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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 under family, friends, good stuff |
We’re finally back. Home sweet home. We went back to Pomelosville for Chinese New Year celebration as usual. Had tons of fun seeing my relatives and bffs. I also got to meet some very special people during this trip. I’ll blog about it next. Ashley is very happy because she doesn’t have to go to school this whole week and has been receiving lots of angpows 
Here are some photos taken a few days ago.
Posing at the lobby of the hotel where we stayed in
Offering customary tea to Gung Gung on the First Day of the Chinese New Year
Ashley had a fun time in the pool at my friend’s house. The mommies were busy chatting while the kids were in the pool.
Another round of eating last night. BBQ at a friend’s house.
In 2 more days, school will resume and so is work too. Boo Hoo….the holidays are over! Since we were away for so many days, there is a huge of pile of laundry to do and cleaning around the house. Some of the things in my to-do list are to go on a diet after a few days of eating non-stop and also to check out the sterling silver earrings at ZuluMoon.com. So how was your CNY celebration?
Posted on Jan 07, 2012 under ashley, family |
Thanks for all your well wishes in my earlier post. Ashley is still coughing and has a runny nose. She skipped school on Friday because her cough was pretty bad.
During the New Year holiday weekend, we decided to check out the Empire Shopping Gallery. That was our 2nd time there. I kinda like this mall because it is not that packed and there are some pretty good stores and eateries there. We had dinner inside Jaya Grocer. I’m sure you would be wondering what kind of restaurant is inside a supermarket eh? Hubs spotted The Four Seasons Restaurant which is famous in Bayswater, London for its BBQ Roast Duck. My dad has been raving about Four Seasons in Bayswater and he never fail to eat there every time he goes to London. Well, I guess there is no need to fly to London now 
The roast duck was good and we will definitely be back for more. Sorry, no pics of the dinner.
Right after dinner time, Ashley spotted the LeX Slide which is the World’s Tallest Indoor Tube Slide. She was so excited and kept bugging us to let her go on the slide. We weren’t that sure we would want her to try it out because the slide is 50 metres ~~ 5 storey high but she was adamant. In the end, we let her have some fun since she said she’s not scared.
This is how the slide looks like. Photo is from google image.
Another photo of the LeX slide via EwinEe.com. I don’t think I dare to slide down.
My little daredevil coming down. I didn’t have a camera with me so I used my handphone to take this blurry photo.
Yay! She did the slide! The first thing she said to me after the ride was “It Was Awesome, Mom“. She wants to go again but we told her next time
Posted on Dec 29, 2011 under family, food, travel |
This is a continuation of our trip to Langkawi recently A must visit place for us each time when we are there is the Nam Restaurant at Bon Ton Resort. I heart this unique resort. It is just minutes drive away from the main beach of Pantai Cenang. A hidden gem if you asked me. Bon Ton is built on the grounds of a 100 year old coconut plantation and features traditional Malay houses that are beautifully restored into luxurious villas, a pool/jacuzzi as well as the Nam restaurant. This restaurant offers a fusion of western and eastern cuisine and is regarded as one of the best restaurants in Langkawi. Food is quite expensive but delicious. Below are some pics of our lovely lunch.
The Nam Restaurant. It overlooks a lotus lagoon. This place is so relaxing. You can see the peak of Mount Mat Cincang on the horizon and I read somewhere that the sunset view is just breathtaking.
Ashley’s Chicken Satay with Mash Potatoes
Chicken Schnitzel
Homemade Fish Fingers
Ms. Talk-A-Lot having her strawberry smoothie.
The private dining room
A sitting area. Love the antique furniture and decors.
Bon Ton Resort and Restaurant is eclectic and full of character. Oh I forgot to add that there are many cats roaming in this place. There are also dogs in a caged compound. It all started when Bon Ton Restaurant in KL began rescuing and sheltering street dogs and cats. So when the owner, Narelle came to open this island branch, she brought the animals along. Thus, the Langkawi Animal Shelter and Sanctuary Foundation (LASSie) was set-up to receive, rehabilitate and care for neglected, abused and needy animals. The cats we saw are so cute and chubby. Ashley had a great time talking to them but you know how cats are. They are so cool and couldn’t be bothered at all *chuckle* We look forward to returning soon.
Posted on Dec 16, 2011 under family, travel |
We are back from a short break at the legendary island of Langkawi. I love Langkawi and wish we could go there more often. This holiday is of course too short 
Hubs started planning for our next vacation as soon as we reached home….hehehehe. Below are some pics taken during our holiday.
Sunset at Berjaya Langkawi. Ain’t that beautiful?
We stayed in a chalet at the rainforest. The resort is huge and beautiful. We usually take the resort buggy to go back to the chalet because it is quite a distance from the lobby and the beach. I booked a Superior Chalet but they upgraded ours to Deluxe They are similar except that the Deluxe chalet is more spacious.
Ashley and a new found friend. She loves to build sandcastles and looking for seashells.
The monkey swinging on the bar. Just like the monkeys we see at the resort.
Ms. Grumpy who cannot wait to go to the swimming pool.
Happy in the pool
Ms. Grumpy who is also known as Ms. Parrot also has her own itinerary. She wants to go here, do this, go there, do that and etc. Pretty tiring for the parents who just want to relax by the beach Luckily I still managed to read my book and also the term life insurance write-up. More coming up on what we did or ate in Langkawi.
Posted on Dec 11, 2011 under ashley, family, good stuff |
Mid Valley Megamall is having an A-Maze-ing Christmas this year. The center court is decorated with lots of greenery depicting a maze. I love how green the whole place looks. There are red poinsettias and Christmas hollies everywhere too. The decor is simple but beautiful.
Right in the center of the maze is Santa and he was there waiting for people to take a photo with him. We were there today and when the lil missy saw Santa, she didn’t run away or held on tightly to us like she did the previous years. Instead, she wanted to go near Santa. She read the information board near the maze and told us that we can take a photo with Santa and it cost only RM10 So, off we went eventhough the queue was rather long. The proceeds from the photography session go to Tung Shin Hospital.
Here is our family pic with Santa and Santarina. Too bad the children weren’t give the chance to tell Santa what they wish for this Christmas. Hmm…if that happens, I bet the queue would be much longer. Nevertheless, Ashley was a happy camper. I asked Ashley later why she did not tell Santa what her wish is and she said, “Mom, he’s not a real Santa“. I asked her how does she know he is not real? She said, “He is not from the North Pole and I didn’t see his sleigh“. Hehehehehe…yes, yes, this Santa drove to the mall in his car If you would like to take a pic with Santa, do head over to Mid Valley Megamall. Not sure if he is around on weekdays or not though
Posted on Nov 28, 2011 under ashley, family |
Ashley loves animals and the last time when we were in Malacca, she was kinda upset that we did not stop at the Malacca Zoo. We brought her there last year and so we decided to skip it. Since she has recovered from hfmd and it’s the long weekend, we took her to the Zoo Negara to see her favourite animals. We were there last year too I think.
The girl armed with a map. She already told us that we have to get her a map so that she’ll know where the locations of the animals are.
First stop is to the Children’s World where the Miniature Horses are. Their names are Hobbit and Wizard. Aren’t they cute?
We managed to catch the Live Show at the Zoo Amphitheatre. We saw performances by the eagles, parakeets, seal and an 18-year old sea lion named Bart.
Flocks of Flamingoes. The missy was thrilled to see her favourite Pink animal/birds. That was the first thing she checked out from the map She even wore her Flamingo hairband just so that the flamingoes may think that she is one of them…hahahahaha
One of the highlights of the zoo trip is seeing the mudskippers in the Aquarium section. This is our first time seeing this fish. Ashley was thrilled to see fishes that could walk and skip She saw one with only one eye and she felt really sorry for the poor mudskipper as I told her that the fish has dropped its eye somewhere.
image via www.bountyfishing.com
Besides the above, we saw goats, mousedeers, birds, reptiles, cats, storks, pelicans, elephants, giraffes, fishes, bears, apes, monkeys, crocodiles, birds, tortoise, etc. The zoo was packed with visitors on Sunday. The sky started to look gloomy when we left at around 1pm. It was a very fun trip and the missy said we have to go back again next year
Posted on Nov 17, 2011 under family, food, travel |
Hey peeps, this is the last installment of our recent trip to Malacca. We stayed at the charming Hotel Puri again. This time I asked for a room on the ground floor (no need to climb up the stairs). Our room overlooks the little garden. It was really nice. Sorry, didn’t take a photo of the room.
This is the open courtyard where we had our breakfast. The stay comes with complimentary breakfast for 2. No charge for Ashley too.
We managed to check out the popular Donald and Lily cafe during this trip. They are famous for Nyonya food and is located @ Jalan Hang Jebat.
image via sixthseal.com. Tables are available upstairs.
We had Nyonya Curry Laksa
Mee Siam
Nyonya Rojak which consists of mainly fish balls, fish cakes and tofu. Pretty interesting dish. This is the only food available that Ashley could eat that day. Everything else was sold out when we reached there at around 2 pm. Overall, I find the food was ok only, nothing spectacular. Probably it is because the whole place was crowded and I didn’t feel too comfortable eating there. We also had to finish our food real fast as the sky was really dark and we did not want to be caught in the rain.
Later in the evening, we walked along Jonker Street to check out the Night Market. To our surprised, we saw a Caucasian man selling food at the market. According to the placards he put on the stall, this man is a chef from Montana. He was selling pasta and burgers. Business was good as many people were crowding around him, waiting for their orders. Ashley wanted Mac & Cheese so we ordered one from him. It was delish. I wanted to find out more about why he’s there but he was very busy so we left.
Last but not least, we got to drink this nice Chilled Coffee from Lao Qian Cafe, inside the Shan Shu Gong shop. The glass is freeze with crushed ice inside. Freshly brewed milk coffee is poured into the glass when order is placed.
Posted on Nov 10, 2011 under ashley, education, family |
As mentioned in my previous post, today is Ashley’s Sports and Concert Day. It was held at the stadium this morning. The missy was so excited and kept asking us how long it takes to arrive at the stadium. She was a tad worried when there’s traffic jam along the way. Below are some of the photos I took.
The decoration. Looks like a mini Asean game eh?
Ashley with her good friend, Cara. They are getting ready for the dance. I only put minimal makeup on her
Ashley and her friends dancing away to the song, “Hey Mickey” by Toni Basil. You know the song? “Oh Mickey, you’re so fine. You’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey“. One of my favourite songs in the 80’s. Their performance was the opening ‘act’ for the event. I don’t have a good camera, hence couldn’t zoom in to Ashley. She’s one of the girls who are holding the red pom pom.
After this, there were dances performed by the nursery/kindergarten children as well as those from the kindergarten’s other branches . The sport events took place after the performances.
Ashley only took part in this “Fruits Galore” event. The kids had to pick up a paper from the basket and run to the other end and pin the paper onto the fruit board.
The concert/sports day ended at around 12pm but we left early. Ashley said she had fun and kept asking us if we saw her performance
Posted on Nov 02, 2011 under family, travel |
We did a lot of touristy stuff this time when we were in Malacca. Ms. Chatter Box insisted on taking the trishaw ride so off we went.
image via http://visit-malaysia.yinteing.com/2011/07/28/trishaw-or-beca-rides-in-malacca-town
I didn’t take any photos of us on the trishaw (beca) because it was a hilarious and guilty trip. Hilarious because as soon as we sat down on the trishaw, the Pakcik (uncle) quickly switched on a Chinese CD which consists of songs in the 70’s. I couldn’t stop laughing. Man, it was hilarious. Just imagine, all 3 of us on a trishaw, going around Malacca with Chinese songs blaring from the trishaw. Guilty because I felt bad as the poor Pakcik had to ferry all 3 of us around. We are definitely not light. My hubby kept asking him, “Bolehkah Pakcik?” (Is it ok uncle?) Luckily there was no need to go up the slope.
After the trishaw ride, we took the Malacca River Boat Cruise. The photo above just reminded me that I have to check out www.besteyelashenhancer.net We enjoyed the river cruise very much. It was fun to see the old buildings that have been repainted and turned into guest houses or cafes. We even saw a few big monitor lizards swimming in the river. Exciting!
That’s what we did in Malacca besides visiting Jonker Street. Will update more on what we ate later
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 under family, travel |
Hey Peeps. We’re back from a short stay in Malacca. Since Ashley’s exam is over, we decided to make a short trip to this historical city which is one of our favourite destinations Let me bore you with what we did there. First stop was the Butterfly and Reptile Sanctuary.
The missy who couldn’t wait to check out the butterflies
Ashley was talking to the bird which knows how to say Hello and scream like a child. She asked the bird if it knows the peacock/peahens at the next cage *chuckle*
There were many beautiful butterflies at the special enclosure. Even saw two that were busy making babies
After the butterflies, we crossed over the koi pond which is behind the waterfall.
Lots of tadpoles in the water
The missy had loads of fun feeding the hungry koi fishes. They are so beautiful. After the feeding session, the fishes would swim in a row and head to the other side of the pond.
Besides butterflies, there are many different types of birds, creepy crawlies, gibbons, chameleons, snakes, insects, crocodiles, leopards and tortoises at the farm.
I even found cute elephants fridge magnets at the Butterfly Sanctuary. Of course, Ashley wanted the green monkey because it has a pink face. It was a fun trip for us. We left the place after spending about 1.5 hours there. Do stay tuned on where we went next.
