22. SALAM AIDILFITRI...

Salam aidilfitri daripada warga kerja Syabas Homes Ipoh kepada pengunjung blog, tetamu dan bakal tetamu Syabas Homes Ipoh.

Semoga Aidilfitri kali ini kita sama-sama dapat raikan dengan penuh ketaqwaan dan keinsafan,

Di kesempatan ini, kami memohon ampun dan maaf atas apa jua kesilapan, ketelanjuran kata, terkasar bahasa atau terlebih bicara.

Maaf zahir dan batin.

21. YES, WE DO LISTEN...'COS WE CARE

Running homestays or guest homes and providing services to the standards satisfactory to our guests can sometimes be very challenging.

One of the source we rely on to constantly upgrade our facilities to meet guests requirements is through written and oral feedbacks and suggestions from guests. We are very open to suggestions so long as the implementation of those suggestions do not add too much cost that necessitates the upward revision of rental rates.

Major complaint from guests recently has been the heat. Indeed the weather is really hot now. Today it is 38 degree C. There were days when the temperature shot to 42 degree C. Upon receiving the complaints, we quickly brought in water coolers for Meru Hills and installed additional air conditioner at Tambun.

Guests too have difficulties finding good places to source good breakfast for the following morning especially when they check in late. We rectify the issue by providing complimentary free breakfast for the first morning. 

Low water pressure on the top floor has also been a constant complaint from guests staying at the Syabas Tambun facility. We are currently looking for possible solution to remedy the issue by installing a water pump.

To ensure that our guests receive the best possible services at those economical rates which we charge, we encourage guests to continue providing comments while we strive to provide you more benefits...

Thank you and welcome to Syabas Homes...

20. THERE'S A BARGAIN GALORE @HABIB JEWEL ANNIVERSARY SALE, MYDIN MERU RAYA, IPOH...

Today is the day...The big first anniversay sale at Habib Jewel, Mydin Meru Raya, Ipoh commences today till 30 June 2013, a period of 11 days.

There are many available choices of jewellery items to select. We suggest better make your visit early to avoid disappointment of missing on the bargain galore...

Yes, we definitely will make a visit to show our strong support...

After all, the promotion officers from Habib Jewel Kuala Lumpur are putting up at Syabas Homes Meru Hills and Chepor Indah throughout the event.

Come and make a beeline at HABIB JEWEL...Lets make this anniversary event at Habib Jewel a really special event to remember...

19. COME ONE COME ALL...COME AND JOIN THE IPOH INTERNATIONAL WAITERS RACE...

Ipoh has always been associated with sumptuous food and delicacies. There is the famed Ipoh Taugeh, Ipoh Salt Chicken , Ipoh Biscuits, Ipoh Char Kow Teow and Ipoh Hor Fun. There is the much-talked about Ipoh Hainan Chicken Rice and South Indian famous dishes.

Little wonder famous movie stars from Hong Kong and Hollywood frequented Ipoh just to taste the Ipoh delicacies. It is not unusual to bump into Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh and her family at the Pakeeza Restaurant, the famous Indian/Pakistani restaurant serving beautiful and tasty Indian cookings.

Despite all the elegant cooments about the things relating to food, Ipoh has never before been home to any international food event.

 Come 29th June 2013 all this will changed. On that very day, Ipoh and Perak, for the time ever, will play host to Ipoh International Waiters' Race jointly organised by Ipoh City Council, Perak Tourist Association, Malaysian Association of Hotels( Perak Chapter) and International Waiters' Race Agency at the D.R. Seenivasagam Park.

There are lots of activities planned during the event. Dato' Lat, the famous cartoonist hailed from Perak, has sketched a nice caricature to capture the potential excitement of the coming event.

Demonstrations of ice-carving, flower-arranging, food-carving and a barista competition in coffee decoration will be held, along with a mini-treasure hunt, children’s race, parade of Perak school bands, and cheerleader demonstration for younger participants.

Over one hundred waiters and waitresses from Perak’s favourite eateries will be running the 1 ½ kilometer course through the park in three different races.

Visiting participants will be included from Ipoh’s sister city in Japan, Fukuoka, and Ipoh’s “friendship cities” Medan, Pusan, Hangzhou and Guangzhou.

Organizers hope to make this an annual event, celebrating Ipoh’s waiters, waitresses and culinary heritage for locals and tourists alike.

Participants and visitors are most welcome to stay at Syabas Homes facilities. In conjunction with the event, we are offering a 10% discount off the official rates for all our facilities in Ipoh.

Source: www.ipohwaitersrace.org

18. THEY JUST KEPT COMING...WE'RE SO GRATEFUL

The last two weeks were very hectic. The guests just kept coming and coming. The bookings were filled to the brim. Many late requests for accommodation at Syabas Homes especially the Tambun facility had to be politely turn down due to earlier bookings. We are thankful for the tremendous support.

Many guests came to Ipoh bringing their families for holidays taking advantage of the school semester break. Guests came from Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu. We even had guests coming as far away as from Johor Bahru.  

Besides coming for holidays in Ipoh, some guests booked the accommodations to attend seminars, courses, symposium, visiting relatives and attending weddings.

We also received many positive comments and views on further improvements to our facilities. We are very grateful to our guests for taking time to pen down their observations which we will definitely deliberate further.

Due the tremendous support, two of our facilities listing on the premier short rental portal @ www. ibilik.my had shoot up to the first page. In fact Syabas Homes @The Lost World of Tambun has now occupies the 1st place among 143 homestays listed in Ipoh, Syabas Homes@ Silibin occupies the 7th place and Syabas Homes@ Meru Hills filling up the 15th slot.

In fact our Syabas Homes@ The Lost World of Tambun facility has shot up to be no. 1 among 253 homestays in Perak while Silibin occupies the 11th place and Meru Hills is on the 24th spot.

Quite an achievement considering we listed the Tambun facility on 13 February 2013, just about 4 months ago.

Well, maybe it is time to seriously plan for another facility near The Lost world of Tambun, Ipoh... 

God Willing...A BIGGER AND BETTER SYABAS HOMES@ THE LOST WORLD OF

TAMBUN IS ON THE WAY.

Thank you All...

17. BERITA TERKINI...ASSYEIKH MAHER TAK DAPAT DATANG KE IPOH...BETUL KE?

LATEST!!!

Berita yang yang diterima pada jam 12.00 tengahari tadi daripada seorang sahabat yang rapat dengan pimpinan kerajaan negeri Perak melalui 'WHATSAPP' memaklumkan bahawa Assyeikh Maher tak dapat datang ke Ipoh mau pun ke Perak.

Nak tahu details nye, kene tanye penganjur program, Pusat Pendidikan Albarakah...apepe pun khemah-khemah udah pun dipasang kat Medan Letak Kereta Stadium Indera Mulia...

16. MOH KE IPOH...DUA ACARA HEBAT HUJUNG MINGGU INI

Dua acara hebat di jadualkan berlangsung di Ipoh pada hujung minggu ini:

1. Pusat Pendidikan Albarakah dengan kerjasama kerajaan negeri Perak dan majlis bandaraya Ipoh akan membawa Assyeikh Dr Maher bin Hammad Al-Mueaqly, Imam Masjidil Haram untuk mengimamkan solat Maghrib dan 'Isyak berjemaah pada petang hari Khamis 21hb Februari 2013 bersamaan 10 Rabiul Akhir 1434 bertempat di Dataran Letak Kereta, Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh, Perak.

2. Masjid Jamek lama pekan Gopeng pula telah menjemput daei' tersohor, Ustaz Azhar Idrus pada hari Sabtu 23hb Februari 2013 bersamaan 12 Rabiul Akhir 1434 untuk menyampaikan kuliah selepas solat maghrib sambil menjawab soalan-solan daripada jemaah pada petang hari tersebut.

Sama-samalah kita semua muslimin dan muslimat hadir sambil memanfaatkan majlis-majlis tersebut. Semoga kita beroleh ilmu dan pengalaman berguna daripada tokoh-tokoh ilmuan tersebut.

15. Syabashomes@Sunway Lost World of Tambun...we're on

YM Tengku  Kamarul & family from Kota Bharu, Kelantan was accorded the privilege to be the first group of guests to enjoy our Tambun Homestay on 8 th February 2013 for a two day stay. We felt very honoured to be in a position to entertain such a distinguished group.

Thank you very much YM Tengku. We hope that you & family enjoy the stay...

The location of the Homestay is very ideal to local tourists. It only takes two minutes to drive to The Lost World. YM Tengku & the family who was part on an engagement mission took the opportunity to visit The Lost World and other Tambun attractions.

Retailed at RM228 per night, Syabashomes @Sunway Lost World, our latest two storey homestay facility offers three fully furnished bedrooms, three bathrooms, a living room, a big kitchen area and can easily accommodate ten persons.

The master bedroom equipped with an air conditioner comes with an attached bathroom.

The air-conditioned second bedroom is equipped with two double decker . The third bedroom is equipped with two super single beds and two pull-out beds.

The two bedrooms share a common large bathroom with an installed water heater. All bedrooms are on the first floor.

The living room on the ground floor is furnished with  a set of sofa, a 32" LED TV( ASTRO service is being arranged), DVD player and reading materials.

A cosy reading corner is provided for guests to pursue their reading habits.

As we are propagating healthy living and clean environment, smoking is strictly prohibited in the house. Pets, gambling, non-halal foods and alcohol beverages too are strictly prohibited within the premise. We hope guests share our aspirations...

Bookings begin to trickle in since promotions for this facility started appearing a few days ago on www.Mudah.my and www.Ibilik.com.

We welcome all our Facebook friends and visitors to drop by the blog and offer positive comments. If you're in Ipoh, do call us...

For those who register as our blog followers, we are offering a 10% discount on all our homestay facilities around Ipoh, Perak viz @ Meru hills, Chepor Indah, Silibin and of course ...Tambun.

Welcome  & Thank you.

14. THE MAKINGS OF SYABASHOMES @LOST WORLD OF TAMBUN

The process of converting a two storey terrace house acquired late December last year into a decent and comfortable home worthy of carrying the label of Syabas homestay started exactly a week ago. A crew of 1Malaysia team was put to complete the task.

Situated at Taman Perpaduan Koperasi near Tambun Secondary School and a stone's throw from the Lost World of Tambun, Lost World Hot Spring and the Giant supermarket, this homestay will be able to house our many bookings from guests with specific intention of visiting the Lost World facilities and the many attractions in Tambun and nearby.

Though the conversion or makeover or facelift is still in process, bookings for February have begun to seep through...

Today is another busy day for the crew. Uncle Lee See Cheng, the painter is about to complete painting the interiors. after which he will embarked on painting the external which will take about three to four days depending on the weather.

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While Ravi, the plumber cleans up the water tank before embarking on checking the sanitary fittings, Uncle Gopal, the electrician fixes the new lamps

Fixtures and furnitures have been ordered and due for delivery soon. We are still waiting for the curtainman and air-conditioning mechanic to drop by and commence work.

We reckoned in a week's time, all the exterior and interior painting work including electrical plus plumbing works should be completed. The premise should be ready to receive all the fixtures and furniture and other necessary fittings..

Syabas homes@Lost World of Tambun, a three bedrooms and three bathrooms double storey terrace house, is being prepared for our middle range guests reasonably priced at @ Rm 228 only per night for a comfortable occupancy of ten guests.

This place should be very ideal and convenient for visitors and tourists intending visits to Lost World Of Tambun, Lost World hot Spring, Teachers Traning Institute, Medical and Science College Ulu Kinta, Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Tambun Caves, the Tambun pomelo farms, the famous rolling hills of Tambun  and many other surrounding attractions.

To all our guests, we say WELCOME to Tambun, the hot spring and pomelo town and IPOH the tin city...

SYABAS HOMES...the colourful home...A home, away from homes...

13. TAMBUN...HERE WE COME

Tambun used to be a sleepy hollow town on the outskirt of Ipoh city. People passed by this little enclave to get to the famed Tanjung Rambutan Hospital or to search for the juicy and succulent Tambun pomeloes.

Streams of visitors started to flock the area ever since Sunway Group, the developer of Sunway Pyramid, took the initiative a few years back to transform the hot springs of Tambun into the now famed Lost World of Tambun and The Banjaran.

The Lost World of Tambun which was opened to the public in November 2004 is now an extremely popular destination among local tourists and The Banjaran is now a  worldly destination. The surge in tourists arrivals has increased the need for short rental accommodations. There are high end accommodations as provided by The Banjaran itself and Sunway Lost World Hotel. Due to requirements of the masses for medium cost accommodation facilities, homestays started to mushroom around Tambun and surrounding areas.

Of late, Syabas Homes Meru Hills, Chepor Indah and Silibin have been receiving bookings from guests intending to visit Lost World of Tambun which we gladly entertained. The journey from our facilities to Lost World  only takes 15-20 minutes.

Bookings from intending visitors to Lost World have surged since November 2012 to the point that we had to declined many requests with regret.

The management of Syabas Homes in acknowledging our growing customers base has decided to extend our accommodation services in Tambun itself closer to The Lost World destination.

Our new facility is now being prepared to receive our first guest, God willing, in February 2013.

So Tambun with all your attractions...here we come...adding another colour to your already colourful and charming environment.

12. A NICE WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR...

The ideal way to promote our facilities is through the internet. Syabas Homes is quite fortunate to secure the services of www.Mudah.my, www.CariHomestay.net and www.ibilik.my to advertise our products throughout 2012 and continuing in 2013. 

Updating of our latest facilities have been done on constant basis for the benefit of our guests and potential guests.

The latest listing on the ibilik yesterday caught us by surprise. Syabashomes Meru Hills has shot up to be no.1 out of 204 short term rentals in Perak and no. 3 out of 3172 short term rentals in Malaysia. Syabas Homes Silibin too has moved up the ladder. As of today we are still there...

While we are excited at these rankings, we are fully aware that Syabas Homes Chepor Indah needs some repackaging to improve its ranking...

Nonetheless, to all our guests and potential guests, do drop by our place whenever you need a place to stay in Ipoh. Rest assured, we promise a quality service to make your stay...a very pleasant one.


Thank you all

11. SETAHUN BERLALU...

Tahun 2012 telah lebih setengah bulan meninggalkan kita dengan aneka kenangan. Tahun 2012 juga telah menemukan kita dengan ramai tetamu yang menginap di tiga lokasi Syabashomes yang kemudiannya menjadi kenalan. 

Para tetamu yang menginap di premis kita semuanya baik-baik belaka... datang berkunjung ke Ipoh atas pelbagai urusan seperti menghadiri majlis perkahwinan, berkursus, melancong, menemani anak-anak menerima sijil dan diploma di majlis konvokasi kolej dan ada yang menemani isteri melapor diri ke pejabat baru. Malah ada tetamu yang menjadikan lokasi Syabashomes untuk majlis perkahwinan.

Kita juga ada menerima banyak tempahan daripada tetamu-tetamu yang datang ke Ipoh untuk menyertai karnival sukan seperti badminton, tae kwon do dan ekspidisi berbasikal.

Atas apa jua urusan pihak Syabashomes menerima para tetamu dengan rasa syukur dan sentiasa mengalukan-alukan  kehadiran tetamu baru sambil menawarkan khidmat terbaik.

Kita juga amat berbangga kerana ada tetamu yang membersih dan mop lantai rumah, basuh kain cadar, sarung bantal dan comforter waima tong sampah pun...

Kita sungguh-sungguh bersyukur mendapat teguran-teguran dan saranan-saranan daripada para tetamu mengenai penambahbaikan kemudahan-kemudahan seperti penyediaan tuala mandi dan penambahan katil di Syabashomes Meru Hills. Alhamdulillah, tetamu kita pada bulan Januari 2013 telah menikmati kemudahan tambahan sebuah katil double di bilik utama Meru Hills.

Kita juga menerima saranan supaya ditingkatkan kemudahan ruang tetamu dan ruang santai di Syabashome Chepor Indah. Saranan yang baik tersebut juga telah dilaksanakan. 

Para tetamu Syabashomes Chepor Indah juga menerima kemudahan bekalan tuala mandi yang disediakan di setiap bilik tidur berkatil.

Akhir sekali ada saranan supaya padang bersebelahan di dalam kawasan rumah di Chepor Indah dijadikan ruang parkir tambahan dan ada tetamu yang mensarankan supaya dilanskapkan padang lebihan tersebut beserta children's playground. Kita sedia pertimbangkan dan akan laksanakan yang terbaik pada masa terdekat.

Syabas bajet homestay Silibin mencatat tempahan terbanyak sepanjang tahun 2012 walau pun premisnya hanya sebuah unit rumahpangsa dua bilik di tingkat 1. Pada kadar sewaan RM120 sehari semalam atau pada kadar RM15 untuk satu orang, kemudahan 8 katil dan kemudahan lain yang ditawarkan adalah sama selesa dengan kemudahan di Chepor Indah dan Meru Hills.

Semoga di tahun 2013 Syabas Homes terus mendapat sambutan... dan terus berkembang...In sya Allah