Time Capsule Hotel, Penang

I've heard of this hotel, saw it on Youtube and has been itching to go visit this hotel for months now.
I stayed in this hotel for 3 days, 2 nights for 1 capsule in the mixed dorm costing me a total of approximately RM140.00 (all inclusive GST and other charges). I booked it online from Hotels.com.

After travelling from Jeti bus station to this hotel by Rapid Penang bus '201-203' which took about 20 minutes ride. Behold, the entrance of Time Capsule Hotel located almost near the start/end of Chulia Street. It is placed in a strategic location because just outside of the hotel has eateries of locals and cafes along Chulia Street with bars for alcholic drinks at night and 7 Eleven convenient store down a few blocks. Not to mention, bus leading to various destinations passes through this street which I find really convenient for travelers.

This is the entrance of Time Capsule Hotel. For travelers walking by the side walkway missing the huge sign of the hotel, you may recognize the demo capsules placed outside the hotel as landmark for you. This shouldn't be a problem as the exterior of the hotel is eye-catching enough for you to not miss it.

As I walked into the hotel, this is the cafe that welcomes me. Along with the smell of coffee bean, and quiet atmosphere, it's a relaxing place to dine and work on your digital devices or whatsoever. The variety of food & drinks offered by the cafe is suitable for all meals such as cakes, bread, coffee, chocolate and so on. I personally did not have the time to enjoy this cafe as I was most of the time outside the hotel traveling. The reception is just beside the cafe, upon checking in, you'll receive a bag of headphones, towels and access key. You'll be provided hotel slippers for your entire stay in the hotel. Your access key will give you access to shoe locker, dorm locker and power outlet for your capsule. 

The hotel is 5 floors high. G floor is cafe & reception. 1st floor is male dorm. 3rd floor is mixed dorm. 4th floor is female dorm. 5th floor is game room.   

  

As shown in the picture, the capsules in the dorm typically looks like this. It can be locked from the inside which gives you a sense of security and privacy when you're asleep especially for single travelers such a myself. The noise reduction inside is reasonable as I went during the quiet seasons, so noise wasn't a matter to me either, so try to respect other guests and not make too much noise. ;) Anyways, the inside of these capsules are equipped with lighting, mirror and a television. Clean, comfortable and awesome. Each capsule (access key) is entitled to one locker for your extra baggage or whatsoever.

As for the 'game room' located on the 5th floor of the hotel, it has pool table, bean bags, a computer, various books and that soccer thing. A pretty cool place to rest & relax after a day of traveling or a good way to kill time during the afternoon. It would have been nice if I had at least a friend to enjoy this facility but nah, I just took some pictures and never came here again.


Well, I hope you enjoyed reading this and hope that it will be informative for anyone considering to stay in the Time Capsule Hotel, Penang. If you have anything to ask or would like to read more posts like this, just let me know through the comments. Thank you!

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Well, basically most of my high school life in class was spent looking at that girl. Happy Birthday. :)

Sepaversary

Well, rather than just typing stuff as usual, thought I'd do this instead.
Yeap, it was one year ago, since I ran to 'her' and said my last goodbyes,then ran away. (I have no idea why I ran away) I could have just walked away and looked cooler, hahahaha. #thestoryofmacamyes

I still can't forget the moments I had with 'her'.

No edits. True feelings. You know who you are.

Click on the link below, and you'll understand. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqIGxRZtWc

Recap

Oh wow, this blog has been abandoned for quite a number of months.
My reasons? Over here: -
- No inspiration (my life is pretty much meaningless to me now)
- Too lazy to bother (kind of lost that passion to type long meaningless essays)
- Too busy (been caught up with college life, but probably an excuse)

Anyways, here's a recap of what's been happening.

April - June
* It's just the story of 'Study-Work-Play'. Little details are just a waste of time to be written here, I've been job-hopping and coping with studies as it was my long semester. From working as a service crew in 'Good Friends Restaurant & Cafe', I changed to working as a promoter for California Milk. Nothing special, just a matter of meaningless days passing by.

July
* Well, here's something new. During this month, people kept asking me whether I have a girlfriend or not. I answered them sincerely, "I've never had one before" (well, an official one anyways), and none of them believed. Awww...come on people, how do you want me to convince you that I've really never had one before? It gets annoying really.

* Not long after that, I found myself an actual girlfriend. First time confessing face-to-face, with a flower in my hands. Much said, little done, the relationship ended after 12 days. It was meaningless anyways, as I was never ready to like anyone else after all. The girl? Oh yeah, she got a new boyfriend after 3 days. So much for the dramatic, "I'll wait for you." Typical, empty promises from girls as usual.
* Although, a meaningless relationship did taught me valuable life lessons such as, value your 'single' life, all girls have endless pattern and how to keep your girlfriend, a girlfriend. Lols.

* Joined a competition called 'Go Green Pitch', it was fun to compete against other Business students of similar level to think creatively on how to improve industrial effects on the environment. The ideas just came bursting into my mind, set everything up, pitch out my ideas and won second place. Go figure, I initially did it for fun.

(Picture after the competition, it was fun leading a team but also stressful, like panic stressful)

August
* My semester break, finally, some time to rest. I quit my part-time job before finals and relaxed throughout my holiday. Just the usual, going to gym, visiting friends, going for Animangaki, making new friends and so on. 
* And here we are, September, back to my series of meaningless days of Study-Play. Kind of left the 'labour force' momentarily, so I can't put 'Study-Work-Play' for now~

 (Road to Klang, to visit my friends, it was horribly hazy, really)

That's it for now, maybe I'll post again, or never, whatever.

End of Semester

02/03/2014 – Sunday

     End of semester is coming soon. Most of the major presentations and assignments have been complete. What is left would be my final examination. Recently, there have been a lot of things going through my mind.  Honestly, I have been really stressful and frustrated. I’ve been stressing about things like money, future, examinations, family and friends.

     Money, this word is seriously crucial to me. Well, it is crucial to everyone actually. Anyways, dad hasn’t been supporting me financially at all as in he doesn’t pay for my college fees nor gives me any allowance. I could practically admit that he’s not even my father. Mom has been financially supporting me for my education and living expenses. She has been constantly reminding me not to worry about anything related to money but she has also been pressuring me about money. That’s what caused my confusion. She disagrees to my weekend part-time as it’ll affect my studies so I promised to work only during semester breaks.

     Future, I’m more likely talking about what I’ll be doing after the end of my first semester in Foundation in Business. I’m worried that I might not be able to cope with Foundation in Business as everything is so cramped and rushed. I admit that I’m a slow learner. Due to my circumstances, I’m tempted to consider going for Diploma in Business as it won’t be rushed but obviously, my mom disapproves it without hesitating.  I think mom is worried about me because lately, I’ve lost my self-confidence.

     Examinations, this would be one of my traumas in life. I got the examination trauma which is getting panic attacks during my SPM examination. My heart starts beating quickly, my mind will get hazy, I’ll freeze and I’ll be paralyzed on the spot. In short, I’ll be useless in exam even if I did do my preparations.

     Family, I have nothing much to say about this because it’s mostly related to my dad. Although, it is still one of the factors that made me stressed.

     Last but not least, friends or rather friend. She’s a ‘fun to be with’ girl who thinks snakes are cute. She is Kim Kim. ^^ To be honest, one of the reasons why I look forward going to college every day is because I would get to see her.  Last week, due to certain reasons, I kind of ignored her for 3 days and within that 3 days, life in college was much more boring compared to usual. Life in college wouldn’t be so fun without her. :P  In a way, I’ve grown a little attached to her because I communicate with her the most in college. :3  The most 'pigu' person I've met in college. She is a friend that I'll always remember to bully. She has left many bruises on my arms almost daily but the biggest bruise she’ll ever leave is if she changes college after the first semester. L Yes, she ‘might’ be transferring to a different college after our first semester. It sounds selfish of me to say this but hope she doesn’t transfer because I’ll miss her like mad, damn pigu. :/

Self-Development Presentation Day. We were in fully black formal wear. xD!! (As if visiting funeral, omg!!!)

Inspirations of memories.

23/02/2014 – Sunday

     StrawberryTelle,  a personal blog in Facebook that blogs about love & relationship related issues. In the past, they always inspired me about certain things I experienced in life. I saw someone shared it somewhere and it struck me, haven’t I been following it all along? Apparently, I probably accidentally removed my ‘Following’ status from it. Once again, one picture reminded me so many memories, sad and happy memories.    

     Sometimes, the best memories are sad because you know they will never happen again.  I agree so much with that phrase till the point that I hate it because it’s the truth. My best memories of being with her will never relive again. In my blog, I have repeated over and over again, my sad memories with her and my happy memories with her. This shows that I’m just too stubborn to let it go and move on. Once again, I repeat similar stories of my best memories with her.  My daily routine of walking her home from school, was the best moments of my everyday school life. In school, we rarely speak with each other. I may sound like a stalker, but I’d just look at her whenever I have the chance. Walking her home was my only time to interact with her,

     “It’s creepy, I know, but please don’t judge a guy who’s in love, okay? It’s unfair.”

     Since I was a prefect, it is my duty to keep watch of the students during assembly and recess. Naturally, she earned a special place in my heart. I’d keep a mental record of what time she reaches school and when she goes for recess.  Surprisingly, she has quite a punctual routine. Hence, if she doesn’t reach school on time, I would know something happened to her by heart. On rainy days, I’m always tempted to grab an umbrella and run to her to make sure she’d reach to school safe and…dry? Although, most of the time, she’d be fine. My heart beats nervously every single time I see her and beats more anxiously when I don’t see her. In a way, you can say I used to think of her 24/7. Thus, being obsessed with her became my number 1 hobby since I fell in love with her.

     Happy memories that will never relive again. My daily routine of ‘patting’ her head and she’ll know it’s me because I’ll receive her cute frown as my ‘reward’. The days being by her side are my priceless moments.  I’ve repeated it over and over till it’s gotten too dull.

     “Guess I’ll skip those parts then~” ><

The picture above, to be honest, I’ve failed both lines except the last. Her value to me was priceless but I failed to respect her. I was selfish to think of her as mine when she was her own. When had I gotten so arrogant to think I own her when she stood on her own ground? The second line hits me the most. I did everything I could and wanted to for her. She was my everything, and I’d do anything for her. I’d cry in the night thinking “Why does she have to be in pain and not me? Why can’t I sacrifice myself and take her pain for her?” Unlike those hypocrites that will spout “I love you forever” to the world and break up weeks later, I’d never dare to say that but in my heart, that’s how I felt.  Perhaps, I’m a hypocrite too, but that’s up for you to decide.

      Whoops, a bit out of topic but back to the second line, I loved her and my mistake was expecting her to do the same in return. Even if she did, I’d reject it and blame that she didn’t because I always thought that I don’t deserve her.  Even now, she doesn’t deserve me…because she deserves someone much better than me and so shall it be.  I don’t deny it because I just want her to be happy, with or without me. 

     Last but not least, we’ve done so many crazy things together and I had so much fun being together with her. We’ve fought over and over, we’ve cried over and over, we’ve laughed over and over but the saddest thing is, I’ve never even taken a picture with her before. Her and I, never had we taken a picture with just the two of us together.

Although, recently, I don’t know why, but I’ve been dreaming of someone new.... Is this a sign that I’ve given up on her and in the process of moving on? This story…should be left for another day…to be told. J

If you're reading this,
Hope your boyfriend is one of a kind type of guy who'll love you more than I ever did. Good luck in your relationship and hope you two will be happy together. Stay strong and stay sweet.^^

From,
Cold-HeartedMe

English Journal...3 :D

21/02/2014 – Friday

Self-Development Video Assignment

     Assignments, assignments and assignments. In high-school, teacher gives us ‘homework’ for us to practice our knowledge on their subjects. Homework is annoying and boring. Honestly, I prefer doing my own homework (revision) rather than doing the homework given by the teachers. The difference is that I can go according to my own pace and not being rushed by the teachers in school. The homework that was given by my teachers are troublesome because I would get scolded, criticized and threatened if I did not complete them within the given time. On the contrary, my own homework does not have any punishment if I procrastinated on them.

Anyways, in college, instead of getting homework, we got assignments instead. Since assignments would be part of my subject mark, they will be compulsory for me to complete them within the given time. It may seem worse than homework but surprisingly, they are not. Assignments are much more fun and less boring compared to homework. For example, in college, my ‘Fundamentals of Business Management’s’ assignment would be an individual presentation which would amount to 20% for my overall subject mark. Whereas, in school, I get the usual ‘do question 1 to 5 for Add Maths’ homework which is so dull to me.  Normally, people would prefer doing homework than facing a crowd of people during presentation but since I’m an unusual person, presentation as assignment suits me fine.

Besides that, recently I have received a new assignment from one of my subjects which is ‘Self-Development Skills’. This assignment requires us(my classmates and I) to form a team of 10-12 people to produce a video related to self-development and team-development.  Initially, I just wanted to work with a team of 10 people (the minimum amount of people in a team). In my opinion, the less people I work with, the better because it’s easier to communicate. Although, I somehow joined a team that consists of 13 people and I just have to reluctantly accept that quietly. “Don’t ask me how that happened, it just did”, would be my thoughts.

We are all equals in the team. There is no higher or lower positions in that team but since no one seemed to be interested in taking charge, I took the lead. I never said that I’m better at leading than anyone else, but someone has to initiate the plan. All our marks are on the line, including mine after all. So, we discussed about our plans, I tried convincing everyone to chip in their ideas to contribute to the team and at the same time, to avoid them from feeling left out.

On the following week, we started dividing our work load so that everyone would contribute a certain amount of effort to the assignment. As I’ve learned in Business Management, conflicts will certainly arise in any organization due to various personalities, attitudes and opinions. In our situation, even if it was just a team that consists of 13 people trying to achieve a certain goal, inner conflicts within the team was unavoidable. Some of us had ideas of our own, some of us could not be bothered with the assignment, some of us complained about their given task, some of us were absent during discussions and the list goes on.

Despite all that, I dare say all of us managed to set our differences aside and had fun completing the assignment. The process of making the video was fun as each one of us chipped in our ideas and acted as different people in the video. 

“What is my last remark for this assignment?” You can say I enjoyed doing my self-development assignment with the team I was assigned to.     

-The End- 

Written by,

Bryan Yeong

(Cold-HeartedMe)

 Group discussion.

Fuyoh's turn to hold the camera.