Saturday, February 28, 2015

Pusat Konservasi Gajah Kebangsaan, Kuala Gandah, Pahang

Kitorang stop kat Pusat Konservasi ni masa on the way pergi Kuantan haritu.. saje to kill time.. lagipon an activity change for Adam.. Asyik pergi shopping complex je..

Untuk sampai sini, dari LPT ambik exit Lanchang.. turn right than straight je.. Ikut je signboard.. Jangan risau.. memang rasa jauh ke dalam.. lalu kampung semua lah..


Tempat parking luas dekat dengan visitors centre.. Takda bayaran just kena register je dekat counter.. nanti dia bagi sticker untuk tampal for identification.. Mula-mula ingat belakang visitors centre.. Rupanya kena jalan jauh jugak.. ehehehe..


Ada cross sungai.. from the parking dah boleh dengar elephant.. Rupanya dia dah buat cantik dah path and everything.. Masa kitorang datang untuk kursus dulu.. sempoi je tempat ni.. takda signboard cantik-cantik semua ni..


Adam excited sangat.. bila dengar bunyi elephant je lagi lah terlari-lari.. Along the way tu ada herbal garden.. ada tempat duduk tepi sungai.. relaxing btol.. Tapi the best thing is, sampai je area gajah tu dah ada hut yang jual makanan untuk gajah.. tebu and kacang tanah.. boleh tahan mahal.. Adam terus mintak.. so kitorang beli la 2 bundle tebu..


Tak sangka pulak Adam berani sangat nak bagi makan gajah.. siap kena beli second helping.. kali ni tambah kacang pulak..


Lama jugak kiotrang kat situ.. Dude cakap baik kita balik.. nanti untung budak jual tebu tu kita beli semua.. ahahahahha.. Masa kitorang jalan nak keluar tu ramai orang datang.. tour groups sebab dengar bunyi bas.. And rupa-rupanya kitorang awal.. lepas kitorang balik tu ada show.. sebab kitorang bertembung dengan lines of elephants with their trainer on their back jalan towards the show ring.. 

Too bad!!.. kitorang dah ada plan lain.. maybe next time boleh datang lagi ikut show time dia..


Wall of fame.. Ramai orang tampal entrance sticker kat sini.. ours?! Adam tak bagi.. dia tampal dalam kereta.. ahahah.. After that kitorang meneruskan perjalanan ke Kuantan..


Pusat Konservaasi Gajah Kebangsaan @ Kuala Gandah
Jabatan PERHILITAN, Kuala Gandah, 28500 Lanchang, PAHANG
Tel (Kaunter) : 013-9088 207
Faks : 09- 279 0398
E-mail : necc@wildlife.gov.my





Thursday, February 26, 2015

Kuantan 2015 Day 3

Ni last day kitorang kat Kuantan.. so breakfast kat mana harini? Kemaman Kopitiam je sebab dekat dengan hotel.. since nak check-out lepas tu.. KItorang order makanan berat sket.. macam kueytiaw kungfu.. ada yang makan nasi dagang.. tapi yang penting dengan kopi kaw.. Sadly, quite expensive jugak makan kat situ..


Balik hotel, kepala singa sambut kitorang depan pintu.. Rupanya ada Lion Dance lepas tu.. so kitorang pon tunggu la sementara show nak start.. Adam excited betul nak tengok LIon Dance.. tapi bila dah start dia macam takut sebab bunyi kuat sangat.. bergegar sebab lobby tu quite small.. Takut-takut pon nak tunggu sampai habis..


Balik bilik kemas-kemas and ready for check-out..Nasib baik dah kemas sikit-sikit the night before so harini macam just final pack je..

 

Dari hotel kitorang nak jugak pegi warung kuih kat Peramu, Warung Poksu Moksu.. tapi TUTUP!.. sedih.. Masa patah balik tu, ternampak satu warung.. penuh orang.. kitorang pon gamble je la.. Nama warung tu Warung Mokna..rupanya konsep sama macam Poksu Moksu.. YEAY!! Dia ada jugak seafood celup tepung.. Tapi konsep rebut.. siapa cepat dia dapat.. memang kena tunggu kat situ.. berpeluh-peluh panas bahang from kuali.. baru je angkat dah habis.. Finally dapatla jugak udang and ikan goreng tepung.. alhamdulillah.. sebelum tu ada jugak order keropok lekor.. Ramai sungguh orang..


Kat sini dapat rasa satu kuih baru.. Kuih Paung Goreng.. Dia sama macam kuih bom tapi inti isi ikan.. sedaapp! mula-mula ambik sikit je.. lepas tu siap tapaw lagi banyak.. ehehehheh.. Next time kena datang lagi warung ni..

From there kitorang terus menghala ke KL, tapi......

Dude with his friends youngest son

Stop jugak kat Temerloh for final masak lemak ikan patin pure.. tapi kali ni CWOK CAFE tu tutup.. so kitorang singgah je kedai mana-mana dengan harapan sedap.. Kedai yang kitorang stop ni rasa dia oklah.. can do.

After that.. memang terus balik.. Penuh dengan aktiviti makan je trip kali ni.. tapi itu la yang best.. No stress punya trip..





Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Kuantan 2015 Day 2

Second day tu kitorang taktau nak breakfast kat mana.. sebab memang dah make a point taknak ambik hotel breakfast.. nak makan local food.. so kitorang naik satu kereta and mulakan jelajah cari breakfast..

At first kawan dude (who used to work in Kuantan) suggest Nasi Lemak Zaman.. Tapi bila sampai sana.. line punyala panjang.. and tak terasa sanggup nak beratur macam tu untuk makan.. so masuk kereta balik and back to town.. pusing-pusing.. nampak satu restoran depan Dataran Rakyat Kuantan.. since perut pon dah berbunyi.. kitorang pon stop and makan kat situ..

Kedai tu pon penuh tapi bearable sebab dapat tempat duduk.. bila order roti canai.. tuan kedai kata kena tunggu lama.. kitorang cakap tak kesah sebab sementara tu boleh makan nasi lemak or nasi dagang.. Adam seperti biasa mesti roti canai.. so sementara tu suap dia nasi dagang..air pon sampai lambat.. tapi tak boleh nak bisingla sebab memang penuh kedai tu.. itu pon ade lagi orang menunggu luar kedai..

 

Memang berbaloi la tunggu roti canai tu.. memang sedap.. worth the waiting time.. Adam pon very happy..by the time kitorang settle bayar semua pon dah close to 11 o'clock.. and since hari Jumaat, the guys ajak balik hotel.. Kiranya kitorang akan have a late lunchla..

Lepas je the guys balik solat Jumaat, derang rehat kejap.. kitorang pon bertolak ke Kemaman.. dengan mission nak makan satar..keropok lekor..otak-otak dan semua yang seangkatan dengannya.. Dapat la lalu LPT 2nd phase.. tapi jauh betul nak pusing pegi Kemaman.. Rasanya better lalu jalan biasa je..

Sampai Taman Geliga, kitorang terus pergi ke Warung Otak-Otak Che Wan.. punyalah ramai orang.. tapi masa on the day ke warung tu nampak semua warung pon sama jugak.. tapi kitorang takde la tunggu lama sangat sebab tak lama lepas tu ada meja kosong.. Puas hati la dapat makan semua otak-otak, keropok lekor, pulut lepa.. tapi satar je tak dapat sebab dah habis.. so kawan Dude volunteer pegi beli kat kedai lain.. Itupon lama jugak sebab katanya ramai orang jugak..

Lepas tu balik ke Kuantan balik and terus ke hotel..rest kejap sebelum keluar balik untuk dinner.. tapi kali ni just makan kedai biasa je.. nothing special.. yang penting kenyang.. balik tu terus tedo dengan lena sebab perut kenyang!




Sunday, February 22, 2015

Kuantan 2015 Day 1

Dude plan for a trip to Kuantan for Chinese New Year Holiday.. Dia dah plan and settle everything baru la bagitau kitorang about his plan.. The same family masa trip to PD end of last year.. and tujuan trip ni adalaha leisure.. no commitment to anything else.. YES!

So pagi-pagi khamis lepas subuh kitorang bertolak ke arah pantai timur.. memang slow drive.. nothing to rush.. sampai area Lanchang tu rasa lapar.. Dude decide untuk keluar highway and cari tempat makan area pekan Lanchang..

Pusing-pusing area Lanchang tu nampak satu gerai yang penuh orang makan.. Lepas tu nampak pulak ada orang tengah mencanai roti.. memang elok sangatla since Adam memang nak breakfast roti canai.. Surprisingly, roti canai dia memang sedap and bila kitorang nak order lagi sekali, dah habis.. Ramai yang datang bungkus.. Nasi lemak and nasi dagang dia pon sedap jugak.. Adam and I share makan nasi dagang.. siap tambah lagi.. eheheh..


Lepas settle makan, teringat ada Pusat Konservasi Gajah kat area situ.. Decide bawak Adam pegi as an adventure.. Lagipun, the other family baru nak bertolak dari KL.. so take the opportunity laa.. Memang jauh ke dalam pusat tu.. Cerita dekat Pusat Konversasi tu will be covered later..

Lepas dari Lanchang kitorang buat pitstop at Temerloh for lunch.. makan apa lagi kalau bukan masak tempoyak ikan patin!! nyummss.. kitorang pegi kedai yang memang selalu nak singgah tapi selalu tutup.. rezeki kitorang haritu agaknya.. kedai tu bukak.. yes!!

Janji dengan the other family tu untuk lunch kat sini.. sementara tunggu tu kitorang duduk tengok ikan patin yang dijual kat depan kedai tu.. oh ohh.. nama kedai tu is CWOK CAFE.. on the way nak ke pekan Temerloh dari highway.. bila derang sampai je.. kitorang apa lagi.. memang makan sorang semangkuk.. licin sampai hirup kuah dia.. memang heaven betol..dah settle lunch kitorang bertolak ke Kuantan.. terus ke hotel..


Luckily Kuantan tak jem.. Kitorang check-in Vistana Hotel.. it seems full house.. tapi the hotel tu bestla.. good enough for the 3 of us.. spacious and simple.. Semua amenities lengkap.. so tak payah mintak-mintak dah..


Petang tu after dah rehat and refresh, we had an early dinner.. Ape lagi kalau bukan seafood kat Tanjung Lumpur.. Since I had an experience makan kat Super Top and tempat tu sesuai sebab kitorang ade toddler.. so kitorang makan kat situ.. Makan kat situ memang puas hatila.. like I've blogged before.. even semua pon cakap tempat ni sesuai kalau ada budak kecik sebab dia luas and tak sesak sangat..

So malam tu kitorang just stay in with a very happy tummy..





Wednesday, February 18, 2015

A Getaway

On the way for a getaway

[source:google]




Saturday, February 14, 2015

Wedding || Putri Shahreen & Husband

A simple wedding ceremony of a cousin..
Everything were settle within a day..
So convenient..
Her akad was in the morning and then followed by kenduri after that..
The only problem is the hot weather.. it was really hot..
I was sweating like crazy..

Until I found a nice cosy and shady seat under a tree..
And the best thing is the seat is next to a pisang goreng cheese booth..
They fried the pisang fresh with their special batter and then they put on top of the pisang freshly grated cheese (from a block of cheese) together with condensed milk and i think they either put cocoa powder or MILO..
I tell you it was triple orgasm..
I was like not too interested in trying after my last experience..
But the girl minding the booth kept on asking me to try..
her words are like "sekali cuba mesti nak lagi dan lagi"
so I tried a piece much to her suggestion to take the normal 3 pieces..
And I ended up repeating over and over..
Serious sedap!!

I went back at almost 4 o'clock and came back after to help the cleaning up process..
It was memorable affair!


To Ain & her Husband..

"HAPPY MARRIED LIFE!!"





Thursday, February 12, 2015

Macarena

Tiba-tiba teringat lagu ni..

catchy betul..


(by:los del rio)

spanish version
[Coro:]
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa’ darle alegría y cosas buenas
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
¡Eh,… Macarena! Aaay!
(repetir una vez)

Macarena tiene un novio que se llama,
que se llama de apellido Vitorino,
y en la jura de bandera del muchacho
se la dió con dos amigos…Aaay!
(repetir una vez)

(Coro)

Macarena Macarena Macarena
que te gustan los veranos de Marbella
Macarena Macarena Macarena
que te gusta la movida guerrillera…Aaay!
(repetir una vez)

(Coro)

Macarena sueña con el Corte Inglés
y se compra los modelos más modernos.
Le gustaría vivir en Nueva York
y ligar un novio nuevo…Aaay!
(repetir una vez)

(Coro)


english version

[Chorus:]
Give it to your body some delight Macarena
'cause your body's for delight and nice demeanour
Give it to your body some delight Macarena
Eeeh,... Macarena! Aaay!
(repeat once)

Macarena has a boyfriend who is called a...
who is called a..., his last name is Vitorino
and was swearing 'fore the flag as a soldier
while she had two pals for dinner…Aaay!
(repeat once)

(chorus)

Macarena , Macarena , Macarena
you are popular the summers in Marbella
Macarena , Macarena , Macarena
likes guerilla partying, hell ya …Aaay!
(repeat once)

(chorus)

Macarena's always dreaming of the Macy's
and she buys all models the most modern
she'd like living in New York of all the places
and seduce a novel boyfriend …Aaay!
(repeat once)

(chorus)





Tuesday, February 10, 2015

New Day, New School

After couple of visits of going up and down Pejabat Pendidikan Wilayah Persekutuan and the school.. finally after a month of schooling at my alma mater, Adam change to the school closer to home.. easier to manage especially the picking up and sending to Sekolah Agama in the evening part..

It came by a surprise, Adam was totally shocked that he have to move school.. new environment.. new friends.. I hope he can adapt well.. even his current class teacher was not prepared to let him go.. ahahahah.. such a favourite student eh??

So this is him on his first day at the new school.. I didn't realised his hair were that long before.. We noticed in in this picture and plan to take him for a haircut after this..



But he love this school instantly because... he get to wear the school necktie whereas at the current school he's yet to receive his necktie even after a month!

We were asked to see the teacher that is incharge of Standard 1 students.. and she warn us about Adam's long hair.. she notice!! eheheh.. so 1st thing to do after school is haircut! 

She tested Adam reading skill just to set him to which class.. I thought of enrolling him for a chinese language class but all class are already full.. so arabic you go!

Adam's class is on the top floor.. third floor!! it took me quite some time to reach his class.. mind you it is a very long time ago when I used to take the stairs.. why put technologies to waste?? kehkeh..

His class teacher seems nice, a soft spoken lady.. she teaches Agama Islam.. she told us about all the fees needed and whatever additional item.. and she told us to bring all Adam's exercise book to put at the class.. the kids only have to bring their text books home.. everything is kept at class.. good initiative from the school.. they even have lockers to rent..

After settle everything at the school.. and Adam is safe;y learning at his class.. we left.. and come back again to pick him up at 1..

I was the one who told him to wait at the staircase and asked him to wait until I come.. and he said okay.. then the panic moment came.. I was waiting for him at the stairs but he is nowhere to be seen.. the very last Standard 1 student already came down the stairs.. 
 
But at the corner of my eyes I saw a familiar bag walking happily with his friends.. he was actually following his friend who is taking the transfer van to home.. I was shouting calling for his name like a mad lady.. and I was running.. almost cried.. suddenly he turned and smiled.. and he whispered something to his friends and walking towards me..

Such a relieved.. he said he just wanted to follow his friend.. I made him promise to not do that again.. just wait at the place that have been agreed earlier..

So there you go a drama to end his first day at a new school..





Sunday, February 8, 2015

Frozen Marinated Lamb

Satu hari tu Dude cakap kejap lagi ada kawan dia nak datang hantar frozen lamb chop.. Dia order untuk tolong kawan berniaga.. I on the other hand takda masalah.. tapi order sampai berkotak-kotak dah kenapa?

Rupanya, untuk kawan dia deliver the lamb kena order certain amount.. ok.. nasib baik lamb memang laku kat rumah ni.. Adam pon boleh tahan favourite jugak.. Memang sebulan sekali ada la kena marinated lamb simpan siap-siap..


Nama frozen marinated lamb ni Hatinie's Kitchen.. rasa macam penah nampak masa jualan kat ofis sebelum ni.. tapi macam tak berapa pandang sebab marinate sendiri lagi senang.. Lagipun takut rasa tak sampai..


Dapat je lamb tu terus try satu box kecik.. Dude beli 2 box besar and 2 box kecik.. lamb tu comes together dengan satu peket pepper sauce.. frozen jugak.. just panaskan and I added butter sikit.. tak tau kenapa tapi rasa macam nak tambah jugak butter.. ehehehe..

frozen black pepper sauce
star of the show, lamb

Lamb tu masak dalam Pemanggang Ajaib yang memang ajaib.. Lamb yang ala-ala ais tu letak skali dengan butter dalam Pemanggang Ajaib tapi api memang kecik betul.. tutup untuk dapat effect steaming tu..lepas tu masak la bagi kering..


Rasa? memang sedap.. no complaint dari sapa-sapa pon yang makan.. siap sekali bukak box kecik dah tak cukup.. so sekarang kitorang memang simpan stok of Hatinie's Kitchen marinated lamb.. sebab senang.. Dude pon boleh buat sendiri bila dia teringin.. tak payah nak pegi beli kat supermarket.. ada delivery lagi.. Black Pepper sauce dia pon ada banyak lebih yang boleh dimakan dengan bende lain lagi.. boleh jadi marinate jugak..





Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Reality Bites! #2

Got this.. and would love to share..







Monday, February 2, 2015

Kelip-Kelip Kampung Kuantan, Kuala Selangor

Actually dah out of idea nak bawak Adam pegi mana weekends.. asyik-asyik jalan shopping complex.. Pastu end up kene poww  LEGO.. LEGO skarang dahla mahal.. tak sah kalau tak RM80++

Tengah tengok TV tu Dude bagi suggestion.. kita pegi Kuala Selangor tengok kelip-kelip.. hmmm.. good idea jugak.. expose Adam to nature.. asyik indoors je..

Without any preparation or planning kitorang pon terjah je la ke Kampung Kuantan, Kuala Selangor.. misi : tengok kelip-kelip.. Nasib baik dulu penah kursus dekat area situ.. and dah penah pegi.. so ingat-ingat lupa la keadaan dia..

Satu masalah ialah nak makan.. malas nak makan seafood sebab macam takda mood ke arah situ.. so kitorang pusing-pusing area Kampung Kuantan tu adalah satu warung bukak.. makan situ je la.. order bende biasa je.. nasi putih.. ayam paprik.. Adam seperti biasa ayam goreng kunyit.. Rasa pon biasa je.. nothing special.. tapi okla for dinner..

Lepas maghrib dekat surau sebelah je kawasan kelip-kelip tu.. kitorang pon beratur la beli tiket.. satu sampan RM50 maksimum 4 orang.. Nak kata ramai tu tak ramai sangat.. tapi bila tour bas sampai jadi ramai laa.. ramai tourist dari Korea and middle east.. Tunggu tu tak lama sangat sebab sampan banyak..

Bila turn kitorang naik sampan, rezeki dapat pakcik ni yang super friendly.. dia banyak cerita.. katanya skarang ada lagi satu area dah bukak, tapi bukan sampan kayuhlah.. tapi pakai motor.. and boleh bawak lagi ramai orang dalam satu sampan tu.. kesian la jugak bila pakcik tu cerita.. memang impact besar kat pendayung-pendayung area tu sebab orang makin kurang datang.. Pakcik tu kata kelip-kelip pon dah kurang.. maybe sebab development area tu kot..

Tapi for me.. I prefer traditional way.. Adam pon nampak enjoy.. dia tak takut langsung.. gelap je laa.. mulut pokpek bila nampak lampu from kelip-kelip tu..

Apa-apa pon best experience and good exposure for Adam.. maybe orang lain pon boleh bawak family ke sana.. kita promote tempat menarik kat Malaysia.. boleh tambah lagi aktiviti yang boleh buat within KL area..



tiket
bulan menyorok
tak sabar nak naik sampan
us dengan life jacket