Setapak: New Vietnam Town?

     Have been staying in Setapak for about 3 years now. There has been many changes around here since. Good and bad. The walkway outside of Sri Pelangi Condominium is now a Chi Chong Gai (Chinatown), the pathway getting dirtier by the stalls nearby. We have people selling clothes, shoes, prawn crackers, water chestnut and (macam-macam) you can imagine. The little Thailand opposite Sri Pelangi Condo is also now an open space car park where you can park hourly or rent monthly.

    Now speaking of the population in Setapak area, especially Jalan Prima Setapak, where there are four main favourite to places rent (Prima Setapak, Sri Pelangi, Genting Court and Plaza Prima Setapak), we notice an increasing number of foreigners, not ang mohs definitely but foreign workers from Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia. 

    The foreigners are now much like expats living in the four main favourite places to rent mentioned. During the day, you can see many Vietnamese kids with weird school uniforms and bags walking to school. Their so called international school is actually one of the upstairs shop nearby. During the evening time, you can see the Vietnamese mothers hanging around with their baby carried in sarong. 

   Is this a good sign or bad? Probably good for the foreign workers but for the Malaysian young adults, perhaps its time to move?

Wisdom Tooth Outbreak

After two days of jaw and tooth pain torture, I finally went to see a dentist. I was never a fan of dental treatment but this new born wisdom tooth has caused me sleepless nights. The swell in my jaw made it hard for me to take any solid food. 

My boyfriend recommended this dentist nearby our place and promised the dentist is gentle and nice. So there I went.

Klinik Pergigian Zaara @ Platinum 

The place is just nearby to Columbia Hospital along Jalan Genting Kelang. The outer and inside decor was modern and clean, looked like a hotel instead. I was then a little worried about the consultation fees they gonna charge me. I was greeted by warmth and friendly nurse. The dentist treated my condition with concern and answered my every questions in detail. Unlike other dentists outside where they will recommend their patient to extract whatever tooth in pain, she prescribed me with antibiotics and pain killer. She suggested me to give myself a five days to further monitor the condition. She also asked me if I needed MC! Haha...(it was a Sat so of course I rejected it).

Friendly and chatty nurses =)

At the end of consultation, I only paid RM25 in total. The nurse told me that April is a free consultation month in Malaysia hence I only paid for the medicines. 

So everyone, if you wanna visit a dentist, go in April! 

and God bless my wisdom tooth...

Sri Pelangi Condominium

Suitable for:

• Young working adults
• UTAR students
• Family

Comment:

You can see Sri Pelangi Condominium from the main road of Jalan Genting Kelang. This white color building is situated opposite Prima Setapak as well. Many young working adults and UTAR students like to stay here. There is a bus stop just one min away from the condo where there is buses to Wangsa Maju LRT station and also KL city. As for the UTAR students, there is shuttle bus for them to go and back from the campus.

This area is full of food where you will never get starved. Right below the condo we have Kenny Rogers and Home Town steamboat. If you cross the road, you can find KFC there. And of course right across the condo you will find all sorts of hawker food in a street.

There are many blocks in Sri Pelangi Condominium where the better ones I found is Block 130. Many improvements had been done throughout this year where they put proper fencing around the condo, made a garden for a stroll and also repainted the condo itself (still in progress).

This condo is also near to Chinese morning market. 

Prima Setapak Condominium

Suitable for:

• UTAR students
• Young working adults

Prima Setapak Condominium

A Foot Away:

• Morning market
• A street of hawker food
• Bus stop

Comment:

Prima Setapak Condominium is situated next to Sri Pelangi Condominium. This condo is also one of the most searched/ rented condo around Jalan Genting Kelang area. Most of the people who rented here are UTAR students.

It is popular among UTAR students as you could get all sorts of hawker food just right across the road. The road sides get crowded with Chinese food stalls in the evening starting 5-6pm till late midnight. You can get all sorts of food here. 

Opposite Prima Setapak Condo & also Sri Pelangi Condo where all hawker food lines

Prima Setapak is a high density population condo whereby you might get a little trouble getting into the lifts. However, it does have good facilities such as swimming pool, basketball field and a nice park.

DANAU KOTA & JLN GENTING KELANG

Condos along Jalan Genting Kelang are the best place to rent for TAR College students as there are scheduled TARC shuttle buses waiting right outside condos like Sri Pelangi and PVs. The Genting Kelang area is also famous for it's close proximity to food.

Everything ranging from Chinese Hawker to Western Cuisine till Nasi Kandar can be found at that area. Of course there are famous repetitive Chinese Kopitiams in between Sri Pelangi and Prima Setapak.

Ever wondered why Genting Kelang is called Genting Kelang? Some might say that the road used to link Genting to Klang. In my opinion it's because of the climate; if you were to walk back from lunch to your condo you will practically be sweating as if you just had some Klang Bak Kut Teh and once you are back to your unit, the wind that blows-in is so chilling that it feels like Genting - and my unit is only on the 5th Floor - I can't imagine how cold it will be like if I was to live on highest floor on a rainy day. Speaking of which, I noticed the thunderstorms in KL are really terrifying as though some demigod in Percy Jackson just stole Zeus' Thunderbolt.

Below is a summary of Genting Kelang.

Suitable for:

• UTAR students (5-10 mins via shuttle bus/Rapid KL)
• Working adults in KL area (preferably with car)
• UKM KL Campus students (15-30 mins if "jam" using Bulatan Pahang road)

Luxury

• Prima Setapak 2

Comfy Zone

• Sri Pelangi Condominium
• Prima Setapak Condominium
• Plaza Prima Setapak
• PVs

Hard to say~

• Setapak Ria Condo 

Frugal Living

• Langkawi Apartment
• Teratai Mewah Condominium
• Pangsapuri Kos Rendah
• Flat Prima
• Block 101 Apartment
• Genting Court

Shopping Choices:

• KL Festival City (MBO Cinema, Parkson & Econsave)