Port Dickson- December 2007

Port Dickson is not a strange place for us. It was the place that we’ve keep coming back since we were young. But I believe PD now has more to offer other than the sandy beaches such Teluk Kemang, Blue Lagoon, Batu Lapan, etc. I can’t recommend any accomodation since we would normally rent a place at either my dad or sis’ co’s sites. But once we stayed at Guoman. I’ve got nothing much to comment. The room was spacious. The pool was superb and the interior furniture really lives up to the 5 Star standard.

We are never tired of revisiting this infamous beach. 2 years ago, besides dipping into the Straits of Malacca, we visited several nearby attractive spots. The Ostrich Farm does only hold a number ostriches. but there were also monkeys. rabbits, goats, crocs. snakes to be enjoyed especially by the kids. I did get intimidate by the ostrich while feeding them. They could really pecked your palms.

Then we went for an educational visit to the Muzium Tentera Darat Malaysia. I had fun climbing the real tanks. I believe this is actually a very recommended place for History teachers to bring the students for a visit. I wish it existed during my school days. As it is really a fun way to learn about our nation’s history. And the exhibits are 1^st class! It is not anything like a very dull and abandoned museum but I would say your PD visit may not be complete if you don’t stop by here.

2006

2007

Last year, on our way to PD, we stopped by other tourist attraction. We took the Seremban exit and visited the State Museum. The building is high in esthetical value. When we went there, they held a Herbs Exhibition located at the upper level of the main building. That I would have to say that the exhibits were not looked after appropriately. Some of the plants were already dead but were not removed from the hall... However, I did learn many Scientific Terms for the plants that I see everyday.

Later, we stopped at Kota Lukut. It brought us back to the. All of us managed to reach the top of the hill though we had to climb up the steep stairs.

Everytime we go there, we would never failed to dine at Warung Mak Mah (No 1001 & 1002, Km 1 Kedai Jamek) for its delicious Nasi Ayam (Chicken Rice) and also the Cendol Stall at the road side (I don’t actually remember the exact location). And yes, the Pasar Malam that is held every Saturday night is also a place you-must-visit if you are really interested in searching for the local food or local handcrafts.

Port Dickson is certainly a place for any family to get-away at any time of the year.

Tioman Island- April 2007

The things I did at Tioman Island- We stayed at the Jaguh Resort for 3 nights

Canoeing

Fenatz! I think we canoed about 3 ke 5 km kot... I ran out of breath few times and that led me and my partner being the 2^nd last pair to arrive at the beach. A very mental and physical abuse! But I did enjoy it especially when we were making the U-Turn around the small island; the water was quite unfriendly and rocked our canoe until there was a point when I thought the canoe would turn over and throw us into the sea. But it did not, fortunately..I didn’t think the wave could deal with my weight. Haha...

Fishing

Best! Best! Best! We were brought to middle of the sea by a fishing boat. And I managed to catch a small Kelisa and an anak Siakap. When we disembarked at the beach, my Director, Mr SN showed me the fishes that he had caught. They were about 5 times larger than mine. Later, he invited me to join him that nite to the sea again. Erk.. to be honest, I didn’t think I could stand riding on the boat again. Banyak pening kepala mak ni..

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Snorkelling

Wah... it was my first time. And I was out of breath! Captured by the moments. I could bet that those who love this activity, must have thought that I was overreacting. I was indeed! Fishes were beautiful, corals were colourful and sea cucumber! Normally I would only see the processed ones only- Minyak Gamat. They were crawling on the sea bed. And when we went to the Marine Park, it was more than I could imagine.

Rappeling

Erm...not to brag... but I’ve done this many times before. Abseiling, Fox Flying and Rappeling are the things that I really enjoyed when I went for any camps. Takut lah jugak all the time but I would normally relax while doing it... but this time it was not really scarry maybe because the slope was not that steep or maybe because the camp participants are quite ederly people (termasuklah makcik ni) and those muscular abang2 firefighters whom assisted us were also appealing.. hihihi

Swimming

Argh... I am really afraid of water since that one incident in the swimming pool. I could swim a bit but fear posseses me all the time. So, thanks to Rudy, he pulled all the way from the mid ocean to the shore, despite of his bebel bebel all the way... but he was being very nice and helpful. Penat tau... we had to swim about 500m as our big boat could not disembark at the shore.

BBQ on the isolated small Island

That was the purpose of us being thrown into the mid sea and swam to the shore. We ate BBQ fishes wrapped in the big leaves. Sedap... then after our stomaches were filled up, we rode on the small boat and boarded the big boat. On the way back to the jetty, I puked. Peninglah... and was very fatigued.

Marine Park

Mesmerised, magnificent, amazing, awe...etc were the feelings I felt. Sangat menarik tau! While some the guys jumped into the sea to swim in the crystal clear sea along with the colourful fishes, me and Iza sat on the bridge and attractted the fishes by feeding them with the fish bread we bought at the park.

Those were the some of the activities that we did for the 3 nights and 4 days.The chalets were satisfactory. 2 double beds and an ensuite bathroom. It is definitely a place that I would like to pay another visit. And go snorkelling again and again...

Jan 2007: Terengganu-Kelantan PART 2

Again, lifting from my dearie fren's blog... muahs to Cakcibo!

harlow. i'm so malas to update my blog. the internet connection seems to be quite unrealiable lately. selow nak mampus. hehe.. so, i'm not uploading any pictures here, just a home made video for your viewing. eh?

continuing from the previous entry, our journey brought us to Kota Bharu, Kelantan. after a 3 hours bus journey, we arrived at the KB bus station. Ogy's student, Joe volunteered to pick us up and bring us around.

we had lunch at pusat kraftangan which was very cheap. and food was really nice too. we went to MPKB for some tudung. everything is quite cheap but we were running low on cash already.

we stayed at gee's friend's (Mila) place in Kubang Kerian near USM. i think i have a pakcik saudara somewhere there but i dont know which one. and time was quite limited so not so much time berziarah.

the next day, we took Mila's car and drive around self around KB. we got lost getting to Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah and after almost 30minutes asking around, we finally found the pasar. first thing we did was looking for nasi dagang! hehe. we all know nasi dagang kelantan and terengganu is different from one another, but both was very yummeh. and cheap..

the pasar offered us keropok, rempah, delicacies and sorts. i managed to grab hold a bottle of tomyam paste that was quite very good! later somebody told me i should've bought the paste for paprik. aiya, mana aku tau la..

after spending more cash at the pasar, we took a long trip to Rantau Panjang. no maps nor knowledge getting to that place, we only followed the signboard. Apparently, its quite good, the journey took us 45minutes to the place.

running very almost none cash in hand, we made a 2 hours pusing2 around the place. bought more tudung, bags, shoes??? and cashew nut! hehehe.. we had to make a move when we finally managed to be cashless. nasib baik xde tol nak bayo!!

the journey back to KB from rantau panjang took us on a different route. a new highway next to the sawah bendang was quite peaceful. i was driving so not so much picture there.

we took a short lunch break at KB Mall. managed to be sesat again getting to Kubang Kerian and by the time we got back home, we were running on masa kecemasan to pack and mandi manda. hehe.. it was quite a 100metres dash.

The KB airport is quite a modern airport. it's very2 nice and comfortable. the sad part is/was i couldn't get any fridge magnet from Kelantan. anybody knows where to get one eh?

journey home was very2 tiring. and a full flight. ada this one chic on the same flight that was wearing this white sexy dress. ok, i dont mind sexy people, but please la.. kindly not show your underwear to everbody around u. so not appetizing ok? sexy is ok, but slutty is a no-no.

the trip to KB was very entertaining but rasa macam tak puas. maybe it was shorter than the one in KT, but still quite very enjoyable one.

Take your time visiting our country people, there's so much more place to explore with new experience and adventure.

enjoy the video, sabar la download ek?

muahs?!!

Jan 2007: Terengganu-Kelantan PART 1

I went for this trip with Shaz... and I have this very lazy thingy writing about the trip since Shaz has detailed it beautifully... So, I just lift this from Shaz's blog and paste it here. Thank you, cik Shaza Azmy... and sorry babe! I had a very enjoyable time!

lifted from Shaza's Blog...

Coming back from Melaka, we had a one night compulsory rest in Bandar Baru Bangi. The first team to arrive yesterday leaves first. hehe. feeling Amazing Race gitu eh? Yeah, Gee managed to wake me up at 4 am to mandi and get ready for LCCT. And we had breakfast at the ever so penuh McD. lots of kiasu people in the morning i tell you. heh..

Day One
Flight to KT is only a 55-minutes journey. Flight was very kosong, kiteorg duduk sorang2 per row coz we both wanted the window view. hehe. mau gadoh kot kalau kene beralah for the seat, kan gee? hahaha. lama betul tak naik flight domestic ni, the last time was to Kuantan in 93. but kalau orang tanye berapa lama flight tu, i would say, "sebungkus ribena RM4.50 yang di tuang ke dlm cawan berisi ais untuk sejuk dan di minum sehingga habis" and thats not long kan? Our very own PSU (that's Penolong Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri for the rest of you) En Zul was already waiting for us via arrival at Sultan Mahmud Airport. Off we went for breakfast near the ocean, but that particular Sunday, the Tganu-ian was on cuti ganti Awal Muharram. But we made a stop for pictures la kan?

My Love-Hate relationship Partner

So we had breakfast. so gossip time. Yeah, time to update Zul with KL juicy gossips. we kind of give him a shock actually. hehe. i aint telling u the gossip here though. u know who u are.. yeah, so breakfast was Nasi Minyak and Nasi Dagang. i had Teh Peng!! lama siut tak sebut tu. dlu kat kuantan belajar the language, kind of nice to say it again. We stayed at Zul's place in Jalan Kamaruddin. apparently, a family friend found out i was in KT, so we invited ourself for lunch at their place. But before lunch, Zul showed us around KT.
We went to Pulau Duyong to check out the Monsoon Cup area. it's still under renovation, but very2 nice place. Then we went to Dataran Syahbandar.

It's like a dermaga, but not quite, but very2 nice. There's a kraft shop selling very2 nice hand woven baskets, bags and sorts. Memandangkan we had the 'org gomen' with us, we kinda get few things cheaper. ehehe.. but do stop at the shop, it under a ship-like store. oh, i can't remember did we go to the mosque first or town? hmm.. nyways doesn't matter pun, we went and visit the famous Masjid Terapung or Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah. It's very beautiful up close, seriously. Wished i was around that area during sunset, but didn't get the chance.

Peacefulness at it's best

I forgot. we went to HQ of SUK, KT. cool place. the typicall gomen office, but it's kind of a proud moment when seeing his name on the door. my friend, one of the guys. we have friends in high places!!! hehehehe... oh ya.. we went to the Club house of Gomen Officer and had karaoke session. the system was firstly hard to digest but we karaoke expert managed to make our way through it. hahahahha..

After that, we balik home for a while and we kinda pengsan. The hot scorching day made us took quite a nap to slumber. hehe. we woke up when Zul membebel2 in front of our room saying things like "Oi, kalau nak tido baik takyah datang KT".. adoi, it was already 6! we lost precious hour by sleeping. but the sleep was quite refreshing! So zul took us on a 20 minutes drive to Teluk Ketapang for Seafood goreng tepung! Everything was nicely celup with tasty tepung and deep fried! wow! it was really sedap ok. and cheap!
It was already maghrib time, so Bapak Zul didn't let me browse thru the area too much. takot aku kene sorok kot? hehehe..

We didn't do anything much that night. it was the Musik Musik final, so lepak2 at home je. kalau keluar pon, we'd be too tired even to walk!

Day Two
it's good to wake up and know you're in an exciting place. Had light breakfast, but still drooling on the idea of Nasi Dagang! i'm in my day two and i have even taste it! wah, thats not good. But zul had to work, and his wife Najah too. So we were thinking of doing some sightseeing ourself. hey it's our country right? we're supposed to be able to navigate ourself around right? no. we didn't. not that we got afraid but zul wouldn't let us. hahahhha. somehow he's like a big brother that i dont have. he had his suk driver to send us to Museum Terengganu.

it's a big place, all 67 acres of it. but we only managed to go around the main museum and that already took us 2 hours. wow. it's very2 nice place. go check out the museum whenever you're in KT. it's definitely worth it. Next we were sent off to Pasar Payang to do some shopping, but we decided to talk a walk to Dataran Shahbandar for few souviners (camne eja la?) and lunch break at Restoran Terapung. adoilah!! still no Nasi Dagang!! huwaa.. i was ready to get desperate, but this really nice drink managed to calm me..

Then, before Pasar Payang, we took a boat trip to Seberang Takir. Zul told us it was a Rm0.50 ride, but the pakcik asked for RM0.80. so i was telling ogy, the pakcik paw us. apparently, zul was wrong.. it's actually is a rm0.80 ride. hehhee..

Then we went off to Pasar Payang for shopping time. By this time, my battery was low and memory running out. so xde gambar at this part of activity. and time and cash is actually jealous of us. by 4 we were 30kg heavier and thinning purses. the batiks... i shall be back!! That night Zul went around looking for Nasi dagang for me. hehehe. tapi nerder malam2 kan.. so we had nasi lemak from dataran shahbandar. oh wait, laksam, lakse and nasi lemak! hehehe.. awesome personified! we took the earliest bus out of KT to KB. and yes, we did have our nasi dagang. sedap. and very cheap.. at the new bus station in KT. but that's on a different story page altogether. Kuala Terengganu is an awesome place! Takde jam, except near mydin that was newly opened, but the rest is smooth flowing. Very nice beach, very nice food, and above all, a shopping paradise with a big RM on it! hehhe... seriously! And we had the nicest tuan rumah, so thank you very2 much for your hospitality!!