Extravagant Chalet Retreat

Every now and then, we all like to book a chalet, get a few friends and stay over for a night or 2, with bbq, games, chatting etc etc. but sometimes facilities at a chalet seems quite run down and doesn't really give you the feeling that you are at a retreat. so what's the solution for that...

Book a high class chalet.. so together with lawrence leng regina and joey, and with the help of js for the lobang, we booked a night's stay at raffles the plaza. went down early to check in, but they could only give us a room on the 6th floor, but they offered to upgrade us to the premium room at $40 more. cut the story short... we upgraded and got a room on the 18th floor.. harbour view ... it's feels shoik just to stand at the balcony to look at the marina waterfront.
Premium rooms boast a larger washroom over the deluxe, and wow!! it's giagantic, with rain showers and lots of space lot's of glass, white clean looking bathroom..

The rest of the room was fantastic too, with a bose cd player, lot's of room for activities, tv with lots of cable channel. thick and fluffy comforter.
We nua the afternoon away in the room, at the pool, to the spa etc.
Leng with her long overdue birthday presents..
Proceeded nearby for dinner at curry favour, the food was not bad but the service was a turn off.. how can a waitress complain that we make her stand too long while waiting for our orders.. probably that's why regina's mood was spoilt and she dinner eat well.. in the end, we went chippy to get some snacks, the soup spoon for some soup amd mos burger for milk tea. brought all the food back to the room to enjoy in the comfort of the luxurious room.

Night view of the harbour was even better then the day with the buildings nicely lit up, especially the explanade.. beautiful. never saw this from such a height. the last time we stayed at swissotel, i think we faced a different direction.
Our room package didn't come with breakfast so we had to settle breakfast somewhere else. it was only now that i know that cafe cartel actually serves breakfast and it's actually quite good. after breakfast, it was nuaing in the room and spa again.. before checking out and paying the bill.... hai .. that was a nice stay, but a hefty price to pay... it's quite fun doing this once in a while... next should be the trip to krabi with terry, yihan and kian... looking forward to that..