Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Teluk Intan, Perak || Day 2

On the second day, takda buat apa pon.. Just pagi keluar breakfast at the town area.. Exact place tak ingat sebab main stop je tempat yang tengok ramai orang.. the food, so-so je la.. okla untuk lapik perut.. tapi orang memang ramai.. agaknya semua pon macam kitorang.. main terjah je.. 

Balik dari breakfast memang takda plan apa-apa.. BIL decided nak check-out sebab anak-anak dia nak swim.. which diorang ingat kat hotel tu ada.. hotel rumah kedai.. mana nak carik swimming pool? Dah alang-alang BIL nak check-out kitorang pon join skali laa..

 

Dari situ BIL kata nak pegi Sungai Klah.. Since Adam doesn't enjoy swimming, kitorang just ikut & akan cari aktiviti yang boleh buat area tu..

On the way tu Adam nampak la pulak train station at one of the town.. Nak stop because nak take picture.. So the whole convoy stop untuk mamat sorang ni layan perasaan kat train station Tapah Road.. Lepas dah puas telek segala yang ada.. sambung balik journey..


Tak jauh pon.. dah sampai simpang Sungai Klah.. BIL ajak lunch dulu.. Tempat tu will be covered on the next entry.. After lunch kitorang pon berpecah.. BIL bawak anak-anak pegi hotspring.. kitorang & MIL pegi pusat konservasi somewhere there..

Tapi..... betapa kecewa.. rupanya weekend dia tutup.. tapi bukan weekend ke orang nak visit? Dude mintak nak pusing kat dalam area tu je.. but the guard tak berani bagi masuk sebab ada wabak tengah spread kat situ and takda veterinarian yang on duty.. so tengok dari jauh je la.. KECIWA..

Rupanya group lagi satu pon keciwa sebab orang ramai kat hotspring.. kitorang regroup and decided untuk balik rumah terus.. takda apa dah nak buat pon.. MIL pon pindah kereta ikut BIL balik.. well, itu la short trip kitorang.. Sangat penat sebab banyak spent masa on the road.. Tobat dah taknak buat trip masa cuti weekend panjang..
 




Sunday, May 3, 2015

Teluk Intan, Perak || Day 1

This year's Labour Day Dude decided to go for a road trip to the northern part of the peninsular.. It was decided Teluk Intan together with one of his brother and MIL.. I love road trip where we can just explore unique places.. this is when that we discover new places to eat and things to do..


Its really an early morning out because we had to pick MIL somewhere in Bangi and then head up north to BIL's meet up point.. since we head out early, I only managed to make sure that Adam and Dude had their breakfast.. By the time we reached the RnR, it was already late in the morning and I was really hungry.. but the food court was still not fully operational.. It had only a cold nasi lemak bungkus, maggi in cup and titbits..

I just had to have something heavy.. so I ordered a maggi.. BIL arrived just as I was finishing my maggi.. Then we continue with our journey to Teluk Intan.. 

All the way kereta banyak.. up to a point standstill.. Terpaksa pit stop for lunch somewhere.. tak ingat dah kat mane.. there were no other food other than nasi ayam.. it seems that everybody stopped there for lunch and the restaurant owner did not anticipate the crowd.. but the food was okay.. can do lah..

The journey continues with traffic jam all the way to Teluk Intan.. Luckily Dude managed to booked a hotel room for us.. eventhough hotel rumah kedai.. Yang terpaksa memanjat tangga 3 floor up.. dengan bag dan segala.. Better than nothing.. it seems that hotels in Teluk Intan is fully occupied.. Wonder why?

After freshen up, kitorang jalan-jalan round the town area.. and there right in the middle of it tersergamlah leaning tower of Malaysia.. Menara Condong Teluk Intan.. and around the area ada pasar malam.. Another traffic jam..

 
 
 
 
 
 

 BIL made an arrangement to have dinner somewhere dekat jeti nelayan.. the favourites are udang galah.. Tak ingat he ordered berape kilo tapi seriously banyaak! kire sampai nak termuntah lah makan udang.. tapi berjaya jugak habiskan.. Malam tu jugak marked Adam makan nasik lemak sampai 3 bungkus!! dahla pedas.. siap mintak lagi after the 3rd one..

lala masak halia, sotong goreng tepung & udang masak cili
udang sweet sour

udang masak cili

Lepas tu terus balik hotel and went to LalaLand within seconds after letak kepala atas bantal.. tapi rupa2nya ada orang OT malam tu.. Jeng jeng jeng..

somebody with his new train set





Friday, May 1, 2015

Being Nice

Nak cerita sebenarnya.. Kejadian ni masa lepas Sukaneka sekolah Adam.. Being me, the queen, memang takkan berjalan la jauh-jauh untuk pergi kereta tengah-tengah panas.. so while waiting untuk Dude and Adam pegi amek kereta, I waited infront of the school gate..

Masa tengah tunggu tu, I saw a family of four, a father, mother and 2 kids across the road.. The father cross jalan (yang masa tu sesak sebab orang pegi pasar tani).. tiba-tiba anak perempuan dia berlari kejar and trying to cross the road.. nasib baik the mother jerit and asked her stop and dia pon dengar jugakla cakap mak tu.. sambil nangis2 die cakap "nak ikut abah.."

Watching that, I pon senyum and just looking at the kid yang slowly (with the mother supervision) crossing the road.. My intention of senyum tu is to show that I do understand kids.. memang laa macam tu.. Lepas another child (a boy.. abang kepada yg girl ni) pon join his little sister cross the road.. Mak dia pon terpaksa la cross the road jugak sambil bebel2 laa.. and out of being nice.. I pon senyum to her..

Apa yang buat I terperanjat, is what she said while she walked pass by me.. "Apa tengok2? Seboooook je.." Ok.. Seriously, I was not being nosy or anything.. Tapi macam before this kalau nampak kejadian2 yang macam ni yang libatkan budak2 kecik.. I would usually senyum to the parents.. and never.. i mean NEVER have I ever get that kind of respond.. Selalunya.. the parents would smile back.. senyum kerang busuk pon.. but still senyum..

Tapi.. Just nak tanya.. Salah ke I senyum? Sebok ke for wathcing your daughter crossing the road while crying.. atleast I can be alert if anything happens to her while you were attending your other child.. Kan??

Tapi maybe, after this I should not do that again.. Hmmm.. Lain kali pandang tempat lain lah! Sedih la my good intention was misjudged..





Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Sukaneka Sekolah Kebangsaan Setiawangsa 2015

Adam take part dalam Sukaneka sekolah dia..tapi satu acara je la.. it seems 1 student participate 1 acara.. to be fair la kot kan.. 

waiting for their turn

Pagi tu siap macam biasa nak pergi sekolah.. ingatkan they start early.. tp lama jugak nak tunggu untuk acara Darjah 1.. sebab start dengan Pra Sekolah dulu.. Dahla padang tu penuh tapi seat tak cukup..

walking to the field

Kitorang hanya turun ke padang bila Darjah 1 turun padang.. memang takda tempat dudukla.. terpaksa berdiri.. ada certain parents duduk je atas court..

wait for their event to start

Acara Adam the last one untuk Darjah 1.. Tak banyak gambar sangat sebab the organizer tak bagi berdiri dekat tempat acara sebab block view VIP and parents yang duduk khemah..


Lagipun kitorang nak kejar time sebab kena rush to Zoo pulak after that.. Adam tak menang so tak payah tunggu untuk penyampaian hadiah.. Lepas dah dapat green light untuk bawak Adam balik.. kitorang pergi ambik foods untuk Adam and then vrooomm ke Zoo..





Monday, April 27, 2015

Makan - Makan || Dangau Anis Putri Corner, Pantai Dalam

Ada satu weekend tu kitorang end-up dekat area Bangsar/ Pantai Dalam.. mula-mula nak makan ayam golek area Pantai Dalam.. Konon macam nak going down the memory lane laa.. makan kat tempat-tempat favourite kitorang dulu-dulu.. Tapi kedai tu tak bukak lagi.. Nak makan kat kedai kaka kelantan dekat depan Vista Angkasa dah takde.. Thanks to google jumpa la tempat makan.. promising a wide range of lauk..

Tak jauh pon dari kedai ayam golek tu.. Dekat dengan stesen komuter Pantai Dalam.. depan sikit je.. Masa kitorang sampai tu memang tengah lunch time.. so agak penuh laa.. part yang susah adalah untuk parking.. Dude dropped me and Adam unutk booking tempat makan.. and dia parking kereta..

Dalam restoran tu memang ramai orang.. tapi ramai eating area yang ada aircond macam kosong sikit.. maybe orang malas nak jalan jauh untuk ambik lauk kot.. Ingatkan boleh la ambik lauk terus.. Tapi Adam buat perangai.. taknak tinggal sorang kat meja.. kalau kita ambik lauk, dia pon bangun jugak.. terpaksa la tunggu Dude datang..

ikan percik and kuah kicap & air assam
Dude ambik makanan dulu.. since dia start, so dia ambik untuk Adam sekali.. Kiranya, when my turn comes, a,bik untuk diri sendiri jek.. boleh la jadi tamak!! Memang spoilt for choices laa.. sampai seriously taktau nak makan lauk apa..

masak lemak siput sedut

Yang penting nak makan ayam percik kuah putih camput kuah merah.. ulam & sambal tempoyak plus budu pon penting.. air assam pon sama penting walaupon tak ambik ikan bakar.. Rupa-rupanya bila balik ke meja, Dude ambik ikan percik and siput sedut masak lemak..

Food dia sedap.. tapi kuah ayam percik macam manis sikit.. walaupon dah campur sekali dengan air assam.. other than that.. sangat puas hati sebab ulam banyak choice.. sambal pon banyak choices jugak.. yang penting ada tempoyak!

kat sini ada jugak dessert.. semua dessert from kelantan.. tapi tak muat dah perut nak makan.. so maybe next visit laa kot..



Dangau Anis Putri Corner @ Pantai Dalam
No. 4, Jalan Pantai Dalam, 59200 KUALA LUMPUR
Tel : 019-282 6908
Hours : 0600am - 0600pm

I Say

Price : affordable
Food : wide range of food.. You would be spoilt for choices.. and end up eating your normal lauk
Service : fast service on the drinks and clearing the table
Atmosphere : you won't have any problem if you go there off-lunch time.. but there is a plenty of seat.. And the line for taking lauk would be long if you go there during lunch hours..
Cleanliness : clean
Parking : this part is a bit of a problem.. Its just pure luck!






Saturday, April 25, 2015

Family Day Bahagian Udara 2015

This year, family day Bahagian lavish sikit sebab ada byk duit lebih carry forward from last year.. so spend lebih la.. and we decided untuk buat kat Zoo Negara.. Just like past years, orang yang sama incharge.. tapi tak kesahla kan.. seronok je..

Tapi sedih jugakla, buat kat Zoo Negara ni every little thing dia charge and managed by different company.. and no outside food for package.. kiranya paksa rela la order from in-house cafe.. tapi yang tak boleh tahan tu everything they charge.. memang habis duit just for entrance both zoo & panda, transfer van, sewa tapak and food.. tapi jangan pikir banyakla kan..

On the day itself, Adam, Dude & I join lambat sebab Adam ada sukaneka kat sekolah.. Kitorang join right after Adam punya event habis..

masa ni baru sampai.. on the way to tapak family day

Masa sampai zoo tu dah almost 10.30.. mostly ramai dah sampai and game pon nak habis dah.. Kitoang sempat la makan breakfast before walking to their amphitheatre untuk tengok animal show.. Kat sini join in the whole public.. so.. first come first serve.. kitorang terpaksa dok asing-asing.. and memang tempat yang kosong tu tak strategik langsong.. ada patch yang kena matahari.. ada yang depan sangat.. mamca-macam laaa.. tapi ramai jugak yang kena berdiri.. sebab dah takde seat..


sea lion show

Show dia bestla.. especially part eagle.. memang nak tau kena pegi tengok sendiri.. PAstu ada part dia nak donation untuk zoo, so dia guna flying birds trick untuk attract people to donate.. tapi memang berjaya.. berebut-rebut budak-budak nak donate.. and the last part is ambik gambar with the animals.. with charges..

Lepas show, kitorang jalan balik ke tapak family day.. by that time, lunch dah serve.. lunch is burger & chicken untuk adult and kids ada chicken.. oklaaa.. don't expect chicken dia macam chicken KFC then you'll be ok.. Sambil-sambil makan tu, kitorang buat cabutan bertuah.. Semua orang merasa cabutan bertuah.. Barang je yang lain-lain.. tapi dapat memang dapat..  Me? dapat hamper makanan.. Dude pon dapat jugak.. tak silap Ambi Pur Home automatic air freshener..

Makanan kitorang punyala banyak lebih, sebab breakfast ada roti Gardenia and air kotak, dekat zoo pulak ada nasi lemak, lunch je takda lebih.. so kitorang pon bagi-bagi la kat budak-budak sekolah yang ada dekat-dekat situ.. rezeki derang laaa.. daripada buang kan?


Dah siap kemas-kemas tapak tu, masa yang dinanti tiba.. nak tengok PANDA!!! eheheh.. tapi masa tu matahari dah terpacak atas kepala.. and unknown to us yang tempat panda tu agak jauh and kena memanjat bukit yang tinggi.. tertipu dengan explanation staff zoo.. dia kate dekat je.. kesian pulak untuk sape-sape yang bawak parents.. alangkan yang muda pon tercungap nak panjat, apa lagi orang-orang yang lebih berusia..

panda land
waiting nak tengok panda

Nasib baik once dah masuk dalam tempat panda tu aircond dia kuat.. dapatla sejukkan badan.. tunggu pon tak berapa lama untuk masuk tengok panda.. tapi nak tengok panda pon bukan boleh lama-lama.. ada timing dia.. tak ingat dah berapa lama sekali masuk.. Masuk pon tak boleh bising-bising.. kononnya panda sensitif.. memang selesa betol masuk dalam tu.. sejuk je.. and panda 2-2 ekor tengah tido.. takda peluang tengok dia beraksi.. Masa ni dah berpecah dengan Dude and Adam.. derang jalan laju sangat.. so derang dah masuk with earlier group..




yang betina tengah tido
jantan pon tido


Tengah syok berposing dengan panda.. Dude call cakap Adam dah penat sangat.. nak tido.. so rushing la keluar nak balik.. Tunggu transport punyala lama sebab banyak sangat kindies yang buat trip.. finally turn kitorang untuk naik van..

budak yang dah penat
Dalam kereta tu, pasang aircond full blast! and within beberapa minit je Adam gone to lalaland.. dahla rumah dekat sangat dengan zoo..

Family day kali ni quite rushing la for me sebab ada 2 event within the same period of time.. 2-2 nak kena pegi.. tapi we did enjoy the day alot!

we are not in the picture