Randomness

 Crepe seller in Shanghai, China

 Bloodbean soup in coconut milk and butter. Yum yum...

A gift from a student

Hope you are doing fine. 

A few random pictures of what I managed to take once in a while. 

Happy teacher's day to all my teacher-friends. Oppss... my Teacher's Day bake still not materialize. Maybe due to the high cost after GST, everything must cut cut cut further. Lesser gifts, lesser treats while we are adapting to it : P

A visit to China

Under my lenses...bring to you some pictures from our recent visit to Hong Kong and Guangzhou China.

Guangzhou ~ Street food - ever scrumptious night hawker food
Guangzhou ~ Another night hawker selling preserved vegetables and fruits

 At Ladies Street ~ Hong Kong

Arena of Stars ~ Hong Kong

 In Hong Kong

 Hong Kong - Museum of Art

The weather there at this time of the year is excellent to us which it will never happen in Penang of 20 degree celsius. There are always many crowds on the streets, in the metro, at McDonald, on the bus and everywhere. From our traveling experiences, one place that we never missed are the museums. We love museums. It's a good place to visit to and spend time at though, with kids.

Edited to add
We booked and issued the air ticket days prior to our flying schedule. There has been a few international traveling of us and this trip we've chosen to fly by MAS, mainly because it is my desired airline to fly with as it has a proven track record and quite a branded airline in our region. Many business people and ex-boss too have chosen to fly with MAS. And with that, I feel good too - 'Wah...., can fly with a branded airline!' - human!
And with the twist of fate in a blink of eye, the MH370 incident which happened just a couple of days before our departure is really scares me off, hey, I'm not flying alone, it is the whole family! I called my travel adviser uncle Hock and relate to him my doubts, he says "Scared of what? No need to be scared one. Don't think of it!" Yes, his words that make me put all the scary thought behind to fly as planned. And bear in mind - make sure that you are insured, Hah!

A trip to China

 Medicine Hall - Photo taken by me at the muzium

 Michael Jackson's sculpture - Photo taken by hubby Jim

Photo taken by me at the muzium

 Busy street and petty sellers - Photo taken by me

 

Photo taken by me at the muzium

 

 Street petty seller - Photo taken by me

We went to Guangzhou two weeks ago, accompanying hubby Jim to fulfill an installation of system there. Both kids were following as well for a stretch of nine days completes with their first aeroplane flight. The weather there was about 23 degreee celcius, unlike ours here is 32 degree celcius which you would feel as it is 38! Look at those greens, it's beautiful. I show my friend those pictures of petty green sellers, they are asking if I want to be a vegetables seller... LOL... I'm more interested in eating them, I say ^_^... The vegetables that I planted in 38 degree-celcius-like weather wouldn't be this big, juicy, fabulous and full of varieties. Only a certain species would grow.
We do shop, I'll show you the shirt top which I had bought in the next post ; )

Train ride to zoo

 

It's school holidays, we brought our children for our first train ride. It's a wonderful experience overall despite some delayed of two-hour during our trip back from Taiping. We managed to stop over at Taiping Zoo to pay some visit to friends of nature. The pictures above are not in proper manner but you could get the idea of what were around...That squirrel was one of my best captured moments. He went to macaws' captivity to get that corn on the cob and run back to the top of the tree to enjoy his meal... hah... a smart action, isn't he?! I like his super cute posing. Hope you have a wonderful trip too. Cheers!

Chinese New Year

Here's to wish you a belated Happy New Year...
I was sooooo busy preparing stuff and getting ready for this festive season. I clean, I bake, cook and have almost no time to come to this blogspace.


There are a few pictures that I would like to share with you during our trip to Bukit Tinggi highland in Pahang recently.

(The Japanese Tea House)

(Performance at night in Colmar Tropicale; 'The fire-breath man' my sons call)

(At the Swan Lake)

(Swiflet nest in a hidden the parking bay)

(Run freely in Rabbit Farm)

a beautiful scenery is vital to soothe the soul.

May your holiday is well spend with your love ones. xox

A historical day

Last weekend marked a historical day in my life, I get to meet one of my idols. Before planning our trip there, we're undecided. At last, we managed to get to the resort island and dine here.
I'm neither a politician nor a powerman in the house. I admire him as a general citizen would coz Tun Dr. Mahathir is an inspiring leader not only in our homeland but also a significant world leader.

And I think I need to thank my cousin for looking after my both kids while I was busy squeezing myself into the crowds. I would make a dress for her and would not reveal much now till the dress is completed.

Capturing moments

Photography is one of the little thing I practice on lately and put it into action almost instantly
: P and contributed some sought-after-moments of kids presenting during my sons' school's year-end concert.

wrong setting on the camera and caused this...people in the picture almost can't be seen!


trying to rectify with the help from some experts...

By the way, I captured this from a cafe platform by the sea in Pulau Langkawi. Imagine sitting by the sea sipping a cup of coffee... marvellous life moments!

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion & Penang Hawker

Some family members from Ipoh came over to visit. Brought them to a few tourist spots, also not forget to bring them to savour some of local hawker food. My long time preference still pancake! It does comes in few 'version' of Penang pancakes. The picture above, Uncle Guan's pancake is located in Burmah Road. I bought because my kids would love to have something to munch on while going for a longer travel; not really my preference : P

Another discovery of Penang, it is Baba and Nyonya Peranakan Mansion located in the central of Georgetown. No doubt that I've been living here for more than 30 years, I haven't been to this place before. And again, it's the tourist that brought me here..lol...the entrance fee is RM10 per adult. Kids under the age of 6 is f.o.c. Sorry, no photo cos' no camera inside.

What's in travellers pack

The TSA (Transport Security Administration) website has a list of permitted and prohibited items on the airplane; www.cbp.gov provides advice for international travellers; and
www.dhs.gov/xtrvlsec says it all: "Know Before You Go."

So, do a little homework before setting off on your dream trip.

Penang's Resort Apartments

Now is vacation seasons again while kids enjoying their week long school holidays.

When I want to visit to places, I usually will encounter problem with resorts and hotels that not easy to be found from hotels agents. Here's one that I can recommend you to go to in case you need one in Penang Island.

It is a resort apartments with very affordable rate which start from RM88/nite. I've been there for many times =D Sri Sayang is one of my choice.