Hometown during CNY

Was back to hometown with sayang last weekend and while jln jln at nite...I took some shots of the CNY decorations in Jonker Street.


The whole place is decorated with rows and rows of red lanterns.


Some of the buildings have red spot lights shined on pillars and their roof to make them more "red" in colour.


Fantastic decoration.


Even the Dutch buildings are not spared....red spot lights are everywhere....making the pillars, roofs and walkway red in colour.


Nice.


As usual...how can we forget bout the food. Tried out another laksa (curry noodle) stall in Jonker Street...and its yummy.


Also...there is always the cendol.

Holiday.........

Since I am now officially classified as "penggangur" until end Feb.....I will try to use the time to catch up with some personal stuffs. One of the thing which I would like to do is to make a trip to Langkawi with my sayang as our plan last year was cancelled last minute.

We check the calendar and last weekend was the best time to go. Its actually quite an ad-hoc trip but I guess that's the fun. Planning was done in about a day...then all the neccesary bookings....and then 2 days later off to Langkawi d. Since its off-season now, we got booking for apartments and car rental at low rates.


Packing.


Map also sendiri download n buat....adui...cheap skit lah.

Drove off ngam ngam 12am on Sat....target destination is Kuala Kedah jetty and estimated time of travel is ard 6 hours. After 6 hours and approx 500km driving....finally we arrive at the jetty ard 5.30am....all tired n sleepy.

Manage to catch the 7am ferry and we are finally at Langkawi ard 9am.


Sudah sampai Langkawi...can see the big Helang at the background.


Must take a pic with the ferry also.

We proceeded to rent a car and then check in to our rented 1 room apartment. The car we rented a bit gaya lah....sport rims on all 4 and the back suspension sudah terangkat wan. Soon after driving it pass some really twisty road....its very responsive....only problem is makan minyak kaw kaw.


Living room.


Kitchen....facing the pool at downstairs.


Bedroom....where Beckz seeks "Chow Yuen Fatt" and I seek "Chow Wai Man (Vivian)" at nite...sometimes in evening also....usually after meal :P


Our sporty rented car.

After kau tim check in n stuffs....we took a short nap as both of us din really have much rest at nite while travelling. After the nap, we went for lunch and visited the Langkawi Cable Car at Gunung Mat Chincang.


In front of the cable car station on a hot sunny day....so hot until kenot smile d.


Beli tiket.


Cable car leaving the station....since its not a peak season...we got the whole gondola just for the both of us.


The world 1st semi circle suspension bridge.....situated on top of Gunung Mat Chincang.


The view is superb from on top here.

On the way back to our car from the cable car station, we have to pass something like a small village with restaurants n souvenir shops. Then we foun this strange fruit on this particular tree.....dunno what is it.


hmmm....apa ni ???

Our next destinations are to visit the many beaches along the north of Langkawi. We went to Pantai Pasir Tengkorak where the geographic structure of the rocks along the beach is superb. Next went to Tanjung Rhu. We skip Pantai Pasir Hitam as both of us have been there before.

At nite. we had dinner and do some shoppings at the various shopping malls ard town.

Next day....we woke up early for breakfast and our 1st destination is Underwater World Langkawi. It was sad that few months ago someone poison the main tank and all the fishes in there died. During our visit, the main tank is closed as the management is still upgrading and cleaning it. I guess they take the opportunity to do some maintenance to it also, since it is all empty now.


Nice fish...colour very nice.


Up close with a kalui.


Beckz main main with the kakaktua.


This is not something we see everyday....the si-fatt/ass of a sea urchin.


This prawn shy lah.


Octopus.

After visiting Underwater World Langkawi, we procedded back to town for lunch and then more shopping. Bought a set of kitchen knifes with its very nice and gaya casing.

Basically the holiday is a break for me and Beckz since its been quite some time since we went on a nice holiday together. Din really visited all the places in Langkawi as this is not the 1st time we been here.

Left Langkawi on Monday morning.....with lots of pictures and fond memories.


The end of the trip....time to balik lor :(

Pergi Penang

Was at Penang last weekend for a friend's wedding. Since the wedding reception and dinner is on Sunday....I decided to leave KL to Penang on Friday nite itself after work...so sayang n me can go jln jln a bit on Saturday.

We had all sort of plans for Saturday....however only manage to go to the botanical garden and makan makan at nite saja. All this becoz we are just too tired n find sleep more important than jln jln...hehehehe. Anyway still manage to go breakfast with Beckz punya friend's mama, whom we are staying at her place.

At the botanical garden...., was expecting to see many monkeys. Indeed there were a lot...sampai kena attack by one...hehehehe. This place is famous for joggers too....can see many of them, old and young running ard the garden. Also can see many kahwin orang come here for their outdoor photo shot.

I took the oportunity to put my old Canon Powershot A80 to some closeup pics.










Curi take pic of my sayang also...hehehehe

rama rama rama rama rama

Went to Tmn Rama Rama n Reptilia last weekend while I was back in Malacca. Manage to capture some nice butterflies.....I mean their pictures...hehehehe.

tour guide for the day...actually only quarter day :P

My sayang's friends came Kuantan few weeks ago and being a good host, we brought them ard KL. Since its Merdeka weekend...so the streets are very quiet....very very less car.

1st stop: (Berjaya Times Square)

They wanted to go jln jln in complexes 1st....so brought them to Berjaya Times Square. Reason to choose this place: coz its huge (outstation folks like huge complexes), many variety (this place starting to become like Sg Wang Plaza d), location (located at 1 side of KL...and ard few complexes)....and finally coz I wanna check out Borders book store...hehehehe.

We jln jln for quite long...few hours. Lastly feel hungry d, so go eat Hartz Chicken Buffet....yummy. After dinner...also bout 8.30pm d....time to proceed to the 2nd d
destination.

2nd stop: (Eye On Malaysia)
Personally i myself have not been to the Eye On Malaysia. I know its at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa.....but din know the exact location of it. Taman Tasik Titiwangsa is huge...so better know the exact location so won't make a long turn to search for it. Thanks to Google Earth, I found it......and manage to continue be the tour guide.

The rain just stop when we reach this place..., so its cooling. Visibility is very good also, coz the rain took off most of the city haze with it. There is a nice presentation of merdeka related clips on water mist screen in the lake....cool.

Manage to snap 1 pic of the Eye On Malaysia.....

using my sayang's N73....cun tak...hehehehe :P

Sayang's friends went on the Eye On Malaysia....price is ok too @ Rm 15 per person per ride. U get 6 rounds in 1 ride...ok mah. Next is the final destination for the nite.

3rd stop: (secret place with magnificent view)
This is not a tourist attraction place...but tour guides usually bring tourist here......for the one and only reason as shown in the pic below.....



For those who know KL well...you should know this spot. This place offers one of the best view of the Petronas Twin Towers. Sayang's friends like to take picture...so this spot is a must visit...furthermore the vis is so good.

So basically that was my tour guide adventure for bout quarter day....from 5+ pm till bout 12am.....quite nice to travel ard KL when the roads are clear and the air is fresher after the rain.