Johor Bahru 2D1N: GBW Hotel + Burger Bandit

Saturday 26/5/18

The first half of the year has been a rough year for me, I was tormented for the past 3 months with work and studies, I was so caught up with all these stressful jobs that I often neglected my life and the people around me.

With exam over and I have a day or two to catch up my work before they get piled up again, bf and I went on a short getaway to Johor Bahru (JB). For a busy person like me who is unable to spare a few days to go on an overseas vacation, a weekend getaway staycation is good enough for me to relax myself and get recharged for another battle.

The weekend crowds visiting JB was madness, the queue started to get longer and longer. I guess we will be visiting less frequent if the crowds still sustain.

One of the taxi driver tried to take advantage of us. He quoted us RM50 for the distance to our hotel from City Square. Crazy fellow, we are not going to pay such a price for a 10 minutes ride. We found a second driver who charged us RM15. Though it was still a little expensive, we were willing to pay for it.

We reached GBW Hotel at 4.10pm, a 4 star hotel located at Tanjung Puteri. It was formally known as Grand BlueWave Hotel. 

Note: There will be an additional RM10 to be paid for tax when staying in Malaysia's hotel.

Arriving at our level.

The first glimpse to our hotel room. Judging from the long walkway, we knew that the toilet will be spacious.

I like their bathroom design where it is spacious and there is a glass door to separate the toilet and bathroom.

Our view from level 17. As our hotel was near Puteri region, it offered partial sea view that is sandwiched between Singapore and JB. I could see Singapore from our hotel.

Our Deluxe Queen Room.

I love staycation in JB because I'm completely away from the stressful city without having to travel far. I love traveling to JB for their food too. We shall let our foot rest for awhile before we leave the hotel.

What I normally like to do after finish exploring the room is to take selfie and to catch up on social media accounts.

My OOTD. Dressing in casual but with little bit of chic design. 

A last photo of me with my long hair, I'm going for haircut later on.

GBW Hotel 

9R, Jalan Bukit Meldrum, 80300 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia 

Price: S$4.66 per night

We went to the hotel lounge to have a slice of Red Velvet Cake (RM4.50). It was delicious and affordable, the cake has a fluffy, moist and buttery texture.

We then set off to KSL City Mall to spend our evening there.

The first thing we did when reached KSL was to look for Coconut Ice Cream. However, we couldn't find the Hawaii Coconut Desserts, so we bought from Bali Coconut instead. We got the Coconut Cone Ice Cream at RM2. It tasted equally good.

I went to Team Studio for my haircut and Shiseido hair protein treatment. I always blow dry my hair after shower, it leaves my hair feeling dry and damaged. I need regular hair treatment to revive my hair.

With a slightly shorter hair length, my hair is much more easily to manage. My hair felt smoother after the hair treatment. My fringe was so much shorter. I like that my hair felt lighter.

We were famished by the time I finished my hair treatment. We walked around to see what we want to eat and we settled for Burger Bandit by The Hotdog Bar located at ground floor.

Here's what we have for dinner:

- Chicken Nuggets (RM9.90)

- Mozzarella Beef Burger Meal Combo (RM20.40)

- Prawn Katsu Burger (RM13.90)

They have a wide range of burgers to choose from, I immediately opt for Prawn Burger that is not commonly seen in other fast food chain. The portion of the burger was big. 

After the dinner, we went to Watson to purchase our toiletries. I also got my mummy a box of plasters which cost RM193.70 as Mother's Day present for her. 

Before we head back to hotel, we stopped by the Thai Mango and Sticky Rice stall to have dessert. It was located at basement 2.

This was one of the nicest Mango Sticky Rice that I ever had. The mango was accompanied with the delicious sticky rice and drizzled in coconut milk. Everything just taste so sweet and delectable, I love the sticky rice especially.

The beauty products that I brought over for the staycation. During staycation, the travel size products come in handy. We bought the Lux Shower from Watson earlier at RM5.80. 

Sunday 27/5/18

I didn't have a good sleep last night and woke up quite early. The room was not sound proof, I could hear vehicles driving past throughout the period that I was awoke.

2D1N staycation passed so fast,it's time for us to check out the room. This short getaway was indeed a wonderful retreat.

GBW Hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, we have a stroll by the pool before heading down to the lobby for check out.

Before we bid good bye to GBW Hotel, we have our last round of dessert at the lounge again. We were very hungry and need some food to fill our tummy first, it was 12pm and we didn't have our first meal yet.

2D1N staycation was so fast over, we shall go for a long one next time. We still want to enjoy the relaxing time.

We have Chicken Pie and Cake for sharing.

We loved the chicken pie where the flaky buttery crust was encased with creamy chicken filling.

Knowing that I am a cookie lover, bf got me a bag of cookies from the lounge at RM7. The cookies were so nice, I think I can finish it one shot. 

With that, we were ready to set off to City Square for our lunch and quick shopping before heading home. I got some beauty fix at Watson.

As we were not very hungry, we settled with KFC for lunch. Their menu is a little bit different from Singapore. I have this mini chicken tender wrap meal.

With this, I ended my JB trip. 

I'm ready to face reality again, another 2-3 months of struggle. Jiayou.