Looking for a cheap/economy hostel/hotel in the downtown area of Malaysia’s capital city Kuala Lumpur? My recommendation must be First Business Inn!

Kuala Lumpur First Business Inn Double Beds Room
First Business Inn Deluxe Double Room, image for CC-BY-SA 3.0

First Business Inn is located at 72, Jalan Dato Haji Eusoff, Off Jalan Ipoh, about 10 minutes’ walk to Putra World Trade Cebtre (PWTC). It accommodates 103 air-conditioned rooms designated as Standard, Superior, and Deluxe. Both single- and double-bed rooms are available for each accommodation type.

Kuala Lumpur First Business Inn Room Muslim Prayer Direction Sign
First Business Inn Room Muslim Prayers Green Arrow Sign Pointing to Mecca, image for CC-BY-SA 3.0

Each room provides towels, an IDD telephone, a TV, a pencil, some notes and coffee and tea-making facilities (Deleuxe Rooms only) among others.  The room rates are ~80RM for Standard rooms, ~95RM for Superior, and ~105RM for Deluxe, plus 5% government tax and 10% service charge. By the way, I noticed there is WiFi signs in the reception hall and also inside the lift cabin. But I’m not sure if this wireless internet service is for the hostel’s guests.

Kuala Lumpur First Business Inn Wooden Cabinet, Writing Desk, TV
First Business Inn Wooden Cabinet, Writing Desk, TV, image for CC-BY-SA 3.0

In the past few years, each time when I visited Kuala Lumpur, First Business Inn was always my first choice, mostly because of 1) the cleanness of its room, 2) the convenience to access to transportation such as buses, light railway trains, and monorail.

Kuala Lumpur First Bussiness Inn Bathroom Washing Sink
Bathroom Towel, Washing Sink, Loo-Pot, image for CC-BY-SA 3.0

For the cleanness, sure you guys can have some impression from viewing the photos of a Deluxe double-bed room I took during a recent trip to KL (click here for the large version). The attached bathroom complete with hot and cold water is also very clean.

Kuala Lumpur First Business Inn Bathroom Shower Cabin
Cold and hot walter shower provided, image for CC-BY-SA 3.0

What I want to point out here is that First Business Inn apparently didn’t re-supply a curtain for the missing one of the room I stayed which could have been torn by earlier guests or just removed due to the obsolescence. Read the rest of this entry »

Country music band Gloriana’s vocalist and left-handed guitarist Cheyenne Kimball, pictured here, has been engaged. Cheyenne Kimball’s Mr. Right is Arkansas musician Casey Twist.

Cheyenne Kimball
Cheyenne Kimball in Hanging On (Sony Music/Youtube)

Both Cheyenne Kimball and Casey Twist confirmed their engagement through Twitter.

“Rumors are true! Casey Twist and I are engaged! He’s the best!” Kimball announced on her band Twitter account @glorianatheband.

Casey Twist, Cheyenne Kimball fiance
Cheyenne Kimball fiance: Arkansas singer/songwriter Casey Twist (Image credit: Twitter)

“I know a certain Cheyenne who is soon to be the future Mrs. Twist. We are engaged! Love that girl!!” Twist couldn’t hide his happiness to be the future husband of Miss Cheyenne. Read the rest of this entry »

Platinum-selling rapper Lyfe Jennings, pictured below, is to be put in prison for a second time. Lyfe Jennings was sentenced 3.5 years to the jail at an Atlanta court on September 22, 2010.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10:  Lyfe Jennings arrives at the 50th annual Grammy awards held at the Staples Center on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Lyfe Jennings Is Jail-Bound

Lyfe, 37, born Chester Bamsu Jennings, was previously incarcerated 10+ years in prison for committing the arson in 1992.  Lyfe’s Wehnesday  jail sentence arose from an indictment in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »