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My sons in action : Cycling






Only Yiyi's photos are available because he was sporting enough to stop and smile for the camera. As in Abe Awe, he was too busy cycling and wouldn't stop to pose and I was not too eager to chase him around.

p/s: they wanted to wear motorcycle helmets.. hehe okay, which reminds me I should buy them proper cycling helmets after this

Eye on Malaysia - Finally

After almost a year, we set foot at Tasik Titiwangsa on Sunday, 25th Nov. 2007 to ride the one and only - Eye on Malaysia (eye on some part of KL actually)

This was not a planned trip. Yes, I did mentioned to my husband that since my cousin Cik Minah has taken a ride on the giant ferris wheel, it's a shame that we who stayed in KL do not want to take the chance (Cik Minah lives in Penang and came here 2 weeks ago on a school visits). So I said, I wanted to buy a key chain at the souvenir shop. Suddenly my hubby said, okay, let's ride Eye on Malaysia as well.. Of course all of us were so excited at the idea!

We parked our car at the National Art Gallery and walked to Tasik Titiwangsa (just a 10 minutes walk)

Abe awe and yiyi at our home's parking area


Eye on Malaysia (side and front view)

Ticket booth (adult at RM15/each and Child at RM8/each)

This is where we queue

Notice the 2 big wheels on the left and right which rotates the giant wheel


The views from above as in photos below :

Petronas twin tower

My sons couldn't contain their excitement

umiyumi@photography

I am still learning to use my digital camera, a nikon coolpix s200.

I wish I can afford to buy a better camera, a DSLR maybe. But photography is not easy without knowing the techniques and having the right skills. The last time I was involved in photography was aeons ago during my university years. We only had photography sessions or perhaps only one that I could remember. Therefore, there wasn't enough exposures and experience that I could gain. At least the club I joined at school was better, even if the 3 of us had to share one camera and we also did spend a lot of time in the dark room.

So what I could do with just what I have? I'm not sure at all if it has any value to others. But what can I say is that at this moment what I could do is bring out the best of what I have.

my old school. I took this while moving in a car (my hubby was driving, of course ;) )

Short note:
Photos taken from Sept onwards were results of my nikon. Previous photos (before Sept 07) was taken using my sony ericsson K310i

Orkid lahh!!

location : Cameron Highlands (2 Sept. 2007)

Among first of Awe's drawings

teddy bear? and lots of buses

yellow buses, houses etc

According to him, this is a shark (object in the middle of the drawing)

Laksa

On 1st May, I decided to cook Laksa for my family. Actually I planned to cook earlier during the weekend, but I was down with fever.

Laksa in preparation

Laksa and its condiments (bahan tabur)

voila! Ready to eat...

Family Workout @ The Lake Garden

Saturday morning, 14th April 2007.

9 days away from home

but home is where my heart is... :)

A short break in March : Cuti-cuti Malaysia

Kuantan, Pahang

Mak and Ca came down to KL on Friday, 23 March 2007. On Sunday we went to Kuantan for a night stay at a local beach resort. This is our second time being there. We had an enjoyable time at the lagoon-shaped swimming pools and at night we had seafood for dinner.

Lagoon shaped swimming pool

Hotel view from the swimming pool.




Bought souvenirs at the Pantai Teluk Cempedak and took whole lots of photos! On Monday we came back to KL and on Tuesday we went to KLCC Aquaria.


Note : Accomodation is sponsored by Mak, we booked 2 deluxe sea-view room at RM170. Ca sponsor the toll fares and we sponsored the petrol and dinner.. he he

KLCC Aquaria Trip

This is our second time to Aquaria, and the first for my mom and sis. As it was a weekday, there were not so many people visiting, thank goodness! We had such a great time there.

Huge Fish!

Sand shark

Do you want to swim with me? he he

Colmar Tropicale @ Bukit Tinggi - Revisited

Last Friday, on the 5th of January 2006, me and my family together with my mom and sis who came all the way from my hometown, went up to Bukit Tinggi in Pahang. I was there for the first time in 2004, and my youngest son was not born yet. The second time I was there, I noticed that the new castle is almost completed. Perhaps they will start operations this year, maybe.

We booked a two bedroom suite for 4 adults and 2 kids. The rooms were quite okay. However, I noticed that bathroom configuration was not as what featured on their website. In their website, it potrays both bathroom comes with a bathtub each. However, there's only one bathtub at the master room whilst the second room only has shower stall, not bathtub. As it was okay for my mom and sis so we did not request for another suite. This is how the rooms look like :

The air was cool as it was supposed to be. Not as cool as Cameron Highlands, of course. Later on in the afternoon, we went down to the Rabbit Park. As it was Friday, not too many people were there since it was a working day. As it happened, we were the only visitors at the rabbit park. My mom waited at the entrance as the rest of us entered into the enclosure where the rabbits are let free. I saw that most of the rabbits were poorly kept, most have fleas. Poor thing! But we just couldn't help trying to pat some and hold them lovingly. Afterwards we washed our hands. These are some of the cute rabbits at the park. We went back to our rooms and my sons had an enjoyable time at the bathtub. I also eyed some of the shops in the hotel compound. Made a mental note too of what should I bring home as souvenir.

That night, we watched a dance show in front of the water fountain. The performers are called the Java Dancers. This is what I don't see often in real life. The performance were ok, but the costumes and attires, well uhm.. don't want to say much. Sorry no photos of the dancers ;p

On Saturday morning, we had breakfast at La Blason Restaurant. Actually I was looking for mini croissants I had last in 2004. But they only served regular sized croissants. I was so disappointed. I took what looked like a plain one (didn't see any labels on the croissant) but it turned out with a chocolate fillings. Hmm not bad at all. Nasi lemak was just okay, there's fried bihun, potato wedges etc.. Standard hotel breakfast menu. But frankly I enjoyed breakfast at Hotel Seri Malaysia Alor Setar more than ever.. :)

After breakfast, we decided to head up to the Japanese Tea Garden/Botanical Garden. Here's some photo of Colmar that I took as we headed outside to wait for the shuttle bus.

We did not go to the Japanese Tea Garden as it was tiring to climb up the hill so we went down to the Botanical Garden instead. There's a koi pond and flower plants were planted on the steep slope. There's a path you could use to walk down further but as we didn't want to miss the shuttle bus, we decided just to snap a few photos and go back to Colmar. I also bought a keychain at the gift shop. It costed me RM8. Quite expensive huh? Unfortunately we missed our shuttle bus. I looked at my watch and it was 10.55 am. It was supposed to leave at 11.00 am. but maybe the driver saw that we're not going to go back yet so he started down early. Hmm.. so we waited at the shuttle stand for half an hour for the next shuttle service.

When we arrived at Colmar, it was almost 11.45 am. Not much time to spare as we have to check out at 12.00 pm, but my kids had their last chance splashing in the bathtub as we packed our things. We checked out at 12.15 pm. I went to buy some souvenir at the gift shop and then we said bye bye to Colmar Tropicale. Who knows when we're going there again. Perhaps in a few years.

But we sure had a wonderful time up there. :)