TuneTalk – Now everyone can Talk!

I know you must be saying me bragging Air Asia’s slogan, but Tune Talk who is under the Tune Group Companies come out the brand new mobile prepaid, which indirectly tell me NOW EVERYONE CAN TALK!

We just receive the fresh stock yesterday, so I was still a bit blank of how this things works. Bear in mind, this is something from Tune, it must be ExtraOrdinary from the ordinary Telcos. Truth to be told, the uniqueness of its systems makes me so curious to find out more about TuneTalk!

New starter pack is only RM5 consist of RM5 value.
Call Rate: 22sens/min Flat
SMS: 5sen/sms

You’ll be covered with RM100,000 insurance if your line stay active and top up RM30 per month.

There are a lot more benefit which you can grab here, such as “free AirAsia Vouchers?” … hohoho..;)

This brand new mobile prepaid  with leading number 0105 continue with your own desired number. All you have to do is, login to their official website, and get yourself an account, and start picking up yr favourite number. Sounds like picking yr hot seat huh? Yeah, that’s quite similar.

This is the 1st ever customer from Miri holding the TuneTalk. The procedures are quite fun, just like buying some ToTo / 4D numbers. For me its seems like a game, switching number as I like, and it is just a few clicks!

Let me show you how it works..

The current numbers starts with either 010-52 /53 / 54.

The numbers you had chosen will shown on the screen, and follow by sequence.

Just as simple as 123, I’ve done my selection!

He did the registration online, and pick-up the Sim Card from us.

If you are not an active internet user, you might think all these are not user friendly. Nope, you are wrong. You may come directly to any of the TuneTalk’s dealer and buy a new number on the spot.  The number will be given randomly once you activate your number. If you dislike the number, you may reject and key in 4digits of your desired number. By then the system will assign u a new number.

This is the number he picked and its activated!

TuneTalk.com, pick up your new number today.
Sometimes RM5 its even cheaper than a plate of rice

P/s:  Shhh.. if you don’t like the number you’ve chosen, you can change it online anytime!! It is so easy! But I bet no one would simply change their numbers unless he/she been stalked by someone.

Oops again, I almost forget that I have a blog!!!

That was written on my Facebook’s status. I realize I’m once again neglected my blog hence I would grab this chance to blog about our Company’s Annual Dinner. Its a retreat for all the staffs who have work for us.

It was held on 18th August 2009, at Miri Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club. For those who are not familiar with Miri, Eastwood is actually one of the biggest golf field in Miri while it also consist of Chalet and Ballroom which allow you to hold activities.

This is the whole bunch of us, roughly around 50 person. The event was very successful.

Alex were there to attend the dinner too. 

The function was held at Jelutong Hall. We are given our own private room in order for us to play around.

Everyone enjoy the night! Include this fat guy who was kissed all over by another male.. Poor Leslie!

The dinner ended at 11pm. Party was not over yet, we hopped over to Victoria Cocktail, Bar & KTV.Victoria is also part of Eastwood. This is my first ever visit as it has been talk by everyone about how good and how great is the sound system at Victoria.

This is the main entrance, a series of  Zodiac on the wall.
The overall looks grand, lots of people has been commenting its quite enjoyable environment.

There are some private room for Karaoke, or you would prefer public bar and join the crowd at the dancing pool.

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This is the stage. DJ is controlling music up there.

This time is my brother’s treat. Everyone gets wild and drunk!
Which include of my brother became the Dj of Victoria!!

Everyone enjoy the night, drunk, happy but don’t worry, everything is still under control.

Watch out for their upcoming events at Victoria, I heard that there will be Merdeka Party over there too!

Old Town White Coffee, I wish you are here.

I wish, I want and I wonder, when will OLD TOWN WHITE COFFEE enter Miri Market? Not to say Miri but Sarawak. Old town White Coffee established 121 outlets in Malaysia, except Sarawak. Rumors has been spreading that Old Town will be here shortly but is that real?

I like Old Town, maybe due to its popularity which is almost compatible with Starbucks. There has been several outlets copying the concept of Old Town. For instance the newly Open Uncle DOM in Sibu and we have Ipoh Town instead of Old Town in Miri and some other not-so-famous outlets.

Old Town White Coffee @ NewWorld, Jalan Burma

I heart Old Town mainly because of its menu and their comfy environment. During our last visit to Penang, Alex and I were craving for food after movie at Prangin Mall. Lucky enough, we have easy access toOld Town which is just located next to Tune hotel. It makes Jalan Burma livelier even at 12 midnight!

How can I missed such a good chance to eat the very delicious OldTown Ipoh Chicken Hor Fun?

Yeah, you know what I wanna eat today?

Their friendly staff would come and check my order in a short while.

My Favorite, Kaya & Butter Toast

Other than White Coffee, they serve other cold beverages too!

But now back to my concern, if really Old Town coming into Miri, how long could it survive? Looking at all the big franchises blooming in Miri market, I start to worry. I can’t see much people queuing at Big Apple nowadays compare to months ago. There has been 2 Secret Recipe now, where the occupancy not even up to half of it.

I’ve made a survey, owning the license its not an easy task, u need $. A lot of $.
Some more in Miri market, do you think they are willing to spend so much on toasted bread and cup of coffee which you can actually get it from normal coffee shop?

The basic requirement to own the license is you must at least have a net worth of RM500,000 and liquidity of RM600,000 and the license is RM60,000.

Empty chairs are wait to be seated..

Hoping that the rich tycoon in Miri would like to bring this business in, by then, the empty chairs will be seated by me!

I heart OldTown so much, do you?

I gotta slap myself, stop thinking of food! Stop it!

This could be my first review for Tune Hotels, for the fact that I thought there should be a lot of people blogging about it. Somehow, I guess from my experiences with Tune Hotels, maybe I should be sharing it too.

So far, Tune Hotels are expanding. We’ve stayed in KK (one borneo) , Kuching (waterfront) and the latest Penang (Downtown). If its not because there’s an option to stay at 5-star sleeping experience at a 1-star, I bet all the above places I couldn’t have visited.

The most recent trip we’ve done was to Penang. Like I mentioned before, we were supposed to go Phuket, but we have change our mind and reroute to Penang. The room was booked 1 week earlier, and to my surprise, the room rates is only RM36 +/-. (tax / aircond 12 hours incl.)

HDR photos of Tune Hotel Downtown Penang

Getting There
We took a local bus from the Sg. Nibong Bus Terminal. You may choose to take a taxi but I think that would be much more expensive compare to RM1.50 per person.

Rapid bus: T304
Destination: Jalan Burma (Tune Hotel)
Fare: RM1.50

Tune Hotel Down Town Penang:

03-7962-5888
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Check-in to Tune Hotel Downtown Penang

Welcome to Tune Hotel Downtown Penang.

The lobby area is located at the 1st floor of the building.

We were there just on time to Check In, you can’t be there too early, they won’t entertain you. That was my experience in KK where they are quite lenient in cases like this, so don’t ever think to gain more hours of stay by go there earlier. This is not the same as other hotels.

The check in process are simple, and fast but then you gotta pay RM10 as a deposit for the key card then you’ll get the refund when you check out. Also if you would like to rent for the towels and toiletries, do let the service staff know. They will help you on that.

The staffs are well trained and very friendly, regardless of race.
We’ve always face situation where the service industrial will be biased in between foreigner and local customers. But this could never happen at Tune! Well done!

Let’s show you around the Lobby Area.


Other than the waiting area, there’s also a small cafeteria for a cup of tea.

You can also grab some travel leaflets and plan ahead your trip in Penang.

The best part, there’s free internet service. To be fair, you can only have 10minutes per use. At least can update my Facebook saying “I’m here in Tune Hotel Down Town Penang!“.

Check In is done, let’s go to the room! *wink*

I guess the lift is sponsored by Nippon Paint =.=

As advertised, there are 5 reasons to stay at Tune Hotels.

Let’s check it out, how true could that be?

5-star beds

Seriously , it is so comfortable that you wish to bring the bed home !

Although the room might not be as spacious as the other 5 stars hotel, but I think it consist of everything that I need and cut off all the unnecessary!

These are not wallpapers but its painted! Nice!

Power showers

I really like the bath room, especially the power showers. This would be my concept bathroom when my house is ready. Neat and the glass door would be nice for someone to peep you while you are taking bath. Ahak!

Central & convenient locations

Every Tune Hotels locate at the best and strategic place in town. For instance, we have all the best food surrounding us, and it was just a few minutes walks to the heritage site and shopping malls. Check out my food hunting post, and you’ll know how convenient it is.

Penang Eat Only Trip | Jalan Selamat | New World Park
Under the same building of Tune Hotels, there’s also 7-11 convenient store , CIMB Bank Kiosk, Captran – tour assistant and also a massage center.

Clean environment

I would say that the rooms are well maintain, and the cleanliness are always top. At Tunes, they care about Earth Resources. Less Waste, More Earth.

24-hour security

For security wise, other than using the new key card access system, they also have a small safe deposit box inside the room. There’s also security guarding the hotel entrance. If compared to KK (one borneo)’s experience, the Penang’s is doing far more better than my expectations.

Thumb Ups for Tune hotels, and double up credits to Tune Hotel DownTown Penang.

Tune Hotel during day time

Tune hotel at night..

This has been my best experience staying at Tune Hotel. Have you plan your next travel destination? If not, do consider Penang, there’s no regret on it.

Its been a while since the launch of I Love Miri Forum.

There’s a lot of people come to me and ask, what is this forum for? I would simply ask them, do you love Miri? If so, then get yourself active in the forum to show your love of Miri City.

At least that’s a little contribution to Miri that we could do.

ILM is just a few months old baby, in order to make it better, we need to give more exposure on it. The stickers are just done, let’s take a look how the stickers work.

We have 2 types of stickers.

1. The stick on type.

It can be sticked on the car surface.

Or can be on your laptop.

Or on the window glass.

2. We have road tax sticker type.

This can only stick on glass window but its hassle free, you can put it on and take it off anytime.

The stickers are for sale at RM2 and RM5 respectively.
Forum members may claim for FREE by exchanging their coins from the forum. Isn’t it fun?

In fact, we have start distributing our stickers at some public places. If you happen to spot one, do let us know. Who knows you’ll get rewarded?

Please login to ILM for more information. Have Fun! I Love Miri!!!

I strongly believe kids nowadays are smarter, they expose more things compare to us in the old days, but still, I prefer cute and adorable kid just like this.

This is Eve or I prefer to call her En’En for her Chinese short name. She is Alex’s niece.

She’s smart enough to differentiate who is good and who is bad!
Its not easy to win a kid’s heart, especially En’En.

We bought her Vitagen and brought her to Pizza Hut.

Only by then, she start to get closer with us.

See her smile, so adorable right?
She likes to have outdoor activities, she is enjoying walking here and there at the relatives house..

Checking out the surroundings..

She’s pointing down the flowers..

Her favorite pose is High5.

I didn’t teach her, I bet it must be her mom who did that.
Hahah…

Alright times up!
Time to go home, she wanna go shh shh now!

Bye everyone….
I’ll come back again next time..

A kid should be like this, Don’t you think so?

I’ve missed the moment of 123456789. Which I didn’t even aware of its occurrence, not until Alex told me and patiently described to me what is 12345789. Just in case you are noob like me, then here you go..

Yesterday at the time of 12 pm 34 mins 56 seconds dated 07.08.09 . It was a Big Moment Day that could only happen once a century. By the next 2109, I won’t know where would I be..

Life has been busy for me, busy for work and as well as for the forum. Simultaneously, time for blogging become less and lazier.

Some coffee time update, went to Starbucks for a big glass of Mocha which I ended up to be too energetic and can’t fall asleep.

Miri is growing rapidly, more like a City with all the big brands blooming around. Other than Starbucks, we have the latest Sushi King, Big Apple Donuts, Secret Recipe,Marry Brown, Delifrance, Coffee Beans and San Francisco. Have you ever think, how many of us would actually afford to spend on these everyday?

If it’s not because of this RM10 voucher, I bet it could be quite hard for me to step in here.

Cosy environment which would make you feel classy and elegant while sipping your coffee inside.

Yay! My Mocha Frapp add on with Coffee Jelly.
Coffee Jelly is a new product from Starbucks. It’s definitely taste like glass jelly (cincau) even the texture also the same. The only different, it is Coffee Cincau. +.=

Hazelnut, want some?

Once in a blue, its good to pamper ourselves. At least we do have some good moments chit chatting & kepo-ing.

Luoon and Muh Hwa

Mike and Yuzi

Muh Hwa and Me…

Grand Total : RM16.80
Deduct the Voucher , I still have to pay RM6.80.

I gotta admit, this way of spending I can’t do it everyday. But once a blue with a bunch of old friends, and from our smiles , I bet its worth it.