There is nothing like having a glass of ”teh tarik” prepared by Mr. Rosdi at the Golfers Lounge, Nexus Golf Resort Karambunai. While working on his blog, Dr. Foong did not forget his favorite “teh tarik”. He study his newly put up blog on his 4th day at the Golf Resort and his traffic statistic by google Analytic. From the google analytical tool, there is a clear indication the visits to his SWOT Analysis blog is on the onward trend.
You can click to view “teh tarik” demonstration by Mr. Rosdi
I woke up at 6.30 am on day 3, went for my breakfast at 7.15 am and headed to the golf course at 7.50 am where I registered myself for a round of 18 holes golf. The normal charge for hotel guest RM290 but I settled with RM120 as a senior golfer, Wow ! What a deal The check in staffs Ms. Kartini were very friendly who took photo with me.
Nexus Golf Resort is a 18-Holes Championship course with a typical Borneo jungle on one side and South China Sea in the other side. As it was claimed, it is really a class of its own. It is a course player friendly yet challenging. The 18-hole par 72 Ronald Fream designed course provides golfers with options that would suit any level of game they command with the fright among of skill and luck. mi…This is the first golf course I see come with 5 tee box, the red, white, blue, black and gold.
All along the fairways stretch invitingly and quite flat, bunkers are used judiciously along with strategic contours and mounds with greens that are finely manicured. Water hazards and the roughs attract the occasional unsuspecting shot calling for a fine eye t the surroundings.
I played off the blue tee which has a course rating of 66.6 and slope of 118. Most par-4 are less than 300 meter and I thought it is easy to take it for pars. Most of my par-4 tee off left 90 -110 meter to green. It really way out of my regular play which always landed at 160 meters to green. This is not my normal play and I struggle to get it on regulation even though it is a short distance to green. Without surprise, it was a test of my short game. I completed the 18 holes with only 2 pars and a score of 47 for both lines. What a game ! .
The 1st Eco-active golf resort in Malaysian Borneo, Nexus golf Resort Karambunai course presents memorable, fair but demanding challenging and serves as a world class example of modern and creative golf course architecture with a traditional feel surrounded by nature. It offers special golf rate for Nexus In House guest at only RM290 nett per 18-hole and RM200.00 for 9-holes.
Besides this regular in house guest rate, it also offer other package such as Nexus Luxury Golf Package with come along with a round of 18-hole golf, set meal at the golfer’s lounge, Clubhouse, a glass of beer + soft drink. And Free 1 hour Sport Massage at Borneo Spa. This package is offered at a irresistible rate of RM750.oo nett per person or RM590 nett per person for inhouse guest.
For reservation, please contact the sales coordinator Ms. Nurhayati Ngadul (picture left ) at 6088-411215 at extension 19
I planned to take it easy today, the second day of my vacation at Nexus golf Resort Karambunai, Kota Kinabalu Sabah. After taken my breakfast, i took a casual walk along the beach. The water was clear though I did not see anyone swim or on the beach. Perhaps it is still early on Sunday morning. I shoot this shot video clips to show the quite beach front and walk my way back to my room. On the way back, I pass by a small pond where I saw a small reptile having “sun bathing”. Not only it does not run away after seeing me, it posed itself for me to record this video clip. It seems to say “ Shoot Me and show to the world” !!! What a cool post !!
It was raining on-and-off since 3.20 pm on 31-Oct-09 until 8.00 pm on my day 1 at Nexus Golf Resort. No wonder there are two umbrellas wardrobe. To most people on vocation, it is not a good day as you cannot got anywhere without getting wet. But for me, the rain does not affect my holiday mode as I did not plan to go around the town anyway. My plan for this vocation is to relax, sit back and do blogging on what is happening to me during my vocation to get my personal blog updated.
I was a bit hungry at about 8.00 pm, I took one of them and walk my way out to look for food. I unintentionally walked into a restaurant that serves India cuisine. After I survey the food display, I decided to let it go this time, I left the place without ordering any food and walk around the resort for other options. I located a “Olives” Restaurant at the garden level of the main building. It serves Mediterranean cuisine and I ordered a “baby lobster” for my dinner. It was delicious though the portion is small, no wonder it called a baby lobster. The dinner cost RM79.35, perhaps also paid for the food presentations etc.
That was what left over after I ate the meat of the baby lobster. It was hardly 10% of the total size of the lobster but taste yummy !!! I don’t mind to try again he…he..
After dinner, I went back to my room and update my blogs until 10.30 pm when I call it a night. It was a long day !
Don’t get me wrong, I am not promoting Air Asia Go Holiday package. It happened that I made a booking to Nexus Resort Karambunai in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with AirAsia. for my vocation cum blogging at this resort from 31-Oct-09 to 6-Nov-09.
I arrived LCCT airport at about 8.40am and checked in at 8.45am. My flight was at 10.20am so I have amber time to go for my breakfast at Old Town Coffee which was newly open. After my breakfast, I took a slow walk to the domestic departure hall at about 9.45 am and did a quick check on my email. I use Air Asia for several times and noted that there is a seat number on my boarding pass. I don’t know when it was started to have seat number but there is no rush to board the plane this time ( maybe due to allocated seats )
When on board, the 1st officer announced to have seat belt unfastened as the aircraft was doing refueling. The flight was delay mere less than 10 minutes and the take off as a breeze ( great job pilot ! )
I did this part of the blog on the aircraft while travelling to Kota Kinabalu. Wow ! what an experience. I feel like I am a great blogger with great ideas for my post. Try it, you sure have a sense of achievement.. Surprisingly, the airbus was very stable, I could not feel any vibration while I was posting this blog. The flight touch down at 12.50 pm, 10 minutes late (not too bad). After I check out at the immigration, I waited for about 10 minutes to pick up my luggage include my golf beg. While walkled out from the arrival hall, I saw a man hold a card with my name on it. He was my pick up person. We left the airport at about 1.30 pm and took an easy drive to the resort which took about 35 minutes. There was no traffic jam perhaps due to Saturday.
At Nexus Resort, I was greeted and settle down with a welcome drink. I sit a while before I proceed to the coffee house where I had my lunch. As my room was not ready for check in, I walk around the resort and took note of the makan place. There is a restaurant for, a pub and and Chinese Restaurant. There is also a samll eating place by the beach.
At about 3.15 pm, the sky certainly very cloudy and dark looks like going to rain. True enough, certain downpour at 3.20pm. I sat by the lobby lounge to write this part of the post.