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  During my trip to Sampoerna , Sabah, we went to Semporna Ocean Torism Center. A very beautiful place complete with Floating Hotel  ( DRAGON INN ) and Floating restaurant (PEARL CITY RESTAURANT)   the restaurant                                                                      Floating Hotel                Semporna Town comes to life each April during the unique boat festival REGATTA LEPA when the Sea Bajau  dress up their Lepa-Lepa traditional sailboats for competition. More about REGATTA LEPA . The waterfront section of Semporna has been transformed with new shop houses that host a few budget hotels. Water taxis busy plying the shore. There many inhabited islands in the Sulu Sea off Semporna Since the dive resorts on Pulau Sipadan were ordered to ship out in a controversial move to conserve the island's fragile ecosystem, dive centers, budget motels and hotels have sprouted along the waterfront of Semporna to cater

  Mabul Island first became popular due to its close proximity to Sipadan Island. However, in the last few years it has gained its own recognition as one of the best "muck-diving" sites in the world.    Mabul Island is a small oval shaped island surrounded by sandy beaches and perched on the northwest corner of a larger 200-hectare reef. The reef is on the edge of the continental shelf and the seabed surrounding the reef slopes out to 25m-30m deep.    There are two resorts on Mabul Island, Sipadan Water Village and Sipadan-Mabul Resort and one resort on a nearby refurbished oil rig called Sea Ventures Dive Resort.   Sipadan Mabul Resort                    Sipadan Water Village      Mabul is arguably one of the richest single destinations for exotic small marine life anywhere in the world. Flamboyant cuttlefish, blue-ringed

It's been so long since last time i makes my own pizza. Since, i'm free today, i decided to prepare my own pizza... ;)) a bit tiring to make pizza if you don't have a bread maker to prepare the dough. As usual : The ingredients : 400 gm high protein flour. 1 tablespoon Instant Yeast 250 ml water (warm) 2 tbs butter/margarine 2 tbs milk powder 2 tbs sugar salt to taste * this measurement enough for 1 large pizza and 7 mini pizza. So, half measurement is enough. Method : Bloom yeast in 1/2 cup warm water . Blooming means to add the liquid first, let the yeast rise up through the liquid and create a mass like a flower on the surface. Combine water and yeast in a large bowl and let sit for 5 minutes. Stir in the sugar, salt, and butter. Add half the flour and mix. Add remaining flour and knead until smooth. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and put in a warm spot to rise for about half an hour (or wait till the dough became 2 times bigger than the original size.) Punch the d