Good Times

A bit of an art installation: "Good Times". Our second mini fridge is hard at work to keep us hydrated. 
 

Practical Hotel Joke

Nowadays, Agoda highlights that hotels offer "Free Mini Bar" options. Sounds good? Yeah! Let's do this. Remember, back in the days, there were all sorts of drinks. Beer and sometimes even Vodka, Scotch in minis was to be had. With that kind of expectation, one books a room with the free mini bar option. 

To find this sad arrangement. Maybe not sad, but upsetting. I wish, hotels would NOT advertise this and just give you RM 2.20 worth of unhealthy drinks. Had this not just once, but twice, in 2 hotels in 2 nights.

This is the same as offering Breakfast in the form of having a pre-war toaster, a slop of rancid butter and some jam on a plate where everyone sticks their knife into: I would they rather not have that option. 

 

You must be useful

If you ever feel useless, remember this shoe rack!
 

Pointing out the A** End

 While the police is "managing" traffic at this intersection in Bukit Bintang, one gets more time to stare at ads, like this 3-D visual.

However, the only thing that stays in my mind is that someone had to highlight the cat's a++hole by putting a cross over it. Would it not have been better to simply fur it?

I leave you with this image in your head to ponder the rest of the day, maybe during your lunch break.

What nonsense is this offer???

 Agoda. Platinum VIP user. Benefits. Great.

Latest offer says "Free Mini Bar". Of course, growing up in the 80s and 90s, this meant minis and beers. I have since gotten to grips that there is no more free alcohol in the minibar in hotels. Fine. 

Now, excited about the "FREE MINI BAR", I booked 2 nights in 2 hotels, both having the same offer. THIS is what I found. Sugary drinks, worth like 1 EURO. Nothing healthy, nothing alcoholic. Just an embarrassment. 

I would rather they charge me 4 times what I pay in the supermarket for the convenience of having a cold drink right there when I check in than this abomination of an "offer". I am happy to spend on the hotel experience, often opting for bigger rooms, club floor etc. Just lump in another 10 EURO and give me 6 - 8 free drinks. Of which ONE could be a beer. 

Inflation is Real!

I found this on an machine in a Maybank branch here in Malaysia. The usual question would be: "What must have happened for this to become an issue that needs to be pointed out. First of, we might be among the very last users of cheques. Even I now use WISE for personal transactions.

Meanwhile, would you want to run around the place with a cheque of that size? Most people may not even know how to treat a cheque so that it cannot be banked in by just any bearer. I never had a cheque book until I got to Malaysia though.

Brutalism

Who needs signage when you have a paint spray can? Stumbled upon this while wandering about Sibu, East Malaysia. If anything, it is memorable. 

Also memorable, the buttered coffee. For reasons I cannot fathom, in some places they put a lump of butter into coffee. Recommended to try, but I am not a fan. I keep it to black, no nonsense.