New Zealand - Colours of Spring

Spring is such a lovely time
Colourful flowers blooming every where

from far, this tree looks green, which the eyes may deceive as leaves

but it's actually flowers in green

Sojourn to South Island-New Zealand

Ten months after we bought the tickets, we finally left for our 2 weeks holiday to South Island, New Zealand.


Day 01-19th Oct/Wed
KL/Christchurch
Departing @ almost midnite, the uneventful flight was less than 10hours. We have pre-booked on board meals, which was served twice during the journey. For more leg comfort, we had the Hot Seat.



Day 02-20th Oct/Thursday
Christchurch
Arriving just before 3pm local Christchurch time (NZ is 5 hours advanced), immigration was swift. Only had to show our homeward bound tickets and were given 3 months visa.




Collected our rented car, and we were off to our rest for the night.
Btw, no need to apply for international driving licence. Just get an English extract of your local driving licence. Fees = RM10.00/licence. Document validity same as your local licence.

Room at Holiday Park @Meadow Street.

The unit comes with 2 rooms, full kitchen facilities and can sleep upto 6.

Early rest today as we were tired due to no good sleep on the plane and the next day we would head out to Fairlie.

New Zealand is one damn CLEAN & COURTEOUS COUNTRY !

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.

Bandung Bandung - Shopping Haven

Have always been wanting and planning (read it again - PLANNING) to go Bandung for some therapies.

And I have always been checking on airlines that were having promotions to Jakarta or Bandung.

2010, March it was about Garuda , in June, it was about Malaysia Air. Alas, unfortunately I was not able to fly off. What the heart desires does not materialises, most of the time.

This time, zillion thanks to my girlfriend, Miss R. Her travel bugs have really give her a terrible itch. She initiated the whole trip with a call to me, another shopaholic, the window type, my coffer is almost to Level E.

Ten clicks here, another ten clicks there, a phone call here, another 20 phone calls there, and viola..Bandung, we are coming.


Garuda is having their promotion till end of 2011, KL-Jakarta return sector for less than RM360/pax, all inclusive, meaning MOB, luggage 20kgs, seat allocation and twice daily flights.


Personally, not only women are hooked on shopping, have a look at the guys you will find while shopping in Bandung, pictures below taken from the net.










Superman zooming out after a quick spree

spiderman squatting for a quickie ....!




emm..they definitely need a complete RE DO

And Jasmine flew in with Aladdin..

wonder if I can get the magic carpet at FO here?

Key to the Heart

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Anniversary Quote from 1 Corinthians

Today is my 20th wedding anniversary and I text him (ya, I am very in, and also very out of human touch) an anniversary message. At the end of the message, I wrote cheekily ‘SO WHERE IS MY GIFT AH?


Two seconds, he called me and asked me ‘Yes, what do you want?’ Typical Chinaman him, to ask the wifey what she wants…aiyaa, no surprise gift, flowers (delivered to the office maybe), pre-arranged romantic candle-light dinner for two, with a nice bottle of champagne to celebrate this special milestone. The best part, he said 'GO BUY YOUR OWN GIFT'..my dear, it's a GIFT, so you are supposingly to surprise me with the BIGGEST DIAMOND your wealth can allow you to buy!


What to do, been stuck with this unromantic guy for the last 22 years, so I should have known what to expect or not to expect should be the better choice. The last time he brought me flowers was in Cameron Highlands more than a decade ago. And the reason he bought it was because it was cheap. See, he has to even tell me the truth, in this case, was not actually the best policy,

For whatever that he will or will not, we will walk together till the end of our road.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

The Bible1 Corinthians 13. 4-8

TELEKOM, STREAMYX & TELEMARKETING

Most of the times, I get really annoyed with those telemarketing calls, especially when I am in one of my foulest mood, which can be quite frequent.

I get calls from finance companies, offering me loans. Sorry, but I do not need your money and get myself into debts around my waist (hutang sekeliling pinggang). Btw, my waist not that big also loh.

I get calls from people selling hotel progammes, like you pay $xxx, get 1 night free stay at the hotel, 4-6 vouchers of 50% discount on their sisters/brother properties, meals vouchers, discount cards, etc etc.

I get calls from medical centres, telling me that no amount of wealth can equals to good health. Definitely loh, will they give me free check up meh, if I don't have money to pay them?

I get calls from credit cards companies, offering me more credit cards. Even if they are free, ello, I still have to pay for the RM50.00/card govt tax annually.

I do sometimes entertained calls from telemarketers, whom know what they are offering, since they are only trying to earn an honest living.

Getting calls from those whom don't do their homework, really gets on my nerves, cos they never bother, with the tidak apa attitude. Just hentam saja and then they kena hentam from me.

Received a call on my mobile this morning from a 019 - xxxxx.
Conversation goes like this :-

019 hello, ini …………………….? (is this ……………….?)

Me ya (yes)

019 saya panggil dari Telekom (I am calling from Telecom)

Me ya

019 Boleh tanya di rumah cik ada servis Streamyx? (do you have Streamxy service at your house?)

Me You panggil dari Telekom, you tak tahu kalau saya ada streamxy ka tidak? Pergi cek lah.
(You calling from Telekom, how come you don’t know if I have streamxy. Go check your record

019 she just hung up


See, basic telemarketing procedure pun tak tau, how to sell lah.

Angry Bird for a very Reluctant Patient

An Angry Bird for a Angrily Reluctant Patient in Hospital Sungei Buloh.

This is for my doter, whom has been warded since last Friday - 27th/May.

She has been having fever on and off since April 20.

Suspected : salmonella thypi..caused by poultry.

Now she can get her revenge on the source of her sufferings.....by murdering/killing the bird everyday over and over and over...

Jogjakarta - Here & There

Scenes from Jalan Malioboro,.


Tourism Office

clothings

leather wares

local arts

Jogja-Layman's Food

eating steam banana with peanut for breakfast is definitely not what I would have normally



our first meal - nasi padang, where many many type of dishes will be served.

just eat what you fancy,

Malaysia has nasi lemak, they have nasi bungkus, with even a big statue in Malioboro street

fresh juice vendor

tit bits vendor

es (ais / ice ) durian. I did not try it, takut my tummy cannot take it.

Heard that the es durian is similar to ice-kacang, just that they have durian or other fruits in the serving.