Hosting
Sometimes we host people at our house in Kuala Lumpur. If it happens, lucky you! You're probably getting iced matcha, black coffee, and kombucha.
Please, don't ask to stay at our place if we haven't offered it ourselves. We usually suggest proactively. If we don't, there are reasons and they are not even related to you personally.
Space and utilities
For you we have
- Extra room with a double bed, an air conditioner, and a wardrobe,
- Extra bathroom, towel, shampoo and body gel,
- Almost 800+ Mbit/sec internet connection and a desk in the workspace,
- Universal electrical adapter,
- Home Minecraft server running 24/7.
We don't have an extra towel if you stay as a couple. Sorry! You can bring yours.
That has to be comfortable if you plan to work remotely. In this case, please, double-check timezone differences! We had friends who worked for a European company from the Malaysian timezone. That wasn't much burden for us but we haven't overlapped in the house because they had been waking up and starting the work when we were finishing ours. That's less fun than if one asked their company to temporary work from GMT+8.
Our attention
We work full-time and a bit more which means we won't be able to spend all the time with you. You would probably want personal time too if you ever heard Oskar bruteforcing jokes!
If you're a tourist in Malaysia, we expect you to do some homework and read about the city online. The best resource to start is this Wikivoyage page.
When we work we usually go for fast lunches outside, come with us!
Transport
Our place is poorly connected with public transport but you can get to any place by using Grab app (taxi and food delivery). We do have a MRT station nearby and there's a bus which goes there frequently but it only accepts a local transport card for payment. If you want to explore Kuala Lumpur while staying here, the best is to prepare extra money for the taxi. Oskar is happy to show some Chinese and Malay neighborhoods in the center if you don't mind long walks.
What to bring
Yourself! And your stories! We personally don't need much. Don't care about gifts or something too much. If you do, we prefer something we can eat up. We may move so we can't accumulate much stuff.
If you travel from Russia, Oskar knows you're already planning to bring a baggage of bread. That's a very creative idea. However, we don't eat bread that much and yours will spoil before we get to it. So don't bring more bread than two people would be able to finish in a day!
Happiness
We want to believe that you will feel comfortable at our home. We are sorry that we aren't located near a public transport and it can take a while to get here from the airport but we have other perks. We are surrounded by parks and small malls, there are a lot of evening joggers. If you read books, there are plenty of places where you can enjoy one with a calm view and benches covered from the rain.
We make our own kombucha, cook matcha and coffee daily, perfected making pasta. We are passionate to talk about Russian, Chinese and Malaysian cultures. We hike and climb, especially when we have someone to invite to our favorite hiking spots and climbing gyms.
Come and enjoy time with us.