Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Otters Spotted in the Wild (Terengganu River)
Today I was doing my usual, loading Pelangi's supplies. As I was loading the supplies, from the corner of my eye, I noticed some "rat" looking animal dashed and entered the water... It swam past me, under the water but from a quick glance, it looked like an otter.
At first, I doubt it was an otter, as the otters that I have seen are all on TV and it is always in a river where these little cute rascals are running around in the wild... hmm.... then again this is a river.... a very polluted, but still a river.... hmm...
Anyway, these little rascal look really cute in real life. Sorry, but that is the best quality from my phone camera.
Eric
Monday, April 12, 2010
Turtle Conservation Center
Do you know that?
Read more about it here
We are taking this opportunity to urge you to help us in helping the turtles! Visit the Turtle Conservation Center today! You can help in buying the merchandise, or adopt one of the terrapins!
EL
"For sea turtles, fisheries bycatch is the most serious, acute threat to the persistence of their populations,"
"Anywhere from 5 to 20 pounds of bycatch -- turtles, fish, mammals, invertebrates, coral -- is removed from the ocean to catch enough for just a pound of shrimp,"
Read more about it here
We are taking this opportunity to urge you to help us in helping the turtles! Visit the Turtle Conservation Center today! You can help in buying the merchandise, or adopt one of the terrapins!
EL
Friday, April 9, 2010
Plan for Redang!
See here:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/9/nation/6023260&sec=nation
Our dear Menteri Besar has GREAT plan for Redang!
As a resort operator, we also wish that we could increase the price, to as high as USD 500, however have the MB considered this affordable to Malaysians? What will happen to travelling within Malaysia? Does he think that we will be able to attract more foreigners?
Travelling should be affordable to all, and should cater for all markets. We should NOT discriminate lower market travellers.
Backpackers will cry, no one will come to Redang and we will all be in trouble!
No proper seawage system? NO proper electricity supply? No proper water supply!?
yes, government, you should do something about it!
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/9/nation/6023260&sec=nation
Our dear Menteri Besar has GREAT plan for Redang!
As a resort operator, we also wish that we could increase the price, to as high as USD 500, however have the MB considered this affordable to Malaysians? What will happen to travelling within Malaysia? Does he think that we will be able to attract more foreigners?
Travelling should be affordable to all, and should cater for all markets. We should NOT discriminate lower market travellers.
Backpackers will cry, no one will come to Redang and we will all be in trouble!
No proper seawage system? NO proper electricity supply? No proper water supply!?
yes, government, you should do something about it!
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Pulau Redang aims to lure the rich with room rates no less than RM1,600
By R.S.N. MURALI
KUALA TERENGGANU: Pulau Redang — rated as one of the world’s most beautiful islands — is set to be turned into a getaway exclusively for the rich and famous.
Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the state government would no longer approve the construction of chalet-type accommodation on the renowned island, which is much visited by the diving community.
“Only hotels rated five-star and above will be allowed to be built,” he said when met after the state assembly sitting here yesterday.
In future, only wealthy individuals would be able to afford holidays in Pulau Redang as hotel rooms will cost no less than US$500 (RM1,599) a night, Ahmad said.
He that said with the decision to turn the island into a high-end holiday destination, current chalets catering for backpackers would have to upgrade and raise their rates.
Asked if the move would draw criticism from non-governmental organisations, Ahmad said it was the only way to save the surrounding rich marine life and prevent environmental destruction due to pollution and indiscriminate littering.
“Some of the budget accommodation places on the island have no proper sewage system and waste is directed to the sea, and this destroys the corals,” he said.
Apart from that, Pulau Redang is a jewel for Terengganu and the 10th most beautiful island in the world, Ahmad said.
“Efforts must be made to save the island from deteriorating environmentally. Those on budget excursions can visit other islands like Pulau Kapas and Pulau Perhentian that are equally charming.”
Pulau Redang, a popular holiday destination for locals as well as foreigners, attracts about 100,000 visitors annually including many who flock there to visit the marine park.
Terengganu Tourist Association deputy president Alex Lee lauded the move, saying that it was time for Malaysia to create its own niche market.
“Redang has only one five-star hotel and others are mostly budget accomodations,” he said.
He believed the move by Ahmad was initiated out of concern for the environment as damage to the corals had been extensive.
The owner of an eight-room hotel in Redang, however, was worried that his livelihood would be affected if Pulau Redang became an exclusive holiday destination.
He said the move would affect many holidaymakers, both local and foreign, who would not be able to afford to stay in Pulau Redang if the state government went ahead with the niche market proposal.
“I hope the state government will meet budget hotel and chalet operators in Redang to get our views and include us in the planning,” said the man, who wanted to be known only as Dina,
He also said the state government should ensure there was proper drainage and sewage on the island for better waste disposal.
Another chalet operator, Nik Kamal Nik Husin, 43, said the move would only burden the villagers on the island as many were renting out rooms to budget travellers.
He also said only a handful of irresponsible chalet operators were directing the waste into the sea.
The state government, he said, should build a centralised sewage treatment to deal with the waste disposal problem.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sea Water Kills iPhones!
Today, someone of the higher ups got an iphone 3G soaked with some Redang sea water.
Thus the iphone turned into an itouch, with an additional SMS function.
So guys, beware of your personal belongings while you're on the boat. Try to keep those goddamned gadgets safely away from salt water! Just like your airplane safety precautions, deal with them after you've landed safely.
We are sorry to inform you that we will not hold any responsibilities for the pity soaked gadgets.
But look at it on the brighter side, 新的不去，旧的不来 ! Look who's getting a new iphone for compensation. THANK YOU LOVELY SISTA <3
*oops i just spilt the milk ;)
Thus the iphone turned into an itouch, with an additional SMS function.
So guys, beware of your personal belongings while you're on the boat. Try to keep those goddamned gadgets safely away from salt water! Just like your airplane safety precautions, deal with them after you've landed safely.
We are sorry to inform you that we will not hold any responsibilities for the pity soaked gadgets.
But look at it on the brighter side, 新的不去，旧的不来 ! Look who's getting a new iphone for compensation. THANK YOU LOVELY SISTA <3
*oops i just spilt the milk ;)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
I love Redang Pelangi
Here's another snapshot of I Love Redang & Redang Pelangi 20 Years T-shirt by CS's group.
EL
Sunday, March 21, 2010
We Love Redang
Here's a snapshot of Danix's group wearing the "I Love Redang" t-shirts.
Do you love Redang?
EL
Private Speedboat?
One of our staff went to the Jetty to pick up a guest who has just checked out yesterday. Our dear guest looked at her and said, "weren't you in the island and the one who sent me off to the jetty? How did you arrive earlier than me, and you were not on the same boat?"
The girl said, "well, I have a private speedboat, that took me out such that I could greet you here!"
Our guest looked surprise.
Little did he know that we have a pair of twin in the resort and office.
We will not mention the names, it is for you to find out! :)
EL
The girl said, "well, I have a private speedboat, that took me out such that I could greet you here!"
Our guest looked surprise.
Little did he know that we have a pair of twin in the resort and office.
We will not mention the names, it is for you to find out! :)
EL
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Redang Pelangi Cupcakes
Look what we received today (actually June 2009)... Redang Pelangi Cupcakes... It was a very thoughtful and sweet of the guest to drop it off to us....
Anyway if you are staying in KT and needed some cupcakes as gifts, you could order them from this lady. I guess sometimes we take for granted that everything that is available in KL, might not be necessary be available in KT! Where is my CINEMA!!!
Anyway if you are staying in KT and needed some cupcakes as gifts, you could order them from this lady. I guess sometimes we take for granted that everything that is available in KL, might not be necessary be available in KT! Where is my CINEMA!!!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Accidents
We almost had 2 accidents today in Redang, both from other resorts.
We advised all guests to watch out, be careful and play in teams. Do not go out to the sea alone, or even without your life jacket. The sea is rough.
EL
We advised all guests to watch out, be careful and play in teams. Do not go out to the sea alone, or even without your life jacket. The sea is rough.
EL
The Do's & Dont's in RPR
DO :
1. Log on to our Facebook Group / Blog / Website to update yourself with our promotions and news live from KT / RPR.
2. Make your booking early, and pay early to secure your room!
- We may have some customers who book last minute and it's kinda frustrating when you can't get to be together with everyone when there's not enough rooms. So book in advance especially during public holidays and damnned school holidays!
3. Upon leaving to Kuala Terengganu, make sure you wear shorts.
- The journey to the island, if by speed boat may be somewhat welcoming with the splashing sea water (at times). And also, when you touch down to the island, it would be so much convenient to walk on sand with shorts! If you suay suay kena the sea water while you're wearing a pair of long trousers, then hailat.
4. Treat RPR like your own home, with respect I mean.
- Preserve the beauty within the resort (and also the public beach) so that you can come back with the same beauty as always.
5. Clear your tables after meals.
- It would be a great help if customers would kindly clear their dishes after every meal possible so that the next customers who would dine in at the canteen / tables near the pub etc. would be able to enjoy their meals with comfort. You wouldn't wanna have your meal with some other people's chicken bones left on the table would you? ;)
6. Snorkelling equipments are there for your safety, espiecially the goddamned life jackets.
- To those who do not know how to swim, life jackets are definitely essential and would be something like their life savours. To customers who know how to swim, please try to use the life jackets coz you wouldn't be able to predict the current underwater. Currents might be strong at times and if you don't have the preparation for that, it's gonna be a tough time swimming from an end to another end.
7. Always listen to your snorkelling guides.
- Briefing upon snorkelling will guide you to the knowledge of using the masks and life jackets properly. It would be quite a fuss if water gets into your mask or if you do not know how to inhale with the snorkel. So do listen to them with full concentration to enjoy your snorkelling trip! All we want for you is to have fun. And follow them during trips because they will introduce you with the underwater creatures / corals you may not know they existed.
8. Visit the Baby Sharks. They won't bite!
- To those of you who have not been to Redang, the Baby Shark bay is just around the corner. Seriously, they don't bite! No accidents of baby shark attacks have happened before, and it will never happen. Be confident and well assured about that. If you manage to see all of them, there is a group of 6-7 of them and you can brag about that to your friends, how cool!
9. Rent the underwater camera from the receptionist. It's worth every of your penny.
- How often would you visit Redang? Snap funny underwater pictures as memories. Capture the cute living animals you see underwater. Show it to your friends and make them come again with you. A CD copy of your pictures will be provided, and if you want to frame them on cups or such, ask for it! (Extra charges may apply)
10. PARTY YOUR NIGHT, DON'T STAY IN THE ROOM.
- That's part of of your reason to have fun. Disco starts at 10:30p.m. Experience a different disco style where no formal, shoes, or even shirts are needed! Say what? Yes. Sweat all you can and feel comfortable with it. Make friends in the pub, and maybe you might get laid? But please remember your safety precautions ;)
DONT :
1. Litter. The dustbins are there for a reason.
- Keep the area clean as possible. More and more people are flooding Redang Island and it's gonna be hard for us all to keep the cleanliness of the resort and the beach. So lend your hand, put some patience, and keep clean. Feed the dustbins with some rubbish will ya?
2. Throw anything into the sea, except for breads for the fishes.
- Plastic bags, especially, are seen by turtles as jelly fishes. As humanly, they will die if they eat any sort of non-jelly-fish objects. Breads are available at the reception, if you feed the fishes, a flock of them will gather around you in a flash!
3. Touch or step on corals.
- Some snorkelling sites may have shallow corals or rocks where it is within hand's reach. Touching them may result them to die. THIS IS TRUE. And also for your own safety. Some corals are extremely slippery and it may cut you at times, especially in Marine Park. Always be cautious. Poisonous corals may cause burns too. Underwater infections are harder to heal than land cuts.
4. Leave the air conds on when you're not in the room.
- We generate our electricity by gen-sets. Fuel and maintanence used for the 2 big idiots are kinda costly. So help us by saving our electricity? And also, this keeps the green house warming away. Let other resorts die with heat. Keep RPR cool!
5. Apply too much sunblock.
- Sunblock is definitely important. But apply moderately, coz sunblock will harm the corals! We have the full article on our website already. Think of it this way, if you don't go home with a sunblock, where's the major proof that you have had fun in RPR?
6. Lock yourselves in the room.
- There are lots of things you can do outside the room. Volleyball, card games, congkak, mahjong (oooh my favourite), sight seeing, eating etc. Enjoy your stay and make use of your 3D2N packages :D
7. Feed squirrels with the food provided for customers.
- As mentioned, the bread and biscuits are for customers, don't waste them on the squirrels. They have their own food, but they just wanna get cheeky with us. They are quite fake one loh actually. And unlike the cute baby sharks, these squirrels might bite can!
8. Bring shoes into the island.
- There's no point of wearing shoes in Redang. It's not like Langkawi or some other islands with concrete roads or such. Slippers or barefooted are the best solutions. Sand might get captured in your shoes and it's gonna be quite a big annoyance.
With love,
Little Rascal
(I'm actually quite decent one ok. Not like the previous picture :P)
1. Log on to our Facebook Group / Blog / Website to update yourself with our promotions and news live from KT / RPR.
2. Make your booking early, and pay early to secure your room!
- We may have some customers who book last minute and it's kinda frustrating when you can't get to be together with everyone when there's not enough rooms. So book in advance especially during public holidays and damnned school holidays!
3. Upon leaving to Kuala Terengganu, make sure you wear shorts.
- The journey to the island, if by speed boat may be somewhat welcoming with the splashing sea water (at times). And also, when you touch down to the island, it would be so much convenient to walk on sand with shorts! If you suay suay kena the sea water while you're wearing a pair of long trousers, then hailat.
4. Treat RPR like your own home, with respect I mean.
- Preserve the beauty within the resort (and also the public beach) so that you can come back with the same beauty as always.
5. Clear your tables after meals.
- It would be a great help if customers would kindly clear their dishes after every meal possible so that the next customers who would dine in at the canteen / tables near the pub etc. would be able to enjoy their meals with comfort. You wouldn't wanna have your meal with some other people's chicken bones left on the table would you? ;)
6. Snorkelling equipments are there for your safety, espiecially the goddamned life jackets.
- To those who do not know how to swim, life jackets are definitely essential and would be something like their life savours. To customers who know how to swim, please try to use the life jackets coz you wouldn't be able to predict the current underwater. Currents might be strong at times and if you don't have the preparation for that, it's gonna be a tough time swimming from an end to another end.
7. Always listen to your snorkelling guides.
- Briefing upon snorkelling will guide you to the knowledge of using the masks and life jackets properly. It would be quite a fuss if water gets into your mask or if you do not know how to inhale with the snorkel. So do listen to them with full concentration to enjoy your snorkelling trip! All we want for you is to have fun. And follow them during trips because they will introduce you with the underwater creatures / corals you may not know they existed.
8. Visit the Baby Sharks. They won't bite!
- To those of you who have not been to Redang, the Baby Shark bay is just around the corner. Seriously, they don't bite! No accidents of baby shark attacks have happened before, and it will never happen. Be confident and well assured about that. If you manage to see all of them, there is a group of 6-7 of them and you can brag about that to your friends, how cool!
9. Rent the underwater camera from the receptionist. It's worth every of your penny.
- How often would you visit Redang? Snap funny underwater pictures as memories. Capture the cute living animals you see underwater. Show it to your friends and make them come again with you. A CD copy of your pictures will be provided, and if you want to frame them on cups or such, ask for it! (Extra charges may apply)
10. PARTY YOUR NIGHT, DON'T STAY IN THE ROOM.
- That's part of of your reason to have fun. Disco starts at 10:30p.m. Experience a different disco style where no formal, shoes, or even shirts are needed! Say what? Yes. Sweat all you can and feel comfortable with it. Make friends in the pub, and maybe you might get laid? But please remember your safety precautions ;)
DONT :
1. Litter. The dustbins are there for a reason.
- Keep the area clean as possible. More and more people are flooding Redang Island and it's gonna be hard for us all to keep the cleanliness of the resort and the beach. So lend your hand, put some patience, and keep clean. Feed the dustbins with some rubbish will ya?
2. Throw anything into the sea, except for breads for the fishes.
- Plastic bags, especially, are seen by turtles as jelly fishes. As humanly, they will die if they eat any sort of non-jelly-fish objects. Breads are available at the reception, if you feed the fishes, a flock of them will gather around you in a flash!
3. Touch or step on corals.
- Some snorkelling sites may have shallow corals or rocks where it is within hand's reach. Touching them may result them to die. THIS IS TRUE. And also for your own safety. Some corals are extremely slippery and it may cut you at times, especially in Marine Park. Always be cautious. Poisonous corals may cause burns too. Underwater infections are harder to heal than land cuts.
4. Leave the air conds on when you're not in the room.
- We generate our electricity by gen-sets. Fuel and maintanence used for the 2 big idiots are kinda costly. So help us by saving our electricity? And also, this keeps the green house warming away. Let other resorts die with heat. Keep RPR cool!
5. Apply too much sunblock.
- Sunblock is definitely important. But apply moderately, coz sunblock will harm the corals! We have the full article on our website already. Think of it this way, if you don't go home with a sunblock, where's the major proof that you have had fun in RPR?
6. Lock yourselves in the room.
- There are lots of things you can do outside the room. Volleyball, card games, congkak, mahjong (oooh my favourite), sight seeing, eating etc. Enjoy your stay and make use of your 3D2N packages :D
7. Feed squirrels with the food provided for customers.
- As mentioned, the bread and biscuits are for customers, don't waste them on the squirrels. They have their own food, but they just wanna get cheeky with us. They are quite fake one loh actually. And unlike the cute baby sharks, these squirrels might bite can!
8. Bring shoes into the island.
- There's no point of wearing shoes in Redang. It's not like Langkawi or some other islands with concrete roads or such. Slippers or barefooted are the best solutions. Sand might get captured in your shoes and it's gonna be quite a big annoyance.
With love,
Little Rascal
(I'm actually quite decent one ok. Not like the previous picture :P)
Thursday, March 18, 2010
April
Many of you may have heard of April's name, may have spoken to her but may not know her!
Here she is!
As you can see, April is a very very busy woman in the office. She does not only reservation, purchasing but also takes care of daily operation. She is a great asset to be in the organization.
Thank you!
EL
Weather Forecast
I must admit, the weather forecast have been pretty accurate lately.
Before 2nd week of March, we have been having great sea condition despite the hot and dry weather. By then we realised that the monsoon would be coming again, and had arranged for goods, food and diesel to be sent in before the wind starts. Thanks to the weather forecast that we have been rather helpful.
We will be expecting some more rain this weekend, and some rough sea condition. It won't be as bad as last week, but this may be the end of monsoon.
Well, this is what we call the change of monsoon. Every year, most often in March, we experience this scenario whereby the wind changes. The best way to explain this is perhaps equivalent to mood swings. It comes unexpectedly and suddenly. After which, we will have mostly calm weather till the end of the year, sometime in October, and then the monsoon comes again.
We will continue to monitor the weather condition for the following few days and hopefully the sea stabilizes such that our guests would enjoy the best of Redang.
Here's the forecast for the next few days:
Before 2nd week of March, we have been having great sea condition despite the hot and dry weather. By then we realised that the monsoon would be coming again, and had arranged for goods, food and diesel to be sent in before the wind starts. Thanks to the weather forecast that we have been rather helpful.
We will be expecting some more rain this weekend, and some rough sea condition. It won't be as bad as last week, but this may be the end of monsoon.
Well, this is what we call the change of monsoon. Every year, most often in March, we experience this scenario whereby the wind changes. The best way to explain this is perhaps equivalent to mood swings. It comes unexpectedly and suddenly. After which, we will have mostly calm weather till the end of the year, sometime in October, and then the monsoon comes again.
We will continue to monitor the weather condition for the following few days and hopefully the sea stabilizes such that our guests would enjoy the best of Redang.
Here's the forecast for the next few days:
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Greetings!
Hi hi hi,
Greetings from all of us.
In conjunction with our 20th anniversary this year, we thought perhaps we should reach out to our guests further, and hence the birth of this blog.
This blog will feature our history, our staff, latest news and information in island, as well as photos. We hope with this, you will know us better.
Stay tune!
EL
Greetings from all of us.
In conjunction with our 20th anniversary this year, we thought perhaps we should reach out to our guests further, and hence the birth of this blog.
This blog will feature our history, our staff, latest news and information in island, as well as photos. We hope with this, you will know us better.
Stay tune!
EL
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