Kota Kinabalu - March 2013 - Day 1

After much contemplating and '1 2 zoommm' amongt the group, the decision was

KOTA KINABALU 

WE ARE COMING!!

23rd March 2013
Our flight from LCCT departed on time..
Landed at KK Airport at 10.00am..

and then the drama began..

Our driver was not there to greet us..
Calls made to the office not answered.
Then the driver called me..saying he is on the way..
And 'his on the way' was at least 40 minutes later..

Is this a 'bad' omen or what?

With 11 paxes and many luggages, we managed to squeeze into this van


first stop..breakfast...

With a satiated team, we were on our way to Kota Kinabalu Park..

But on the way, must stop also for our load of Vitamic C...fresh local fruits...

Sabah pineapples...sweet, juicy and fibreless

Sabah organic bananas 

Our first glimpse of Kota Kinabalu Mountain..the peak is hidden by the heavy clouds..

Kota Kinabalu : March 2013

We are the 'kam sei' group..

The Sulu landed at Lahad Datu sometimes in mid Feb 2013..apparently they wanted to take back Sabah from Malaysia.  Their Sultan, had sent his troops over by boats and they are holed up in the villages. You want more details, please read it here

Over in Penisular Malaysia, we have 'unofficial' reports that KK is in chaos, shops are closing early (that means also our seafood restaurants)..people are staying in-door after dusk, pasar malams are deserted..army and tanks are patrolling the streets..security is so strung up..

On the other hand, our Tourism Ministry said it is safe to visit West Sabah ...

Ok, so to go or not to go ..AirAsia tickets purchased already in late 2012..either we take the risks or burnt our $$

Sometimes,  I wounder why are we so 'lucky''...we were in Bali after the 2nd bombing (Oct 2005) , and now this ...haiiiiiizzz

Dancing on A Saturday Nite



Our gang was invited to an annual agency event.

With one condition ..

We have to dance for our dinner  

The dinner was on June 30, 2012,
what would be more appropriate than

DANCING ON A SATURDAY NITE

We ladies really enjoy ourselves with the nice food, nice atmosphere, nice company and perhaps the good time was also contributed partially by 

Ehh..sorry...must have been a bit tipsy when taking the photo

40% alcohol!  

Eastern lady, western food

The joy of seeing the children enjoying their food is ..................

Western Breakfast at PH





Rib from D&D rest







home grilled salmon




Chicken chop ala home






Chicken Chop with Potato Pattis

 

Happy Mother's Day

to all the great grand mom, , grand mummies, mamis  and to be mums

She Did A Good Job

My doter, whom, I would said ‘slightly pampered’ since she is the first born grand child & daughter, has done a good job working every day 12 hours for the past 10 days to earn her pocket money for Taipei trip.


She definitely has grown up, mature and knows that money does not grow on trees.

Her job was to promote health drink. She had to approach customers for product testing and convince them.

Shyness has make way for courage and determination to achieve sales target.

She would succeed in life if she continues with this streak of hers.

Bandung - A Woman's Shopping Paradise

Our 4 Days/3Nites Bandung trip was superb hilarious and truly rewarding.


Now I realised that my shopping kakis could buy almost anything, even lesong (yes..lesong tat goes tom tom) ..

One kaki bought enough bras&panties that she could change different sets everyday and still has new

and

until the next millenium



Another kaki bought enough slippers that she can easily open a store






One kaki has new bags for different days of the week
(hi hi tat's me..the guilty one)









Because it's super duper reasonably priced!





Bandung..I will be back ! Yes, I"ll definitely be back..even with all the horrendous jam !



WE WILL - HASTA LA VISTA BABY

Malaysia Day 2011 @ Chiling Waterfall

Today, being a holiday, thanks to whoever lah, we planned a picnic trip at Chiling Water Fall.

First stop was the Dam..

nothing interesting lah..

group photo of all the pretty ladies in a row

Then to Chiling Waterfall

splash time

water spa

This lady decided to stay dry by staying put at the pondok

So we decided to give her some WET HUGS


ONE HUG..not enough to wet her

two wet hugs ...hope it does the job !

Enjoying the company and food after splashing time

more splash time

more makan

bee hoon slurping good

she was our F&B lady, making sure no lalat or bugs invade the pondok and food. Nvm, just wanna make her feels she is useful, indispensable and priceless.

Key to the Heart

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My Birthday Celebrtion

This year, my friends surprised me with a birthday treat at TGIF Puchong.
We were lucky that V Tamura was back home too, escaping the trauma of the
Japan earthquake and tsunami.

What a blast we had at TGIG Puchong..my buddies sure make lots of noise.

thanks LYK for remembering !!

Beautiful Sunday

The many tales of 4 ladies and their eight kids, whom spent a wonderful Sunday in the shopping mall
Chatting (more like shouting) their hearts out and losing their voice as a result.

Chinese New Year 2011

What I did during my CNY 2011 :

Master my skills in mahjong sessions :-

Makan makan here and there

Found a little wee bit of time between makan and mahjoing to do cupcakes for my friends little girls :-

I just love Chinese New Year...

I truly enjoyed every moments of spending this time of the year with my family, relatives, friends and having a merry good time.

EXAM & REWARDS

Was listening to Mix FM on the way to office today, where the topic being discussed was exams, students & parents perceptions and of course, the dangling of carrots ..

That carrot part got me reminiscing about my eldest doter's PMR result. When she did better than we expected (to be honest, she is not stupid, only lazy), we as the 'kiasu' loving parent wanted to reward her and perhaps, she would be motivated, buck up and do better in SPM (which she did).

So we gave her RM1K.....and we wrote her a cheque for this amount..it's not safe to walk around with cash $$ in the pockets mah, rite

And we told her, she should keep the cheque to remind herself that this money was her hard-earned midnight burning (??) efforts. For self-motivation purpose..

So she gets to keep the RM1K cheque and we get to keep our RM1K..

We are HAPPY FAMILY ..

All the best to SPM sitters..

Birthday Cupcakes

For the little 'Harry Potter' birthday

Teluk Intan for the Weekend

This morning we drove north, to fetch Jas to her NS Camp in Chenderiang for the Hari Raya 'open house'.

After accompanying the girls inside the cafeteria, I came out and was pratically chased back by two attacking geese. Maybe these are the new security features to keep the next batch of trainees within the camp perimeters.




the geese going into attack mode

tat's me running back towards safety haven from two Mat Rempit Geese


We proceed to Kampar to jalan jalan cari makan. Some bloggers mentioned a char kueh teow uncle in the Kampar Food Court near the market, whom was worth a visit. This uncle will fry his wares sitting on a bangku. Walking 2 rounds, we could not find this uncle, so we opted for a more simple meal of porridge with home cooked style dishes.. it's been ages since I ate 'ham choy' cooked with cockles..

The stall is located opposite Food Stall No 34.

Total price : $9.00

Later in the day, we proceeded to Teluk Intan

Our very own Leaning Tower of Teluk Anson

We stayed at Anson Hotel, which was in the town. Room condition ok ok loh, nothing fancy, just a place to sleep. But beware of the swallows singing constantly as there are some of these shallows hotels nearby too.

A brief nap later, we were out hunting for food. This stall was located next to the hotel and we saw many customers while checking in. Popped over to fill up our almost empty tanks.

We had ABC, Honey Dew Similo, Rojak & Assam Laksa.

Except for the Rojak, the food was good, (maybe we were hungry). Hubby mentioned the rojak sauce was a bit too diluted. The Assam Laksa was darn hot & spicy.

Total dent : RM10.40

Our dinner @ 8 sumthing was at Sechuan Restaurant located at Route 58. We had the Pun Choy for 2 paxes @ $68.00/bowl.


Total bill : RM79.00, inclusive a plate of sweet potato leaves and pot of chrysanthemum tea.


Next on our list was the LIEW KEE (AH LEK) TELUK INTAN famous chee cheong fun. Ya, we were really stuffing ourselves silly.



Can't miss this as they are only opened at 5.30pm till early next morning. We only got one night in TI, it's now or never until the next trip.

That's was our super late supper before we call it a day.

Price : RM3.20/packet (3 rolls/pack)



Tomorrow, to Sitiawan to check out the food scenery there!

By the way, we had a very very unique experience at a kopitiam restaurant where we had our breakfast the next morning!!! Super super duper extra not so ordinary and we were lucky to have experience it, like the locals.