of my greatest regret as an adult.

Wearing specs makes me look nerdy and not very attractive and so I wear contact lenses as if my life depends on it.

One thing about contact lenses is that it is difficult to find those that really suits you and at the same time, enhance your beauty.

Luckily for me though, ACUVUE has developed a revolutionary beauty lenses that actually define your beauty and makes you stand out in the crowd; 1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON.

1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON is a contact lenses brand that promises the wearer a unique benefit which provides a 20 hour cushion of moisture to hydrate the eyes for a full day comfort and offers an international standard of UV protection. This is great for travelers or those who hectic lifestyle like me, as I practically wear contact lenses for the whole day whenever I’m out and about

1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON is designed to really have natural effect on the eyes as the lenses features a sophisticated iris inspired pattern to create greater depth while improving definition of the eyes so its varying translucency create an enhanced but natural shine.

1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON is ideal especially for ladies who wish for instant beauty. Yes ladies, our eyes is one of the most beautiful accessory, and 1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON helps you to do just that. 1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON helps you eyes to shine whole day long without compromising your comfort. It is basically beauty with comfort.

1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON is available in 3 styles and colours:

Natural Shine with Dark Grey Limbal Ring and Gold Shine

Accent Style with Black Limbal Ring

Vivid Style with Brown Limbal Ring.

1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON is disposable contact lenses that comes in 10 lenses pack. These small packs is great for travelers, especially. I could easily stow it away in my bag whenever I go.

The 10 lenses pack 1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON is available at introductory offer of RM50 per box.

I’ll be telling you how good 1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON soon, but should you want to find out more about 1- Day ACUVUE DEFINE with LACREON from ACUVUE, just get in touch with brand contact lenses authorized practitioners and qualified optometrists, or hop over to www.acuvue.com.my or www.facebook.com/AcuvueMalaysia

The Journey to Hello Kitty In Oz Begins

Are you a fan of Hello Kitty? I sure am, and here’s sharing good news with all of you fanboys and fangirls out there.

Hello Kitty as the Great Witch of Oz has made her way to Malaysia. Hello Kitty is making a little Pit Stop at Quill City Mall KL while she’s on her way to Emerald City in Oz.

Giving the public a small taste of the upcoming Oz inspired attraction opening in SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN Puteri Harbour, Johor on 31st October 2015, the ‘Journey to Oz’ roadshow will kick-start at Quill City Mall, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, from 23rd to 25th October, before making its trail in various other states around the country. Visitors to Quill City Mall can look forward to being the first to hear the call of Hello Kitty as the Great Witch to save the enchanted Land of Oz. Hello Kitty in Oz is a themed attraction brought by SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN. Inspired by the timeless Wizard of Oz classic, it presents a whimsical fusion of Hello Kitty and the Wizard of Oz, bringing the cast of both stories to life – the first of its kind in South East Asia.

 

The ‘Journey to Oz’ roadshows will tour around the Country to spread Hello Kitty’s call for Heroes as well as bring a part of the Hello Kitty in Oz experience to her fans.

 

The Hello Kitty in Oz roadshow is specially curated for her fans and their families, who can participate in the Search for Oz – a search and win activity. Visitors will also enjoy character appearances from Hello Kitty, lucky draws, colouring activities for the children, and a themed setting for photo opportunities.

In tandem with this new attraction, SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN will also be opening a special Hello Kitty in Oz retail shop that will carry exclusive limited edition Hello Kitty in Oz collectible merchandises.

Limited edition Hello Kitty in Oz collectible plushie.

Limited edition Hello Kitty in Oz pendants.

With activities suitable for the entire family, Hello Kitty in Oz promises to be a big hit with the young and young at heart.

For more information on the roadshow dates for Hello Kitty in Oz happening at the various states, please visit SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SanrioHelloKittyTown) or visit the official Instagram page https://instagram.com/sanrio_hellokittytown/.