I just came back from KL for a business trip of 2-3 days. And I typed out 14 quotations in 2 days working until 11:30pm. In the afternoon, I followed my colleague to client’s project site to handle customer concerns and to rectify them. Hence, I feel like going for a vacation such as riviera maya family vacations. Working hard also requires a good break from all the work stress and demands. I guess I am Type “A” personality – needing to get everything done on time and a perfectionist. Therefore, this gives me added pressure to myself when working. As a result I need a good break which is long overdue and I have never taken leave in my 6 years of working except for the trip to China and to Bangkok with my parents and youngest sister. For the rest of the time, I am working the whole year.

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I had a very good weekend vacationing in Dorset Hotel in Larut Road, Penang. It was located just opposite Kentucky Fried Chicken’s outlet in a colonnial bungalow. It was also conveniently located opposite my church known as Georgetown Baptist Church with English services at 9:00am, 11:00am and Hokkien service at 4:30pm by Pastor Yeoh Guan Hock. That’s one of the reason why I booked this hotel instead of staying in Vistana Hotel like last weekend. Our church service venue has been changed from Relau to Larut Road in town. This is a much bigger place and better location which is quite established. Below are the photos taken from my camera.

View from our hotel room in Dorset Hotel.

See the Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet at the bottom. Another view from our hotel room.

Writing table with lamp and mirror.

How comfortable the huge sofas in the lobby.

Bathroom of our hotel room. There’s a basket of freebies like shampoo, shower cap, cotton buds, sewing kit and soap in the corner.

The huge kingsize bed.