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A few days ago, I took a bus from Johor Bahru CIQ or alternatively called JB Sentral to Johor Premium Outlets ( JPO ). The first thing that I did before the trip was to check the bus time schedule on the JPO’s website. When I arrived at JB Sentral bus station, I noted that [...]

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I went to try out a chicken rice food outlet in City Square Johor Bahru. The name of the shop was called The Chicken Rice Shop – which is a chain of hahal chicken rice food outlets in Malaysia and Singapore. This Chicken Rice Shop served chicken in many styles – steamed, braised, BBQ and [...]

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Recently some of my friends were interested in looking at properties for sale in Johor Bahru.  One of my friend was looking at buying a condominium as an investment; and my other friend felt that a landed property in Johor Bahru would be a good place for retirement. After all, the prices of condominiums and [...]

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I went to Johor Bahru on a Monday afternoon specifically to visit the Pasar Malam or night market near the KSL City Mall. The pasar malam stretched along the road from the Grand Paragon Hotel to the back of the KSL City Mall. I have the impression that the night market would start normally in [...]

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I have decided to try a different method of  going to Johor Bahru. I took a train to Changi Airport and thereafter waited for the bus service that is operated by Transtar Travel.  The bus frequency is on an hourly basis which in my opinion is a long wait. Preferably the bus frequency should be [...]

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There is now a bus service that goes from the Immigration Checkpoint in Johor Bahru to KSL City mall. The bus number is S1 and it also goes to other malls like Holiday Plaza and Danga City Mall. I tried out the bus service and felt that it was convenient and affordable. So going to [...]

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I have decided to stay in the Puteri Pacific Hotel which is located near City Square Mall in Johor Bahru.  I have read some reviews on the internet about this hotel where some people commented that it is a 4 star hotel but with worn out rooms. I booked the Princess Deluxe room which is [...]

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I have stayed at 11 at Century Hotel Johor Bahru on a few occasions in their Standard room. This time I decided to stay in their Deluxe room which was slightly more expensive in room rate. The 11@Century Hotel is located directly opposite the new KSL City Mall in Johor Bahru. It is a relatively [...]

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There is a brand new shopping mall in Johor Bahru and it is called the KSL City Mall. The location of this mall is located at Taman Century near the old Holiday Plaza shopping mall. The nearest hotels located next to the new KSL City shopping mall is 11@Century Hotel which is just opposite this [...]

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I took the opportunity of having a short weekend break to stay at Mutiara Hotel Johor Bahru.  This hotel has been around for a long time,  approximately 28 years now. I remember when the hotel was newly built, I was a young man and frequently goes to the Holiday Plaza mall which was beside the [...]

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I went to the KFC outlet in Sutera Mall and saw the chicken rice meal set. I have yet to try this food at KFC even though my friend told me that it is quite tasty. My first thought about chicken rice is that this food is served best by traditional chicken rice hawker stall [...]

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I wanted to make a trip to Johor Bahru just for the purpose of shopping and eating on a Sunday morning. But instead of the usual trip to Johor Bahru city itself, I took a different path by going to Sutera Mall which is at Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai. So I took a MRT to [...]

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I took a walk from Grand Paragon Hotel at Jalan Harimau to Plaza Pelangi. It is quite a short walking distance and I passed by rows of 2 storey shop houses and surprisingly most of them are medical clinics. I was not aware that there were so many specialist clinics along Jalan Harimau. As I [...]

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The Holiday Plaza mall is a relatively old mall in Johor Bahru. Many of us who have been to Johor Bahru years ago would remembered this mall well. In the old days ( more than 15 years ago) this mall was the main place of attraction for shopping. Many Johoreans and Singaporeans would hang out [...]

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I was at Holiday Plaza in Johor Bahru and spotted the KFC outlet there. So I thought it would be nice if I could try the KFC Black Pepper Chicken which is their new product. I went to the counter and placed an order for a 2 piece chicken meal and the staff told me [...]

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