Seafood Buffet Dinner at Mosaic Restaurant, Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur

This is a complimentary buffet dinner for 4 pax using the Elite voucher app, but we decided to just dine for the 2 of us for more privacy. We also redeemed 2 bottles of complimentary red wine and a box of 10 handmade praline chocolates. We also paid for 50% of the citrus green tea powder-covered cake, retailing at $158 at full price. Our 3 days 2 nights stay in Mandarin Oriental (MO) was a business cum leisure trip. We met up with a few clients, attended an interview, and decided to use up the vouchers during the Restricted Movement Control Order (RMCO) in June recently.

Otherwise, we had to stay up cooped in our condo for 3-4 months during the Covid-19 pandemic causing global recession and mayhem around the world. Now in the video above, you can see me in an orange cheongsam blouse eating seafood, namely succulent slipper lobster meat, prawns, and scallops.

I also had some bites of 'satay' or marinated barbequed chicken on skewer sticks with peanut sauce and paired with cut cucumbers and onions. Furthermore, I ate some fruits and small bites here and there, so as not to put on weight unnecessarily. These are raw videos that I added into the InShot App using my 3- year old iPhone 10.

Everything was done in the car on the way back to Penang from Kuala Lumpur, as I was the front passenger in our Benz. Well, this YouTubing is a steep learning curve for me, having paid USD 399 for an online course by Matt Par. He is a youngster, in his early twenties and is crushing it with $30k monthly from his 8-9 YouTube channels. Not bad for someone young without a degree, but he is very motivated and learned. So, why go to college when you can start earning as soon as possible, once you learned the tricks of the trade?

So many hotels in Penang, KL and Ipoh were closed permanently due to no tourists and the hospitality sector was badly affected by the pandemic. Well-known hotels like Jazz, Tanjung Bungah Hotel, Holiday Inn Hotel, G Hotel, and more were either closed indefinitely or put up for sale at this point in time.

Hence, in the meantime, stay safe at home and practice social distancing.

My Stay in Mandarin Oriental for a Business Trip

Above is a video done by yours truly here using InShot for a 1:1 ratio. I hope to make it to 16:9 ratio for a rectangular wider angle view but yet to explore the full features of InShot, which is a basic movie and picture editor with sound tracks and animated Gifs that can be added for the extra spruce. I just came back from a business trip to Kuala Lumpur and took the opportunity after Covid-19 lockdown to use up the free Elite vouchers in an app that was paid for by my spouse.

We saved a lot of money using this Elite membership that offers a 50% discount stay in Mandarin Oriental room with up to 3 vouchers of upgrade, 2 free bottles of red or white wine, a free buffet dinner for 4 at Mosaic Restaurant, 50% voucher for a 1 kg cake (choices include green citrus, pink lady, chocolate, cheese and durian cheesecake - that is the most popular)

Here, in this video, you can see the cozy ambience of the room with double views of the Petronas twin towers and a partial view of the gardens in KLCC. We celebrated our anniversary of being together since 2004, till now. A feat that is not easy to accomplish, what more with work commitments and being available to type round the clock at times.

Well, there are pros and cons. Sometimes you have to bear with the tantrums too. So, it is not all rosy as you might think working in a home office with your spouse who is your boss too. When it comes to work, there is No Grace and strictly commitment to get the job done in a timely manner. Clients can be demanding too, expecting the quotation immediately.

Hence it is good to take a breather from all these stress of life. Anyway, the above is a working trip and I took the rate opportunity to shoot this video for posterity. We were away from the room most of the time, travelling to clients' sites and attending an interview. Okay, I won't divulge further and will take a break here. Good night.

Unto Thee O Lord - Gospel Song

Thisis a refreshing song entitled, "Unto Thee O Lord." The lyrics are as below: It is good to listen to songs of praise or Christian Gospel to overcome the evil one and the treachery of this journey called life. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God - Matthew 4:4

Lyrics

Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Oh my God, I trust in Thee,
Let me not be ashamed
Let not mine enemies triumph over me

Yea, let none that wait on Thee be ashamed
Yea, let none that wait on Thee be ashamed
Oh my God, I trust in Thee
Let me not be ashamed
Let not mine enemies triumph over me

Show me Thy ways, Thy ways Oh Lord
Teach me Thy paths, Thy paths Oh Lord
Oh my God, I trust in Thee,
Let me not be ashamed
Let not mine enemies triumph over me

Remember not the sins of my youth
Remember not the sins of my youth
Oh my God, I trust in Thee
Let me not be ashamed
Let not mine enemies triumph over me

Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Oh my God, I trust in Thee
Let me not be ashamed
Let not mine enemies triumph over me

Oh my God, I trust in Thee
Let me not be ashamed
Let not mine enemies triumph over me

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Charles Monroe