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

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 !!

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 !

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. 

As this is the first time I play in this course, I don’t mind just to try out one 9-hole as I heard quite good recommendation from my friends. So, I went ahead to register for a 9-hole game. The promotion price was MR55 for a 9-hole game with twin sharing buggy. As I was alone, I have to pay extra MR15.75 for the buggy and another MR21.00 for the caddy. This 9-hole game cost me MR91.75 in total. I am just like most golfers who likes to explore new courses.

I tee off at hole 19 which is a short 329 Meter par-4. It was an elevated tee box with a stream across the fairway about 100 meters from the tee box. My tee shot went slightly towards the left and landed at around 150 meter to the green. The green was on an uphill slope and I used my 5 wood in an attempt to go for a regulation on but I missed it as my ball was fade and landed right of the green but about 3 meters below the elevated green. The flag was in a downward slope and I used my approach iron in an attempt to chip just on the green to let the ball roll toward the flag. But I missed it as I chip shot of the green and the ball roll backward to around the same spot where my ball landed during my second shot. Then I chip again and it landed on the end of the green but the ball did not roll too far as the green was slow ( compared to what I used to play in Bukit Jalil ).It was a down slope 3 meters putt for me. I was cautious for the putt but over shot for the first putt, then missed the second putt and ended up a 7 strokes for this hole.  What a start !!!

Anyway, that could be a warm up issue, so I proceed to hole-20, it is elevated tee box 165 meters par-3 with bunker guarded on both side. I used my favorite 7 woods to tee off. The ball flight was straight toward the green. I was not able to see where the ball landed though it was sure towards the green. I saw the ball about 2 meters beyond the flag and it was a down slope birdie putt. I missed the birdie and came back with a par.

Along the way, I read some interested display board with some golfer lessons and jokes as follows:-

The scenery of the course was pleasant and both fairway and the green were well maintained though it was a bit slow. I managed to complete the 9-hole in 1.5 hours with 4 pars ( 2 on par-3, 1 on par-4 and 1 on par-5 ).  But I screwed up the last par-4 hole with 9 strokes. What a game !! 

After 15 long years worked with Hong Leong, I am on the way to retirement which take effect from 12-Nov-2009.

Today is my first day of taking a 10 days break. I landed myself at Palm Garden Resort somewhere between Putrajaya and UPM. It is a golf resort surrounded by a 18 holes golf course and many matured trees. When I checked into the resort at about 5.15 pm, it was just after heavy rain. Every exposed areas are wet but gave a cool feeling.  

Not sure it was due to the rain, the credit card reader could not read both of my credit cards which issued from different banks. So, it may be the line problem as this is one of the common after rain phenomenon for our telecommunication line. The receptionist asked me for another credit.  Mi… I don’t carry so many credit card with me. If if I have many, I would be surrendering some of them due to the additional charges of MR50 as announced in the recent Budget.

I finally allowed to check in my room which was a deluxe room with two queen size bed. The room is equipped with WIFI facilities though the signal is not very strong but good enough for posting this articles. I could not help it but to quickly write this short post to update my where about.

OTK at 5.55 pm ….   More update later …..

Hi I am back,  after some minor hassle with my card, it finally went through.. thanks to the technology… he..he 

Anyway, this short video clips shown my hotel room, nice set up room isn’t it ??